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John C. Bufkin.
2,010
1,774
William P. Gregg.
236
Senator.
Solomon Blair.
1,994
640
Representatives.
William W. Leathers
1,945
726
William Worrell.
1,360
Thomas J. Cason.
2,009
720
Edmond Herrod.
1,289
Commissioner.
John Robins.
2 025
1,554
Joseph Waters
471
Sheriff.
Commissioner.
Thomas Nichols.
2,032
701
Treasurer.
Stephen W. Hardin ...
...
1,906
William H. McPhetridge. 1,455
451
Thomas Nichols.
1,941
724
Joseph H. Sellars
1,217
Digitized by
Commissioner.
Martin Gregg.
736
716
Anderson Leach ..
20
Recorder.
Daniel B. South.
574
498
James S. Odell.
76
ELECTION OF OCT. 14, 1862.
Secretary of State.
William A. Peelle
, 1,948
726
James S. Athon
1,222
Congressman.
Ebenezer Dumont. . .
1,972
772
Alexander B. Conduitt ..
1,200
Common Pleas Judge.
Charles A. Ray.
1,960
757
William W. Wick.
1,203
Circuit Prosecutor.
James Burgess.
1,984
624
David S. Mc Kernan. .
1,219
Joint Representative.
Thomas J. Cason
1,950
757
Asa S. White ..
1,193
Representative.
James M. Gregg.
1,859
617
Tilberry Reid.
1,242
Matthias C. A. Hall.
1,331
Harlan Carter.
1,916
692
Isaac H. Pierson.
1,224
Sheriff.
Coroner.
Samuel L. Hawkins.
. 2,014 1,642
John Emmons.
372
ELECTION OF NOV. 6, 1860.
President.
Abraham Lincoln.
2,050
967
Stephen A. Douglas.
1,083
John C. Breckinridge.
. .
244
John Bell.
41
ELECTION OF OCT. 10, 1861.
Common Pleas Judge.
John A. Beale.
442
146
Charles A. A. Ray
296
685
James M. Gregg.
1,354
.
HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY. 311
Treasurer.
Oliver W. Hill ..:
1,961
759
John W. Parker.
1,202
Recorder.
Jesse Ogden.
1,828
649
Henry H. Marvin.
1,179
James 8. Odell
158
Surveyor.
Cyrus Rogers.
1,981
1,931
Coroner.
Samuel L. Hawkins.
1,941
720
Lindsey W. Jeffers. ..
1,221
ELECTION OF OCT. 13, 1863.
Commissioner.
John Robins.
1,705
799
George M. Brown.
906
Auditor.
Lawrence S. Shuler.
1,651
727
John S. McClain
924
Clerk.
Levi Ritter.
1,649
William C. Nelson.
696
953
Jesse M. Jones ..
340
Land Appraiser.
Milton Hendricks.
1,931
1,225
Daniel D. Hambleton.
706
Assessor.
Gaten G. Menefee.
130
56
ELECTION OF OCT. 11, 1864.
Governor.
Oliver P. Morton.
2,614 1,579
Joseph E. McDonald.
1,035
Lieutenant-Governor.
Conrad Baker.
2 611
1,578
Mahlon D. Manson.
1,038
Secretary of State.
Nelson Trusler.
2,610
1,574
James S. Athon.
1,036
Congressman.
Ebenezer Dumont. ..
2,611
1,576
John Love
1,035
Circuit Prosecutor.
William W. Leathers ...
2,610
2,610
Common Pleas Prosecutor.
William W. Waller.
2,605 2,605
Senator.
Thomas J. Cason.
2,604
1,579
James W. McWorkman .. .
1,025
Representatives.
Charles F. Hogate.
2,858
1,832
Edward T. Doyle.
1,026
John T. Burns. .
2,600
1,575
Oliver P. Peters.
1,025
Commissioner.
Martin Gregg.
2,585
2,585
Sheriff.
Edmund H. Straughan. .. 2,559
Daniel Higgins.
1,025
1,584
Treasurer.
Erastus F. Hunt ..
2,596
1,578
William Hopkins.
1,023
Surveyor.
Cyrus Rogers.
2,592 2,592
Coroner.
John R. Armstrong ......
2,592 2,592
ELECTION OF NOV. 8, 1864.
President.
Abraham Lincoln.
... 2,622 1,790
George B. Mcclellan. ....
832
ELECTION OF OCT .. 10, 1865.
Judge 5th Circuit.
John Coburn.
876
865
William McDaniel.
11
Common Pleas Judge.
Solomon Blair.
848
828
Joseph S. Miller
20
William Hopkins.
11
A. C. D. E. Pope
1
Commissioner.
Harlan Carter.
833
822
John Fitch.
11
Thomas Dugan.
1
Eli Huron ..
6
John Shirley.
6
Samuel Hays.
1
Coroner.
John Harrison
872
872
ELECTION OF OCT.9, 1866.
Secretary of State.
Nelson Trusler.
.
2,907 1,657
Mahlon D. Manson.
1,250
Digitized by
J. M. Parker.
74
312 HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY.
Congressman.
John Coburn.
2,909
1,656
John M. Lord.
1,253
Judge 5th Circuit.
Cyrus C. Hines.
2,904
1,652
Thomas W. Woollen.
1,252
Lieutenant-Governor.
Circuit Prosecutor.
Joseph S. Miller.
8,066 3,066
Common Pleas Prosecutor.
William W. Woollen.
2,900
2,900
Representatives.
Leander M. Campbell.
2,828
1,576
William P. Cornett.
1,252
Benj. F. Thomas. .
2,904
1,650
Allen Heavenridge.
1,254
Commissioner.
Robert N. Harvey .....
2,838
1,581
William P. Robards.
1,252
Sheriff.
Edmund H. Straughan. .. 2 852
1,599
David W. Hooten .....
1,258
Treasurer.
Erastus F. Hunt.
2,897
1,648
Newton Hopwood.
1,249
Recorder.
John L. Brown. ..
2,908
1,654
John McClain
1,254
Surveyor.
Homer C. Carpenter.
2,907
2,907
Coroner.
John Harrison.
2,905
1,654
Aaron Homan.
1,251
ELECTION OF OCT. 8, 1867.
Senator.
D. H. Hamilton.
B. F. Hedges
27
Robert Bond.
12
Augustus Snyder.
7
Commissioner.
O. W. Hill.
2,324
2,324
W. M. Hess.
Auditor.
2,027
2,027
Clerk.
A. M. Luke
1,352
49
Nicholas T. Hadley.
1,303
Surveyor.
Job Hadley
1,300
527
J. H. Dennis.
773
Coroner.
-
S. L. Hawkins.
...
... 2,232 2,232
ELECTION OF OCT. 13, 1868.
Governor.
Conrad Baker.
2,853
1,858
Thomas A. Hendricks.
1,500
Will Cumback.
2,872
1,377
A. P. Edgerton.
1,495
Secretary of State.
Max F. A. Hoffman
2,871
1,878
Reuben C. Kise. .
1,493
Congressman.
John Coburn.
2,874
1,376
John W. Keightley.
1,498
Circuit Prosecutor.
Daniel W. Howe.
2,873 2,878
Common Pleas Prosecutor.
William Irin
2,866
1,508
Hiram N. Short
1,363
· Representatives.
Allen Furnas.
2,828
2,588
Job Davis. .
140
Milton A. Osborn.
2,863
2,863
Commissioner.
Stephen N. Hardin.
2,865
2,805
Dillon Haworth
60
Sheriff.
William H. Calvert.
2,813
1,957
William Banta.
856
Treasurer.
John H. Lewis.
2,857
2,857
Senator.
John V. Hadley
2,849 2,766
1,504
1,477
James Mc Murray.
83
Real Estate Appraiser.
Lewis S. Hunter.
2,854 2,854
Coroner.
George W. Wayland ...
. .
2,867 2,867
ELECTION OF NOV. 3, 1868.
President.
Ulysses S. Grant.
2,978 1,511
Horatio Seymour.
1,462
ELECTION OF OCT. 10, 1870.
Secretary of State.
Max F. A. Hoffman.
..
2,402
978
Norman Eddy.
1,430
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HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY. 313
Congressman.
Secretary of State.
John Coburn ..
2,393
957
Thomas Cottrell.
1,436
Common Pleas Judge.
Solomon Blair.
2,360
923
Lewis Jordan.
1,437
Circuit Prosecutor.
Jesse S. Ogden
2,386
2,886
Common Pleas Prosecutor.
David V. Burns.
2,398
963
Henry C. Ray
1,430
Representatives.
Allen Furnas.
2,366
2,366
Milton A. Osborn.
2,098
418
Henry B. Martin.
1,685
Commissioners.
Henry H. Bunton
2,010
John Robbins.
1,634
John O. Wishard.
2,093
444
John Miles.
1,649
Enos Hadley.
2,119
481
William C. Mills.
1,638
Auditor.
William M. Hess.
2,092
451
William W. Irons.
1,641
Clerk.
Lotan W. Jenkins.
2,140
642
Isaac H. Pierson
1,745
Sheriff.
Samuel L. Hawkins.
2,721
910
Frederick Hout.
1,811
Treasurer.
Hiram T. Storm.
2,877
1,160
Samuel A. Verbrike ..
1,717
Real Estate Appraiser.
Jesse N. Townsend.
2,805
2,805
Surveyor.
A. C. Weaver
1,524
Surveyor.
Job Hadley
2,147
2,147
Coroner.
C. Ohaver.
2,149 2,149
ELECTION OF OCT. 8, 1872.
.
ELECTION OF NOV. 5, 1872.
President.
Ulysses S. Grant.
2,884
1,208
Horace Greeley.
1,626
Charles O'Conor.
4
ELECTION OF OCT. 13, 1874.
Secretary of State.
William W. Curry
2,639
1,044
John E. Neff ...
1,595
William W. Curry ..
2,859
1,114
Owen M. Eddy.
1,745
Congressman.
John Coburn.
2,861
1,111
Cyrus F. McNutt.
1,750
Judge 5th Circuit.
Livingston Howland.
.... 2,856 2,856
Common Pleas Judge.
William Irvin.
2,904 2,904
Circuit Prosecutor.
Thomas .J. Cofer
2,850 1,10%
Harvey C. Ray.
1,748
Common Pleas Prosecutor.
Robert E. Smith.
2,866
2,866
Senator.
Addison Daggy
2,849
1,094
876
Francis M. Darnall ..
1,755
Representatives.
Jesse S. Ogden.
2,798
1,017
Jacob Vandigrift.
1,781
Allen Furnas
2.838
1,117
Lot T. Bray
1,721
Commissioners.
Cyrus L. Stanley
2,882
1,080
James H. Clay ..
1,752
John O. Wishard.
2,820
1,075
Nathaniel W. Gossett.
1,498
Sheriff.
William H. Calvert.
2,099
450
Edwin H. Hornaday
1,649
Treasurer.
.
John H. Lewis.
2,201
666
Alexander Chambers.
1,535
Recorder.
William Patterson.
2,145
621
Joseph A. Clark.
2,861
2,861
Coroner.
Warren Ohaver ..
2,837
1,102
Rufus K. Tharp.
1,785
Governor.
Thomas M. Browne
..... 2,849
1,094
Thomas A. Hendricks .... 1, 755
Lieutenant-Governor.
Leonidas Sexton
2 856
John R. Cravens.
1,788
1,118
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314 HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY.
Congressman.
John Coburn ...
2,706
984
Circuit Prosecutor.
Thomas J. Cofer.
2,521
646
John Denton.
1,875
Circuit Prosecutor .
Joshua G. Adams.
2,791
1,020
762
John Denton.
1,771
Charles Foley
492
Senator.
William H. Ragan.
2,803
1,005
Allen Heavenridge.
1,797
Richard M. Hazlett ..
468
Representatives.
Edwin T. Lane.
2,810
1,150
Josiah H. Robinson
1,660
Jacob Kennedy
543
James W. Morgan.
2,735
537
William M. Brown.
2,198
Commissioners.
Aaron T. Dooley
2,805
1,078
Michael Higgins.
1,732
James M. Ergenbright.
497
John W. Tinder
2,734
459
John U. Carter
2,275
William Hylton.
2,801
Nicholas Lawler.
1,780
1,021
Gilbert McClain.
490
Sheriff.
Asbury Bryant.
2,670
814
Benjamin F. Worth.
2,356
Treasurer.
Alfred Welshaus.
2,612
259
John P. Dibble.
2,353
Surveyor.
Joseph A. Clark.
2,888
768
John R. Corey.
2,120
Coroner.
William P. Ayers.
2,803
1,067
John E. Weible.
1,736
ELECTION OF NOV. 7, 1876. President.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
3,014
1,102
Samuel J. Tilden.
1,912
Peter Cooper.
231
ELECTION OF OCT. 8, 1878. Secretary of State.
Isaiah P. Watts
8,855
John E. Neff.
1,864
Allen W. Monroe.
386
991
Isaac S. Moore
2,670
800
John G. Shanklin.
1,870
Henley James.
416
869
Franklin Landers
1,926
James Buchanan
370
John V. Hadley.
2
Representatives.
William H. Ragan.
2,586
George Kreigh
1,824
James W. Morgan
2,141
151
Job Hadley.
1,990
Commissioner.
Samuel Starbuck.
2,198
69
Enos Hadley.
2,129
Sheriff.
Samuel L. Hawkins. . .
.
2,239
168
John F. Darnall
2,071
Auditor.
Elisha H. Hall.
2,116
219
George T. Estes.
1,897
Clerk.
William Irvin.
2,484
645
Levi A. Barnett.
1,839
Treasurer.
Lewis S. Watts
2,188
106
Jacob Kennedy
2,082
Recorder.
George Rawlings
2,370
400
John S. McClain
1,970
Assessor.
Amos Hoak.
. 8,284
280
William C. Mitchell.
2,054
Surveyor.
Joseph A. Clark.
2,510 2,510
Coroner.
Elias D. Johnson.
2,482
548
ELECTION OF OCT. 10, 1876. Governor.
Benjamin Harrison.
2,896
1,024
James D. Williams ..
1,872
Henry W. Herrington.
. .
351
Lieutenant-Governor.
Robert S. Robertson
2,859
997
Isaac P. Gray.
1,862
Richard Gregg.
386
Secretary of State.
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Congressman.
John Hanna. ..
2,975
Frank Landers.
1,722
Ed Weibel ..
1,884
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HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY. 315
Congressman.
John Hanna .. ..
2,629
822
Gilbert De La Matyr.
...
8,807
Circuit Judge.
Jacob B. Julian. .
2,347
29
Joshua G. Adams.
2,318
Circuit Prosecutor.
Richard B. Blake. ..
2 633
777
Jonathan H. Johnson.
1,856
Millard F. Jones. .
397
Joint Representative.
Jonathan Burch.
2 668
William P. Wimmer ..... 2,286
382
Representative.
George W. Snoddy.
2,630
460
John Rynerson
2,170
Nathaniel W. Gossett.
. .
126
Commissioners.
Aaron T. Dooley.
2,574
Abel Benbow. .
2,178
John W. Tinder
2,550
343
John A. Hufferd.
2,207
William Blackwell.
141
Sheriff. ·
James M. Emmons.
2,608
William H. Pierson.
2,219
James Dooley.
130
Auditor.
William H. Nichols ...
2,711
660
William M. Shockley.
2,051
.Leander Glidewell.
133
Olerk.
William F. Haynes.
2,529
284
William Y. Turner.
136
Treasurer.
Wyatt Osborn ..
2,402
77
Hubbard B. Lingenfelter. 2,325
Recorder.
John A. Osborn.
2,696
605
Alonzo D. Kelley.
2,091
Surveyor.
Joseph A. Clark.
2,675
658
John R. Covey.
2,017
' Coroner.
Benjamin Hayder
2,653
519
Cornelius Ohaver
2,184
ELECTION OF OCT. 12, 1880.
Governor.
Albert G. Porter.
3,185
1,140
Franklin Landers.
2,045
Richard Gregg.
200
Lieutenant-Governor.
Thomas Hanna.
3,171
1,189
John T. Scott.
2,032
Thomas F. De Bruler
223
Secretary of State.
Emanuel R. Hawn
3,170
1,198
John G. Shanklin
2,032
Francis T. Waring.
217
Congressman.
William B. F. Treat ..
3,168
1,130
Courtland C. Matson
2,038
Josiah H. Robinson.
219
Circuit Prosecutor.
Newton M. Taylor.
3,170
1,159
Jonathan H. Johnson
2,011
Mark A. Smith.
226
Senator.
Simpson F. Lockridge ..
..
3,164
1,140
396
John C. Rynerson.
2,024
Joint Representative.
William M. Ridpath.
. .
3,163
1,188
Benjamin F. Ivy.
2,030
Jacob Etter
209
Representative.
James G. Miles.
3,182
2,691
John A. Jordan.
491
Commissioner.
Clark Blair ..
3,166
2,904
John R. Smith
262
Sheriff.
James M. Emmons. .
..
2,924
733
William H. Pearson ..
2,191
William M. Shockley ....
197
Treasurer.
Enos C. Hornaday
2,913
918
Ebenezer Tomlinson
2,000
Ellis Lawrence.
218
Surveyor.
Joseph A. Clark.
3,189
3,189
Coroner.
Eldridge C. Wills.
3,163
3,163
ELECTION OF NOV. 2, 1880.
President.
James A. Garfield.
3,196
1,202
Winfield S. Hancock
1,994
James B. Weaver.
218
Neal Dow ..
4
ELECTION OF NOV. 7, 1882.
Secretary of State.
.
Emanuel R. Hawn.
2,816
890
William R. Myers.
1,926
Hiram Z. Leonard.
155
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Benjamin' F. Worth.
2,245
316 HISTORY OF HENDRICKS COUNTY.
Congressman.
Courtland C. Watson ..... 2,063
Samuel Wallingford ..... 1,065
Joint Representatives.
998
. Enoch G. Hogate.
Frederick J. S. Robinson.
Representative.
Jacob H. Fleece. .
2,822
Elbridge G. Wilson
1,909
William G. Elder
146
Circuit Judge.
Joshua G. Adams.
2,499
811
Alexander C. Ayres.
2,188
Circuit Prosecutor.
William f. Brown
2,882
932
Francis M. Wright ..
1,950
Commissioners.
Joseph M. Woods
2,765
796
Elisha H. Marker.
1,969
John W. Tinder.
2,710
James E. Daugherty
2,018
692
Clark Blair .. .
2,767
William T. Raggan ..
1,975
Sheriff.
Abraham Douglass ..
..
2,631
William H. Baughman
2,070
John M. Jackson. ..
121
Auditor.
John Kendall ..
2.420
166
Joseph A. Clark.
2,254
Albert McCormack.
102
Clerk.
William R. McClelland. .. 2,545
John Mesler.
2,191
Stephen Fowler.
95
Treasurer.
Rodney Jeger.
2,827
William F. Lambert.
1,918
Morris R. Ellis.
141
Retorder.
Adrian A. Parsons.
2,819
937
Clay Kennedy.
151
Surveyor.
Charles M. Griggs.
2,805
868
Thomas A. Yowell. ..
1,937
Coroner.
William M. Hutchings. .. 2 731
788
ELECTION OF NOV. 4, 1884.
President.
James G. Blaine. . .
3,003
Grover Cleveland.
2 069
Benjamin F. Butler
162
John P. St. John.
88
Governor.
William H. Calkins.
2,960
884
Isaac P. Gray.
2,076
Hiram Z. Leonard.
151
Robert S. Dwiggins
133
Lieutenant-Governor.
Eugene H. Bundy
2,965
892
Mahlon D. Manson
2,078
John B. Milroy ..
153
Elwood C. Siler
127
Secretary of State.
Robert Mitchell.
2,968
896
William R. Myers.
2,072
Thompson Smith.
154
Benjamin F. Carter.
124
Congressman.
George W. Grubbs ..
3,011
849
Courtland C. Watson.
2,162
James E. Burton
85
Circuit Prosecutor.
William N. Harding.
. 2,928
551
Robert W. Medkirk.
2,377
Senator.
John V. Hadley.
2,680
324
Leander M. Campbell.
. 2,356
Joint Representative.
Silas A. Hays ...
2,977
717
Frederick J. S. Robinson. 2,260
Representative.
Jacob H. Fleece.
8,106
932
Jacob Kennedy.
2,174
Commissioners.
Milton B. Vannice ...
. 8,013
3,013
John W. Tinder
.2,705
196
Benjamin G. Edmondson. 2,509
Sheriff.
William P. Ayere.
3,045
2,887
William H. Ayers.
158
Treasurer.
Henry Hadley.
3,018
2,879
Amos Alderson
139
John W. Fox.
1,948
Ellis Jessup.
137
Surveyor.
Charles M. Griggs.
8,022
2,769
934
John R. Sheehan.
'258
Coroner.
Mit Phillips.
2,639
2,639
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354
909
Patrick Welsh.
1,882
913
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CHAPTER V.
THE CIVIL WAR.
THE FIRST GUN .- SPRINGING TO ARMS. - PATRIOTISM IN THIS COUNTY. -FIRST COMPANY FROM HENDRICKS .- SKETCHES OF REGIMENTS TO WHICH THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTED .- HENDRICKS COUNTY REGI- MENT, INDIANA LEGION .- BOUNTIES .- DRAFT.
About day-break on the 12th of April, 1861, the stillness of Charleston Bay was disturbed by the firing of a large mortar and the shriek of a shell as it rushed through the air. The shell burst over Fort Sumter, and the war of the great Rebellion was begun. In the North, the hope had been tenaciously clung to that the peace of the country was not to be disturbed. This dream was rudely broken by the siege of Fort Sumter. The North awakened suddenly to the awful certainty that civil war was begun. There was a deep feeling of indignation at the traitors who were willing to ruin their country that slavery might be secure. There was a full appreciation of the danger, and an instant universal determination that, at whatever cost, the ational life must be preserved. Per- sonal sacrifice was unconsidered;individual interests were merged in the general good. Political differences ordinarily so bitter, were for the time almost effaced. Nothing was of interest but the question how this audacious rebellion was to be suppressed and the American Nation npheld in the great place which it claimed among men.
Two days after the fall of Fort Sumter Mr. Lincoln intimated by proclamation the dishonor done to the laws of the United States, and called out the 1. luxtent of 75,000 men. The free States responded enthusiastically to the call. So prompt was their action that on the very next day several companies arrived in Washington. Flushed by the eily won victory, the Southerners talked boastfully of seizingthe capital. In a very short time there were 50,000 loyal men ready to prevent that, and the safety of Washington was secured.
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preparations. Rich men offered money with so much liberality that in a few days nearly $25,000,000 had been contributed. The school-teachers of Boston dedicated fixed proportions of their in- comes to the support of the Government, while the war should last. All over the country the excited people gathered themselves into crowded meetings and breathed forth in fervid resolutions their determination to spend fortune and life in defense of the Union. Volunteer companies were rapidly formed. In the cities ladies began to organize themselves for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers. It had been fabled that the North would not fight. With a fiery promptitude unknown before in modern his- tory, the people sprang to arms.
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Hendricks County had at this time less than 17,000 inhabitants. With a population mainly devoted to agriculture, who knew noth- ing of war except by history or tradition, it could hardly be ex- pected that a warlike spirit would soon disturb the peaceful population. But we know little of the fire that slumbers in quiet breasts until occasion calls it forth. Under the call for 75,000 volun- teers, the quota of Indiana was fixed at six regiments. The re- sponse was prompt from all parts of the State, and from none more hearty than from Hendricks County. Being but an hour's travel by rail from Indianapolis, the first company raised in this county was one of the first to be accepted by' the United States. From that time on the patriotic county poured forth for its country's services a continuous procession of volunteers, and in all nearly 2,000 enlistments were credited to Hendricks, or twelve per cent of the population, and sixty-five per cent of the voting strength.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
The first three-months regiment sent to the field from Indiana was named the Sixth, as five regiments were contributed toward the Mexican war. It was mustered into service at Indianapolis on the 25th of April, 1861; and on the same day the Seventh was also mustered in, Company A of which was made up entirely of Hen- dricks County volunteers. James Burgess (afterward Colonel) was Captain, Peter S. Kennedy, First Lieutenant, and Joseph S. Miller, Second Lieutenant, all the commissions being dated April 20, 1861, only eight days after the first gun of the war was fired. The company first contained 100 men, about three-fourths of them being received and mustered in. Photographs of all these 100 volunteers are arranged in a frame in the county auditor's office, and form a
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relic of the war which will be of increasing interest as the years come and go. All ages and conditions were represented, from the mature citizen with the "stove-pipe" hat to the fifteen-year-old youth from the store or farm.
The Colonel of the regiment was Ebenezer Dumont, who had served with distinction in the Mexican war. The Seventh was ordered to Western Virginia on the 29th of May, and proceeded at once by rail to Grafton, by way of Richmond, Ind., and Dayton, Columbus and Zanesville, Ohio. On the 2d of June it proceeded by rail to Webster, where it was joined by other regiments. The entire force was then divided into two columns, under the immediate command of Colonel Kelly, and was marched to Philippi, the Sev- enth being in advance. When within a mile of that town, Lieuten- ant Ricketts, of Company B, engaged the enemy's pickets and drove them back. The Seventh, followed by the rest of the column, crossed a bridge and entered the town at double-quick, driving the rebels before them out of the town and two miles beyond. The regiment remained in camp at this place for six weeks, and then marched to Bealington, as part of General Morris's command. Here some skirmishing was had with the enemy's pickets, and a recon- noissance to the right and rear of their line made by a force of 500 men of the Seventh and Ninth Indiana, under Colonel Dumont. On the night of the 11th of July the rebels retreated from the front of our troops, and in the morning the pursuit commenced, the Sev- enth being in the rear, and was continued until two o'clock in the afternoon, our forces halting at Leedsville. While here Captain Blair and Lieutenant Tucker captured three rebel prisoners. The next morning the march was resumed to St. George, Cheat River be- ing forded on the way. At Carrick's Ford the crossing was resisted by General Garnett, which opposition was promptly met by the fire of the Fourteenth Ohio, stationed on the bank of the river opposite the enemy. The Seventh Indiana then advanced and charged down the banks of the river, crossed over, captured the enemy's baggage, and hastened on in pursuit of the retreating rebels. At the next ford, three-quarters of a mile from Carrick's, the enemy made another stand, under the personal command of General Garnett. The resistance was brief, the rebels flying and leaving their com- mander dead on the field. Colonel Dumont continued the pursuit for two miles and then halted for the night. The next day the Seventh took up the line of march to St. George, and thence to
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Bealington. After a few-days rest it was ordered to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out of service.
The Seventh was reorganized at Indianapolis and was mustered in for three-years service, Sept. 13, 1861, with Ebenezer Dumont still Colonel. All of Companies Band H were volunteers from Hendricks County, a large number of those who had been in the three-months service entering Company H. The regiment moved at once into Western Virginia, and joined General Reynolds's com- mand at Cheat Mountain. On the 3d of October it participated in the battle of Greenbrier, and soon after moved up the Shenan- doah Valley, camping near Green Spring Run. It was engaged in the battle of Winchester Heights, March 23, 1862, in the en- gagements at Port Republic on the 9th of June, and at Front Royal on the 12th of the same month. It then marched to Fredericks- burg and back again to the Shenandoah, under General Shields, after which it was assigned to General McDowell's command. The regiment was with General Pope's forces in the campaign of the Army of Virginia, participating in the fight at Slaughter Mountain on the 9th of August, 1862, and the second battle of Bull Run on the 30th of August.
The regiment was engaged in the pursuit of Lee, during his invasion of Maryland, and took part in the battle of Antietam on the 17th of September, losing two killed and eight wounded. It was next engaged at Ashby's Gap, or Union, on the 2d of Novem- ber, suffering a loss of four killed and six wounded. It partici- pated in the battle of Fredericksburg, under General Burnside, on the 13th of December. During the next year's campaign the Sev- enth was engaged in the great battles at Chancellorsville, on the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th of May, and at Gettysburg on the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th of July, losing heavily in both engag ements. At the close of the campaign of 1863, it participated in the battle of Mine Run on the 30th of November. The spring of 1864 found the Seventh in camp at Culpeper, whence it moved with the Army of the Potomac in Grant's last campaign, participating in the follow- ing battles: Wilderness, May 5 and 6; Laurel Hill, May 8; Spottsylvania, May 10 and 12; Po River, at North Anna River, May 25 ; Bethesda Church, May 30 and 31 and June 1; and Cold Harbor, June 3.
In these engagements the regiment was under fire for eighteen days and suffered severely. Ou the 16th of June it crossed the James River to join the assault on Petersburg, and it was engaged
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the day following in the desperate but unsuccessful attempt to carry the rebel works at that place. Here the regiment remained, participating in the siege of Petersburg until the 18th of Angust, when it moved with that portion of the army selected for the pur- pose, on the Weldon Railroad, with the view of cutting the same, and was engaged in the battle near Yellow House, Ang. 19. Sept. 23, in pursuance of orders from the General commanding the corps to which it was attached, the Seventh Regiment was consolidated with the Nineteenth, and Oct. 18 this new organization was in turn consolidated with the Twentieth. All were mustered out of the service at Indianapolis, July 12, 1865.
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