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John Bond, 9th battery ; died at home, July 20, '64.
Franklin Brown, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, explosion Eclipse.
George Brough, 9th battery ; killed by guerrillas near Yellow Bayou, La., May 16, '64.
Jesse O. Davis, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, explosion steamer Eclipse. Samuel Dwiggins, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65.
Joseph F. Flinn, 9th battery ; died at Pea Ridge, Tenn., May 6, '62.
Uriah Hadley, 9th battery ; died at Pittsburg Landing, May, '62.
James M. Heidrich, 9th battery ; died Feb. 10, '63.
Andrew J. Hood, 9th battery ; died at Keokuk, Iowa, '62.
John M. Henry, 9th battery ; supposed to be captured by enemy.
Wm. M. Henry, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse.
Joseph Julien, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse.
John W. Livingston, 9th battery ; killed by guerrillas at Canton, Miss., Feb. 26, '64.
Wilson M. Calmant, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse.
James S. Owen, 9th battery ; died on steamer A. D. Wood, March, '64. Daniel Ping, 9th battery ; died near Shiloh, Tenn., May, '62.
Lewis Royl, 9th battery ; killed at Yellow Bayou, La., May 18, '64. Wm. L. Scott, 9th battery ; died on steamer, April, '64.
James A. Scott, 9th battery ; died on steamer, April, '62.
John S. Smock, 9th battery ; died Feb. 5, '65, of wounds received on steamer Eclipse.
James Thompson, 9th battery ; killed at Shiloh, April 7, '62.
Albert S. Underwood, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse. Joseph F. Wolfe, 9th battery ; died near Shiloh, Tenn., May, '62. Wm. B. York, 9th battery ; died at Vicksburg, Miss., June 1, '64.
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Wm. W. Brooshear, 9th battery ; killed at Yellow Bayou, La., May 18, '64. Thomas A. Brow, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, Tenn., June 26, '64. Wm. E. Conner, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, Feb., '64.
Wm. H. Coffin, 9th battery; died Jan. 29, '65, of wounds received by ex- plosion steamer Eclipse.
Frances English, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer explosion. Charles Griffin, 9th battery ; died at Columbus, Ky., '63.
John Healey, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse. Snider I. Hibler, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, Tenn., '74.
James T. Monroe, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, August, '64. James M. McCord, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, June 28, '64. Thomas Noblet, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, July, '64. Joseph W. Smith, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '64, on steamer Eclipse. Matthew Stover, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, March, '64. John Taylor, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, on steamer Eclipse.
Benj. F. Thomas, 9th battery ; killed Jan. 27, '65, by explosion steamer Eclipse.
Thomas C. White, 9th battery ; died at Memphis, Oct. '64.
Isaac F. Miller, B, 10th ; died at Corinth, Miss., July 1, '62.
Wm. S. Duncan, B, 10th; died of wounds received at Kenesaw Moun- tain June 28, '64.
George W. Stover, B, 10th ; killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '63. Joel Manker, B, 10th ; killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62.
Benj. M. Babb, B, 10th ; killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, '62. James E. Copner, B, 10th ; killed at Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 19, '62. Wesley C. Elmore, B, 10th ; died at Corinth, Miss., July 2, '62.
Isaac Inlow, B, 10th ; died at Crawfordsville, June 22, '62. Thomas J. Jessee, B, 10th ; died at Corinth, Miss., June 19, '62.
Daniel B. Lynn, B, 10th ; died at Evansville, Aug. 19, '62.
Amos K. Misner, B, 10th ; killed at Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 19, '62. Wm. Newkirk, B, 10th ; died at Corinth, Miss., May 29, '62.
Andrew Ochiltree, B, 10th; died at Somerset, Ky., Feb. 15, '62, of wounds received at Mill Springs.
John W. Pickerill, B. 10th ; killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62. .
George W. Pruitt, B, 10th ; died at Shiloh, May 9, '62.
James A. Shoemaker, B, 10th ; killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62. Wm. A. Simpson, B, 10th ; died at Standford, Ky., Feb. 20, '62. James H. Snyder, B, 10th ; died at Mill Springs, Ky., Feb. 12, '62. Geo. W. Tipton, B, 10th ; died at Somerset, Ky., March 9, '63. Franklin W. Davis, B, 10th ; died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. 10, '64. Benj. R. Lewis, B, 10th ; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 9, '64. Wm. F. Arvin, G, 11th ; died at Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 13, '63.
Cycus H. Bair, G, 11th ; died May 19, '63, of wounds received at Cham- pion Hills.
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Miles Castor, G, 11th ; died at Helena, Ark., Jan. 8, '63.
John W. Creamer, G, 11th ; died at St. Louis, March 3, '63. James W. Largent, G, 11th ; died at Helena, Ark., April 14, '63. David M. Lasley, G, 11th ; killed at Champion Hills, May 16, '63. Charles Meredith, G, 11th ; died at New Orleans, May 28, '64.
John Phillips, G, 11th; died in Danville Prison. Captured at Cedar Creek.
Jordon E. Rich, G, 11th ; died May 28, '63, of wounds received at Cham- pion Hills.
Wm. M. Sayer, G, 11th ; died at Carrollton, La., Aug. 28, '63.
Wm. Westbrook, G, 11th ; killed at Champion Hills, May 16, '63. Solomon Young, G, 11th ; died at Madisonville, La., Jan. 2, '63.
Wm. N. Carman, H, 11th ; died at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16, '61. John W. Bailey, H, 11th ; killed at Halltown, Va., Aug. 24, '64.
Daniel G. Sprague, I, 11th ; died at Madison, Oct. 2, '63.
Elijah Cox, I, 11th ; died at Helena, Ark., Feb. 4, '63.
Byron Love, I, 11thi ; died at Paducah, Ky., Dec. 15, '61.
Marion Thomas, I, 11th ; died at New Orleans, Oct. 4, '64.
Wm. H. White, I, 11th ; died at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 20, '62.
Charles Balser, I, 11th ; died at Sandy Hook, Md., Aug. 20, '64.
James Patterson, I, 11th ; killed at Winchester, Sept. 19, '64.
Aaron Wert, I, 11th ; died at Winchester, Oct. 24, '64, of wounds received at Cedar Creek.
Robert B. Gitbert, E, 15th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63.
George Ammerman, E, 15th ; died Oct. 17, '61.
Solomon Bowers, E, 15th ; died Nov. 25, '63, from wounds received at Mission Ridge.
Abraham Bennett, E, 15; died Dec. 17, '61.
Silas Cooley, E, 15th ; died Dec. 17, '63, from wounds received at Mission Ridge.
Reuben Emmerson, E, 15th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63.
James A. Hill, E, 15th ; died Jan. 17, '62.
Thomas McDonald, E, 15th ; died Oct. 14, '61.
Wm. P. Moore, E, 15th ; died Feb. 5, '63, of wounds received at Stone River.
George W. O'Daniel, E, 15th ; died Dec. 8, '62.
Robert F. Sailors, E, 15th ; died Feb. 18,'63, of wounds received at Stone River.
John A. Small, E, 15th ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
John D. Stockton, E, 15th ; died in Libby Prison, from wounds received at Stone River.
Adam Sittinger, E, 15th ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
David Stout, E, 15th ; died Feb. 25, '62.
Henry Staffen, E, 15th ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
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T. A. H. Sweem, E, 15th ; died March 8, '63.
John C. Tyson, E. 15th ; died Dec. 10, '63, of wounds received at Mission Ridge.
Fred Waltz, E, 15th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63.
Emery Williams, E, 15th ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
John B. Rakestraw, G, 26th ; died at New Orleans, Dec. 2, '63.
Harvey Jackson, G, 26th ; died at Donaldsonville, La., July 30, '64.
Wm. G. Canine, H, 38th; died of disease, in '63, four hours after he reached his home in Crawfordsville.
Alexander H. Buchanan, H, 38th; died of wounds in '63.
John M. Cassady, H, 38th ; died of wounds Sept. 2, '64.
Charles E. Fowler, H, 38th ; killed at Marietta, Ga., Aug. 26, '64.
John F. Hanna, H, 38th ; died of disease, Feb. 13, '62.
John W. McDaniel, H, 38th ; killed at Perryville, Oct. 8, '62.
Thomas Noon, H, 38th ; died at Nashville, Sept. 3, '63.
Luther H. Patton, H, 38th ; died of disease at Chattanooga, Feb. 20, '65. William A. Riley, H, 38th ; killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '65.
Chauncey Richardson, H, 38th ; died of disease at Beaufort, S. C., May 5, '65.
Samuel W. Sterrett, H, 38th ; killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62. Columbus W. Veatch, H, 38th ; lost on steamer Sultan, April 27, '65.
James II. Wells, H, 38th ; killed. No date reported.
William Kennedy, C, 40th ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., March 19, '62. Moses Connell, C, 40th ; killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64.
Josiah Davis, C, 40th ; died Nov. 25, '63, of wounds received at Mission Ridge.
Clinton Hamilton, C, 40th ; died July 25, '62.
Thomas Hamilton, C, 40th ; killed in action, June 14, '64.
Robert C. H. Hanna, C, 40th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '65.
James M. Hanna, C, 40th ; died Feb. 4, '64, of wounds received at Mis- sion Ridge.
Harvey Michael, C, 40th ; died at Nashville, Tenn., May 8, '62.
John C. Monfort, C, 40th ; died Nov. 25, '62, of wounds.
Allen Moore, C, 40th ; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 25, '64. Michael Philips, C, 40th ; died Jan. 7, '62.
James R. Shelton, C, 40th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63. William Smith, C, 40th; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 7, '63. Wm. N. Vancleave, C, 40th ; died at Nashville, April 12, '62. James Elrod, C, 40th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63. Caleb W. Connor, C, 40th ; died at Nashville, Oct. 22, '64. Wm. Oliver, C, 40th ; died June 27, '64, of wounds.
Samuel N. Elrod, G, 40th ; died June 28, '64, of wounds. Vincent Grove, G, 40th ; died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 30, '62. Wm. F. Peede, G, 40th ; died at Murfreesboro, Feb. 28, '73.
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Francis M. Reed, G, 40th ; died at Munfordsville, Ky., March 18, '62.
James M. Wilson, G, 40th ; died -, '62.
Wm. Hutchison, G, 40th ; killed at Kenesaw, Jan. 27, '64.
Joseph Belton, H, 40th ; died March 28, '65.
James H. Ham, H, 40th ; died Ang. 20, '64.
Taylor McIntosh, H, 40th ; died Dec. 16, '63, of wounds.
Harrison T. Moore, H, 40th ; died of wounds received at Resaca, May 29, '64.
Charles Osborn, H, 40th ; died at Texarkana, Texas, Nov. 19, '65.
Milton H. Porter, H, 40th ; died June 30, '64, of wounds received at Kene- saw.
George W. Rogers, H, 40th ; missing in action at Franklin, Tenn. Sup- posed to be killed.
Alvin Egnew, K, 40th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63.
Lieut. Thomas W. Zook, D, 63d ; died June 7, '63.
John M. Bly, D, 63d ; killed at Marietta, Ga., June 27, '64.
A. J. Gray, H, 63d ; killed at Resaca, May 14, '64.
Willis L. Gray, H, 63d ; killed at Atlanta, July 28, '64.
Richard McLean, B, 63d; killed at Resaca, May 14, '64.
Silas C. Drake, A, 63d ; died at Nashville, May 10, '64.
Wm. B. Montgomery, B, 72d ; killed by guerrillas near Lebanon, Tenn., April 4, '63.
Wm. C. McClean, B, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Jan. 17, '63.
John H. Brown, B, 72d ; died in rebel prison at Cahawba, Ala., May 12, '64.
Robert Childers, B, 72d ; died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 26, '63.
George W. Dodd, B, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Tenn., Nov. 27, '62.
Sanford Doyle, B, 72d ; died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14, '62.
John E. Dost, B, 72d ; left wounded at Okolona, Miss., Feb. 22, '64. Sup- posed to be dead.
Samuel Grubbs, B, 72d ; died at Camp Dennison, O., Feb. 11, '63. Noah Harsh barger, B, 72d ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., June 18, '63. John M. Henswah, B, 72d ; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 22, '63. John L. Harris, B, 72d ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 15, '62. Eldridge Jackson, B, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 10, '63. Athel Jackson, B, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 12, '63.
David Martin, B, 72d ; wounded and captured at Chattanooga, Sept. 19, '63. Supposed to be dead.
Wm. H. Mills, B, 72d ; died at New Albany, May 15, '63. David Monahan, B, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 18, '63. Aaron Patton, B, 72d ; killed by accident at Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 5, '64. Nathan Pickett, B, 72d ; died at Bardstown, Ky., Nov. 16, '62. David S. Trickey, B, 72d ; died at Selma, Ala., Oct. 17, '63.
Henry F. Wright, B, 72d ; died at Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 10,'62.
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Elam P. Wright, B, 72d ; died at Columbia, Tenn., April 25, '64. Richard Myers, B, 72d; drowned at Macon, Ga., May 8, '65. Wm. Ashby, E, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 27, '62. J. H. Webster, E, 72d ; died at New Albany.
Geo. W. Garman, E, 72d ; died at Murfreesboro, April 18, '63. Horatio Hoffs, E, 72d ; died at New Albany, Dec. 7, '63.
David W. Insley, E, 72d ; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 27, '63. Wm. G. Keys, E, 72d ; died in Andersonville prison, July 26, '64. John A. Neely, E, 72d; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 28, '63. Henry S. Peters, E, 72d ; died at New Albany, Oet. 27, 62. John W. Slavens, E, 72d ; died at New Albany, Nov. 20, '62. John J. Stewart, E. 72d ; died at Louisville, July 21, '63. George B. Thorpe, E, 72d ; died at Gallatin, Jan. 11, '63.
James W. Wright, E, 72d ; died at Murfreesboro, June 5, '63. John C. Wood, E, 72d ; killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. Thomas C. Mann, I, 4th Cav .; died at Nashville, Nov. 9, '63. George Bayless, I, 4th Cav. ; killed at Munfordville, Ky., Dec. 25, '62. Wm. Blackburn, I, 4th Cav. ; died at Nashville Nov. 12, '63. Cora T. Wilbur, I, 4th Cav. ; died at Andersonville, Ga., July 29, '64. Jeptha Custer, I, 86th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63. Charles Naylor, K, 86th ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 1, '62. George Galloway, K, 86th ; died at Indianapolis, Sept. 5, '62.
Bartholomew Green, K, 86th ; died Jan. 9, '62, of wounds received at Stone River.
Warren Osborn, K, 86th ; died at Danville, Ky., Dec. 25, '62. Wm. W. Sanders, K, 86th ; killed at Nashville, Dec. 15, '64.
Elsha Smith, K, 86th ; died at Chattanooga, Feb. 4, '65.
Jonathan T. Urmston, K, 86th ; died Oct. 21, '63, of wounds. Foster C. Willey, K, 86th ; died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 29, '63. Martin L. Williams, K, 86th ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62. Wm. M. Wysong, K, 86th ; died at Nashville, Jan. 27, '62.
Silas Rider, L, 5th Cav .; died at Glasgow, Ky., April 29, '63. James Shevelin, B, 120th ; killed at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, '64.
Benj. B. Ensminger, B, 120th ; died at Petersburg, Va., June 25, '65. John C. Bannon, B, 120th ; died at Jeffersonville, Jan. 4, '65.
Ulysses R. Clark, B, 120th ; died at Louisville, June 26, '64. Marshal F. Cully, B. 120th ; killed at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9, '64. Wm. P. Gott, B, 120th ; died at Marietta, Ga., May 3, '64. Reuben C. Hatt, B, 120th ; died at Annapolis, Md., Dec. 29, '64. James McGregg, 135th ; died while home on a furlough in '64. Henry N. Ornbaun, 79th ; died at Chattanooga, Dec. 1, '64. Capt. Absalom Kirkpatrick, 40th ; killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 25, '64.
John Thompson, 40th ; perished on the Sultana boat, April 27, '65.
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Francis G. Lee, B, 120th ; died at Newbern, N. C., March 19, '65. Lorenzo D. Long, B, 120th ; killed at Atlanta, July 20, '64. Wm. Miller, B, 120th ; died at Knoxville, Tenn. Daniel Orr, B, 120th ; died Feb. 8, '64.
Thaddeus Peebles, B, 120th ; died at Newbern, N. C., April 25, '65. Wm. A. Waggoner, B, 120th ; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 17, '64. George A. Wilson, B, 120th ; died at Chattanooga, June 20, '64.
Earl F. Wright, B, 120th ; died at Louisville, Feb. 3, '65. John M. Thomas, C, 120th ; died at Knoxville, July 27, '64. Thomas W. Morrison, C ; died at Nashville, April 29, '64. McConnell Bailey, C ; died at Indianapolis, March 14, '64. Wm. Gillian, C, 120th ; died at Andersonville prison, June 15, '64.
Daniel W. McIntire, C, 120tli ; died at Knoxville, July 12, '64. Wm. C. Wilson, C, 120th ; died at Indianapolis, March 11, '64.
Benson Skillman, K, 11th Cav .; died May 8, '64.
Wm. A. Fuel, K, 11th Cav. ; died Feb. 17, '64.
John Inlow, K, 11th Cav. ; died at Jeffersonville, April 4, '64. Geo. H. Ronk, K, 11th Cav .; died at Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 5, '64. James L. Routh, K, 11th Cav. ; died at Eastport, Miss., May 3, '64. Wm. H. Ring, K. 11th Cav .; died at Larkinsville, Ala., Aug. 11, '64. John A. Shaw, K, 11th Cav. ; died at
Geo. H. Duke, C, 135th ; died at Nashville, Sept. 4, '64.
Henry C. Rountree, E, 135th ; died at New Albany, Sept. 21, '64. John H. Beach, F, 135th ; died at Bridgeport, Ala., June 30, '64. Joseph Ham, F, 135th ; died at Bridgeport, Ala., June 23, '64. Thomas Harrison, F, 135th ; died at Bridgeport, Ala., July 16, '64. Richard B. Blackburn K, 154th ; died at Indianapolis, April 19, '65. Elijah Collins, K, 154th ; died at Indianapolis, April 26, '65.
Wm. Smith, K, 154th ; died at Cumberland, Md., June 30, '65. John A. Sidener, 10th battery ; died at Murfreesboro, June, '63. Israel E. Moore, 10th battery ; died at Murfreesboro, July 6, '63. Isaac Martz, 10th battery ; died at Nashville, Sept. 11, '63.
Dan'1. W. Test, 10th battery ; killed at Fletcher's Ferry, Tenn., May 18, '64. Capt. W. W. Southard, K, 86th ; killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, '63. Lieut. James M. Hanna, C, 40th ; died Feb. 28, '64.
Joseph Bolser, 9th battery.
Robert Smith, 9th battery ; died while home on a furlough.
Wm. W. Black, 18th battery ; killed while on a foraging expedition near Dalton, Georgia.
Edward R. A. Black, 20th Ind. Vols .; killed, while on picket duty, on the night of the 4th of July after the battle of Gettysburg. He had been in nineteen battles without receiving a scratch, and was killed by a hidden foe after the close of the great battle which decided the war.
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Horace B. Smith, I, 11th ; reënlisted in 82d Ohio; wounded at Gettys- burg, captured and imprisoned at Belle Isle, and afterward at Ander- sonville, Ga., when he died March 13, '64.
John Combs, D, 63d; died at Nelson, Ky., May 14, '64.
George Combs, D, 33d ; died in Ky., '64.
Patrick Lynch, 19th U. S. Inf .; died at Nashville, Tenn., of wounds re- ceived at Stone River.
Jesse York, D, 3d Md .; killed at Chancellorsville.
James Greene, 19th U. S. Inf .; killed at Stone River.
Britton Hamilton, D, 63d ; place of death not given.
Jeptha Singer, L, 5th Cav .; killed in action near Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 18, '63.
William S. Adams, same Co .; died of small-pox at Lexington, Ky., April 28, '64.
John H. Coshow, L, 5th Cav. ; killed at Sunshine Church, Ga., July 3, '64.
Silas Rider, L, 5th Cav .; died at Glasgow, Ky., April 29, '63.
Wm. M. Vancleve, L, 5th Cav .; died Nov. 30, '64.
Zephaniah W. Sanders, 16th Bat .; died of sickness at Washington, D. C., Nov. 19, '63.
Alfred W. Calfee, 38th Ind .; died near Savannah, Jan. '65.
Daniel Smith, 62d Ind .; died at Nashville, Oct. '63.
Benjamin McMaken, 18th Ind .; died at home, while on a furlough, of chronic diarrhea, contracted while a member of Co. B, 10th Ind. reg., during the three-months service.
Charles Ochiltree, U. S. Inf .; died at home in Feb. '65.
James Fullen wider, 33d reg. ; killed at Thompson Station, Tenn., March 24, '63.
Eugene N. Shellady, 11th Ind .; died at Evansville, April 1, '62.
John N. Raper, F, 17th Mounted Inf .; died at Columbia, Tenn., June 10, '64.
Benjamin F. White, 27th ; died at Snaketown, Md., in '62.
Wm. Arnold and Thomas Shields, of the Harris Light Cavalry, were killed in a skirmish in Virginia in '62.
Robert Heck was killed at Nashville.
D. B. Ritchey, 54th, died at home.
Hiram Thomas, C, 16th ; died at Covington, Ky., Dec. 4, '63.
Joseph Singer, L, 5th Cav., killed in East Tenn., Dec. 8, '63, while for- aging.
Robert Tricky, K, 63d ; killed by accident at New Haven Ky.
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THE RAILROAD INTEREST OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THE RAILROAD INTEREST OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
An important factor in the development and material progress of Montgomery county has been the railroads, which the energy and enterprise of her people have secured. No history would be com- plete which omitted mention of this. interest, and the marvelous changes it has wrought. In 1848, in the early days of railroading in Indiana, the legislature of this state granted to a corporation, the main projectors of which resided at New Albany, a charter allow- ing it to construct a line of railroad "from New Albany to Salem, and thence to any other point or points in the State of Indiana." The organization effected under this charter, constructed the road from New Albany to Salem, a distance of thirty miles. It was completed in 1850, only two years after the undertaking was be- gun. The illiberality of the legislature toward railroad enterprises at this period, and the reluctance with which it granted charters for them, paradoxical as the statement may seem, were the means of securing to Montgomery county a railroad much sooner than would have been the case had the legislation respecting them been of a more friendly character. The Michigan Central railroad was, at this time, earnestly but successfully petitioning the legislature for a charter granting it the right to extend its line around the shore of Lake Michigan through this state to Chicago. Baffled in its attempt to secure this privilege, the Michigan Central found in the liberal provision of the New Albany & Salem charter, as quoted above, a solution of what had been a hard problem. This company at once began to agitate the extension of the New Albany & Salem railroad from Salem to a point on Lake Michigan. In the final accomplish- ment of this design the Michigan Central obtained relief from its embarrassment. Under the impetus given to the enterprise by its aid and liberal subscription to the stock, work was immediately be- gun on the northern end of the road, and soon afterward on the en- tire line. In 1850 the citizens of Crawfordsville and Montgomery county organized a company for the construction of the Crawfords- ville & Wabash railroad, a line projected from Crawfordsville to La Fayette, a distance of twenty-eight miles. The construction of this road was exclusively a Montgomery county enterprise. The county commissioners subscribed for $100,000 of the capital stock, and issued bonds for its payment. The enterprise met with many ob- stacles, not the least of which was the determined opposition made by La Fayette. This thriving young city looked with extreme dis- favor on the establishment of a rival trade center with shipping
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facilities equal to her own, and in the midst of a territory hitherto monopolized by her merchants. The enterprising tradesmen of La Fayette with their own funds built a plank road, which has long since rotted away, from that city to within one mile of Crawfords- ville, hoping thereby to retain the very profitable trade which they had built up with the people of Montgomery county. But, notwith- standing this organized opposition, the railroad was pushed rapidly forward to completion. An organization had been effected by the election of Major I. C. Elston as president, and Alexander Thom- son as secretary. To the large executive ability and untiring indus- try of these two men, in a great measure, was due the success which eventually crowned the enterprise. The Crawfordsville & Wabash railroad was completed to La Fayette in 1852. About three years later it was consolidated with and became a part of the New Albany & Salem railroad, the name of which was afterward changed to that which it now bears, the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad. In 1859 the entire road was completed, and a train of cars run through from New Albany to Michigan City. The county never re- alized anything from the $100,000 of stock subscribed to the Craw- fordsville & Wabash road, and the amount may be put down as a donation to the company.
The next enterprise which engaged the attention and taxed the energies of the people of Montgomery county was the construction of a line communicating directly with the east. The growing wants of trade and commerce demanded with unmistakable emphasis an eastern outlet. As early as 1855 a line was surveyed from New Castle, Henry county, through Crawfordsville to Danville, Illinois. Prof. Twining, of Wabash College, was the main projector of this road, and under his supervision a company was organized for its construction. A considerable portion of the grading between Craw- fordsville and Covington had been completed, when the whole un- dertaking suddenly collapsed, in consequence of the financial panic of 1857. In 1864 C. K. Lord began the construction of a line from Indianapolis to Danville by way of Crawfordsville, but soon after- ward abandoned the project. The enterprise assumed definite shape . in 1866, when a railroad convention was held in Crawfordsville. Delegates were present from all the counties through which the line of the road passed. An organization was effected with a capital stock of $50,000, all of which was at once subscribed. A board of directors was chosen, of whom the following were from Mont- gomery county : S. C. Wilson, David Harter, V. Q. Irwin, and James Graham. The board organized by the election of Col. S. C.
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Willson, of Crawfordsville, as president, and Prof. John L. Camp- bell as chief engineer. The new road was designated as the Indian- apolis, Crawfordsville & Danville railroad. Books for private sub- scriptions to aid in building the road were opened, and most liber- ally filled ; but in 1867 the subscribers were released from their ob- ligations in consideration of a donation of $125,000, which the county commissioners at that time made to the road. The right of way through the county was secured to the company, as was also the old road-bed of the Newcastle & Danville railroad, valued at $80,- 000. Col. Samuel C. Willson deserves well of Montgomery county for the indefatigable energy and good judgment which he displayed in the performance of his duties as president of the road. His un- selfish labors in its behalf were so successful that the road-bed was completed and the work of laying rails begun on November 19, 1868. The first spike was driven on that day, near the junction, amid imposing ceremonies. The road was completed to Indian- apolis, and the first train run to that city on May 4, 1869. One year later the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Danville, and the Danville, Urbana & Pekin roads were consolidated under one name, the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western railway, which was sub- sequently changed to the name which it now bears, Indiana, Bloom- ington & Western railway. It would be wellnigh impossible to overestimate the benefits which the people of Montgomery county have reaped from the opening of this new channel of commerce to the markets of the east. The thick forests of oak and walnut in the eastern part of the county became at once accessible, and the lum- ber produced from them has been the source of a large annual revenue ever since. Renewed activity was infused into every branch of business, and the county entered upon a new era of pros- perity. The Logansport, Crawfordsville & Southwestern railway, the last one built in Montgomery county, was formed by the consoli- dation of three partially completed roads. These were the Frank- fort & Logansport, the Crawfordsville & Frankfort, and the Craw- fordsville & Rockville railroads. A proposition donating $125,000 to aid in the construction of this road was submitted to the voters of the county on August 9, 1869, and was carried by about 400 ma- jority. John Lee, of Crawfordsville, was elected president of the road, and as liberal subsidies were secured by Mr. Lee all along the line, he was enabled to complete the work in about two years. The road has changed hands several times since it was built, and is now known as the Logansport division of the Terre Haute & Indian- apolis (Vandalia) railroad.
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