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order was issued, and, among other resolutions, adopted the following:
" Resolved, That the will of the people is the foundation of all free government, and that free thought, free speech, and a free press are inherent and constitutional rights of the people and that no military officer, whether in time of peace or war, has a right to restrain the people from discussing the measures and policy of their servants and to decide upon the wisdom and expediency of their acts."
So unpopular had this order become that Gov. Morton, who was always quick to discern the effect of any movement by the military authorities, advised that it be rescinded, which was done June 6, 1863.
In the Twelfth Cavalry (127) Regiment, Miami County was represented in two companies, viz .: L and M. The for- mer consisted of 100 originally enlisted men, all from Miami County, and ten recruits. There were eleven killed and two de- serted. The commissioned officers of Company L were: Cap- tain, Ethan E. Thornton, January 7, 1862; First Lieutenants, J. Y. Ballou, January 7, 1864, and George N. Osgood, May I, 1865; Second Lieutenants, G. N. Osgood, January 7, 1864; J. M. Houk, May 1, 1865, and James. Highland, July 1, 1865. Com- pany M had but one commissioned officer from Miami County, Joseph Y. Ballou, Captain, May 1, 1865. In this company there were twenty-two enlisted men from said county. Six of those died in the service. The regimental officers from the county were: Orris Blake, Major, March 1, 1864, and William Pew, Adjutant, May 8, 1865. The Twelfth Cavalry (127) Regiment, was organized at Kendallville on the Ist of March, 1864, with Edward Anderson as Colonel. But six companies were mounted. The regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and after a few weeks' instructions proceeded to Huntsville, Ala., the mounted portion under Col. Reed and the dismounted portion under Col. Anderson. Col. Anderson was assigned to the command of the railroad defenses from Decatur to Point Rock, and the district around Huntsville. The mounted companies had numerous skirmishes with the guerrilla bands that infested that region. In September, 1864, the regiment was ordered to Tullahoma, Tenn., to garrison that post, and while there Col. Anderson was ordered to Indiana for special service, and in his absence Major Blake, of Peru, was assigned to the command of the post. While stationed there the regiment had several skirmishes with the command of Gen. Forrest. Leaving Tullahoma the regi- ment proceeded to Murfreesboro and participated in the battle of Wilkinson's Pike and Overall's Creek, and was employed in several skirmishes in defense of Murfreesboro. The regiment
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went into winter quarters, where it remained until February II, 1865, when it was ordered to New Orleans and from thence to Mobile Bay where it participated in the operations against the forts and defences of Mobile. After the fall of Mobile, the regiment under command of Maj. Wm. H. Calkins participated in a raid of over 800 miles through Alabama, Georgia, to Col- umbus, Mississippi. Headquarters were changed to Grenada, from which detachments of the regiment were sent to various places to protect government property. The regiment was mus- tered out of the service at Vicksburg, Nov. 10, 1865.
In the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth (according to the Adjutant-General's report), there were four men from Miami County, viz .: Geo. S. Evans, Jas. Duncan and Israel Leedy, privates, and Richard K. Miller, who was commissioned Captain of Company I, March 3, 1864; Adjutant, December 3, 1863; Major, May I, 1865, and Lieutenant Colonel, June I, $865.
Company K of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth (100 days), was composed to a large extent of Miami county men. The company was mustered in May 24, 1864. The only com- missioned officers of said company from the county were Alex- ander Jamison and Isaac J. C. Guy; Second Lieutenants.
Company A One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth (100 days), consisted of eighty-one enlisted men, all from Miami county. The company was mustered in May 27, 1864, and was officered as follows: Captain, Jonas Hoover, May 7, 1864; First Lieutenant, Wesley Wallick, May 7, 1864, and Henry D. Moore, May 7, I864.
Each of these regiments was assigned to duty along the line of Nashville & Chattanooga, Tennessee & Alabama, and Memphis & Charleston railroads, which was the only service performed by them.
The One Hundred and Fifty-First .- Under the President's last call, issued December 19, 1864, for three thousand troops, Miami county responded with no fewer than three hundred men. These were assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-First and One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth regiments, for one years' service. Companies C and D of the 15Ist were made up almost exclu- sively of Miami county men, while in Companies H and I there were as many as ten of Miami county's veterans. Com- pany C was officered as follows: Captain, William A. Nichols; First Lieut. I. J. C. Guy, and Second Lieut. William H. Vance. Of the ninety-nine originally enlisted, five were killed and three deserted. The commissioned officers of Company D were: Cap- tain, Nathan Stephens; First Lieutenants, J. H. Morgan and John B. Winters, and Second Lieutenants, Andrew J. Haynes, Thomas R. Ellis, and Charles H. Gould. There was lost in killed ten, and
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one by desertion. John H. Ream, Captain of Company H, was the only commissioned officer of said company from Miami county.
The One Hundred and Fifty-First was composed of com- panies raised in the Ninth Congressional District, and was organ- ized at Indianapolis March 3, 1865, with Joshua Healy as Colonel. On the 6th of March left for Nashville. It moved on the 14th to Tullahoma, where it remained on duty until June 14th, when it returned to Nashville. There it did post and garrison duty until the 19th of September, 1865, when it was mustered out of the service. Company K of the 155th was composed largely of Miami county men, and was officered by Henry D. Moore, Captain; J. H. Jamison, First Lieutenant, and James Bell, Second Lieutenant. Eight of the company deserted. The regimental officers from this county were John M. Wilson, Colonel; John W. Smith, Surgeon; Joseph A. Chandler and Martin B. Arnold, Assistant Surgeons. The regi- ment was organized at Indianapolis April 18, 1865. It left for Washington the latter part of the mouth and from there was sent to Alexandria and assigned to the provisional brigade of the Third Division of the Ninth Army Corps. On the 3d of May it was transferred to Dover, at which place the companies were· detached and sent to Centerville, Wilmington, Del., and Salisburg, Maryland. On the return to the regiment of two of these companies a railroad accident occurred by which a number were seriously injured. The regiment was mustered out at Dover, Delaware, August 4, 1865.
Col. J. M. Wilson, the commander of the last regiment in which Miami county was represented, as well as the first company to the front, deserves a leading place in the military history of Miami county. He was by profession a lawyer, and while he pre- ferred civil to military life, he never hesitated to lay aside the duties of the former for the latter when he believed his country was in danger. While entering upon a professional career with much promise, he abandoned it to lead a company against the forces of Santa Anna. At the close of the war with Mexico he returned to the practice of his profession, only to again relinquish it at the first call for assistance. For this unselfish devotion to his country he deserves a place in the heart of every loyal citizen.
The Fourteenth Battery of Light Artillery was recruited mainly in Wabash, Huntington, Miami and Fayette Counties dur- ing the winter of 1861-2, and was mustered into the service in March, 1862, with M. H. Kidd, of Wabash, captain. It was com- posed of 138 enlisted men, 85 recruits and 68 re-enlisted veterans, making a total enrollment of 291. Twenty-two were citizens of Miami County. Of this number twenty-five died and thirty-eight deserted. Henry C. Loveland, of Peru, was commissioned Second- Lieutenant January 20, 1862, and died at Bethel, Tenn., June 14, 1862. The tribute of respect to his memory by the members of
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his section shows the universal esteem in which he was held by his comrades. The battery left Indianapolis for St. Louis on the IIth of April, 1862, and thence to Pittsburg Landing. It next proceeded to Corinth where it participated in the siege of that place; thence to Jackson and Lexington, Miss., where a section of the battery, con- sisting of thirty men, were captured by Forrest's cavalry. After spending the greater part of 1863 in Tennessee, it embarked for Vicksburg, and from thence, with a force under General Sherman, to Meridian, Miss., and participated in that famous raid. After returning to Vicksburg, Captain Kidd was promoted Major of the Eleventh Cavalry, and was succeeded as Captain by F. W. Morse. At Gunport, Miss., the battery lost two pieces of artillery and five men killed or wounded. On the 15th and 16th of December it par- ticipated in the battle before Nashville. Its last engagement was. in the operations against Mobile, after which it marched to Mont- gomery, Ala., where it was mustered out August 13, 1865.
Indiana Legion .- The following companies of the Indiana. Legion, in Miami County, with names of officers, are:
Miami Guards .- James Highland, Captain; Thomas R. Ellis, First-Lieutenant, and John Pearson, Second-Lieutenant.
Morton Rangers .- Thomas E. Cassingham, Captain; James W. Campbell, Captain; Alexander Stanley and Lucus A. Adams, First-Lieutenants; T. R. Ellis, Second-Lieutenant.
Union Guards .- Joseph Y. Ballou and Daniel Griswold, Cap- tains; James L. Wilson, First-Lieutenant, and John Lesley and Daniel Harter, Second-Lieutenants.
Wheatville Guards .- John Old, Captain; W. A. Cover, First- Lieutenant, and R. W. Butt, Second-Lieutenant.
Miscellaneous .- Fourth Heavy Artillery, U. S. Colored Troops was represented by fifteen men from Miami County. This com- pany was mustered into the service in the fall of 1864.
There were other regiments in which Miami County was rep- resented, of which the following is a partial list: Eighth, Thirty- first, Forty-sixth, Seventy-Third, One Hundred and Thirteenth (two Companies, E and G), One Hundred and Thirty-ninth, One Hundred and Forty-Second (Companies I and K), One Hundred and Forty-Seventh (Companies B and F), Twelfth Battery, Light Artillery, Seventh Battery of Light Artillery and Twenty-first Bat- tery of Light Artillery. There were doubtless many others who enlisted from this county that were not accounted for in the official report of the Adjutant-General.
MIAMI COUNTY'S DEAD IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
COMPANY B, THIRTEENTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Aker, Nelson, killed at Weir Church, May 30, 1864.
Baker, Daniel, died in Andersonville Prison, Sept. 30, 1864.
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Cassady, Jno. R., died at Folly Island, Oct. 12, 1863. Day, William, killed at Alleghany, Dec. 13, 1861.
Dolan, Patrick, killed at Chester Station, May 10, 1864. Fagan, Matthew, killed at Alleghany, Dec. 13, 1861.
Fox, William, June 7, 1864.
Gonser, Levi, died Folly Island, Oct. 21, 1863. Gohn, John, died of wounds, May 20, 1864. Gonser, Jonathan, killed at Weir Church, May 20, 1864. Graving, Ernest, died at Beaufort, Jan. 15, 1864.
McFarland, Garrison, killed at Blackwater, Va., Dec. 12, 1862. Stevenson, W. H. died Folly Island, Oct. 14, 1863. Warner, John F., killed at Rich Mountain, July 11, 1861.
Watson, Robert, died at Folly Island, Nov. 3, 1863.
Widour, Francis, died at Clarksburg, Va., Aug. 6, 1861.
COMPANY A, THIRTEENTH RE-ORGANIZED.
Coromster, Alex., killed at Ft. Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865.
Hamilton, Daniel, died in Andersonville Prison, Dec. 9, 1864.
Marquiss, J. M., died of wounds received near Petersburg, July 2, 1864.
McQuiston, J. C., died in Andersonville Prison, Aug. 30, 1864.
COMPANY F, SIXTEENTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Brandorn, Abraham, died of wounds, July 5, 1863. Brooks, Isaiah, died at Indianapolis, July 11, 1863.
Bennett, Donald W., died of wounds; September 6, 1862.
Buckley William P., killed at Richmond, Ky., Aug 30, 1862. Colay, Jesse P., died at Indianapolis, Nov. 26, 1862. Gerrard, David D., died at Vicksburg, Jan. 28, 1863. Garrett, Salathiel, died of wounds, April 15, 1864. House, Daniel, died at Indianapolis, Nov. 2, 1862. Jay, Alfred, died Milliken Bend, April 27, 1863. Jones, Daniel W., died at Milliken Bend, April 15, 1863. Jester, Madison, died at St. Louis, April 8, 1863. Johnson, William, killed Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864. Keefe, James, killed Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864. Lee, Andrew J., died at St. Louis, July 23, 1863. Lanhorn, Burton, died at Milliken's Bend, May 26, 1863.
McDonald, William A., died at Millken's Bend, March 30, 1863. Pond, Josiah, died at St. Louis, June 28, 1863.
Robinson, Andrew, died at Vicksburg, June 28, 1863. Ridde, Darius A., died at Milliken's Bend, April 8, 1863. Sloan, William, killed at Mansfield, April 8, 1864. Seger, Florian, died at Donaldsville, May 11, 1864. Payne, Aaron E, died at New Orleans, April 18, 1864. Vaughn, Jeremiah M., died at Young's Point, Feb. 22, 1863. Venis, Henry, died of wounds, Sept. 12, 1862.
COMPANY K, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
Jones, Newton, died at Boling, Ky., Sept. 1862.
COMPANY A, TWENTIETH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Thomas, John F., killed May 12, 1864. Ash, Amos D., killed at Gettysburg.
Brownlee, David P., killed at Gettysburg.
Cook, Benj. F., died at Washington, July 4, 1864. Irvin, Henry, died at City Point, Va. .
Robinson, George W., died at Alexandria, March 25, 1864. Smith, Nicholas J., killed at Oak Grove, Va., June 25, 1862.
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Seger, John M., killed at Gettysburg.
Smith, Charles W., killed at Gettysburg. Stowe, George W., killed at Chickahominy. Tice, Jno. M., killed at Gettysburg. Wright, Daniel G., killed probably at Gettysburg.
COMPANY H, TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Reese, Thomas H., died in Libby Prison.
Goodbo, Jocko, died at Louisville, March 4, 1864.
Killian, John, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
McNair, James, died at Camp Wood, Ky., Jan. 14, 1862. McCain, James, died at Nashville, April 13, 1864.
Potter, Theron, died at Nashville, March 1862. Rider, Leonard, wounded at Chickamauga, died Nov. 3, 1863. Roccoon, Jackson, died at Nashville, 1865.
COMPANY A, EIGHTH CAVALRY (39TH).
Hicks Abraham, killed at Stone River.
Renbo Wm., died at Chattanooga, Sept 29, 1863.
Bigley, James L. died of disease. Clark, Jno. H., Died at Nashville, Dec. 4, 1863. Harvey, Wm., killed at Shiloh, April, 1862.
Hicks, Patrick, died at Evansville, July 5, 1862.
Jackson, Jno., died of wounds at Shiloh, April 9, 1862.
Jones, William W., killed at Stone River.
Landrum, Rufus, died
Lockwood, Geo. W., died April 1862.
Pearson, Perry D., died
Pontious, Benj., killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Powell, Wm. B., died
Repp, Christopher, died
Taylor, Geo. I., killed at Stone River, Dec 31, 1862. Utter, Thomas Q., died Dec. 26, 1864.
COMPANY M. EIGHTH CAVALRY (39THI).
Cate, Martin, killed at Black River, March 16, 1865. Raynor, Alfred, killed at Black River, March 16, 1865. Sharp, Henry, died at Camp Webster, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1864. Swengle, Sam., killed at Black River, March 16, 1865. Thomas, Robert S., died at Nashville, June 16, 1865. Wilkinson, F. M., died at Nashville, June 23, 1864.
COMPANY B, FORTIETH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS.)
Button, Jno. T., died Dec. 6, 1864.
Brower, Jeremiah, killed at Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864.
Thompson, Wm. L., died at Evansville, Aug. 14, 1862. Atchison, Robt., killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Belew, Joseph A. killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864. Bank, J. H., killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. Beard, Geo. H., died of wounds, Mission Ridge. Cook, C. M., died at Nashville, June 5, 1863. Collins, Onesmus, killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864.
Doud, Arthur, killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27. 1864. Everhart, Lewis H., killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1863. Hahn, Jno., died of wounds, Nov. 29, 1863.
Hide, Austin D., killed at Shiloh, April 15, 1862. Koff, Fred, died of wounds, April 13, 1864.
Lesley, Morris, killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
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Miller, Milton, killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Mote, Eli, killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. Null, Jno. H., died at Tuscumbia, Ala., June 23, 1862. Ramsey, David, died Oct. 20, 1865.
Smith, Jno. W., died at Nashville, Dec. 5, 1864. Stanley, Sanford, died of wounds, probably at Stone River. Watters, James, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, 1864. Walling, J., killed at Stone River, Dec. 30, 1862. Wooley, Jno., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, 1864.
COMPANY G, FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Baker, Robt., died at Sanford, Ky., Feb. 19, 1862. Crooks, William, died at Nashville, Sept. 18, 1862. Dyer, Charles, died at Lebanon, Ky., Feb. 19, 1862. Ewing, Thomas, died at Nashville, March 30, 1862. Faley, Thomas, died at Bowling Green, Sept. 17, 1862. James, Martin V. B., died at Peru, Aug. 15, 1863. Sullivan, George, died at Peru July 19, 1864.
COMPANY C, EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Russell, Burr, died of wounds, Nov. 29, 1863. Demuth, Jno., killed Aug. 22, 1864. Brown, Elisha, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 1863.
Brown, Martin V. died at Chattanooga, Nov. 22, 1863. Clendenin, Andrew P., died at Dowd's Island, April 3, 1865.
Derick, George, died at Nashville, March 6, 1863.
Edward, Sylvester, died of wounds, at Chattanooga, Oct. 11, 1863. · Foss, James G., died at Chattanooga, Oct. 11, 1863. Glaze Geo., died at Chattanooga, Nov. 8, 1863. Hart, Geo., died at Lebanon, Ky., Feb. 21, 1863. Hawyer, Wm. H., died of wounds, Richmond, Va., Dec. 15, 1863.
Kennedy, Joe J., died at Gallatin, Nov. 23, 1862. Kepler, Jno., died at Ringold, Ga., April 12, 1864. Loyd, Wm. J., died at Louisville, Dec. 19, 1862.
Marine, Asa W., Waldon Ridge, Oct. 1863. Marshall, Herman, died of wounds at Nashville, Dec. 14, 1863. Newby, Isaiah J, died of wounds at Chattanooga, Oct. 17, 1863. Perkins, Ithamer, died at Gallatin, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1862. Petty, Miles C., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Reese, Jno., died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 10, 1863. Saxon, Wm. J., died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1862. Watler, Geo. F., died at Bowling Green, Dec. 23, 1862. Wicker, Wm., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Woolf, Jacob, died at Triune, Tenn., May 2, 1863.
COMPANY D, NINETY-NINTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
Connett, Jno. F., died at Memphis, Nov. 23, 1862. Hitsmiller, Samuel, died at Memphis, Nov. 23, 1862. Reamer, Wm., died at Memphis, Sept. 25, 1863. Reamer, Jesse, died at Memphis, April 9, 1863. Snider, Reuben, died at Fort Fowler, March 4, 1863.
COMPANY I, NINETY-NINTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS). .
Albaugh, Daniel, died at Indianapolis, Nov. 7, 1862. McGraw, Francis M, killed at Jackson Miss., July 11, 1863. Studebaker, Andrew, died at Louisville, Feb. 4, 1865. Freermood, Geo., died of wounds, Aug. 5, 1864. Garsar, Jno., died at Scottsboro, Ala., Feb. 22, 1864.
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Sullivan, Jefferson, died at Fort Fowler, April, 1863. Wilson, Leander, died at Memphis, Oct. 11, 1863. Weeks, Jno., killed near Atlanta, July 28, 1864.
COMPANY L, TWELFTH CAVALRY, (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, THREE YEARS).
Houk, Johnson M., died at Logansport, May 27, 1865.
Blackburn, Jno. died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 3, 1865.
Burnett, Sam M., died at Jeffersonville, Feb. 15, 1865. Burk, Jno. W., died at Mobile, May 6, 1865.
Benner, Samuel, died at Montgomery, June 16, 1865. Correll, Zacharas, died at Kendallville, April 7, 1864. Clark, Samuel L., died at Goshen, March 4, 1864. Ellison, Pleasant, died at New Orleans, April 16, 1865.
Geiger, Geo. W., died at New Albany, Jan. 10, 1865. Karr, Jno., died at Point Rock Ridge, May 23, 1864. Wilson, Geo. W., died at Kendallville, March 7, 1865.
COMPANY M, TWELFTH CAVALRY, (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, THREE YEARS).
Goodwin, Geo. W., died at Kendall, March 31, 1864.
Laux, Ephram K., died at New Orleans, May 21, 1865.
Shenkle, Wm., died at Huntsville, July 10, 1864. Wilcox, Martin, died at Madison, Ala., June 14, 1864. Wilcox, Ezra, died at Nashville, Feb. 15, 1865.
Willey, Jno., died at Camp Anderson, Jan. 21, 1864.
COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT (ONE YEAR).
King, Stephen A., died at Nashville, March 25, 1865. Smith, Adam W., died at Nashville, July 23, 1865.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT (ONE YEAR).
Bell, Jno. C., died at Nashville, June 24, 1865. Crider, Ephrian L., died at Tullahoma, May 31, 1865. Coleman, Geo. W., died at Nashville, June 1, 1865. Calvin, Jno. V., died at Mexico, March 4, 1865. Harmon, David, died at Indianapolis, Feb. 20, 1865.
Hakins, Thomas W., died at Nashville, July 5, 1865.
Hoover, Mark R., died at Nashville, April 1, 1865.
Packard, Noah F., died at Nashville, July 25, 1865. Shanaberger, Geo. F., died at Tullahoma, May 1, 1865. Whitney, Geo. W., died at Nashville, April 21, 1865.
FOURTEENTHI BATTERY, LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Loveland, Henry C., died at Bethel, Tenn., June 14, 1862. Hale, Ephrain, died at home, Oct. 26, 1863.
TWENTY-FIRST BATTERY, LIGHT ARTILERY.
Montgomery, Wm. A., died at Lexington, Dec 28, 1862. Despennet, Wm. S., died at Columbia, May 21, 1864. Sullivan, A. W., died at Columbia, June 4, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cole, Ethan, died of wounds, Aug. 9, 1864. Wilson, Taylor, died at Memphis, Oct. 28, 1862. Hullinger, Jacob, died at Washington, D. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
NOTE .- The foregoing list is probably incomplete, as there are many unaccounted for in the official reports, who were no doubt killed.
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Drafts .- The first draft occurred in Indiana on October 6, 1862. This was held under the President's third call for troops dated August 4, 1862, asking for 300,000 soldiers. The enroll- ment for this draft was made September 19 and at that time Miami county was credited with a total militia force of 2844. To be deducted from this were 405 exempts and 118 conscien- tiously opposed to bearing arms, leaving 2,321 subject to the draft. At that time the County was credited with having fur- nished a total of 1,065 volunteers, of which 996 were then in the service. When this draft was ordered Miami county lacked 98 men of having filled her quota, distributed among the town- ships as follows: Jefferson, 2; Perry, 29; Union, 13; Richland, IO; Washington, II; Clay, 24; Harrison, 9.
Under the call of October 17, 1863, for 300,000 men the quota for Miami was 196. The calls of February I, March 14, and July 18, 1864, required Miami county to furnish 1,056 in addition to those already given. To offset this the county was credited with 839 new volunteer recruits, 152 veterans and 39 by draft, a total of 1,030. This left a total of 21 men yet due from the county which, of course, were raised. The President's last call for troops was issued December 19, 1864, demanding 300,000 more troops. Miami county's quota under this call was 337. All efforts to raise troops in Indiana were abandoned on the 14th of April, 1865, and at that date the county was credited with the following to offset this last call: New volun- teer recruits 28I, veterans II, and by draft 45; thus just balanc- ing the account. This makes a grand total of men furnished by Miami county for the war, of 2,624. Of course there were not that many different men in the war, for some of them enlisted two and three times, and were counted for each enlist- ment. It is probable that not more than 2,200 or 2,300 were ever actually sent out from the county.
Bounty and Relief .- During the first year of the war the Con- gress passed an act authorizing the payment of $100 to volunteers enlisting for three years. This was followed by numerous orders, during the years 1863 and 1864, from the adjutant-general's office authorizing the payment of bounties ranging from $100 to $400, depending to some extent on the term of service. The inequality of the amount paid for the same term of service caused great dis- satisfaction. But it was claimed by the authorities that the exi- gencies and demands of the service necessitated it and it could not be avoided.
In addition to the bounties paid by the Government, large and extravagant local bounties were paid. Under the call of August, 1862, the Board of Commissioners, at a meeting held September 8, appropriated $10,000, which was placed in the hands of E. H. Shirk
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and John A. Graham, to be paid out in sums of $25 to each person that had enlisted or should enlist on or before the 15th of said month. Other bounties, not exceeding in amount $50, were paid during the year 1863.
There was expended by the County for bounties the following amounts :
Miami County
$ 180,550 00
Peru Township.
15,000 00
Jefferson Township
8,000 00
Perry
5,000 00
Union 6
4,000 00
Richland
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