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1861 HISTORY 1865
OF THE
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
O.V.V.I. 0. V.V. 1861-65 KG! - !
FIRST BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, FOURTEENTH CORPS,
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
WAR OF THE REBELLION,
COMPILED BY
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C. T. DEVELLING.
COMPANY B. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. O. V. V. I.
ZANESVILLE, OHIO: E. R. SULLIVAN, PRINTER AND BINDER, 36 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, 1889.
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DEDICATION.
TO MY COMRADES OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. V. I., WHO, IT IS BELIEVED, WILL FIND REHEARSED IN THESE PAGES, MUCH THAT WILL INTEREST THEM, THIS WORK IS AFFEC- TIONATELY DEDICATED BY THEIR FRIEND,
THE COMPILER.
1861
SEVENTEENTH
REGIMENT.
O. V. V. I.
1865
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Battle Flags of the Seventeenth Regiment, as they appear in 1889.
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INTRODUCTORY.
THE FOLLOWING WAS CONTRIBUTED FOR THIS WORK, BY REV. JAMES H. GARDNER. CHAPLAIN OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. V. I.
"Ah! whence you glare That fires the arch of heaven, that dark red smoke Blotting the silver moon? The stars are quenched In darkness and the pure and spangling snow Gleams faintly through the gloom that gathers round. Hark to the roar whose swift and deafening peals In countless echoes through the mountain's ring, Startling pale midnight on her starry throne. Now swells the intermingling din: the jar Frequent and frightful of the bursting bomb, The falling beam, the shriek the groan, the shout The ceaseless clangor and the rush of men Inebriate with rage. Loud and more loud The discord grows; till pale death shuts the scene And o'er the conqueror and the conquered draws His cold and bloody shroud."
War has its dark and bloody side, its serio-comic and its real funny side. Its hideous aspects are seen in its ruthless devastation, its wasted fields. its burning cities, its ruined realms. its ill used sick. its fearful conflicts and its slain and wounded soldiery. It is well that the battle is not always gained. that the march is not always unremitting. and the drill master not ever at his work. else no rifts would ever let the bright sunshine through the clouds of war. When the battle is fought, the march made. when victories are celebrated or de- feat endured and the army rests for a time "to refit and reorganize." the camp abounds with good humor. with fun, with repartee, with song and joke and feats of valor that might well challenge the admiration of the heroes of all ages. Af- ter the charge on Mission Ridge two captains of the Seventeenth were celebrat- ing the victory in "true army style" and lauding each his own valor when D. said to K. "I am a braver man than you Capt. K." "No you ain't. responded the other." "Yes I am (hic)" said D. and in the next battle I will rush right up to the cannon's (hic) mouth, so I will." "Now Capt. D. that is nothing" said K. "in the next battle I'll show you how brave Iam. I'll just crawl right into the cannon "(hic)." Both were brave men and valiant soldiers. When the or- der to charge the Ridge a few days before ran along the lines. one of these sons of Mars stepped to the head and front of his company. drew his sword and said "Soldiers, don't disgrace Company-follow me." A moment after a shell fell at his * foot, exploding without harm. when our redoubtable Captain said "This is * * close." The serious. the well nigh fatal, and the funny were all blended in the Irish boy of Captain Fox's Company E., at "Hoovers Gap." The First Brigade. if not our whole Division charged the enemy's left. and among others reported killed was our Irish boy. After the "Johnnies" were driven from their position and the Brigrade was resting a while. the boys were lamenting the slain. among them the Irish boy whose brain it was said was pierced by a minnie ball. when up walked the Irish soldier to the Colonel crying and asking for a gun and cartridge box. declaring that "Some rascal sthole mine while I was kilt entirely jist." The grimly serio comic to me, occured December Fourth, 1864. near Waynes- borough Georgia, on our march to the sea. General Kilpatrick on that day fairly whipped General Wheeler. Our Division supported Kilpatrick. At a certain dense forest approached by an open plain, it was thought Wheeler's men
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were drawn up in battle array awaiting us. Again our Brigade was ordered to the front, fixed bayonets, and Colonel Hunter rode along the lines directing the boys as to the charge and saying "some of us will go down but there must be no faltering," when one of our men spoke up and said.". Colonel, I want to charge by the way of that turnip patch." There was one just in front of him a little way. A funny incident occured at Chickamauga and one that must have reflected upon the imaginations of the soldier. Our boys were retreating in rather a confused and panic stricken condition, one badly demoralized soldier went rushing up to the Assistant Surgeon saving "O my Lord, my Lord. Iam shot. I am killed. Oh! Oh! Oh!" The Surgeon could not find a scratch on him. Now it was at that same battle that I got whipped. Mark Twain gave at a Confederate reunion an ac- count of a battle he was in. in which a whole regiment more or less met one lone "Johnnie" and after a battle that fairly shook the hills, mid smoke and dust and high wrought deeds of valor they killed that poor, lone Confederate. Now had "Mark Twain" been in my place on that eventful Sabbath he had told another story. I was on the hill near MeCloud Springs and was not harming or in any wise molesting the enemy. I was even unarmed, quietly sitting on my horse, just looking at them and nothing more. But it must have offended them for they turned a battery loose at me and drove me pell mell from that hill and scared me too, and I don't thank them for it to this day. so I don't. If ever I catch those same Johnnies up here in Ohio and out alone they had better watch out what I'will do. How strange are the freaks of fortune in battle. some seem almost bullet proof .. others a shining mark. Sunday evening September Twen- tieth, 1863. a soldier of Company B. stood exposed where it would seem a bird could not live and was untouched. while "little Sollie Miller" as we affec- tionately called him. stepping afront saying "Boys we must expose ourselves if we would save our country" fell pierced by a rifle ball. On the same day in Company C. two boys fought near each other. the one a Protestant. the other a Catholic, the former fought and prayed all day, the latter fought and swore all day; just at night fall the soldier of praver was wounded, the one of oaths was untouched. Strange premonitions like voices from the unseen world often filled with gloomy forbodings the mind and heart of the soldier. On Saturday night at Chickamauga as the boys sat about their camp fires talking of the morrow. young Isaiah E. Skinner Company B, said "I came out unharmed today but ifwe fight tomorrow I am to be killed." and it was so. He sleeps where "he fighting fell." After Chickamauga John Red. Company D. said "I came safely through this battle, but the next will end my career,"and he too sleeps in the beautiful Cemetery at Chattanooga.
It would require a volume to tell the tales of fun and frolic and good cheer that the "Yanks," let loose in Georgia, had in that historic campaign. .. From Atlanta to the Sea." But an event or two must illustrate the whole. As we approached Milledgeville the Georgia Legislature did not meet us with music. banners and speeches of welcome. but unceremoniously retired; but a Yankee is at home everywhere and equal to all emergencies. So they took possession of the State House, organized a Legislature. repealed the ordinance of "Secession" placed the State under the Stars and Stripes and then went out singing - Rally round the Flag boys" and were gone seaward. While I have read much, seen and heard much of the doings of the "Bummer" I have never vet seen a good description of that sui generis of a soldier. He was a unique character from every stand point; he was grand. peculiar, funny and for ways that were original, and tricks that told. he far surpassed the "heathen Chinee." He had no Creator, as a Bummer he was self made, self constructed. selfappointed. Now a first class Bummer was like an army mule. he had no ancestry of his own kind, and those whom he visited doubtless prayed that he might have no pros- terity. He, unlike "Topsy." neither "just growed " nor was he born nor was he manufactured, he had no father, no mother, he was a kind of evolution or acci- dent growing out of the happenings of war. He was not the creation of Military
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tactics; he had not Scott nor Hardee, nor any other man as his father. Sonship he acknowledged to no one. He was to the army what a comet is to the "Stellar Worlds," a wandering star. a kind of military free-booter. He was a very John the Baptist to Sherman in his march to the sea and up through the Caro- linas. He was the ubiquitous factor of the army. He went every where he did every thing and gave no account of his ways for he did no two alike. The make up of a Bummer was severely simple. He ordered no suits from Worth he was guiltless of style. the latest fashions troubled him not. his toilet was often neg- lected. . But there stands one as we have seen him in all his glory, prestige and power. His hair is unkempt. his beard grown long, his face is grimy. his hands are not white like the lily. his hat is crownless. his shoes toeless. and his pants are kneeless, but not from over much praver: his canteen is slung across his left shoulder, he has donned his cartridge box and forty rounds in it: his gun lies carelessly at a shift. For a moment he looks at the sky then at the lay of the land and now he is off on foot like a shot. whistling "Yankee Doodle." But tis night, and here comes our Bummer riding a fine mule or horse.with turkeys and chickens on one side. hams and potatoes on the other. fresh pork strapped to the rear of his saddle. his Springfield at half or full cocked ready for a fray. In he comes to his mess singing "I wish I was in Dixie." Such was the Bummer. such his life. In addition to largely supplying the army with rations they so swarmed all along our front, that the enemy was so bewildered by his move- ments as not to know where to concentrate against us. Thus the Bummer played an important part in the " March to the Sea " and up through the "Carolinas."
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HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
THE FOLLOWING LINES WERE WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, EXPRESSLY FOR THIS BOOK.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Famous Uncle Billy Sherman led the mighty host, With Dearly Loved Pap Thomas always at his post, Davis, Kilpatrick, and many other brave leaders, Made it uncomfortable for the Southern seceders.
Uncle Billy never failed to flank Johnson, Bragg, or Hood, And in every battle, made them run, as fast as they could, No matter what their numbers, he always made them flee, From the battle of Resaca, till he reached the southern sea.
FOURTEENTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
There certainly was none any better, Always doing as ordered, to the letter. And truthful history must surely tell, That the Fourteenth, did its duties well.
Dear Pap Thomas was first in command, Then after Palmer, Davis took it in hand. The Fourteenth, was never guilty of an error, And to the rebels, was a holy terror.
When it advanced, the rebels moved before, For they never could stop, the gallant "hog corps." Its members were the bravest of the brave, Who fought heroically, the Union to save,
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THIRD DIVISION OF THE FOURTEENTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Composed of men both brave and true,
As any who ever wore the blue.
Always ready and willing to act
When duty called, and in fact, When there was anything to be done,
Whether hard fighting, work or fun,
They were always sure to take a hand,
And cling together, a brotherly band.
FIRST BRIGADE OF THE THIRD DIVISION OF THE FOURTEENTH CORPS. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
This noble brigade none could excel.
Of its career, justice prompts us to tell,
That in all its battles, which were many,
It did not shirk its duty any, And was not always found in the rear, But often 'mid the hottest of the fire.
If there ever were, any braver men
Banded together, at a season when It was needful to be brave and true
To each other, and their Country too,
History has failed, that fact to tell, Hence we bid this subject now, farewell.
THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. O. V. V. I. FIRST BRIGADE. THIRD DIVISION. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
1861
1965
Five hundred Fairfield County boys Left home comforts, pleasures and joys, And joined their fate with the Seventeenth braves, Many of whom now sleep in Southern graves.
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They left wives, sweet hearts, and their father's door, Not that they loved them less but their Country more.
To say the brave Seventeenth Ohio. Dealt the rebels many a hard blow, Would truly be putting it rather mild; It could have been led by a little child. It aimed to drive but not to be driven, And always advanced, when the word was given.
No matter when called on, or where ordered to go, Ready and willing, was the Seventeenth Ohio. Only once, were these brave boys defeated, Then the whole army, in order, retreated.
It marched forty hundred miles or more,
And fought from the Ohio to Atlantic's shore
From August Sixty-One, to July Sixty-Five, The Seventeenth was always wide awake, and alive To the pressing needs of the perilous times, And helped suppress secession, and other crimes. And on the glorious "March to the Sea,"
Helped to set millions of poor slaves free.
The boys were always full of life and fun; And when the day's march, or duty was done, They would dance to the tunes from Binkley's fiddle,
Sing, play cards, tell stories, and often a riddle; Until the drummer boy beat the tattoo,
Then the fun ceased, and to bed they would go,
Often to dream of fond loved ones at home; And while thus dreaming, they once more would roam, Over the haunts of their childhood's bright days, Recalling their former gay joys and plays. Perhaps while dreaming, of some great treat,
. The signal of danger, the long roll, would beat.
Then instead of bright visions, they hear a shot, And at once they prepare for, they know not what. It may be, the reb's, are intent on great harm, Or it may possibly be, only a false alarm. Whatever the cause of alarm may be,
They are quickly in line, and ready for duty.
The dead. maimed. and discharged, always left a space, Soon filled by recruits. sent to take their place, Who speedily learned the hard ways of war, From their comrades who had learned them before. At times the fare would be fit for queens, But often, only coffee, crackers and beans.
This would be the bill of fare for all, And the supply at times, so very small, That one could eat, what was given to four, Then again there was surely plenty, and more, So that some of it would not be tasted, But from sheer necessity often wasted.
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Through heat and dust, the boys had to go, Again they marched through mud, rain or snow, Often sleeping on the bare ground, Or any other place to be found. They often endured the greatest hardships, Nor let a murmur escape their lips.
Again it would be the other extreme, They then of little but sport would dream. Every company, had at least one, Who would always be ready for any fun. E'en while engaged in the battles fierce strife. Fup they would have, if it cost their life.
The brave boys would soon forget the past, And vow they would stand it till the last Armed rebel surrendered, or bit the dust, Else perish in the effort, if they must. The decisive blows were struck in Sixty-Four, And the following Spring the war was o'er,
After the "Grand Review" at Washington, The boys were discharged and all sent home; Then bidding each other a hearty farewell, Comrades scattered wide, and its hard to tell, Whither they went, but each went his way, Not all to meet, till the judgment day.
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HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT
THE BIVOUAC.
BY C. H. ENOS, ALPHA, IOWA,
DEOPLE that read the history of the late civil war are apt to form some very curious as well as incorrect ideas of the everyday life of the soldier in the field during an active campaign. They conclude from the thrilling accounts of great battles and brilliant maneuvers that the soldiers had nothing to do but fight. For the benefit of those who have ever been blessed with enough to eat and a good place to sleep. I will endeavor to portray some of the trials and per- plexities of the midnight bivonac.
What would the young men of to-day think of an employer that would forci- bly drag them from bed at three or four o'clock in the morning and compel them to cook their own breakfast in a given time (or go without it). and then oblige them to carry all their cooking utensils, bedding. clothing, and three days rations. in addition to a fourteen pound musket and from forty to sixty rounds of ammu- nition, over twenty or thirty miles of uneven. barren country, through torrid heat or pelting rain. and at midnight turn them loose like so many animals to get their supper and find a place to sleep as best they could ? And all this for the paltry sum of sixteen dollars in greenbacks, per month. Iimagine they would promptly say: "None of that on my plate." Yet the veterans had this to do, in addition to exposure to shot and shell.
Now. let me explain to you what the tired soldier had to do after guns were stacked. The first thing to be found was wood and water. Imagine the de- lights of stumbling around in the darkness in a strange and hostile country. in- fested with bush whackers watching for a chance to shoot any stray Yankees they found away from their camp. searching for fuel. and what was usually more difficult to find. pure water. Should the night prove stormy. another difficulty presented itself. that of kindling a fire. Sometimes it would take an hour or more to get the coffee boiling. But by one or two o'clock in the morning the soldier would be able to sit down to his sumptuous repast of hard tack and cof- fee. Then came the search for a dry. smooth place to spread his gum blanket. This found. he sank to rest with no covering but a blanket and the broad cano- py of Heaven. Sometimes he was favored with two and sometimes four hours sleep. ere the shrill bngle or the noisy drum roused him from dreams of home to the stern realities of the life of danger before him.
These were only a few of the little perplexities of the veterans' life. They did not include standing two hours of the possible four on a lonely picket post, where to fall asleep meant death by the bullet of an enemy, or the decree of a court-martial.
These are details of minor importance to the citizens of to-day. but not to the old soldier.
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OMO VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
THIS Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison. Ohio. September. 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 16. 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders of the War Department.
. The official list of battles in which this Regiment bore an honorable part. is not yet published by the War Department; but the following list has been com- piled, after careful research, during the preparation of this work:
WILD CAT, KY., MILL SPRINGS. KY., - CORINTH. MISS., (Siege of).
PERRYVILLE. KY., STONE RIVER. TENN.,
- OCTOBER 8, 1862. DECEMBER 31, 1862 and JANUARY 1-3, 1863.
TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN. TENN., - HOOVER'S GAP. TENN .. -
CHICKAMAUGA. GA., -
BROWNS FERRY. TENN ..
ORCHARD KNOB. TENN ..
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MISSION RIDGE, TENN.,
ROCKY FACE RIDGE. GA., -
MAY 5-9, 1864. MAY 13-16, 1864.
RESACA, GA .. DALLAS, GA., - MAY 25 to JUNE 4, 1864. JUNE 9 to JULY 2, 1804.
KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GA.,
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, GA.
PEACHTREE CREEK, GA.,
NEAR ATLANTA, GA., JONESBOROUGHI, GA., -
- AUGUST 7, 1864. AUGUST 31 and SEPTEMBER 1, 1864.
WAYNESBOROUGHI, GA., -
BLACK RIVER, GA., SAVANNAH, GA., BENTONVILLE, N. C., -
OCTOBER 21, 1861.
JANUARY 19. 1862. APRIL 30 to MAY 30. 1862.
JUNE 23-30. 1863. JUNE 26, 1863.
- SEPTEMBER 19-20, 1863. OCTOBER 27, 1863.
NOVEMBER 23, 1863. NOVEMBER 25, 1863.
JULY 9 1864. JULY 20, 1864;
NOVEMBER 31 to DECEMBER 3, 1864, DECEMBER 6, 1864 DECEMBER 9-21, 1864. MARCH 20, 1865,
Companies A., B., F .. I. and K. were raised in Fairfield County. Company C. in Logan County. Company D. in Hocking County. Company E. in War- ren County. Company G. in Clinton County, and Company HI. in Morgan County, Ohio.
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17TH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.
Names.
Rank.
Age.
Date of Entering the Service.
Period of
Service.
Remarks.
John M. Connell. Durbin Ward.
Colonel .. .do ....
31 40
Aug. 16, 1861 Aug. 17, 1861
3 yrs. 3 yrs.
Resigned Nov. 12, 1863.
Promoted to Major from private Co. E, 12th O. V. I., Ang. 17, 1861 ; Lient. Colonel Dec. 31, 1862; Colonel Nov. 13, 1863; resigned Nov. >, 1864. on account of wounds received at battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20. 1863.
Marshall F. Moore ..
Lt. Col ..
32
Aug. 20, 1861
3 yrs.
Benjamin H. Showers
.do ....
30
Aug. 26, 1861
3 yrs.
Benjamin F. Butterfield.
Major ...
26
Aug. 26, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from Captain Co. G May 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment July 16, 1885. Promoted from Captain Co. A Dee. 81, 1 62; died Dec. 16, 1868 at Chattanooga, Tenn .. from wounds received at battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 25. 1863.
James W. Stineheomb ..
.do ....
39
Aug 30, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from Captain Co. B Dec. 15, 1863; resigned May 2, 1864.
Willis G. Clark
.do ....
Aug. 21, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted to Sergt. Major from private Co. B Ang. 30, 1861; Ist Lieutenant Co. K Jan. 9. 1862; Captain Co. K Aug. 18, 1862; Major May 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment July 16, 1865.
Washington L. Sehenek. Jonathan E. Fowler ...
Surgeon. .... do .. . .
Sept. 6, 1861 Aug. 21, 1862
3 yrs. 3 yrs.
Promoted front Asst. Surgeon Jan. 9, 1865; resigned May 30, 1865.
Henry J. Herrick.
do.
29
Feb. 14, 1862
3 yrs.
David D. Benedict.
do.
30
Feb. 5, 1863
3 yrs.
Edwin Sinnett
As. Surg. Adju'nt. i
34
Sept. 28, 1861 Aug. 22, 1861
3 yrs. 3 yrs.
Jacob M. Ruffner.
.do.
21
Aug. 21, 1861
3 yrs.
do ....
18
Sept. 17, 1861
3 yrs.
Edward M. Champlin.
.do ....
25
Sept. 15, 1861
3 yrs.
Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. K April 9. 1865; mustered out with regiment July 16, 1865.
James McDonald.
R. Q. M.
49
Aug. 20, 1861
3 yrs.
Samuel H. Hurd.
23
Aug. 22, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from Q. M. Sergeant Nov. 26, 1863; detailed Acting Asst. Quartermaster Head- quarters Army of Georgia April 4, 1-65; mus- tered out with regiment July 16, 1865.
Arteins T. Fullerton James H. Gardner.
Chapl'n. 26
29
Sept. 21, 1861 Mch. 27, 1863
3 yrs. 3 yrs.
Mustered out May 25, 1865, by order of War Department.
Thomas R. Thatcher
Ser. Maj. 25
Sept. 15, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from private Co. G Jan. 9, 1862 : to 2d Lientenant and assigned to Co. G April 1, 1862.
Levi Cornwell.
do ....
28
Ang.
7, 1861
3 yrs.
James Strode.
25
Ang. 30, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from 1st Sergeant Co. I March .9. 1504; to Ist Lieutenant and assigned to Co. I July 25, 1864 : veteran.
James Outcalt.
do. ..
21
Sept. 4, 1861
3 yrs.
Malcolm D. Lane.
.do ....
28
Aug. 30, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from Asst. Surgeon Dec. 12, 1862; resigned Dec. 26, 1864.
Promoted from Asst. Surgeon June 6, 1:65; mustered out with regiment July 16, 1865. Resigned Jan. 18. 1862.
Andrew J. Davis.
32
Promoted to Captain and Asst. Adjt. General Sept. 4. 1863.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant from 2d Lieutenant Co. B Sept. 23, 1863; killed in action in front of Atlanta, Ga., Ang. 9, 1864. Promoted to Sergt. Major from private Co. A July 21, 1862; 2d Lieutenant and assigned to Co. B March 9, 1864: appointed Adjutant from Ist Lieutenant Co. I Aug. 11, 1864 ; as- signed to Co. K April 9. 1865.
Promoted to Captain and Commissary of Sub- sistence Jan. 29, 1863.
Resigned Oct. 1. 1862.
do ....
Promoted from Ist Sergeant Co. A May 1, 1862 : to 2d Lieutenant and assigned to Co. I July 21, 1862.
Promoted from Ist Sergeant Co. K Aug. 15. 1864: to 2d Lieutenant and assigned to Co. C April 11, 1861; veteran,
Promoted from Sergeant Co. I Sept. 21. 1564; to Ist Lieutenant and assigned to Co. I May 31, 1865; veteran.
Resigned Dec. 12, 1862.
Augustus Ward
Promoted to Colonel 69th O. V. I. Dec. 31, 1862.
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ROSTER OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
Names.
Rank.
Age.
Date of Entering the Service.
Period of
Service.
Remarks.
Benjamin Grubbs
Ser. Maj.
Sept. 21, 1861
3 yrs.
Promoted from Ist Sergeant Co. C June 1:1. 1865; mustered out with regiment July 16, 1865; veteran.
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