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went southward the tall and graceful hills grew more lovely in appearance, by their more advanced stage of vegetation.
After seven hours ride, we reached the place that had been the source of so much surmise to more than a thousand anxious hearts. Instead of find- ing a Camp all plotted off and fully arranged, were marched into naked wheat fields, there to build our quarters and to prepare our own ratious. The task we found the most onerous, was carrying boards, and every thing else nearly a fourth of a mile over the field. The men, however, all bore it cheerfully, and by night had comfortable lodging. This morning was dismal enough, for it rained last night, and not a few of us got thoroughly soaked before morning, not having room in our shanties for all. We fared better than many others, because we had reserved our rations sent by our kind and ever-to-be-remembered friends at home. The way we disposed of them last night and this morning, can only be realized and fully appreciat- ed by those who were eye witnesses of the scene. We are now transferred into a regular village, swarming with men, busy and active as bees.
THE "WELCOME HOME."
The citizens of the towns and vicinities where each .com- pany of our Regiment was raised, gave the men appropri- ate welcomes on their return from the field. But the most general welcome and re-union of the members took place at Greenville, Ohio, on the 5th of July, 1864.
In the morning of the day on which Col. Frizell bade the men farewell at Point Pleasant, he extended an invitation to all to call and see him at his home. Their term of serv- ice having expired, and another invitation being extended by the Colonel, a large number of the members of the Reg- iment visited him on the day above mentioned. Suitable preparations had been made for their reception, and the occasion was one of mutual pleasure to all concerned.
The Union ladies and gentlemen of the town and vicinity gave the Colonel their hearty assistance in preparing for and entertaining his guests, and they succeeded in making the occasion a glorious one, and showing that their hearts
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were in the cause for which their war-worn visitors had been battling for more than three years preceding.
A magnificent and bounteous dinner was spread in the beautiful grove adjoining the town. After all had par- taken to their satisfaction, a "welcome home" speech was delivered by Riley Knox, Esq., which was briefly but elo- quently responded to by Colonel Street. Hon. W. B. Mc- Clung, of Miami County, made a short but timely address to the assembly, after which Colonel Frizell talked to the boys in his peculiarly happy style. Dr. Gard, of Green- ville, closed the speech-making, after which Cols Frizell and Jo. C. Horton, of Piqua, sung "The Battle Cry of Freedom," the chorus being joined in by the entire assem- bly, who made the woods ring with the patriotic music.
Late in the afternoon the company returned to town, highly delighted with their entertainment. Although the day was nearly gone, and many had started for their homes on the evening trains, the festivities of the occasion were rot concluded. ' After partaking of a bountiful supper at the residence of Colonel Frizell, that gentleman led a "squad" of his old officers and men on a "tour of inspec- tion" through the town, calling on many of the Colonel's friends, at every place being heartily welcomed. A social party in the evening concluded the "exercises" of the oc- casion, which we are quite sure were not soon forgotten by the good people of Greenville.
The reception given A and I at Dayton, D and H at Troy, and B and F at Piqua, reflected creditably on the patriotic people of those cities, and we presume that the other companies of the regiment were as kindly received by their friends.
THE THREE-MONTHS' SERVICE.
Nearly six months have elapsed since notice of the pub- lication of this volume was first given, and during that time we have made every effort in our power to obtain interesting and important information. We have been able to secure the rolls of seven of the companies compos- ing the Regiment as originally organized .. After repeated correspondence and personal solicitation we have failed to obtain any facts relating to companies C, E and I, of which Riley Knox, of Darke county, Langston, of Miami county, and Jonathan Crainer, of Darke county, were the respect- ive Captains. We brought the matter to the notice of these gentlemen by every means we could thing of, but they ever maintained the most vigorous silence and inac- tivity. As we knew of no other means of obtaining the necessary information but through them, we have been compelled to close the book without including the names of members of their companies.
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On page 20 we state that there were at first but nine companies in the Regiment. This is an error which is more fully explained elsewhere.
As the matter is attended to in the beginning of the book, it will here be unnecessary to enlarge upon the three-months' service.
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FIELD AND STAFF.
J. FINDLAY HARRISON, Col. JOSEPH W. FRIZELL, Lt. Col. AUGUSTUS W. COLEMAN, Major.
HENRY T. RAVENSCRAFT, Adjt. J. FRANK GABRIEL, Surgeon. JOHN D. SHANNON, Q. M. HENRY Z. GILL, Asst. Surg. E. HANSON MAYO, Sergeant-Major. DAVID KELLY, Commissary-Sergeant.
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THREE MONTHS' COMPANIES.
COMPANY A.
An account of the organization of this company will be found on page 128. The following is the three months' roster:
Calvin J. Childs, Captain, commissioned to date from April 18, 1SCI.
George W. Hatfield, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 18, 1861.
Thomas L. Stoward, Second Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 18, 1861.
SERGEANTS .- John W. LaRue, Orderly ; William K. Young, John C. Kiefaber, John C. Reed.
CORPORALS .- Elias Shank, James R. Hogue, David K. Curtis, Benjamin Munday.
PRIVATES.
Frank Allen,
Charles Green,
Jacob H. Pritz,
Charles R. Allen,
William Harvey,
James Posells,
Samuel Ambrose,
William Hellriggle,
Edward Pilate,
Leopold D. Billet,
Samuel J. Henderson,
Oscar Palmer,
Andrew Brown,
William T. Harris,
George W. Rowe,
William Baker, Jesse Booker,
Wilkinson Higgins, Jacob Hendrickson, John Hamilton, Allen Haves,
Elias Reeder, Henry Rasner,
George Buvinger,
William Hatfield,
Joseph P. Staley,
John Black, John F. Cotteral, John W. Cline, Patrick Carroll, Cłay Clark,
John D. Kenny, Jacob Kirby, Jerome King,
Martin L. Sheets, Samuel B. Shoup,
John W. Crouse, George Corson,
George S. LaRue, John Link, John Lowe,
Silas B. Simpson, Lewis Schwartz. John B. Shephard,
James L. Cummings, Henry Carmady, Daniel Carson,
Charles Lewis,
John B. Steward,
George A. Caswell,
Henry Meyers, James Mahan,
Sylvester Thompson,
George Carnell,
Montgomery Minnick,
John Turner, Frank Updyke,
Henry Callahan,
Benjamin Method,
James O. Davis, Lewis Eby,
David Moss, Harvey D. MeGalard,
George Engle, Martin Eller,
Milo Newcom, Julius Ogier,
George Wentz,
Joseph Fleming, Robert Frank,
Moses W. Pierce,
Ralph E. Weller,
John S. Funk,
Alexander Gammack,
James Phillips, John E. Platt,
Joseph Wyrick.
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Robert Bently,
Frank G. Sherman,
Henry S. Hendrickson, David Hummel,
George Solomon, Josepb Stonebraker
Henry B. Sortman,
Giles H. Solace,
Joseph Cotteral,
William Matthews,
Eugene Wright,
Frank Wines,
John M. Wuichett, John Wroe,
Edward Rull,
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COMPANY B.
For an account of the organization of this company, see page 169.
Thomas L. P. Defrees, Captain, commissioned to date from April 20, 1861.
Samuel Alward, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 20, 1861.
John D. Shannon, Second Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 20,1861.
SERGEANTS .- C. A. Holtzerman, Orderly; Isaac M. Johnson, Alexander. Duncan, George W. Statler.
CORPORALS .- Benjamin F. Derby, William Bigler, Robert B. Chappel, Carl F. Weber.
PRIVATES.
John E. Alexander,
Edward E. Hopkins,
James Roach,
Samuel D. Butler,
Julius F. Hruby, .
Joshua C. Ruland,
James Burtch,
Wash. F. Harbaugh,
David Ramsbottom,
Michael Bivens,
Elijah Jessup.
Charles Reed,
Jacob Bauman,
Samuel Jacobs,
John P. Rea,
A. M. Bowdle,
Charles C. Barnett,
James H. Robinson,
William R. Beamer, Joseph Besanceny,
Woster B. Jordan,
Jacob Shunk,
Frederick Brookman, Charles W. Bennett, Charles J. Cottingham, Liberty Carson, Angus C. Campbell, Daniel Clark,
Gerhard E. Koester, Christian Keifer,
Joseph Schuler,
William H. Kelly,
John Schubert,
James M. Campbell, Ezra B. Chambers,
David M. Layman,
Joseph Strong,
Oliver H. Dye, Levi Dingler,
John Lang,
John W. Stewart,
Jonathan D. Edge,
Charles E. Livingston,
Benjamin F. Shoup,
William M. Elliott,
Rynd E. Lawder,
Daniel Vallery.
Louis R. Fox,
William Stutterbein,
Frederick L. Walton,
Michael Firman,
Benjamin F. Levering, Charles J. MeClure, John Manning,
Byron Woodcor, Cornelius Woodcox, William Wehe, William Warner,
August Houck,
John Nodler,
Milton H. Wilson,
Carl Hartman,
Christian B. Oliver,
Harman Waterman,
George Hillman,
Sam. B. Paddock, (pro- Frederick Young.
George S. Hardenbrook, moted to 2nd Lieut.)
William H. H. Kelly, Louis Keifer,
Nicholas Schmidt, William F. Shaffer,
William D. Schmidlapp,.
John M. Long,
Frank Steiner,
Frederick Lucke,
David M. Sullenbarger,
James T. Ferguson,
Ambrose Flommerfelt, John A. Folk,
George W. Martin,
Jesse Jeffries, (died May John H. Rouzer, 7, 1861); Frank Johnson, (died July 21, 1861); John H. Simons,
Valentine Schultz,
THREE MONTHS' COMPANIES.
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COMPANY D.
This company was recruited by Augustus H. Coleman, in Troy and vicinity, Miami County, Ohio. The enlist- ments date from the 22d day of April, 1861. We copy from the roll as it stood after Coleman was promoted to Major. It will be seen that many of the members re- enlisted and held the company organization.
John V. Curtis, Captain.
Henry T. Ravenscraft, First Lieutenant. Appointed and acted as Ad- jutant.
Jarvis S. Rodgers, Second Lieutenant.
SERGEANTS .- Bailey Plumb, William W. Knoop, Smith H. Williams, Augustus Runga.
CORPORALS .- Johnson B. Geisinger, George W. Day, George Cart, Jacob F. McKee.
PRIVATES.
Valentine Amarine, John Hyatt,
William McCoy, Obediah B. N. Owen,
George Anderson,
Jacob Hartman,
James A. Brown,
David Hexminger,
George Pearl,
Theodore Boyce,
John Hartley,
William N. Parker,
James Buzzard,
Arthur J. Hartley,
William Roc,
Silas A. Beanblossom, Cyrus Black,
George Irons, Franklin Johnson, Peter Johnson, Corbly Kinney,
Sol. H. Rhodehamel, Robert R. Smith,
Henry C. Crampton, Corrad Commet,
Christian Krise,
Jacob D. Kennedy,
Judson Sayres,
Sylvester Couch, Joshua Couch, Solomon Dill,
Henry Leffel, John A. Martin,
Jacob R. Sterrett, David Shoup,
Fletcher Dimmet,
Solomon M. McM, sters, Samuel Max,
Charles Segar, General Shill, Isaac Vanness, Charles Williams,
William G. Felton,
Wm. H. Magallaird, John Moxham, Daniel McClasky,
Joseph S. Williams,
Edward Gritlin,
Aaron Whitmore,
David Wallace,
John V. Wolverton,
Charles M. Yaste.
William Cotral,
Samuel Knoop,
Joseph S. Skank, Enos Sayres,
Archibald Darrow,
Orlando H. Murray,
William T. Fry, Uriah Favorite,
Wm. H. H. Gahagan, Lawson C. Harrison, George Harrison,
Martin Metze, William Myer, William McCurdy,
Robert Ravenscraft,
Hugh A. Reynolds,
Wm. H. H. Butterfield,
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COMPANY F.
For an account of the organization of this Company, see page 136.
Stephen Johnston, Captain, commissiened to date from April 18, 1861.
Isaac S. Clark, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 18, 1861. (Subsequently enlisted in a cavalry regiment, and served full term.)
Solomon Teverbaugh, Second Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 18, 1861.
SERGEANTS .- Everard C. Jordan, George Benton, Samuel McClay, John W. Morrin.
CORPORALS .- William N. Kelly, Jacob M. Sullenbarger, Joseph D. Sherer, (subsequently enlisted in the Ninety-fourth Regiment), Charles P. Achutf.
PRIVATES.
William H. Alexander, John T. Garvey,
William Anthony,
Jacob T. Humfreville, Jacob Higgle,
Thomas M. Mitchell, Isaac N. Minshall, John McClay,
Oliver S. Bolser,
Edward C. Burton, William C. Johnston,
Wallace W. Morehead,
Nelson F. Overmeyer,
Wilson T. Bobo.
Marion Jones,
Charles S. Bradley,
William Krayer,
Charles Poppineau, Jabus Rayner,
James Crowley, John Crowley,
Abner Kellen barger, James II. C. Kerr, John M. Kelly, George W. Kirk,
James B. Redman,
George A. Conklin,
John Ralston,
George W. Day,
David A. Keeler,
Leonard Dabus,
Benjamin Ludwig, Isaac N. Lyons,
Presley Stone, Adam Stelser, Jacob Thompson,
Caspar Decker, Edward Deputee,
Samuel Thompson,
Joseph W. Drake,
Charles Thompson,
Thomas R. Thompson,
Elijah H. Ever, George B. Frye, Peter Farner, Matthias Glaser,
Samuel Lippincott, William J. Lines, William T. Love, Thomas MeNair, Martin McNeely, Timothy Merica, Henry C. Mack,
James T. West, Arthur Winner, John H. Wahmhoff,
Charles F. Wattenberg,
Michael Grady, George E. Gordon, Joba Glaspy,
Thomas E. Morrow,
Martin Whitmer,
William F. Mercer,
Henry Woolery.
Robert Bodkins,
Elias Jones,
Michael O'Brien,
Samuel C. Cole,
Frederick Reibold,
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THREE-MONTHS' COMPANIES.
COMPANY G.
This was one of the original companies of the Regiment. It was recruited in Dayton, Ohio, the enlistments of the men dating from April 22, 186T. Although the Company did not hold its organization, nearly all of the men re-enlisted in other companies.
M. P. Nolan, Capt., commissioned to date from April 22, 1861. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Vol. Inft. December 16, 1861, and Colonel of the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment Ohio Vol. Inft. August 6, 1863, but by reason of the consolidation of those regiments with others, did not go to the field with them.
Samuel B. Smith, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 22, 1861. Appointed Captain in the Ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Robert Patterson, Second Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 22, 1861. Was subsequently a commissioned officer in the Sixty-first Reg- iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
SERGEANTS .- J. H. Thomas, Orderly; Ashley Brown, (subsequently en- tered the Twelfth Regiment Ohio Vol. Inft. as First Lieutenant; taken pris- oner at Scarey Creek, Va., July 17, 1861; paroled, and was on duty at Co- lumbus, Ohio, for some time; exchanged and promoted to Captain, and re-joined his regiment); W. H. Layton, S. Hays.
CORPORALS .- H. G. Tibbals, H. W. Orris, S. Hays, Jas. S. Kreidler, (subse- quently enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighth Ohio Regiment; was pro- moted to Lieutenant) ; H. W. Wise.
PRIVATES ..
W. H. Ambrose;
J. Hiller, Jr.,
H. Nolan,
J. A. Bobo,
W. H. H. Himes,
Joseph Nolan,
D. Bopp,
J. A. Higgins,
John L. Norris,
D. Brumbaugh,
J. W. Holderman, Thomas O'Brien.
M. Bringer,
John Heald,
L. B. Pott,
Thomas Burk,
G. W. Hosier,
W. J. Rose,
P. C. Clutch,
M. Hogle,
S. R. Reynolds,
H. Carse,
B. F. Hostetter,
H. Rooks,
James Carr,
John Hoover,
J. Rockafield,
G. H. Cummings,-
Aug. Koehler,.
L. Sweetman,
O. A. Conrow,
J. F. Kirby,
C. J. Sweetman,
W. H. H. Davis,
George W. King,
A. Snyder,
J. F. Dodds,
D. W. Kuhns,
S. A. Savage,
John Dice,
William Lecount,
John Siess,
Jacob Dice,
H. C. Light,
D. F. Schooley,
M. Driscoll,
S. B. Light,
James W. Tolan,
Jacob Enders,
D. Manuel,
G. S. Tapley,
Abraham Ensey,
W H. Mitchell,
J. A. Tracy,
C. H. Farr,
J. B. Monnon,
T. W. Thompson,
Ezekiel Foster,
J. J. Meyers.
II. Thompson,
T. E. Fairchild,
Joseph Morris,
G. W. Tunk,
J. A. Geyer,
H. Morgan,
Joseph B. Wright,
D. W . Gregory,
J. Mannix,
M. M. West,
N. J.Grimes,
E. Machir,
John Welch,
R. Holbrook,
O. McCormick,
William Kiler.
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COMPANY HI.
This was one of the original companies of the Reg- iment. For an account of its organization, see pages 143 and 150.
John C. Drury, Captain, commissioned to date from April 22, 1861.
Cornelius N. Hoagland, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 22, 1861.
Jerome B. Weller, Second Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 22, 1861.
SERGEANTS .- Edward H. Mayo, (appointed Sergeant-Major); David Kelly, (appointed Commissary Sergeant); William M. Culbertson, Alexan- der M. Haywood, (subsequently entered Ninety-fourth Regiment).
CORPORALS .- Josiah B. Rollins, Francis M. Wilmington, John Roney, William H. Simons.
MUSICIANS .- Joseph Kitchen, John W. Oblinger.
PRIVATES.
Joseph E. Asper, Augustus D. Grosvenor, Charles N. Pike,
William H. Alexander,
Peter Holland,
James Pearson,
John Armstrong,
Abraham Huffman,
Hiram P. Partlow,
David D. Butterfield,
William B. Hawes,
Charles H. Rollins,
Charles N. Burns,
H. M. Hart, (Reg. Bugler) Charles T. Riley,
John W. Byrkett,
Lauren C. Shelley,
Ahijah R. Byrkett, James B Bell,
John C. Hassennier, Ferdinand Irwin, James T. Johnson,
William C. Shafer,
Joseph Culbertson,
Charles E. H. Kimble,
James Saunders,
Alfred L. Conklin,
Marshall Kingsbury,
Thomas Saunders,
William W. Cromer, Joseph F. Long, James H. Carpenter, Peter Levan, John D. Chance, Edward N. McCampbell, William I. Thomas, Jr.
Benjamin F. Speelman, Richard H. Southerland,
Maglore D. Desermo, John P. Deady,
William McKernan,
Sabin R. Thomas,
David B. Drorbaugh, Sylvester Dye, William J. Daily,
. Andrew J. McFall, Daniel McKee, Thomas J. MeChesney, Sewell R. Mansfield,
Erastus J. Vantyle,
Augustus W. Ensey,
Robert C. Morris,
James B. Woolson,
James Finnegan, Joseph Gearhard,
Ahijah W. Miles,
John L. Weeks,
David Nickels, Arthur E. Whittaker,
William L. Grieves, George Green,
Major A. Pettit,
William T. Wooley,
Edwin R. Phillips,
Zelora E. Wagner.
Andrew F. Thompson,
Harvey M. Thompson,
Thomas Vandyne,
Samuel M. Smith,
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THREE MONTHS' COMPANIIES.
COMPANY K.
This Company was recruited in Greenville, Darke county, Ohio, the enlistments dating from the 26th day of Ag ril, 1861. After serving their three-months' term, many of the men enlisted in other regiments.
John M. Newkirk, Captain, commissioned to date from April 26. : 4€1. Subsequently served as Captain in the Forty-fourth Ohio Regiment.
Henry C. Angel, First Lieutenant, commissioned to date from April 26, 1861.
Wesley Gorsuch, Second Lieuteuant, commissioned to date from An-il 26, 1861. Subsequently served as Captain in the Ninety-fourth ohio Regiment.
SERGEANTS .- Thomas D. Stiles, orderly; Irwin H. Whitman, James Broughman, Jonathan Mitchell.
CORPORALS .- Chauncy Riffle, (subsequently enlisted in the Fourth Chio Cavalry; promoted to Sergeant; appointed Captain of Company K, N:"(.fr- fourth Ohio, and served in that Regiment); Samuel Judy, Georgy W. Jameson, Jacob M. Porter.
PRIVATES ..
Aaron W. Arnold,
William B. Galloway,
James S. Oliver,
Harvey N. Arnold,
Anthony Gramm,
Samuel F. Patterson,
John Arnold,
David A. Hartman,
George W. Parry,
Jonathan Brubaker, David Brandt,
Ephraim Hill,
James F. Putnam, Francis M. Pingree,
Morrison Bolton,
Matthias Judy,
William W. C. Johnson, William L. Roberta.
Charles Bachman,
Leslie La Mott,
John A. Corbin,
Franklin Licklider,
Henry Clemme,
William H. H. Lowry, Frank E. Moore,
Franklin Rouch.
William B. Rice.
Jacob J. Rarick.
Thomas R. Smiley.
Nelson T. Chenoweth.
Alexander McPherson, William A. Martin,
Perry Smith,
Werter D. D'Rush,
James F. Moore,
George W. Studatoch ...
Michael Donnar,
George W. Moore,
Alexander McAlpin,
Thomas A. Shives.
Henry Dye, Francis M. Edson, Thomas Fox, John L. Frank,
John R. Marker, John W. McCay, Daniel Newman, Joseph Notestinc,
Eli Shearer,
Franklin Seribner.
Hilton O. Fogger,
Charles D. Felton, Daniel Gramm,
Wm. C. Newkirk, (fifer) David A. Wart ;.
David Wineland,
Cevillian K. Wilson
John W. Gorsuch, Joshua G. Galloway,
William C. Otwell, John Olwine, Eberle S. Otwell,
Cyrus Rover. William İl. Roser,
David Crumerine, Francis M. Coover, David Conner,
William McConnell,
Lyman W. Sheater.
Levi E. Chenoweth,
George W. Hipple,
Ira Pingree,
John Bowman,
William G. Marshall,
James W. Shaw,
Henry Thomeyeratt David Welch,
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TO OUR FELLOW-SOLDIERS
OF THE
Late Volunteer Regiments of Ohio.
Having acquired considerable experience in the compila- tion of this volume-as well as in the preparation of other matter pertaining to the volunteer service in the late war -we respectfully offer our services to the members and friends of any Ohio Regiment who may feel a desire to perpetuate the record of the noble deeds performed by our "citizen soldiers" in the "War of the Great Rebel- lion."
In addition to our experience (which is an important item), our facilities for doing the entire work-compiling, printing, binding, etc.,-are unsurpassed; and should any of our fellow-soldiers intrust us with such a work, we shall spare no pains to give satisfaction.
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