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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 States 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.
EIGHTII 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 MeKahan, Andrew H. Roekenfield, 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 II. Hullabangh, 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. MeGraw, James W. MeGraw, Michael McGuire, Thomas MeGuire, 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, Enoeh M. Roaeh, 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 Rieh 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 beeame Com- pany K, the roster of which at the time of muster in on September 5, I86I, was as follows: Hiram T. Vandevender, captain; Lorenzo D. McAllister, first lieutenant; George II. 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. Me- 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-Jolın 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. Hongham, 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 HI. 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.
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) ; Jolin 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. Alderinan, 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 MeQuillian, 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.
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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 HI. Wagner, William II. 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. MeMillen, 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. MeMullen, 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 seeure horses, acquiring great skill in finding horses that had been concealed. After being mounted the Seventeenth was constantly employed on seouting 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 ellarged 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 Maeon, Georgia, and on the latter date was mustered out of service. The mnen reached Indianapolis on the 16th of August and were there finally discharged.
NINETEENTH INFANTRY
Company A of this regiment was organized in Anderson by Capt. Isaae 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 :
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