History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 78

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664

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Company K, April 23, Wabash County.

The regiment was made up of three from Wayne, one from Grant, one from Randolph, one fromn Delaware, one from Wa- bash, one from Madison, one from Hancock and one from Henry.

They remained in camp at Indianapolis until June 19, 1861, when they were ordered to Western Virginia, which was reached by rail via Cincinnati, Marietta and Parkersburg. Remaining at Clarksburg two days, the regiment marched thirty miles, to Buckhannon, to find the rebels, who had, however, moved to Rich Mountain. Thither the troops marched July 9, and lay in camp July 10 in front of the foe, ascending the mountain the next day; fought the battle of Rich Mountain July 11, 1861, driv- ing the rebels from their position on the mountain, and sustain- ing a loss of three killed and seventeen wounded.

Going into camp at Beverly for two weeks, on the 24th of July, they returned to Indianapolis, and were soon afterward mustered out of service, August 6, 1861.

The troops in the campaign in Western Virginia performed good service, At the expiration of the term, Maj. Gen. McClel- lan addressed Gov. Morton as follows:

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION, WEST VIRGINIA, CAMP NEAR BEVERLY,

July 21, 1861. )

Gov. O. P. MORTON, Indianapolis, Ind. :

GOVERNOR-I have directed the three months' regiments from Indiana to move to Indianapolis ; there to be mustered out and re-organized for three years' service.

I cannot permit them to return to you without again expressing my high appreciation of the distinguished valor and endurance of the Indiana troops, and my hope that a short time only will elapse before I shall have the pleasure of knowing that they are again ready for the field.

I am, very respectfully,

Your obedient servant. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Major General United States Army.

100. 300 100.

Act of Congress. Act of Congress.

All Colored Volanteers.

Dec. 21, 1863, to April 1, 1864 July 19, 1864, to July 1, 1865 July 19, 1864, to July 1, 1865 July 19, 1804, to July 1, 1865

300.

Volanteors one year. Volunteers two years .. Volunteers three years

All Colored Volunteers ..

Colored Regiment (now Re- gimenti, Ilable to Draft ... . Colored Volunteers one year Dec. 25, 1863, to Mar. 31, 1864 July 19, 1864, to July I, 1865 Colored Volunteers two years; July 19, 1864, to July 1, 1865 July 19, 1814, to July 1, 1865

Act of Congress ..

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Brig. Gen. Morris also issued an address to his brigade, an extract from which is here given:

"The General tenders to all his thanks for the soldierly bearing, the cheerful performance of every duty and the patient endurance of the privations and fatigues of campaign life which all have so constantly exhibited. * *

* They have cheer. fully endured the fatigues of long and dreary marches by day and night, through rain and storm; they have borne the ex- haustion of hunger for the sake of the country. Their labor and sufferings were not in vain. The foe they met and vanquished. Your friends welcome you with pride and exultation. Your State and country acknowledge the value of your labors."

After the dissolution of the regiment, the great body of its members re-entered service in the Eighth Indiana Infantry, en- listed for three years. The officers and men from Randolph County belonging to the Eighth Indiana Three Months' Regiment are as follows: Lieutenant Colonel, Silas Colgrove, mustered out; re-entered service as Colonel Twenty-seventh Regiment. (Where no time is given the person was mustered out at the close of service.

Company C. Eighth, three months -- Captain, Silas Colgrove, promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 26, 1861, Thomas J. Lee, resigned; First Lieutenant, E. M. Ives, mustered out, term ex- pired; Second Lieutenant, Allen O. Neff, mustered out, time ex- pired; re-entered service as Sergeant in the Eighth Regiment, three years: promoted Second Lieutenant.

Non-commissioned officers -- Jonathan B. Harrison, First Ser- geant; Samuel Humphrey, Michael P. Voris, Thomas S. Ken- non, Sergeants: John McConnell, Benjamin Shoemaker. James Addington, Sylvanus White, Corporals; Jackson Keller, John W. Thomas, Musicians.

Privates-Joseph A. Anderson, John R. Anderson, Ezra Bond, James N. Bright, William Burris, Harrison Burris, Jefferson Bush, Hiram Bromagem, Nelson Barnes, Joseph W. Cox, Edgar Craig. Justice G. Crowell, Eli Edwards, John Edwards, John Frackler, George W. Fisher, Noah Freck, Prentice Garrett, Laban E. Garner, Thomas W. George, Harrison Hill, Kennedy Hollings- worth, John C. Hollowell, T. P'. Hollingsworth, James E. Huston, Joseph R. Jackson, John Jones, James Jones, James E. H. Jones, Samuel G. Kearney, Thomas Kent, Isaiah W. Kemp, John Kizer, William F. Locke, John D. Lytle, Jethro Macy, Charles Mc- Guire. George W. Mckinney, Thomas B. McIntyre, Nathan B. Maxwell, Anthony Mincer. James M. Moore, Robert H. Morgan, Uriah Mock, George W. McCormick, George W. Price, Francis M. Puckett, Lafayette Pursley, John C. Rush, Reuben S. Scott, Charles Souke, Edward Stanton, Charles M. Stine, Jefferson Stoner, Samuel Strahan, David B. Strahan, James M. Thomas, Henry T. Way, Jesse Way, Samuel H. Webb, William H. Wea- ver. Samuel Williams, William H. Williams, John Yost.

Company G-Second Lieutenant, George W. H. Riley, pro- moted Captain Company C; Captain in Eighth Three Years' In- fantry; also Lieutenant Colonel, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Regiment. No losses or casualties occurred in Company C. Every man came back safe and sound as he went out, leav- ing his country better for the peril he had undergone in her be- half, and happy in the experience he had gained in the brief campaign spent among the bluffs and mountains of Western Vir- ginia.

SIXTH INDIANA INFANTRY (THREE YEARS).

Was mustered in at Indianapolis September 20, 1861; Colonel, T. T. Crittenden. Mustered out at Chattanooga Sep- tember 22, 1864. Officers, 46; men, 950; recruits, 126; died, 242; deserters, 48; unaccounted for, 10; total, 1,118.

The Sixth Regiment was re-organized from the Sixth Three Months' Regiment September 20, 1861. Its first service was to cross to Louisville, Ky., then threatened by Buckner, which it performed the very day of its organization, being the first body of troops to enter Kentucky from a Northern State. They marched to Muldraugh's Hill. forty miles distant, camping near Elizabethtown. The Sixth was assigned to Rousseau's Brigade, of McCook's Division, and marched with the division to Mun- fordsville and Bowling Green, and, in March. 1862, to Nash- ville; March 29, 1862, they left for the Tennessee River, reach-

ing Shiloh April 7. and fighting bravely in the battle of Shiloh April 8, saving a battery from capture, and with a determined charge aiding to turn the tide of victory. The regiment was in the siege and battle of Corinth.

They then marched with Buell's army through Tuscumbia, Huntsville, Florence and Stevenson to Nashville and to Louis- ville. arriving October 2, 1862. Thence they returned to Ten- nessee, marching with Rosecrans upon Murfreesboro, and fighting in the battle of Stone River December 31, 1862, January 1 and 2, 1863.

The regiment campaigned between Murfreesboro and Chat- tanooga during the summer of 1863. It was at Chickamauga September 19 and 20, Col. Baldwin being killed on the first day. It skirmished at Brown's Fer y October 27, and fought at Mission Ridge November 25. They marched into East Tennessee and remained till the spring of 1864.

The gallant Sixth returned to Northern Georgia for the At- lanta campaign, taking part at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Buzzard Roost, Dallas, New Hope, Allatoona Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta and before Atlanta.

They returned to Chattanooga in August and the body of the regiment was mustered out September 22, 1864. The veterans (few in number) and the recruits were transferred to the Sixty. eighth Indiana. When that regiment was mustered out, nine- teen of the old Sixth were found still in service, and they were again transferred to the Forty-fourth, and were mustered out with that regiment September 14, 1865.

The engagements of the Sixth were as follows: Philippi, Va .. June 3, 1861 (three months' service); Carrick's Ford, Va., July 12, 1861 (three months' service); Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 7. 1862; Corinth. Miss., siege, April 11, to May 30, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, to January 1, 2, 1863; Chicka- mauga, Tenn., September 19, 20, 1863; Brown's Ferry, Tenn., October 27, 1863; Mission Ridge, Ga., November 25, 1863; Tun- nel Hill, Ga., May 7, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 6, 1864; Buzzard's Roost, Ga., May 8, 1864; Resacca, Ga., May 15, 1864; New Hope Church, Ga., May 25, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864; AMatoona Ridge. Ga., 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864; Marietta, Ga .. July 3, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., July 21, to September 2, 1864.

The service rendered by the Sixth was honorable and faith- ful, and it was nobly and cheerfully performed.

MEMBERS FROM RANDOLPH COUNTY.

Company H, Sixth Indiana, three years-William H. John- son. wounded at Chickamauga, Tenn., September 20, 1853.

Hiram Phillips, appointed Corporal, mustered out September 22, 1864.

James Chandler. died October 1, 1863, wounded at Chicka. manga.

SEVENTH INDIANA INFANTRY (THREE YEARS).

Mustered in at Indianapolis September 13, 1861; Colonel, Ebenezer Dumont. Mustered out in the field September 20, 1864. Officers, 45; men, 1,001; recruits, 207; veterans, 46; died, 212; deserters, 26; unaccounted for, 27; total, 1,299.

The Seventh Regiment was re-organized for three years Sep- tember 13, 1861, under Col. Dumont, and moved immediately to Western Virginia, joining Gen. Reynolds at Cheat Mountain Oc- tober 3, 1861; it was in the battle at Greenbrier, Va., and shortly afterward marched into Shenandoalı Valley, camping there through the winter.

The regiment fought at Winchester Heights March 30, 1862, and at Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862, and at Front Royal, Va., June 12, 1862. Marching under Gen. Shields to Frede- ricksburg and back to the Shenandoah, it was assigned to Gen. McDowell's Division. They were with Pope in the Army of Virginia, being engaged at Slaughter Mountain August 9, 1862, and at Second Bull Run August 30, 1862. They pursued Lee into Maryland, and fought at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862, with a loss of two killed and eight wounded. At Ashby's Gap, Va., their loss was four killed and six wounded. It took part in the great battle of Fredericksburg, Va., under Burnside, December 13, 1862. They were at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2

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to 5, 1863, and st Gettysburg, Penn., July 1 to 4, 1863, losing heavily in both battles. The regiment was engaged at Mine Run, Va., November 30, 1863. After camping at Culpeper, Va., till the spring of 1864, they moved with Grant in the fear- ful campaign of that awful year through the " great and terrible Wilderness " and most of the sanguinary battles during that fearful summer. They fought in the campaign of 1864 in front of Richmond, as given below:

Wilderness, May 5, 6, 1864; Laurel Hill, May 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864; Po River, May 10 to 12, 1864; North Anna, May 25, 1864; Bethesda Church, May 30, 31, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. The assault on Petersburg was msde June 16, 1864, and the Seventh was in that fierce but un- successful attack. It remained in the siege of Petersburg till August 18, and then moved to cut the Weldon Railroad, and took part in the fight at Yellow House, Va., August 19, 1864. On the 23d of September, 1864, the Seventh was consolidated with the Nineteenth, under the name of the Nineteenth, and this new regiment again with the new Twentieth (made up of the Fourteenth and Twentieth united) October 18, 1864.

Its members were mustered out with the Twentieth Indiana July 12, 1865, returning to Indianapolis for paymeat and final discharge. Its battles were these:

Greenbrier, Va., October 3, 1861; Winchester Heights, Va., March 23, 1862; Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862; Front Roy- al, Va., June 12, 1862; Slaughter Mountain, Va, August 9, 1862; Second Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862; Antietam, Va., September 17, 1862; Ashby's Gap, Va., November 2, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; Chancellorsville, Va., May 2 to 5, 1863; Gettysburg, Penn., July 1 to 4, 1863; Mine Run, Va., November 30, 1863; Wilderness, Va., May 5, 6, 1864; Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 12, 1864; Po River, Va., May 8 to 10, 1864; North Anna, Va., May 25, 1864; Bethesda Church, Va., May 30, 31, June 1, 1864; Cold Harbor, Vs., June 3, 1862; assault on Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; siege of Petersburg, Va., June 17, August 18, 1864; Weldon Railroad, Va., August 18, 1864; Yellow House, Va., August 19, 1864.

A formidable list of battles indeed for a single regiment! Twenty-three engagements, and among them Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. The blood curdles at the heart only to think of so fearful an experience of three such long years of hardship, peril and bloodshed as was undergone by the heroic and unconquerable Seventh Indiana.

The men in the Seventh Indiana (three years) from Ran- dolph County are as follows:

Company B, Seventh Indiana Infantry-John M. Bray, dis- charged February 9, 1862; disability.

Wesley Bray, transferred to Twentieth Regiment; died.

Eli Gregory, transferred to Twentieth Regiment; captured; died in Salisbury Prison November 22, 1864.

EIGHTH INDIANA INFANTRY (THREE YEARS).

Mustered in at Indianapolis September 5, 1861; Colonel, William P. Benton. Mustered out at Savannah, Ga., Angust 28, 1865. Officers, 46; men, 1,000; recruits, 177; re-enlisted, 480; nnassigned recruits, 17; died, 245; deserted, 75; unaccounted for, 47; total, 1,672.

The Eighth Indiana Regiment of infantry left Indianapolis September 10, 1861, arriving at St. Louis the next day. Joining Gen. Fremont's army shortly, they marched to Jefferson City, reaching that town September 14, staying there a week, and while there being united with the brigade commanded by Col. Jeff. C. Davis, of the Twenty-second Indians Volunteers. September 22, the regiment set out for Springfield. Reaching that place in fourteen days, they returned to Otterville in seven days. At Warrensburg, Mo , they aided in capturing 1,300 rebels, Decem- ber 17, 1861. Returning to Otterville, the regiment encamped till January 24, 1862, and then joined Gea. Curtis at Spring- field, continuing the march to Cross Timbers, Ark., soon after which the Eighth participated in the great battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6, 7 and 8, 1862. Remaining at Cross Timbers

nearly a month, the regiment crossed the Ozark Mountains, marched down White River Valley, and so to Batesville, Ark. They made a halt for two months at Sulphur Rock. Helena on the Mississippi was reached July 13, 1862. This march ws8 a severe journey, provisions being very scarce and hard to get. Four ears of corn and a little mest were often a day's rations. On this march the battle of Cotton Plant was fought.

In August, the battle of Austin took place; October 6, 1862, they were put under command of Gen. Steele, went to Sulphur Hill, near St. Louis, thence to Ironton, where they arrived Octo- ber 11. The regiment was kept on the march to and fro in Southeast Missouri till March 5, 1863 They were then sent to Milliken's Bend, where they were assigned to Benton's Brigade, in Carr's Division of the Thirteenth Corps, McClernand com- inanding. April 29, 1863, the regiment crossed the Mississippi, and helped to fight the battles near Port Gibson, losing thirty- two; they were at Jackson May 14; at Champion Hills May 16; at Black River Bridge May 17, and in the siege of Vicksburg from May 19 till July 4.

July 5, the regiment went again to Jackson. The place was captured and the troops returned to Vicksburg July 24, remain- ing there till August 20. They were then ordered to Carrollton, near New Orleans, by steamer, as also across the country through the Teche region, under Gen. Banks, and thence via Berwick City over the waters of the Gulf to Texas. November 17, the fort on Mustang Island, near Aransas Pass, was taken by the Union troops, and, November 27, Fort Esperanza was captured.

They went thence to Indisnola, and there re-enlisted as vet- erans, January 1, 1864, 417 out of 517 being mustered into the new organization. Before this time, the losses by desth in the regiment were as follows: Killed in action, 48; died of wounds, 32; died of disease, 137; total, 217. Of course, a larger number still had been discharged for disability, while yet many recruits had joined their ranks.

The regiment in the spring received & furlough and reached Indianapolis April 22. In May, they returned to the South, went to Morganza Bend, July 27, and defested the confederates at Atchafalaya July 28. Soon afterward, this veteran regiment was transferred from the extreme South to the army on the At. lantic seaboard. They reached Washington City August 12, 1864, being sent immediately to Berryville, Va, and joining the Nineteenth Corps. They were with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, being present in the battles of Opequan, Fish- er's Hill and Cedar Creek, September 19 and 22 and October 19. January 16. 1865, the regiment left for Savannah, Ga., by way of Baltimore, reaching the former place Jannary 26, 1865, after & rail and steamer trip of ten days. It was retained on duty in Georgia till August, 1865.

They were mustered out (probably at Savannah) August 28, 1865. They arrived at Indianapolis September 17, 1865, under Col. John R. Polk, with fourteen officers and 245 men

Gov. Morton addressed the returned veterans in words of blended welcome and farewell, as they were assembled in his presence in the capitol, and that heroic band of faithful com. rades, many of whom had gone through fire and flood together aud traversed s continent in company, gave each to each the parting hand and sought each for himself his home and family and friends.

The travels of the Eighth were a marvel. To St. Louis, Jefferson, Springfield; to Cross Timbers, Pea Ridge; across through the Arkansas swamps to Helena; back to St. Louis again; down the river to Vicksburg, thence to New Orleans; through Louisiana to Texas, home on a furlough, and to New Orleans; thence by a single movement to the eastern slope of the Alleghanies and the ses; to the Shenandoah and to Georgis, and at last, "When that cruel war was over." they made just one more movement, from the waters of the Gulf to the lovely valley of the Ohio, and to the homes of their childhood and the abodes of their youth and manhood.

The engagements in which the Eighth took part are given below in a connected view:

Warrensburg, Mo., December 17, 1861; Pea Ridge, Ark .. March 6, 7, 8, 1862; Cotton Plant, Ark., July 7, 1862; Austin,

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Miss., August, 1862; Port Gibson, Miss., May 1. 1863; Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863; siege of Vicksburg, May 19 to July 4, 1863; siege of Jackson, July 9 to 16, 1863; Mustang Island, Texas, November 17, 1863; Fort Esperanza, Texas, Nov- ember 17, 1863; Atchiafalaya, La .. July 28, 1864; Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, Va., September 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864.

The officers and soldiers from Randolph County in the Eighth Indiana Infantry (three years), are as follows.

Regimental officers-Assistant Surgeon, George W. Bruce, re- signed January 26, 1863.

Company G, Eighth Indiana -- Captain, George W. H. Riley, resigned March 4, 1863; Second Lieutenant, Jesse W. Way, promoted First Lieutenant; resigned November 13, 1863; Be- naiah C. Hoyt. First Sergeant, reduced to Fifth Sergeant; wounded at Pea Ridge. discharged March 4, 1863, disability; William H. Keller, Sergeant, veteran, promoted Second Lieu- tenant, promoted First Lieutenant, promoted Captain, mustered out August 28, 1865 (W. H. K. is from Cambridge City); Michael P. Voris, Sergeant, discharged September 25, 1862; Allen O. Neff, Sergeant, promoted Second Lieutenant: wounded at Pea Ridge, promoted First Lientenant, resigned June 18, 1863.

Corporals -- Charles C Smith, appointed Hospital Steward April 1, 1862; Samnel H. Webb, wounded at Pea Ridge, veter- an; died October 22, 1864, of wounds; William Pogue, veteran; mustered out August 28, 1865; Jefferson Bush, discharged March 12, 1863, disability; James M. Thomas, discharged October 27, 1862; disability; Stanton J. Peelle, discharged for promotion as Second Lieutenant in the Fifty-seventh Regiment.

Musicians - William Farra, veteran, mustered out August 28, 1865; Henry C. Voris, wounded at Pea Ridge, veteran, mus- tered out August 28, 1865.

Privates (mustered out with regiment August 28, 1865) --- Michael Doyle, veteran; John Farra, veteran; Isaac Gillum, vet- eran; Elijah Harlan, veteran, appointed Corporal; Kenworthy C. Hollingsworth, veteran, appointed Corporal, captured at Cedar Creek; Nathaniel Pugh, veteran; Edward Stauton, veteran: Syl- vanus White, veteran; William W. Smith, veteran.

George Bartholomew, mustered out Sept. 4, 1864; Mansfield W. Bly, transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade March 12, 1863, dis- charged; Henry C. Brandon, died May 5, 1863, of wounds received at Port Gibson, Miss. : Samuel Bumpas, discharged November 28, 1863; Thomas W. Coffin, veteran, mustered out June 7, 1865: Jo- seph S. Dner, appointed Corporal, wounded at Vicksburg, mustered out September 4, 1864; George W. Fisher, discharged October 16, 1862, disability; John Ford, mustered ont June 14, 1865; Grover G. Fowler, discharged for wounds at Pea Ridge, Ark .; John French, died at Union City, Ind .; Thomas Gillum, record in- definite; Edward Fray, discharged December 23, 1862, disa- bility; George W. Grimes, wounded at Pea Ridge, discharged March 17, 1863, disability; Abner Hinshaw, died at St. Louis January 7, 1863, disease; John T. Jenkins, veteran, killed at Opequan, Va., September 19. 1864; Richard E. Jenkins, died at St Louis, Mo., April 16, 1863, diseaso; Benjamin Jordan, mus- tered out September 4, 1864; Wesley Jordan, mustered out September 4, 1864; Lewis Mock, veteran, record indefinite; Isaac C. Moody, died, date unknown; Charles C. B. Mullen, record indefinite; Clark Predmore, mustered out September 4, 1864; William Pullman, wounded at Pea Ridge and Vicksburg, mustered out September 4, 1864; Michael Rariden, died at Union City, Ind., December 20. 1863; James C. Smith, discharged De cember 31, 1861, disability; James T. Smith, wounded at Pea Ridge, mustered out September 4, 1864; George W. Starbuck, record indefinite; William Stine, discharged January 8, 1863, minority; Isaac C. Sutton, discharged August 9, 1862, disability; Martin R. Thomas, died at Winchester, Ind .. August 10, 1862, disease; William Tutor, record indefinite; Henry T. Warner, died at St. Louis, Mo., October 10, 1862, disease; Samuel Wilson, died at St. Louis, Mo., November, 1861, disease; Charles Wood, died at Humansville, Mo., November 12, 1862, disease; Chris- tian H. Wright, discharged May 17, 1862, disability.

Recruits-William H. Ashville, mustered out June 14, 1865;

Alexander Jordan, veteran. captured at Cedar Creek, Va., Octo. ber 19, 1864. mustered out September 22, 1865; Charles Mc- Guire, died at St. Louis February 22, 1863, disease; Anthony Mincer. died June 7, 1863, of wounds received at Vicksburg; John W. Page. veteran. mustered out June 14, 1865; Francis M. Puckett, veteran, discharged June 14, 1865; Isaac A. Sharp. discharged March 17, 1863, disability; Ezra Smith, discharged December 31, 1862, disability: John R. Smith, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 31, 1864; Letaman A. White, trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 31, 1864.

NINTH INDIANA INFANTRY (THREE YEARS).

Mustered in at La Porte, Ind., September 5, 1861; Colonel. Robert H. Milroy. Mustered out in Texas September 28, 1865. Officers, 47; men, 1,010; recruits, 747: veterans, 291; died, 351; deserted, 125: unaccounted for, 18; total, 2,195.

The regiment went first to Western Virginia, encamping on Cheat Mountain sunmit for winter quarters, participating in the battle of Greenbrier October 3, and of Alleghany December 13, 1861. January 9, 1862, they marched to Felterman. Va., re- maining till February 19, 1862. They were then sent by rail to Cincinnati and to Nashville by steamer, joining Gen. Buell's army. March 29, 1862, the regiment marched to Tennessee River, taking part in the second day's fight at Shiloh, April 7, 1862; thence to Corinth, Miss. They marched thence by Athens, Ala., and Franklin and Murfreesboro, Tenn., to Nashville; thence to Bowling Green and back to Nashville; thence by Louisville and in pursuit of Bragg to Perryville; thence by Danville and Crab Orchard to the Wildcat Mountains and to Nashville. In these marches, the Ninth Regiment was engaged in the battles of Perryville, Danville and Wildcat Mountain. They afterward marched to Murfreesboro and were at Stone River, Tenn., march- ing thence over the Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River to Chattanooga. They fought at Chickamauga, Lookont Mountain and Mission Ridge, thence across the Cumberland range again to Bridgeport and to Whiteside, Tenn. Here the soldiers of the Ninth re-enlisted as veterans, December 12, 1863, taking veteran furlough, and left Valparaiso, Ind., for the front February 21, 1864, passing through Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville and Chattanooga to Cleveland, Tenn. The regiment went through the entire Atlanta campaign, during the spring and summer of 1864, marching through Ringgold, Dalton, Res-

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History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 78

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman Number of Pages: 664

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664