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SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
Dr. George F. Chittenden was assistant surgeon of the Sixteenth Indiana Infantry during the regiment's one year's service, and when it was reorganized for the three years' service he was appointed surgeon. George F. Williams, another Madison county man, was quartermaster of this regiment, having been promoted to that position from quarter- master-sergeant.
In the reorganized Sixteenth the following Madison county men en- listed in Company A: Eli Adams, Solomon Armfield, Solomon Bond, Ziba Darlington, Solomon F. Hardy, Thomas M. Hardy, Charles James, Joseph James, Davis Morton and George F. Williams.
Company K was recruited in Madison county. The roster of this company was as follows: Charles T. Doxey, captain; Edward O. Doxey, first lieutenant; Oliver C. Davis, second lieutenant (promoted from first sergeant) ; John C. Blackmore, Clark P. Slade, Albert C. Davis, ser- geants; Elisha J. Puckett, James Watkins, George W. Jennings, Wil- liam A. Jennings, Culpepper Lee, Sylvanus Vanhorn, Henry Wolfe and Milton Dove, corporals; James T. McCardle and William Rans- bottom, musicians; Jesse Harris, wagoner.
Privates-Corb Adams, James W. Alderman, Jerry Ashby, Samuel Bath, Daniel W. Bettis, Paschal Bradley, George W. Brown, Richard Burden, Joseph N. Carpenter, Lorenzo D. Carter, Anthony Chamness, George W. Chapin, Thomas J. Clark, William W. Clifford, Benton Cole, Jason L. Cunningham, Jonathan Davis, Christopher J. Daze, Joseph Dickey, George W. Dove, Montgomery Downs, Thomas Downs, William Doxey, Michael Doyle, Thomas J. Edwards, Joseph Foreman, Smith Godwin, Harvey Hamilton, David N. Harris, Hezekiah Hart, William
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Hart, John Harvey, John Hughes, Collins Jones, John Kaufman, Michael Kelly, Edward Lippold, Patrick McCullough, Joseph L. Mc- Kinnon, Lewis McQuillian, Daniel Mahoney, Isaac Minnick, Thomas Murray, John W. Newton, William O'Brien, Michael O'Rourke, Isaiah J. Osborn, Jeremiah Painter, James R. Parris, Oliver T. Parris, James Parsons, William T. Perry, Alexander Pickard, Robert Ransbottom, William B. Reed, Samuel Remmick, Samuel B. Richart, Henry Rigsby, James Rigsby, William L. Rigsby, John Roan, Zachariah Smart, Frank Smith, Willis Speany, George Stoker, John B. Taylor (promoted to sec- ond lieutenant), Albert A. Titherington, Lewis H. Titherington, Robert Titherington, John Troy, Stephen A. Williamson, John H. Woods, Josiah Worth.
Like the Twelfth, the Sixteenth Infantry was at first mustered into service for one year. It was mustered out on May 14, 1862, and imme- diately began the work of reorganizing for the three years' service. Under command of Colonel Thomas J. Lucas it was mustered in on August 19, 1862, and the same day started for Kentucky to repel the invasion of that state by the Confederates under General Kirby Smith. At the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862, the regiment lost 175 in killed and wounded and about five hundred in captured or missing. The prisoners were paroled and on October 1, 1862, all sur- viving members of the command reported at Camp Morton, Indianapo- lis, where the regiment was reorganized, enough recruits coming in to bring the strength up to the proper quota. The recruits in Company K were: Stephen Corwin, Benjamin Cavins, Pendleton Claud, Charles Dinwiddie, James R. Ellison, Peter Emmett, Francis Glardon, James S. Kimberly, Jacob Kribs, John Lee, Abner J. Luck, William Mason, John W. Moore, Lewis Moore, James Sellers, William Seymour, Frank- lin Slim, Joseph Westlake and James Ward. There were also six Madi- son county boys added to the regiment but appear on the records as "unassigned." They were Timothy Akers, John Dunley, William Mad- sagin, Aaron Weston, Jeremiah and James Wilson.
On November 26, 1862, the regiment was again ordered to the front and joined General Sherman's forces at Memphis, Tennessee. It was the first regiment to enter the enemy's works at Arkansas Post when that place surrendered on January 11, 1863, after which it assisted in the construction of the famous canal around Vicksburg. It was in . numerous engagements around Vicksburg and participated in the siege of that city, losing sixty men in killed and wounded during the siege. After the fall of Vicksburg and the battle of Jackson, the Sixteenth was sent to Louisiana and took part in General Banks' Red River cam- paign in the early part of 1864, protecting the rear of the army on the retreat to New Orleans. It remained in Louisiana, engaged in various lines of duty, until June 30, 1865, when it was mustered out at New Orleans, the men proceeding to Indianapolis, where they drew their final pay and were discharged.
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY
During its term of service, this regiment bore upon its muster rolls the names of one hundred and forty men from the county of Madison. Vol. 1-19
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Company G was recruited in the county and was mustered in with the regiment for three years, at Indianapolis, June 12, 1861, under com- mand of Col. John T. Wilder. At the time it entered the service the officers of the company were as follows :
Robert C. Reid, captain; Ethan M. Allen, first lieutenant; Hiram J. Daniels, second lieutenant; John W. Ryan, first sergeant; David T. W. Peterman, Francis M. Van Pelt, Emery W. Clifford, James DeM. Taylor, sergeants; John H. Wagner, William H. Benefiel, Milton P. Layman, Charles M. Murphy, Charles Gustin, James E. Cook, corporals; Isaac C. Sharp and William W. Smith, musicians; Robert W. Reid, wagoner. Privates-John R. Allsup, John W. Allsup, William Banks, Seth G. Barns, Joseph Bloom, Nathaniel Bowers, John T. Boyd, Jack Bren- naman, Matthew Cane, Thomas Cantwell, Sanford Casebolt, Jacob Childers, John Childs, William H. Connor, Daniel Daniels, James M. Daniels, Hiram Elliott, Elijah Evans, William S. Evans, John T. Fisher, James Gillaspie, Richard S. Gossett, Martin D. Hamilton, Michael D. Hammonds, Hiram Harcum, Nicholas Heldt, James T. ¡Hight, George .P. Hopper, James Hoover, John Hoover, James Hub- bard, Elijah B. Hullinger, James Jenkins, George T. Johnston, William R. Jones, Francis M. Knight, George Kokoanider, Patrick Lamb, Jacob Lott, John G. Mckinney, James McLaughlin. James P. McMillen, Silas McMillen, Judson L. Mann, Thomas Mann, William Meddee, Benjamin Miller, Thomas J. Miller, William C. Miller, Charles W. Murphy, John E. Murphy,. William H. Myers, John Ober, Thomas Oliver, Levi M. Overman, Ernest Phillips, James Ripley, John Schnider, Charles Schraufer, Martin L. Scott, George D. Simpson, Andrew J. Skinner, Samuel B. Smith, James M. Stapleton, Samuel Streets, Henry Stultz, Charles D. Sullivan, Tipton Tait, Franz Taraska, David A. Taylor, George W. Wagner, Newton M. Ward, Henry C. Webb. Daniel Weddell, Noah S. Weddell, Michael Weldt, Lewis M. West, Frederick Wigle, Isaac Willitt, Thomas Wilson, John Woods, William Wright, Fred- erick Zehe.
Arduous service decimated the ranks of the company until it became necessary to add almost as many recruits as there were names upon the original muster roll. The recruits added at various times were as follows: William A. Akers, Henry Baker, Sidney Barton, William Bassett, Aaron Bunnell, John Burr, William Chapman, Abraham Charles, Alfred Clendenin, Luther F. Clifford, Madison Cox, Elijah Curry, Abel Davenport, Theodore Ellis, George L. Evans. Albert G. Gunckel, William Hiser, Martin Holt, Albert Hoover, William Huff- man, Thomas Hughes. Nelson Hunter, Joseph Hurst, William Ingram, Conrad Leatherman, Beam Lockman, Jacob Martin, James A. Martin. Edward Maxwell, Samuel B. McDonald, Ransom Mckibbin, Jason S. McMullen, William E. Menifee, Michael Miller, Ransom P. Moler, Jor- dan Ooten, John Osborn, Isaac N. Proctor, John Quillian, Alexander Reynolds, Samuel Ritter, Noah Roach, John B. Rucker. John C. Scrog- gins, John Shawhan, John Shea, Elias Shook, Thomas J. Smith. Charles J. Stewart, David Stewart, Joseph Stephens, Andrew J. Summa, Elijah Sutphin, Joseph A. Swope. There were also a few Madison county recruits that were unassigned to any company.
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On July 1, 1861, the regiment left Indianapolis for Virginia. It was part of General Reynolds' command at the battle of Greenbrier and in November was ordered to join General Buell at Louisville, Kentucky. For a while it was in Nelson's division, but in February, 1862, was assigned to General Wood's division, with which it marched to Pitts- burg Landing, but being in the rear did not reach the field of Shiloh until after the battle was over. During the remainder of the year 1862 it was on duty in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama and was fre- quently engaged with the enemy. On February 12, 1862, Colonel Wilder received orders to mount his regiment by "confiscating horses belonging to the inhabitants of the country," and from that time until April 1, 1863, the men were engaged in expeditions to secure horses, acquiring great skill in finding horses that had been concealed. After being mounted the Seventeenth was constantly employed on scouting expeditions and in May the men were armed with Spencer rifles. At Hoover's Gap, Colonel Wilder, without waiting for orders, attacked the enemy, and though outnumbered five to one held his position until reinforced, when the Confederates were driven from their position. After the battle of Chickamauga, in which the regiment took part, it remained in the vicinity of Chattanooga until the last day of Novem- ber, when Wilder was ordered to the relief of General Burnside at Knoxville. There it charged through the enemy's lines that surrounded the Union troops. In January, 1864, the regiment became a veteran organization by reenlistment and after the veteran furlough joined General Sherman for the Atlanta campaign. It formed part of General Wilson's command in the famous raid through Alabama and Georgia in the early part of 1865. From May 22d to August 8, 1865, it was on post duty at Macon, Georgia, and on the latter date was mustered out of service. The men reached Indianapolis on the 16th of August and were there finally discharged.
NINETEENTHI .INFANTRY
Company A of this regiment was organized in Anderson by Capt. Isaac M. May. A number of the men came from Delaware county and for some reason not plain the company is credited to that county in the adjutant-general's report. The complete muster roll of the com- pany at the time of muster-in was as follows:
Isaac M. May, captain; James L. Kilgore, first lieutenant; Alonzo I. Makepeace, second lieutenant ; Charles T. Doxey, first sergeant (pro- moted to second lieutenant of Company I) ; Charles H. Davis, Julius Voit. Oliver C. Davis, Adam Gisse, sergeants; Jonathan Tower, James M. Mitchell, Tilman A. Snelson, Asahel Burris, George W. Curleaux, George W. Gibson. Charles E. Watkins and George W. Dove, corporals; Thomas C. O'Neal and Oscar W. Ray, musicians: Bryant Taylor, wag- oner. Captain May was promoted to major and Lieutenant Makepeace became captain, Lieutenant Kilgore having resigned soon after the regi- ment was mustered in. Sergeants Voit and Gisse each served as second lieutenant of the company at some period of its service and Sergeant Oliver C. Davis was made second lieutenant of Company K, Sixteenth
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Infantry. Major May Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Anderson, is named in honor of the first captain of this company.
Privates-William H. Abbott, Isaac Adams, Daniel Adams, Charles A. Anderson, John Andis, Jesse O. Banyon, George Banner, Ephraim Bartholomew, Edmund F. Bevelheimer, George Bevelheimer, John B. Blake, Hiram Brady, John A. Brown, Elisha Burris, Jacob Burris, John P. Burke, Henry Carr, Henry D. Comer, George W. Conger, Josiah Cruise, Christopher C. Crummel, John Dyer, George Elliott, Matthew Elliott, David Ellison, Caleb Francis, George Garrison, James Gates, Lewis Gauguin, Andrew L. Gibson, Elkanah M. Gibson, John Gilmore, Morris Gilmore, Thomas Hackett, George Hall, Lewis Harris, George Harberstrop, John Hawk, George P. Helvie, Samuel Hensley, John C. Hiatt, Henry Hume, Andrew J. Johnson, George Johnson, Thomas Jones, Gideon Kennedy, John A. Kindle, Andrew Laibley, Caleb Lamb, Bradley Landrey, Thomas Loller, Patrick Lynch, John McCollin, Chris- topher McGregor, James McGinnis, Sleasman Meeker, William H. H. Miller, James L. Mitchell, William Morgan, William Newton, Peter Nimrick, Michael O'Rourke, Alvarion Osborne, Eli Pearsoll, Dominick Pickell, Peter Poor, Stephen D. Pugett, William Rigsby, Augustus H. Rohrer, Albert Six, Barney Six, Henry Smith, Thomas A. Smith, Peter Spangler, James N. Stewart, Jesse W. Stitley, John H. Surber, George Terwilliger, John Udri, Peter Worth, Charles Wykoff, Jacob M. Wysong and John C. Young.
Subsequently the following recruits from Madison county were added to the company : James M. Abbott, Enoch Adams, Stephen Adams, Jacob Bolen, Amasa H. Brown, Clinton A. Burke, Simeon J. Clem, Levi Dove, Henry Duross, Ephraim B. Eager, Thomas Fletcher, Daniel Hoppis, Zenas M. Kinnaman, William A. Kendall, James Leamy, John McGregor, Elias Modlin, Archy H. Peak, Jesse Parson, Seth C. Peden, John Pitman, Nathaniel Rigsby, Joseph D. Smith, John D. Titherington and John J. Tucker.
Several members of the regimental band were from Madison county. Those known to have been from this county were James L. Bell, William Cole, Oliver and Volney B. Irish, John Pyle, John W. Beem, Samuel D. Vanpelt and Byron Scribner. In addition to the members of the band and Company A the following recruits from the county were added to Company E: Bartley A. Bose, William J. Brunson, John P. Helvie, William Helvie, Jasper Hoppis, James Love, Oliver Love, John W. Modlin and David Turner.
The Nineteenth was mustered into service at Indianapolis on July 29, 1861, with Solomon Meredith as colonel. Eleven days later it joined the Army of the Potomac at Washington and from that time until mustered out it was almost constantly on the firing line, being a part of the famous "Iron Brigade." Among the engagements in which it participated were Gainesville, Manassas Junction, South Mountain, An- tietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. the various actions of the Mine Run compaign, and most of the battles of the campaign from the Rapi- dan to the James in 1864. Major May was killed at the battle of Gaines- ville, August 28, 1862, where the regiment lost one hundred and eighty- seven in killed and wounded, and his body was never recovered, though
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his widow and friends made diligent search for his remains. The two soldiers who buried him were both killed and no trace of his last resting place was left. Captain Makepeace commanded Company A at Gettys- burg, where he was captured. He was confined first at Libby prison and later at Salisbury, North Carolina. Twice he succeeded in making his escape from prison, but each time was recaptured. He is now a resident of Anderson. On July 28, 1864, those of the Nineteenth whose time had expired were mustered out and the three hundred and three veterans and recruits were consolidated with the Twentieth Infantry, which was mustered out on July 12, 1865.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
Madison county was well represented in this regiment, which was organized at Camp Stilwell, Anderson, where it was mustered in on September 16, 1861, for three years, with Asbury Steele as colonel. Among the regimental officers were the following Madison county men : Townsend Ryan, lieutenant-colonel (afterward surgeon of the Fifty- fourth Indiana infantry) ; John W. Ryan, adjutant; Thomas N. Stil- well, quartermaster; Francis A. Griswold, chaplain; Simeon B. Harri- man, assistant surgeon; Benjamin B. Campbell, quartermaster sergeant, promoted quartermaster and captain of Company H; Nineveh Berry, commissary sergeant ; James M. Berry, hospital steward.
The regimental band was also composed of Madison and Grant county musicians, viz. : George W. Aumach, William J. Bourk, Christian S., Clinton M., and Reuben H. Burley, Eli A. Collins, George B. Ed- monds, Charles F. Hedrick, Edwin C .. Hurry, Allen Jaqua, Charles A. Jones, James G. MeIlhenny, Horace B. and Samuel D. Makepeace, Har- vey S. Marks, Charles B. Northrop, Franklin H. Pilcher, Silas A. Pulse, Henry Reid, John J. Shaffer, Elijah D. R. Stout, Albert Thomas and James C. Wood, all of whom were mustered out on August 21, 1862, by order of the war department.
In Company C the following privates came from Madison county : Jonathan D. Ayers, John F. Beecher, Charles Compton, John H. Groves, Isaac H. Hamilton, Francis B. Howe, Thomas Kelsey, James Kline, Alanson Palmer, William II. Sale, John M. Smith. The recruits added to this company later were David Divilbiss, George W. Fox and Nathan W. Rogers.
Company D was a Madison county company, with the exception of a few men. Of this company Jonathan Jones, of Alexandria, was cap- tain; Samuel Henry, of Pendleton, first lieutenant; Columbus W. Moore, of Summitville, first sergeant; Joshua L. Fussell, Orin L. Walker and Joseph M. Irwin, sergeants; Enoch E. McMahon, Isaac P. Jones, Francis A. Tomlinson and David K. Carver, corporals.
Privates-John Adams, Benjamin F. Allen, Jona. P. Allen, James Archer, Andrew J. Barricks, Ephraim Clark, William A. Craven, James M. Cunningham. John D. Ellis, John R. Gambriel, Jacob Gipe, John W. Goul, George H. Henderson, Robert Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Elias James, William L. Johnson, Morris II. Jones, John W. Kinnaman, Wes- ley Kitchen, John W. Lewark, Byram Love, John W. McMullen,
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Ambrose Manning, David M. Moore, James A. Noble, John L. Pickard, Joseph G. Pickard, Nathaniel W. Pickard, George Poore, John H. Poore, Joseph Poore, Nathan Prather, John A. Reid, John Reeves, Benjamin F. Rogers, Joseph Rumler, Allison J. Ryan, Thomas Ryan, John R. Sexton, Elijah Stover, Charles S. Suffield, William R. Teague, Levi Thompson, Theodore S. Walker, Nicholas Whalen.
Recruits-Thomas P. Ballard, Thomas M. Bell, George W. Biddle, Godfrey Bohrer, Edward Christopher, George W. Cartwright, Josiah Cartwright, Andrew J. Cassell, John P. Condo, William B. Davis, Aquilla Day, Andrew J. Flemming, John Griffee, Oliver Griffce, William A. Hughs, Augustine King. Daniel F. Lee, Hillary W. G. Lee, Ezekiel Manning, Boze Murphy, John Norris, William Norris, Lewis M. Painter, Benjamin F. Piper, James E. Price, Robert Pugh, James HI. Ricketson, Byron Seribner, Enoch Sexton, Mark A. Starr, James Windsor, Daniel Windsor and William Young.
The greater part of Company E, Thirty-fourth Infantry, was re- cruited in the western tier of Madison county townships. Francis M. Hunter, of Duck Creek township, was commissioned captain; Hiram G. Fisher, of Fishersburg. first lieutenant; Francis M. Boyden, of Perkins- ville, second lieutenant. The sergeants of the company were John E. Markle (promoted to captain of Company K), Charles Blake and William H. H. Quick. The corporals were Warren Cole, Robert S. Benefiel, Sanford W. Newland, John W. Foland, Daniel F. IIarn, Ben- jamin F. Wise, John W. Brattain and John H. Moore. William E. Kurtz and John W. Newland enlisted as musicians.
Privates-William Abney, Andrew Anderson, Charles Apgar, George W. Baxter, James M. Beck, Isham Benefiel, Benjamin A. Bereman, David F. Boyden, Jonathan Brattain, William R. Brown, Vardman Brown, George W. Burns, Jackson Cartey, George W. Cochran, William Con- rad, Thomas K. Cox. Barnette Dewitt, Edward Doty, Addison Dwig- gins, William Dwiggins, Stephen C. Falconburg. Isaac P. Foland, William L. R. Garner, Enos Gross, Jacob Gross, Harvey Gross, Harvey Gwinn, John C. Gwinn, Franklin Hanley, John A. Harman, George W. Hosier, Milligan Hosier, Benjamin Huffman, George Huffman, Jas- per Huffman, William Jerrell, Robert M. Kidwell, Thomas B. Legg, Samuel Lee, John T. McConneha, John W. Maguire, Oliver F. Martin, Joseph Miller, William N. Miller, William Mills, Jabez E. Miner, Wil- liam Moore, William P. Moulder, Robert A. Nickum, Jefferson Olvey, James H. Patterson, Elijah W. Piersol, Leonard F. Reddick, Lewis F. Reeder, William Richwine, Jesse Schuyler, Isaac Sears. John Shaw, Thomas Shaw, William A. Sheward, Jeremiah Simpson, Harvey Sloan, Calvin W. Studley, Datus E. Studley, William Stokes, Joseph Waymire, John Webb, Benjamin F. Wise (promoted corporal), Andrew D. Wood, David Woodyard, William Young.
Recruits-John Buay, Samuel M. Beck, Jonathan Brattain, Isaac Brokaw, James Brown, George W. Foland, Francis Hosier, Joseph Holfier, Samuel B. Larue, Joseph Lee, Joseph Simpson. William Shaw, Daniel E. Valentine, Wilson Weddington, Joel Zeak. Eight men served as privates in Company F, viz. : C. D. Boone, John P. Davis, Charles Guinnup, Abram Hatfield, Jacob Mays, William Stanley, John Thomp- son and Daniel B. Williams.
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On October 16, 1861, the Thirty-fourth left Anderson for Louisville, Kentucky, where it remained in Camp Wickliffe until February 14, 1862, when it received orders to reinforce General Grant, who was then engaged in the reduction of Fort Donelson. The fort surrendered before the regiment reached there and it was ordered to Cairo, Illinois, where it joined the expedition against New Madrid, Missouri. In that movement it played a conspicuous part, then assisted in the capture of Fort Pillow, was then in Arkansas until April, 1863, when it joined General Grant for the campaign against Vicksburg. It was in action at Port Gibson, Champion's .Hill, during the siege of Vicksburg, at Jack- son, Mississippi, and after the fall of Vicksburg was ordered to Louisi- ana. To this regiment belongs the honor of having taken part in the last battle of the Civil war-at Palmetto Ranche, Texas, May 13, 1865. This action occurred not far from the old battlefield of Palo Alto. The union troops were attacked by a superior force of the enemy, armed with artillery, and forced to fall back toward Brownsville. Companies B and E of the Thirty-fourth Indiana covered the retreat and were cut off from the main body and captured. In the engagement the regiment lost eighty-two men in killed, wounded and prisoners. John J. Williams, usually referred to by his comrades as "Jeff" Williams, a private of Company B, who enlisted from Jay county, was killed at Palmetto Ranche and is said to have been the last man killed in battle in the Civil war. His portrait hangs in the hall of Major May Post, G. A. R., at Anderson and is pointed out to visitors by members of the regiment. The Thirty-fourth was one of the very last of the volunteer regiments to be mustered out, which was done at Brownsville, Texas, February 3, 1866, and fifteen days later the men received their final pay and dis- charge at Indianapolis.
In this regiment Elmer B. Warner was captain of Company I for awhile, and James McDerman, Enos Miller and Daniel F. Mustard served as privates in the same company.
FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
This regiment was partially formed at Camp Stilwell, Anderson, but the organization was completed at Indianapolis, where the regiment was mustered in by companies from December 9 to 13, 1861. James R. Slack, of Huntington, was commissioned colonel; Milton S. Robin- son, lieutenant-colonel; George Nichol, quartermaster; Peter H. Lemon, commissary sergeant. The last three of the above named officers were from Madison county.
Company G was recruited in Madison county and was mustered in with John T. Robinson as captain; John F. Eglin, first lieutenant; Wil- liam R. Myers, second lieutenant (both lieutenants were promoted to captain through .changes in the official roster of the company) ; Mc- Clure H. Bryant, Henry Vinyard (promoted first lieutenant), Joseph McMullen, sergeants; Jacob E. Waymire, Mathias Snelson, David E. Clem, John M. Caster and Frederick Rent, corporals; John M. Hankey and Harrison Jackson, musicians; John Wyman, wagoner.
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Privates Samuel Anderson, Daniel Ashby, William S. Beard, Johnson Benefiel, Hugh Berryman, Willett E. Bird, William W. Bod- kins, William Brown, Moses Cannon, Thomas Cannon, William Carroll, Sylvester Clary, Andrew Cloud, Abraham Cook, John P. Cornelius, Peter Costello, Doctor B. Davis, Marion Davis, Meredith Davis, Nathaniel Davis, Bartholomew Ellis, Edmund Ferris, William Hard- castle, Jacob Harris, Arch A. Hatfill, Joseph Hensley, Henry Hinckle, Reuben Hodgson, Isaac Holloway, Dorsey M. Hour, William Ingram, Owen Jarrett, Albert Jay, John Keller, John H. Lee, Hugh C. Lust, James B. Mabbitt, William A. Maynard, John Miller, Justice Morse, Michael Odam, Joseph Phillips, William H. H. Phillips, John Prilli- man, Wilson Ralph, George W. Reeder, George W. Riley, Martin Sines, George A. Smith, Oliver Smith, Andrew Stanley, David T. Suffield, Jacob Trump, J. Watkins, William H. Watkins, John Whitaker, Wil- liam E. White, Joseph Wier, George W. Williamson, Jefferson William- son. Four recruits were added to the company later, viz: Adam Per- kins, Orange L. Shaw, Amos Stanley and William Trombla.
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