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Noah Sams enlisted September 15, 1862 ; served as a private, and died February 2, 1864.
Charles Sill enlisted September 13, 1862; left the company at Camp Dennison.
Robert C. Sillman enlisted August 30, 1862; served as a private.
Walter S. Stevens enlisted September 22, 1862; served as a private, and was discharged December 1, 180 -.
James S. Stillman enlisted September 4, 1862; left the company at Camp Dennison.
S. Seitzman enlisted September 24, 1862; served as a private.
George Schoerber enlisted August 30, 1862; served as a private.
Alexander Smith enlisted September 6, 1862; left the company at Camp Dennison.
Edmund Token enlisted August 26, 1862; served as a private.
William A. Tarr enlisted September 16, 1862; served as a private, and left the company at Summerville, Va.
Joseph Tait (no record on file) left the company at Louisville, Ky.
Isaac Tucker (no record on file) left the company at Carthage, Tenn.
Joshua Urton enlisted August 28, 1862, served as a private.
William A. Utley enlisted August 30, 1862; left the company at Camp Dennison.
August Voltz enlisted August 30, 1862; served as a private.
Marion B. Wolf enlisted August 7, 1862; promoted to Sergeant, and died December 6, 1863, of wounds received in action.
John W. White enlisted August 12, 1863 ; served as a private, and left the company at Nashville, Tenn.
William Watson enlisted September 17, 1862; served as a private.
John A. Webster enlisted September 22, 1862 ; served as a private.
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William H. Wyndham enlisted September 1, 1862; was promoted to Corporal.
Charles H. Whitaker enlisted August 11, 1862; served as a private.
James Williams-(no record on file).
Virgil A. Williams enlisted August 23, 1862 ; served as a private. Albert W. Welch enlisted August 5, 1862; served as a private.
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NOTE .- For a proper understanding of several matters in the preceding lists of names, it will be necessary to read the " Introductory Remarks" in the beginning of the book, and the "Explanatory" remarks preceding the individual records. We hope no one interested will fail to do this, both in justice to ourselves and all concerned.
LIST OF DEATHS
Of members of the Eleventh Ohio Regiment, including those who were killed in battle or died from wounds received there, or froin casu- alities in the line of their duty, or from disease contracted while assist- ing to suppress the rebellion.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Augustus H. Coleman, John E. Alexander. Thomas M. Mitchell.
COMPANY A.
Charles R. Allen,
John Hammond,
John Black, *
William H. Hodge,
Henry Baudendistle, Charles Martin,
William F. Carnes,
Adolphus D. Schwartz,
David K. Curtis,
George Williams,
Aubrey Hatfield, Joseph Wyrick,
Raleigh D. Hatfield,
John Wroe.
COMPANY B.
Isaac Avey,
Patrick Murphy,
Robert Batchelor,
James Roach,
Manville Hogle,
Martin Scheeler,
David Banion,
Conrad Seheeler,
Charles J. Cottingham.
Valentine Schultz,
Frederick Kummer,
George S. Tapley.
Frederick Lucke,
* Missing in action-supposed killed.
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COMPANY C.
David L. Brosius,
Stephen B. McDaniel,
Henry Brown,
James McCreary,
Louis Boon,
John Sinnings,
Sebastian Callahan,
John C. Travis,
John Johnson,
Joseph R. Test.
COMPANY D.
George Anderson,
James Malaney,
Elias Baney,
John McCartin,
William Brandon,
John Palmerston.
George Cart,
Charles Segar,
William Cart,
Jacob R. Sterrett,
Perry Carter,
John Van Camp,
Archibald Darrow,
John V. Wolverton,
David Hicksenhizer,
Martin Williams.
George W. Martin,
COMPANIES E.
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John Baker,
Sylvester Penney, Simeon Shideler,
James Funk,
Frederick Hensey,
Roswell S. Wagner,
Jacob Houser,
James Westfall.
Henry McKnight,
Marion B. Wolf.
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Wm. H. H. Boyle,
John F. Colther,
Henry C. Day,
Charles Gersch,
G. L. Murphy, George E. Peck, John H. Peck, Noah Sams.
COMPANY F.
Charles P. Achuff.
George W. Kirk,
John Abley,
Samuel Lippincott,
Oliver S. Bolser,
Ephraim A. Morrow,
John T. Garvey, James Wolph,
Herman Hughes,
Arthur Winner.
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LIST OF DEATHS.
COMPANY G.
Andrew H. Chapman
John R. Henry,
John Collier,
John Hicks,
James H. Channell,
Henry G. Keenan,
John R. Dixon,
John B. Roberds,
Austin Hildebrant,
John G. Smithson.
COMPANY H.
John C. Drury,
Charles E. Morris,
Jesse Bartholomew,
Hiram P. Partlow,
Solomon Byrkett,
William Reamer,
Jacob H. Boone,
Andrew F. Thompson,
John H. Cavender,
Thomas Vandyne,
Ludwig Hartstine,
Jacob M. Wentz.
COMPANY I.
Jacob Beck,
William B. Crowell,
Thomas H. Fall,
Joseph T. Kemper,.
Thomas Shain,
Joseph P. Weller.
Peter Kewen,
COMPANY K.
William Allen, Michael Hoath,
John Boss,
Marion Powell,
Joseph Brinker, Jacob Reif,
Renssalaer Carson,
Benjamin Stearns,
Michael Depretz,
John Schlosser,
Englebert Dold, Charles H. Wright.
William A. Fowler,
John Werner.
VETERANS AND RECRUITS.
As previously stated, Companies E and I were retain- ed after the balance of the Regiment was mustered out of the service. A battalion of four companies was or- ganized, including these two companies, the men that had veteranized, those that had enlisted at various times after the Regiment went to the field, and a number of new recruits who enlisted in 1864. The battalion was com- manded for some time by Captain Loring, of the Ninety- Second Ohio, and afterward by Captain D. C. Stubbs of Company I.
With Sherman's Grand Army the little battalion march- ed from "Atlanta to the Sea," thence to Washington, D. C. where the men were inspected and mustered on the 11th of June, 1865. Proceeding to Camp Dennison, they were finally paid off and mustered out of the service on the 21st of June, 1865, just one year after the Regiment proper had been discharged.
A detailed account of the campaign of the army to which the battalion was attached would swell our book far beyond the prescribed limits, without being of material benefit. The story, however, is briefly, but eloquently told in General Sherman's Farewell Order, which we here in- sert, to show the additional service participated in by the men of our Regiment.
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GENERAL SHERMAN'S FAREWELL ORDER.
HEAD-QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, - IN THE FIELD, WASHINGTON, D. C. May, 31, 1865.
SPECIAL FIELD ORDER, No. 76.
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The General commanding announces to the armies of Tennessee and Georgia, that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you will be retained in service until further orders. And now that we are about to separate and to min- gle with the civil world, it becomes a pleasant duty to recall to mind the situation of national affairs, when but little more than a year ago we were gathered about the twining cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and the future was wrapped in doubt.
Three armies had come together from distant fields and separate histories, yet bound together by one common cause-the union of our country and the perpetuation of the Government of our inheritance. There is no need to recall Tunnel Hill, with its Rocky Face Mountain, and Buzzard Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of Dalton behind. Here in earnest we paused not for danger and difficulties, but dashed through Snake Creek Gap and fell on Resacca. Then on to the Etowah, to Dallas, and Kenesaw; and the heat of Summer found us on the banks of the Chattahoochie, far from home, and dependent on a single road for supplies. Again we were not held back by any obstacle, and crossed over and fought four heavy battles for the posses- sion of the citadel of Atlanta.
That was the crisis of our history- a doubt still clouded our future. But we solved the problem and destroyed Atlanta; struck boldly across the State of Georgia; secured all the main arteries of life to our enemy, and Christ- mas found us at Savannah,
Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again made a march, which for peril, labor, and result, will compare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of Combo- hee and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers were all crossed in mid winter, in the face of an accumulating army, and after the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, we once more came out of the wilderness to meet our friends at Goldsboro. Even then we paused only long enough to get new clothing-to reload our wagons- and again pushed on to Raleigh and beyond, until we met our enemy sueing for peace instead of war, and offering to submit to the injured laws of his and our country.
As long as that enemy was defiant, neither mountains, nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold had checked us; but when he had fought us hard and persistently, and then offered submission, your General thought it wrong to pursue him further, and negotiations followed which resulted, as you all know, in his surrender.
How far the operations of this army contributed to the overthrow of the
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Confederacy and the peace which now dawns upon us, must be judged 1; others. But that you have done all that men could do, has been admitt : by those in authority, and we have a right to join in the universal joy th : now fills our land, because the war is over and our Government is vindica :- od before the world by the joint action of the Volunteer Armies of t !.. United States.
Your General now bids you all farewell, with the belief that as in wat you have been good soldiers, so in peace you will make good citizens; and if unfortunately a new war should arise in our country Sherman's Army will be the first to buckle on the old armor, and come forth and defend and maintain the Government of our inheritance and choice.
By order of
Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN. L. M. DAYTON, A. A. G.
In addition to the "Veterans and Recruits" inserted among the different company organizations preceding, we have obtained the following names of men who enlisted during the months of August and September, 1864. These men composed Company "C," of the batallion, and were commanded by Lieut. Wm. W. Cromer, who veteranized from Company H. We give the organization of the com- pany as it existed on the 30th day April 1865, which is the latest date at which we could obtain any official records -many rolls, &c., having been lost and destroyed.
William W. Cromer, First Lieutenant commanding.
SERGEANTS .- Thomas N. Durbin, John F. Hunt, William S. Gibbons. James Dewey, Clinton Wasson.
CORPORALS .- John W. Fields, Jacob Hughes, Samuel Flaig, Joseph Jonott.
PRIVATES.
Edward W. Austin, Isom Driskell,
Isaac . N. Jackson,
William Acton,
Daniel Denman,
David H. Jessop,
Thomas S. Allen,
Jay P. Dawley, (pro- Robert T. Jones, .
moted to First Serg't). David Kirby,
Albert Bishop, Jacob Barer, Lorenzo Brussman,
John G. Kreider, John Logan, Alexis Leonard,
William Benedict, John J. Butts, Martin Brown,
Thomas Eaton, Christian Ellsesser, Henry Ellsing, James Fayne, Dernius Figgins,
James Mc Millen,
Byron McKee,
George J. Bretts,
James B. Ferguson,
Charles Moyer,
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.. Charles Boultin,
John Gale,
Charles Mercer,
Poletus Gillespie,
Isaac N. Marshall,
Peter Gobble,
Charles J. Newton,
Thomas Gordon,
Francis N. Powellson,
Joseph Gorno,
Charles G. H. Payne,
Robert Golden,
Charles Peters,
George Gonger,
James Ryan,
Uriah J. Hackett,
Samuel À. Savage,
James Harper,
Charles Stevenson,
Darwin Higley,
Samuel Williams,
Thomas Crampton, Thomas Carroll,
Smiley W. Hamilton,
William H. Warner,
James M. Hughes,
Edward B. Warman,.
William R. Hollerfield, William B. Weer,
Lowona G. Insco,
George Worst,
David J. Immel,
Edward I. White.
George P. Codding, Levi Croft, James C. Coulters, George A. Case, John Carey, John H. Clark, William Crites, Thomas Clark,
John Cavender, John Dennis, James C. Davidson, Robert A. Dalzel,
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PROMOTION OF COL. COLEMAN.
It is but due to the memory of our brave and worthy commander to mention a fact not generally known. The official notice of the discharge of Col. De Villers did not reach the Governor of Ohio until October, 1862, which was the cause of the delay in the anticipated promotion of Lieut. Col. Coleman. Geo. D. Burgess, Esq., of Troy, O., visited the Governor, and calling his attention to the fact that the claims of the officer commanding the Elev- enth Ohio Regiment had not been properly recognized, a commission as Colonel was at once issued to Augustus H. Coleman, dated September 17, 1862, and to take effect April 25, 1862.
Although a matter of satisfaction to the friends of the lamented Coleman that his services were at last partially appreciated in official quarters, it was too late to be of benefit to him. He had "fought his last fight," and was quietly resting in a patriot soldier's grave.
DUITIES IN CAMP. -
With but little variation as to time, the following "order of exercises" was generally observed by all regiments
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when lying in camp. When the "Surgeon's Call" was sounded all sick men not in the hospital were to be report- ed; at the "Fatigue Call" the working parties detailed proceeded to their allotted duties ; the other calls are self- explanatory. We copy from an order issued by Gen. Crook, dated March 24, 1862:
Reville, 5.45, a. m. Breakfast Call, 6.30, a. m. Surgeon's Call, 6.45, a. m. Fatigue Call, 7.00, a. m. Guard Mounting, 8.00, a. m. Drill, 9.00, a. m. Recall from Drill, 10.30, a. m. Recall from Fatigue, 12.00, m. Din- ner, 12.30, p. m. Fatigue Call, 1.30, p. m. Drill, 2,00 p. m. Recall from Drill, 3.30, p. m. Dress Parade, 5.00, p. m. Retreat, at Sunset. Tattoo, 8.20, p. m. Taps, 9.00, p. m.
Companies were formed and the roll called at reville, dinner, dress parade, and at tattoo. Unless in cases of emergency, the men who were relieved from guard duty at about 9 o'clock each morning were exempt from all duty, except dress parade, for twenty-four hours. On Sundays drilling and fatigue duty were dispensed with, but there was usually company or regimental inspection, at 9 o'clock a. m., after which religious services were held.
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TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS.
There were about one hundred different trades and oc- cupations represented in the Eleventh Ohio Regiment. Whatever duty might have fallen to our lot-from selling a paper of pins to building a steamboat or railroad-plenty of men could have been found fully competent for the work. The following list includes all the occupations of the men as we find them recorded in the Regimental Books.
Artists, Accountants, Blacksmiths, Boatmen, Boot-fitters, Bakers, Bar- bers, Butchers, Book-keepers, Broom Makers, Boat Builders, Basket Mak-
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ers, Brewers, Book Binders, Brick Masons, Brick Makers, Carpenters Coopers, Cigar Makers; Clerks, Coppersmiths, Carriage Makers, Carriage Painters, Carriage Trimmers, Civil Engineers, Cooks, Cabinet Makers. Chair Makers, Clothiers, Druggists, Draymen, Distillers, Drummer, ( pro- fessional), Engineers, Farmers, Gardeners, Gas Fitters, Harness Makers. Hucksters, Insurance Agents, Jewelers, Joiners, Last Makers, Laborer:, Lawyers, Merchants, Machinists, Molders, Miners, Millers, Musicians, Mill Wrights, Marble Cutters, Ornamenters, Preachers, Printers, Printer. " Devils" (2), Painters, Pedlers, Physicians, Plow Makers, Pattern Makers, Plumbers, Paper Makers, Railroaders, Rope Makers, Roofers, Sailors, Shoe makers, Silversmiths, Stone Masons, Stone Cutters, Saddlers, School Teach- ers, Ship Carpenters, Soldier, ( professional), Students, Saloon-keepers, Tan- ners, Turners, Tailors, Teamsters, Tradesmen, Telegraph Operators, Tobac- conists, Tool Makers, Wagon Makers, Wood Choppers, Well Diggers, Wig Makers, Waiters, Watch Makers, Woolen Manufacturers.
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THE "BATTLE OF MONTAGUE."
While the movement to Sewell Mountain was in pro- gress in the fall of 1861, the main portion of Gen. Rose- crans' division remained at Camp Lookout for several days. From this point a most magnificent view is to be obtained. In a direct line East, over the tops of the trees and smaller hills and mountains, the bald top of Sewell looms boldly up, thirteen miles distant; a little to the . North hills and mountains "piled one on the other" in splendid array are presented to the eye as far as the vision can extend. In the intervening space valleys of rich ver- dure, and occasionally a cleared spot with houses and other accompaniments of civilization, may be discerned. the whole forming a view of which the "sunny skies of Italy" might feel proud.
At this point the road on which we were advancing runs some five miles East of New River, but there was another road nearer the river by which our camp could have been passed by a force marching toward Gauley. On Saturday, September 21st, Lieut. M., of the Second Ken-
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tucky Regiment, reported to Gen. Cox that he had dis- covered a rebel encampment near the bank of the river, about five miles West of our position. The General could not credit the report, and sent the Lieutenant to "look again." A confirmation of the first news was brought in late on Saturday night, and measures were immediately taken to dispute the passage of the rebels to our rear, as it was supposed that was their object.
The Ninth and Eleventh Ohio, the Second Kentucky, a company of cavalry, and a section of artillery, all under command of Col. "Bob." McCook, were ordered to march at daylight on Sunday morning to attack the enemy. The brigade arrived near the scene of operations about nine o'clock, and Col. McCook made his arrangements for at- tack. The Eleventh was sent through the woods in an easterly direction, while the balance of the brigade moved to the west side of the enemy's position. Col. McCook proposed to make the attack from the Gauley side, and after the engagement began the Eleventh was to come in from the East, thus surrounding the rebels and prevent- ing their retreat. Col. Frizell hurried our Regiment to the point designated in his orders, formed in a favorable position either for advance or to intercept the enemy should he attempt to retreat, and awaited develpements. During all this time not a rebel soldier was discovered, and fears were entertained that we had mistaken the route.
Soon after getting into position, the clatter of gallop- ing horses, jingling sabers, &c., were heard coming up the hill on our right.
"Here they come, boys!" shouted Col. Frizell. "Give them - as they pass."
And they had come, sure enough. The first man we saw was Col. McCook, following him were Col. Sedgwick and
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other well known officers, with a cavalry escort in their rear. All seemed almost convulsed with laughter, and it was some moments before Col. McC. could explain the "situation" to our wondering party.
" We have come out to attack my brigade," finally re- plied the laughing Colonel to the inquiries of Frizell.
Lieutenant M. got "twisted around" among the by-paths in the woods, and presuming that he had been traveling in a direct line toward the river came near to his own camp from the South. Full with the discovery of what he sup- posed to be a strange camp he returned by the same cir- cuitous route, and reported the result of his observations to head-quarters !
Our march had been no easy one, as we had hurriedly tramped nearly five miles through the woods to gain the rear of the " enemy," and Col. Frizell was considerably dis- gusted. Mounting a stump he gave his commands as fol- lows :
" Attention, battalion! By the right flank-to camp- MARCH! And don't forget that I am fond of mutton!"
In going out we had passed a well stocked sheep pasture, which had not escaped the notice of the boys. The guns were all loaded, and it was against orders to take them into camp in that condition. We heard numerous discharge- of muskets on our way to camp (Col. Frizell, Major Cole- man, and the writer taking a different course on the re- turn from that pursued by the boys), and although we do not know what the men were shooting at, we do know that our mess had a good supply of "sheep meat " for ser- eral days!
One of the men of Company F, when near camp with a fine lamb on his shoulder, was met by Gen. Rosecrans.
"To what regiment do you belong ?" asked the General.
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" Second Kentucky," replied the soldier.
" What is your name?"
"WOLPH," answered the man.
"Well," responded the General, reflecting a moment,
"pass on; a wolf has a right to a sheep once in a while."
THE WOUNDED REBEL.
Dr. Gill, our very efficient Assistant Surgeon, furnishes the following :
Our command was sent up New River, to watch the enemy, soon after our arrival at Gauley Bridge. The "Hawk's Nest" was a favorite spot for the boys, and near this place was fought the "famous battle" of that name, between our regiment and a superior force of rebels under the command of Major Reynolds. Company A was post- ed along a fence in the edge of the woods, and Company H behind a barricade in the road, the two companies under command of Major Coleman. The rebels advanced in force. and our boys opened a vigorous fire upon them, before which they retreated in disorder. One Steward D. Paint- er, of Wythville, Va., was shot through the left lung, near the heart, and fell into our hands. I went out under a flag of truce to the house of Mrs. Hamilton, whither the man had been carried, to see and attend him. Two of the boys volunteered to accompany me, and with my faithful friend, Dr. A. B. Hartman, we remained all night, the two men keeping watch at the road.
The wounded man was greatly exhausted from loss of blood, and somewhat frightened to find himself in the hands of the terrible "yankees." By careful attention from the family and proper treatment he rapidly recovered,
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and through my influence he was allowed to stay at Han- ilton's, and when he had sufficiently recovered he went home. His double-barrelled shot gun fell to me; one bar- rel had been discharged, the other contained fifteen buck- shot. Before Painter left for home, he sent me by flag of truce, the following letter, which is given verbatim.
MRS. HAMILTON'S September, 4, 1861.
DR. GILL-DEAR SIR :- I write this for the purpose of expressing in written language my gratitude to you for the generous, kindly treatment you bestowed on me, who your enemy, rendered unfortunate by the fate of war, was thrown upon your mercy. Sir, it is impossible for me to express all that my heart dictates. Suffice it to say I can never forget you. No matter what may be the period of my life or the circumstances that may surround me, whether in peace or war, prosperity or adversity, the remembrance of Dr. Gill will abide with me ever, and toward him will flow unceasingly my heart's deepest grati- tude. May heaven smile upon you Doctor; may your path be strewn with life's choicest flowers ; may you pass un- scathed through the horrors of this unnatural war, and when you die may these words be your stay and support- "Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it unto me." Gen. Wise and the officers of his staff wish . me to convey to you their respectful regards.
Ever your friend,
STEWARD D. PAINTER.
A week or two after Mr. Painter was wounded, Dr. Hartman and myself were at the house on Sabbath to see him. Our Regiment had been out in front and had re- turned to the position at Ilawk's Nest before we were
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ready to leave the house. Suddenly we heard a shot, not in the direction of the enemy but on the line of our retreat. My old flint-lock " horse pistol, " which had been captured from the enemy just one week before, laid on the bed near by. I seized the pistol, and Doctor H. and myself made a sudden exit through the back door, which was open for our convenience. At this moment another shot in the same direction served to increase our vigilance, but not our speed. We took to the woods off the road, and by a cir- cuitous route, with eyes open and ears vigilant, pistol at a ready and measuring every step, we reached the Regiment within the defenses. We were somewhat chagrined to learn that the firing was done by the Colonel discharging his pistol to warn us away, as he had seen cavalrymen at the angle of the road beyond the house taking obser- vations. The warning was effectual.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT ACHUFF.
Charles P. Achuff was one of the very first to respond to the call of the Government, in April, 1861. After serving with ability and great gallantry, he contracted a severe cold, which settled on his lungs resulting in hemorrhage and consumption. He was compelled to retire from the service, and in May, 1864, left his friends and home in Piqua, Ohio, and went to California, with the hope that the more genial climate of that State would prove beneficial. His health improved after reaching his destination, but the relief was only temporary. Gradually failing, he died on the 13th of September, 1864, at the residence of Mr. E. Albon, in San Jose, California. His personal worth and services in behalf of his country were fully appreciated by
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the kind people among whom his last days were spent, a. the following extracts, copied from the newspapers of Sau Jose City, will show :
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