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The Woodmen of the World are represented by White Oak Camp, No. 29, at Lapel; Hemlock Camp, No. 18, at Anderson, the regular meetings of which are held on Tuesday evenings; Hemlock Grove, No. 5, Woodmen's Circle, which meets on alternate Friday afternoons; Elwood Camp, No. 95, and Woodmen's Circle, No. 51, at Elwood, the former of which holds meetings on Wednesday and the latter on Friday evenings.
The Modern Woodmen of America camps are as follows: Oak Leaf, No. 3690, at Anderson; Elwood, No. 4416; Alexandria, No. 5976; Pen- dleton, No. 14,374. The Anderson camp holds meetings on Monday evenings, the Elwood camp on Wednesday evenings, the Alexandria camp on Tuesday evenings, and the Pendleton camp on Friday even- ings. Allied to this order are the Royal Neighbors of America. The camps and times of regular meetings are as follows: Anderson, No. 2607, Fridays; Elwood, No. 3812, first and third Tuesdays of each month; Jewel Camp, No. 5976, Alexandria, Mondays.
In the Knights of the Maccabees the lodges of the men are called tents and the Ladies of the Maccabees meet in hives. This order is represented by Tent No. 39, and Hive No. 62, at Anderson; Elwood Tent, No. 60, and Hive No. 66, at Elwood; Alexandria Tent, No. 112, and Hive No. 61, at Alexandria.
Anderson Aerie, No. 174, Fraternal Order of Eagles, meets every Thursday evening; Elwood Aerie, No. 201, on Wednesdays, and Invinc- ible Aerie, No. 1771, of Alexandria, on Wednesday evenings.
Hazelwood Court, Ancient Order of Foresters, was instituted in the early '90s and holds its meetings at Kirkham's hall, Hazelwood. The Improved Order of Foresters is represented by Court Quincy, No. 62, Court Elwood, No. 1097, and Court Madison, No. 4968, all at Elwood; Court Anderson, No. 3110, and White River Court, No. 1094, at Ander- son.
The Tribe of Ben Hur is represented by three courts or lodges in the city of Anderson, viz. : Isis Court, No. 32, which meets on Tuesday evenings, and Iderned Court, No. 26, and Amrah Court, No. 30, which meet on call of the officers.
Several societies closely connected with the Catholic church have been organized at Anderson and Elwood. The principal ones are Ander- son Council, No. 563, Knights of Columbus, and the Elwood Council of the same order, both of which hold meetings on Tuesday evenings; Anderson Council, No. 646, Catholic Knights of America, which was
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organized in 1893; Cardinal Manning Council, No. 376, of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, at Elwood; Court St. Joseph, No. 1120, Catholic Order of Foresters, at Elwood; the Federated Catholic Clubs of Elwood; and the Anderson and Elwood divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Anderson Castle, No. 4, Knights of the Golden Eagle, was organized on January 18, 1890, with sixty-eight charter members. Two years later was organized Hope Temple, No. 3, Ladies of the Golden Eagle, and still later were organized the Anderson Commandery, Uniform Rank, and the Supreme Order of Wise Guys, Anderson Retreat, No. 1, an organization intended to promote the welfare of the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor have lodges at Anderson and Alexandria; the Yeoman at Anderson and Elwood; the Supreme Lodge, Camels of the World is located in Anderson; and the Junior Order American Mechanics at Anderson and Pendleton. Other lodges or societies are the Pathfinders, No. 7, at Anderson; the Daughters of Liberty, at Elwood; the Sons of St. George, at Anderson and Elwood; Post O, Travelers' Protective Association, which meets once a month at the Grand Hotel in Anderson; United Commercial Travelers, No. 182, at Anderson; the United Order of the Golden Cross, at Elwood; the Protected Home Circle, at Anderson; Nest No. 84, of the Orioles, at Anderson ; Elwood Nest, No. 66, and Anderson Nest, No. 84, Order of Owls; the Knights and Ladies of Columbia, No. 115, at Elwood; the Equitable Aid Union and the National Union, of Anderson, and Eureka Court, No. 259, also of Anderson. The Order of Plowmen have but one organization in the county-Elwood Council, No. 14. Anderson Lodge, No. 5, Order of Lincoln, was organized on September 22, 1896, with thirty charter members. The only Knights of Honor lodge in the county of which there is any record was organized at Anderson on May 18, 1875, and during the next twenty years paid out nearly $25,000 in benefits.
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Among the labor organizations of Anderson, Elwood and Alexandria may be mentioned the unions of stationery engineers, typesetters, glass- workers, sheet metal workers, bricklayers, carpenters, painters and decorators, iron molders, electrical workers, stage employees, barbers, plumbers, musicians, electric railway employees, brewery workers, tai- lors, retail clerks, file workers, cigar makers, tin plate workers and a few others, most of which are associated with the Madison County Fed- eration of Labor. The trades union came with the discovery of natural gas and has remained after the supply of gas failed, but it is worthy of note that Anderson has never been disturbed by any serious strike, and the same is true of Alexandria and Elwood.
On January 30, 1909, Kikthawenund Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized at Anderson with Mrs. John W. Lovett, regent; Mrs. H. C. Durbin, vice-regent; Mrs. Andrew Ellis, recording secretary; Miss Kate Chipman, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. S. E. Young, treasurer; Mrs. I. E. May, historian. This chapter was named for the old Delaware Indian chief whose wigwam once stood where the city of Anderson is now situated.
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CHAPTER XVII MILITARY HISTORY
MADISON COUNTY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO-THE CIVIL WAR-LOYAL SPIRIT OF THE CITIZENS-MEETING AT THE COURTHOUSE-THE FIRST COMPANY FROM MADISON COUNTY-ROSTERS OF THE VARIOUS COM- PANIES-HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE REGIMENTS IN WHICH THEY SERVED-CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY ORGANIZATIONS-SPANISH-AMERI- CAN WAR-MADISON COUNTY REPRESENTED IN TWO REGIMENTS.
It has been said that war brings an element of patriotism that can- not be developed by any other means. IIowever that may be, the sons of Madison county have never been backward in responding to the coun- try's call for volunteers in time of need. The county had been organ- ized but twenty-three years when the nation became involved in a war with Mexico over the annexation of Texas to the United States. Formal . declaration of war was made by the Congress on May 11, 1846, and almost immediately afterward came a call for troops. Under that call Indiana sent out two regiments the First and Second Volunteer In- fantry-in each of which were a number of Madison county men, but in the absence of the muster rolls it is impossible to tell just how many or who they were.
A second call was made by President Polk in May, 1847, when a com- pany was organized at Marion, Grant county, composed of volunteers from that county and Madison. John M. Wallace, of Marion, was commissioned captain of the company, which marched to Indianapolis, via Anderson, and reported to the state authorities that it was ready for service. From Indianapolis the company proceeded by rail to Madison, thence down the Ohio river by steamboat to Jeffersonville, where it went into camp. On the last day of May it was mustered into the United States service and assigned to the Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry as Company A. This regiment, commanded by Colonel Willis A. Gorman, left Jeffersonville early in June by steamer bound for New Orleans and upon arriving there ordered to Brazos Santiago, near the mouth of the Rio Grande. It then marched about 160 miles up that river and remained there for nearly a month, when it returned to the mouth of the river. Soon after that it embarked on a vessel for Vera Cruz, where it was attached to the brigade commanded by General Joseph Lane. On September 19, 1847, General Lane left Vera Cruz to go to the relief of Colonel Childs at Puebla, where there was a hospital filled with sick and wounded American soldiers threatened by the Mexican General Santa Anna.
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At the battle of Huamantla, October 9, 1847, Colonel Gorman came up to the support of the United States cavalry just in time to turn defeat into victory, and after the capture of the city his regiment was stationed at the arsenal. A few days later the Fourth Indiana led the advance in the assault on Puebla, which resulted in another victory, and Colonel Childs' garrison of sick and disabled soldiers was rescued from a perilous position. From that time until the close of the war the Fourth was on duty and was engaged in a number of skirmishes with the enemy. On December 19, 1847, it joined the main body of the army under General Winfield Scott, in the city of Mexico, where it remained on guard duty until orders came on June 1, 1848, to return home. The regiment marched to Vera Cruz, sailed from that city for New Orleans, then proceeded by steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Madison, Indiana, where it was mustered out on July 20, 1848.
The members of Captain Wallace's company who enlisted from Madison county were: Nineveh Berry, commissary of subsistence ; Joseph Hunt, corporal; Reuben Stephenson, drummer; Levi Brewer, Jacob Booser, William Collis, John Dedman, Thomas Dillon, Alexander Greenlee, Solomon Harpold, John Hicks, Levi Knowlton, Benjamin Moore, James Moore, Samuel Moore, Isaac Rheubart, Jacob Spucher, David Vanasdell, privates. John Dedman died at Perote, Mexico, December 11, 1847, and Thomas Dillon died at Puebla on March 28, 1848. Jacob Spucher was discharged at New Orleans on June 15, 1848, for disability, and the other men were mustered out with the company at Madison.
During the quarter of a century that followed the war with Mex- ico, a number of veterans who had served in that conflict settled in Madison county. On November 14, 1874, a number of these veterans met at the auditor's office in the courthouse at Anderson and made preparations to attend the convention of the surviving soldiers of the Mexican war at Indianapolis on January 7 and 8, 1875, "and unite with them in an appeal to a generous country and patriotic Congress and executive, to add the names of the surviving soldiers in the Mexican war to the list of pensioners, to the end that the Nation's bounty may be extended to all, who, by their deeds of noble daring have contributed to maintain the rights and uphold the honor of our country either at home or abroad.'
Eight of the fourteen townships in the county were represented in the meeting as follows: Adams, John Probasco; Anderson, Nineveh Berry and W. J. Philpot; Boone, Micajah Francis; Duck Creek, J. R. Morris and S. T. Tetrick; Fall Creek, H. P. Shaffer, John Hicks and - Brady ; Jackson, John Hendren; Pipe Creek, R. P. Moler, Bran- nock and James Ripley and Robert P. Garretson; Union, Levi Brewer. A glance at these names discloses the fact that Nineveh Berry and Levi Brewer were the only ones credited to Madison county at the time of the war, the others having become residents at a later date.
THE CIVIL WAR
From the time of the Missouri Compromise in 1820 to the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of the United tates in 1860, the
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slavery question was a "bone of contention" in nearly every session of the national congress. During the political campaign of 1860 threats were frequently made by some of the slave states that, if Mr. Lincoln were elected, they would withdraw from the union. South Carolina carried out this threat on December 20, 1860, when her state convention passed an ordinance of secession. Mississippi seceded on January 9, 1861; Florida, January 10th; Alabama, January 11th; Georgia, Janu- ary 19th; Louisiana, January 26th, and Texas, February 1st. Hence, when Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he found seven states already in rebellion against his authority. Arkansas, North Caro- lina, Tennessee and Virginia subsequently passed ordinances of seces- sion.
Early in the year 1861, Major Robert Anderson, who was in command of the defenses in Charleston harbor, removed his garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, in order to be in a stronger position in case an attack were made. The secessionists looked upon this as a hostile move- ment and began the erection of batteries with a view to the reduction of the fort. On January 9, 1861, the steamer Star of the West, an unarmed vessel bearing supplies to Major Anderson, was fired upon and forced to turn back. Officially, the Civil war dates from this incident, but the general public was not thoroughly aroused to the gravity of the situation until three months later.
At half past four o'clock on the morning of April 12, 1861, the first shot of the Civil war, as popularly understood, was directed against the solid walls of Fort Sumter. A constant cannonading was kept up until the 14th, when the garrison was permitted to retire from the fort with the honors of war, saluting the flag before it was hauled down. Major Anderson capitulated on Sunday, and on Monday, April 15, 1861, Pres- ident Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to preserve the union and suppress the rebellion. .
All over the north, when the telegraph flashed the news that Fort Sumter had been fired upon, the excitement was intense. On Saturday evening, April 13th, two days before the call for troops was issued, a mass meeting was held at the courthouse in Anderson to consider the situation. Speeches were made by Dr. Townsend Ryan, Colonel Milton S. Robinson, Robert D. Traster, Joseph Buckles, of Muncie, then circuit judge, and others, all expressing the same opinion-that the national administration should be upheld at all hazards. Political differences were forgotten in the general indignation at the insult offered to the flag. In an hour's time every man present who was eligible for military duty-and some who were not eligible-volunteered his services, in case they were necessary, to preserve the union. Altogether, 186 men volun- teered, a company was at once organized and W. R. Myers was elected captain, but declined in favor of Hiram T. Vandevender.
EIGHTH INFANTRY
On Tuesday, April 16th, Governor Oliver P. Morton issued his call for volunteers to fill the state's quota of the 75,000 troops called for by the president. The next day Captain Vandevender tendered the gov-
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ernor a full company of one hundred men, which was accepted, and on the 22nd was mustered into the United States service for three months as Company E, Eighth Indiana Infantry, with Hiram T. Vandevender, captain ; John T. Robinson, first lieutenant; James Fergus, second lieu- tenant; John D. Johnson, first sergeant; William T. Ryan, James A. Giles and William H. Miller, sergeants; Francis McKahan, Andrew H. Rockenfield, George H. Dula and Ephraim Doll, corporals; Andrew Kramer and David Kilgore, musicians, and the following privates :
Washington Alderman, Benjamin F. Allen, Moses Andrews, William Atkins, Joseph Beck, Robert Brickley, George Clutter, Thomas Cum- mings, Benjamin Curtis, George W. Davis, Madison Davis, William H. Dunham, Hampton Ellis, Edmund Ferris, Henry C. Godwin, Richard J. Hall, John Hardin, Jacob H. Hullabaugh, Nathan B. Hawhey, Lewis K. Helvie, Samuel Henry, Michael Housman, David Hurlburt, John H. Hunt, James M. Irish, Oliver Irish, James H. Lewark, William H. Martin, Thomas Madden, Charles A. Maul, Corydon W. Maul, John C. McCallister, George W. McGraw, James W. McGraw, Michael McGuire, Thomas McGuire, Joseph Mckinnon, Andrew H. Melross, William B. Mershon, John Moore, Abraham Nicholas, Thomas Orr, Joseph W. Par- son, John Polk, Nathan Prather, Elisha J. Puckett, Joseph W. Redding, Jonathan B. Rinavalt, Enoch M. Roach, William Scott, Smith D. Shan- non, William H. Shelly, Jesse W. Shiner, John A. Shiner, Mathias Snelson, Augustus Teague, Albert A. Titherington, John D. Tithering- ton, William H. H. Vernon, Henry Vinyard, Adolphus Walden, Miner Walden, George Walker, John Wyman.
The regiment, commanded by Colonel William P. Benton, remained in camp at Indianapolis, engaged in drilling, etc., until the 19th of June, when it was ordered to western Virginia and on the 22nd went into camp near Clarksburg. Here it was assigned to a brigade commanded by General William S. Rosecrans and moved to Buckhannon. On July 11, 1861, it was engaged at Rich Mountain, where Joseph Beck was killed in a charge upon the enemy's position. On July 24th it was ordered back to Indianapolis, where it arrived four days later, and on August 6, 1861, was mustered out.
After the three months' campaign the regiment was reorganized under its old commander-Colonel William P. Benton-and on Septem- ber 5, 1861, was mustered into the United States service at Indianapolis for three years "or during the war." At different times during this service, the regiment bore upon its muster rolls the names of 139 Madi- son county boys. James K. Bigelow was made assistant surgeon; Wat- son Adams, Joseph Geik, William F. Fisher and Jacob H. Kinsey were members of Company A; Alfred Painter, Alfred and Avery Riggs and James Williams served in Company E; John A. Gunckle, John Lloyd and Jasper Rutherford, in Company F; John N. Elder, Elijah Fiant, Alexander Hale, Charles Kelly, John Kelly, William B. Pruett and David N. Robinson, in Company I.
In the reorganization Captain Vandevender's company became Com- pany K, the roster of which at the time of muster in on September 5, 1861, was as follows: Hiram T. Vandevender, captain; Lorenzo D. McAllister, first lieutenant; George H. Dula, second lieutenant; John
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H. Hicks, first sergeant ; Hampton Ellis, Lewis K. Helvie, Robert Fry, James Poindexter, sergeants; Andrew Melross, John J. Pence, James G. McCallister, Thomas W. Huston, John M. Hunt, Charles Lawson, Dan- iel R. Hurlburt, Abram V. Nash, corporals; Corydon McCallister and Andrew F. Kramer, musicians; George W. Heagy, wagoner.
Privates-James Alderman, David Anshoot, Philip Anshoot, George Anshoot, William Atkins, William Baker, Ezra Basicker, James Black, William H. Bowers, Robert A. Brown, Abijah W. Chatman, Samuel Clark, William Conde, Abner V. Crosley, Simon Cummings, Thomas Cummings, Isaiah Daniels, George W. Dennis, Larkin E. Dula, Franklin Eastman, Job Gardner, Madison George, John Giles, Marion Graham, Simon Gregory, Clinton J. Guthery, Benjamin Hair, Jeremiah Hicks, Samuel Hicks, David Huston, Joseph L. Huston, William G. Huston, William H. Huston, Philip Jones, John Jones, Philip Keller, Joseph Lanaham, Edward Lewark, Francis M. Lewark, James Lewark, Albert E. Lemon, John Lyons, Sanford Mathews, George K. Maul, John T. Mansfield, William H. McCallister, Robert J. McCallister, John W. Mc- Carthey, William S. McCarthey, James McCabe, George Mowery, John A. Neal, McDonald Perdue, Frederick Perget, Henry Perkins, George Poor, Peter Priliman, Daniel Roberts, Reason Sargeant, Charles A. Sav- age, William Scott, William E. Scott, Isaiah Sharits, James Shawver, John Smith, Lawson Spencer, Anderson Stevenson, Samuel Tibbitts, Christopher Wall, Adolphus Walden, Minor J. Walden, Wiford Wean, Henry Webb, Williams Wert, Ambrose Whitecotton, Owen Williamson, David J. Williamson, Franklin Williamson, Marion Wood, Henry S. Wyman, Charles W. Wynn, Ransom Young.
Recruits John Baker, Lewis Cannon, John A. Fesler, James A. Giles, John H. Gilmore, Noah C. Haines, John Harman, John B. Hus- ton, Jeremiah Jenkins, John Lowe, William M. McCallister, Thomas McCormac, James McGuire, George Mccullough, Charles McCallister, Joel Manning, James D. Roberts, James C. Shaw, Joseph Scott, David Werts.
On September 10, 1861, the regiment left Indianapolis for St. Louis, where it was assigned to the command of General Fremont. It took part in pursuit of General Price as far as Cross Hollows, Arkansas, was engaged with the enemy at Pea Ridge, and in March, 1863, joined Gen- eral Grant's army at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. In the campaign against Vicksburg it fought at Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River Bridge and a number of minor engagements. As part of General McClernand's corps it was engaged in the assault on the works at Vicks- burg, where Captain Vandevender was fatally wounded, his death oc- curring on May 23, 1863, Lieutenant McAllister being promoted to the command of the company. After the surrender of Vicksburg, the Eighth was ordered to join General Banks in Louisiana and operated in that state and Texas until in August, 1864, when it was ordered to Virginia. There it was assigned to the Nineteenth corps, which was part of General Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. The regiment took part in the battles of the Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek and in January, was transferred to Savannah, Georgia,
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where it remained on post and guard duty until ordered home. It was mustered out at Indianapolis on September 17, 1865.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY
George W. Lewis was a private in Company D, Ninth Infantry, and the Eleventh Infantry received forty-one recruits from Madison county in March, 1865. They were distributed to the various companies as fol- lows: Company D, Benjamin Elliott and Jacob Payne; Company E, Isaac Beeman, Samuel Beeman, Francis M. Boyden, Myron J. Boyden, Jesse A. Brumley, William Barnett, Lewis Brown, Samuel S. Dewitt, Se- bastian E. Douglass, John Fisher, John G. Foland, Nelson Foland, Greenberry L. Freeman, Presley O. Garnis, John S. Ilougham, Ensley Hoover, Enos Hoover, William W. Miller, D. C. Marvin, John W. Myrick, William Neese, John Richwine, William H. Rollins, Samuel Shultz, Nathan F. Young; Company F, John G. Barnett, Michael Dougherty, William Kurtz,. Asa T. Lewis, Hugh J. Pippin, John B. Clark; Company H, Harvey Clark, Noah B. Evans, Thornton Wilson; Company K, Calvin G. Crampton, Charles H. Davis, Timothy Sullivan. Three recruits-William H. Harding, Frank Somers and William T. Smith-were not regularly assigned to any company. During the en- tire service of these men they were engaged in guard duty at Balti- more, Maryland.
TWELFTH INFANTRY
Madison county was well represented in the Twelfth Infantry dur- ing its first term of enlistment for one year, and when the regiment was reorganized for the three years' service, in the summer of 1862, a large part of Company G was recruited in Madison county. Of this company James Huston was Captain; Robert Alfont, second lieutenant (promoted to captain after the death of Captain Huston from disease contracted while a prisoner of war) ; Ralph Cooper, first sergeant (promoted to first lieutenant) ; Richard J. Waterman and Thomas S. Huston, ser- geants; John H. Hiday, Zachariah Kinnamon and John H. Cottrell, corporals; Richard Alfont, Reuben M. Alfont, John W. Alexander, Thomas B. Bannon, Henry Borchording, Benjamin Copper, Nathaniel Copper, William Doty, Charles V. Harding, John Humphries, Joseph Huston, James Jordan, George W. Kelly, James N. Kinnamon, Levi M. Kinnamon, James McGuire, Ralph McGuire, John McVey, Lewis Mi- chael, James Moulden, William H. Moulden, William T. Moulden, Edward Pauley, George W. Piper, Mark Phillips, Isaac Ridenour, Vantly Rumler, Amos Rush, Daniel Rush, Thomas M. Rush, Thomas Steel, Amos Wilson, James Wilson and Daniel T. Wynn, privates.
Recruits-George Dunham, Franklin Hooker, Peter B. Lennen, Wil- liam Thomas and Joseph B. Wiseman.
Moses D. Gage, a Madison county man, was chaplain of the regi- ment, and the following members of Company K were also from this county : David T. Brooks, William Connell, Thomas D. Denny, John Engle, Charles Faulkner (corporal), Alexander Ford, Alexander Hor-
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ton, Jacob Kirk, Martin Linden, Robert W. McCallister, Nicholas Miller (sergeant), James O'Riley, Elijah E. Stephens, Quincy A. Whitten.
The regiment was mustered into the United States service at Indian- apolis on August 17, 1862, for three years, and on the 30th of that month was in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, where it lost 173 in killed and wounded. Among the latter was Colonel William H. Link, commanding the regiment, who died on September 20, 1862. Nearly the entire regiment was captured and after being exchanged joined the army under General Grant in Mississippi. It participated in the cam- paign against Vicksburg, was at the battle of of Jackson, Mississippi, and then accompanied General Sherman to Chattanooga to relieve Gen- eral Thomas, who was there besieged by the Confederates under General Bragg. At the battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863, the Twelfth lost sixty-two in killed and wounded. In 1864 it was with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and later participated in the cele- brated "march to the sea." Then, up through the Carolinas, taking part in numerous engagements, it marched via Richmond to Washing ton, where it was in the grand review of May 24, 1865, after which it was ordered to Indianapolis. There it was mustered out on June 14, 1865, with the exception of some recruits and drafted men, whose term of enlistment had not expired, and who were transferred to other regi- ments.
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