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Recruits-James A. Clemens, Byron T. Cooper, John Dailey, Lor- enzo Elibee, Jasper Farnham, George W. Keim, John J. Kennedy, Isaac A. Lindsy, Erastus Miller, Jacob Musselman, James Petty, William H. Petty, Elijah Poor, E. H. Reese, Jackson Raccoon, Peter Raccoon, Jacob Smith, Alvin B. Stutesman, Elwood Ward.
The privates in Company I who were credited to Miami county were Frederick Miller, William Thompson and William Williams.
The Twenty-ninth was organized at Laporte and was mustered in on August 27, 1861, with John F. Miller as colonel. Early in October it joined General Rousseau in Kentucky and was with General Mc- Cook's division in the expedition to the Tennessee river. In the spring of 1862 it took part in the second day's battle of Shiloh, where it was under fire for more than five hours and lost heavily in killed and wounded. It then took an active part in the siege of Corinth, after which it moved with General Buell to Kentucky in pursuit of Bragg's army. Returning to Tennessee, it was with General Rosecrans at the battle of Stone's river and in the Tullahoma campaign, taking part in numerous minor skirmishes. It was engaged both days in the battle of Chickamauga, where it again suffered heavy losses, and after the men returned to field from their veteran furlough, early in 1864, the regiment was on post duty in Georgia. Colonel Miller having been pro- moted to brigadier-general, during the latter part of its service the regiment was commanded by Colonel David M. Dunn.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
This regiment was mustered in at Anderson, Indiana, September 16, 1861, for three years, with Asbury Steele as colonel. Three Miami county men served as privates in Company H, viz. : Ferdinand Rickert, C. E. Caster and William J. Caster. Winslow E. Jesiop was a sergeant in Company K, in which the following privates were credited to Miami
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county : John Freeman, Joseph A. Keller, William R. Moon, Benjamin A. Spring, James Taylor, John Tharp, John W. Veach, Henry Worth- ington, Samuel Worthington.
About the middle of October the regiment was ordered to Kentucky and remained in camp until February 14, 1862, when it was ordered to join General Grant in Tennessee. It arrived at Fort Donelson soon after that post surrendered and was then sent to take part in the ex- pedition against New Madrid, Missouri. It was then in Arkansas until the spring of 1863, when it joined the forces under General Grant in the siege of Vicksburg and was in some of the most hotly contested engagements of that campaign. After the fall of Vicksburg it was ordered to Louisiana and from there to Texas. This regiment took part in the last battle of the Civil war at Palmetto Ranche, Texas, May 13, 1865, and John J. Williams, a private of Company B, who enlisted from Jay county, is said to have been the last man killed in action in the war. He fell at Palmetto Ranche on the date above named. The regiment was one of the last to be mustered out, serving in Texas until February 3, 1866.
THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY
This regiment, which later made a famous reputation as the Eighth Cavalry, was mustered in at Indianapolis on August 29, 1861, with Thomas J. Harrison as colonel. A. S. Lakin, of Peru, was chaplain of the regiment and Company A was recruited chiefly in Miami county. In this company Orris Blake and Horace S. Foote served as captain. In March, 1864, Captain Blake was made major of the Twelfth Cavalry and Horace S. Foote was promoted to the command of the company. The first lieutenants were Elhanan V. Peterson, who was promoted to captain of Company M after the regiment was made a cavalry or- ganization, Horace S. Foote, Philander Blake and Nelson Hurst; the second lieutenants were Horace S. Foote, Phillander Blake and An- drew Huffman. James McGonigal was the first sergeant; Robert C. Voor, Josiah F. Burris, Daniel M. Hinkle and Robert Shilling, ser- geants; Samuel C. Jones, Abraham Hicks, Alexander Jameson, Benja- min McKee, David W. Rowe, Uriah W. Oblinger, Albert J. Davidson and Horace W. Jones, corporals ; Peter Miller and Peter Wright, musi- cians; Hamlet D. Thayer, wagoner.
Privates-Erastus Allenbaugh, Benson Arrick, John Band, Owen W. Barker, William Benbow, Willard N. Berry, James L. Bigley, Philan- der Blake, Daniel Brannon, Augustus Browneller, James Burns, William H. C. Campbell, James Carrothers, Williamson Carrothers, John H.
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Clark, William Cowger, John S. Dabney, Arnold Davis, William H. H. Dell, Hugh Donnington, Guilford C. Eltzroth, William C. Eltzroth, Leander Fee, Amos Finney, David Finney, Joseph Finney, James N. Flagg, Thomas Fox, Hezekiah Freestone, William F. Gabrael, Daniel Gatton, Josiah Gauff, John P. Gittinger, Zachariah Gunkel, George W. Hand, William Harvey, Jasper Hawkins, Absalom Herrell, William Herrell, Patrick Hicks, John N. Hurst, John Jackson, Charles P. Jones, David W. Jones, George W. Jones, John N. Jones, Joseph R. Jones, Ralph H. Jones, William W. Jones, Andrew J. Keller, Brinton E. Lam- burn, Oliver J. Lamburn, Rufus R. Landrum, James W. Larkin, Aaron Lewis, George W. Lockwood, William L. Long, John Marlow, Philip Miller, Reuben Mobley, Lewis Noel, Perry D. Pearson, William Pence, Benjamin Pontious, Samuel Pontious, George W. Platner, William B. Powel, Christopher Repp, Albert C. Shoaf, Joseph D. Sliney, William H. H. Snyder, George W. Stout, Oliver P. Swain, William Tate, Alex- ander S. Taylor, George I. Taylor, Hiram S. Thomas, Thomas Q. Utter, Ahijah B. Vore, William A. Wikel, William G. Wilson.
During its term of service a large number of recruits were added to Company A, but in the adjutant-general's report the residence of none of these recruits is given. It is possible that some of them were from Miami county.
As an infantry regiment the Thirty-ninth took part in the early military operations, in Kentucky, the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Cor- inth, and then returned to Kentucky as part of General Buell's army in pursuit of Bragg. In April, 1863, the regiment was mounted and served as mounted infantry during the remainder of that year. Companies L and M were added later in the year and the organization ihen be- came known as the Eighth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. Lieutenant Pet- erson was made captain of Company M, in which the following Miami county men served as privates : Martin Cate, Tertullus Collins, John W. Fowler, Jeremiah Hatch, George T. Jeffers, Sylvester Leedy, Harri- son B. Mitchell, James Ogle, Isaac Pavey, Conrad Platner, Alfred Ray- nor, Christopher Sanders, Henry Sharp, Nelson Smith, Oliver P. Swain, Samuel Swengle, Robert S. Thomas, Barret H. West, Francis M. Wil- kinson, Aaron S. York, Samuel H. Yucum.
After the reorganization as a cavalry regiment, the Eighth took part in General Rousseau's raid in Alabama and in General McCook's raid around Atlanta. It formed part of General Kilpatrick's cavalry in the march to the sea and up through the Carolinas. At Morrisville, under command of Colonel Fielder A. Jones (Colonel Harrison having been promoted to brigadier-general), the regiment whipped Wade Hamp- ton's entire force and had the honor of fighting the last battle in North
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Carolina. It remained on duty in that state until July 20, 1865, when it was ordered home. On the last day of that month the Eighth was given a reception at the state house in Indianapolis, after which the men were discharged and returned to their homes. During the entire term of service the regiment bore upon its muster rolls the names of 2,500 men. It captured 1,500 prisoners, 1,000 stands of arms, three rail- road trains, 1,400 horses, 14 pieces of artillery and four battle flags, and destroyed many miles of railroad. Of all the regiments sent out by the Hoosier state, none made a more honorable record than the Thirty-ninth-the Eighth Cavalry.
FORTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment Company B was composed almost entirely of Miami county boys, and a few from the county served in Company I. At the muster in, December 30, 1861, the commissioned officers of Company B were as follows: Daniel A. Ewing, captain ; John C. Belew, first lieu- tenant; James C. Thompson, second lieutenant. Those who served as commissioned officers at some period of the term of service were: First lieutenants, Willard Griswold ( promoted to adjutant of the regiment), Jeremiah C. Brower, Charles S. Smith (promoted to captain, March 1, 1865), Nathaniel Y. Buck; second lieutenants, Albert Olinger, Frank- lin Cranor and John Debarr.
The roster of the noncommissioned officers and enlisted men shows the names of Albert Olinger and John C. Terrell, sergeants; John C. Owens, Henry K. Butt, Jeremiah C. Brower, William L. Thompson, corporals; John Groat, musician; James Owens, wagoner, and the fol- lowing
Privates-Isaac Adams, Robert Aitcherson, Augustus Anaker, James H. Banks, George H. Beard, Joseph A. Belew, William Berger, William P. Brannon, Nathaniel Y. Buck, James W. Carpenter, Onesi- mus Collins, Cassius M. Cook, William G. Cook, Perry Cover, Frank- lin Cranor, John Debarr, Arthur Doud, Perry Eckleberger, Joseph Elshnie, Lewis H. Everhart, Skillman Fansler, John H. Gourly, John Hahn, John Hartlerode, Thomas Helvey, Austin D. Hide, Thomas Johns, Hiram Julian, Absalom Kissman, Frederick Kopp, John B. Lee, John Lesley, Morris Lesley, William McConaha, William Myers, Milton Mil- ler, Charles E. Morrett, John Morrett, John H. Null, David R. P. Owens, Henry S. Phillebaum, David Ramsey, John W. Smith, Sanford Staley, Samuel Swoveland, Amos Uplinger, William Vanschouck, Jacob Wall- ing, David Walters, James Walters, Andrew Waymire, John R. Way- mire, Samuel Werts, David A. Wiles, Manoah Wolpert, John Wooley, Isaac Yike.
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Recruits-Dennis Driskell, Isaac R. Glenn, Joseph Hahn, Henry Halley, Simon P. Irby, Amos Mobley, James S. Ramsey, Jeremiah Rey- nolds, Jacob F. Shackleford, Albert Thomas and Henry Willis.
In Company I of the Fortieth Mark Dwire served as first lieutenant; Alfred T. Warwick, second lieutenant; Dennis Driskell and Abraham Williams as privates. The name of Dennis Driskell also appears as a recruit in Company B, from which he was transferred.
The Fortieth Infantry was organized in Lafayette and left there immediately after being mustered in for Bardstown, Kentucky. In February, 1862, it marched with General Buell's army to Nashville and into northern Alabama. It next joined in the pursuit of Bragg's forces through Kentucky, after which it reported to General Rosecrans and took part in the battle of Stone's River, or Murfreesboro, where it lost eighty-five men in killed, wounded and missing. Later it was in the engagements at Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and several of the principal actions of the Atlanta campaign of 1864, particularly the assault on the Confederate intrenchments at Kenesaw mountain and the battle of Peachtree creek. After the occupation of Atlanta by the Federal forces, the regiment returned to Tennessee with General Thomas and was engaged in the battle of Nashville, Decem- ber 15-16, 1864, and the pursuit of Hood's army which followed. It was then on duty in Louisiana and Texas until near the close of the year 1865, when it was mustered out.
FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY
In this regiment George M. Doane was assistant surgeon; Amos Or- pit and Taylor Williams served as privates in Company I; J. C. Moses was a sergeant in Company K; Ambrose McVoke held the rank of corporal in the same company, in which three Miami county men served as privates, viz .: Daniel Clise, A. P. Collins and Francis Wilkinson.
FIFTY-FIRST INFANTRY
About two-thirds of the members of Company G, Fifty-first Regiment, came from Miami county. William Moorehead, of Peru, was the as- sistant surgeon of the regiment. The captains of Company G during its term of service were Francis M. Constant, William Wallick and Avery B. Charpie; the first lieutenants were Joseph Y. Ballou, Abra- ham G. Murray and John C. Young, and the second lieutenants were William Wallick, Jasper M. Brown, Avery B. Charpie and Louis P. Holman. Elisha Buck held the rank of sergeant; Thomas B. Crooks, William O. Piper, Francis M. Brown, Caleb Boggs, John W. Crooks,
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Louis P. Holman, Josiah Metsker and Aaron M. Hurtt were corporals. and Allen S. Hurtt was a musician.
Privates-Robert Baker, Suman B. Black, William H. Boling- baugh, Thomas R. Bolles, William Bolles, William S. Bolles, Philander Boner, Michael Bowas, Alden W. Bryant, William C. Bryant, John Charles, Avery B. Charpie, Hamilton Crouthers, Andrew J. Curtis, Daniel Deibert, Wilson Deniston, Francis M. Doles, Alexander Ducan, William M. Dunnuck, Charles Dyers, Thomas Ewing, Thomas Faley, Jonas Foss, Sebastian Furgeson, Jacob Glaze, James Hamlin, Charles W. Harper, William S. Harris, Nelson Harvey, Edward Hinds, David Holmes, John Holt, Charles L. Hoover, Francis Kannay, John J. Ken- nedy, John Kiles, William H. Larett, John Malone, Conrad Metsker, John H. Miller, Francis M. Moody, Francis M. Piper, Henry C. Ritche- son, Jeremiah Ritcheson, Andrew J. Trimble, James N. M. Tuttle, Alex- ander Ward, George W. Whiteside, John Young.
Recruits-Alva Copper, George Gardner, William Lang, Henry H. Leavell, Stephen C. Leavell, Jacob Simmons, George Sullivan, William Westeffer.
The Fifty-first was organized at Indianapolis in the fall of 1861 and was mustered into the United States service on the 14th of December, with Abel D. Streight as colonel. A few days later it was ordered to Bardstown, Kentucky, where it remained in a camp of instruction until the following February, when it moved with Buell's army to Nashville. It arrived at Shiloh too late to take part in the battle, but was engaged in the siege of Corinth and later in the campaign against Bragg in Kentucky. Returning to Tennessee, it was assigned to the army commanded by General Rosecrans and participated in the bat- tle of Stone's River. It was then on the famous Streight raid through Alabama and Georgia, which ended with the capture of Streight's force near Rome, Georgia. The prisoners were paroled and were in parole camp at Indianapolis until November, 1863, when they were exchanged and rejoined the army at Nashville, Tennessee. The regiment formed part of General Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign of 1864, after which it returned to Tennessee with General Thomas and took part in the battle of Nashville in December. Early in 1865 it was ordered to New Orleans and from there to Texas, where it remained on duty until mustered out early in the year 1866.
SEVENTY-THIRD INFANTRY
Five men from Miami county served in this regiment. William H. Brenton was assistant surgeon of the regiment from September 27, 1862,
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to March 13, 1863, and Henry Ferrell, John T. Hood, James H. Mc- Connell and James York served as privates in Company H.
EIGHTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
Company C of this regiment was raised in Miami county. During its term of service Henry Calkins and Milo D. Ellis held the rank of captain; the first lieutenants were Milo D. Ellis, Burr Russell, John Demuth and Irvin Hutchison; the second lieutenants were Isaac H. Cochran, Burr Russell, Elisha Brown and William H. Reyburn.
At the time the regiment was mustered into service Burr Russell was first sergeant; William J. Smith, Alexander Keyes, William H. Reyburn and Elisha Brown were the sergeants; John Demuth, Peter Keegan, John Hand, Benjamin F. Bowen, George W. Bellew, Noah Brower, John B. Steel and Aaron Cotterman, corporals; Joseph J. Kennedy and Nathaniel York, musicians, and Herman Marshall, wagoner.
Privates-Thomas Addington, John Baker, Reyneer Bell, Benjamin F. Berry, George N. Berry, Martin V. Brown, John F. Busey, Andrew P. Clendenin, Charles W. Cochran, Henry Conrad, Philip R. Coon, Edward A. Cover, Ezra J. Cypherd, John N. Dangerfield, William De- muth, David Derick, George Derick, David W. Detamore, Solomon Donlay, Leander J. Eastridge, Sylvester Edwards, Peter Fisher, James G. N. Fites, George Glaze, Joseph Gordon, Christopher Hanks, George Hart, William Haskell, William H. Hawver, Levi Hollingsworth, John W. Hurlburt, Thomas B. Hurtt, Irwin Hutchinson, Constantine Keim, Israel Keim, John Kepler, Thaddeus Keyes, William Kizer, William J. Leffel, William J. Loyd, Asa Marine, Daniel O. C. Marine, William R. McBride, Francis McGrew, Oscar Mendenhall, James Miller, John C. Moore, David Mote, Isaiah J. Newby, Milton B. Parker, Ithamer Perkins, Miles C. Petty, Hiram S. Powell, John Ptomey, John A. Reese, George Robbins, Redin Robbins, William S. Robbins, William J. Saxon, Isaiah J. Shaffer, Charles H. Smith, John A. Smith, Valentine Smith, Valentine Snyder, John Stitsworth, Henry R. Studebaker, Benson Sullivan, John Swoverland, John H. Walker, Charles F. Wallick, Erastus White, William Wickler, Benjamin Williams, Jacob Wissinger, Thomas G. Wood, Jacob Woolf, Clayborn Wright, Franklin Yike, Ben- jamin G. Young, Martin Zimmerman.
Eleven Miami county men served in Company H. James S. Durett was first lieutenant of the company; Amos B. Andrews and John W. Bowman were sergeants; George B. Miller was a corporal, and John S. Armantrout, David Fires, George King, Simon Lash, Elias West- heffer, Jacob Westheffer and Jacob Wilhelm were privates.
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The Eighty-seventh was organized in the Ninth Congressional dis- trict and rendezvoused at South Bend. On August 28, 1862, it left that place for Indianapolis, where it was mustered in on the 31st, with Kline G. Shryock as colonel. The same day it left for Kentucky and joined the army under General Buell, taking part in the battles of Springfield and Perryville. It was then ordered to Tennessee and was with General Rosecrans in the Tullahoma campaign, after which it participated in the battle of Chickamauga and the fight at Missionary Ridge. In 1864 it was with General Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and the celebrated march to the sea. Then followed the campaign up through the Carolinas and the surrender of General Johnston's army, after which the regiment moved to Washington and took part in the grand review. It was then ordered to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out on June 21, 1865, the veterans and recruits being at that time attached to the Forty-second Regiment, which was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, a month later.
NINETIETH REGIMENT
In this regiment, which was better known as the Fifth Indiana Cav- alry, commanded by Colonel Robert R. Stewart, there were six privates credited to Miami county. Joseph Mason and John Morris served in Company D; Samuel Shroyer, Joshua H. Willard and Richard Williams in Company I; and William A. Miller in Company K.
NINETY-NINTH INFANTRY
Miami county furnished two companies to this regiment-D and I. In Company D Josiah Farrar and George W. Norris served as captain during the term of service ; John Clifton, George W. Norris and John Harvey as first lieutenants; Joachim M. Hamlin, George W. Norris and Jacob D. Smith as second lieutenants. Captain Farrar was pro- moted to lieutenant-colonel and on May 2, 1865, received his commis- sion as colonel.
George W. Norris was mustered in as first sergeant; John Harvey, Jacob Smith, Ezra Roe and Jacob E. Marsh as sergeants; John C. Mul- lett, Zachariah Gunckle, David Hastings, Edward Piper, Francis Litsenberger, Robert Briggs, John R. Love and Oliver Kissman as cor- porals; William H. H. Spaulding and Alonzo B. Thorn as musicians, and John S. Parr as wagoner.
Privates-Joseph Adams, Albert Arnold, Henry Barnhart, Joel Barnhart, Anthony B. Barron, Francis M. L. Bland, Clinton Cassell, Andrew Clayton, Evan I. Colter, John F. Connett, Jonathan Copeland,
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Renard Eaton, Erastus Ellibee, Josiah S. Eply, Isaac Farrar, Lloyd B. Farrar, John Frazee, Richard Frazee, Joseph Fry, Daniel R. Gage, George Griffey, Joseph Griffith, John W. Grimes, John W. Hahn, John Wesley Hahn, Howard H. Harbor, Andrew Haynes, Reuben Haynes, Samuel Hitsmiller, Monroe Holt, Eli Howard, John Huffman, Franklin Lavousher, Riley Lindsey, Jacob Lininger, Benjamin Litsenberger, John Loshier, Samuel McCally, Israel Miney, Jefferson Morehead, Gideon Pierce, Vanburen Pierce, David Price, John H. Pringle, Jesse Reamer, Thomas Reamer, William Reamer, James Rolston, John Rol- ston, Robert Rolston, John Saxton, Henry Shafer, William Shafer, John Snider, Reuben Snider, John Southerton, Jacob Tritt, William T. Tubbs, John Votra, Elwood Ward, William Weymire, Henry Wilson, Robert Wright.
Recruits-William R. Hayse, Franklin Michael, William W. Pro- peck, George N. Stearns.
The captains of Company I were William V. Powell and Ira B. Myers. Captain Powell was promoted to major and on May 2, 1865, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, when Lieutenant Myers was commissioned captain. The first lieutenants were Ira B. Myers and Lemuel U. Powell, and the second lieutenants were James B. McGonigal and John C. Parks.
Elmore Warnock was first sergeant at the time of muster in; Lem- uel U. Powell and Alfred A. Ream, sergeants; Francis M. Robey, John C. Parks, Tom W. Powell, Alexander McMillers, Rupell Vinedge, Daniel Albaugh and Francis M. McGraw, corporals; Aid F. Spaulding and Andrew Studebaker, musicians.
Privates-David Albaugh, Augustus Bradford, John C. Branham, Luther Branham, Francis M. Brummett, Joel B. Bryant, Milton Buck- ley, Stephen Butler, Joseph Cox, Alexander Cress, Jones R. Daily, David Darby, Hugh Devlin, John Dollinger, Thomas Enyart, Abra- ham Fadely, Jacob Fike, Jacob B. Foster, Ezra K. Friermood, George Friermood, Jacob Friermood, David R. Garrett, John Garsar, John T. Graft, John S. Hamer, Jonathan Hettinger, George Hoyle, Solomon A. Landers, Henry C. Lindley, Jeremiah F. Long, Francis C. McGraw, John Maple, Allen S. Meeks, James Morris, William Musselman, Dennis O'Connor, Ephraim Perkins, Perry A. Powell, Isaac Reece, John Reece, Michael Reece, Andrew F. Robey, John Rust, Philip Sallie, Martin L. Scott, William N. Severance, David Shin, Solomon Shrock, Calvin Spurgeon, David Still, Jefferson Sullivan, Daniel Sum- mers, Benjamin B. Taggart, John N. Troost, James N. Tuttle, William C. Warnock, John Weeks, Jacob M. Wethrow, Abraham Whistler, Leander Wilson, William Wilson, David E. Windsor, George Wolf.
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Of the recruits added to this company Abner D. Kimball was the only one credited to Miami county.
The Ninety-ninth Infantry was recruited in the months of August and September, 1862, in the Ninth Congressional district, and was mus- tered into the service of the United States on October 21, 1862, with Alexander Fowler as colonel. Soon after it was mustered in it was ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, and its first actual service was in the Tallahatchie campaign. It remained in Tennessee until May 6, 1863, when it was ordered to join the army under General Grant for the siege of Vicksburg, and was engaged in the battles of Jackson and the Big Black river. For some time it was then employed in destroying the railroad lines in Mississippi, after which it marched to Chattanooga with General Sherman and took part in the battle of Missionary Ridge. In 1864 it took part in the Atlanta campaign, was with Sherman in the march to the sea, and was one of the regiments that made the .assault on Fort McAllister, which surrendered after a hand to hand fight, thus opening Sherman's communications with the fleet lying off the coast at the mouth of the Savannah river. It was next in the campaign through the Carolinas, then went to Washington, where it was mustered out on June 5, 1865. During its service the Ninety-ninth marched over 4,000 miles. It entered the service with 900 men and was mus- tered out with only 425.
MINUTE MEN
In the summer of 1863 the celebrated Confederate guerrilla chief- tain, General John Morgan, started upon a raid through the Northern States, especially Indiana and Ohio. On July 8, 1863, Governor Mor- ton issued a call for thirteen regiments of "Minute Men" to defend the state against invasion of the raiders. One of these regiments was the
ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH INFANTRY
Miami county was prompt to respond to the call of the governor and furnished two companies-D and F-to this regiment. Of Com- pany D, Joseph Y. Ballou was captain ; John C. Belew. first lieutenant ; Ira B. Stevens, second lieutenant. The noncommissioned officers were : George I. Reed, first sergeant; John Leslie, John Morris. David Wool- pert and Eliphaz Burnett, sergeants; Richard Butt. Washington Cover, Harrison Gibbert and James M. Young, corporals.
Privates-Alpheus Armfield, John Berchert, George Bish. Samuel Bigelow, William Bouton, Moses Burnett, Benjamin K. Butt, William
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Charles, Christopher Cool, Alfred Cover, Edward A. Cover, Oliver P. Cover, John Cyphers, James I. Davis, Lewis A. M. Edwards, Augustus E. Fites, Edward O. Fites, Thomas Garlinghouse, Benajah Gier, Harri- son Griffith, Walter H. Hurlbut, Joseph Jamison, Levi Karnes; Henry Landis, Clark Latley, Elisha W. Lawrence, John W. Long, Joseph Losey, James H. Love, George A. Martindale, Ira Mason, Joseph Med- sker, Joseph Morris, Thomas Morris, William A. Mote, Amos Murphy, John Murphy, Jr., Johnson Murphy, Elias Olinger, John Olds, John Piper, Lewis Piper, Abner S. Sanders, George A. Schlott, John Shire- man, John Small, Miller Smith, Charles W. Strange, Henry Sullivan, Henry Webber, Samuel Woolpert, Abner A. Wright, Henry Yeik, Elisha Young.
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