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On the day the infantry left us double quick for Shiloh, I remember some of the 44th Indiana boys helping to pull our guns out of the mud before they left us; our guns weighed 1700 pounds a piece, and were drawn by ten horses. As we could not follow the infantry in their "dou- ble quick," we were left behind without any support what- ever. All the small arms we had consisted ot revolvers and sabres, and these belonged to the officers. When night came and we went into camp, in an enemy's country, our officers began to take in the surroundings and concluded it was not safe without having out pickets; but a gun weigh- ing 1700 pounds was not a very handy thing on a picket
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post. As our officers were consulting each other as to the best means of defence, and no doubt trusting in the good Lord for help, the wagon train of the 17th and 19th regulars went into camp close by, and our officers made arrange- ments with the officers in command of the train to put out pickets around our camps; they were to furnish a few guards and all the guns and ammunition. Captain S. called for volunteers to go on picket guard, and I remember yet a. few of the boys names, to-wit : John Koons, Ephr. Good- will, Sam Shoaff, Bob McKee, and others I don't recollect. Lieutenant Tons was officer of the guard. Sam Shoaff's post was on a road north of the camp; we were to march at 4 a. m. in the morning; the pickets were relieved at 3 o'clock; but Sam Shoaff was missing. We thought he had . been captured; but before we left camp Sam turned up all right. He was asked where he had been when the pickets were relieved; and answered, that he had moved his post further out, for said he, I heard a rooster crow, and he crowed like he was for the union, and I thought he ought to be inside the picket line." Sam was a very thoughtful boy, even if he was crosseyed; but at times those eyes would lead him into paths of danger.
At Shiloh I took very sick, and while life lasts I shall never forget the kindness shown me by Hiram Congleton, Sam Dougherty, James Shaffer and Bob. McKee. Here I drank my first glass of lemonade made from oranges and water given for glanders and diarrhoea; this prescription was given by S. Daugherty and H. Congleton.
After a while we found ourselves on the right of Pope, close to Corinth, where the Jonnies fired balls at us the size of hen's eggs. After the evacuation of Corinth, June Ist, I was in Corinth, where I saw barrels of sugar, molases, beans, tobacco, flour, and all kinds of provisions. I got some of the flour and brought it to camp, where we made some pretty good buiscuits out of it; at the same time got a rebel cap, and have it yet, and expect to keep it as long as I live.
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At Stevenson, Ala., Henry Newcomer, Sam Cairns and myself, were detailed on a scouting expedition. We went down on the Tennessee river, and found at a landing rebel guards on the opposite side of the river; going down to an old house close to the bank of the river I tried to hold a conversation with the rebel guards, offering to trade coffee for tobacco; but could get no answer. I went back to the other boys and we started further down the river, where we found a peach orchard and plenty of fine peaches; the next thing we found was a timbered island in the river and also rebel cavalry. Don't you forget, we did not ask those fel- lows to trade with us, but done some sly creeping in those woods to the rear; they were too heavy loaded for us three. We gathered what information we could obtain by sight and returned to the peach orchard, and after taking all we could carry, returned to camp and reported what we had seen. The next night Newcomer went back to this island and was on it; and there he found rebel cavalry camped; he wanted me to go along, but I could not as I had another trip planned; but Bragg going into Kentucky at this time spoiled my plan, as we had to follow him.
At Nashville Lieutenant Tons commanded the camp of the drivers and animals at the fair ground stables. Sergeant Stratton was a great smoker and chewer of tobacco, and so was Lieutenant Tons. Stratton often called at the Lieuten- ant's tent to have a social smoke or pleasant chew out of the Lieutenant's store of tobacco. It seems that Stratton's visits were too long or too often, so the Lieutenant salted his fine cut one day. Stratton said Lieutenant Tons salted his tobacco to keep it from spoiling-but the facts are he salted it to keep Stratton from using it all up; but it seemed as if Stratton liked it all the better for being salted. After that the Lieutenant hid his tobacco. The Sergeant will re- member this as well as the circus drill on Vinegar hill. Comrades, do you remember the fine target guns we had in the old stable ? I mean those that caused Tons so much trouble.
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I remember one day being with a foraging party north- east of Nashville; I had charge of the guards that day. We filled our wagons with corn in the ear, and when we came close to the pike the teams were ordered to hurry up and corrall, guards double quick to the front; and here let me say, that the 11th boys were there in their places, and you will mind the wild shooting those fellows on the "other side" did; wild shooting never scared the Yankee boys, and we got back to camp all right.
The next time we went south on the pike, to a town, I do not remember the name, and the rebels objected to our foraging; but we did not listen to their objections and en- tered the town, but it cost some of the boys their lives. There was a mill there where I got two bushels of rye for coffee, and it was put in Eph. Goodwill's wagon. There were about fifty wagons along this time and well guarded for successful foraging, and besides what we needed, we took a good many things that were not strictly "forage," such as turkeys, chickens, hogs, sheep, etc. The wagons were loaded with flour, bacon, corn, etc., with a good quan- tity of the "extras for future use." The boys who were along with the train felt cheerful, and made calculations of what a glorious time they would have to-morrow; the hard times we had had at Nashville were forgotten, and only the bright future, with the things we had foraged, was dwelt up- on. But, there is many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip. The officers of the expedition had seen the boys hiding all the "goodies," and they were left in the cold-I mean the officers, and so they concluded to have their own "deal." The train was stopped and a guard was ordered to search the wagons for "contraband." Of course, there was a good many "long faces;" but lots of that "contraband" was made invisible, so the guards could not find it. Our wagons were loaded with corn, and as soon as we smelt the "mice" our treasures were hidden under the corn and they escaped the lynx eyes of the searchers. I had in Good- will's wagon, hid away, my porker and two bushels of rye
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for coffee. As the wagon came up to the searchers it was halted and inspected, but nothing found, and "pass on" was the word.
Now comrades, can you imagine how fast I wanted to go to the camp ? And I was not the only boy that wanted to get away from those fellows with the shoulder-straps and those with the bayonets. I think it was a very unkind act taking those things away from the boys, and some of them said things in this connection that would not sound nice in a Sabbath School. But we arrived in camp safe and sound, and I had my coffee regular for a long time, and if you don't believe it ask John Koons.
At Bridgport, Ala., the 2d section boys presented a sabre to Lieutenant C. R. Scott, who took charge of the 2d section at this time. While in Lookout Valley, Sam Dougherty, myself and some other comrade, were sent out after horses one day, and on a plantation we found some that just suited us. While we were bridling them, the women were ask- ing a blessing on us boys that did not sound very much like a blessing, and I must say, that up to this time, that blessing has not in the least verified itself. Well, such is war.
I will endeavor now to state the part taken in the Chica- mauga battle by No. 3 gun squad, 2d section, commanded by Lieutenant C. R. Scott :
Sergeant, D. Philabaum; Corporal, John McIntosh; No. I, Well. Clossen; No. 2, W. Hoke; No. 3, Pat. McMahon; No. 4, A. J. Cathrell; No. 5, Henry Caldwell; No. 6, John Telly, (preparing ammunition.) Our position was in the center between the Ist and 3d section, in an open field, the ground elevated somewhat in front; we were halted about the center of the field and prepared for action. For the first rounds we fired some spherical case, short fuze; next called for double charge of cannister; this stopped the on-coming rebels some-what and we felt pretty good over our work. My gun was getting warmed up a little, and I said to No. 3, Pat, hold the vent tight; when Pat replied, "Be God I'll
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hould it till me thumb comes off;" but the time changed, No. 4 was wounded and we were short . one man. Henry Caldwell done the work for two men. No. 2 also got wounded and so I was left with three men at the gun and one at the limber preparing ammunition. The infantry re- treated, but we got no orders to retreat and so kept on firing. Soon Phil. Sheridan rode past John Hobbs, a cais- son driver, and asked, "What battery is that? John replied, "IIth Indiana. Sheridan then said, as he passed by, "Good bye IIth battery." This John Hobbs told me in Chatta- nooga after the fight. "Limber to the front" was now or- dered by the Sergeant, but I knew this meant "turn your gun over to the rebels" and also the brave boys that were willing to sacrifice their lives rather than give up the old gun that had done such good execution for us. I gave the command, "Limber to the rear;" this Hiram Jarvis, who was lead driver on the limber, obeyed, John McIntosh and H. Caldwell lifted the trail and Well Clossen and Pat McMahon took hold of the wheels and limbered up. In the excitement the limberchest lid had been left open, which I shut on the run. We went over a fence into the the edge of a woods and had to drive over logs, then up hill we went, following the other troops.
About half way up the hill I met Captain S., who said to me, "Johnny, that's rough." . I said yes, and passed on after the gun. On top of the hill the troops were reformed and we were ordered to unlimber; but the rebels not following us the order was countermanded. Here we learned the loss of our 3d section.
From here we were ordered to retreat further into the woods, and going down hill the driver struck a tree and broke the tongue of the carriage. The Sergeant wanted to leave the gun, but we told him to go after the caisson for the extra tongue. In the meantime we took the prolonge and hitched the horses on this and guided the gun in its movement as best we could. We got about half a mile in this way when the Sergeant came back with the tongue,
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which we put in, hitched on the horses and followed the troops, who had taken the Dry Valley road towards Chatta- nooga. Soon we were stopped and held as rear guard that night, and rejoined the rest of the battery in the afternoon of the 21st.
Now, I must say, that No. 3 squad done their work well, for when we fired those double charges of cannister, we saw the rebel ranks open and close to be opened by the next shot again. The rebels opened on us with a battery to our left, but did us no damage.
Now comrades, let me say for one who knows, that on 20th of September, 1863, the minnie balls and shells fell faster and thicker around me than at any other time during my three years service. The wounded and dead were lay- ing thick to the left of our gun where the infantry lines were.
The first day's fight at New Hope church, the 2d section went into position on open ground in front of the works of Buckskin's (Dilger's) battery, on a hill; the limbers were left down the hill. Jack Demorest was No. 5 on No. 3 gun and had a long distance to carry ammunition, but he always got there on time; but that night he went to the hospital and never returned. Dead, but not forgotten. That night No. I and 3 guns went to the left in a valley; here we work- ed all night throwing up breastworks. At daylight the rebels opened on us, but it was to their sorrow, for we had the pleasure of dismounting a gun apiece. I often think of B. McGrady's words at this place, "John fetch Boiler." Lieutenant Ehlers said, "How is that for high when we silenced a four gun battery, in our front. John Keller, ( Ist gun ) was playing on a battery to the right and had the same good luck.
Sam. Daugherty was very sick, he had the glanders and couldn't eat. We camped close to the river. I heard it said that clams were like oysters, and I got some and boiled
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them in an old pan, without salt or pepper, or milk, as the cows had not come up yet; but I thought I had as good a dish of soup as anybody. But Sam. did not like it, then he took a clam but could not eat it, said it was too tough; he said, next time try your hand on sole-leather for soup; this discouraged me; but Sam. got better, whether it was the re- sult of the clam soup or the thought of having to eat the sole-leather soup. I would have cured him at all events before I would lose my reputation as a cook. I would buy a steer, have the hide tanned, and have soup made out of it for him if necessary.
From the position we had before Kenesaw mountain, where Lieutenant Otto was wounded, we moved further to the right, and took position in the night, as it was very close to the rebel lines. Here it was that our howitzers done their hard work, shelling the woods in our front in which the rebels swarmed; here the rebel pickets told our pickets that they were coming over to get that d-d bat- tery that made them so uncomfortable. Here we took part in the heavy cannonading against the rebel lines before the infantry charged their fortified lines. The next time we engaged the rebels just before they crossed the Chattahoo- chee river; our battery took position on a hill which gov- erned the river bridge and the rebel lines guarding it. To tease the rebels, Sam. Kelker and I hoisted our battery flag, and the rebels were fools enough to try and shoot it down; but they did not do it. They run their own flag up on a flagstaff in the fort that No. 3 gun was firing at, and some of the boys will remember that we dismounted it the ninth shot, with a twenty pound solid shot.
One afternoon, Sam. Daugherty, Wm. McGrady and my- self went out on the picket line, and some of the infantry boys gave us their guns. The intrenchments behind which the rebs were, were made out of rails, and for awhile we made the slivers fly lively; this was our first experience on picket as infantrymen. We got back to our fort safe. The
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captain wanted to know where we had been, and we told him "on picket;" then he said, I will draw some carbines for you and send you over the river with the infantry to-mor- row, then you will get enough of picketing; we said it was all right, but he did not get the guns.
General Sherman came to our battery the first day we occupied our works in front of Atlanta, and told the Captain to open on the city at 4 o'clock, and from that time it seem- ed almost a continuous battle. We had our ammunition in our works, covered with a tarpaulin, and one Sunday two Irish bridge builders came to our battery to see the big guns, and asked Pat McMahon if they could see one of the balls, and Pat answered, "Yes, if yeas have eny tobaccer." The tobacco was handed out and Pat slipped it under the tarpaulin at the same time handing a ball to the gunner and the gun fired off. The discharge of the gun so bewildered those two men that they left without getting their tobacco back; the boys called to them to wait, but Pat said, "Let them go to the devel, I have the baccer," and he started the "plug" around, but it never returned to Pat.
I recollect one day the rebels tried to silence our battery and hit the works nine time; they gave No. I gun a very close call by burying a shell in the embrasure, also one in No. 3's embrasure. I afterwards dug the shell out and made a finger ring out of the fuze plug. Well, Clossen was wound- ed here. With all their close firing the rebs did not suc- ceed in silencing our guns. Standing behind a pine tree in rear of No. 3 gun, to observe the results of our shots, one day, a rebel shell exploded near by, which explosion affect- ed my hearing, but did not do any other damage. Here one day Nos. 3 and 4 guns bursted, the one by a shell ex- ploding before it left the muzzle of the gun, tearing the embrasure all to pieces; the other was damaged through in- cessant firing. I can almost hear Andrew Yakey yet hallow- ing, thinking he was buried alive-the destruction of the embrasure throwing the dirt all over him. One evening while we were eating our crackers and drinking our coffee.
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the rebels opened on us with a 64 pounder, the ball' hitting our works and filling L. J. Riley's coffee cup full of dirt. Lab was very mad about that and quite a lively duel took place for some time between our gun and the rebel gun. For the disabled guns we received two new ones and made it hot for the rebels.
Being back at Chattanooga again, I remember how "Sin- gle-Eyed Dick, or the Scout of Bull Rapids," passed his time; he had a trout line set in the Tennessee river and furnished the army with fish-if you don't believe this, ask Stratton.
Our time not having expired when the battery was mus- tered out, the following from No. 3 gun were transferred to the 7th Indiana Battery: L. J. Riley, L. Gardner, H. Con- gleton, J. McNally, P. Gressley, Sam Daugherty and my- self. We drew muskets, stood guard and drilled with infantry tactics four hours a day. On the 3d of march, 1865, we were discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn. Before we left, we heard that the railroad was torn up between Murfrees- boro and Lavergne. We arrived at Murfreesboro on the 4th and left on the 5th on foot, but becoming footsore, we paid a man $2 apiece to wheel us nine miles on a hand car. We left Nashville on the 6th and were paid off at Louisville on the 7th. On the 8th we passed over into Indiana again, at the same place we crossed three years before, minus only one in number. All of our squad that enlisted in 1862, ex- cept one, are alive to-day. When we meet at our reunions we forget our aches and pains and call each other "boys" again, as during '61 to '65 we were boys; now we are "the boys," that is, all that wore the blue, honorable while life lasts. I will honor and respect the brave officers that led us in our battles.
I might relate many other incidents, some of our hard- ships at Chattanooga, but I will close by joining in with Lieutenant Otto* in three rousing cheers for Captain Suter- meister, and will ask that those cheers include Lieutenants Otto, Williams, Jacobs and Mckinley.
JOHN MCINTOSH,
Late Corporal, 11th Indiana Battery.
* See foot not epage 90.
MUSTER ROLL.
NAMES.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
WHEN DISCHARGED.
REMARKS.
Sutermeister, A. .
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Captain
Dec. 17, 1861. January 7, 1865.
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Senior 2d Lieut. from enlistment . . . Senior Ist Lieut. from March 25, 1863. (Wounded June 20, '64, at Kenesaw Mt.
Jacobs, John H.
Jun. Ist Lieutenant Sen. Ist Lieutenant
Dec. 17, 1861. March 25, 1863 Resigned.
Greene, Wm .
Jun. Ist Lieutenant
May 30, 1863. Resigned.
Williams. Henry M. .
Jun. 1st Lieutenant . Feb.
17, 1862. Nov. 23, 1863.
1
Ehlers, John H.
. 2d Lieutenant
Dec,
17, 1861, January 7, 1865.
Mckinley, John
2d Lieutenant .
66
Died
Scott, Chas. R.
2d Lieutenant
16
January 5, 1864
Andrews, W. L.
Ist Sergeant
66
January 7, 1865
Rank, Eli
Sergeant
66
Phillabaum, D. M.
.
Stratten, Walter
66
66
Gillock, Th. C.
Krieg, George
Conklin, John
Corporal
Koons, John .
Keller, John .
66
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Morehouse, John
.
Sen. 1st Lieutenant
March 1, 1864. October 7, 1864. Resigned.
Resigned on account of wounds received at Chicamauga.
f Q. M. Sergeant from enrollment. (2d Lieutenant from June 30, 1863. J 1st Sergeant from enrollment.
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\2d Lieutenant from August 23, 1863. Ist Sergeant form enrollment.
2d Lieutenant from May 30, 1863. Bugler from enrollment Ist Sergeant May Ist, 1864.
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Pfeifer, George
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Otto, John . .
Tons, Ilenry .
MUSTER ROLL CONTINUED.
NAME.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
WHEN DISCHARGED.
REMARKS.
Williams, John C. . .
Corporal
January 15, 1862.
Clossen, Wellington .
Feb'ry 1,1862.
Rupple, Fabian
Buglar
January 26, 1862.
Troste, Christian
Artificer
10, 1862.
Seiler, Christian
Feb'ry 26,1862
Bewly, Lewis
Private
Dec.
17,1861.
Bickle, Henry H
Biddick, Rich .
Blane, Nath
Bowers, Louis H.
Feb'ry
1, 1862.
66
Brown, Henry M
Jan.
10, 1862.
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Cairns, Samuel
Dec.
17,1861.
Clear, John
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Jan. .
10, 1862.
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Crow, John F
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Feb.
1,1862.
66
Grider, Samuel
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Hahn, Christian .
Hassert; George
Jan. Dec.
2, 1862
66
Henderson, James B
Hobbs, Wm
Hobbs, John
Hoke, John W.
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Holbrook, D. P
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Darling, Henry J
2. 1862.
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Edmunds, Wm
Dec.
17, 1861.
66
Fetters, Philip
Gill, Robert
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Grojon, Francis
26,1862
17, 1861. 25,1862.
Jan. 66
Feb. 1, 1862.
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Corcoran, John
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Jarvis, Hiram F . Johnson, Theodore Kirchner, Gottlieb ·
|Private
Jan. Dec. 66
Jan. Dec. .
10, 1862. 17, 1861.
66
Megrady, Wm .
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Feb. Jan. Dec. .
1,1862. 15, 1862. 17, 1861.
McDonald, Station Miller, Philip
McMahon, Patrick Moore. John L . .
Jan. Feb.
10, 1862. 1,1862
66
O'Grady, Daniel .
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66
Jan. Dec.
17, 1861.
66
Phillabaum, Adam
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Rodenbeck, Wm . .
66
1,1862. 17, 1861. 6
Jan.
1, 1865.
Shehan, Wm
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Shuler, Lorenzo
Shuler, Wm .
Jan.
15, 1862.
66
Stall, George .
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66
Thompson, Jeff H
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Waggeman, Jacob .
‹:
Dec. Jan.
2, 1862.
Wounded at Chicamauga.
In hospital at Nashvill since Sept. 28, '63.
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Kunkler. Christ . Lower, Henry . Levanway, Francis Lamont, Adolph . Lopshire, Joseph .
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Shafer, John
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Shuler, John .
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Feb.
1, 1862.
17,1861
Wilhelm, Jacob .
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Ouk, Christian
15, 1862.
Quandt, Charles . Reusler, Havir F
Feb. Dec.
Shafer, James
66
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10, 1862. January 7, 1865.
17, 1861.
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MUSTER ROLL CONTINUED. DISCHARGED DURING SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
WIIEN ENLISTED.
WITEN DISCHARGED.
REMARKS
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Waltman, Geo .
Sergeant
Jan.
15, 1862. Oct.
21,1862
For disability.
Campbell, Peter
Corporal
Dec.
17, 1862. June
25, 1862.
Megrady, John D.
.
Feb.
5, 1862. Nov.
21, 1862.
Ainsworth, Geo
Jan.
25, 1865. June
18, 1862.
Bethel, Loren .
¡Private
Feb.
1, 1862. Dec.
25, 1862.
Barr, Daniel .
Aug.
11, 1862. April
10, 1963.
Clossen, Warren .
Dec
17, 1861. Jan.
26,1862.
Dugan, John
Eikhoff, John
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66
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17, 1862. Feb.
26, 1863.
Finnegan, Barney
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Sept.
1, 1862.
66
Gardner, Alfred
Aug.
11, 1862 Feb.
13, 1863.
66
of good-for-nothingness.
Hobbs, Elias .
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Holmes, Wm
Aug.
8, 1862. April
15, 1863.
Jones, Samuel .
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JJan.
15, 1862. June 66
25, 1862. 66
of good-for-nothingness. 66
Dec.
17, 1861. Aug.
18, 1863.
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Feb.
1, 1862. June
5, 1862.
Ludwig, Jasper
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Martscalf, J. W. . ,
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McKee, Robert .
Dec.
17, 1861. Feb.
5, 1863,
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1, 1862. July
30, 1862.
66
[ceived in left arm.
Eger, Fred
Ford, Wm. W .
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·
Aug.
9, 1862 Date not known.
Godfrey, James .
Feb.
1, 1862. June
5, 1862. For disability.
Green, Robert
Dec. ·
17, 1861. Oct.
12, 1863.
66
Graver, Wm .
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Hobbs, Sr., John .
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Feb.
1, 1862 June
July
30, 1862.
Jones, Jackson Johnston, D. W.
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Landers, Isaac .
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Dec.
17, 1862.
30, 1862
66
66
Date not known.
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Lusher, Rudolph
. Feb.
1, 1862. April
20, 1862.
·
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Dec.
17, 1861. Jan.
13, 1863.
Date not known. Disabled at Chicamauga from wounds re-
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Totton, Albert .
19, 1863.
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25, 1862
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66
Rabbit, Thomas Ryan, Mich. B.
Private
|Dec.
17, 1861. June April Date not known. 5, 1862. 66 June 3, 1862. Jan.
25, 1862. 27, 1863. 66
Ritter, David
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Shoaff, Sam
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Seitz, Valentine ·
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Slater, Henry ·
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Stokes, Thomas ·
Snyder, James M. R. .
Van Dusen, Thomas .
Warfield, Wm. H . .
Watson, Jacob
Willis, Cbas. J
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Feb.
5, 1862. April
27, 1863.
Wilcox, Clark L
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Jan.
10, 1862. Date not known.
TRANSFERRED TO 18th INDIANA BATTERY.
NAME.
. RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
WHEN TRANSFERRED.
REMARKS.
Sawtell, W. H.
Glenn, Wm. .
Q. M. Sergeant Corporel
Aug.
14, 1862.
Nov.
21, 1864. By Special Field Order, No. 319. 66
Drewes, Henry F.
66
12, 1862.
Meyer, Fred . .
=
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:
13, 1862.
Annen, Christen
Privete
Feb
26, 1864.
Ballou, Ferdinand
March
22, 1864.
Beamer, Edward .
Aug. 8, 1862.
Bearss, Edwood
Jan.
25, 1864.
Boden, James .
Aug.
8, 1862.
Chapman, Wm. M Cothrell, A. J .
Aug.
13, 1862.
Cutshall, Wm. H.
66
. March 21, 1864.
Caldwell, HI. W .
Feb.
28, 1864.
Dolloff, Elijah .
March
26, 1864.
1
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Feb). .
28, 1864.
[as veteran re-enlisted
[as veteran. re-enlisted
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66
66
March 21, 1863. Aug. 8, 1862. Feb. 17, 1863.
10, 1863.
66
Aug. Feb. Dec. Feb.
June 9, 1862 Dec. 1, 1862. June 17, 1861. July 30, 1862. 1, 1862. Feb. 5, 1863.
2, 1863. For severe wound received at Chicamanga 25, 1862. For disability of good-for-nothingness.
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8, 1862.
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Pastor, Adam
Died at Edgefield, Tenn., June 28, 1865. By Special Field Order. No. 319. 66
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MUSTER ROLL CONTINUED.
NAME.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
WHEN TRANSFERRED).
REMARKS.
Ehle, Richard
Private
March
22, 1864
Nov.
21, 1864. By Special Field Order, No. 319.
Englert, John G
Aug. March
22, 1864.
Ferris, Orville B .
66
Dec.
10; 1863.
Garwood, Joseph
66
Ang.
8, 1862.
Good, Jacob
66
Feb. .
28, 1864.
"[Ten., Dec. 10,'64 Re-enlisted as veteran. Killed at Edgefield, By Special Field Order, No. 319.
Grothen, Wm
66
..
10, 1864.
Gribe, Gottlieb
March
22, 1864.
..
Harmer, John .
Aug.
11, 1862.
6
Howenstine, Jolın Hohl, John .
.
.
·
Feb.
28, 1864.
16
66
66
Ismar, Chas .
Jan.
28, 1864.
Jerob, Jos. P
Feb.
26, 1864.
66
66
Johnson, Issaac
Jones, John .
Aug.
15, 1862.
Kelker, Sam .
8, 1862.
66
66
Kimball, Wm. B .
Feb.
8, 1864.
Leibnitz, Chas .
Jan.
20,1863.
Ludwig, Jasper .
Feb.
1, 1864.
Lampman, Geo.
15, 1864.
McBratney, Hugh
.
Aug.
12, 1862.
McGuire, Addison
16
Feb.
28, 1864.
Millard, Wm
66
·
Aug.
14, 1862.
Monasmith, Mart
Mar.
14, 1864.
Michaelis, Herman
.
.
.
22, 1864.
66
66
.
.
·
[as veteran. re-enlisted
106
HISTORY OF THE
[as veteran. re-enlisted
Hough, Geo. D.
March
22, 1864.
66
66
66
Ferris, Chas. E.
.
.
66
.
.
·
Feb.
8, 1864
Iseli, Rudolph .
66
66
66
66
11, 1862.
Goodwill, Ephr
Mason, Jno. A .
July Feb.
27, 1864. 1,1864
Otto, Herman .
-
Aug.
12, 1862.
Rogers, Chas. E
Feb.
8, 1864.
Rundle, Mart. E
Aug.
8, 1862.
Shell, Edward .
Sherer, John
Feb.
26, 1864.
Smith, Jacob
Mar.
22, 1864.
Smithley, Jacob
Feb.
28, 1864.
6
[as veteran. re-elisted
Snyder, James A
66
Aug.
15, 1962.
Stokes, Patrick A.
66
.
Feb.
9, 1864.
Telly, John .
Aug.
8. 1862.
Ueltshi, Gottlieb
66
Ang.
11, 1862.
Voss, Lewis
.
.
Dec.
31, 1863.
Weber, Henry .
Aug.
12, 1862.
Yeaky, Andrew
Feb.
28, 1864.
Young, Julius . .
Aug.
12, 1862.
Zollinger, Henry .
TRANSFERRED TO 7th INDIANA BATTERY.
McIntosh, John .
Corporal
March
3, 1862. Dec.
29, 1864. By Special Field Order, No. 162.
Bowser, Alexander
Private
Nov.
12, 1864.
Congleton, Hiram
March 3, 1862.
Nov.
12, 1864.
March 3, 1862.
Nov.
12, 1864.
Felger, Jacob
March
3, 1862.
66
France, Daniel S .
·
Gardner, Lewis H. .
.
Charles, John
Daugherty, Samuel Ervin, Jeremiah .
.
.
·
Flint, Alamanda H
12, 1864.
Nov. March 3, 1862.
-
.
·
.
.
66
12, 1862.
66
.
·
Feb.
8, 1864.
22, 1864.
Vordermark, J. W
Taken prisoner at Chicamauga battle. By Special Field Order, No. 319.
IITH INDIANA BATTERY.
107
66
Tiner, Wmn. B. .
25. 1862.
Walters, David
6, 1862.
Stratton, John .
9, 1862.
Rank, George
MUSTER ROLL CONTINUED.
NAME.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
WHEN TRANSFERRED.
REMARKS.
Gressley, Peter
Private
March
3, 1862 Dec.
29, 1864. By Special Field Order, No. 162.
Hanes, Perry
Nov.
12, 1864.
Irving, Alexander
Luther, Israal .
.
.
66
.
McNally, James .
.
March
3, 1862.
Newcomer, Henry
.
Feb.
6, 1862.
Riley, Laban .J
.
Feb.
14, 1862.
66
Marshal, Elisha
Nov.
12, 1864.
66
Sunderland, Joseph
.
Smith, Elisha J
Caruthers, John
Cook .
|March
3, 1863.
Commonly called Major, of African descent
DIED.
NAME.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
DIED.
, REMARKS.
.
Thompson, Geo
Sergeant
Dec. 17, 1861. July
66
Sept.
20, 1863. Killed in battle of Chicamauga.
Ballard, James
28, 1864. July
27, 1864. from wounds rec'd at New Hope church.
Sheiblin, George .
Corporal
Dec. 17, 1861. May
13, 1863. at Murfreesboro.
May, Fred ..
Sept.
Dudley, Chas
.
Bugler
66
March
20, 1863. Killed in battle of Chicamanga. [Chica'ga. 10, 1863. at Annapolis, Md., from wounds rec'd at 22, 1863. at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Graham, John
·
Farrier
July
24, 1864. at Kingston, Ga.
Byrd, A. J. .
. Private .
. Feb.
17, 1862. Sept.
15, 1862.lat Evansville, Ind.
HISTORY OF THE
108
Pfunder, George .
.
.
.
Dec.
Devlin, Thomas
.
.
66
Linden, Geo. II .
66
March 3, 1862.
66
Smead, Albert .
-
66
66
66
21, 1862. at Huntsville, Ala.
Feb.
Blase, Henry . |Private
Brooks, Geo .
Balmer, John
Chellis, Benj.
-
Coles, Wm. J.
Demarest, Jno. W. . Flick, David .
Ferris, Lovetus
Dec. 66
Keller, Francis
Oplizer, David
Feb. 26, 1864. July
15, 1864 at Indianapolis, Ind. 8, 1862 at Columbia, Tenn.
Ring, Wm . .
16
.
Reagan, James K .
Sprague, Philander .
Dec. Feb. Dec. Feb.
28, 1864. March 17, 1861. April 1, 1862. June 17, 1861. Jan.
23, 1862. at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Stafford, Thomas .
Webster, James E
Dec.
17, 1862. Aug. 6, 1862. at home in DeKalb Co., Ind. 17, 1861. Sept. 20, 1863. Killed in battle at Chicamanga.
DESERTED.
NAME.
RANK.
WHEN ENLISTED.
DESERTED.
REMARKS.
Center, Andrew
Private
Jan.
1, 1862. Oct.
14, 1862. at Nashville, Tenn.
Land, John .
Feb.
28, 1864. March
19, 1864.at Indianapolis, Ind.
Miller, Thomas
Dec.
17, 1861. April
28, 1862.at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn.
|Feb. Dec. March Aug. 11, 2862. April 28, 1862. Dec.
17, 1862. |Sept. 31, 1863. June 22, 1864. Oct.
20, 1863. Killed in battle of Chicamauga. 7, 1864 at Ackworth, Ga. 8, 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn. 20, 1863. at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
16, 1863. at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb.
10, 1864, July 11, 1864. at Nashville, Tenn. 1, 1862. Date not known. at his home in Indiana. at Chattanooga, Tenn. 10, 1863. 17, 1861. Sept. 16, 1864. at Chattanooga, Tenn. 10, 1864. at New Albany, Ind.
Paul, Houston .
66
.
.
17, 1862. at Tuscumbia, Ala.
IITH INDIANA BATTERY.
109
CONTENTS.
- page Introduction 3 Preface. 5
Part I, Chapter I-Enlisting and organizing . 7 Chapter 2-From Camp Morton to Pittsburg Landing. . 9 Chapter 3-Shiloh, Corinth to Nashville, with an out- line of Stoneriver fight 13
Part II, Chapter 4 -- Murfreesboro, reorganizing army,
picket duty, Eaglesville, Triune, Franklin, Springhill, 21 Chapter 5 -- Around Franklin, Tennessee 24
Chapter 6-Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Coivan Station, .. 27 Chapter 7 -- Across Cumberland Mts. to Bridgeport, Ala. 32 Chapter 8 -- Across Tennessee river, up Lookout Mount., Alpine, Lee and Gordon's Mill 35
Chapter 9-Battle of Chicamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. 39
Chapter 10-From Chicamauga to Chattanooga. 45 Chapter II -- Lieutenant Otto, with 20th Ohio Battery .. 49 Part III, Chapter 12 -- Enlistments, funerals, veteran re- enlistments, the new outfit 53
Chapter 13 -- Tunnel Hill, Buzzard Roost, Dalton, Re- sacca, Dallas, New Hope church. 55
Chapter 14-Ackworth, Lost, Pine and Kenesaw Moun- tains, Big Shanty, Marietta, Hospital. 62
Chapter 15-Railway Repair Service. At Chattahooche river, crossing the river, closing in onto Atlanta, Vin- ing's Station, Peachtree Creek, death of General McPherson 69
Page,
Chapter 16-Shelling of Atlanta, Ezra church, General Hood's policy, movement to the right, Utoy creek, Heavy Ordnance, back to the Chattahoochee. . .... 76
Chapter 17-Eastpoint, Jonesboro, Rough and Ready. Station, Evacuation of Atlanta, back to Chattanooga, Hood's exployds, waiting for our discharge .. ... 82
Chapter 18-Cooped up at Chattanooga, Hood and Thomas before Nashville, Hood's "finis," back to Indiana, Muster out. 87
Statistics. 89
Reminiscences of Lieutenant Henry M. Williams 39
Reminiscences of Corporal John McIntosh 90 Muster Roll IOI
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