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48
44
9
53
21
32
Fairfield
15
14
86
35
48
48
8
36
13
Bg. Grove
17
7
15
93
39
29
7
36
2(
16
3
Laurel
32
13
30
178
75
41
27
5
73
7
66
2
Posey
20
8
17
99
45
28
15
45
6
39
Salt Creek_
19
S
16
97
43
31
12
43
4
8
19
113
47
30
2 €
56
56
9
Brookville
78
31
79
480
188
125
28
35
188
62
126
Springfield
37
15
35
210
87
74
13
87
40
47
W. Water
36
14
36
213
80
60
34
94
21
73
8
Highland
36
14
25
207
85
64
3
24
91
38
1
52
6
Butler
26
10
28
170
64
50
13
63
30
33
1
Ray
30
12
29
176
71
47
24
71
4
Totals
385
154
374
2246
913
671
191
86
948
261
1
682
6
41
It will never be known exactly how many Franklin county inen volun- teered in the Civil War, but it is safe to say that the county furnished more
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Metamora
20
Feb. 1, 1864.
March 14, 1864.
ment.
New
Credits by Vol't'y En'l'ts.
Enlist. & Draft.
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than the nine hundred and forty-eight men credited to it by Terrell's Re- ports. The above table shows in detail some interesting facts concerning the enlistments in the various townships of the county, and is the last table shown in Terrell's Report. On April 14, 1865, Franklin county was called upon to furnish one hundred and ninety-two men, but before anything was done the war had closed.
Franklin county was credited in 1861 with two thousand seven hundred and five men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five who were subject to military duty. Of this number, four hundred and twelve were exempt for disability or other reason, which left two thousand two hundred and ninety-three subject to the draft. Owing to the fact that many of the men from Franklin county enlisted in other counties, and even in other states, it is very difficult to obtain a complete roster of the men from the county in the Civil War. The original muster rolls are all missing, except that of Company C, Sixty-eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Ac- cording to the report of Adjutant-General Terrell, Franklin county fur- nished nine hundred and forty-eight men for service at the front during the Civil War. This does not include those who took part in the Morgan in- vasion or those who were in the Home Guards organized in the fall of 1863.
RELIEF OF SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
The outbreak of the rebellion found the national government not only without an army, but without the means to equip it. Out of this double deficiency grew an army of citizens who not only needed more care than the government could give, but who left families dependent upon them needing help which no government has ever given. Before the first year of the war had passed, it was apparent that the soldiers would have to depend upon their local counties for many of the actual necessities of life. There was particularly a demand for clothing and shoes, and when the first cold weather struck the soldiers in the fall of 1861 the women of the North began to prepare and send to the front warm clothing. The efforts' to meet the needs of the soldiers at the front in the way of clothing, food and medical sup- plies is one of the most interesting sidelights on the great Civil War. In addition to the voluntary contributions of citizens, each county and township in the state raised by taxation sums of money known as bounties and re- liefs. Franklin county showed its patriotic zeal and devotion to the Union cause by raising over a quarter of a million of dollars, as is shown by the following figures :
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Raised by the county-
Bounty
$244,206.00
Relief
4,074.05
Miscellaneous
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$253,985.37
Raised by townships- -
Bounty
$ 30,000.00
Relief
3,000.00
$33,000.00
Total raised in the county
$286,985.37
The mothers, wives and sweethearts of the soldiers who went from Franklin county sent large quantities of clothing and provisions to the front during the last three years of the war. Some idea of the nature of these articles may be gathered from the Christmas boxes of 1861, which were sent by the women of Mt. Carmel to the men of the Thirty-seventh Regiment. The list included the following: 59 woolen blankets, 66 feather pil- lows, 17 bed sacs, 14 sheets, 8 pillow cases, 6 calico bed gowns, II pairs woolen mittens. 28 pairs sox, 12 cans fruit and 2 cans jelly, 22 pecks dried apples, I dozen tin plates, 2 dozen tin cups, 3 sets knives and forks, I dozen spoons, $14 to pay the express on boxes.
An interesting sidelight on the relief in Brookville is disclosed by the book in the possession of Harry M. Stoops, containing the reports of the re- lief committee of the town. From the reports it appears that the greatest amount of relief was given in 1864 and 1865. Subscription papers were cir- culated asking for assistance, and the following is copied from the head of one of these papers :
"We, the undersigned, subscribe and pay the sums of money placed op- posite our respective names to the relief committee ; said committee to use, pay out and distribute to the benefit and relief of soldiers' families, residents of the town of Brookville and vicinity, as they in their discretion may deem must beneficial." (Dated February 17, 1864)
This particular paper had donations ranging from $10 to 50 cents, with twenty-eight subscribers, giving a total of $77.50. The relief committee in charge for practically all of 1864 was composed of C. C. Binkley, George F. Maxwell and John Roberts. They collected not only money, but clothing, provisions and wood. This committee appointed sub-committees, who inves- tigated all cases and recommended such relief as they thought should be
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1
1
5,705.32
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given. In this volume just mentioned there are more than one hundred re- ceipts which read as follows :
"Mr. H. C. Gallion: Let Mrs. have $2 worth of goods and charge to relief committee." (This was signed by the three members of the relief committee. )
Other reports show where Nathaniel Holmes hauled forty-six loads of wood to destitute families, for which he received 25 cents a load. Scores of receipts show where half-bushels of potatoes, turnips, cabbage and apples were distributed to the needy. It is safe to say that no soldier's family in Brook- ville suffered for the necessities of life if the relief committee was able to learn of their destitution. And what was true of Brookville applies equally to the rest of the county, as is shown by the large amount expended for relief work.
When the Legislature met in January, 1865, Governor Morton laid before it the question of providing relief for the families of soldiers. That body passed a bill on March 4 assessing a tax of 30 cents on each $100 worth of property in the state, the proceeds of which was to be applied to soldiers' families. In accordance with instructions sent out to the county auditors, August 4, 1865, pursuant to this act, Franklin county reported that there were one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight beneficiaries in the county who would come under the act. This meant that Franklin county had to raise $13,962.24, the same being raised by taxation, as above stated.
HOME GUARDS.
During the course of the Civil War the Legislature authorized the forma- tion of local militia companies, which were to be known as Home Guards, or the Indiana Legion, the latter name being given to it by Adjutant-General Terrell in his report. Pursuant to the order authorizing the formation of local companies, Franklin county organized a regiment of nine companies in the fall of 1863. The companies, with their officers, were as follows :
Whitcomb Home Guards-Captain, Robert Allen; first lieutenant, Jus- tin K. Proctor; second lieutenant, John Blue.
Brookville Guards-Captain, William H. Jones; first lieutenant, James C. Howland; second lieutenant, Oscar A. Beeks.
Laurel Guards-Captain, William L. Day ; first lieutenant, William Tuck- er ; second lieutenant, William W. Williams.
Buena Vista Guards-Captain, George W. Phillips; second lieutenant, William J. Pugh; second lieutenant, John F. Ryan.
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Metamora Legion-Captain, John Colter; first lieutenant, James B. Hol- land; second lieutenant, Jacob B. Blazier.
Fairfield Guards-Captains, Zachariah Ferguson and James A. Mill; first lieutenants, Charles H. Bassett, James A. Mills and Van Buren Rigor ; second lieutenant, John A. Hughes.
Springfield Guards-Captain, William H. Schultz; first lieutenant, Sam- uel T. Bourne ; second lieutenant, John W. McClure.
State Line Rangers-Captain, George W. Finley; first lieutenant, Ed- ward Waltz; second lieutenant, Henry Luring.
Franklin Guards (raised at New Trenton)-Captain, Absalom R. Case ; first lieutenant, William H. Stowe; second lieutenant, George R. Adair.
MORGAN'S RAID.
On Wednesday morning, July 8, 1863, General Morgan crossed over the line from Kentucky to Indiana. He had four thousand mounted men with him, and for the next five days created more consternation in Indiana than the state has ever known. It is not the purpose of this paragraph to give in detail the story of Morgan's raid in Indiana, only in so far as it is concerned with Franklin county. Morgan first appeared before Corydon, and at that place three volunteers were killed and one mortally wounded. On the after- noon of the 9th Morgan marched out of Corydon and soon appeared before Palmyra in the northern part of Harrison county. Here Morgan separated his forces, part going to Greenville, part to Paoli and the rest going forward to Vienna. His forces came together at Salem at nine o'clock on the morning of the Ioth. From Salem, Morgan started in an easterly direction, having found out that it was not prudent to advance toward Indianapolis, as he had originally intended to do. Some of his men went through Brownstown and others through Canton and New Philadelphia and spent the night at · Lexington in Scott county. On Saturday afternoon, the IIth, Morgan came in sight of Vernon, but there was too strong a force posted there, so he passed the town by without making an attempt to capture it. On Saturday night Morgan camped near Dupont, about eight miles southeast of Vernon. About four o'clock on the morning of Sunday, July 12, Morgan passed through Dupont on the way to Versailles in Ripley county. He reached that place at half-past one o'clock, captured Col. J. H. Gravens with three hundred militia, and robbed the county treasury of five thousand dollars of public funds.
It was on this memorable Sunday that Franklin county got its only first-hand experience of the Civil War. The knowledge that Morgan with
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his band of marauders was in Ripley and Dearborn counties on that day created the wildest excitement among the citizens of Franklin county. The gallantry and the alacrity with which the citizen soldiery rushed to arms in defense of their homes was praiseworthy and commendable in the highest degree. From early Sunday morning until Morgan crossed over the line into Ohio on Monday night, Brookville was in a perfect uproar and prepara- tions for defense were to be seen on every hand.
The Franklin Democrat, of Brookville, in its issue of July 17, 1863, gives a graphic description of these few exciting days in the town and coun- ty: "In our town, with the most generous enthusiasm, the people have hast- ened to take up arms to drive out the impudent invaders of our soil. With a zeal and alacrity almost without parallel, they have dropped the sickle and plow and, rifle in hand, have joined in pursuit of the freebooters. On Sun- day, learning that the rebels were in the vicinity of Sunman's Station, every conceivable mode of conveyance was procured to convey our armed citizens to the locality where it was supposed a collision would take place. In his march, Morgan is making wholesale work in the way of stealing horses and his men are mounted on the finest stock in the country. Several of the citi- zens of this county were relieved of their horses by this freebooter and his men. Among the citizens of the county who contributed horses to Morgan's cause, against their own will, were John P. Case, of New Trenton, and Dr. John Cleaver, of Drewersburg. " In addition to robbing the stables, the marauding band did not hesitate to appropriate any articles which met their fancy as they rode through the county. According to the best information obtainable, there were only about ten of Morgan's men in Franklin county. Two troopers appeared at Oldenburg on Saturday afternoon, and, riding into the blacksmith shop of J. H. Kessing, they told him they wanted their horses shod at once. They insisted on having new shoes put on their horses, but Kessing told them he did not have any, although he did have some hang- ing from the ceiling of the shop. There were some farmers in the shop, but the troopers demanded that their horses be shod at once, and told Kessing that when he had them shod to bring them to the Kuntz saloon (now the Kellermann saloon), and they would pay for his work. He shod them and took them to the saloon, but they immediately jumped upon them and rode away without offering to pay. They rode off toward St. Marys and met Dominic Siefert along the road. Siefert had just sold a horse and had the money in his pocket, but the troopers kindly relieved him of his burden. Be- fore reaching St. Marys they appeared to have passed over into Dearborn county, since they are next heard of at New Alsace.
On Sunday, ten of Morgan's men appeared at the home of George Dud-
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ley, about three miles west of St. Peters, and asked to be fed. While Mrs. Dudley was preparing something for them to eat they visited the barn to look at Mr. Dudley's horses, but he had heard of their coming and had hidden his horses in the woods. Not getting any horses, they satisfied themselves by taking three shirts off the line in the yard. After eating the meal prepared for them by Mrs. Dudley, the marauders went to the farm of Frank Rosfelt, in the same township, and took a couple of his horses. They continued on east, and on the other side of New Trenton met the omnibus going up the Miami hill and compelled all of the passengers to hand over their money and valuables. One man from Brookville, Albert Loper, escaped some way or other, while the others were being relieved of their money, and hid in an oats field near the road. The omnibus company lost twelve horses.
It was expected that Brookville would be attacked by Morgan, and con- sequently every effort was made to defend the town. Colonel Claypool, of Connersville, brought to Brookville on Sunday the Fayette Minute Men and the Ashland Home Guards, numbering, all together, about one hundred and fifty men. This mounted troop remained in Brookville until Thursday morn- ing, and, according to the Franklin Democrat, "carried away with them the heartfelt wishes of every member of this community for the soldierly bearing and gentlemanly deportment which characterized the whole troop during their." stay. As an evidence of the manner with which they were treated by our citizens, the following resolution was unanimously passed by them just prev- ious to their departure :
" 'Resolved, That the heartfelt thanks of the Fayette Minute Men and the Ashland Home Guards he hereby tendered to the citizens of Brookville, for their generous hospitality and kindness during the time that said con- panies have been quartered in their midst, and that this resolution be pub- lished in the Democrat and Defender.' "
HACKLEMAN POST, NO. 64, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
In the spring of 1882 a number of veterans of the Civil War residing in and around Brookville began to agitate the establishment of a post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Finally twenty-three veterans petitioned the state organization for a charter, and on April 10, 1882, a charter was granted to the petitioners. The charter was issued to Hackleman Post No. 64, the name being suggested by those desiring the charter.
It is pertinent in this connection to say something of Pleasant A. Hackle- man, the only general from Indiana killed in the Civil War. He was born
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November 15, 1814, in Franklin county, Indiana, and was killed at the battle of Corinth, on October 3, 1862. He was mustered in May II, 1861, as colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers for the one-year service. He was commissioned colonel May 18, 1861, and was mustered out May 6, 1862, for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general. On May 13, 1862, he was presented with an elegant sword in the presence of his regi- ment by the enlisted men of the Sixteenth Indiana. He continued in com- mand of the reorganized Sixteenth Indiana until his untimely death on the battlefield.
Hackleman Post was formally organized in the town hall at Brookville on the evening of April 18, 1882. Dr. J. L. Wooden, the mustering officer for the state department of the Grand Army of the Republic, had charge of the meeting and assisted in the organization. The first officers were as fol- low: William H. Bracken, commander; William H. Jones, senior vice-com- mander; John J. Sauers, junior vice-commander ; John F. McKee, officer of the day ; James A. Rodman, officer of the guard; Thomas C. Sheppard, chap- lain; Alexander W. Lee, surgeon; Oliver B. Baker, quartermaster; John Burkhardt, adjutant; Robert J. Cain, quartermaster sergeant; George Mon- roe, sergeant major.
"The objects of the Grand Army of the Republic are purely fraternal, and in no way do they conflict or meddle with sect or creed in politics or in the affairs of society. To preserve and strengthen the fraternal feelings that bound soldiers together in camp and upon battlefield; to perpetuate the memory of the history of the beloved dead; to assist such former comrades- in-arms as in their declining years and from their wounds and hardships might need help and protection ; to care for the widows and orphans of those who have fallen; to maintain the allegiance and fidelity of the United States and permanent respect for the constitution tested and proved upon the battle- field, and to encourage the spread of universal liberty and justice to all men, are the objects of the Grand Army of the Republic."
The original charter hanging on the walls of the post room contain the names of twenty-three petitioners, as follow: John Burkhardt, James A. Rodman. William H. Bracken, John F. McKee, William H. Jones, Oliver Baker, Alexander W. Lee, Z. S. Hutchinson, Robert J. Cain, Alanson R. Ryman, Ernest Gagle, John A. Gaines, Lewis Quillhorst, Thomas C. Shep- perd. Nathan Davis, George Monroe, John G. Sauers, Adam Thalheimer, Robert M. Stoops, Joseph R. Posey, Jonathan Parvis, C. B. Smith and Peter Amrheine. For some reason three of these, C. B. Smith, Peter Amrheine and Jonathan Parvis, were not present when the post was organized on April
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18, 1882. In fact, the name of Smith does not appear in the roll of mem- bers at all. Amrheine was apparently mustered in sometime in 1884, al- though the record of the post gives the date as April 18, 1882. Parvis was mustered in March 22, 1884.
Of the twenty who were mustered in upon the first organization of the post, Peter Amrheine is the only one still living. The present officers of Hackleman Post are as follow: George S. Golden, commander; Thomas B. Thackrey, senior vice-commander ; Milton Curry, junior vice-commander ; Oliver G. Templeton, quartermaster; John Cowen, adjutant; John Ferris, surgeon; George W. Higgs, chaplain; Frank Fogel, officer of the day; John H. Updike, officer of the guard; Marion Butler, sergeant major; Michael A. Jacob, quartermaster sergeant; Samuel Thomas, patriotic instructor. The delegate for the next state encampment is Samuel Thomas, with George W. Higgs as alternate.
New members have been added to Hackleman Post from year to year until the total membership reached one hundred and fifty-four with the mus- tering in of Milton Curry, February 21, 1914. The members of the post who have been taken in since it was first established, are as follows: Lewis Hornung, Frank Wieffenbach, Joseph Long, Edward D. Weltey, Jonathan Parvis, John D. Feiber, Andrew J. Heasom, Robert E. Best, James Williams, Philip Shuh, Frederick Ulrich, Peter Stoltz, William Cooley, John J. Posey, Adam Feltz, John Batzner, Levi W. Buckingham, Peter Amrheine, Oliver Stuart, Simeon Colbank, Elhanan W. Jenkins, James Murch, James E. Wash- ington, Patrick Grimes, Michael Maley. Edward Eckley, Louis G. Schiesz, Oliver G. Templeton, James M. Quick, George W. Campbell, Martin V. Holliday, Joseph A. Bedoll, Samuel R. Baker, William M. Baker, Thomas W. Butler, Benjamin Schoonover, William H. King, John R. Kennedy, John V. Swift, Henry Bickel, George W. Davis, Raphael Gall, Charles Samoniel, Conrad Ries, Frederick Rehme, Daniel Bower, John Watler, Richard J. Stoops, Henry F. Teeters, Michael A. Jacobs, Edward H. Morin, George Bauer, William Mergenthal, John Riester. Jesse M. Woodruff, John Castle, John H. Updike, George Koop, John Preifogel, George F. O'Bryne, Adam Stock, John McFall, John C. Schocke, Albert Dickman, Shelby Utsler, George W. Higgs, Andrew J. Isaacs, Henry B. Sauer, Wilbur A. William, Frank Fogel, John Fruits, F. U. Winans, James G. Clark, George C. Cloud, Adamı Miller, John W. Grimes, John W. Smiester, John Sieffert, William H. Berry, James P. Howe, Charles H. Stant, R. M. Stoops, John Ferris, George W. Davis, Charles Feary, Thomas J. Swift, John Gallagher, John Grober, William J. Stewart, John Showalter, M. B. Hippard, Andrew Metz-
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ger, H. O. Rose, George Moton, James K. Morgan, John Blue, Henry Minck- ler, M. L. Hennigh, Wilson Fletcher, Franklin Ward, Thomas J. Robinson, Robert Jolliff, Samuel Thomas, Carlton Steward, George S. Golden, J. H. Bossert, David Genn, T. B. Thackery, George W. Evans, Abraham Bossert, Samuel Walton, William Holiday, Zachariah Lyons, G. W. Connair, Libius Monroe, John Cowen, John Roe, H. H. Miller, James Sammis, S. E. Rose, Abraham Miller, Junius Abbott, Nathan Duncan, Samuel Travis, Martin V. Burgess, George K. Osborn, Henry H. Scott, Louis C. Maze, Joel B. Price, Jacob Reisert, James L. Sims, Charles H. Peterman, Hugh West, Jonathan Hayward and Milton Curry.
The Grand Army of the Republic post at Metamora was established in 1884. It was numbered 279 and named the Henry D. Washburn Post, in honor of one of the veterans from this county who gave his life for his country in the Civil War. Since the organization of the post at Metamora there have been forty-three members initiated. Many of these have died, others have transferred their membership to other places, and still others have dropped out for various reasons until at the present time there are only a few members left. The complete list of initiated and transferred mem- bers who have been identified with the post at Metamora are as follows : Andrew J. Bowman, John R. Dunlap, William Fields, George Foster, George W. Gates, Joseph Hooper, Alexander W. Lee, Patrick Manly, Henry P. Matthews, James Jones, Simeon F. Ridenour, George W. Riger, Claudius Shafer, Milton Curry, Elisha Morford, George Murray, George Phillips, J. C. Ryman, Charles Hawkins, Thomas Jones, Lynn McWhorter, John E. Swartz, Harrison Swift, David B. Tuell, Hugh Weston, Charles Wolf, James Hannefee, Andrew Alley, J. B. High, Edwin W. High, Benjamin Huddleton, - Hobbs, Joseph Scott, Samuel Morford, W. K. Fletcher, James G. Swan, O. C. Gordon, Charles White, John Hurley, Michael Seibel, Asbury Carr, Peter D. Palser and P. B. Francis.
Besides the Grand Army of the Republic posts at Brookville and Meta- mora, there have been local posts at Laurel, Mt. Carmel, and Andersonville. Deaths and removals have been the cause of all the posts in the county losing most of their members.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
The soldiers' monument on the public square at Brookville was finally completed in February, 1901. The striking feature of the monument is a large cannon of the howitzer variety, which is set upon a block of cement
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six by four feet and six feet high. Two designs were submitted for the monument and after careful deliberation by the committee, composed of R. J. Stoops, J. Watler and L. G. Schiesz, the design of Dr. Calvin Carter was selected. The base of the monument was built by Theodore H. Brown . and consists of stone, faced with Portland cement. The iron bearing of the cannon was made by Williams & Sons and is a remarkable piece of work. The bending of the angle irons has been particularly admired. The cannon which surmounts the substantial pedestal was donated by the national gov- ernment. Doctor Carter mounted the cannon by means of block and tackle.
In the front of the pedestal is a marble slab with this inscription : "I am dying, but I die for my country." Gen. P. A. Hackleman was the only general from Indiana killed in battle during the Civil War. Born Nov. 15, 1814. Killed at Corinth, Oct. 3, 1862.
On the side facing the court house is an inscription which reads :
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