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ITINERARY
of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1861-1864
With Roster, Portraits and Biographies
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Edited and Compiled by LAWRENCE WILSON First Sergeant Company D
Assisted by THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE of the REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1907
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SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
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Wilson, Lawrence, 1842-1922, comp. and ed.
Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861- 1864, with roster, portraits and biographies. Ed. and comp. by Lawrence Wilson, first sergeant, Company D assisted by the Historical committee of the Regimenta association. New York and Washington, The Neale pub lishing company, 1907.
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1. Ohio infantry. 7th regt .. 1861-1864. 2. U. S .-- Hist .- Civil war- Regimental histories-0). inf .- 7th.
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Copyright, 1907, by LAWRENCE WILSON
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CONTENTS
Pages.
INTRODUCTORY, I. The Opening Gun,
I3
II. The First Call for Troops,
III. Camp Taylor, 23
26
IV. Camp Dennison,
32
V. From Camp Dennison to Weston, 38
VI. Army Correspondence,
41
VII. Going to Glenville, Bulltown, Sutton and Sum- merville,
50
VIII. Cross Lanes,
60
IX. Report of the Battle of Cross Lanes,
70
X. More About Cross Lanes,
90
XI. At Charleston,
I02
XII. The Cotton Hill and Loop Creek Campaign,
107 114 118
XIV. Leaving Romney,
XV. From Pawpaw to Winchester,
124 128
XVI.
The Battle of Kernstown, or Winchester,
XVII. From Kernstown and New Market to Fredericks- burg and Back to Front Royal,
144
XIX.
The Battle of Port Republic,
164
XX. From Luray to Alexandria and Around to Cul- peper Court House, 172
XXI. The Battle of Cedar Mountain,
177
XXII. The Second Bull Run Campaign, 195
202
XXIV. On Loudoun and Bolivar Heights and the Fight at Dumfries, 215
XXV. From Dumfries to Chancellorsville,
228
XXVI. The Battle of Chancellorsville, 23I
XXVII. The Gettysburg Campaign,
248
XXVIII. The Return from Gettysburg,
259
The Sea Voyage to New York City and Back,
261
From the Rapidan to Wauhatchie Valley, 265
269
XXXII.
Missionary Ridge and Ringgold,
281
XXXIII. Back to Wauhatchie and Bridgeport, 290
XXXIV. The Atlanta Campaign, Dug Gap, and Resaca, .. 295
XXXV. Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, and New Hope Church, 300
XXXVI. XXXVII.
Going Home to be Mustered Out, 3II
"A Year With the Rebels," 316
XXXVIII. Prison Life, 330
XXXIX. Sketch of Prison Life and the Bone-Dust Trade, 344
XL. An Episode of the Battle of Cross Lanes, 347
XIII. Romney and Blue's Gap,
XVIII. From Front Royal to Port Republic, 156
XXIII. Antietam,
XXIX. XXX. XXXI.
The Battle of Lookout Mountain,
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Pages.
GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE,
359
TRIBUTE OF COLONEL WILLIAM F. FOX TO THE SEVENTH OHIO, 360
BIOGRAPHIES.
Field and Staff-
Tyler, Erastus B., Colonel, 365
Creighton, William R., Colonel, 366
Asper, Joel F., Lieut .- Colonel, 368
Crane, Orrin J., Lieut .- Colonel,
McClelland, Samuel M., Lieut .- Colonel, 370
Casement, John S., Major,
372
Brown, Frederick Thomas, Chaplain,
376
Morris, John, Quartermaster,
377
Coe, H. H., Leader Band, 381
379
Clark, Martin VanBuren, Musician,
383
Company A-
Molyneaux, Joseph B., Captain, 384
Howe, William A., Captain, 387
McKay, George A., Captain, 38g
Claflin, Jeremiah Getchel, First Sergeant,
391
Austin, Lewis, Corporal, 393
Sweet, Samuel, Corporal,
394
Rockefeller, Frank, Private,
395
Smith, Charles H., Private,
396
Company B-
Clark, Mervin, Captain,
398
Bauder, Levi F., First Sergeant,
403
Schmidt, Gustav, Sergeant,
405
Gasser, Joseph M., Private,
406
Walker, Thomas, Private,
408
Company C-
Shurtleff, Giles W., Captain,
410
Davis, Llewellyn R., Captain,
412
Andrews, Martin M., First Sergeant,
414
Day, Selden Allen, Sergeant and Colonel,
Bowler, Charles Pendleton, Sergeant, 416
Orton, Hobert G., Sergeant, 420
423
Condit, Edgar Mantelbert, Sergeant.
425
Buxton, Charles Hall, Sergeant,
428
Death of Sergeant O. C. Trembley,
430
Guinn, James Miller, Corporal.
431
Raymond, James Warner, Corporal, 432
Cheney, James Wilson, Private,
433
Cleverdon, Joseph S., Private,
435
371
DeForest, Louis Germain, Adjutant,
374
Hubbard, Newton K., Sergeant-Major,
Bohm, E. H., First Lieutenant, 400
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Pages.
Grigsby, Philip, Private,
436
Kingsbury, Selden Bingham, Private,
438
Stone, Marvin C., Private, 440
Ward, David A., Private, 442
Company D-
Wood, George L., Captain, 443
Williams, A. J., Second Lieutenant, 444
Tisdel, Willard P., First Sergeant, 446
Wilson, Lawrence, First Sergeant, 448
Force, Emory Warren, Sergeant,
450
Cain, William, Sergeant, 452
Colwell, Albert, Private, 453
Rhodes, Henry H., Private, 454
Company E-
Sprague, John Wilson, Captain, 455
Weed, Charles A., Captain, 457
Wilcox, Arthur T., Captain, 458
Clarke, Joseph S., Private, 460
Wickham, John Wanton, Private, 462
Company F-
Spencer, Harlow Nathaniel, Captain, 463
Davis, George H., Private, 465
Morley, Alfred Watson, Private,
466
Company G-
Braden, William D., Captain, 467
Dean, Harry M., First Lieutenant, 468
Hartzell, James N., Corporal, 469
Owen, Humphrey B., Corporal, 470
Horner, Anthony Wayne, Private, 471
Company H-
Nesper, Christian W., Captain, 472
Cavannah, Arthur Albion, Private, 474
Garrard, Charles T., Private, 475
Murray, Robert Drake, Private,
477
Oliver, George W., Private,
479
White, Addison, Private, 480
White, Riley, Private,
482
Company K-
Krieger, Ernst J., Captain, 483
MONUMENTS.
Seventh Regiment Monument at Cleveland, Ohio, 485
The Monument at Antietam, Maryland, 487
The Regimental Monument at Gettysburg, 488
Candy's Brigade Marker,
494
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Pages.
HISTORY OF THE WHITE BANNER,
496
OUR FIRST REUNION,
503
POEMS.
Antietam,
512
The Days of Sixty-three,
513
The Phantom Regiment,
514
Dirge for One Who Fell in Battle,
516
Somebody's Darling,
517
The Bivouac of the Dead,
518
REGIMENTAL ROSTER,
521
CASUALTY LIST,
629
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Facing page
Adams, T. E. W.,
429
Andrews, M. M.,
414
Antietam Monument,
487
Asper, Joel F.,
368
Austin, Lewis,
393
Bauder, Levi F.,
403
Baxter, Morris,
376
Bellows, Curtis J.,
373
Bohm, Edward H.,
400
Bowler, Charles P.,
420
Braden, William D.,
467
Brand, Frederick, W.,
397
Brigade Marker near Little Round Top,
494
Brooks, Charles A.,
376
Brown, Frederick T.,
376
Brown, Dwight H.,
390
Buxton, Charles H.,
428
Cain, William,
452
Camp Dennison, Frontispiece
Casement, John S., 372
Cavannah, Arthur T.,
474
Cedar Mountain Map, 180
231
Cheney, James W.,
433
Claflin, Jere G.,
391
Clark, Mervin,
398
Clark, M. V.,
383
Clarke, Joseph S.,
460
Cleverdon, Joseph S.,
435
Coe, Henry H.,
381
Colwell, Albert,
453
Condit, Edgar M.,
425
Crane, Orrin J.,
370
Creighton, W. R.,
366 80
Cryne, Joseph,
482
Davis, Llewellyn R.,
412
Davis, George H.,
465
Day, Selden A.,
416
Day, Colonel Selden A.
419
Dean, Harry M.,
468
DeForest, Louis G.,
374
Dickson, Thomas P.,
434
Dyer, John N.,
444
Eaton, Henry Z.,
473
Chancellorsville Map,
Cross Lanes Map,
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Facing page
Fisher, S. S.,
472
Force, Emory W.,
450
Garrard, Charles T.,
475
Gasser, James M.,
406
Geary's Division Flag,
275
Gettysburg Monument,
490
Green, Edwin,
454
Green, Isaiah B.,
472
Grigsby, Philip,
436
Guinn, J. M., .
431
Hartzel, James N.,
469
Hicks, Owen,
437
Hime, Jacob E.,
407
Hine, Reuben R.,
476
Hopkins, Marcus S.,
464
Horner, Anthony W.,
471
Howe, William A.,
387
Hubbard, Newton K.,
379 380
Jones, Isaac C.,
414
Jones, John D.,
409 398 438
Krieger, E. J.,
483
Lawrence, D. B.,
398
Lockwood, George D.,
445
Loomis, Stephen T.,
378
McClelland, Samuel,
371
Mckay, George A.,
389
Miller, E. C., .
45I
Molyneaux, J. B.,
384
Morey, E. W.,
427
Morley, A. W.,
466
Morris, John,
377
Murray, Robert D.,
477
Nesper, Christian W.,
472
Off for Dixie,
38
Oliver, Geo. W.,
479
Orton, Hobart G.,
423
Owen, D. D.,
380
Owen, Humphrey B.,
470
Paine, Frank, Jr.,
413
Pelton, S. S.,
478
Port Republic Map,
164
Quayle, George 1 .. ,
410
Raymond, James M.,
432
Regimental Monument at Cleveland,
485
Rhodes, Henry H.,
45-
Rockefeller, Frank,
395
Ross, Joseph H.,
414
Schmidt, Gustav,
405
Hughes, Morris R.,
Keller, Charles A.,
Kingsbury, Selden B.,
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Facing page
Schmidt, Fred H.,
484
Schutte, John F.,
484
Shepherd, William D.,
375
Shurtleff, Giles W.,
410
Smith, Carlos A.,
392
Smith, Charles H.,
396
Smith, Ephraim J.,
461
Spencer, Harlon N.,
463
Sprague, John W.,
455
Stebbins, Edward E.,
443
Stone, M. C.,
394
The End,
446
Tisdel, Willard P.,
430
Trotier, Joseph,
365
Tyler, Erastus B.,
408
Walker, Thomas,
44I
Ward, David A.,
442
Weed, Charles A.,
457
White, Addison,
482
White Banner,
230
Wickham. John W.,
462
Wilcox, Arthur T.,
458
Williams, Andrew J.,
444
Wilson, Lawrence, .
448
Winchester (Kernstown) Map,
129
Winzenried, Rudolph,
466
Wood, George L.,
443
Woodward, Joshua S.,
382
Trembley, O. C.,
404
Walworth, Warren F.,
480
White, Riley,
496
White Star Badge,
410
Sweet, Samuel,
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"IN FRATERNITY, CHARITY AND LOYALTY"
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORIAN
INTRODUCTORY
If any explanation as to how the undersigned became in- terested in the preparation of this itinerary be necessary, it can be found in an earnest desire to have a more extended and correct account of our marches, campaigns, and battles written than that contained in Major Wood's "Record," and in the following communication :
"CLEVELAND, O., July 9, 1904. "DR. LAWRENCE WILSON, "Med. Div. Pension Office, "Washington, D. C.
"DEAR SIR AND COMRADE: We the undersigned com- rades of the Seventh Reg. Association, realizing your ability, and the fact that you have opportunity to obtain official information from the records now on file in Wash- ington, as well as your personal knowledge and familiarity with all the engagements, marches, and experiences of the regiment, make this request, that you permit us to present your name at our reunion to be held in Cleveland, O., Sep- tember 8, 1904, as the Regimental Historian, and pledge ourselves to furnish you with all the material in our power to help you give us as satisfactory an account of the ser- vice of our regiment, as is possible.
"WM. A. HOWE. "E. H. BOHM. "M. R. HUGHES. "J. B. MOLYNEAUX. "LEVI F. BAUDER. "J. G. CLAFLIN. "GEORGE A. MCKAY."
Having been notified of my election as Historian the collection of data from every available source at once began.
To assist in the preparation of this book a committee
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consisting of Captains E. H. Bohm, George A. Mckay, J. B. Molyneaux, and Levi F. Bauder was appointed by the Regimental Association in August, 1905, to which Captain W. A. Howe was added and then elected Treasurer.
The first great shock and irreparable loss was expe- rienced in the sudden and unexpected death of Captain Bohm, who had with his usual force and zeal taken hold of this project with a zest and will presaging certain success. His strength of character, physical and mental force, zeal and enthusiasm were sadly missed by his associates and his untimely death deeply mourned.
With a view to creating a general interest in this work and of obtaining specific and general information from comrades generally, some hundreds of postal cards were prepared and sent out inviting written articles about the various marches and campaigns, as well as incidents, both humorous and pathetic, connected with our service, but I regret to say that these brought very few responses, as not many of our number now seem inclined to engage in such work.
There were comrades, however, who appreciating the im- portance of the occasion, gave cordial assistance and co- operation from beginning to end, whose names a strong sense of appreciation and gratitude bids me mention. First upon this list is Capt. J. B. Molyneaux, who not only promptly volunteered to prepare the splendid Roster found upon these pages, but has also, during the more than two years devoted to this work, searched and found and copied invaluable data and information from the retained files of the Cleveland papers, and in addition thereto contracted for and carefully superintended the preparation and printing of all the portraits, cuts and maps for the entire regiment, and his efficiency in this line is clearly indicated by the character of the work so well illustrated herein. In fact, the days have neither been too long, nor the nights too tedious to deter him from doing something for the success of this cause-for all of which most cordial and grateful acknowl- edgment is hereby made.
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The next comrade in this class is Capt. George A. Mc- Kay, who with his marked ability as a military critic and writer is peculiarly well qualified to write of the days when we marched and fought and successfully bore the Stars and Stripes through many States, as witness his highly interesting articles covering Pope's retreat from Culpeper, Second Bull Run, and Antietam, as well as the transfer of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from the Rapi- dan to Chattanooga, and the eminently successful battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold, where this gallant officer was torn and mangled upon the field of battle and made a cripple for life. He also compiled many of the personal sketches of officers and men found herein, and has shown himself to be as efficient and helpful in time of peace, as he was faithful, brave and true in time of war.
That the services of Capt. Levi F. Bauder as secretary, and of Capt. W. A. Howe as treasurer, have been cheer- fully given and every duty well performed, goes without saying, yet are hereby noted and gratefully acknowledged.
As a company, Company C has, under the thoughtful and skilful management of Capt. M. M. Andrews, given much literary and financial assistance, for all of which it is sin- cerely hoped that they will find herein some measure of reward.
Finally, to all who have contributed of their means or talent to the success of this undertaking, I beg to subscribe myself, most gratefully yours,
LAWRENCE WILSON, Regimental Historian.
CHAPTER I.
THE OPENING GUN.
The first hostile gun in the great war for the preserva- tion of the Union was fired at the steamer Star of the West on the 9th day of January, 1861, while it was seeking to extend relief to the garrison at Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, and the following correspondence indicates what occurred there later on :
"HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S. A., "CHARLESTON, S. C., April 11, 1861.
"SIR: The Government of the Confederate States has hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Government of the United States, with a view to the amicable adjustment of all questions between the two Governments, and to avert the calamities of war, would voluntarily evacuate it. There was reason at one time to believe that such would be the course pursued by the Government of the United States, and under that impression my Government has refrained from making any demand for the surrender of the fort. But the Confederate States can no longer delay assuming actual possession of a fortification commanding the entrance to one of their harbors and necessary to its defense and security. I am ordered by the Government of the Confed- erate States to demand the evacuation of Fort Sumter. My aides, Colonel Chestnut and Captain Lee, are authorized to make such demand of you. All proper facilities will be afforded for the removal of yourself and command, to- gether with the company arms and property, and all private property, to any post in the United States which you may select. The flag which you have upheld so long and with
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so much fortitude, under the most trying circumstances, may be saluted by you on taking it down. Colonel Chest- nut and Captain Lee will, for a reasonable time, await your answer.
"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
,
"G. T. BEAUREGARD, "Brigadier-General Commanding.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C."
"FORT SUMTER, S. C., April 11, 1861.
"GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication demanding the evacuation of this fort, and to say, in reply thereto, that it is a demand with which I regret that my sense of honor, and of my obliga- tions to my Government, prevent my compliance.
"Thanking you for the fair, manly, and courteous terms proposed, and for the high compliment paid me,
"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, "ROBERT ANDERSON, "Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
"Brig .- Gen. BEAUREGARD,
"Commanding Provisional Army."
"HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S. A., "CHARLESTON, S. C., April 11, 1861.
"MAJOR: In consequence of the verbal observations made by you to my aides, Messrs. Chestnut and Lee, in re- lation to the condition of your supplies, and that you would in a few days be starved out if our guns did not batter you to pieces, or words to that effect, and desiring no useless ef- fusion of blood, I communicated both the verbal observa- tions, and your written answer to my communications, to my Government. If you will state the time at which you will evacuate Fort Sumter, and agree that in the meantime you will not use your guns against us unless ours shall be employed against Fort Sumter, we will abstain from open-
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ing fire upon you. Colonel Chestnut and Captain Lee are authorized by me to enter into such an agreement with you. You are, therefore, requested to communicate to them an open answer.
"I remain, major, very respectfully, your obedient ser- vant,
"G. T. BEAUREGARD, "Brigadier-General, Commanding.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C."
"FORT SUMTER, S. C., April 12, 1861.
"GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by Colonel Chestnut of your second communication of the IIth instant, and to state in reply that, cordially uniting with you in the desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood, I will, if provided with the proper and necessary means of transportation, evacuate Fort Sumter by noon on the 15th instant, and that I will not in the mean time open my fires upon your forces unless compelled to do so by some hostile act against this fort or flag of my Government by the forces under your command, or by some portion of them, or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile inten- tion on your part against this fort or the flag it bears, should I not receive prior to that time controlling instruc- tions from my Government or additional supplies.
"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, "ROBERT ANDERSON, "Major, First Artillery, Commanding. "Brig .- Gen. BEAUREGARD, Commanding."
"FORT SUMTER, S. C., April 12, 1861 .- 3.20 A. M.
"SIR: By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, Commanding the Provisional Forces of the Confederate States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open the fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time.
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"We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedi- ent servants,
"JAMES CHESTNUT, Jr., "Aide-de-Camp, "STEPHEN D. LEE, "Captain, C. S. Army, Aide-de-Camp.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Sumter."
General Beauregard said in his official report :
"In consequence of some circumstance of delay the bom- bardment was not begun precisely at the appointed moment, but at 4.30 o'clock the signal gun was fired and within twenty minutes all our batteries were in full play. There was no response from Fort Sumter until about 7 o'clock. when the first shot from the enemy was discharged against our batteries on Cummings Point.
"By 8 o'clock the action became general, and throughout the day was maintained with spirit on both sides. Our guns were served with skill and energy. The effect was visible in the impressions made on the walls of Fort Sumter. From our mortar batteries shells were thrown with such precision and rapidity that it soon became impossible for the enemy to employ his guns en barbette, of whichi several were dismounted. The engagement was continued without any circumstance of special note until nightfall, before which time the fire from Sumter had evidently slackened. Operations on our side were sustained throughout the night, provoking, however, only feeble response.
"On the morning of the 13th the action was prosecuted with renewed vigor, and about 73 o'clock it was discovered our shells had set fire to the barracks in the fort. Speedily volumes of smoke indicated an extensive conflagration, and appreliending some terrible calamity to the garrison I immediately dispatched an offer of assistance to Major An- derson, which, however, with grateful acknowledgments,
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he declined. Meanwhile, being informed about 2 o'clock that a white flag was displayed from Sumter, I dispatched two of my aides to Major Anderson with terms of evacua- tion. In recognition of the gallantry exhibited by the gar- rison I cheerfully agreed that on surrendering the fort the commanding officer might salute his flag.
By 8 o'clock the terms of evacuation were definitely ac- cepted. Major Anderson having expressed a desire to com- municate with the United States vessels lying off the har- bor, with a view to arrange for the transportation of his command to some port in the United States, one of his officers, accompanied by Captain Hartstene and three of my aides, was permitted to visit the officer in command of the squadron to make provision for that object. Because of unavoidable delay the formal transfer of the fort to our possession did not take place until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th instant. At that hour, the place having been evacuated by the United States garrison, our troops occu- pied it, and the Confederate flag was hoisted on the ram- parts of Sumter with a salute from the various batteries."
The following official report indicates briefly why Fort Sumter was evacuated :
"STEAMSHIP 'BALTIC,' OFF SANDY HOOK, "April 18, 1861,-10.30 A. M .- via New York.
"Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates de- stroyed by fire, the gorge walls seriously injured, the maga- zine surrounded by flames, and its doors closed from the effects of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork. I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beaure- gard, being the same offered by him on the IIth instant, prior to the commencement of hostilities, and marched out of the fort on Sunday afternoon, the 14th instant, with
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colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company and private property, and saluting my flag with fifty guns. "ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
"Hon. S. CAMERON,
"Secretary of War, Washington."
(Series I, Vol. I, War of the Rebellion Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, pages 13, 14, et seq.)
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS.
Fort Sumter having been fired upon on April 12, 1861, surrendered on the 13th and evacuated on the 14th, and all hope of arriving at a peaceable solution of the great ques- tions then engaging the public mind having by this action been submitted to the arbitrament of the sword, the follow- ing call for troops was made :
THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
"By the President of the United States:
"A PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the pow- ers vested in the Marshals by law ;
"Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. The details for this object will be immedi- ately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department.
"I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the ex- istence of our national Union and the perpetuity of popu- lar government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
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"I deem it proper to say, that the first service assigned to the force hereby called forth, will probably be to repos- sess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union, and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid, to disperse and re- tire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.
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