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Michael Batzner was another Franklin county recruit in the Mexican War and after his return took an active part in politics. He was elected sheriff twice and later filled the office of county treasurer. Before the expiration of his term he absconded with thirty thousand dollars of the county's money and fled to Canada.
Alfred Stoops, an uncle of Harry M. Stoops, of Brookville, ran away from home to enlist in the Mexican War. He was killed at the battle of Monteroy and his father later secured his bounty of one hundred and sixty acres in Howard county, Indiana. Other Franklin county volunteers in the Mexican War were Lawrence Wertz, George Fetty and Charles W. Seymour.
In a letter dated September 6, 1846, J. M. Meyers reported to the American that four Franklin county boys, John Miller, Willis Moore, Andrew Berry and William Landfair had been discharged for disability. The editor of the American announced in his issue of November 6, 1846, that J. M. Meyers had lately been promoted to the rank of a sergeant-major.
The first Franklin county soldiers reported as wounded in the columns of the American are noticed in the issue of April 9, 1847. John C. Burton lost an arm at the battle of Buena Vista and Orville Dyer was slightly wounded in the same engagement.
A FURTHER CALL TO ARMS.
On April 24, 1847, Governor Whitcomb issued a call for an additional regiment of ten companies. As soon as the news of this call reached Franklin county, A. W. Sullenberger made an attempt to raise a company of eighty-four men. The pay had been raised to ten dollars a month and, as an additional inducement for enlistments, one hundred and sixty acres of land was offered, "to be located by the volunteer or by his heirs at any land office of the United States." At the same time John B. Campbell made an effort to reorganize the Franklin Guards and called upon all of the patriotic young men of Franklin county "who felt like repairing to the newly-made graves of our gallant countrymen who have fallen in battle."
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It appears that Governor Whitcomb accepted a regiment before Franklin county could enroll a company. From the tenor of the letters appearing in the local papers from the seat of war, there does not seem to have been much love for the Governor among the volunteers from Franklin county. This dislike for the Governor will fully account for the difficulty in organizing another company in Franklin in the spring of 1847. A very interesting statement is noticed in the American of June II, 1847. George W. Kimble ran a card in this issue announcing his candidacy for the office of recorder of Franklin county and states that "the proceeds of the office he hereby pledges to his son, Thomas V. Kimble, a minor, now serving his country in the army in Mexico." Most of the Franklin county volunteers returned to Brookville Monday, July 5, 1847, and of the twenty who were in the Columbus (Indiana) company all returned on that day except T. F. Reardon, J. C. Wilkinson, Alexander Eads and Lewis Feddermann.
In the fall of 1847 Governor Whitcomb issued a call for another regiment of troops for service in Mexico. Major John M. Meyers, of Brookville, began to raise a company as soon as he heard of the new requisition. He had about forty names on his roll when he ascertained that those companies would be first accepted which contained the largest number of old volunteers. Since Franklin county only had twenty men in the war up to this time, who had returned, there did not seem to be any chance of having a Franklin county company accepted. Hence, Major Meyers did not put forth any further efforts to complete a company. In speaking of the war and the part which Franklin had played in it thus far, the editor of the American on September 10, 1847, said: "The fates appear to be against the brave spirits of old Franklin, who wished to serve their country and win glory and renown. Had there been any chance for Major Meyers' company he could have had it nearly full by this time. We believe, with exertion, two or three companies could be raised in this county at once. We feel a little proud of the patriotic feeling in our community and of the determina- tion to avenge our country's wrong."
The American reported in its issue of October 29, 1847, that John M. Meyers had been elected major of the Fifth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. This regiment left Madison on October 25-27, 1847, for the seat of war. There were some recruits from Franklin county in the Fifth Regiment, but their names have not been found. In addition to those of the Third and Fifth Regiments, Franklin county furnished a number of men for the Texan Rangers, a troop of cavalry which was recruited from southern Indiana and Ohio. There were also Franklin county boys in the regular
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army. An officer of the United States army opened a recruiting office in the Yellow Tavern, which stood on the site of the present jail.
Dr. George Berry left Brookville April 8, 1847, to assume the duties of surgeon of the Sixteenth Regiment of United States Infantry. He was first stationed at Monterey and later had charge of the Ceralvo (Mexico) hospital, where he remained until the close of the war.
It seems appropriate to close the discussion of the Mexican War with a picnic-or an account of one at least. On July 13, 1847, an all-day picnic and big dinner was given in Butler's Grove adjoining Brookville in honor of the veterans of the Mexican War who had just returned to their homes. Unfortunately, the issues of the local papers for that week are missing, but it is fair to presume that it was a most enjoyable occasion. In addition to the soldiers of this county, those from adjoining counties had been asked to attend. As far as is known, Alfred Stoops is the only Franklin county volunteer who lost his life on Mexican soil.
THE CIVIL WAR.
On Sunday morning, April 14, 1861, the streets of Brookville were filled with people discussing the fall of Fort Sumter, which had taken place the day previous. It is doubtful whether a more solemn Sabbath had ever befallen the United States. For more than a decade there had been threats of disunion, but no one really believed that the South would ever openly rebel and secede-but the fall of Fort Sumter was conclusive proof that the long- expected break between the North and South had finally come. To tell in detail the story of Franklin county and the part it played in the Civil War would take more space than could be given to it in this work.
In writing this part of Franklin county's history the historian has three different sources from which to draw his material, namely: the veterans still living, Adjutant-General Terrell's report and the files of the newspapers of that period. The Grand Army of the Republic at Brookville has given every possible assistance in furnishing data and has rectified many of the inaccuracies of Terrell's reports. Unfortunately, one of the best sources of information is not available. The newspapers-the American and Democrat -are missing for the Civil War period, with exception of the Democrat from May 31, 1861, to August 7, 1863. This means that there is no local account of the opening or closing of the war, and furthermore deprives the historian of being able to give an intimate view of the war from a local standpoint.
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In many counties in the state there was much strife and bitter feeling between the Republicans and Democrats and Franklin county passed through some trying times politically. There is no question but that the Democratic party in Franklin county was very loyal to the Union cause, at least a spirit of loyalty is found in the Democrat until the fall of 1863. What the sentiment was after that date is not known, since the files of the paper are missing from that time until 1866.
As soon as President Lincoln's call for volunteers was received in Brookville, C. B. Bently, the editor of the Democrat stood upon a chair in front of his printing office and read aloud the proclamation. On Saturday, April 20, Dr. Samuel Davis, of New Trenton, a cousin of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, drew up a paper calling for volun- teers and left it at the law office of Holland & Binckley. On the following Monday morning John C. Burton, who lost an arm in the Mexican War at the battle of Buena Vista, took the paper and started to enroll men. The first man who signed the roll was George McCoy Sleeth, a compositor in the Democrat office. It may be said in passing that Sleeth served over four years in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment, and died in Indianapolis, July 15, 1895.
The enrolling continued during the following week and on Saturday, April 27, a rousing Union meeting was held in the court house for the purpose of encouraging enlistments. Speeches were made by prominent citizens and, irrespective of parties, great enthusiasm was manifested. There were large delegations from various parts of the county and Metamora sent a large crowd down by boat. After the meeting closed a tall hickory pole was drawn up over the fire wall of the court house and run out through the scuttle in the roof of the tower. A large flag was suspended from the pole and there it waved until the war closed. The next day, Sunday, April 28, the volunteers attended the services at the Methodist church in a body and the pastor, Rev. W. W. Snyder, delivered an appropriate sermon. On the next morning, April 29, 1861, the first company of soldiers left Brookville for the war.
This company was called the Franklin Guards in remembrance of the company of that name which had tried to be mustered in at the opening of the Mexican War. The captain of the company was John C. Burton. The other officers were as follow: Edmund Finn, first lieutenant; James Rothrock, second lieutenant; John A. Smith, third lieutenant; George Clay- pool, orderly sergeant. The privates include the following : George McSleeth, Theodore Reifel, C. Clay Hutchinson, Thomas Castle, Adolphus Winans, J. R. Posey, E. L. Powers, John Fowler, William Hadley, Ezekiel Washburn,
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William Bell, George M. Chapman, Thomas Chapman, Jesse Wilshire, Preston Cates, John J. Reid, Joseph B. Davis, Richard W. Reid, William Sheppard, James C. Howland, William F. Winans, Joseph Magoon; Thomas Conley, John Conley, John Burkhardt, M. Richard, John Rogers, Conrad Kernel, Frank Fogel, J. C. Searle, William H. Skinner, James Conley, A. J. Posey, Henry Hartman, W. T. Jones, Adam Felz, Joseph Cook, Oscar A. Beeks, M. Sattler, Fred Ulrich, F. M. Chamberlain, James C. Bernard, W. C. Rolf, John Walters, J. L. Bilderbloom, Hezekiah Chapman, Enoch George, William Stewart, A. M. Lawson, John H. Lapp, Sineas Ryman, Martin Warner, T. A. Kleinard, Michael Fogel, Benjamin M. McCarty, James Castle, A. Koehler, C. C. Kirk, H. B. Sheppard, Charles Link, Oliver Car- penter, Hiram Tucker, Richard Weston, John H. Gifford, J. C. White, F. M. Faurote, James Harry, Josiah Hires, Richard Jenks, Thomas Weston, Thomas C. Morow, Perry Williams, Simpton Smith, M. Carmichael, Andrew K. Stout, W. H. Davis, Alfred Doughty, S. J. Cronner, J. D. George, Daniel Utsler, C. W. Burris, John McCann, Frank Longsley, David Campbell, Henry Bradburn, John McGuire, Henry Amerein, Andrew Hueth, A. J. Bordman, George H. Thomas, C. A. McCloskey, William H. Best, C. F. Johnson. Charles M. Royer, H. H. Cuppy, David T. Hadley, Holt- slider, J. K. Proctor, Andrew N. Smith, C. E. Shafer, John M. McNeely, George Moton, W. D. Pursel, R. W. Scudder, W. W. Andre, James Bryson.
The women of Brookville presented each member of the Franklin Guards, just before they left town, with a bible. Mrs. Morrow made the presentation speech Monday morning, April 28, 1861. On that same morn- ing they were loaded into big wagons, hauled to Sunman's Station and remained there until they proceeded to Richmond, Indiana, where they went into camp for drilling purposes.
LINCOLN'S FIRST CALL.
The President first made a call for seventy-five thousand troops for three months' service, and Indiana's quota was six thousand. Indiana had furnished five regiments for the Mexican War and consequently the first regiment of the Civil War was the sixth. The state responded so quickly to the Governor's call for troops that the Franklin county company did not get mustered in with the first six regiments. The state's quota was filled and mustered into the service on April 27, the day before the Franklin county company left Brookville.
There were so many companies offered the Governor that he decided to organize six state regiments, the same to be numbered from twelve to
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seventeen and to be mustered in for one year only. These troops were held by the Governor with the expectation that they would soon be called for by the President-and the call soon came. On May 11, 1861, the President issued a call for three-year troops, and, although the six state regiments had been mustered in only for one year, yet the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fif- teenth and Seventeenth readily volunteered for the three-year service with the exception of a few hundred. Those who did not wish to serve for the three years were discharged and returned home. The other two state regi- ments-the Twelfth and Sixteenth-remained in the state service until July 18, 1861, and were then mustered into the United States service for the unexpired portion of their one-year service. These two regiments were later reorganized for another year's service.
As has been stated, the Franklin Guards did not get into camp soon enough to be enrolled in the first six regiments, but were later organized into parts of the state regiments. Part of them were assigned to Company A of the Thirteenth Regiment and the remainder to the Sixteenth Regiment.
The Franklin Guards were not a unit in deciding to enlist for three years, but finally most of them joined either the Thirteenth or Sixteenth Regiments. Companies A, B, C, D and E of the Thirteenth Regiment con- tained Franklin county recruits. Company A contained 27, with four officers, as follows : William H. Skinner, first sergeant; John L. Gilderbloom, second sergeant; Peter Franzman, Amos W. Batson and Joseph C. Jaques, corporals. Company B had four privates from this county. Company C went into the Thirteenth Regiment with its full complement of officers : Captains John C. Burton and James C. Rothrock, the former being pro- moted to major; First Lieutenants Edmund Finn, James C. Rothrock and Alfred Dawdy: Second Lieutenants, James C. Rothrock, Alfred Dawdy, William Jones and Theodore Langsdorf; Corporal George M. Sleeth. In addition to these officers there was one private in Company C. There was one private in Company D, three in Company E and one in Company H.
According to the record there were only eleven men from the county who enlisted in the Sixteenth Regiment, two in Company D in the year service and two in Company A in the three-year service. In addition there were seven unassigned recruits in the three-year service. Many of the men in both the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Regiments re-enlistd upon the expira- tion of their term of service.
The Eighteenth Regiment was organized and mustered into the service at Indianapolis, August 16, 1861, with Thomas Pattison as colonel. David E. Adams was commissioned adjutant October 25, 1862, and resigned June 25,
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1863. Company F was recruited in and around Metamora and during its three years' service had the following officers : Captains, Peter C. Woods, George W. Kimble, Peter D. Pelser and Edward Yount; first lieutenants, George W. Kimble, John L. Lowes, Peter D. Pelser, Edward Young; second lieutenants, David E. Adams, John L. Lowes, Peter D. Pelser, Stephen Jenks; first sergeant, John L. Lowes; sergeants, Francis M. Evans, Peter D. Pelser, William Gramradd and Abner Lee; corporals, David Campbell, William D. Sanders, John Treinor, James Holland, Abraham B. Lowes, George W. Philip, John W. Speer and Joseph J. Rickets; musicians, Aaron Conlin and George Foster; wagoner, George W. Bull. In addition to the above named officers Franklin county had sixty-six privates in this company.
The Twenty-first Regiment was organized and mustered into the service as an infantry organization for three years at Indianapolis, July 24, 1861, with James W. McMillin as colonel. There were a few Franklin county volunteers in this regiment : Three in Company K, three in Company M and nineteen unassigned recruits. John B. Davis, of Brookville, was mustered in this regiment as assistant surgeon.
The Thirty-second Regiment was the first German regiment organized in the state and was made possible through the exertions of August Willich, a distinguished officer of the German Revolution of 1848. It was organized at Indianapolis and Willich was mustered in with it as colonel on August 24, 1861. It was sent into Kentucky and fought all the time in the South, closing its career with Sherman in Georgia. Immediately after the capture of Atlantan the non-veterans were returned to Indianapolis and mustered out September 7, 1864. The three Franklin county volunteers in this regiment were Christian Ellerman (Company A), Joseph Freihage (Company B), and William J. Hahn, who was commissioned captain of Company I, May II, 1863. Both of these men enlisted October 20, 1862, as recruits in their respective companies and upon the reorganization of the Thirty-second they were transferred to a residuary battalion of four companies and placed in command of Lieutenant Hans Blume. Upon the return of the army to Tennessee this battalion was left at Chattanooga, where it remained on duty until June, 1865. It was then taken to New Orleans, where it remained until the latter part of 1865.
The Thirty-fifth Regiment was the first Irish regiment and was organized at Indianapolis and mustered in on December II, 1861, with John C. Walker as colonel. The regiment was taken to Kentucky and later transferred to Nashville, Tennessee. It fought at Stone's River and then participated in the engagements around Chickamauga and then joined
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Sherman in his advance on Atlanta. After the battle of Kenesaw Mountain the Thirty-fifth continued fighting in Georgia until after the battle of Atlanta; it then returned to Tennessee and fought at Franklin and Nash- ville. In June, 1865, it was sent to Texas, where it remained on duty until September, when it was mustered out. Franklin county had a total of forty-five men in the Thirty-fifth scattered through five different companies. There were eighteen in A, twelve in B, five in C, seven in E, and three in K.
The Thirty-seventh Regiment was organized at Lawrenceburg, Sep- tember 18, 1861, with George W. Hazzard as colonel. Franklin county had nearly two complete companies, B and G, in this regiment. Thomas V. Kimble was commissioned major of this regiment August 14, 1862, and John R. Goodwin was commissioned assistant surgeon, September 22, 1861. Franklin county had one man in Company A, James Coulter, first lieutenant Company B only had three men in it who were not enrolled in Franklit county. The captains of Company B were Thomas V. Kimble and Robert M. Goodwin; first lieutenants, Robert M. Goodwin and William H. Wilkinson; second lieutenants, William H. Wilkinson and Jacob W. Stoner. John McCoy and Daniel S. Shafer were captains of Company G; A. F. Allen, B. S. Shafer and W. H. Baughman, first lieutenants; D. S. Shafer and W. H. Baughman, second lieutenants; J. M. DeArmond, first sergeant; W. H. Baughman, A. S. Lee, John S. Hetrick and J. S. Clendenning, sergeants ; J. \V. Bartow, John M. Gray, P. M. Gray, J. J. Hinds, Peter Keen, Samuel R. Bayles, Oliver B. Baker and Samuel B. Rowe. Musicians, John H. Fox and Samuel C. Shields. All of the privates in Company G were enrolled in this county. This regiment was mustered out in October, 1864, and later five veteran companies and the remaining recruits were consolidated into two companies known as A and B detachment of the Thirty-seventh Regi- ment. Franklin county had thirteen men in Company A and thirty-six in Company B of the reorganized regiment.
The Forty-fifth Regiment (Third Indiana Cavalry) was organized at different times. Six companies were originally organized for the Twenty- eighth Regiment (First Cavalry) 'at Madison, August 22, 1861. These companies had been sent to Virginia at once and there they were joined on October 22, 1861, with four companies which had been organized in September and October. In December, 1862, two new companies were organized and added to the regiment. The regiment was composed of what was known as the right wing, consisting of Companies A, B, C, D, E and F, and the left wing, consisting of Companies G, H, I and K. The first six companies operated in Virginia and the left wing was sent into Kentucky.
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The other two companies, L and M, remained at Indianapolis for nearly a year and then were transferred to the eastern part of Tennessee and united with the left wing. The right wing fought in many of the most severe engagements in the East and was finally mustered out of service August 7, 1865. The casualities of these six companies totaled six hundred and five men. The left wing participated in the battles of Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge and in all of the engagements fought by Sherman in his march through Georgia. While at Savannah the remaining veterans and recruits were consolidated with the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. From that city this regiment followed Sherman north through the Carolinas and was mustered out at Lexington, North Carolina, July 20, 1865. Franklin county had at least one member in Company L, John M. Colescott; four in Company M, John Batzner, Alfred H. Lawson, Samuel Spidle and John Stewart. Among the unassigned recruits were George S. Golden, who was mustered in Sep- tember 18, 1863, and discharged with his company August 7, 1865.
The Fifty-second Regiment was partially organized at Rushville and marched to Indianapolis, where it was consolidated with the Fifty-sixth or Railroad Regiment. The regimental organization was perfected during the first week in February, 1862, and on the 9th of that month it appeared before Fort Henry, Tennessee. Franklin county was well represented in this regi- ment, having volunteers in Companies B, F, G and H. There were six privates in Company B. There were seventy-two in Company F, including fifty-four privates and eighteen commissioned and non-commissioned officers. A. J. Ross was commissioned captain of this company October 3, 1861, and resigned January 19, 1863. Salem M. Shumway was the first lieutenant, re- signing his commission April 17, 1862. Edward A. Boaz was the first second lieutenant. John E. Swarts was first sergeant; Charles White, John G. Cowan, W. H. Houston and S. C. Cramer, sergeants; Early Burk, Orange Ryan, William E. Wilson, J. L. Grinstead, Jabez Smith, Louis Gilbert, George W. Osborn and Thomas D. Monroe, corporals; Lewis Lawrence and William I. Wilson, musicians; wagoner, James Pruett. Company G had five privates. Company H had forty privates and five non-commissioned officers. Frederick Deike, of New Trenton, was captain of this company, and John P. T. Davis, second lieutenant.
The Fifty-seventh Regiment was recruited from the fifth and eleventh congressional districts, mainly through the efforts of Rev. J. W. T. McMullen and Rev. F. A. Hardin. It was mustered into the service November 18, 1861, at Richmond, Indiana. Franklin county had eight men in Company G of this regiment and all of them enlisted as privates from Fairfield.
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The Sixty-eighth Regiment was recruited in the fourth congressional district, and organized at Greensburg under the superintendence of Benjamin C. Shaw, formerly major of the Seventh Indiana and lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-eighth upon its organization. The regiment was mustered into the service at Indianapolis August 19, 1862, with Edward A. King as colonel, and at midnight of the same day it started for Louisville, Kentucky. Prac- tically all of its service was in the South and it was mustered out at Nash- ville, June 20, 1865. Franklin county had more men in this regiment than in and other recruited in this county; Brookville at this time had one hundred five men at the front out of two hundred thirty voters. Three com- plete companies, officers and privates were recruited in the county, C, G and H. Edmund Finn was commissioned major of this regiment November 6, 1863, promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel November 15, 1863, and mustered out with the rank of major. Edwin W. High was commissioned adjutant of the regiment January 1, 1864, and mustered out as commissary sergeant. Three successive quartermasters of this regiment came from Brookville, namely : Augustus D. Lynch, E. W. Willis and William H. Remy. Dr. L. W. Hodgkins, of Fairfield, was commissioned assistant surgeon August 19, 1862. Company A had twelve non-commissioned officers and privates. Company C was made up entirely from Franklin county. Its com- missioned officers were as follows : Captains, William H. Smith and Richard L. Leeson ; first lieutenants, R. L. Leeson, John Reese and John R. Ken- nedy; second lieutenants, John Reese, Moses H. Kibbe, John Burkhardt and Isaac C. Worden. Company D had two from this county, John Francis and Jefferson E. Trimbly. Company G was composed entirely of Franklin county recruits. The commissioned officers were as follows: Captains, Lawrence V. C. Lynn and George W. Claypool ; first lieutenants, George W. Claypool, Joseph R. Clarke and Oliver B. Holsted; second lieutenants, Austin Webb, Joseph R. Clarke, C. B. Moore and A. R. Ryman. Company H was also composed entirely of Franklin county volunteers. The com- missioned officers were as follows: Captains, Edmund Finn and F. M. Wilkinson; first lieutenants, Francis M. Wilkinson, E. H. Case and John M. Davis; second lieutenants, L. W. Buckingham, E. H. Case and Shadrach Stringer.
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