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Every Memorial Day, from farm, shop, store and office, come those of the four hundred, strong enough to march to the graves of their comrades. Every year is thinning the ranks of the survivors of the world's greatest tragedy. The wavering line is a reminder of all that was done for this country. For the boys in blue the Nation can never do too much.
And may our people never forget the graves in our cemeteries marked by the shield and flag-"On Fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards with every round the bivouac of the dead."
In the ranks of the living are those who knew torturing marches, the fever camps, the swarming hospitals, the screeching shells, the roaring cannon, the racking agony of a thousand ordeals, and some even who survived the horrors of Andersonville and other rebel prisons where thousands starved and rotted.
Within forty-eight hours from President Lincoln's call for troops men met in Coshocton to summon volunteers of the county to the
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courthouse. And the volunteers came-a historic assembly that sent up mighty cheer on cheer for the earnest eloquence of John D. Nicholas and Josiah Given and Richard Lanning.
Enrolling was quick work. Judge R. M. Voorhees of the Circuit Court, who is among the few in the county today that went through those memorable hours when history was warm in the making, was first to sign. N. R. Tidball was already commissioned to raise a com- pany. A. M. Williams headed a paper with a hundred dollars for the maintenance of volunteers' families, and two thousand dollars was subscribed. In the homes needles were flying to make clothing for the volunteers. The daughters of Roscoe gave their soldiers blankets.
Coshocton resounded with martial music. An unprecedented gathering in Main Street saw the first volunteers march from Court Square to the station. A silk flag, the gift of women, was presented to the boys. The band struck up as the train rolled in. Roaring, thundering cheers rose from the crowd surging round. The boys reached down from the car steps for the last clasp of hands raised to them. Women's handkerchiefs fluttered as the train drew out, and then hid eyes that no longer held back the tears.
Coshocton's first troops became part of the Sixteenth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry-the "Carrington Guards" as they were called after the Adjutant General. They preceded the other Sixteenth Ohio that enlisted for three years' service. The roll here is from the official roster of Ohio soldiers given by the State Commission.
Among those first to respond to their country's call and who won honor on the battlefield is Dr. Jesse McClain's father, Richard W. McClain, who served in the Mexican War. From Captain of Co. D in the Sixteenth he became Major, then Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1863 Colonel of the fighting Fifty-first. In the battle of Chickamauga he was taken prisoner fighting on the line with a musket. His captors demanded that he surrender his sword. The Colonel flatly refused to give it up except to an officer of his own rank. They threatened to shoot him, but his iron will was unshaken by the sight of the rebel guns leveled at him. The prisoner's admirable courage triumphed. His life was spared, and they held him in Libby prison until an exchange was effected. He returned to his regiment and conducted
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it through the Atlanta campaign. When his commission expired in 1864 he came home to his farm.
The Sixteenth Ohio, as part of Mcclellan's army, was moved across the Ohio to guard the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West Vir- ginia, where the enemy burned bridges and killed citizens at Farm- ington and Fairmount. The Coshocton boys were actively engaged before Phillippi in June, 1861, and a week later in the expedition of Romney, engagements making for the successful issue of the West Virginia campaign. Colonel James Irvine of Coshocton commanded the regiment.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. Three Months' Service. Company A.
Mustered in April 27, 1861. Mustered out August 18, 1861.
In this company were volunteers who afterward re-enlisted in other companies, which see:
John D. Nicholas, Captain.
David W. Marshall, First Lieutenant-Appointed Adjutant.
James M. McClintock, First Lieutenant-Promoted from Second Lieutenant.
Nicholas R. Tidball, Second Lieutenant-Promoted from First Sergeant.
Richard M. Voorhees, First Sergeant-Promoted from Corporal appointed First Lieutenant, Company F, Sixty-fifth O. V. I., promoted to Captain; wounded in battle of Stone River, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; detailed as judge advocate and member of court martial.
Charles Donley, Sergeant
Luther L. Cantwell, Sergeant
William H. Coe, Sergeant
William Torrey, Sergeant
John M. Carhartt, Sergeant-Appointed Lieutenant Company M, Ninth O. V. C.
Thomas J. Roney, Corporal
Alonzo Barton, Corporal
Lester P. Emerson, Corporal
Carl Mosher, Corporal
George W. Smailes, Musician
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Privates
Akeroyd, Joseph B. Bamford, James
Bassett, Warren W.
Beardsley, Robert B.
McClure, James
Brelsford, Hiram W.
McMath, Adonis
Broas, Richard M. C.
McMichael, Charles
Carnahan, James C.
McNabb, Solomon
Carnahan, John
McPherson, Jesse
Carnes, Thomas J.
Madden, Simon B.
Catherwood, David W.
Miller, Peter
Compton, Samuel
Mills, John
Cooper, James P.
Moffatt, George
Cooper, Joseph
Morris, Amos
Cowee, Merrel E.
Newell, Thomas
Cox, George W.
Nicholas, William
Davis, Singleton W.
Norris, Harmon
Davis, William
North, John
Decker, Harrison H.
Patton, John
Dimmock, John H. P.
Patton, William
Dougherty, Patrick S.
Pike, Charles
Porter, John
Raymond, Marvin P.
Edwards, Thomas J.
Richards, William H. H.
Ellis, Sylvester A.
Richardson, Robert S.
Robinson, W. H.
Roney, Hamilton
Ross, John D.
Shaffer, George
Simmons, John M.
Stallard, David W.
Stevenson, Benjamin A.
Stonehocker. James
Suitt, Julian
Sykes, George
Vanhorn, George
Welling, James
Winn, Isaac N. Wrey, James
Gadden, Josiah Grundish, George
Hackinson, Robert
Hagelbarger, Henry
Harper, Sidney
Hay, James H. Hay, William
Humphrey, Christopher
Hutchinson, Thomas C.
Jack, George F. Lawbaugh, Alfred P. Whalen, John Wier, John H.
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Loder, John W. Longshore, Jonathan S. Lynch, John
Doyle, William Easton, James
Farmer, Francis H.
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Company D
Mustered in April 27, 1861. Mustered out August 18, 1861.
In this company were volunteers who afterward re-enlisted in other companies, which see.
Richard W. McClain, Captain
Willis C. Workman, First Lieutenant
Albert Shaw, Second Lieutenant
William Moore, First Sergeant
John Humphrey, Sergeant Sampson McNeal, Sergeant
James R. Johnson, Sergeant
Thomas B. Ferren, Corporal
William Ringwalt, Corporal
Thomas J. Cook, Corporal
Henry Forest, Corporal
Benjamin F. Ingraham, Musician
Privates
Baird, George W.
Baker, Isaiah
Barth, Frederick C.
Coy, William H.
Bassett, Jesse
Crooks, James M.
Bassett, Nicholas H.
Crooks, John
Bible, Harrison
Crooks, Lewis
Bird, Henry
Davis, James
Bird, Thomas B.
Davis, John
Blaser, Frederick
Derr, William
Bonts, John Brown, Robert
Ellis, Leroy
Bryant, William H.
Ellis, Simeon H.
Campbell, Edward N.
Ely, Abraham
Carnahan, Nathan S.
Ely, Isaac
Clark, Charles Cochran, James M.
Evans, Jacob H.
Cochran, Joseph P.
Cochran, Matthew D.
Cochran, Washington L. Copeland, John
Foster, John Goff, Thomas
Haynes, Francis D.
Henderson, J. Nelson Hoobler, Samuel
Coterel, Franklin
Cox, Richard
Dobson, Thomas
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House, William R.
Poland, Ezekiel
Porter, Levi
Johnson, George W. Jones, Benjamin Lahr, Jacob
Richardson, Osborn
Richardson, Thomas
Lamma, Andrew J.
Rogers, Thomas
Latham, George W.
Seres, James
McConnell, John
Sherer, Anthony W.
McCune, James M.
Shuck, William
McElfresh, Zachariah
Sipes, James M.
McFadden, Simpson
Snell, Michael
Mack, Reuben A.
Snyder, Alfred
Martin, John H.
Snyder, Morgan
Matheny, Henry
Steel, Basil
Matson, George
Stephens, Samuel
Miller, John
Sternburgh, Jacob
Miller, Joseph T.
Stricker, Jacob
Miller, William T.
Sturtiss, Dennison
Milligan, John C.
Thacker, Palestine
Morgan, Marcellus
Thomas, Eli W.
Myers, John
Tislen, Charles W.
Newel, Franklin
Wiggins, Edward
Ogle, John
Williams, Alexander
Parrish, John
Wilson, Adias N.
Phillips, Joseph
Wilson, James B.
Pierce, Robert
Wilson, John W.
Platt, Allen H.
Plummer, John W.
Zimmerman, Harvey Zook, James A.
With the expiration of their ninety days' enlistment the volunteers came back to Coshocton and were welcomed by many at the station. Everything was given up to war. The country had come to realize this rebellion was not to be put down in three months. Trainload after trainload of troops were on their way through Coshocton to the front. More volunteers were enlisting in the county. Young women proclaimed through the local press that they would marry no home guard.
Josiah Given began organizing a company while the first Coshoc- ton volunteers were fighting in the enemy's country. His dis- tinguished service at the front in after years won the high appreciation
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of General Johnson. From Captain of Company K, Twenty-fourth Ohio, he ranked as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eighteenth Ohio, and was promoted to Colonel of the Seventy-fourth Ohio, the regiment which he commanded in the historic battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. For more than three months in the Atlanta campaign his regiment was under fire almost daily. The Seventy-fourth stormed the rebel strongholds at Buzzard Roost and Resaca, and took part in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, and in front of Atlanta. The Colonel led the regiment in charge after charge on the strongly intrenched double line at Jonesboro, breaking through swamp and thicket under the murderous fire of troops celebrated as most obstinate fighters in the rebel army. But the enemy was driven out of his works. After the war Colonel Given went to Iowa.
The Twenty-fourth Ohio, assigned to Tenth Brigade, Fourth Division, Army of the Ohio, was in these battles:
Cheat Mountain, W. Va., September 12 and 13, 1861.
Greenbrier, W. Va., October 3, 1861.
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6 and 7, 1862.
Occupation of Corinth, Miss., May 30, 1862.
Perrysville, Ky., October 8, 1862.
Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862; January I and 2, 1863. Woodbury, Tenn., January 24, 1863.
Tullahoma Campaign, Tenn., June 23-30, 1863.
Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20, 1863.
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24, 1863.
Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863.
Ringgold, Ga. (Taylor's Ridge), November 27, 1863.
Buzzard Roost, Ga. (Rocky Face Ridge), February 25-27, 1864 ..
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. Three Years' Service. Company K
Mustered in June 13, 1861. Mustered out June 23, 1864.
Josiah Given, Captain-Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Eight- eenth Ohio, and to Colonel Seventy-fourth Ohio.
James R. Inskeep, First Lieutenant.
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A. J. Garrison, First Lieutenant-Promoted from Sergeant and Second Lieutenant.
Gabriel B. Stitt, Second Lieutenant.
Andrew Davis, Sergeant.
George McConnell, Sergeant-Died at Manchester, Tenn., 1863.
George B. Johnson, Sergeant.
William B. Knowldon, Sergeant.
Robert A. Campbell, Sergeant-Promoted from Corporal; trans- ferred to Signal Corps.
John Cox, Sergeant-Promoted from Corporal.
William Darnes, Sergeant-Promoted from Private.
Jacob Evans, Sergeant-Promoted from Private and Corporal.
Edward Wells, Sergeant-Promoted from Private and Corporal. David Horton, Corporal-Died at Nashville, Tenn., 1862.
Jacob Stricker, Corporal-Died at Camp Dennison, Ohio, from wounds received in battle of Shiloh, Tenn .; interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Joseph Wier, Corporal-Killed in battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Edward Sterman, Corporal.
Robert H. Chapman, Corporal.
A. D. Green, Corporal.
James G. Butler, Corporal-Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1864.
Alonzo C. Pocock, Corporal-Promoted to Sergeant.
John C. Almack, Corporal-Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1863.
David Hagans, Corporal-Promoted from Private.
John N. Johnson, Corporal-Promoted from Private.
John C. Jennings, Corporal-Promoted from Private; captured in battle of Chickamauga, Ga .; died in Rebel Prison at Anderson- ville, Ga.
Martin S. Neighbor, Corporal-Promoted from Private.
David R. Norris, Musician.
John Wier, Wagoner.
Privates.
Adams, Michael-Wounded in battle of Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., I864.
Almack, Joseph P .- Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
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Babcock, John-Captured in battle of Chickamauga, Ga.
Bigelow, Francis.
Boggs, Thomas
Baker, Charles-Died from wounds received in battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 1862.
Barnes, Daniel B.
Bryan, Edward E.
Campbell, Matthew-Died at Nashville, Tenn., 1865.
Campbell, Albert B.
Clark, George G .- Detached 1864 in band, Third Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps.
Clute, William H.
Cunning, Thomas J.
Carpenter, Joseph-Died at Nashville, Tenn., 1863.
Carpenter, Reuben-Died at Nashville, Tenn., 1862.
Cochran, Jacob-Fatally wounded in railroad accident, 1862.
Carpenter, George-Wounded in battle of Cheat Mountain, W. Va., 1861.
Corbit, John.
Curtis, Archibald-Transferred to Fourth U. S. Calvary.
Cooper, P. L .- Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant.
Dunlap, John W.
Douglass, William-Wounded in battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 1862. DeCamp, Samuel-Wounded in battle of Shiloh, Tenn.
Endermshley, John-Captured in battle of Chickamauga; died in Rebel Prison at Andersonville, Ga.
Fox, Robert R .- Detailed in hospital at Nashville, 1862. Farquhar, Samuel.
Fessenden, Linneus Gardner, Robert C.
Gunder, Conrad. Guenther, Philip-Transferred to Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
Hooker, John H. Hagans, Joseph K.
House, Samuel-Promoted to Hospital Steward.
Johnson, Leroy.
Johnson, William A .- Wounded in battle of Chickamauga, Ga., 1863.
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Johnson, Charles. Johnson, Robert L.
Kiggins, Francis-Died 1863 from wounds received in battle of Stone River, Tenn., 1862.
King, John B. Lovitt, Reason. Leavitt, Gideon. Lent, Lewis. Mardis, Robinson.
Martter, Francis.
Miller, John-Wounded in battle of Stone River. Mayhew, George.
Mang, Michael-Died at Nashville, 1862.
Musgrove, Adolphus-Died at Nashville, 1862.
Mordis, Amos. Powell, Joseph F. Plummer, Griffith.
Rose, Thomas B.
Richard, William R. Sills, William H.
Schorth, Barnhart-Died 1863 from wounds received in battle of Stone River, Tennessee, 1862.
Stricker, Joseph-Died at Camp Wickliff, Kentucky, 1862. Smith, Hamilton. Schoonover, Isaac. Schoonover, William F. Shaw, Joseph H. Salyards, Samuel H. Trott, John A. Trimble, Chauncey-Detached in Pioneer Corps. Timmons, Rolla. Thompson, John N. Tumblin, Reuben G .- Died at St. Louis, Mo., 1862. Trott, James. Trainer, Daniel. Vankirk, John-Died at St. Louis, Mo., 1862. Vansickle, Andrew.
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White, William A .- Wounded in battle of Stone River, Ten- nessee.
Watson, William.
Wiggins, John E.
Wackerly, Joseph.
Zook, John.
In the foregoing appears the first of our Chickamauga loss, met all too often in succeeding pages of the Coshocton County roster. Our greatest loss is recorded at Stone River, the victory that cost heavily. Next to that in the record of Coshocton boys who fought their last fight comes Kenesaw Mountain; then Mission Ridge.
As soon as Company K of the Twenty-fourth left Coshocton an- other was organized by Wilson M. Stanley of Newcastle Township, which became Company K of the Thirty-second Ohio, and served under Fremont in the Shenandoah Valley. It assisted in the defense of Harper's Ferry. There the whole command was unaccountably surrendered, for which Colonel Thomas H. Ford was arrested and dismissed. Many of the regiment, paroled at Camp Douglas, Chi- cago, left for home. Colonel Potts brought the men together, sum- marily dismissed officers for inciting revolt, and the regiment reported to General Grant who assigned it to Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, in Sherman's advance against Atlanta. The splendid courage of the soldiers in this regiment won exceptional praise from Brigadier-General Leggett. Only half the regiment was left at the muster out.
The Thirty-second Ohio was in the following engagements :
Greenbrier, W. Va., Oct. 3, 1861.
Camp Allegheny, W. Va., Dec. 13, 1861.
McDowell, Va., May 8, 1862.
Cross Keys, Va., June 8, 1862.
Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862.
Harper's Ferry, Va., Sept. 12-15, 1862.
Port Gibson, Miss., May 1, 1863.
Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863. Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863.
Champion Hills, Miss., May 16, 1863.
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18 to July 4, 1863. Baker's Creek, Miss., Feb. 4, 1864.
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Clinton, Miss., Feb. 5, 1864.
Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9 to 30, 1864.
Nickajack Creek, Ga., July 6-10, 1864.
Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864.
Atlanta, Ga., Hood's first sortie and through the siege, July 22 to Sept. 4, 1864.
Siege of Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10 to 21, 1864.
Fayetteville, N. C., March 13, 1865.
Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT, O. V. I. Company K
Mustered in August 31, 1861. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
Wilson M. Stanley, Captain-Resigned at Beverly, W. Va., 1862. E. W. James, Captain-Promoted from Sergeant, Second Lieu- tenant and First Lieutenant; resigned 1864.
E. Z. Hays, Captain-Promoted from Private, Second and First Lieutenant ; captured at Cross Keys, Va.
Clarkson C. Nichols, First Lieutenant-Resigned at Beverly. W. Va., 1862.
John W. Stanton, First Lieutenant-Promoted from Corporal; appointed Adjutant, 1863; captured at Harper's Ferry; paroled and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago.
George Jack, Second Lieutenant-Resigned at Beverly, W. Va., 1862.
John Thompson, Second Lieutenant-Appointed from Private and Sergeant; promoted to First Lieutenant, Co. C.
John Porter, Second Lieutenant-Promoted from Private and Sergeant.
James H. Pigman, First Sergeant-Promoted from Private; wounded at McDowell, Va .; captured at Harper's Ferry ; paroled.
William H. H. Jennings, First Sergeant-Promoted from Private; captured at Harper's Ferry ; paroled.
Cornelius P. Vankirk, Sergeant-Appointed from Corporal.
James W. Sipes, Sergeant-Appointed from Corporal.
C. P. Crawford, Sergeant-Appointed from Corporal.
R. Marshman, Sergeant-Appointed from Corporal.
Adam Morgan, Sergeant-Appointed from Corporal.
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John N. Beall, Sergeant-Promoted from Private; died from wounds received in action near Atlanta, 1864.
John McDonald, Sergeant-Promoted to Second Lieutenant. Jacob A. Matticks, Corporal-Promoted from Private. John D. Cooper, Corporal-Promoted from Private. Piatt Williamson, Corporal-Promoted from Private Levi Porter, Corporal-Promoted from Private. Joshua Musser, Corporal-Promoted from Private. Robert Leavitt, Corporal-Promoted from Private. William Wise, Corporal-Promoted from Private.
Cornelius Austin, Corporal-Promoted from Private.
Edward Campbell, Corporal-Promoted from Private; detached in recruiting service, 1863.
William McNabb, Corporal-Appointed from Fifer.
Samuel Campbell, Corporal-Appointed from Private.
Zachariah McElfresh, Corporal-Promoted from Private; killed on picket near Atlanta, 1864.
William Coggins, Corporal.
Edward N. Campbell, Musician.
Joseph C. Taylor, Musician.
Privates
Arney, John-Died at Cheat Mountain, W. Va., 1861.
Bassett, W. W .- Detailed in Quartermaster Department.
Barrett, Edward.
Barcroft, R. L.
Bailey, Alfred-Died at Cheat Mountain, W. Va., 1861.
Bassett, Henry G .- Died at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863, from wounds received in action at Harper's Ferry.
Berry, Joseph R.
Carnes, T. J .- Transferred to Signal Corps.
Crawford, Samuel-Killed in battle of Atlanta, 1864.
Carnes, Adam-Detached as Scout ; piloted the steamer Moderator past the blockade of Vicksburg, Miss., and Grand Gulf.
Conley, John W .- Detailed in Quartermaster's Department as teamster.
Courtright, Richard-Detailed in Division Quartermaster's De- partment.
Croft, Hiram.
Chih, O Joling South
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Carnes, James.
Cochran, Matthew D .- Wounded in action at Harper's Ferry. Crago, William-Wounded in action at Harper's Ferry. Crago, Jesse D .- Wounded in battle of McDowell, Va., 1862. Cochran, Thomas J .- Promoted in 9th O. V. Cavalry.
Cox, William-Died 1862 from wounds received in battle of McDowell, Va. Carr, Nelson C.
Clark, Samuel. Dusenberry, William. Davis, James.
Derringer, David.
Derringer, William C. Ellis, Alexander C .- Wounded in battle of McDowell, Va., 1862. Felver, Morgan.
Fisher, Henry.
Gonder, John C .- Died at Dresden, O., 1862.
Gonder, Daniel A.
Hays, John T .- Detailed in Quartermaster's Department.
Hess, Thomas K .- Wounded in battle of Camp Allegheny, W. Va., 1861.
Hogle, Webster. Jack, Andrew. Jones, Benjamin-Died at Mohawk, O., 1863.
Kitchen, Joseph-Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., 1864, from wounds received in action near Atlanta.
Lynch, John J .- Killed in action in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., 1863.
Lindsey, Jerome B .-- Died from wounds received in action on Maryland Heights, 1862.
Matheny, Henry. McQuiston, John W.
McClain, Sylvester H .- Detailed in artillery service.
Mathias, William-Detailed in Quartermaster's Department. Murray, Charles.
McComber, John B .- Transferred to Signal Corps.
Norris, Francis-Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. O'Brien, Patrick.
Porter, James.
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Pierce, George W.
Schoonover, Daniel.
Robertson, James.
Shulty, Martin.
Rirrie, John.
Smith, Washington.
Smith, Hamilton.
Stricker, Absalom B.
Sondles, John.
Shaw, Warren W.
Seward, Thomas C .- Drowned in the Mississippi at Grand Gulf, 1863.
Seward, George W .- Transferred to Signal Corps.
Solinger, James H .- Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Tracy, David W .- Died 1864 from wounds received in action. Tubbs, James.
Tompkins, Johnson-Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Tuttle, George-Died at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863, from typhoid fever.
Utter, William.
Wells, Wilson.
Welling, William D.
Woods, Edward-Died at Keene, O., 1864, from smallpox.
Welling, Samuel D.
Welling, David.
All the summer of '61 Coshocton County was astir with organiza- tion of troops. There were meetings attended by thousands. The daughters of Keene, Columbia gowned with waists of starry blue and striped skirts in red and white, gave color to a great Union meeting in Chili grove.
The county organized five companies for the Fifty-first Ohio. This regiment, the half of it Coshocton, won high honor for its cour- ageous part in famous battles. A look through the roster shows where our boys fought-shows who fell on the bloody field of Stone River, in the terrible fight at Chickamauga, the gallant charge on Mission Ridge.
When Colonel McClain was captured, the command devolved upon Second Lieutenant E. J. Pocock of Company F, who had been pro- moted from Sergeant of Company H. He commanded at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, was wounded at Resaca, and was ap- pointed Brigade Quartermaster in 1865.
The story of the battles in which our boys fought fills intensely in- teresting pages of general history. It is not within the scope of this local work to go into fields so fully covered by Whitelaw Reid's
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"Ohio in the War," the "Military History of Ohio," and countless other chronicles of the years from Sumter to Appomattox. To give complete individual representation by naming the soldiers of Coshoc- ton County is the most that can be undertaken within the allotted space; and the compilation herein is the result of the combined con- tributions of men who went through those historic days-John M. Compton, W. H. King, A. H. Thomson, Joseph Love, T. H. Glover- amplified by the records of the State Roster Commission and the last county returns canvassed by Auditor C. R. Randles. A few enlist- ments from Tuscarawas and other adjoining counties are retained in the company rosters.
The Fifty-first Ohio bore honorable part in these engagements : Dobson's Ferry, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1862 (Cos. D, F and I.)
Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 2, 1863.
Rosecrans' Campaign from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma, Tenn., June 23 to 30, 1863.
Ringgold, Ga., Sept. 11, 1863.
Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19-20, 1863.
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1863. Mission Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1863. Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 7, 1864. Resaca, Ga., May 13 to 16, 1864. New Hope Church, Ga., June 2, 1864. Big Shanty, Ga., June II, 1864. Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9 to 30, 1864. Smyrna Camp Ground, Ga., July 2 to 5, 1864. Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864. Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, 1864.
Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15-16, 1864.
On the Atlanta campaign from Resaca to Jonesboro the Fifty- first was almost daily under fire. One of the regiments sent back to drive Hood out of Tennessee it fought at Spring Hill, was in reserve at Franklin, engaged in both days' fighting at Nashville, and pursued Hood's retreat, knee deep in mud and water, to Lexington, Ala., then camped at Huntsville, Ala., went by rail to Strawberry Plains, and returned to Nashville. The regiment was assigned to duty at Vic- toria, Tex., until mustered out.
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