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many miles into Georgia. In this fierce battle of three days Company H took an active and honor- able part, in which they lost two killed and eleven wounded, mostly severely, including both Lien- tenants. The number engaged was thirty-two, in- cluding officers. The standard bearer was shot down. Private J. C. Hawkins seized the falling banner, waved it defiantly to the foe, rallied the wavering columns, and bore it triumphantly to the end of the fight. For this and other gallant conduct he was publicly complimented, and the officers of the regiment, through Chaplain Brouse, presented to him an officer's uniform.
On the 26th of November they started in pur. suit of the retreating rebels, and continued as far as Graysville, Georgia, where they burned a large mill, and tore up and destroyed the railroad track and bridges. They were then selected as part of the force to march to the relief of Knoxville. In that expedition of more than three weeks the men marched day after day, sometimes till midnight, half naked, bare-footed, without rations or cook- ing utensils, yet almost without a murmur. Ar- rived at Maysville, they learned that the rebels had run, and they returned by way of Chatta- nooga and Bridgeport, to Scottsboro, Alabama, where they arrived December 27th, 1863.
The march to the relief of Knoxville was one of peculiar and excessive hardships. In the bat-
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LETTER FROM THE BATTLE FIELD.
tle of Missionary Ridge, and the subsequent pur- suit, occupying five days, the company had left or thrown away clothes, equipage, etc., and they had almost no blankets, tents, overcoats, or cooking utensils. Some melted their canteens apart, and used them to bake bread upon. They subsisted on what they could obtain by the way, which was insufficient to satisfy their hunger, and though it was December, many were bare-footed and with- out blankets ; yet the brave and noble men bore these hardships even with cheerfulness. The fol- lowing letter, written to the church of which the writer was a member, shows the spirit of some of these soldiers :
BATTLE FIELD NEAR JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, July 12th, 1864-Sabbath morning.
DEAR BRETHREN :- I cannot but contrast the difference between our situations at this moment. You are preparing to worship God in your little church, and to listen to the words of " Peace on earth and good will to men," while I, your brother, am lying close to a trembling earth, made so by the whizzing of balls and shells aimed for our destruction ! You no doubt will be interested in the character of my reflec- tions and feelings in the circumstances.
After singing " The Lord my Shepherd is," "From every stormy wind that blows," and " On the mountain top appear- ing," I committed myself, my family, my brethren and my country to God's keeping. The result is a calmness and resignation that is almost surprising to myself. How far I shall be able to maintain this state of feeling of course I can- not tell, but I trust that I shall be enabled to find strength in
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the promise, " The Lord is a present help in every time of need," and " As thy day is, so shall thy strength be ;" and if not a sparrow falls to the ground without our Heavenly Father, why need I be afraid ?
Now, brethren, as it regards the principles we have con- tended for: In the face of death I believe they are right ! I have lived by them and stood up for them in life ; and if it please God that I should now die, I shall die with the full confidence that piety to God and humanity to man are the sum and substance of Christ's holy religion. I exhort you, therefore, to stand fast by them-"Stand up for Jesus !" and though we may always be unpopular among men. yet "it pays" to have the consciousness that all is well when there is danger in every step, and one looks death square in the face. (We are looking every moment for an order to charge.)
Farewell. May the peace of God, that passeth all under- standing, be with you to the end.
Your brother,
Early in January, 1864, the regiment was again set to guarding railroads, and continued until May 1st, when it joined the grand army now before Atlanta. In this campaign it has participated in engagements at Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church and Kenesaw Mountain, and several have been wounded. Their losses have been heavy through- out the war. In sixteen different places and seven different States, their "dead ones brave" are lying. The battle-scarred veterans of com- pany II have made a record which while they live will be their honor, and when they die will be their glorious epitaph.
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COMPANY F.
COMPANY F, SEVENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT INDI- ANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Dr. Christopher S. Arthur, promoted to surgeon.
First Lieutenant, John S. Stanton, promoted to captain Aug 20, 1862-wounded at Chickamauga. Second Lieutenant, Abraham C. Rush, promoted to first lieu- tenant Aug. 20, 1862, resigned Dec. 22, 1862.
SERGEANTS.
Orderly, Jesse T. Underwood, promoted to second lieutenant Aug. 20, 1862, resigned Feb., 1863.
Guy W. McGriff, promoted to first lieutenant Dec. 23, 1862, resigned April 16, 1864.
Joseph Lewis, promoted to orderly Dec. 23, 1862 ; to second lieutenant Feb., 1863.
Justice Green, died at home Nov. 1863.
John Hardy, jun., wounded at Kenesaw Mountain,
Oliver H. P. Hammitt, transferred to gunboat.
CORPORALS.
Henry V. Walling, wounded William Arbaugh, at Kenesaw Mountain, Jas. Stewart, killed at Chicka-
Henry Getz,
mauga,
John P. Boyd, died Nov. 1862 Solomon Dehoff, Charles A. Black,
David Henry,
Charles E. Bennett, died at Charles W. Robbins, Castillian Springs Nov. '62 Edward J. Haynes.
Alexander Hyde, fifer, wounded at Kenesaw Mountain. William R. Miller, drummer, discharged.
PRIVATES.
Charles S. Butterworth, John Mckinstry, discharged-
Albert Burris, died before reaching home.
James W. Binegar, wounded George W. McCartney, at Missionary Ridge, William W. Mclellan,
Lyman Brown, discharged, Perry Odell.
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COMPANY F.
Elias F. Baird, died at Chat- James Porter, killed at Kene- tanooga,
Aaron Baker,
saw Mountain June 18,'64 Mailon I. Paxson,
Thomas J. Cartwright,
Joseph A. Craig,
Jesse J. Russell, died Jan. '63. Seth Regester, died at Chatta- nooga,
Harvey Collins,
Francis A. Collett,
Samuel W. Dixon,
David E. Reiley, wounded at Chickamauga,
Eli Dehoff, discharged-died Enos T. Reed, discharged, after reaching home,
Samuel M. Elliott,
Robt. Rensenberg, discharged, Stephen Shelton, discharged, Alexander Strain,
Timothy F. Fait, killed at James A. Smith,
Chickamauga Sept. 1863 George Shirk, died Jan. 1863, Charles L. Fullmer, wounded Jolin Shirk, wounded at Chick- at Chickamauga,
amauga,
David Farris, discharged, Lewis Ginger, detailed at brig- ade h'dq'rs as mt'd orderly Lilburn Gray, discharged, Charles A. Stephens, promoted corporal, and detailed as ordnance serg't Jan. 1864, Jacob Schmidt, died Jan. 1863 Enos T.Hoskins, died Nov. '62 Everett W. Sullivan, wounded Nathan B. Hickman, disch'd
at Chickamauga-dischi'd, Geo. W. Hammitt, promoted Charles E. Stanton, died at ord. ser't Feb. 12, 1864, Ringgold, Georgia,
Joseph Heminger, detailed in William F. Smith, captured Engineer Corps Dec. '62 Dec. 1863,
David Heminger, detailed in Spencer Smith,
Engineer Corps Dec. '62 John W. Sage, wounded at William Heminger, wounded Chickamauga,
at Chickamauga Sept. '63 T. L. Stratton, transferred to John Hardy, sen., discharged Moses Hardy, died,
Charles Hughes,
Co. E, 89th Indiana, Cornelius Thompson, detached to Engineer Corps, William W. Thorp,
Ephraim Jellison,
Thomas C. Keen, discharged William T. Underwood, disch. April, 1864, William Vance, died Nov. '62
Samuel Force,
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COMPANY F.
George H. Kinsey, killed at William C. Vail, Chickamauga, John Walters, wounded at
Henry Kuntz, discharged, Chickamauga,
Richard Loyd, killed at Mis- Jacob H. Wolford, sionary Ridge, Jas. M. Wolford, died Jan. '63
Isaiah M. Larick, wounded at Henry F. West,
Kenesaw Mountain,
Edward J. West, died Jan. '63
Francis M. Larick,
Uriah Williams, died,
Robert Michaels,
Jasper N. Whitaker,
Francis R. Moon,
Samuel Wibel.
John Meredith, died Jan. 1863William H. Wilson, deserted
Aaron J. Mendenhall, died to 13th Ohio, to which he
Jan. 1863, formerly belonged.
RECAPITULATION.
Whole number. 99
Died.
24
Transferred, Resigned and Discharged. 19
Company F was recruited in July, 1862, by A. C. Rush; left Portland on the 31st of the same month ; the next day went into camp at Wabash ; was assigned to the 75th regiment, and was mus- tered into the three years' service August 20th, and in two days were at Louisville. They were then, under orders of Gen. Dumont, sent to several points in Kentucky in search of the rebel Mor- gan. They visited Lebanon, Shepardsville and Lebanon Junction, etc., and then returned to Louisville on the 22d of September; thence went to Elizabethtown, and again returned to Louis- ville. On the 6th of October they left this city the third time and went to Frankfort, Versailles
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COMPANY E.
and Bowling Green ; thence to Castillian Springs, Tennessee, where they arrived November 28th, 1862. Here they lost, by disease, four of their members. Remaining here nearly one month, they set out for Murfreesboro, which point they reached January 6th, 1863. They remained at
this place nearly six months, during which they lost by death eight and by being discharged nine. On the 23d of June they were once more ordered to march. At Hoover's Gap they found the en- emy, but after considerable skirmishing he fled. Their next visits were to Tullahoma, Winfred, Dechard and University Heights on the Cumber- land Mountains; crossed Lookout Mountain and Pond Springs on the 14th of September, and on the 19th engaged in that terrible struggle at Chickamauga, in which the 75th regiment lost nearly one-third of its members and company E three killed and seven wounded. In this fight
they were in the 2d brigade, 4th division, com- manded by Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds ; 14th Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas. The brigade commander, Col. King, was killed, and the command then devolved upon Col. Milton S. Robinson, of the 75th regiment. On the 20th they again encountered the enemy, a severe en- gagement followed, in which Capt. J. S. Stanton was wounded, and Lieut. Underwood commanded the company. Two days later they retired with
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COMPANY B.
the army to Chattanoga. The rebels having cut off their communications by railroad, they were on short rations for three months. At this place three of company F died of disease. On the 25th of November they participated in the fierce con- test at Mission Ridge, in which they lost one kill- ed and two wounded. Lieut. Lewis commanded the company. From that time forward they were engaged in the great campaign in that department. On the 18th of June, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, they were in the front, and company F lost three in killed and four wounded. In November, 1863, Capt. Stanton was detailed on the recruiting ser- vice; Lieut. McGriff detailed as ordnance officer on Gen. Baird's staff, and the company was com- manded by Lieut. Jos. Lewis.
Since the opening of Gen. Sherman's campaign company F has been most of the time in front, gallantly performing all duties required of it. It has met the enemy in some of the severest con- tests of the war. Its large list of noble men who have been killed and wounded on all these occa- sions, attests its uniform bravery and deeds of im- perishable glory. We leave it looking from the front into the besieged city of Atlanta.
Company B, 11th Indiana Cavalry, was recruit- ed by R. C. Harper, Elias Shewalter and J. F. Bowden, in October, 1863.
On the 10th of November they were mus-
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tered into the three-years' service at Indianapolis. Mr. Bowden was appointed First Lieutenant. They were then sent to Kokomo, Indiana, to fill up the company, and on the 21st of December Mr. Shewalter was elected Captain, and Mr. Har- per Second Lieutenant. On the 23d of January, 1864, they went to Indianapolis, where they waited until May for horses. They were then sent to Nashville, Tennessee, unmounted, where they voluntarily chose infantry duty to idleness, and have since served in that capacity. On the 1st of June they were sent to guard the railroad running from Stevenson to Huntsville, Alabama. Captain Shewalter, with one hundred and sixty- four men, was placed to guard Mud Creek Bridge, eight miles from Stevenson. Lieutenant Bowden was detailed to command Company A of the same regiment. They have been in the service only a short time, but are ready whenever called upon to imitate the bravery of the veteran soldiers from Jay. The following is a list of the company :
COMPANY B, ELEVENTH INDIANA CAVALRY. Captain, Elias Shewalter.
First Lieutenant, John F. Bowden, was in battles of Vicks- burg and Jackson, Mississippi, in Company H, 100th In- diana, commissioned first lieutenant in the 11th Cavalry, Nov. 11th, 1863.
Second Lieutenant, R. C. Harper.
SERGEANTS.
Orderly, Samuel F. Hiatt,
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COMPANY B.
Quartermaster, Aaron L. Somers, Commissary, Thomas W. Burk, 1st, James A. Hutchinson,
2d John W. Hall, 3d John Hindman,
4th, Isaac M. Mclellan, 5th, John W. Cubbison.
CORPORALS.
1st, John Vickrey, 2d, Caleb M. Ducket, 3d, Elias H. West, 4th, Henry Elbert,
5th, Raleigh Bowden,
William Hyde, Bugler, Joseph G. Harter, “ John N. Sullivan, Farrier.
6th, Ambrose Somers, was in Co. H, 12th Indiana Regi- ment, at Antietam, 7th, David J. Kelley, 8th, William R. Frederick.
John Cookerly, Blacksmith.
Henry Carpenter, Teamster. Joseph S. Tucker, Saddler.
PRIVATES.
William Andrew, George N. Adams, John Armitage, Sanford P. Burk, was in the James M. Moore, battle of Willson's Creek and Belmont, Mo., Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chap- lin Hills, Stone River, in Co. L, 4th Iowa Cavalry. James Bowden, Theodore Baily, Marcus Bosworth, George W. Bishop, Francis Bickle, George W. Bush, was in the battle of Richmond, Ky. James W. Nicholson, wounded in hips. Served William Nelson, eleven months in Co. F, Asahel Oler, 69tlı Indiana. Thomas Pingry
Albert P. Loomis, Robert Lanning, Peter W. B. Loy,
Henry E. McCartney,
John Manson, Daniel Martin, John Myron, died March 26th 1864, at City Hospital, In- dianapolis. Wiley S. Mclaughlin, Dennis Matkins, William Moccabee, John Mays, William McLelland,
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SEVENTH INDIANA CAVALRY.
Isaac Barns,
William W. Bair,
William H. Cheneworth,
James J. Eagy,
Zachariah Plumer, David Rowlett, William Richardson, Silas Siders,
Daniel Sanders,
Elisha Gray,
William Schlosser,
Abraham Gray, Richard Green,
Tilson Smith,
James M. Hammitt,
John Sims,
Monroe Hindman,
Aaron Sanders,
William Harter,
John Shearer,
Eli Houck,
Samuel Shaler,
Benjamin Herrald,
John Stults, Stephen Skinner,
William S. Hyde,
Jacob Hutzler,
F. J. Stover,
Johnson Houck,
William Stout,
Joseph Jenkins,
John N. Tucker,
Albert N. Jack,
James F. Thompson,
George Kimball,
Thomas D. Kerns,
Joseph Knapp,
Francis Vining, died in City Hospital at Indianapolis, April 2, 1864, Michael Wagner,
Byron W. King,
William Kesler,
Samuel Walker,
George W. Loy,
Jacob Walker.
Died-2 .. Total-98
Regimental officers from Jay County in the Seventh Indiana Cavalry Regiment :
Colonel, John P. C. Shanks, was on Gen. Fremont's staff in Missouri. Surgeon, William Freeman. Chaplain, James Marquis.
Members of Company E, Seventh Indiana Cavalry from Jay County :
John A. Garringer,
Thomas W. Sullivan,
COMPANY E. 277
Captain, David T. Skinner.
Second Lientenant, James Sloan, promoted to first lieutenant.
SERGEANTS.
Orderly William M. Skinner, 4th, James S. Stansberry. 3d, Barton B. Jenkins,
CORPORALS.
Morgan L. Gray, Jolın K. Tetters,
Judson Skinner, died William Underwood.
PRIVATES.
John Adair,
Jerome Hiatt,
William Adair,
Jas. C. Jay, Hospital Steward,
Sanford P. Ames,
Emanuel Knepper,
John W. Babb,
Joseph Knepper,
Joseph Blackburn,
Eli Lelır,
John G. W. Clevenger,
Benjamin F. Paxson,
James G. Cloud,
Jolın Q. Paxson,
Daniel B. Crow, died
Coston Porter,
Abijahı Crow,
John Roberts,
Humphrey Davis,
John Schneider,
John H. Elliott,
William H. Smith,
David Farris,
Obadialı Gardner, died
Isaac Griffith,
Samuel I. Gray,
William Van Skyhawk,
George Haley,
John Ware,
Richard D. Hoover,
Enos Walker,
George W. Hambleton,
Morris P. Wood.
RECAPITULATION.
Regimental Officers 3
Company E 43
Died 4
Daniel H. Van Camp, killed in battle of Brice's Cross Roads, Miss., June 10, 1864
When the call was made in April, 1864, for volunteers to serve for one hundred days, recruit-
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ing was immediately commenced in Jay. On the 20th of May the following company left Portland for Indianapolis. Remaining at Camp Carrington a few days, they were then sent to Fort Sands, Kentucky, thirty-five miles south of Louisville, where they are now located. Rev. N. T. Petty- cord, a Methodist minister on the New Corydon circuit, and P. S. Loofbourrow, editor of the Jay Torch Light, went as privates in this company. The editor's wife, Mrs. Ann E. Loofbourrow, and Miss Rebecca Adams, took entire charge of the paper, editing it, setting the type, and doing all other work required to issue the paper. They did this work with a promptness, too, which many of their more pretending brothers of the press would do well to imitate.
COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, A. C. Rush. First Lieutenant, F. R. Stratton. Second Lieutenant, G. W. Loof bourrow.
SERGEANTS.
Orderly, Jacob Bosworth, jr. 3d, Andrew Sunday, 1st, A. W. Allen, 4tl, Samuel Eagy.
2d, Isaac Simmons,
CORPORALS.
1st, S. R. Bell, 2d, G. W. Christman,
5th, John Pipe,
6th, Joseph Jeleff,
3d, Henry Cristler, 7th, J. J. M. Lafollett, 4th, Abraham Byrd, Sth, Alfred Shepherd.
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PRIVATES.
J. H. Adams,
James Marsh,
G. B. Anderson,
T. J. Ashdill,
H. MeLaughlin, Joseplı MeLellan,
Christian Burris,
Abraham Morrical,
William Beamer,
C. A. May,
J. Binegar,
M. C. McDugal,
Lewis Bockoven,
John Miller,
Wesley Cristler,
H Milligan,
E. F. Calderwood,
Jesse Milliken,
Hiram Carson,
H. Owen,
W. R. Curtis,
William Parmenter,
J. H. Deffenbaugh,
Jeremiah Phillips,
B. L. Dewees, Frank Fetters,
N. T. Pettycord,
Silas Glover,
Daniel Rising,
J. W. Grigsby,
Alexander Rayn,
David Galloway,
A. Rook,
William Green,
William Robbins,
Lewis D. Hall,
Jacob Sunday,
William Harness,
J. Snider,
B. M. Howell,
George Steckle,
Theodore Johnston,
J. H. Stratton,
Charles Lewis,
J. Smithı,
P. S. Loofbourrow,
Stephen Shelton,
F. R. Lewis,
Thomas West,
G. W. Metzner,
William Walter,
E. E. Moon,
A. B. Woodward,
Geo. G. Montgomery, Com- pany Clerk,
J. Watkins,
J. Watts,
E. J. Mendenhall,
J. L. Whaley. Total-75
The following one hundred days' men were enlisted at Camden by Capt. Geo. W. Fairchilds, who, uniting with a squad from Bluffton, went to
W. B. Pingry,
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Indianapolis, and while the officers were at home getting recruits to fill the company, by order of the Adjutant General they were disbanded, and, with one exception, were distributed through the companies forming the 138th regiment, Colonel Shannon :
Thomas W. Bennett, John Brandenburg,
William Mendenhall,
Mordicai Morris,
- Brown,
Abraham Morical, 139th Regt.
Finley Farris,
Stephen Ollum,
Hiram G. Fulmer,
James A. Pugh,
Theodore Grissell,
Allen T. Place,
Hiram L. Grissell,
Benjamin F. Paxson,
Ensley L. Gray,
Joseph E. Paxson,
Alonzo P. Hughes,
Israel A. Place,
Nicholas Henizer,
Frank Russell,
- Henizer,
Samuel Shaffer,
Gabriel C. Johnson,
John Thompson,
Levi M. Johnson,
Theodore Underwood,
Thomas Jones,
Joseph White,
William Keagle,
Jolın W. Williams.
George W. Keagle,
Total. .31
The following one hundred days' soldier are in the 134th Indiana regiment :
Matthew Atkinson, John J. Hawkins, member of
John Brewster, non-commissioned staff,
J. W. Daugherty, Smith.
William C. Dye, Total 6
Total one-hundred-days' men 112
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COMPANY F.
JAY COUNTY SOLDIERS IN COMPANY F, FORTI- ETH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEERS.
[The * designates those re-enlisted.] Capt. John L. Reeves, promoted major May 22, '64.
SERGEANTS. 1
Joseph H. Brewster, killed by railroad accident at Union City June, 1862.
Abram J. Brake, wounded at Chickamauga. John W. McKay, transferred to Invalid Corps.
Nelson White,* W. H. Mclaughlin.
CORPORALS.
W. H. Frasher, died at home March, 1862.
Wm. B. Simmons, discharged January, 1864.
Geo. W. Blake, discharged September, 1863. Wm. P. Beard, wounded at Chickamauga. Wm. N. Strader, discharged July, 1863.
Edwin H. Snellbaker, killed at Chickamauga. J. Q. A. Andrews, G. W. Butcher, J. W. Butcher, Jason O. Brewster, wagoner.
PRIVATES.
Lewis Beard,* right arm amputated, wounded at Altoona.
Samuel Eagy, discharged September, 1863.
George Ehrhart, wounded five times at Chickamauga. Hemen Emberson,* wounded at Chickamauga.
John G. Mclaughlin, wounded at Chickamauga. Francis M. Mclaughlin, discharged.
Henry Mclaughlin, died at Ashland, Ky., March 2d, 1863. Lorenzo Stults, detailed Pioneer Corps, April, 1863.
John Eagy,
Hiram McLoughlin.
RECAPITULATION.
Whole number.
.26
Discharged and transferred. 7 Died. 4
22*
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COMPANY C.
JAY COUNTY SOLDIERS IN COMPANY C, NINE- TEENTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Sergeant Henry Ammerman, promoted and resigned in 1861. Corporal George Allman, mortally wounded at Antietam.
Corporal Isaac N. Frazee, discharged ; re-enlisted in compa- ny HI, 100th Indiana.
James W. Crowell, discharged.
David Garıinger, commissary sergeant, died.
David V. Garringer, re-enlisted ; wounded at S. Mountain. Jonathan Gray, discharged.
James Ham, killed at South Mountain Sept. 14, '62.
George L. Moore, re-enlisted ; promoted at Antietam.
John Nixon, discharged.
Isaae R. Rathbun, wounded at Antietam ; discharged.
G. R. Rathbun, discharged.
Wm. Williamson, wounded at Antietam ; discharged.
John Hester, wounded at South Mountain; arm amputated. Thomas Bonfill, killed in 1864.
E. G. Moore, at home sick.
Amos Whiteneck, killed in 1864.
Nathan B. Maxwell, enlisted April 18, 1861, in co. E, Sth Ind .; re-enlisted in 19th ; died at Washington City Dec. 12, '62. George M. Rathbun, discharged.
Alexander Burk, killed at Gettysburg.
Jackson Reeves, Valentine Thompson,
C. C. Rider, wounded, Isaac Cherry, wounded,
Albert Collett, wounded, Thomas Barr.
RECAPITULATION.
Whole number.
26
Died 7
MEMBERS OF COMPANY I, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH INDIANA.
Lieutenant Robert W. Nickum.
Lieutenant William Van Camp.
SIXTY-NINTH INDIANA. 283
John Isenhart, died at Nashville July 2, 1864.
John S. Mclaughlin,
James Williams,
Simon Burris,
John J. Campbell,
John H. Smith,
William White,
Rev. Wmn. Smith,
Thomas B. Hill,
Wm. P. Wehrly,
Benjamin Emberson,
David H. Dutro.
Total. .. 14
The following persons, from Richland Town- ship, are also in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana :
William Current,
Abraham Coons,
Alva Johnson, Abraham Keesear,
John Cuness,
William Maitle,
Jacob Daugherty,
James Metlen,
Thomas Daugherty,
William Powell,
Thomas Dragoo,
Allen W. Roberts,
Alva Evans,
James Smith,
James W. Evans, Amos Hall,
James Stawford,
James Hayes,
Jacob Hesser,
James Hoppis,
Samuel Taylor, - - Mikle, Samuel Wilson, Total ,23
MEMBERS OF THE SIXTY-NINTH INDIANA.
R. B. Castle,
William Matchet,
H. P. Castle, Lewis O'Neil,
William Clough, killed near Ezekiel Clough, Vicksburg, Levi Matchet,
Calvin Diggs, taken prisoner Peter Matchet, at Chickamauga, W. S. Pinney, Enoch Fields, David Reed.
Total
.12
284
MISCELLANEOUS LIST.
MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTY-FOURTH INDIANA.
M. D. Lockhart, Co. B, killed Benjamin Kemp, Co. E. at Chickamauga, George Swank,
Samuel B. Smith, Co. B,
W. M. Shrach, Co. B, wound- ed at Resaca,
Alexander Hutchinson, Co. E, wounded at Chickamauga, Henry Hutchinson, Co. E.
J. W. Coulson, Co. B,
John J. Brown,
Harris Black, Co. H.
Charles Emerson, Co. E, Total .11
MEMBERS OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH INDIANA.
George W. Crandall,
George W. Mckinney, wound-
James W. Evans, shot three
ed twice at Shiloh,
times at Shiloh, W. G. Sutton,
Thomas Guston, Co. E,
Benj. Shields, died Oct. 3d,
W. H. Hubbard, 1861 ;- first death among the soldiers from Jay Co.
Charles W. Lambert,
Charles F. Losh,
James E. Phillips,
John W. Thomas. Total. .. 11
COMPANY K, FORTIETII OHIO.
John Butcher,
Elisha H. Hunter,
Martin Butcher, Reuben Jones, - - Crabtree, Metzner,
Harvey Denney, died
James Smith,
Jasper Denney, Oliver Wells.
Franklin Denney,
Total.
11
Deserted not given above. 4
MISCELLANEOUS LIST.
Joseph Darst, 2d Ohio Art. Ner Gaunt, 8th Ind. C. Hatmaker, Co. D, 85th Ohio Cyrus Grice, 87th Ohio Robt. M. Mann, 2d Ohio Art. John Grice, Firmen Andrews, 81st Ohio Nathan Higgins, 47th Ind.
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MISCELLANEOUS LIST.
David Stahl, 6th Ind. Cav. Geo. Chame,
C. C. Higgins, 2d Mich Cav. Jackson Hatterman, 47th Ind. W. N. Higgins,
John Buffington, 48th Ind. G.A.Sommers, Co.E, 88th Ind. John S. Hawkins, 22 Ohio Charles W. Cline, -- Ohio
Isaac E. Ilaines, 47th Ind. J.W. Denney, 87th Ohio, died. James A. Hanlin, 17th Ohio David Jordan, Co. G, 40th Ohio
Asa Tharp, 17th Ohio
T. Theurer, 8th Ohio Bat. died Charles R. Loomis, 12th Ind. Samuel Buther, 2d Ohio Art. John Losh, 1st Ill. Cavalry J. T. Snellbaker, = F. G. McConnell, 47th Ind. Jas. M. Anderson, 47th Ohio. R. L. McConnell, 80th Jas. Allman, Co. A, 82d Ohio, Leander Moon, 85th Ohio taken prisoner at Chick- John Mongar, - Ind. Cav. amanga, still held.
David M. Bell, 47th Ind.
Alpheus Bailey, 13th Ind. W. J. Bickel, 47th Ind.
Samuel Morris, 87th Ind. H. M. Mclaughlin, 134th Ind. Hiram Mclaughlin, 87th Ohio John G. Mclaughlin,
M. P. Boggs, Co. D, 66th Ohio, John Pfeifer, 1st Ohio Cav. wounded at Port Repub- Theodore Parker, 17th Ohio lic and discharged.
Webster Richmond, 12th Ind.
William T. Boggs, Co. D, 66th Geo. M. Randall, - Battery Ohio, wounded at Gettys- Felix Ryan, 124th Ind. burg-re-enlisted.
Hiram Bromagem, 8th Ind. John Cring, 90th Ind.
Henry Crabtree, 57th Ohio Johiel Crabtree,
Amos Shey, - Olio Penley Shey,
Joseph P. Carder, 19th Ind. Malin V. Coons, 47th Ohio.
Francis Snyder, 19th Ind.
O. B. Snyder, 40th Ohio
Job T. Devoss, 47th Ind. died James Smith,
John W. Devoss, “ Michael Downey, “
James Spillman, John Stone, 87th Ohio
Daniel Dearworth, 87th Ohio Francis M. Wright, 17th Ind.
James Evans, 69th Ohio. Elisha B. West, 29th Ind. David W. Freeman, 12th Ind. A. J. Williamson, 19th Ind.
Daniel W. Smith, 19th Ind .- Died at Washington. Joseph A. Starbuck, 41st Ind.
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MISCELLANEOUS LIST.
John Gaunt, 8th Ind. Henry J. Warner, 8th Ind. William Guston, Co. E, 36th W. H. West, - Ohio Ind. died Dec. 30, 1861.
The following names are on the Provost Mar- shal's record, as volunteers for Jay, without the regiment being given :
H. H. Abbott,
John D. J. German,
Honry C. Mongar, Jacob Money,
George Goucher,
Thomas Paxson,
Joseph Glover,
Martin Pinney,
Isaac Gray,
Charles Pegg,
Jonathan Gibbons,
Eli Rives,
Benjamin Hutchins,
C. N. Rarrick,
Henry Kizer,
Edwin Rynearson,
Allen Loveall,
John N. Sullivan,
John C. Morris,
Jeremialı Vance,
John H. McConnell,
John Vore,
Henry Mussey, Joseph Wood,
Adam Murray,
Cyrus J. Wilson,
Eli Mock,
John Warner,
Willliam Mann,
Robert Young.
Total Miscellaneous.
. .. .108
In 1862 James B. Jaqua was appointed Draft Commissioner for Jay County. He took the first enrollment, and on the 6th of October, 1862, the following persons were drafted for nine months. They were taken to Indianapolis by Provost Mar- shal Isaac Underwood, where they had the privi- lege of choosing what volunteer regiment they desired to enter, and were scattered :
287
DRAFTED MEN.
[Those marked with an asterisk (*) furnished a substitute.]
RICHLAND.
Washington Bridgford,
O. A. Lord,
James J. Bridgford,
A. P. Mallow,*
G. W. Current,
M. E. McDaniel,
David Current, D. F. Norris,
W. N. Current,
J. C. Norris,
D. M. Crumley,*
T. G. Osburn,
John Clippard,
J. M. Resler,
John L. Fires,
C. B. St. Johns,*
Calvin Hickman,
Benjamin Stover,
Thomas Hall,*
George Stover,
James Kenton,
Daniel Sutton,
James J. Taylor-25.
J. A. Keesaer, J. W. Levally,
KNOX. Mordecai Phillips,
Allen Parker,
W. G. Smith,*
John Whitacre,
J, F. Woods,
William Wright-12.
JEFFERSON.
F. M. Bell,
Cyrus Blackaby,* William Ernest, George Fires,*
Abraham Hahn, Jun., W. C. Hudson,* W. H. Hammond,* Samuel Hite,* Benjamin Heston, J. R. Judy,* A. J. Landis,
Ephraim Morgan, Joseph Mendenhall,
William Miller,
Milton McVey,
Chene Pyle, James Patterson, Henry Ritenour,* G. W. Shepherd,“ Watson Swhier, S. S. Taylor,
David Warren-22.
George S. Barber, John Barnes,*
John J. L. Craig,
Manasseh Johnson,
Griffin Johnson, J. F. McFarland,*
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CONCLUSION.
GREEN.
John Gilbert, Henry Hizer, J. N. Hiatt,* D. M. V. B. Lanning, John Murphy,
A. K. Pyle, John Peterson, Isaac Phillips,*
Jonas Phillips-9.
Alexander Anderson,* J. A. Cunningham,
John Coffinan, Ira Gilbert,
John Hale, S. D. Holsopple,*
NOBLE.
L. T, Harter, Emanuel Hartzell, William Livengood,
J. A. Morehous,* George Parsons,* Daniel Theurer-12.
BEAR CREEK. James Pitt, Moses Ross, Zedekiah Wheeler-7.
J. W. Bartmes,
William Bishop,
A. J. Gillum,*
Joseph Huey,*
Total number drafted. .. .. 87.
The casualties in the miscellaneous list and most of the fractional companies are not known.
Total number of soldiers from Jay
1,131
Deduct drafted men 87
Leaving the total number of volunteers. .1,044 A few, after being discharged, have re-enlisted, and their names appear twice, and a very few more are from other counties, leaving over ONE THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS from JAY COUNTY in the ARMY OF THE UNION ! God bless them ! Farewell.
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