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31, and January 1 and 2, 1863, losing seventeen killed and eighty- seven wounded. It remained in camp near Murfreesboro until June 24, thence moved to Chattanooga, and September 19 and 20 fought at Chickamauga, losing eight killed, fifty-three wounded and thirty-two missing. It assisted in storming Lookout Moun- tain and fought at Mission Ridge, losing forty-three killed and wounded. January 1, 1864, it "veteranized" at Chattanooga and soon went home on veteran furlough. Returning it joined Gen. Sherman at Chattanooga, and May 27 started on the Atlanta cam- paign. It participated in all the principal battles, losing in the aggregate 103 officers and men, killed and wounded. Near Alla- toona it was on picket duty seven days and nights, within fifty yards of the rebel skirmish line, without being relieved. After the fall of Atlanta it pursued Hood, and then moved back to At- lanta. It moved with Sherman to the sea, skirmishing on the way, and participated in the siege of Savannah. It also participated in the Carolina campaign, fighting at Averysboro and Bentonville, N. C., losing ten killed and wounded. After this campaign it moved to Washington, D. C., arriving in April, 1865. July 21, 1865, it was mustered out at Louisville, Ky. July 25 it was pub- licly received at Indianapolis by prominent military men and ci- vilians. During its term of service it lost in killed, wounded and missing 629, of which 86 were killed on the field and 443 wound- ed. It was in the following battles and skirmishes: Wartrace, Perryville, Stone River, Elk River, Chickamauga, Lookout Moun- tain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Alla- toona, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah, Charleston, Black River and Bentonville.
Casualties of Company G .- Henry Baker died at Vining's Station, Ga., August, 1864; Robert S. Baker, killed at Perryville, October, 1862; Andrew J. Brown, same as last; W. B. Burrows, died of wounds, February, 1863; James M. Campbell died March, 1862; Henry Craft died July, 1863; John S. Gregory died at Murfreesboro, July, 1863; Isaac S. Haller, mortally wounded at Chickamauga, September, 1863; George W. Horrall died at Nashville, July, 1863; Samuel Havens died at Wartrace, April, 1862; Henry S. Hunter, killed at Perryville, October, 1862;
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Reuben Hunter died of wounds, August, 1864; William P. Jones died of disease at Evansville, March, 1862; G. W. Kelso, wounded and discharged, August, 1863; John McCarty died at Wartrace of disease, April 1863; Charles McCracken, wounded and discharged, January 1864; Richard McGeeher died of wounds at Murfreesboro, January, 1863; A. R. Newbury, wound- ed and discharged, March, 1863; E. W. Pride died of disease at Evansville, January, 1862; Hubbard Pride, killed at Stone River, December, 1862; Elijah Pride died of disease at Evansville, De- cember, 1862; J. T. Pride, wounded and discharged; Samuel Rattan died of wounds received at Lookout Mountain, November, 1863; Harrison Risley, killed at Resacca, May, 1864; John Russell, wounded and discharged, December, 1862; William Sullivan died at Evansville, January, 1862; Oscar Swanigen died, cause and date not stated; W. E. Wells, wounded and discharged, February, 1863; B. F. Walker, mortally wounded at Stone River, December, 1862; Nicholas F. Wallace, mortally wounded at Stone River; D. C. Wallace, wounded and discharged, March, 1864; J. P. Wallace, same as last; Stephen H. Williams died of wounds at Perryville, October, 1862; James H. McCaferty (recruit), died at David Island, N. Y. H., May, 1865. There was no better regiment in the field from Indiana than the Forty-second.
SUNDRY MILITARY ITEMS.
B. F. Burlingame of this county went out in September, 1861, as second lieutenant in Company A, Seventh Regiment, was pro- moted and at last became regimental quartermaster. Late in the war Richard J. Graham became adjutant of the thirteenth Regi- ment; he was first captain, then major, then lieutenant-colonel in the reorganization. Samuel W. Peck, in September, 1861, be- came surgeon of the Eighteenth Regiment. S. A. Wadsworth was second lieutenant, then captain in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment. John A. Cassady, who became captain of Company D, Twenty-seventh Regiment, was killed at Chancellorsville, May, 1863. James Neel, who was active in enlisting men during the summer of 1861, was commissioned adjutant of the First Cavalry (Twenty-eighth Regiment).
In October Capt. Dale called for a company. Many com-
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panies of home guards were organized in the county. Capt. Bradley called for recruits about this time. Capt. Childs, H. S. Bigham and Capt. Wigmore, of "Mulligan's Brigade," called for recruits. From April to November, of this year, there was a con- stant formation of companies. In September S. F. Horrall, editor of the Telegraph, leased his paper to E. A. Lewis, and "went off to the war." New Year's day, in camp, Capt. C. R. Van Trees was presented, by his company, with a fine sash. In February, 1862, when the news was received that Fort Donelson had been captured, an impromptu jollification was held at night with bonfires, martial music, speeches, and much applause. Washington's birthday was ushered in with thirty-four anvil re- ports. Flags were flung out, and at night the town was brilliantly illuminated, the bands made the echoes ring with national melody, and companies of home guards paraded the streets, accompanied by a motley retinue of patriotic urchins. It was also celebrated at Clarksburg. W. R. Gardiner delivered an address, and G. W. Walters called for recruits.
THE FIFTY-SECOND.
Late in 1861 twenty-two men were raised by William A. Bod- kin, and others, for Company A, of the Fifty-second Regiment and eighteen for Company E, of the same. regiment, by David J. Temple, R. W. Meredith, and others. They were mustered in February 1, 1862. Temple went out as second lieutenant, but was promoted captain and transferred to Company I. R. W. Meredith went out as first lieutenant, but resigned in 1862. In Company A, Bodkin went out as second lieutenant, but was pro- moted first lieutenant, and then captain. The Fifty-second Regi- ment was partly organized at Rushville, and was then consoli- dated, at Indianapolis, with the Fifty-sixth. February 7 it left for the field, moving to Fort Henry, thence to Fort Donelson, participating in the siege. It then did duty at Forts Henry and Heinman until April 18; then moved to Pittsburgh Landing, and took part in the siege of Corinth. It did duty at Memphis, Fort Pillow, Columbus, etc., and September 17 fought Faulkner's guerrillas near Durhamsville. It did garrison duty at and near Fort Pillow until January, 1864, skirmishing, marching, etc., in
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numerous expeditions. In January, 1864, it moved, with Sher- man, against Meriden; fought at Jackson. February 27 it veteranized at Canton, Miss. It took veteran furlough. One hundred and twenty-six non-veterans and recruits joined Banks' Red River expedition, and fought at Fort De Russey, Pleasant Hill, Moore's Plantation and Yellow Bayou. The veterans re- turning to Columbus, Ky., left, in May, for Vicksburg, where all were reunited. It pursued and fought Gen. Marmaduke at Lake Chicot, June 5; thence moved to Memphis, and pursued and fought Gen. Forrest's forces at Tupello, Miss. August 13 it fought at Hurricane Creek, and October 1 fought at Franklin, Mo., and drove Price out of the State. November 19 it reached St. Louis, having marched 720 miles within fifty days. It moved to Nashville, and December 15 and 16 fought there and joined Hood's pursuit. It then moved to Eastport; thence to New Or- leans; thence to Dauphin Island; thence to Spanish Fort, which it helped reduce. April 9, 1865, it fought at Blakely, and then moved to Montgomery, Ala. It did garrison duty in Alabama until mustered out of service, September 10, 1865.
Casualties of Company A .- Reuben Johnson died at Vicks- burg, March, 1864; Philip Dermosly, veteran, died September, 1864; Michael Gatlet died May, 1862; Charles H. Flanders, veteran, died March, 1864. Company E .- Preston T. Linville died at Corinth, May, 1862; Thomas C. Duffy, veteran, died at Memphis, October, 1864; William Moley died at Fort Pillow, May, 1863; Robert Ormsby died at Memphis, August, 1862.
ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS.
In October and November, 1861, James A. Dale, Green Mc- Donald, J. S. Canfield, and others, raised about fifty men, who, December 16, became with others Company H, of the Fifty-eighth Regiment. The officers of this company, during the war, were James A. Dale and Green McDonald, captains; G: McDonald, John S. Canfield and Zachariah Jones, first lieutenants; J. S. Canfield, Z. Jones and Peter Honey, second lieutenants.
THE FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
The Fifty-eighth Regiment was organized at Princeton, in
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October, 1861, with Henry M. Carr, colonel, and in December started for the field via Louisville. It joined Buell's army, and passed the winter of 1861-62 in Kentucky. March 1, 1862, it reached Nashville, and a month later started for Pittsburgh Landing, reaching Shiloh the evening of the second day's battle. It engaged in the siege of Corinth, thence moved into northern Alabama, thence back through Nashville to Louisville. It then pursued Bragg's army, reaching Nashville late in November. December 27 it charged the rebels at Lavergne, and December 31 and January 1 and 2, 1863, fought at Stone River, losing 18 killed, 87 wounded and 5 missing, a bloody but splendid showing. In the bloody battle of Chickamauga it was fiercely engaged from commencement to close, losing the appalling number of 171, killed, wounded and missing, out of about 400 engaged. It fought at Chattanooga, and November 25, at Mission Ridge, lost 5 killed and 61 wounded. It then moved to the relief of Knoxville. It spent the winter of 1863-64 in the mountains of East Tennessee, suffering greatly for want of provisions and clothing. January 24, 1864, it veteranized, and March 4 reached Indianapolis on veteran furlough. In April it again took the field, having charge of Sherman's pontoon trains. It bridged the streams from Chat- tanooga to Atlanta, often under a galling fire. In October, 1864, 170 men of the Tenth Regiment were consolidated with the Fifty- eighth. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment moved with the army of Georgia, under Gen. Slocum. It bridged the streams from Atlanta to Savannah, Ga., including the one across Savan- nah River, 3,000 feet in length. December 31 the non-veterans were mustered out. In the Carolina campaign it did all the bridging for the army of Georgia, including a second bridge over the Savannah at Sister's Ferry, where for six days the men worked in water from two to four feet deep. In this campaign alone it made over 16,000 feet of bridges. On the way to Washington City, later, it bridged all the streams except the James River. July 25, 1865, it was mustered out at Louisville, Ky. This was one of the best regiments from Indiana in the war. It lost dur- ing its term of service, in battle and by disease, 265 men.
Casualties of Company H .- Capt. James H. Dale resigned June, 1862, wounded at Mission Ridge; W. H. Lyndall died at
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Lebanon, Ky., February, 1862; John H. Groves died January, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River; John G. Auld died at Nashville April, 1862; John H. Barr died at Bardstown, Ky., January, 1862; William Brown died at Louisville January, 1862; Andrew Cunningham, killed at Stone River, December, 1862; David Dickerson died at Lebanon, Ky., March, 1862; Zeddech Dickerson died at Nashville August, 1862; George D. Kendall died at Bardstown January, 1862; Franklin Lavely died at Nash- ville April, 1862; John Lavely died at Bardstown December, 1851; John Sholey died at Corinth May, 1862; Jesse Worrell died at home June, 1862.
RECRUITS, ALARMS, PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS, ETC.
Little or nothing was done during the spring of 1862 to raise men for the war. In July and August came the heavy calls of the Government and the citizens began to stir again. Capt. James Neel called for a company; he was assisted by the leading citi- zens who traversed the county delivering war speeches. Capt. Childs and Lieut. Hall also called for a company. Capt. John- son called for volunteers and held war meetings. July 21 came the news that a large body of rebels had crossed the Ohio River at Newburgh, and were marching northward toward Petersburg and Washington, plundering and burning. In a very few hours over 1,000 men were ready at Washington under Capt. Johnson to march against the supposed invaders, but it turned out that there was no danger. Immediately after this the county militia was thoroughly organized, companies formed in each township and officers elected. W. H. Kendall recruited for the Fifty-eighth Regiment in August. He had a personal encounter with a rebel sympathizer and caused the latter to bite the dust. Capt. Cassidy and Lieut. McCormick obtained sixty recruits in August for their command. Four recruits joined Company E, Sixth Regiment, in August, and about eight or ten Company B, of the Twenty- seventh. August 25 a farewell dinner was tendererd the volunteers and recruits raised by Johnson, Cassidy, Childs, Neel, Hall and others. The boys were royally entertained with the best the town and country could afford. Much enthusiasm existed at this time in the interests of the war; so much, in fact, that, on
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the occasion of the supper, 100 young ladies pledged themselves to have nothing to do with young men who would not enlist. Judging from the fact that the county escaped the draft of October, 1862, and filled all her quotas, it may be presumed that the pledge of the young ladies resulted in good. The men raised by Child, Neel, et al. became Company I of the Sixty-fifth Regi- ment and were mustered in August 20. The following were the officers of the company during the war: Charles Child, S. K. Leavitt, Harvey Taylor and Samuel H. Mulholland, captains; James Neel, H. Taylor, S. H. Mulholland and Saulsberry Lloyd, first lieutenants ; James P. C. Prewitt, S. H. Mulholland and Elam McRitchey, second lieutenants.
THE SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
The Sixty-fifth Regiment was organized at Princeton and mustered in at Evansville with John W. Foster, colonel. It moved first to Henderson, Ky., to protect the place from guer- rillas. Late in August it moved to Asbysburg, and after an all- night's march attacked Adam Johnson's rebel regiment and after a sharp skirmish took possession of Madisonville. It did duty on the Nashville Railroad and elsewhere until August, 1863, hav- ing been mounted in April. During this period Company D, September 12, in a skirmish near Vanderburg, lost 1 killed and 6 wounded and the next day lost 3 wounded. In September the regiment was moved to East Tennessee, Knoxville. After a raiding expedition it moved up the valley, capturing trains, loco- motives and other property. It engaged the enemy near Zolli- coffer, and at Blountsville, September 22, losing at the latter place 15 killed and wounded. October 11 it fought at Rheatown, losing 1 man wounded. October 14 it fought again at Blounts- ville and the next day at Bristol. November 17 it fought at Walker's Ford all day, losing 2 killed, 8 wounded and 2 missing. Company K did good service at Mulberry Gap. December 14 it lost 2 killed, 10 wounded and 5 missing at Bean Station, and the next day at Powder Spring Gap lost 10 wounded and 4 missing, and later in the same day lost 1 killed and 2 captured at Skaggs' Mills. January 17, 1864, it skirmished at Dandridge. In April, 1864, it was dismounted, and soon joined Sherman on the Atlanta
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campaign, and was in all the engagements of that march, losing an aggregate of 11 killed, 23 wounded and 5 prisoners. It pur- sued Hood, fighting at Columbia, Franklin and Nashville and again pursued Hood. January, 1865, it was transferred to the Atlantic coast, and February, 1865, sustained a heavy attack from the enemy at Fort Anderson and skirmished at Town Creek. June 22, 1865, at Greensboro, it was mustered out. During its service lost 26 killed, 86 wounded and 61 captured.
Casualties in Company I .- Capt. Charles Childs died at home December, 1863, of chronic diarrhea; James Bruce died at Knox- ville February, 1864; Henry Block, killed on picket near Atlanta August, 1864; James Bolin died at Knoxville December, 1863; Charles R. Chapman died at Henderson, Ky., March, 1863; W. T. Cunningham died at Madisonville, Ky., December, 1862; Henry S. Davis died at Camp Nelson January, 1864; Jacob Davis died at Knoxville January, 1864; George Goodwin, drowned near Owensboro, Ky., July, 1863; Turman Holcolm died Novem- ber, 1864; Elias P. Hulon died at Chattanooga June, 1864; Manoah Humphreys died at Henderson Ky., February, 1863; Albert C. Johnson, killed at Resaca May, 1864; Penanas Lamb died in Libby Prison February, 1864; John W. Moore died at Madison, Ind., September, 1863; George W. Owen died at home April, 1864; William O'Maley, killed at Resaca May, 1864; Caleb Reynolds died in rebel prison April, 1864; David Sears died at Knoxville February, 1864; John M. Sears died in rebel prison April, 1864; John C. Smelcer died at Knoxville May, 1864; E.W. T. Walker died in rebel prison January, 1864; Isaac Watson died in rebel prison February, 1864; Lewis Wise died at home August, 1863; Solomon Williams died at Evansville Sep- tember, 1864. Recruits as follows: H. H. Brown died in rebel prison April, 1864; Warren A. Cramer, killed near Atlanta Au- gust, 1864; Gabriel Mocts, killed at Resaca May, 1864; John Mode died at Louisville, February, 1865; Alfred Spears died at Knoxville December, 1863; Emanuel Smith died at Camp Nel- son, Ky., January, 1864; W. T. Smiley died in rebel prison March, 1864.
THE NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT. In August, 1862, a small squad of men entered Company B,
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of the Eighteenth Regiment. A full company was raised for the Ninety-first Regiment in July and August by Z. V. Garten, Thomas Wadsworth, Starling Sims, and others. The men be- came Company C of the regiment named, and were mustered in at various times during the month of August. They were raised mainly in and around Raglesville and Odon. The officers of this company during the war were Z. V. Garten, J. H. Garten and R. B. Dunlap, captains; Thomas Wadsworth, R. B. Dunlap and William F. Wirts, first lieutenants; Starling Sims and James H. Garten, second lieutenants. The Ninety-first Regiment rendez- voused at Evansville. October 10 a battalion of seven companies (all then formed) moved into Kentucky and did guard duty until June 15, when it marched to Russellville, thence to Bowling Green and Burksville, pursuing Gen. Morgan. It then camped at Russellville. In the summer of 1863 three other companies joined it. Late in September the regiment moved to Nashville, thence in November returned to Russellville, thence to Camp Nelson, thence to Point Burnside. January, 1864, it moved to Cumberland Gap. A part skirmished here with the rebels. In May it joined Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign. It fought at Pine Mountain, New Hope Church, numerous skirmishes, De- catur, Peach Tree Creek, Siege of Atlanta, Utoy Creek and else- where. It joined the pursuit of Hood, and November 3 fought at Franklin, and December 15 and 16 at Nashville. Soon after this it was transferred to Washington, D. C. It participated in the capture of Wilmington, N. C. It moved to Goldsboro, thence to"Raleigh and to Salisbury May 8, 1865. Here, June 26, it was mustered out of service. The recruits were transfered to other regiments. During its term of service it lost eighty-one killed and wounded.
Casualties in Company C .- Capt. Z. V. Garten wounded and discharged September, 1864; Capt. J. H. Garten wounded and discharged December, 1864; W. H. Taylor died at Madisonville, Ky., February, 1863; David B. Keyser died at Hopkinsville, Ky., July, 1863; G. R. Filtner died in Kentucky, September, 1863; Luke Adkins died at Knoxville July, 1864; Nelson Ad- kins died at Nashville July, 1864; James Critchlow died at Washington, D. C., April, 1865; W. H. Carter died at Marietta,
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Ga., August, 1864; Benjamin Eaton died at New Albany Febru- ary, 1865; Ellas Gough died at Henderson, Ky., December, 1862; William Hastings died at Evansville; Joshua T. Hastings died at Henderson, Ky., November, 1862; John T. Hoggatt died at Knoxville July, 1864; Jacob F. Tilburn died at Cumberland Gap January, 1864; John L. Morrison died at Madisonville February 1863; Carroll Nash died at Evansville January, 1864; Charles Osman died at Henderson, Ky., December, 1862; Thorton G. Pearce died at Madisonville February, 1863; Julius Smith died at Henderson November, 1862; William Stanley died at Cum- berland Gap, March, 1864; George Weimer died, cause and date not stated.
CONSCRIPTS, DISLOYALTY, VOLUNTEERS, ETC.
To carry out the conscript laws, should it become necessary, John Van Trees was appointed draft commissioner; James A. Dale, provost-marshal, and J. A. Scudder, surgeon. Assistants were appointed for the townships. September 19, 1862, the following statistics were prepared by the enrolling board: Total militia, 1,830; total volunteers, 1,237; total exempts, 227; total volun- teers in service, 1,128; total subject to draft, 1,603. The first draft in the State took place October 6, 1862; but Daviess es- caped it entirely, having furnished her full quota, being one of only fifteen counties in the State to do this, a high mark of dis- tinction. The winter and spring of 1863 passed without note- worthy event. Considerable disloyalty began to be openly manifested in the county, leading quite often to personal encoun- ters and lasting ill-will. In August, 1863, a riot occurred in Washington between Capt. Childs and several volunteers and a party of Southern sympathizers, though the result was not seri- ous. In June came the call for six months' men, and a full com- pany was raised in this county. It became Company K, of the. One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, six months' service, and its officers were as follows during the war: James R. Bryant and John B. Wirts, captains; John B. Wirts and John S. Can- field, first lieutenants; J. S. Canfield and James A. Carnahan, second lieutenants. Upon the departure of this company, August 11, 1863, they were presented a fine flag by the ladies of Washing-
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ton. Capt. Bryant replied to the presentation speech. The One Hundred and Seventeenth was organized at Indianapolis, and left for Kentucky September 17. It moved to Nicholasville, thence to Cumberland Gap, thence into East Tennessee. It remained near Greenville until November, then moved to Bean's Station, thench to Clinch Mountain Gap. Here it came near being cut off and captured by the enemy; but by skill and a night's travel over bad and unknown roads, managed to join its companions with the loss of its baggage only. It then moved to Cumberland Gap, thence to Tazewell, thence to Knoxville, thence in December, 1863, to Strawberry Plains, thence to Maynardsville, thence back to Cumberland Gap, thence home, its term of service having ex- pired. While in East Tennessee it suffered untold privations.
Casualties in Company K .- William J. Alford died in An- dersonville Prison September, 1864; John Blaugh died at Knox- ville, January, 1864; John Burriss died at Tazewell, January, 1864; Robert J. Cray died at Tazewell, January, 1864; Alonzo Cunningham died at Knoxville, November, 1863; Harvey H. Dickinson died at Indianapolis, date not stated; Thomas J. Hel- penstine died of disease at Greenville, October, 1863; Alonzo C. McGaughy died at Camp Nelson, December, 1863; Zachariah Moody died in Andersonville prison, March, 1864; William Potts died at Knoxville, December, 1863; David Snyder died in Andersonville Prison, August. 1864; William R. Strickland died at Tazewell, January, 1864; William Taylor died at Camp Nel- son, November, 1863; William Winn died at Camp Nelson, Jan- uary, 1864.
RECRUITS, VETERANS, ETC.
Under the call of October, 1863, the county began to stir again, her quota being 143 men. C. R. Van Trees called for volunteers. Under this call and that of February and March. 1864, 20 men were sent to Company D, of the Twenty-fourth Regiment; 12 were sent to Company E, of the Twenty-seventh; 45 were sent to Company G, of the Forty-second; about a dozen joined Company H, of the Fifty-eighth; 20 men joined Company I, of the Sixty-fifth, in September, 1863; 18 men were taken to Company C, of the Seventieth, being, however, mostly transferred from other regiments; 30 went to Company K,
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of the Seventieth, and 6 were sent to Company C, of the Ninety-first. Small squads, in addition to those above enu- merated, were taken to many of the regiments in the field. In January and February, 1864, the veterans came home, and were warmly welcomed by the citizens there. They were given public receptions, and toasted and feasted to the full extent of their ap- petites. They recollected the meals long afterward when half or wholly starved in the South. During the winter of 1863-64 and the spring of 1864, a large number of veterans and new recruits left for the field. During the summer of 1864 the county was comparatively quiet. In April, 1864, a small squad of disloyal men in Reeve Township burned a schoolhouse, hurrahed for Jeff Davis while riding at full speed along the roads, brandishing weapons. One was arrested but the others escaped. In the autumn of 1864 the assassination of Capt. McCarty occurred in the county, a full description of which atrocious affair appears elsewhere in this volume.
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