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Company F was officered by William B. Reyburn, captain; Jonas Hoover, first lieutenant; William F. M. Wallick, second lieutenant; Franklin S. Foote, first sergeant; Charles W. Cochran, Henry W. Dei- bert, Brown McClintoc and Charles L. Armstrong, sergeants; Lyman Walker, Alexander Blake, George N. Osgood and Jeremiah Wallick, corporals.
Privates-Thomas A. Beach, Charles Bearss, Frank Bearss, Oliver J. Bearss, Omer D. Bearss, Charles J. Bechtol, Joseph F. Beckwith, Whitman S. Benham, Frank J. Blair, Edward E. Bowman, Louis F. Bowman, Milton Buckley, Moses F. Burnett, B. K. Butt, Robert W. Butt, Alvin B. Charpie, Christopher Cool, Alfred Coon, Francis M. Cook, John H. Constant, David Copley, Edward A. Cover, Oliver P. Cover, William A. Cover, Theodore Cristie, Lafayette Day, Frank Deibert, John Dilley, William Douglass, Thomas R. Ellis, Louis A. M. Edwards, Laban Falk, H. Smith Farnham, Samuel L. Fisher, Anthony Finley, Richard F. Graham, Edward Gray, Charles E. Griggs, William B. Hank, Plum Hanson, Carter B. Higgins, Paul S. Hunt, Henry Jami- son, Frank Kennedy, O. P. Kingsbury, Henry Landis, Oliver H. P. Macy, Henry Mack, John Matthews, Lot Metz, Henry D. Moore, Wil- liam Morehead, Samuel Morehead, Burk Morse, William Mote, Charles Murden, Newton Myers, John Old, Jacob C. Rader, Thomas J. Ray- bell, George W. Reeder, Walter S. Reyburn, James Rhidenour, Wil- liam H. Roberts, Isaac A. Roode, Francis M. Smith, Oliver H. Squires, John Stradley, Alvin B. Stutesman, Charles Tice, Warren Thomas, George Towers, Charles Utley, Robert Vance, William T. Vandorn, Benjamin Wallick, Christopher Wallick, Wesley Wallick, Edward T. Weekly, William Wilds, Charles A. Wilson, Basset Wost.
The regiment was mustered in at Indianapolis on July 10, 1863, only two days after the call for troops was issued by the governor, with 709 men, rank and file, and John R. Mahan as colonel. On the Vol. 1-15
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13th it left Indianapolis by rail for Hamilton, Ohio, and from that city proceeded to Cincinnati, where it remained until after the cap- ture of Morgan near New Lisbon, Ohio. As this event ended the emergency for which the Minute Men were called out, the regiment returned to Indianapolis and was there mustered out on the 17th, having been in the service of the United States just one week.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT
This regiment was known as the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry. Miami county furnished all of Company L and twenty-four men for Com- pany M. Orris Blake, of Miami county, who entered the service as captain of Company A, Eighth Cavalry, was made major of the regi- ment, and William Pew became adjutant. The commissioned officers of Company L were: Ethan E. Thornton, captain; Joseph Y. Ballou and George N. Osgood, first lieutenants; George N. Osgood, J. M. Houk and James Highland, second lieutenants. On May 1, 1865, Lieutenant Ballou received his commission as captain of Company M and George N. Osgood was promoted to first lieutenant.
Privates-Henry E. Adams, George W. Armstrong, Harrison Arm- strong, Samuel Benner, William Berktoll, John Blackburn, George Bosh, Reuben K. Brower, William Buckley, William A. Bunger, John W. Burk, Uriah Burk, Eliphaz C. Burnett, Samuel N. Burnett, Benjamin Butt, Silas C. Calvin, Thomas E. Cassingham, George W. Chalk, John L. Chalk, Eli Chichester, Samuel L. Clark, Henry Clayton, William H. Cline, John Clutter, Zachariah Correll, James Davis, Peter Demoss, Uriah Derck, Leroy P. Donaldson, Charles N. Duncan, William Dunnuck, Pleasant Ellison, James D. Flint, Joel Flora, James Foster, George W. Geiger, John H. Geiger, Jacob C. Hatton, James Hilands, David A. Hobaugh, Johnson M. Houk (promoted second lieutenant), Lorenzo D. Jerkins, John Karr, Albert E. King, Daniel N. Lambert, Isaac Lambert, Wil- liam Lane, William W. Lane, Elisha Larance, Simon P. Larh, Clark Latta, Russell R. Leonard, John W. Lesley, Marion F. Linn, George D. Losher, James McCalla, Samuel J. McDonald, George W. Marshall, John Marshall, Ira W. Mason, Albert P. Miller, Arthur O. Miller, John L. Miller, Thomas C. Miller, Joseph F. Mobery, George Morquett, William Morricay, Jeremiah Morrisey, Edmund B. Morse, Franklin Moyer, James M. Newman, John F. Nixon, Joseph A. Norris, George K. Owens, William Pew (promoted adjutant of the regiment), James Ridenour, Josephus K. Robey, James Sebring, Ira Shadinger, West- ley M. Smith, George Stayley, Charles W: Strayer, Napoleon B. Strayer, John Strohn, Dallas Taggart, Joseph R. Taggart, Nixon S. Teal, Benjamin F. Thomas, Charles C. Tice, John C. Veil, Jacob W.
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Warner, Harvey Waymire, John W. West, Nathaniel Wilkeyson, John W. Willison, George W .. Wilson, Samuel S. Wilson, Charles Wolpert, Granville A. Zook.
Recruits-John P. Brown, William J. Burnett, Benjamin F. Davis, William W. Davis, Abram Dispenett, George H. Dula, John H. Mor- ris, Ezra H. Murray, Alonzo Richardson.
The Miami county men who enlisted in Company M. were as fol- lows: James S. Bradley, Jacob Brumbaugh, Washington Brumbaugh, John W. Duck, George W. Fisher, George W. Goodwin, John Handlin, George W. Kelley, Ephraim K. Loux, John Lynam, John McCurdy, John N. McCurdy, Elias Main, Jonathan H. Main, Valentine Swortz, William Shinkle, Alonzo Todd, Randolph Trinkle, Charles Volk, Wil- liam White, Ezra Willcox, Martin Willcox, John Willey, Henry W. Williamson.
The regiment was organized at Kendallville and was mustered in on March 1, 1864, with Edward Anderson as colonel. At first only six companies were mounted. Soon after being mustered in the com- mand was ordered to Nashville and the mounted companies had numer- ous skirmishes with guerrillas, the unmounted men being employed in guarding railroads. In September, 1864, the regiment was placed at Tullahoma as a garrison for the post. While here the men were several times engaged with the Confederate cavalry under Forrest. About this time Colonel Anderson was ordered to Indiana on special service and Major Blake assumed command. In February, 1865, the Twelfth, all mounted, was sent to New Orleans and from there to Mobile, Alabama, where it was actively engaged in the operations against the defenses of the city. After the surrender of Mobile the regiment, still commanded by Major Blake, was ordered to Columbus, Mississippi. General Grierson wrote to Governor Morton that the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry was one of the best regiments in the service. The regiment was on detached duty in Mississippi until mustered out at Vicksburg on November 10, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
Miami county furnished six men for this regiment, viz .: James Duncan, George S. Evans, Israel Leedy and Richard K. Miller, of Company I, and William H. Murray and Joseph N. Oliver, of Com- pany K. On March 3, 1864, Richard K. Miller was commissioned cap- tain of Company I, having previously served as adjutant of the regi- ment. Subsequently he was promoted to major and lieutenant-colonel, and at the close of the war was brevetted colonel "for gallant and mer- itorious services."
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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment there were likewise six Miami county men, all privates. Josiah Bryant and Milton Young served in Company E, and William Cates, Jacob Hullinger, Charles Lancaster and Albert Per- kins in Company G.
THE ONE HUNDRED DAYS' MEN
In the spring of 1864, when the general advance upon the Confed- erate positions was contemplated, it was seen that more men would be essential to the success of the Union arms. To meet this emergency a meeting of the governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin was called at Indianapolis for April 22, 1864, by Governor Morton. At this meeting the plan of raising some 85,000 men in the states named, to serve for one hundred days, was adopted. President Lin- coln approved the idea and the work of recruiting the troops was commenced, with the understanding that the short term regiments were to be used to relieve the veterans in the garrisons and acting as guards in the rear of Grant's and Sherman's armies. The first of the one hundred days' regiments in which Miami county was represented was the
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
In this regiment a considerable part of Company K was raised in Miami county. Alexander Jameson was commissioned second lieu- tenant, but was not mustered, and Isaac J. C. Guy took his place.
Privates-Ezekiel Alberry, Oliver Armantrout, John Beecher, Daniel Blackburn, James Clemens, John Coburn, John Cover, Ephraim Crider, Albert Dowd, Alexander Duff, Isaac J. C. Guy, Irwin Hagy, William Hardin, Solomon Jameson, Samuel McElwee, George Martin- dale, Joseph Munger, Andrew J. Parks, John Small, Lewis Small, Samuel W. Tracy, Leander B. Watson, Samuel Woolpert.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
In this regiment, which was also raised for the one hundred days' service, Company A was recruited in Miami county. Of this com- pany Jonas Hoover was captain; Wesley Wallick, first lieutenant; Henry D. Moore, second lieutenant, and following is a list of the
Privates-Jacob Adams, Samuel S. Barker, Joseph Beckwith, Wil- liam H. Bell, John H. Bigger, William T. Black, Lewis Bowman, John F. Branaman, John Brandenburg, Allen S. Brown, Levi Brown, John
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W. Burke, James W. Burnett, Henry Caple, Addison Charpie, William A. Clerry, James A. Conger, Eli Condo, Charles J. Cook, Albert Cope- land, Asbury Crabb, Charles V. Crider, David W. Curtis, James M. Deniston, Jacob Easterday, John Ewing, Jacob Freeston, Skillman Fansler, Edward Farnham, George W. Fisher, Patrick Fitz, William Hahn, Franklin Hall, Henry A. Harger, Orlando Harlen, Lester Has- kill, William D. Hate, Calvin Herrell, Albert A. Jenkins, Emmett D. Johnson, Charles Jones, James Kendricks, Andrew J. Kennedy, John W. Kiser, Alvin D. Koontz, Christopher Krider, Philip Larne, Oliver Layton, William F. Lesley, Henry A. Loore, George McConnell, John E. Matthews, James T. Mendenhall, James Merchant, George L. Mit- ler, Eugene A. Moore, Ezra H. Murry, Isaac N. Murry, Michael N. Musselman, William G. Moore, John W. Nelson, Columbus Osborn, Lyman Parks, David H. Proctor, John Reader, Thomas E. Ream, Jefferson Reybell, Walter S. Reyburn, Jay Slater, Daniel Stetler, Solomon Stout, John G. Stradley, Nathaniel J. Troast, Stephen Ullum, Joseph Van- dorn, John W. Wallick, John Ward, Oliver H. Webb, George Wickler, Charles A. Willson.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY
Seven Miami county men enlisted in Company A of this regiment, which was mustered in for one hundred days on June 8, 1864, with George Humphrey as colonel. They were Stephen Byers, Harvey H. Curtis, James H. Daggy, Newton Hoover, Reese H. Jones, Samuel C. Murphy and Finley Rarydon.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND INFANTRY
This regiment was mustered in on November 3, 1864, for one year, with John M. Comparet as colonel. In Company I, Alexander G. Saxon, a Miami county man, was corporal, and the following privates were credited to the county: Nathan Addington, Thomas A. Danger- field, John Gorstine, John E. Grant, Cornelius Jarvis, Flavius J. Massey, Leroy S. Marine, Henry S. Parker, William R. Parker, Albert Reynolds, Heuston Sullivan, all from Xenia (now Converse).
In Company K, Charles E. Davis and Richard Phipps were enrolled as corporals; John Laryen as musician; Riley Clark, George W. Clif- ton, John C. Clifton, John Dailey, Joseph Dickerson, William J. Edmund, Benjamin Huff, William B. Miner, George C. Petty, James J. Purnell, Christopher C. Rood and Charles Williams as privates.
Soon after being mustered in the regiment was ordered to Tennes- see. At the battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864, it was held in
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reserve, many of the members being disappointed at not being per- mitted to take part in the fight. After that battle the regiment was kept on duty in and around Nashville until mustered out on July 14, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST INFANTRY
This was one of the regiments recruited under the president's call of December 19, 1864. It was mustered in at Indianapolis on March 3, 1865, for one year, with Joshua Healy as colonel. Companies C and D were raised in Miami county and the county was also represented in Companies H and I.
The officers of Company C were : William A. Nichols, captain; Isaac J. C. Guy, first lieutenant; William A. Vance, second lieutenant ; Thomas B. Cade, first sergeant; Samuel C. Jones, James S. Parker, William Pence and Francis B. Showers, sergeants; James H. Love, Harvey Conner, John Martindale, John Beecher, Charles W. Love, Adam W. Smith, Newton W. Tanquary and Mitchell M. Dukes, cor- porals; Britton E. Lamborn and Charles Osborn, musicians; Silas E. Shoemaker, wagoner.
Privates-Ezekiel Alberry, Peter Armantrout, Columbus Balti- more, Eli Benzinger, Paris A. Brandon, Joseph A. Brazington, Absa- lom Burnett, Thomas Carson, Harvey H. Curtis, Joseph W. Darby, David A. Ewing, John Fair, William J. Fansler, James H. Fear, John W. Fetrow, John S. Filbert, Harvey Flagg, Sidney Flagg, Ben- jamin Grimm, Thomas M. Hamblin, John B. Hatfield, Harvey Hauk, Jesse Hickman, John Hickman, Samuel B. Holt, Jeremiah Holtry, Alexander Hoover, Allen Hoover, Andrew Hoover, Samuel Hoover, Joshua Howell, David M. Hutton, Benjamin Jarnagin, Alvarian Jones, Joseph R. Jones, Reese H. Jones, William H. Keyes, Stephen A. King, Alpha Kiser, Benjamin Kotterman, Ezekiel D. Kyle, Boyd Ladd, Har- vey H. Larimer, Jacob W. Larimer, Jacob B. Leese, Samuel Lowman, John Mansfield, Henry Marshall, Samuel C. Marshall, Oliver E. Mason, Joseph Monger, Alfred W. Morris, Carvil A. Morris, Thomas E. Morris, Jeremiah Morrisey, Moses J. Murphy, Samuel C. Murphy, Thomas Mur- ray, Lewis Myers, Charles Newton, John Nieman, Isaac D. Norris, Benjamin Parker, John P. Powell, Thomas Powell, Finley W. Rariden, Lemuel Reed, Miles Rhodes, Redin Robins, John H. Shanks, Samuel H. Slaughter, Jasper D. Smith, John Spurgeon, Solomon Stout, Ste- phen H. Terhune, Joseph Townsend, William Wallick, George Weber, Elisha West, Wiley T. White, Peter Woolpert, Samuel Woolpert, Francis Zook.
Company D was officered by Nathan Stephens, captain; John H.
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Morgan, first lieutenant; Andrew J. Haines and Thomas R. Ellis, sec- ond lieutenants, the last named having been promoted from first ser- geant. William B. Owens, Reuben H. Mobley, Francis M. Cook and Ephraim L. Crider were the company's sergeants; Daniel Sturgis, David W. Jones, Allen McGuire, Abner L. Willis, George W. Cones, William B. Cook, William H. Miller and Robert M. Brooks, corporals ; Harrison E. Reese, musician, and Perry Akeberger, wagoner.
Privates-Lucas A. Adams, Henry Althaver, Matthew Anacher, Christopher Arnedt, Samuel K. Barker, John C. Bell, John Berry, Joseph Billhimer, Daniel Blackburn, John Blankenship, George W. Blue, Charles E. Bodurtha, Jeremiah Burnett, Henry Caple, Jules Catin, Peter Click, George W. Coleman, John V. Colvin, John F. Cones, Harrison Connett, Francis Cornell, Jeremiah Cornell, James H. Daggy, Michael Duffy, John T. Ewing, Stephen Finney, George W. Fisher, Samuel Fisher, George Gordon, John H. Griswold, Richard H. Groat, Thomas W. Hakins, Thomas Hamons, James D. Hann, Joseph Harding, William Harding, David Harmon, David B. Heaton, Jacob Hight, Mark R. Hoover, Jesse H. Hurst, Oliver P. Kotterman, Dennis Lee, Reuben Leslie, Martin Lynch, Byron McClure, Thomas Mackel- wee, Benjamin Miller, Martin L. Miller, Thomas Mullen, Henry Mur- den, Jacob Myers, James M. Okey, Robert C. Owens, Noah F. Packard, Layman Parks, Jonas W. Paul, John Price, William W. Rankins, Thomas E. Ream, Andrew Shadinger, George F. Shanaberger, Abra- ham L. Shirley, George A. Shlott, John B. Small, Thomas D. Smith, Oscar F. Snooks, John M. Stanley, Daniel Stetler, William Stevenson, Newton Sweeney, George H. Swihart, Henry A. Taylor, Thomas C. Waite, John W. Wallick, William Walters, George W. Whitney, George Wickler, Francis M. Wilkins, John F. Wilkins, John Woodburn, Miles F. York, Daniel Zigler.
John H. Ream, of Peru, was captain of Company H, but the rank and file of the company came from the counties of Jasper, Starke and Newton. In Company I the following Miami county men were enrolled as privates : Francis N. Holt, Elijah Pond, Nelson Reichard, Silas Stewart and Aaron Taumbaugh.
On March 9, 1865, six days after it was mustered in, the regiment arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, where it was assigned to General Rousseau's command, with which it moved to Tullahoma and remained in that vicinity until June. It was then employed in post and garri- son duty at Nashville until mustered out on September 19, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
On April 18, 1865, this regiment was mustered into the United States service for one year, with John M. Wilson, of Peru, as colonel.
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John W. Smith was appointed surgeon of the regiment, and Joseph A. Chandler and Martin B. Arnold served as assistant surgeons. Com- pany K was a Miami county company and was officered by Henry D. Moore, captain; John H. Jamison, first lieutenant; James Bell, sec- ond lieutenant.
Privates-Robert Anderson, William Andrews, James Bell (pro- moted second lieutenant), Edward Berry, Thomas M. Bitters, Samuel L. Black, William T. Black, George W. Books, Aaron Brower, Walter E. Burnham, William Burnett, Richard W. Butt, Thomas Christie, James Cottercipy, Alfred Cover, Washington A. Cover, Henry E. Daley, James M. Dougherty, William L. Englen, John H. Farnham, James Fites, John W. Fites, William Forrey, Charles Grumpp, Fred- erick A. Gysin, Benjamin Hann, Samuel Hann, Granville Harbin, Henry Harger, Jonas Harris, Isaac Harter, Marquis Harter, William T. Hatfield, Thomas W. Hays, Benjamin Hockstettler, Harman Hoover, Michael W. Hurst, Perry Jenness, Andrew J. Kennedy, Jacob King, John V. Kling, John Logan, William Long, Elias M. Lowe, William H. H. Murry, Samuel S. Patton, Daniel Reeder, John C. Reyburn, George F. Robertson, Wadsworth Roe, Ferdinand Roser, John Schneider, John P. Shannon, John Shepherd, William Shepherd, Alfred Shively, Philip Shively, Obadiah Shively, Finley M. Shaffer, John Steward, James Sweat, Steward E. Tail, James D. Townsend, Robert Vance, John P. Vandeventer, Joseph Vandoren, John Ward, George Williams, George Witham, Jesse C. P. Wood, Samuel Yard, Jasper N. Yates.
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The regiment proceeded to Washington almost as soon as it was mustered in and from Washington was sent to Alexandria, Virginia. There it was assigned to the Provisional Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Army Corps, and performed post and guard duty until ordered back to Indiana. Some of the companies were on detached duty in Delaware and two of these, while returning to the regiment, were in a railroad accident, in which several of the men were severely injured. These were the only casualties suffered by the regiment. It was mustered out at Indianapolis on September 1, 1865.
FOURTEENTH BATTERY
The Fourteenth Battery, Light Artillery, was recruited in Miami, Wabash, Huntington and Fayette counties and was mustered in at Indianapolis on March 24, 1862, with Meredith H. Kidd, as captain. H. C. Loveland, of Miami county, was second lieutenant; James P. Chandler, sergeant; Thomas H. Wibel, corporal; and the following members of the battery were credited to Miami county: William Baker, William Bartholomew, James Cauger, Henry Coleman, Dewitt
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C. Goodrick, John S. Hill, Ephraim Hale, James H. Jones, Thomas P. Kiser, Byron Latta, John B. Lane, William H. Moore, Samuel M. Morehead, William B. Morehead, John P. Myers, John Q. Neal, John W. Pier, Hanson Plummer, John W. Plummer, Amos Rolland, Charles R. Sayles, Thomas F. Stanley, Charles W. Utley.
From Indianapolis the battery proceeded to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. It then took part in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi; formed part of General Sherman's force in the raid to Meridian; after which it operated around Vicksburg, Memphis, Guntown and Nash- ville, and aided in the reduction of Spanish Fort at Mobile. It was mustered out on August 29, 1865.
MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS
In addition to the Miami county volunteers mentioned in the fore- going companies and regiments, there were a number of men who served in other commands. Allen Daggy was a private in Company C, Thirty-fifth Infantry; Reuben O. Small served in Company I; One Hundred and First Infantry, and Walcut Tuttle in Company K of the same regiment; in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment (Eleventh Cavalry), Felician Clove, William Elshire and John Way- mire, of Company L, were credited to Miami county; James Howell and Valentine Perkins were privates in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry, and James A. Lucas was a member of Com- pany F, of that regiment; and the names of Simon Clevenger and David M. Darby, of Xenia, appear on the muster rolls of the Twelfth Indiana Battery.
In the Fourth Heavy Artillery, United States Colored Troops, the following men were credited to Miami county: William Allen, Frank Brooks, Charles Clark, David Harris, John Hart, Peter Hicks, Albert Horton, John Nelson, Washington Paddy, Dick Richardson, Powell Richardson, John Robinson, Henry Thompson, Amos Walk, William Walker and Nelson Williams.
The First United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers was organ- ized under an act of Congress, approved May 20, 1864, and was under command of Colonel William E. Merrill. Miami county was repre- sented in six companies of this organization-A, B, D, E, F and H. In Company A, Allen S. Hurtt was quartermaster sergeant, and Thomas B. Hurtt was artificer ; in Company B were George T. Lamborn and B. Hill, the latter the artificer of the company; in Company D, George W. Allen was a private; in Company E were three men from Miami county-Elisha S. Buck, sergeant; John Kites, artificer, and Daniel F. Deibert, private; Patrick Murt, of Peru, was the artificer in Com- pany F, and Francis McGrew was a private in Company H.
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In the adjutant-general's reports sometimes the entire muster roll of a company appears without the residences of the members being given. It is quite probable that some of the men thus enrolled should be credited to Miami county, but after half a century or more has passed it would be almost impossible to distinguish which ones should be so credited. It is also true that men from this county enlisted in companies organized in other counties, but it is doubtless equally true that in the foregoing lists are some who came from other counties and enlisted in Miami. The spelling of the names in the rosters given above is the same as that found in the reports of the adjutant-general. No doubt that in some instances the names are not spelled as they should be, but it was deemed best to follow literally the official reports without attempting any changes, except in rare cases where there was unques- tionably a typographical error.
THE INDIANA LEGION
The special session of the legislature in 1861 passed an act "for the organization and regulation of the Indiana militia." Under the provisions of this act four companies of the "Indiana Legion," some- times called the "Home Guards," were organized in Miami county. They were the Miami Guards, James Highland, captain; Thomas R. Ellis, first lieutenant; John Pearson, second lieutenant. The Morton Rangers, Thomas E. Cassingham and James W. Campbell, captains ; Alexander Stanley and Lucas A. Adams, first lieutenants; Thomas R. Ellis, second lieutenant. The Union Guards, Joseph Y. Ballou and Daniel Griswold, captains; James L. Wilson, first lieutenant; John Lesley and Daniel Harter, second lieutenants. The Wheatville Guards, John Old, captain; Washington A. Cover, first lieutenant; R. W. Butt, second lieutenant. These companies were never called into the field, but the muster rolls of other organizations show that a large number of the original home guards enlisted for actual service and were mus- tered into the service of the United States.
THE ROLL OF HONOR
Of the volunteer soldiers who went out from Miami county to do battle for their country, 190 never returned. The adjutant-general's report show that of those who died while in the service 52 were killed in action; 18 died of wounds; 5 are known to have died while held as prisoners of war; and 115 died of disease. These figures are doubt- less incomplete, as in the reports, opposite the names of a number of the men, is that mysterious and discouraging legend "Unaccounted for."
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Some of the men thus reported afterward returned to their homes, but from others no tidings were ever received. They probably died in the enemy's country, perhaps in prison, and their remains rest in some unmarked grave. These "unaccounted for" are entitled to a place upon the county's "Roll of Honor."
THE WORK AT HOME
While the "Boys in Blue" were at the front, the people at home were not unmindful of their patriotic sacrifice and the necessities of their wives and children. During the war the commissioners of Miami county authorized the payment of $281,650 for soldiers' bounties ; $44,890.86 for the relief of soldiers' families, and $4,800 for miscel- laneous expenses in connection with the recruiting and equipping of troops, making a total of $331,340.86 expended by the county in its official capacity. These figures may be obtained from the public rec- ords, but there is no record of the relief given 'by the people of the county in their individual capacity. Many a sack of flour, many a basket of provisions, numerous sums of money, bundles of clothing or school books found their way to the home of some soldiers' wife, that her children might be made comfortable and enabled to attend school. If the value of all these voluntary offerings could be ascertained it would probably aggregate as much as the official appropriations of the county. And it is greatly to the credit of these noble women that they were not too proud to accept these offerings of charity. Even cast off clothing was received by them without the feeling that it was reflec- tion upon their poverty, but rather a grateful recognition on the part of some loyal neighbor of the sacrifice they had made by sending the ones they loved best to preserve the institutions the founders of the republic established.
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