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Two hundred and forty-four died of disease or were killed in bat- tles. Of this number sixty-one were killed in battle or died of wounds. The following is a list of the members of the regiment, except from Companies D, I and K, who were killed in battle or died in the service.
Robt. B. Baird, Company A, died April 6, '65, of wounds; George Baker, sergeant, May 21,'62 ; Charles S. Ball, killed in battle, April 7, '62; George W. Bartholonew, November 19, 1861 ; Corwin Bell, June 4, 1865; Wm. H. H. Black, November 25, 1864; James M. Brady, July II, 1864; Erwin A. Brattin, January 30, 1863; Jesse M. Breckenridge, May 17, 1862; Austin Brewer, March 25, 1864; John W. Burba, April 1, 1862; Robert W. F. Carl, June 5, 1864; John H. Corbin, Febuary 28, 1862; Washington I. Foster, December 1, 1863; Boon Funk, July 22, 1864, killed in battle; John A. Hamilton, January 10, 1863; Jack- son Harvey, June 12, 1862; Edward Hasson, November 25, 1863; Christian Holmes, March 23, 1865; Jonathan M. Howland, June 12, 1864, of wounds; Elias H. Kines, April 18, 1864; James B. Lamonda, May 25, 1864; John P. Liggette, killed in battle of Ezra Church, Ga., July 28, 1864; Daniel Lyons, sergeant, September 19, 1864, of wounds ; Thomas McBride, killed in the battle of New Hope Church, Ga., June 2, 1864; Robert J. McKnight, killed in railroad accident March, 1864; William H. Marlott, October 13, 1862; George E. Maun, December 10, 1864; William R. Maxwell, December 2, 1864; Andrew Morris, killed in battle, April 7. 1862; Henry C. Morris, corporal, died Decem- ber 14, 1864, of wounds; William W. Myers, November 24, 1864; John H. Nevel, September 13, 1862: Francis A. Purdin, May 23, 1864; John H. Ramsey, June 5, 1862; John Reed, January 12, 1862; Tarry W. Reed, May 16, 1864; Hiram S. Reeves, June 10, 1864; John T. Rhodes, February II, 1864; Thomas Robinson, July 26, 1862; Isaac Shankel, killed in battle of Ezra Church, Ga., July 28, 1864; Louis J. Skinner, September 13, 1862; Henry L. Smith, corporal, September 11, 1863; James M. Stultz, April 3, 1862; Byron Swisher, June 3, 1862; John M. Thompson, captured December 4, 1864, at Statesboro, Ga., and died in Rebel Prison, March 24, 1865; Samuel Thompson, March 10, 1865; George W. Walker, December 3, 1863; Madison Walker, September 18, 1863; Nathaniel W. Williams, January 29, 1863.
Company B.
James Alexander, killed July 4, 1863; John Baggott, April 6, 1862; William T. Buck, August 19, 1863; George Compton, June 13, 1862; John D. Compton, killed December 13, 1864; William A. Cook, April 7, 1862; John L. Dillinger, killed August 15, 1864; Sylvester G. Francis, April 7, 1862; Isaac Howsier, February 7, 1863; Henry Jack- son, July 5, 1862; Henry J. Jackson, May 15, 1862; Daniel Lighter, October 8, 1863 ; John McMillen, July 28, 1864; Samuel M. Matthias, September 20, 1863; John Moder, February 19, 1865, of wounds; John Moomaw, May 2, 1862; Samuel Newman, April 20, 1862; Alexander Parker, May 27, 1862, of wounds; Louis F. Shafer, June 29, 1864, of wounds; James F. Summers, captain, killed July 28, 1864; John F.
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Tarleton, corporal, May 21, 1862; Philip B. Taylor, August 28, 1862; James Tener, corporal, March 13, 1862; John M. Thompson, corporal, April 4, 1862; Jacob Wright, December 8, 1864; Milton Yanky, De- cember 25, 1861 ; Thomas W. Young, April 14, 1863; John E. Zink- horn, May 28, 1863.
Company C.
Benjamin Ayers, September 2, 1862; Hiram Carter, May 22, 1862; John H. Duffey died in Rebel prison; Robert B. Fitch died of disease; Andrew J. Griffith, April 17, 1863; Henry Grooms, March 23, 1864; Uriah W. Irvin, corporal, September 10, 1862; Nathan Mahaffey, killed December 13, 1864; Samuel S. Mahaffey, killed April 6, 1862; Elias Matheny, June 29, 1864; Daniel Nicholas, March 25, 1864; William Potts, died at Big Black River, Miss .; George Purtee, July 5, 1862; John Purtee, August 25, 1863; William Roder, October 20, 1863; Davis Roderick, sergeant, killed December 13, 1864; John Rathwell died in Rebel prison, May 17, 1862; Frederick Siberal, June 10, 1865; Abner Smalley, killed August 14, 1864; Charles Taylor died at home; John Thornburg, corporal, died of wounds; Jefferson Waldren, July 24, 1862; David Wales, May 29, 1862; David Wilmoth, July 3, 1864.
Company E.
Cyrus Allison, first sergeant, June 25, 1862; Jacob T. Baldridge, corporal, killed August 17, 1864; James F. Batson, killed August 17, 1864; Alexander Brown, corporal, September 6, 1863; Michael F. Duffey, corporal, July 20, 1862, killed; Joseph L. Glasgow, October 28, 1862; James S. Hamilton, killed July 2, 1864; Samuel M. Hamilton,. killed April 8, 1862; William M. Hamilton, May 24, 1862; Nathan P. Harsha, October 9, 1863; John M. Humes, May 5, 1862; John C. McClure, September 6, 1862; William W. McFadden, March 28, 1864; George C. McGinness, June 7, 1862; Abrham Maxwell, killed April 6, 1862; William Mercer, July 3, 1862; Samuel H. Moore, January 13, 1863; Thomas Moore, July 17, 1863; Joseph A. Rodgers, April 16, 1862; of wounds ; William S. Seaton, April 14, 1862; Joseph L. Shinn, May 19, 1862; Thomas Sheffler, killed July 28, 1864; Louis V. Sreben- thall, February 13, 1865; David W. Vance, May 2, 1862; Sharezer Walt, August 13, 1864; Sampson Walker, June 2, 1864; David C. Young, sergeant, March 15, 1862.
Company F.
Marion Brinker, December 15, 1864, of wounds; William B. Brown, killed August 3, 1864; John S. Burbage, June 18, 1862; James Cochran, September 27, 1864; Wilson M. Ellis, June 28, 1862; William Gettis, July 14, 1863; Oliver Gray, June 22, 1862; Thomas E. Grier, first sergeant, November 28, 1864, of wounds; Marquis D. L. Hare, captain, killed March 21, 1865; Wilson Haysleet, October 6, 1864; Benjamin F. Jacobs, June 10, 1862; Presley J. Lane, corporal, April 19, 1862, of wounds; Richard E. Lytle, May 10, 1862; John W. Mc- Ferren, major, October 3, 1862; Alexander C. Neal, September 13, 1862; John L. Swisher, January 30, 1863; Nelson B. Thompson, ser- geant, June 12, 1863; Andrew Urban, adjutant, killed September 3, 1864; William H. Vaugh, July 18, 1862.
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Company G.
Bryon Best, May 29, 1865; Samuel Bradford, October 1, 1862; Casper Dougal, June 2, 1862; William J. Ellis, killed April 6, 1862; George Elrod, November 13, 1862; Thomas C. Elrod, corporal, Octo- ber 30, 1862; James H. Fields, corporal, killed August 9, 1864; Henry Hayslip, August 24, 1864, of wounds; James W. Hayslip, August 31, 1864; Nelson Hempleman, August 18, 1864, of wounds; Noah T. Jones, musician, December 4, 1862; Alexander Little, corporal, April 22, 1862; of wounds; Joseph Little, October 25, 1863; James W. Mc- Daniel, June 1, 1862; Edwin C. Marsh, September 22, 1864; Alexander Ralsin, July 30, 1863; William Rape, May 18, 1862; Aaron Robuck, January 23, 1863; Rerlemon Ryan, May 31, 1864; James Shelton, May 22, 1862; Joseph R. Shively, killed April 6, 1862; Matthew Tucker, May 27, 1862; Abraham Watson, October 17, 1864; James Watson, March 19, 1862; John Robuck, drowned in the Ohio River eighty miles below Louisville, Ky .. August, 1865, while on the way home.
Company H.
Jacob Beam, September 9, 1862; Harrison Bowman, May 13, 1862; Samuel Brady, September 30, 1864, of wounds; James Fryar, July 18, 1862; Augustus Gill, captured April 6, 1862; and died April 27, 1862; Henry H. Gray, April 11, 1864; William H. Greenlee, March 31, 1862; Jesse L. Howland, May 24, 1862; Alexander Hudson, Decem- ber 28, 1862; Michael Joyce, December 28, 1863; Charles Junnper, sergeant, March 1, 1864; James Kilgore, May 28, 1864, of wounds; David King, Thomas Laughlin, October 16, 1862; Valentine Miller, October 17, 1863; William A. Ramsey, October 13, 1863, of wounds; George R. Shafer, January 11, 1864; James Smith, October 31, 1862; Martin Smith, May 9, 1863; William Sullivan, January 15, 1862; David Thatcher, July 18, 1865; James O. Thoroman, September, 1863; Stephen Tucker, May 20, 1862.
Of the officers and soldiers of this regiment, the following have sketches in this work: Gen. Joseph R. Cockerill, Major John W. Mc- Ferren, Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Phillips, Captain L. L. Edging- ton, Hon. John T. Wilson, John Campbell, Hugh McSurely, Thomas W. Connelley and John K. Polland, deceased.
The Seventieth Ohio Infantry was organized by J. R. Cockerill, of West Union. This regiment was formed October 1, 1861. Its place of rendezvous was situated on the old fair grounds at West Union, and was named in honor of Gen. Thomas L. Hamer. The camp guard lines followed the old fair ground fence and the tents stood about half- way between where the late residence of Jacob Woods stands and the entrance to the grounds on the east. The regiment drilled in the field to the south of the present site of Shuster Bros'. Mills. During dress parade, Col. Cockerill stood and gave command from a position about midway between two large locust trees that stand along the street or lane leading from near the present residence of Mrs. John Leonard to the old fair ground gate. While the regiment was located at West Union the patriotic citizens and relatives of the soldier boys visited them daily and brought the soldiers clothing, food and furniture and other camp comforts. The regiment did not have any guns until about
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its departure from Paducah for the battle field at Shiloh. It had done military duty of all kinds, except fighting, without arms. Each soldier had a stick on the end of which was fastened an old bayonet. On Christmas day, 1861, the regiment marched from Camp Hamer to Rip- ley, one division going via Bentonville and Aberdeen and thence by boat to Ripley; and the other division marching over the old state road, via Decatur. Companies D and I of Cincinnati joined the regi- ment at Ripley, where it remained until February 17, 1862, when it boarded the old steamer Magnolia for Cincinnati. From Cincinnati it was ordered to Paducah, where it went into camp, and remained until the movement was begun up the Tennessee toward Shiloh. The regiment as already stated participated in the battle of Shiloh and was complimented by Gen. Sherman for valiant service rendered on that bloody field. It is related that before the battle, the Confederates had planned an assault on the Federal forces to be made on Saturday. The regiment had taken position near the landing of Shiloh, had stacked arms and begun preparations for dinner. Major McFerren with seven men advanced, but he had not gone far, when suddenly came the challenge "Halt! who comes there?" Quick as a flash, the doughty little major answered, "The advanced guard of the army of the United States." "The hell you say." The Rebel picket discharged his musket aim- lessly, and precipitately retreated toward the Confederate lines. This incident delayed the Confederate advancement until Sunday morning, and as seen in the light of history saved the Federal forces from certain defeat. From the advance sheets of "A History of the Seventieth Regi- ment" by 'T. W. Connolly, we glean the following, deemed worthy of a place here :
"The first man of the regiment killed in battle was William J. Ellis of Company H, at Shiloh, Sunday morning, April 6, 1862. The second capture from the regiment was made near Shiloh on April 4, 1862, when Lieutenant W .. H. Herbert, Co. H, Jesse Mckinley, George Lowery, J. M. Sutton, Thomas Everton, Samuel Cox, William Mc. and Paul Gaddis were made prisoners on picket line. On May 9, 1862, between Shiloh and Corinth, the regiment received its first pay in sil- ver and gold.
At the storming of Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864, the 70th Ohio Regiment flag was the first placed on the fort and this was done seven minutes after commencing. As a recognition of bravery, this regiment had the honor of manning the fort for one month after- ward.
On February 5, 1864, it was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark. On August 14, 1865, about three hundred were still left to march from Bufort to take part in the grand review at Washington at the close of the war. It took part in thirty-five battles and skirmishes. The regi- ment came to Camp Dennison after being mustered out and every man received his discharge and last pay.
After the regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, while coming up on the Ohio River from Cairo, on the steamer Argosa, and eighty miles below Louisville, near Cave Rock, the mud drum of the boat burst while a severe storm was raging, at which time twenty- three members of the regiment were scalded severely and nine were drowned in the river.
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Companies F and H of the 81st O. V. I.
This regiment was organized from the state at large. Brevet Brigadier General Robert N. Adams, now living at Minneapolis, Min- nesota, was second colonel of the regiment.
The late John A. Turley, of Portsmouth, Ohio, afterwards colonel of the 9Ist O. V. I. was the original lieutenant colonel of the regiment. Frank Evans and William H. Chamberlin, both Miami University students, were, in turn, majors of the regiment.
William Clay 'Henry, of Buena Vista, was also major of the regi- ment. Cornelius C. Platter, of Ross County, was adjutant and after- wards captain of Company D. Companies A, B, E, and G, were organ- ized at Lima, Ohio. Companies C and I were organized at Greenfield, Ohio. Company D was organized at Upper Sandusky. Company F was organized at Cincinnati, but a number of the men were from Adams and Scioto counties. Company H was organized from Adams and Scioto counties. Company K was from Galion, Ohio.
The regiment was in the following battles: Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862; Corinth, Miss., (siege of), April 30 to May 15, 1862; Corinth, Miss., October 3-4, 1862; Tuscumbia, Ala., April 24, 1863; Town Creek, Ala., April 28, 1863; Ley's Ferry, Ga., May 14-15, 1864; Rome Cross Roads, Ga., May 16, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25 to June 4, 1864; Atlanta, Ga. (Hood's First Sortie), July 22, 1864; Atlanta, Ga. (Hood's Second Sortie), July 28, 1864; Atlanta, Ga. (siege of), July 28 to Sep- tember 2, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., August 31 to September 1, 1864; Love- joy Station, Ga., September 2-6, 1864; Savannah, Ga. (siege of), De- cember 10-21, 1864; Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865; Sherman's March to the Sea.
The original officers of Company F were Ozro J. Dodds, captain ; William Clay Henry, first lieutenant; Mahlin G. Bailey, second lieuten- ant.
Benjamin P. Howell, a Miami University student, was at one time captain of the company.
William M. Murphy, of Adams County, was the second lieutenant, promoted from sergeant major. He died since the war.
The following members of the company were from Adams County : Albert B. Baird, first sergeant, resides in Cincinnati; David W. Mc- Call, sergeant, died October 4, 1862, of wounds received in the battle of Corinth the same day ; Samuel Devoss, sergeant; Joshau B. Truitt, died June 3, 1862, at Rome, Ohio; Abner McCall, corporal, killed October 3, 1862, at the battle of Corinth ; James Woodworth, corporal, wounded July 22, 1864, at Corinth ; John Hayslip; George W. Easter, corporal, wounded October 3, 1862, at the battle of Corinth; Leonard Young, wounded July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga .; Price J. Jones, corporal, after- ward first lieutenant Co. H; Charles H. Baird; William M. Buck; Wil- liam M. Furnier; James T. Pitts ; John D. Truitt, died July 28, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga., of wounds received in the battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864; Joseph W. Britton, discharged July 16, 1862, for disability; Samuel M. Hayward; William McCandless, wounded October 3, 1862, at the battle of Corinth ; Joseph W. Porter, wounded October 3, 1862, at the battle of Corinth.
The original officers of Company H were:
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Charles M. Hughes, captain; Robert E. Roney, first lieutenant ; William Pittman, second lieutenant. W. Clay Henry was the second captain of the company and Cornelius C. Platter the second first lieuten- ant. Daniel Worley was first sergeant. Henry C. Doddridge was a sergeant. He afterwards became a first lieutenant. He was wounded and captured May 16, 1864. John R. Baird was a sergeant.
Captain David A. Murphy, who has a portrait and a sketch in this work, was a private in this company. He was a soldier with a record like that of Chevalier Bayard-"without fear and without reproach." There were three brothers by the name of Monk in this company and six private soldiers with the surname of Thompson.
Dr. Peter J. Kline, one of the most prominent physicians and sur- geons in the state, residing at Portsmouth, Ohio, was a sergeant in Com- pany I. Dr. Kline is well known to the people of Adams County, not only for his high professional standing, but also for his love for the ex- soldiers of the civil war and his devotions to their interests. He is con- stantly in demand to speak at Soldiers' Reunions and on Memorial Days. His record as a soldier was one of the best. He never failed in a single duty and was always at the front. No surviving soldier of the civil war stands higher in the public estimate than he.
The following were the casualities in Company H :
George Adkins, died September 2, 1862 ; Isaac P. Clark, died Febru- ary 14, 1863, at Corinth, Miss. : Elisha Decker, died August 5, 1864, at Marietta, Ga .; William H. Howard, corporal, died May 30, 1864, of wounds; Thomas Hutchinson, died October 9, 1862, of disease ; John McGim, died April 4, 1863 of disease ; James Maddox, killed July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, Ga. : John K. Manley, killed August 11, 1864, at At- lanta, Ga .; Samuel Morrison, died July 3, 1863, at Corinth, Miss., of disease ; John N. Murfin, died January 21, 1865, in hospital boat, of dis- ease; Christopher Oppy, died September 14, 1864, at Rome, Ga .; Wil- liam T. Oppy, died August 6, 1863, in hospital ; James Peyton, killed July 22, 17864, at the battle of Atlanta; John Smiley, died April 14, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn .; Isaac O. Thompson, died August 31, 1863, of dis- ease; Francis M. Tumbleson, died March 5, 1863 ; Samuel T. Watts, died May 25, 1864.
John B. Young, of Blue Creek, Adams County, was a member of Company H. He wrote many interesting letters to the county newspapers during his service. He has a separate sketch herein. Mr. Young was a model soldier, and has reason to be proud of the services he rendered his country.
Dr. Kline has kindly furnished the following:
The Eighty-first Ohio Regiment had its first experience on the firing line when it carried its colors into the smoke of battle at Pittsburg Land- ing on that memorable and bloody Sabbath morning, April 6, 1862. Amid the crash and din of this fight, it was given a position in the Army of Tennessee, remaining ever afterward in this gallant and historic army until the close of the war, three years later, when with thinned ranks and those colors so bright and new on that Sabbath morning, now tat- tered and battle-scarred, it stood at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., more than one thousand miles from the scene of its first action. By its gal- lantry in action and patient endurance on the march, it had added in no
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small degree to the brilliant history of Gen. Sherman's favorite army corps, led by his most beloved lieutenant-general James B. McPherson, who fell while gallantly leading his men on the twenty-second day of July, 1864, in front of Atlanta and only a short distance from the line of the Eighty-first Ohio. On the afternoon of the same day, together with the rest of the brigade to which it belonged, it took part in a charge on the left of the Fifteenth Army Corps, retaking the works out of which Mor- gan L. Smith's Division had been driven, and at the same time recaptur- ing the famous De Grasses Battery of four twenty-pound Parrots which had fallen into the hands of the enemy. On this charge they were led by Dr. C. P. Dennis, of Portsmouth, Ohio, then a member of Gen. Mor- gan L. Smith's staff. Early in May, 1864, this regiment marched across the little wooden bridge which spans Chickamauga Creek at Lee and Gordon's Mills, with nine hundred bright muskets in its ranks.
Three months later only three hundred guns were stacked by this command in the streets of Atlanta. This was the mute eloquence of the gallantry of this regiment from Resaca to the Gate City of the South. By a strange coincident, it furnished the first man killed in the army of Tennessee, Thomas D. Crossbv, at Resaca ; and also the last one killed in the campaign at Atlanta, John M. Cowman. After the capture of At- lanta, together with its brigade, it was transferred to the Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps; and became a part of General John M. Corse's command, of Altona fame. It participated in Sherman's March to the Sea; and was present at the capture of Savannah, Georgia, De- cember 21, 1864.
Turning northward unflinchingly and uncomplainingly, it took up that terrible five hundred miles march; through swamps, across rivers, and over all obstacles a determined and desperate enemy could place in its way. Together with the rest of Sherman's army, it joined in the Union cheer, carried the last earthworks, and for the last time met armed 1 esistence to the Union cause at Gouldsborough, N. C., March 21, 1865. From here it marched three hundred and fifty miles, reaching Washing- ton City ; and together with the rest of Sherman's army passed in review May 24, 1865, and then became citizen soldiers.
Companies E and I, Olst Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
The 91st Regiment was organized at Ironton, Ohio, September 7, 1862, to serve three years, and served until the twenty-fourth of June, 1865. John A. Turley, of Scioto County, was original colonel; Ben- jamin F. Coates, of Adams County, was the original lieutenant colonel, Company E, Captain Samuel E. Clark, and Company I, Captain Thomas C. Downey, were raised and organized in Adams County. The regi- ment participated in the following battles :
Buffalo, W. Va., September 26, 1862; Fayetteville, W. Va., May 19, 1863 ; Blake's Farm, W. Va., May 21, 1863 ; Cloyd's Mountain, Va., May 9, 1864; New River Bridge, Va., May 10, 1864; Cow Pasture River, Va., June 5, 1864; Lynchburg, Va., June 17-18, 1864; Stevenson's Depot, Va., July 20, 1864; Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864; Halltown, Va., Aug- ust 25-26, 1864; Martinsburgh, Va., September 18, 1864; Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, Va., September 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; Myerstown, Va., November 18, 1864.
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The following members of Company E died in service :
Capt. Samuel E. Clark, killed in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Va .; William Cruit, died June 1, 1864, in Rebel prison; James A. Cruit, died November 11, 1864, in Rebel prison; Thomas M. Douglas, died September 18, 1864, at Baltimore, Md., William L. Douglas, died June 28, 1864, at Leesburg, Va .; William Edward, died March 20, 1864; Ira W. Ellison, March 26, 1864, at Fayetteville, W. Va .; William P. Jones, died June 15, 1865. in Rebel prison ; William A. Leatherwood, killed in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Va .; Samuel R. McColm died August 10, 1864, at Baltimore, Md .; William Shreffler died August 19, 1862, at Point Pleasant, W. Va .; James J. Swanger, killed in battle of Lynch- burg, Va .; John Ward, died September 10, 1864, Antietam, Md.
The following members of Company E were wounded in the battle, viz :
William Cruit, William P. Jones, Nathan A. Woodrow, James Bar- ickman, James Wilson, John V. Kincaid in the battle of Cloyd's Moun- tain, W. Va. ; Thomas Thompson, Cow Pasture River, W. Va .; Frank- lin D. Bayless, William T. Knox, John Hagerty and Edward B. Shultz in the battle of Stevenson's Depot; Joseph N. Moore at Martinsburgh, Va .; James M. Boyles, George Foster, Joseph A. Stroman, Jacob Moore and John H. Prather in the battle of Opequan, Va .; John Flemming, Ailen Flemming and James P. McGovney in battle of Fisher's Hill, Va .; Robert S. Moore, Lalathia Coryell and Sidney Stroman in battle of Lynchburg, Va.
The following members of Company I were wounded in the service : Jesse M. Bond, Thomas A. Clemmer, Joseph V. Delaplane, Lucien J. Fenton, R. St Clair Fulton, Joseph B. Gamel and Robert Kennedy, wounded in the battle of Opequan; Aaron T. Shriver, Lynchburg; George W. Armstrong, Evan M. Hughes, and Robert Palmer in the battle of Stevenson's Depot; William L. Albert, at Halltown.
Of Company I the following died in service :
William Dickey and Samuel L. MeKee were killed in the battle of Lynchburg, Va .; Silas Duncan died April 30, 1863, at Fayette Court House, W. Va .; Ira T. Hays, James B. Johnson, James H. McCoy, James F. Steen, William Taylor and Garland Pulliam were all killed in the battle of Opequan; John A. MeNeil, died February 11, 1863, and Samuel M. McNeil, died November 23, 1862, at Gauley Bridge; Samuel Pursell died August 11, 1864, at Antietam, Md .; Algen Scott died July 13, 1863, at Winchester.
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