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Van Fleet, Wm.
Onweller, David
Shall, William
Vine, John
Olds, Pen
Stetin, Adam
Winzler, John
Pulver, James H.
Sebring, Aaron
Weber, John
Poorman, Marion
Shaw, Milton
Willey, David
Pike, Eber
Shaw, Mervin
Wilcox, Guy
Penew, L. T.
Smith, Vinson
Winslow, Seth
Palmer, Harvey
Sheffield, J. W.
Welch, James
Parent, N.
Spiess, Henry
White, F. M.
Parent, Wash.
Shaffer, Martin
Whitten, Daniel
Parent, William
Shafer, Charley
Whitten, W.
Patterson, Harrison
Snyder, Joseph
Woodford. M. E.
Patterson, John
Scott, R. H.
Worden,. Jonathan
Potes, David
Sheffield, John
Welsh, Elias
Potes, George
Stevens, Chas. L.
Welsh, Harrison
Potes, William
Sylvester, Willis
Young, John
Rang, Anton
Spencer, W. U.
Zelner, John
Roos, Richard
Shadle, H. A.
Zelner, Benjamin.
Raker, George
Shaw, Virgil
Fulton county was very well represented in the
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
which was organized at Camp Latty, Defiance, during the summer and autumn of 1861. Companies I and K were, it is understood, recruited wholly from Fulton county, and other companies had some inen of Fulton county. In addition, many recruits for the Thirty- Eighth were secured in Fulton county during the years of war. On September 28, 1861, the regiment was transferred to Camp Dennison, taking cars from there in Cincinnati, thence to Nicholsville, Ken- tucky, where it eamped on October 2, 1861. About the middle of October, the regiment made a forced march of sixty miles to relieve the garrison at Wild Cat, which was successfully effected. The regi- ment had to endure some very severe winter eampaigning in 1861-62, and by the end of January, 1862, not much more than one-third of
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its original strength were fit for duty, and the mortality was heavy. In March, 1862, the regiment was transferred to Nashville, Tenncs- see, and as a unit of the Army of the Ohio participated in the siege of Corinth. In September, 1862, began the retrograde movement which terminated in the battle at Perrysville, October 8, 1862. Its next important engagement was that at Stone River, in December, after which it went into winter quarters March 13, 1863, when it marched to Triune, Georgia, and in June, with the Army of the Cum- berland took active part in the Tullahoma campaign. On August 17th the march to Chattanooga began. The regiment was eventually detailed to guard the supply train of the army, and consequently was not present at the battle of Chickamauga. It was at Mission Ridge however. Soon afterwards, its term having expired, it re-enlisted, and returned home on veteran furlough. It was refitted while at home, and later joined Sherman's forces, participating in much of the Geor- gia campaign, so famous. After reaching the sea, the regiment marched with Sherman through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and after the surrender of Johnson, went to Richmond, Vir- ginia, and eventually to Washington, where it took part in the Grand Review. On July 12, 1865 it was mustered out of service, a service of one month short of four years. Moses R. Brailey was captain of Company I, and was promoted to major, on January 28, 1862; other Fulton county men among the commissioned officers were: Elisha Fewlass, first lieutenant; Edward D. A. Williams, captain; John S. Templeton, first lieutenant; Joseph B. Coons, first lieutenant; Thomas W. Wright, second lieutenant; and James McQuillen, second lieuten- ant. Company K was commanded by Reason A. Franks, for three years, when Charles H. Gorsuch took command. Charles L. Allen was promoted to first lieutenant and quartermaster on March 21, 1862, and eventually became adjutant. Among the staff officers of the Thirty-Eighth Regiment was Epaphras L. Barber, who was commis- sioned in the grade of major on June 10, 1861, but resigned on Janu- ary 12, 1862. Mr. Shadle's list of the Fulton county men of the Thirty-Eighth Regiment is as follows:
Adams, Merritt Bachman, John B. Dayton, Travis
Adams, John
Brailey, M. R. Dickerson, Henry
Adamson, Thomas
Betts, R. H. Donaldson, H. D.
Andrews, Leonard
Brink, J. L. Dennis, Wm.
Abbott, Fred W.
Buzzle, G. F.
Dennius, G. W.
Allen, C. L. Allen, Dan
Brooker, Hiram
Douglas, John
Allen, Silas
Coss, Martin
Douglas, Leroy
Aton, Lewis G.
Canfield, Pomeroy
Dennius, Franklin
Aton, Levi D.
Cantleberry, Emanuel
Daily, John
Aton, David M.
Cameron, Orrin
Daily, William
Bryant, George E.
Cone, Henry
Daily, Hamilton
Baker, Robert Betts, James
Cottrell, Eugene
Dunbar, G. A. B.
Butler, marshall
Cornell, John W.
Dunbar, William W.
Baker, Nicholas
Childs. John M.
Elliott, James
Babcock, Robert
Cottrell, G. T.
Evans, John
Berkey, Horatio
Crane, Jefferson
Eddy, John
Coss, Wm. G.
Dull, Jeremiah
Cottrell, Henry
Dickson, Ezra
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Emerick, J. D.
Kuney, Lawson
Elliott, James A.
Kypers, Cyrus
Fewlass, Elisha
Lunger, John
Fairchilds, David
Looker, James K.
Savage, Nelson
Fashbaugh, John
Q. Looker, David
Salisbury, Mathias
Fashbaugh, Lewis
Frederick, John
Losure, Mariette McQuillin, James Struble, Elmer
Fashbaugh, John R.
McQuillin, Elmer
Struble, George
Fashbaugh, John Frysinger, Levi
McQuillin, Thomas
Snow, S. D.
Ford, A. B.
Miller, Edmund
Smith, S. Snow, Henry
Fellows, H. N.
Mikesell, C. J.
Snyder Jacob
Faulkner, Albert
Mikesell, Stillman
Shorter, D. G.
Faulkner, Leonard
Mikesell, Wm.
Schafer, Rueben
Franks, Reason
Geer, David
Micksell, Nat. Mckibben, Wm.
Smith, Alexander
Gunsaullus, George
McLayman, W. H. Merrion, James
Swank, Peter Savage, Ferris F. Tremain, Daniel M.
· Gunsaullus, Daniel Gunsaullus Daniel E. Galbraith, Chas. Geer, Isaac Gorsuch. C. H.
Mattern, Jerome
Trowbridge, M. H.
Griffin, Wm. H.
Mattern, Jacob
Templeton, John S.
Griffin, Carver, S.
Mathias, F. D.
Thomas, Jacob
Green, William
Mead, Hiram
Tayer, John W.
Geitsey, Samuel
Marsh, Richard
Tayer, William H.
Gray, George
Marsh, Luther G.
Vaughan, Cal.
Gray, James
Mattoon, Silas
Van Arnsdalen, G.
Geer, Lucius
McCutchinson, Saml
Van Fleet, Garret Viers, James
Hannah, Julius
McMaster, Leonard
Viers, Nehamiah Van Ness, William
Hilbarn, Stephen P.
Moses, Frank
Van Ness, Wallace
Hall. Alfred M.
Moore, Edson
Van Ness, Charles Van Ness. Albert Winslow, Thomas
Hogle, Joel Hicker, Daniel
Nobbs, Robert
Warner, William Wilcox, Thomas Williams, Edward
Heckman, John Hendricks, Jackson
Pike, Hiram
Pomeroy, H. B.
Williams, W. W.
Howden, Thomas Hale, Justice H. Jay, Brice Jones, Judson
Riley, John B.
Westfall, William
Kirkman. Robert
Rice, H. M. Rock, George
Wise, M. L. Woodard, Jerry
Kaine, Sr .. John
Rice, Joseph G.
Weaver, Andrew
Kennedy, John W.
Reighard, William
Williams. Roderick
Kennedy. Willis Kessler, Peter
Sellers, Wm.
Weeks, V. W.
Keith, valeb H. Kinney, William King, J. F.
Scribner, Luke
Youngs, Joel
Skeels, William
Zimmerman, Jacob
Hoodless, Geo.
Moses, James
Hoodless, Thomas
Murray, Atwell
Nothnaugle, B. F.
Osterhout, J. W.
Palmer, David
Wright, Thomas
Penny, David
Walters, Jacob
Kaine, John
Reighard, Hugh
Willey, E.
McQuillin, Ira
Showers, Lewis
Ford, A. K.
Miller, Daniel T.
Smith, Charles
Metz, William Metz, Thomas Mattern, B. F.
Trowbridge, Solomon
Trowbridge, Corn.
Geer, Isiah
McCutchinson, Wm.
Skeels, Lyman Schlappi, Wm. Sohn, Jacob
Schlappi, Ezra
.
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Under the President's first call for seventy-five thousand men for three months of service, in 1861, the
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
was organized, and Company H was mainly composed of Fulton County men. Epaphras L. Barber, of Wauseon, was the first to sign the enlistment roll, and others followed so quickly that four days later, on April 23, 1861, the company of full strength left for Toledo. E. L. Barber was elected captain; Thomas M. Ward, first lieutenant; and Reason A. Franks, second lieutenant. Upon arrival at Toledo, the Fulton County company was attached to the Fourteenth Infantry, becoming Company H of that regiment. The Fourteenth arrived at Cleveland on April 25th, and two days later was mustered into the Union service, and went into Camp Taylor, near Cleve- land, for training. Many of the men of Company H eventually became veterans, and are named in the rosters of other regiments, in which they gave long and valiant service to the Union. On May 22nd, the Fourteenth left for Columbus, to be outfitted, and on the following day proceeded to Marietta, at which place other troops had rendezvoused. The regiment did much useful work of pioneer and construction char- aeter, and in early June met the Rebel forces at Philippi, Virginia, which the rebels abandoned. The regiment was in constant touch with the enemy during June, and in early July marehed to Bealington, on Laurel Hill, where the rebels, under General Garnett, were in consider- able force. The place was abandoned by the Confederate forces, and the following Union forces met stubborn resistance at Carrick's Ford. Two hundred and fifty prisoners were taken by the Union army in that en- gagement. The Fourteenth Regiment returned to Laurel Hill, but shortly afterwards returned to Toledo for disbandment, the term of enlistment having expired. Many of the men afterwards joined other regiments for three years of service; some were somewhat elderly, or had family ties which militated against their wish to give further serv- ice. Of the men who saw service with the Fourteenth Regiment, the following are the names of the men accredited to that unit in the list taken as the basis, as before explained :
Butler, Lewis H.
Gallup, J. R.
Mixter, J. W.
Buehrer, George
Hollis, George H.
McMannis, W. R.
Bayes, I. Hodges, J.
Miller, Hiram
Barber, E. L.
Hodges, J. P. Miller, Alexander
Barnes, W. C.
Hodges, Sam
Miller, John
Beekham, S.
Hollis, William
Miller, David
Carter, Wm. M. Harger, E.
McClatchey, H.
Clark, Aden
Jones, Wm. Syl.
Pontious, Wesley
Childs. Thomas
Jones, John W.
Colt, W.
Kauble, J. W.
Price, L. P. Quiggle, Osro
Cheadle, Nathan
Losure, William
Quiggle, Horatio
Dowell, John
Lepley, J. B. Lyon, L.
Rogers, William Smith, Martin
Firestone, Emanuel
Lewis. Wesley
Sams, W. F.
Fashbaugh, Wm. Leggett, W. B. Smith, H. T.
Garberson. John Lingle, Paul
Geiser, William
Lingle, M. Silas
Summers, E. T. Shadle, Riehard
Ellsworth, W.
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Strenahan, A. B. Todd, Uriah
Ward, Thomas
Struble, W. S.
Woodward, C. P. Wise, John
Stout, James
Wellman, Samuel
Wilson, Lewis E.
Tabor, Leander
Waldron, W.
Yeager, Henry
Many Fulton County men saw service with the
FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
as it was eventually called, much to the disappointment of the men from the Fulton County contingent, who had enlisted on the under- standing that the regiment would take the name of the North-Western Sharpshooters, it having been raised in many states, including Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana. The governor of Illinois had the commission- ing of officers for that regiment, and consequently was able to exert political influence to give it an Illinois name. It caused much dis- satisfaction to the men of Company D, which was composed almost entirely of Fulton County men. And the general dissatisfaction felt by men of other states than Illinois had some effect upon the early efficiency of the force, which however during the last two years of the war did good service. Company D., when organized, was commanded by Captain E. L. Hayes, with Jacob Hoffmire, first, and Jacob Fash- baugh, second lieutenant. Men of the company whose homes were in Fulton County, and are not named in other rosters, were:
Atkinson, Stephen Krontz, S.
Stetter, Martin
Broadbeck, Phil
Kinney, Henry
Stevens, Sylvanus M.
Broadbeck, Gust
Kinney, Josiah Stevens, Wm.
Biddle, D. T.
Kyles, Joseph
Stevens, Daniel
Clark, James
Lott, Perry
Skiler, Jas. S.
Clark, D. A.
Lott, Warren
Sullivan, J.
Dowell, John
Lott, Josiah
Shepherd, Amos
Ely, Asher B.
Livermore, D. O.
Struble, Dallas
Fisher, Solomon
Miller, Conrad
Struble, Dan
Fisher, Benton
Pervis, Robert
Theobold, Lewis
Fisher, Daniel
Phillipar, Andrew
Theobold, Valentine
Fink, Judson
Phillipar, Aug.
Thomas, Warren
Fink William
Richardson, B. R. Thomas, Henry
Hall, John
Rittenhouse,
Waggoner, Joseph
Hollister, H.
Robinson, Henry
Wells, Hiram
Hoffmire, Jacob
Robinson, Alex
·Whitehead, Daniel
Hayes, Cyrus
Shafer, Gottlieb
Whitehorn, Myron
For a service of one hundred days, the
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
was organized in early May of 1864, being raised mainly in Lucas and Fulton counties of Ohio. Fulton County reported with three full com- panies, but as eleven companies had already reported, one from Fulton County was distributed among the other companies of the regiment, which reported to Gen. C. W. Hill, at Sandusky, and after muster-in, was ordered to Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, to guard rebel pris- oners. On June 4, 1864, the regiment was ordered to Washington, D. C.,
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and refitted with standard equipment at Belair. From Washington it proceeded to Bermuda Hundred, and was ordered by General Butler to Point of Roeks, on the Appomattox, where a Confederate attaek was threatened. Later, the regiment returned to Bermuda Hundred, and was employed in digging rifle-pits, and in picketing. On June 22, 1864, the brigade had a sharp skirmish with the enemy. On August 11th, the One Hundred and Thirtieth passed down the James River on the steamer "Keyport." At Washington the regiment entrained for Toledo, where eventually it was mustered out. It is on record that 251 men enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment from Fulton County, but only 110 names appear under this regimental caption in the list compiled for the purposes of the Fulton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial and Monumental Association. The names are:
Beatty, Whitfield
Gooden, Oliver
Pinkstock, Hy.
Babcock, Clark
Gillis, John
Plettner, John
Bartlett, Russell
Gray, Edward
Prentiss, Abram C.
Baler, James
Hogel, Isaac
Potes, James
Baler, Martin
Hay, Samuel
Pieree, Hiram
Bacon, Ezekiel Harriman, J.
Quiggle, Romance C.
Barden, B. L. HIemp, Eli
Rarick, George
Barden, Lewis
Hoxie, Thomas J.
Robasser, Melehoir
Borton, Elwood
Hinkle, C. G.
Richards, Franklin
Bayes, B. W.
Hinkle, Melvin
Reckner, John
Bayes, F. P.
Hinde, Aaron
Royee, G. L.
Bayes, Elliott
Jeffers, Lyman
Robinson, T. R.
Critzer, William
Kennedy, Albert
Robinson, S.
Champion, W. J.
Kennedy, Elias
Richardson, M. D.
Carpentier, Henry
Kennedy, Charles
Robinson, M. E.
Carrol, Charles
Koester, Jacob
Roos, Edward
Carrol. L. J.
King, J.
Spencer, S. L.
Carmon, C. E.
Lee, R. S.
Stilwell, A. N.
Driskoll, W. W.
Losure, Elmer
Smith, Lot
Drew, William
Miley, W. C.
Smith, W. S.
Drew, A. N.
Miley, H.
Snyder, William
Dull, George A.
Miley, Wm. B.
Standish, George
Dennis, Alpheus
McClarren, R.
Swan, D.
Davoll, William
Merrill, John
Turney, A.
Deyo, Albert
Merrill, Russell
Trask, Erastus
Eldridge, Milan
Mason, L. Q.
Tripp, B. R.
Faylor, Joseph
Munn, Alison
Worth, Arthur
Fashbaugh, Isiah T.
MeCann, W.
Wood, J. B.
Fashbaugh, Jacob B. Mercer, Abram
Warren, Joseph
Fashbaugh, Taylor
March, Henry
Watkins, Wells
Fashbaugh, Eli
Mead. Levi
Washburn, Wm. Wilcox, James
Fenner, E. M.
McIntyre. Geo.
White, James S.
Ferguson, T. J.
Noble, Augustus
Wilson, William
First, O.
Nobbs. Daniel
Winzler, John
Grandy, John A.
Onweller, Wm.
Yamons, John L.
Gates, Hiram
Parish, A. W.
Fenner, Dennis
Mead, Chauncey
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Fulton County was well represented in the . ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
which was organized at Camp Toledo, near Toledo, in 1862, and was mustered into the United States service on September 1, 1862. Com- pany H was formed in Fulton County, and men of the county were in other companies also. The regiment after calling at Cincinnati, camped at Covington, Kentucky, on September 9th, leaving that place on October 8th for Lexington, Kentucky, thence to Danville, at which place it arrived on December 26th.
It was in Kentucky for the greater part of the spring and summer of 1863, but in the latter part of August marched to join the Ninth Corps in Eastern Tennessee. Upon arrival at Knoxville, part of the regiment was detached for service in West Virginia, where, on Septem- ber 4th, the entire detachment was captured by the enemy. The regi- ment participated in the defense of Knoxville, and saw strenuous service during the winter of 1863-64, in the spring of which year the regiment as part of the Twenty-Third Army Corps, marched from Knoxville, to join Sherman, then at Tunnel Hill, Georgia. It took part in the Atlanta campaign, and was present in almost every battle from Rocky Face Ridge to Atlanta. After the capture of Nashville, the regiment took part in the pursuit of Hood, and was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. After service with Sherman in North Caro- lina, the regiment eventually returned to Cleveland, and was mustered out of the service on July 1, 1865. The command of Company H., which was formed in Fulton County was given originally to L. Berry Smith. Subsequent captains were. John H. Palmer, Emmet Losure, and Albert B. Smith. Other officers were not of Fulton County with the exception of John J. Hines. The following list is of Fulton County men who were in the One Hundredth Regiment, mainly in Company H .:
Agle, John
Childs, George
Hayes, E. L.
Abbott, Solomon
Cameron, Alex
Hodges, James
Beaver, Henry
Clark, D. W.
Hine, J. J.
Bradley, A. E.
Donahue, David
Harrington, Hy
Bowerman, Silas
Dumaresq, John
Hess, Thomas
Bunting, Frank
Dee, Orion
Heckman, Frank
Barden, Allen Doge, Davis
Holland, J. P.
Baxter, J. W.
Ely, J. R.
Herrick, George
Bayes, Campbell
Earl, Harper
Jones, Charles
Bates, H. J.
Ely, Daniel
Jewell, John
Barnes, O. P.
Elliott, Simson
Kessler, David
Black, Benjamin
Ewers, Gladney
McManus. J. N.
Curtis, Lavally R.
Fausey, William
MeLaughlin, Todd
Collins, Carl
Foster, R. N.
Crew, Benjamin
Gorsuch, Mordecai
Metz, Isaac Miley, Jesse
Collins, Jacob
Grove, John
Miller, Geo. S.
Case, W. J.
Grove, Wm.
McFarling, G. J.
Crew, Addison
Gish, S. A.
Miller, Jasper P.
Crew, Micahah
Harper, Earl H.
Mallory, Alva
Copeland, Joseph
Hulet, Edward W.
Moor, Philip
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Olds, Wilson
Sigsby, Warren
Vrocman, Geo. W.
Palmer, John HI.
Sigsby, Newton
Woolaee, Frank
Pearson, Alex
Smith, Isaae
Warren, Samuel
Page, Noble
Smith, Lawrenee B.
Weeks, Jonas
Reece, Harvey
Sangston, George
Walters, Sylvanus
Rendall, H. E. Smith, A. B
Weis, William
Raker, John
Sigsby, John
Wilcox, H. G.
Stair, John
Stutesman, James
Young, Henry
Shadle, Allen
Tremain, J. T.
Zigler, G. H.
Sellers, Elias
Taver, Oscar F.
Some patriots of the county enlisted in the
FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
which was composed mainly of men of the southwestern counties of Ohio. Most of the Fulton County men were in Company I. The Regi- ment was ordered to Clarksburg. W. Va., on August 27, 1861, to report thereat to General Rosecrans. It was later brigaded with the Ninth and Twenty-Eighth Ohio regiments, afterwards known as the "Bully Dutch Brigade." It saw fighting at Cornifex Ferry in 1861; at Little Sewell Mountain, at Lewisburg, in Northern Virginia, at White Sulphur Springs, in 1862; at Vicksburg, at Seminary Hill Fort, at Jackson, Miss., at Chickamauga, and at Greyville, in 1863; and in almost all the fighting from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., in 1864, marching with Sherman through Georgia to the sea, and being in the advance in the charge on Fort McAlister, December 13, 1864. It was mustered out on August 24, 1865, after more than four years of service. The following Fulton County names are those mostly of veterans of that famous regiment .
Blain, James Harwood, John Sprague, Edgar A.
Brockway, Mathew
Havens, George Stedman, Horaee
Butts. William Hinkle, Martin Stedman, Clark
Clendenin, L. H. Hallett, Daniel Sturdevant, C.
Clough, J. W. Johnson, David C. Sprague, Edward
Conklin, G. W. Kiff, John Tiney, Alwood
Culver, George Osborn, Blanchard Tredway, Martin V.
Freidon. Henry Parker, Mark B. Turner, Manley
Hall, John Patterson, Syl.
Whipple, Isaac
Hall, Samuel Seward, A.
Twenty-four Fulton County men are shown as having belonged to the
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEERS
which was raised in Lueas, Wood, Fulton, Sandusky and Defiance counties, in August, 1862. It was assigned to General Buell's army, and saw service in that year in Kentucky. Six months of 1863 were passed in duties of garrisoning and guarding communieations between Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. In July, the regiment chased Morgan through Kentucky into Ohio, having in- directly a part in the capture of that command of thirty-five hundred men. In August, the regiment was in Kentucky, preparing to mareh
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into eastern 'Tennessee. It was at Louden, Tennessee, from September until November 14th, when it took part in the movement on New Market, to check the Confederate advance from Virginia. It checked General Longstreet's division at Louden Creek, until the arrival of Henshaw's Illinois Battery. Severe fighting took place at Campbell Station, in an endeavor to impede the progress of the enemy until the fortifications around Knoxville could be completed. There was mueh severe fighting in Tennessee during the winter of 1863, and in 1864 the One Hundred and Eleventh was one of those units which formed Sherman's Army in the march to the sea, through Georgia. In November of that year it was again in Tennessee, and assisted in checking General Hood's advance on Nashville. In the subsequent severe fighting before Nashville, the regiment had conspicuous part. It was subsequently engaged in the fighting which led to the capture of Fort Anderson. After the surrender of General Johnson, the regi- ment was sent to Salisbury, N. C., where it remained on garrison duty until ordered home for muster-out. It arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, July 5, 1865. The One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment is chiefly distinctive in Fulton County annals not because of a large contribution of men to its ranks, but because its principal officers were Fulton County men. The regiment went out in the fall of 1862 under the command of Major M. R. Brailey, and Isaac R. Sherwood was a lieutenant at the time. At the end of the war, both held the brevet rank of brigadier- general. On its rosters were the names of :
Butler, Aaron Ford, Thomas Krontz, E.
Barone, Henry
.
Harris, Israel
La Bounty, F.
Baer, Samuel Hallett, James
Ottgen, John C.
Baer, Andrew Hoffman, J. F. Scott, William
Duke, Addison Hoffman, A. B. Stoner, Eli
Dimke, Gust.
Irwin, Thos.
Tredway, Gus
Fashbaugh, Sml.
Irwin, Wm. J.
Van Nortwick, A. S.
Ford, Samuel Kinsey, Samuel Young, Adam
A regiment recruited for a service of one year was the
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
in the ranks of which were many Fulton County men. It was fitted out at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, and mustered into federal service on October 28, 1864. Three days later the regiment proceeded to Nash- ville, Tennessee, where it joined the forces under General Thomas. The regiment therefore had part in the defence of Nashville. It was mustered out of service at Camp Chase, Ohio, on July 13, 1865. In its ranks were :
Ayers, John E. Laver, John S.
Newcomer, G. D.
Aldrich, Albert
Linfoot, Frank
Porter, Lucius
Beebe, B. Leggett, Frank Pike, L. J.
Belknap, F. Leggett, Fred
Sargent, Alfred
Brooker, Wm. H. McClure, Moses
Tavlor, George
Dennius, Peter
MeQuillen, John W.
Upham, Warren
Ely, Francisco Markley, Phil William, G. H.
Hanley, James Martin, Charles
Kanaur, Adam Morphelius, C.
Whitehead, Jacob
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HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
A purely northern Ohio organization, in which were many Fulton County men, was the
THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
which was formed at Monroeville, Ohio, in August and September of 1861. In February, 1862, it was in Kentucky; in March it was in Tennessee, and took part in very active campaigning there during that year. Next, the Third Ohio Cavalry was in Alabama, guarding the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The regiment eventually partici- pated in Sherman's campaign in Georgia, and after the capture of Atlanta, the regiment followed Hood as far as Columbia, Tennessee. It took part in the battle before Nashville, and after Hood's defeat followed his retreat across the Tennessce River into Alabama. It was engaged in the Wilson raid through Alabama and Georgia, and in the battles of
U. S. PRISON QUARTERS, ON JOHNSON'S ISLAND, NEAR SANDUSKY, O., WHERE MANY FULTON COUNTY MEN DID GUARD DUTY DURING CIVIL WAR, PREVENTING SUCCESS OF PLOT TO RELEASE CONFEDERATE PRISONERS.
Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, and Macon and Griffin, Georgia. It served altogether for nearly four years, and engaged in more raids and fights than any other Ohio cavalry regiment, actually capturing more than five thousand Confederate soldiers. It was mustered out of the Federal service on August 14, 1865. Fulton County men in the Third Ohio Cavalry were:
Archer, Martin Gay, Alvertus
La Bounty, Frank
Bovers, Jacob Geer, Milo
Moyer, Frank
Berry, Joseph E. Howard, Valors
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