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April 13, at Day's Gap, Alabama, the Provisional Brigade, num- bering fifteen hundred, was attacked by four thousand cavalry, under Generals Forrest and Roddy. The Seventy-third occupied the left flank of the line formed, and gallantly repulsed a fierce charge made by the enemy, some of whom charged within twenty feet of its colors. The whole brigade then charged the enemy's line and drove him from the field, capturing two fine pieces of artillery. The brigade at once pushed sonthward to execute its mission, but the enemy, having collected its scattered cavalry, overtook and attacked the Brigade late in the afternoon, at Crooked Creek, Alabama. A spirited engagement was kept up until night closed the battle, with a loss to the Seventy-third during the day of 23 killed and wounded. The enemy, however, was repulsed with heavy loss.
On the 2d of May the brigade was again attacked at Blount's Farm, Alabama. The Seventy-third bore the brunt of this fight, and here the gallant Colonel, Gilbert Hathaway, fell, mortally wounded, while at the head of, and cheering on his men. On the 3d of May Colonel Streight, being nearly out of ammunition, and exhausted by five days' incessant traveling and skirmishing, and surrounded by superior forces, surrendered his brigade to the enemy, at Cedar Bluffs, Alabama, on most honorable conditions, which, after surrender, were basely violated by the enemy. The men were soon forwarded North and exchanged. The officers were kept in close confinement nearly two years with the exception of a few who were specially exchanged or escaped.
The men of the regiment were kept in parole camp for several months and then sent to Tennessee, where, March 28, 1864, Major Wade, being released from rebel prison, assumed the command of the regiment. During the spring of 1864 the regiment was engaged in guarding the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and during the summer it was placed on duty picketing the Tennessee river from Draper's Ferry to Limestone Point, with headquarters at Triana. While performing this duty many encounters occurred between parties of the enemy and detachments from the regiment, in nearly all of which success attended the Union arms. For its bravery and efficiency in this line of duty, the regiment was several times complimented by General Granger. During this time, and until April, 1865, the regiment was attached to the First Brigade, Fourth Division, Twentieth Army Corps.
In the latter part of September, 1864, the regiment, after having been engaged in defending Prospect, Tennessee, during Wheeler's raid, was ordered to Decatur, Alabama, which place Forrest had captured a few days before with a garrison of 600. The enemy abandoned the place; Lieutenant-Colonel Wade was ordered to hold it, and at once went to work to put it in condition for defense, con- structing a bomb-proof in the fort, etc. At three o'clock in the
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afternoon of the 1st of October, the pickets of the Seventy-third were driven in by the enemy, who numbered 4,000 cavalry and four pieces of artillery, under command of General Buford. The garri- son numbered 500 men and two pieces of artillery. Skirmishing continued during the rest of the day. At six o'clock next morning the enemy opened with a fierce artillery fire, which was kept up withont intermission for two hours. The rebel firing was extremely accurate. Our artillery spiritedly replied, inflicting much loss on the enemy, while the bomb-proof afforded ample pro- tection to our forces: no loss was sustained by the garrison. At eight o'clock A. M. General Buford sent in a flag of trnce and demanded the surrender of the place, which was promptly refused. So soon as the flag of truce disappeared, the fire upon the enemy was resumed. The enemy, repulsed at every point, retired in haste.
Oct. 26 General Hood appeared before and invested Decatur, Alabama, with an army of 35,000 men. The Seventy-third had previously been ordered to that place to assist in its defense. The Union garrison numbered 5,000, and so stubborn was the resist- ance they made to the large army investing the place, that after four days' fighting, Hood raised the siege and withdrew his army, saying that "it would cost more to take the place than it was worth." In the engagement thie Seventy-third bore an honorable part, losing one killed and six wounded.
Part of the winter of 1864 was passed in Stevenson, Alabama, and in January, 1865, it was moved to Huntsville and then placed on duty along the line of the Mobile & Charleston railroad, with headquarters at Larkinsville, Alabama. While upon this line, skirmishing with the enemy was of almost daily occurrence. Feb. 16 a detachment of 20 men repulsed an attacking party of rebel cav- alry, killing and wounding five, and taking one wounded prisoner. On the 30th of April, 15 men from Company " D " attacked 30 rebel cavalry, killing two and wounding two, without loss to them- selves. Other skirmishes occurred in which the regiment lost four killed and two wounded. The regiment remained on this duty until the summer of 1865, when it proceeded to Nashville, where, on the 1st of July, 1865, it was mustered out of service. Return- ing home the Seventy-third was publicly received in the State House Grove, at Indianapolis, and addressed by Governor Morton and General Hovey.
EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
The Eighty-seventh regiment was represented by Co. K and one or two others. The following are the names as recorded in the Adjutant-General's Report and credited to St. Joseph county:
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Chaplain.
Chrisman, Andrew J.
Molloy, Edward Odell, Jonas
Joseph R. Albright.
Deelman, Adam
Russ, Nathan F. F.
Surgeon. Samuel Higginbotham.
Dirst, Herman
Schmidt, Benjamin
Captain.
John Q. Wheeler,
Fleming, Peter
Lieutenants.
Gay, Ebert
George H. Niles,
Ghrist, Wallace S.
James M. Holliday.
Gordon, William H.
Terrill, Oscar
Sergeants. Boyd, John W.
Guibert, George
Van Nest, Lewis T.
Beglin, John A.
Hays, Henry C.
Van Riper, John
· Corporals.
Heekathorn, Adam
Van Riper, Bradford
Tutt, Charles E.
James, Zebedee
Everhart, Gabriel M.
Milliken, Francis M.
Jones, John
Leslie, John H. Pyle, Abraham C.
Hutson, Charles E.
Keifer, Jacob H.
Musician.
Musician. Cobb, William Privates.
Leslie, Lawyous
Hooton, Benjamin F. Co. G.
Aldriek, Luke A.
Long, George E.
Gilfayle, Michael
Ashley, Henry J.
Martling, George H.
Garner, John
Bartlett, Edwin A.
Martin, John H.
Montgomery, Thomas
Bradley, Philander
Mangherman, John G.
Rogers, Amos
Burgner, John
McMichael, John A.
Buyssee, Charles
Miller, Loren C.
Recruits.
Williams, Alonzo S.
Jones, Ira
Boston, Daniel
Kelsey, Irwin H.
Leslie. Albert R.
Long, Charles W.
Roof, John M.
Bell, Jacob H.
Mangherman, William H.
Moffit, Ephraim
The loss from this county were four killed; five died from wonnds; one died in Andersonville prison; and ten died of disease --- a total of twenty.
The companies composing the Eighty-seventh regiment were recruited in the Ninth Congressional District. The regiment was organized at South Bend Aug. 28, 1862, and at once moved to Indianapolis, where, on the 31st of August, it was inustered into the three years' service, with Kline G. Shryock as Colonel. On the day of its muster it left Indianapolis and proceeded to Louis- ville, Kentucky, where on the 1st of September, it was assigned to General Burbridge's Brigade. October 1st it was transformed to the Third Brigade, Third Division, of the 14th Army Corps, and with it took part in General Buell's campaign through Kentucky. It was under fire at Springfield on the 6th of October, and on the 8th of that month engaged in the battle at Perryville.
After marching and connter-marching through Kentucky, the regiment encamped near Mitchellville, Tennessee, in November. During this campaign the loss to the regiment was light, not exceeding six killed and wounded. After this the Eighty-seventh occupied camps at Tunnel Hill, Pilot Knob and Gallatin, Tennes- see, and Jan. 29, 1863, it moved to Concord Church, south of Nash- ville. On the 4th of March it engaged in a skirmish at Chapel Hill against General Forrest's command, after which it moved to Trinne. On the 28th of March Colonel Shryock resigned, where- upon Lieutenant-Colonel Newell Gleason was promoted Colonel,
Spousler, Alexander
Dressler, Daniel N.
Ferris, John A.
Stevens, George S. Stuckey, James A. Sumstine, John Sweeney, George C.
Greenleaf, Henry C.
Turner, Asher
Harris, Henry C.
Van Riper, Garrett
Bulla, William H.
Heminger, Peter
Currier, William
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which rank that officer held until the close of Sherman's last cam- paign, when he was brevetted a Brigadier-General.
June 23 the Eighty-seventh moved with the Army of the Cum- berland, and engaged in the summer campaign against Tullahoma, being under fire at Hoover's Gap, and being with that part of the army which entered Tullahoma. It then marched to Winchester, Tennessee, and thence over the mountains to Battle Creek, on the Tennessee river. In the fall campaign against Chattanooga, the regiment participated, crossing the Tennessee and marching over several high mountain ranges. It bore a conspicuous part in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, losing of its number 40 killed, 142 wounded, and 8 missing, among whom were eight officers killed and four wounded-being more than half of all the officers and men engaged. The regiment remained at Chattanooga during the siege of that place, and upon the reorganization of the Army of the Cumberland, it formed a part of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps. Nov. 25 the regiment was in the front line of its brigade in the storming of Mission After the
Ridge, and lost in killed and wounded sixteen men.
victory it engaged in the pursuit of the enemy to Ringold, Geor- gia. Feb. 22, 1864, it participated in an expedition against Dal- ton, and skirmished with the enemy in front of Buzzard's Roost, near that place. Returning from this expedition, it went into camp at Ringold, where it remained until the 7th of May.
In the laborious campaign against Atlanta, the Eighty-seventh participated in all the principal battles and skirmishes, confronting the enemy at Rocky Face, Resaca, Cassville, near Dallas, Kene- saw, Peach Tree Creek, and before Atlanta. In a charge upon the enemy's works at Utoy's creek in front of Atlanta, on the 4th of August, the loss of the regiment was seventeen killed and wounded. It also participated in the battle of Jonesboro, on the 1st of Sep- tember, and then moved into Atlanta, where it went into camp for a brief period.
Moving with its corps from Atlanta on the 3d of October, it participated in the campaign in the pursuit of Hood through Northern Georgia, marching to Resaca, and thence through Snake Creek Gap to the Chattanooga valley. From thence it marched to Gaylesville, Alabama, and then returned to Atlanta, going by way of Rome and Kingston, Georgia. Nov. 16, the regiment left Atlanta with the Fourteenthi Corps, and marching through Decatur and Covington, took the road to Milledgeville. On the 24th the march toward Savannah was resumed, the regiment moving by way of Black Spring, Fair Play and Long Bridge, to Saundersville, which was reached on the morning of the 26th. The advance guard of Wheel- er's cavalry was met near that place and skirmished withi, but offered no serions opposition. Marching to the left of the Georgia Central railroad, and crossing the Ogeechee, the regiment reached Louisville on the 28th, where it rested until the 1st of December. It then moved toward Jacksonboro, going by way of Reynolds,
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Thomas' Station and Waynesboro, destroying a portion of the rail- road and skirmishing with Wheeler's cavalry, near the latter place. From Jacksonboro it marched to Hudson's Ferry, on the Savannah river, reaching there on the 6th. On the 9th Ebenezer Church was reached, and on the 10th the immediate defenses of Savannah were approached and the siege begun. After the evacuation of Savannah, on the 21st of December, the Eighty-seventh marched into the city and remained there until Jan. 30, 1865.
The regiment participated in the campaign made through the Carolinas, marching with the Fourteenth corps to Goldsboro, North Carolina, where it remained in camp until April 10, 1865. It then moved to Smithfield and took part in the capture of that town. From thence it proceeded to Raleigh and then to a point near Holly Springs, where it camped until after the surrender of General Johnston's rebel army. From North Carolina the regiment marched to Richmond, Virginia, and thence to Washington city, where it participated in the grand review of Sherman's army. June 10, 1865, the Eighty-seventh was innstered ont of service at Washing- ton, and proceeded to Indianapolis, where, on the 21st, it. was publicly welcomed home by Governor Morton, in behalf of the State, at a reception meeting held in the capitol grounds, at which addresses were also made by Generals Hovey and Gleason.
The total casualties of the regiment were as follows: Killed in action, 47; wounded in action, 198; died from wounds and disease, 214.
The promotions in Company K were, James M. Holliday, from Second Lieutenant to Captain; Andrew J. Chrisman, from private to First Lieutenant.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Company D of this regiment was made up entirely from St. Joseph county. In addition to this company a number of men from the county enlisted in other companies, the names of all being given.
Co. D .- Captain.
Hardy, Jacob
John M. Pierce.
Marsh, James T.
Waxham, Herbert
Buchtel, Jonathan
Buchtel, William D.
William W. Finch.
Emery, Joseph R.
Bowen, George W.
Sergeants. Harris, Erastus A.
Wagoner.
Kelley, Martin
Finch, George O.
James, Zebedee
Anderson, John W.
Avery, John
Ditch, Michael J.
Emery, Edward
Finch, Zımrı'
Witner, David
Finch, Franklin A.
Kreider, Aquilla B. Green, William B.
Ballinger, CharlesTH. Benway, Edward Bodway Zavyer
Blyler, William C. Buchtel, William
Lieutenants.
Solomon H. Fountain,
Hathaway, Jesse
Privates.
Baker, Daniel W. Caudle, Ensley Coho, Bishop R. C. Clay, Sylvanus Donaghue, Francis
Cottrell, John L. Hose, Jacob
Corporals.
Avery, William H. Aubert, Antonia
Fisher, Peter
Frasier, William A.
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Friar, Jackson
Matthews, Arthur J.
Recruits.
Green, Albert C.
Moon, James
Gilman, Andrew J.
Gillen, Hugh
McLear, Owen
McFarland, Albert
Getting, Samuel
Minzey, James
McDonald, William H
Hathaway, Daniel Hathaway, Peter Hughes, Edward
Mangus, Caleb
Myers, Christian McEntorfer, Peter A.
Hughes, Patrick
Orange, Patrick
McCloud, Edward
Huyler, Simon S.
Oliver, Alonzo
Munday, Warren
Huyler, Thomas J.
Owens, Henry
MeEntorfer, John C.
Hanville, Charles M.
O'Connor, Musgrove E.
McAfee, Hiram
Heminger, John
O'Ragen, John
Marshall, William H.
Hardy, James M.
Odiorne, Leonard M.
Neidigh, Francis M.
Hardy, Elmsley II.
Pilson, Kane
Runnion, William
Hardy, James
Price, George
Smiser, William F.
Hagerty, Spencer
Runnion, Jonathan
Keider, Jolın E.
Ramsberger, John
Klink, John D.
Rowe, John M.
Other Companies.
Kiser, Daniel
Smith, John I.
Butler, Harris
Lario, Augustus A.
Smith, James
Gaa, John
Lammondee, August
Smeltz, Valentine
Palmer, Jesse
Liphart, George
Shearer, Daniel
Ager, Washington
Lyons, Dennis
Snodgrass, IIarrison
Bowen, Benjamin B.
Lichtenberger, William
Stevens, Horace H.
Cobb, Henry
Liggert, William
Shinewa, Joseph
Fluckey, William C.
Long, John A.
Wier, John
Lambert, William
Miller, Isaac
Willard, Emanuel
Moon, Robert A.
McCann, Charles
Williams, William O.
Mullen, George W.
Mayer, Casper
Young, Silas
Wolf, John
Only one of the foregoing number was killed in battle, two were killed by railroad accident, and nineteen died from wounds received in battle or from disease.
The One Ilundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment was recruited from the Ninth Congressional District, during the fall and winter of 1863, rendezvoused at Michigan City, and was mustered into service March 18, 1864. On the 23d the regiment left Michigan City by rail, and proceeded by way of Indianapolis and Louisville, to Nashville, where the division commanded by General Hovey was organized, and the regiment assigned to the First Brigade. April 6 the regiment started on a march to the front, and, moving by way of Stevenson, Bridgeport and Chattanooga, -- through a sec- tion of country famed for the beauty of its mountain scenery, where the hills kiss the clouds, and the silver streams langh in the sun- shine,-reach Charleston, East Tennessee, on the 21st. General Hovey's division was then designated as the First Division, and assigned to the Twenty-third Army Corps, under command of General Schofield.
May 4 the regiment marched with its corps from Charleston, and entered immediately on the campaign against Atlanta. Sher- man's moving columns were concentrating in the vicinity of Chattanooga, preparatory to moving with determined vigor upon the forces of the rebel General Johnson, who, apparently seenre behind the inaccessible ridges of Rocky Face, challenged our advance through the dangerous defile of Buzzard's Roost Gap,
Milner, Isaialı T.
Morgan, William D.
Neddo, Columbus
Huey, David N.
Price, Mordecai M.
Stanbrough, Levi
Thompson, James
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leading to Dalton. But Sherman decided to take another route, and not expose his men to certain destruction from the fire of plunging shot, or the deep waters of the creek by which the enemy flooded the pass. The pass was unapproachable, and the " Great Flanker" turned to the left, and left the enemy in position.
May 9 General Schofield moved with his corps close to Dalton, while General Thomas demonstrated with vigor against Rocky Face Ridge. Meanwhile McPherson reached Snake Creek Gap, surprised a force of the enemy and held the gap. On the 12th the whole army, save one corps, moved through the gap on Resaca. The battle of Resaca followed. Thus constantly moving, threaten- ing, flanking and fighting, the approaches to Atlanta were won, the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth taking part in the principal movements, culminating in such battles as Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro.
From May 8 until Sept. 5, under the broiling sun by day and the pestilential dews by night, through difficult ravines, skirmish- ing in dense forests, drenched by heavy rains, struggling through mud and mire, our troops pressed on. Some portion of the regi- ment was on the skirmish line nearly every day for four months.
June 9 General Hovey retired from the command of the First Division, and the First Brigade was assigned to the Third Division (Cox's) of the same corps. Jnne 6, Colonel De Harb having been disabled by wounds, Lientenant-Colonel Packard assumed com- mand of the regiment. Ang. 9 the First Brigade was re-organized, and the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth assigned to the Third Brigade of the same division, the brigade being under command of Colonel I. N. Stiles, of the Sixty-third Indiana. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment marched from Jonesboro to Decatur, Georgia, where it went into camp with the rest of the corps.
Oct. 1 the rebel General Hood crossed the Chattahoochee river with his army, and marched north by way of Dallas. Sherman's army, with the exception of the Twentieth Corps, moved in pur- snit. The regiment left Decatur with its corps on the 4th, and, crossing the Chattahoochee, moved toward Dallas, threatening the flank and rear of the enemy's forces then assaulting Alatoona. The rebels being defeated at Alatoona, moved rapidly to the north- west, striking the railway at Resaca on the 12th, and capturing Tilton and Dalton. The army of Sherman meanwhile made a march to Rome, where the Twenty-third Corps crossed the Oostau - naula and drove a brigade of the enemy through the narrow entrance of the valley of the Chattanooga, capturing two guns. Then learning that the enemy had moved for Resaca, the pursuit was continued through Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Villanow, Dirt Town and Grover's Gap to Gaylesville, Alabama, which place was reached on the 20th. The regiment marched in this pursuit over three hundred miles.
Oct. 3, the Twenty-third Corps was detached from Sherman's army, and ordered to proceed to Chattanooga and report to General
.
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Thomas. The regiment marched with its corps to Chattanooga, and was moved from thence by rail to Pulaski and Nashville. So soon as it was ascertained that Hood was moving to invade Ten- nessee, the regiment moved with its corps to Columbia. Nov. 24 the skirmishers of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth encountered the advance of the enemy. For six days severe skirmishing was had with the enemy's line at Columbia, one-half of the regiment being alternately on the skirmish line. The enemy's line pressed our line strongly but did not assault. Meanwhile General Schio- field made preparations to fall back to Franklin. During the ' night of the 29th the regiment marched twenty-six miles, and reached Franklin at day-break of the 30th. The enemy followed closely, and repeatedly assaulted our line at Franklin as soon as we had formed, but General Schofield had chosen an excellent position, and repulsed the rebel onslaught with decisive results. The regi- ment lost several officers and men in this battle, which was fought with great fury and obstinacy, the enemy continuing his assaults until late on the night of the 30th. The battle of Franklin was the first severe check of Hood's invasion of Tennessee.
The regiment fell back the night after the battle, to Brentwood Hills, and the next morning marelied to Nashville and took posi- tion in its defenses. For two weeks the army of General Thomas faced the rebel force of General Hood, who occupied the southern approaches to Nashville.
December 15 General Thomas' army moved upon the enemy in his chosen position, and, after two days' fighting, utterly de- feated the boastful foe, and drove his demoralized command beyond the waters of the Tennessee. This battle elosed the existence of Hood's army. From that time it ceased to exist as an organized body. The regiment was actively engaged in the closing up of Hood, and joined in the pursuit as far as Columbia, Tennessee, arriving at that place on the 26th. Here the command rested for a short time preparatory to another campaign which was to strangle the last army of the Rebellion.
Jan. 5, 1865, the regiment left Columbia and marchied by way of Mount Pleasant and Waynesboro to Clifton, on the Tennessee river, where it embarked on transports and sailed to Cincinnati, Ohio. From thence the regiment moved by rail to Washington city, and thence to Alexandria, Virginia. February 20 it em- barked on the steamer Atlantic, and sailed to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and from thence, withont landing, sailed to Morehead City, North Carolina, where the regiment disembarked and was conveyed by rail to Newburn.
Early in March the regiment set out with its division, and marched along the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad, in the direction of Kingston, repairing the railroad as the column moved. March 8 the enemy was encountered in force, at Wise's Fork. four miles below Kingston. The enemy had met with success in capturing two regiments of Eastern troops, by surprise, and was pushing on, confident of easy victory, when it was met and
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checked by Rogers' division, just arriving on the field. For two days heavy skirmishing resulted, and on the 10th the enemy made a heavy assault, but was repulsed and fled in great disorder from the field. The regiment took an active part in this fight, losing severely in killed and wounded. The whole command then moved to Kingston, which was occupied without resistance from the enemy.
On the 20th the regiment left Kingston, and after a march of thirty miles, reached Goldsboro on the evening of the next day. On the 25th it left Goldsboro and marched to Le Noir Institute, where the regiment was employed in protecting the railroad until April 9. The regiment then returned to Goldsboro, and was assigned to duty in that city. It soon after was sent to Raleigh.
April 29, 1865, Colonel De Harb being mustered ont by order of the War Department, Lieutenant-Colonel Packerd was promoted to the Colonelcy. Subsequently Colonel Packerd was promoted to the rank of Brevet Brigadier-General of volunteers, by the Presi- dent, to date, March 13, 1865. The regiment was mustered out in 1866.
The promotions of the St. Joseph county men. were as follows: John M. Pierce, from Captain to Major; Erastus A. Harris, from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant, and then to First Lieutenant; George O. Finch, from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was composed of one hundred days men, and was mustered into the service May 27, 1864, with James H. Shan- non as Colonel. St. Joseph county was represented in this regi- ment by company H, the muster roll of which follows:
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