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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 Osear 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 MeCollin, Chris- topher McGregor, James McGinnis, Sleasman Meeker, William H. H. Miller, James L. Mitchell, William Morgan, William Newton, Peter Nimriek, 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, Jacoh 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.
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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 Seribner. 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. Ile 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 HI; 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. Mellhenny, Horace B. and Samuel D. Makepeace, Har- vey S. Marks, Charles B. Northrop, Franklin II. 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 eame 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 HI. 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. MeMahon, Isaac P. Jones, Francis A. Tomlinson and David K. Carver, corporals.
Privates-John Adams, Benjamin F. Allen, Jona. P. Allen, James Archer, Andrew J. Barrieks, 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 HI. 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. Piekard, 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 Griffee, 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. Rieketson, Byron Scribner, 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. Harn, 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. MeConneha, 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. IIis 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 II. 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, Doetor B. Davis, Marion Davis, Meredith Davis, Nathaniel Davis, Bartholomew Ellis, Edmund Ferris, William Hard- castle, Jacob Harris, Arch A. Hatfill, Joseph Hensley, Henry Hinekle, Reuben Hodgson, Isaae Holloway, Dorsey M. Hour, William Ingram, Owen Jarrett, Albert Jay, John Keller, Jolin II. Lee, Hugh C. Lust, James B. Mabbitt, William A. Maynard, John Miller, Justiee 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.
In Company H George Sloan held the rank of sergeant and the fol- lowing Madison county boys were mustered in as privates: Moses Chap- man, Albert A. Manning, William Z. Manning, Jonathan Nave, William Sailor, Albert Sloan, Milton Sloan. The recruits added to this eom- pany were: Joseph Creviston, William H. Lain, John and Joseph Lit- tle, Andrew J. and Franeis M. Sale, George B. Strather, Sewell D. Walker and James Wallaee.
Peter Carey was promoted to the second lieutenaney of Company K, and in the same company Presley E. Jackson held the rank of eor- poral.
The Forty-seventh Jeft Indianapolis on December 16, 1861, for Bards- town, Kentucky, and it remained in that state until the following Feb- ruary, when it was ordered to join General Pope at Commeree, Missouri, for the movement against New Madrid and Island No. 10. From that time to Deeember, 1863, it was with the Thirty-fourth, an account of which regiment has been given. In December, 1863, the Forty-seventh was assigned to the Department of the Gulf and formed part of General Banks' army in the Red River campaign of 1864. In March, 1865, it was ordered to Mobile to take part in the siege of that eity and distin- guished itself in the assault on Spanish Fort (April 8th), when that stronghold surrendered. It was then sent baek to Louisiana and re- mained in that state until mustered out on Oetober 23, 1865.
SEVENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
When this regiment was mustered into serviee on August 19, 1862, John M. Petit was eolonel, but in October his health beeame so impaired that he was foreed to resign and Milton S. Robinson, lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-seventh, was commissioned to suceeed him. Joseph F. Johnston and Levi S. Saylor, two Madison county boys, enlisted as privates in Company E and the latter was killed at Chiekamauga, Sep- tember 19, 1863.
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Company G of this regiment was recruited in Madison county and was officered at the time of muster in as follows: Joseph T. Smith, cap- tain ; John B. Frazer, first lieutenant; William L. Philpott, second lieu- tenant; William J. IIilligoss, George M. Overshiner, Joel W. McMahon, John W. Chamness, sergeants; Royson T. Boyden, George H. Hilligoss, Stephen Metcalf, Daniel II. Clymer, James Reeder, James E. Powell, Luther C. Harman, corporals; Simpson Carpenter, wagoner.
Privates-Robert A. Bartlett, Edward O. Bowden, John A. Briggs, Thomas Briggs, Andrew G. Burress, Solomon C. Call, Francis N. Child- ers, Elman Clary, George W. Custer, Courtland Doan, Cyrus Dwiggins, Jacob Eaker, Charles Everling, George O. Everling, Michael Gillespie, John A. Hancker, Francis M. Helm, David E. Hillis, George Hillis, Chauncey Hosier, Thomas H. D. Hosier, George Hulse, Clement Ingram, Wiley Ingram, Martin Jackson, John R. Jarrett, Joseph W. Jarrett, Wil- liam Johnson, John E. Keller, George Lawson, Henderson Lawson, Elijah Lewark, Henry C. Lyst, Samuel Lyst, Thomas J. Lyst, Jolm D. McKee, Robert Mckinney, James McMahan, Samuel S. McMahan, Wil- liam W. McMahan, William Mather, James M. Miner, Lewis Moler, Ben- jamin F. Mounts, Jackson Needham, John W. Nelson, James M. Over- shiner, George W. O'Neal, Emanuel Owen, George W. Owen, Thomas L. Patterson, George T. Penniston, Chapman Perkins, Isaac H. Perkins, James R. Perry, Jacob Peters, Silas G. Piper, George W. Rains, G. W. Riley, John Robbins, Albert J. Ross, John Simmons, John Simpson, Noah Sloan, Wright Smith, James Snedeker, William Snow, John Stan, Asel Stansberry, Jesse W. Stilley, David T. Thompson, Grisby Tracy, John W. Tranbarger, David Waymire, Washington Waymire, John U. Wilson.
In Company I, Joseph Gwin enlisted as corporal and was promoted to first lieutenant ; John Abner was the company wagoner, and the follow- ing privates enlisted from Madison county : Samuel Bach, Artemus Bid- dle, Joseph Brittinham, Thomas W. Eaton, Moses Good, Elisha Hollo- way, Jesse Holloway, Abram R. Lilley, Henry P. Michael, Elijah Morse, John W. Norris, Charles Rowles, Jonas O. Smithers, Elias Summers, Frederick Swigert, Jesriel Ween, Wesley S. White, Hiram Wykoff.
The early service of the Seventy-fifth was in Kentucky and Tennessee. On January 5, 1863, it marched to Murfreesboro, where it was assigned to Reynolds' division of the Fourteenth ariny corps, and in June follow- ing was an active factor in the Tullahoma campaign. It was then en- gaged in the various manenvers preceding the great battle of Chicka- mauga, where it lost ninety-eight in killed and wounded in the first day's fighting and in the second day's fighting it lost fifty-three. In Novem- ber following it was engaged in the "charge without orders" upon the Confederate position on Missionary Ridge, and the next day pursued the retreating enemy to Ringgold, Georgia. It was engaged in nearly all the principal engagements of the Atlanta campaign in 1864, and was one of the regiments that followed Sherman in the celebrated march to the sea. Then followed the campaign through the Carolinas, the sur- render of General Joseph E. Johnston, the march to Washington, via Richmond, and the grand review. The regiment was mustered out at Washington on June 8, 1865, except a few veterans and recruits, whose
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time had not expired, and these were consolidated with the Forty-sec- ond Indiana Infantry, which was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865.
EIGHTY-NINTH INFANTRY
Company B of this regiment was recruited in Madison county and when mustered into the United States serviee at Indianapolis on August 28, 1862, was officered as follows: Samuel Henry, captain; Elijah Wil- liams, first lieutenant; Jonathan W. Zeublin, second lieutenant; Andrew J. Scott, Moses D. Gage, Benjamin F. Bowsman, Preston L. Brown, ser- geants; George II. Brown, George W. Waitman, Amos J. Davis, Wil- liam English, George Rinewalt, Joseph M. Rogers, James H. Smither and William J. Mullen, corporals; William H. Bolinger and William H. Pardue, musicians; Davis Daily, wagoner.
Privates-John W. H. Alden, George R. Anderson, Thomas Ander- son, Robert Baily, John A. Baker, Philip Baker, William Baughman, William B. Beach, William J. Beard, Philip Becker, Jacob Bogart, Allen Bond, Edmund Brown, William G. Brown, Charles A. Bunker, Rollin S. Carroll, Samuel Castle, Lawrenee Craven, Samuel W. Craven, Andrew Crossley, Henry Crossley, Jacob Delawter, John E. Delawter, Charles R. Eastman, W. W. Ellsworth, Robert Galbraith, Jacob Given, John W. Goul, Thomas L. Grass. Leonidas Helvie, George W. Ifert, Virgil P. Irish, Francis M. Jackson, George Jackson, Stephen J. Jackson, Thomas B. Jackson, Davis James, Andrew J. Jarrett, James W. Jarrett, Davis Jones, Tillman H. Kellum, John Kesler, Elijah E. Koons, William D. F. Lane, Elyphus Leffingwell, Orange Lemon, Charles H. MeCarthy, Madi- son Mingle, William S. Mingle, John Morris, Thomas H. B. Norris, Samuel Pavey, William H. Prater, James M. Price, Henry Schuyler, John A. Sears, Jefferson Seybert, James II. Seybert, Lorenzo D. Sey- bert, Newel B. Shaul, Richard A. Shaul, James M. Small, John A. Smithers, William H. Snell, Sr., William H. Snell, Jr., Christian Snyder, Addison W. Stephenson, William H. Stouder, Jonathan P. Swope, Wil- liam H. Taylor, Gustavus A. Tilson, Samuel Todd, John Welty, John Whitecotton, Oliver Whitecotton, Allen W. Williams, Thomas W. A. Wilson, Frank Wright, Fountain B. Wylie, Harvey H. Wylie, Madison A. Wylie, Thomas G. Wylie.
Recruits-Elmore B. Crump, John Ebert, Andrew Fifer, Jehiel T. Harder, William Ifert, William F. Jarrett, Paul C. Jones, Philip G. Jones, George A. Nicholson, John A. Reed and Simon C. Thomas.
Immediately upon being mustered in, the regiment left Indianapolis under command of Colonel Charles D. Murray, with Judge Hervey Craven, of Pendleton, as lieutenant-colonel. Captain Henry, of Com- pany B, was promoted to major and Lieutenant Williams was made captain. After a short stay at Louisville the Eighty-ninth was assigned to Colonel Wilder's command, which was engaged in guarding the Green river bridge on the Louisville & Nashville railroad. On Septem- ber 14, 1862, the regiment received its baptism of fire in the battle of Munfordsville. Two days later the enemy made another attack on the
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garrison and the regiment lost two killed and several wounded. On that day the garrison surrendered to a vastly superior force and the men were paroled. Upon being exchanged they assembled at Indian- apolis on October 27, 1862, and moved at once to Memphis, Tennessee, where the regiment remained on duty until in January, 1864. It was with General Sherman on the Meridian expedition, after which it was ordered to Louisiana, as part of General A. J. Smith's command, and remained in that state, being frequently engaged with the enemy, until ordered to Vicksburg in May. From that time to February, 1865, the regiment was in numerous battles and skirmishes in Mississippi, Mis- sonri and Tennessee. Major Henry was killed by guerrillas near Green- ton, Missouri, November 1, 1864. In March, 1865, it was ordered to Mobile and there assisted in the capture of Spanish Fort. It was then ou duty at Montgomery and Mobile until July 19, 1865, when it was mustered out and the men returned to their homes.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST INFANTRY
Upon the muster rolls of this regiment the name of John Hendren appears as a recruit in Company C. In Company D were Elmore T. Montgomery, first sergeant; Thomas Shannon, corporal, and the follow- ing privates: Andrew J. Applegate, David L. Boyden, Wilson P. Car- penter, Jonathan Corey, Spencer Dewitt, John W. Etsler, Elias Foland, Joseph Foland, Thomas Foland, Martin Griffith, Albert Hadley, John Ilollingsworth, John R. House, Alexander McClintock, John Miller, Silas Pearsol, Smith D. Shannon, George D. Sheets, John Showan, Sebron Wheeler.
Company E was raised in Madison county. The official roster of this company at the time it was mustered into service was as follows: Josiah Sparks, captain; Frederick Cartwright, first lieutenant ; David Richart, second lieutenant ; Joseph F. Lenfesty, first sergeant; John C. Mont- gomery, George W. Lowthen, Jonathan T. Taylor, John W. Smithurst, James E. Cook, William Moore, corporals; Wylie Bird and Thomas W. Cook, musicians.
Privates-John S. Barton, Joshua Barton, William N. Barton, Isaac Bayles, Joel W. Bicknell, Benjamin Black, John M. Blaek, William Blymer, Richard H. Brothers, Elijah L. Brown, James C. Brown, Wil- liam M. Brown, Jesse M. Cook, Solomon Creek, Andrew Davis, Charles Davis, Enoch Davis, Lewis Dean, Calvin Dobson, Isaae Ellison, Henry Fenimore, John H. Fuller, William B. Fuller, William H. II. Gipe, Oliver Griffey, David Harris, William Helm, Andrew C. Ilimiller, Ephraim Howell, Rolla F. Howell, James Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Thomas James, William Laird, Peter Lavin, William E. MeDaniel, Thomas J. MeMullen, Andrew J. Mann, John Mann, Richard J. Man- ning, Solomon T. Montgomery, Rufus Otlinger, George W. Perry, Anderson Powers, Charles L. Powers, William M. Price, Samuel Prit- ehard. Francis Ml. Sloan, Jacob Smith, John J. Smith, Elijah Stanley, Josiah Stanley, George W. Timmons, John Yost, William A. Zeak.
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