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Privates-James Alexander, Samuel Al- lenworth, Lewis Armstrong, Charles Bar- rett, Joseph C. Bowers, Isaac Butcher, Da- vid Call, Michael C. Castner, Andrew H. Coe, Alexander H. Cunningham, Baxter Cunningham, Benjamin R. Dance, Henry Dobbins, John Dougherty, Rezin B. Ekey, Andrew Elliott, Samuel D. Fisher, George W. Grafton, Frederick Grieves, Joseplı Gunkle, Charles W. Hale, George P. Hanna, Philip Hart, William Hipsley, Al- len Holmes, Samuel W. Irons, Thomas Jones, Benjamin F. Kirk, William H. Kirk, James Kirkpatrick, Robinson D. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Lenhart, Benjamin N. Linduff, Albert Liston, John Long, Eli- jah Lowry, John A. McCullough (died An- gust 28, 1864), William HI. Mccullough, Grier McKee, Hugh McManus, Thomas Mansfield, Thomas Maxwell, John H. Mil- ler, Ebenezer Myers, Thomas C. Powell, William Ramsey, Thomas Robinson, David Ross, Thomas Rutledge, James Snider, Ja- cob Snively, Oliver P. Sook, James Spen- cer, Robert Stark, George Starr, Jolm E. Stone, John Stout, Kinsey Swords, Charles Vermillion, Alexander S. Welday, Henry Wilkinson, Abel Winters, Joseph Winters, William Woods, Richard Wright.
COMPANY F, 157TH O. N. G.
Captain, Alexander Smith; 1st Lieuten- ant, James Templeton; 2d Lieutenant, William D. Thompson; Sergeants, Bates Sutherland, Matthew Garrett, Benton Lisle, Thomas B. Scott, William D. Quillen : Corporals, John Moore, William MeIntire. Wesley P. Scott, Nathan MeGrew, John
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Golden, William Tipton, Andrew Craw- M. Day, James Ewing, Robert Ferguson, ford, Robert MeIntire; Musicinn, George W. Whitten.
Privates-James Adams, David Adrian, Alexander Betz, James Blackburn, Jolm Y. Brown, Oliver Brown, Thomas Brown, Fernando Burris, John Collins, John Cox, Wesley Cox. Alexander Cunningham, George W. Dawson, Alexander Douglass, George Dunlap, Frederick Farmer, Jolm Farmer, William D. Fell, Charles Galla- gher, Davidson Gault, James Gilbrenth, William Gilbreath, William Harris, Frank Hulick, Henry Hulick, Sammel Johnston, William Jones, William D. Linton, Jomm J. Lisle. David Long, Wesley Long, Will- iam MeConnell, Joseph MeCullongh, Alex- ander MeGrew, James MeGrew, Mansfield MeGrew, Isaac Maloney, Bates Miller, Oli- ver Moore, William Moore, William Negns (died Angust 1, 1864), John Newhern, Heury Oliver, George R. Purviance, Ephraim Ralston, David Rideont, Oliver H. Rine, Rudolph Rine, Amos Rush, Levi Ronse, James Scott, Thomas H. Scott, Henry Taylor, William Thomas, John Thompson, James Timmerman, William Timmerman, Martin Tonley, Isaac Tubble, James Underwood. Alexander Welday, William White, Thomas Wilburn, Ander- son Wood. Thomas Wood, Jolm Zink.
COMPANY G, 157TH o. x. G.
Captain, Hiram II. Cope; Ist Lieuten- unt, Thomas B. Conlter; 2d Lientenant, James M. Simeral; Sergeants, George Potts, George E. Megrail, Thomas M. Reed, James R. Rittenhouse. Joseph II. Hammond : Corporals, Lindley II. Megrail, John S. Parsons, Albert B. Paul, Joshna W. Cole. Edwin M. Crawford, Jonas Ains. poker, Elijah P. Mansfield, William E. Cookson; Musician, Almeran Matlack: Wagoner, Robertson Day.
Privates -- Robert C. Adrian. Aaron C. Allen, Alexander Black, John W. Black- born, Samuel Carman, Thomas Coffin, Far- lin B. Cole, Joshua W. Cole, William B. Cole, Jolm M. Crawford (died July 31), Alexander C'real, George W. Davis, John
Robert J. Ferguson, John Ford, Edwin O. Forrester, John J. S. Goodlin, Hugh Ham- mond, JJohn C. Hammond. John G. Ham- mond, Lewis Hammond, James D. Hast- ings, Stephen B. Hastings (died Angust 23), Saumel B. Hench, James R. Hewey. Isaac Hicks, George Johnston, Jolm S. Johnston, Jolin N. Jones, Edwin J. Keller. Joseph C. MeNary, Jacob Mansfield, James R. Mansfield, Nimrod P. Tenff, William H. Mansfield, David W. Maxwell, Thomas Mayes, Thomas Megrail (died Angust 10), Nicholas Merryman, Nicholas W. F. Mer- ryman. Rezin Merryman, George Moore. William Parks, Amos Parsons, Hervey Polen, Eli Porter, Ungh S. Porter, Joseph II. Porter, Ingh Potts, Nathan Purviance, Jonathan W. Rabe, Alexander Reynolds, Shadrach Rowland, Isaac A. Starr, Thomas (. Thompson, Carrollton Tipton, Charles M. Tipton, Samuel Tipton, William E. Tonner, Isaac Vorhes, William F. Whitten, Thomas Wright.
COMPANY 1, 157TH o. N. G.
Captain, Edward Findley; 1st Lienten- aut. William Davidson; 2d Lientenant, William Winters; Sergeants, Thomas S. Sanders, Thomas B. Jewett, Alonzo Hayne, J. C. Anlt, Ross Barens; Corporals, David Morrow, Thomas Wells, George W. Ault, Jolm Dobbs, William S. Thompson, Joshua C. Whitten, Jeddiah Cole, James Simpson ; Musician, Henry M. Sauborn, Rozin B. Johnson; Wagoner, George Croukwright.
Privates-Thomas A. Atkinson, Malachi Angle, Jolm G. Armstrong. Sminnel Arnold, Henry Ault, George B. Barr, James Bee- bout, William Beebont. James Blackburn, Noble C. Brown, Joseph Capstock. Eman- nel Carman, Harvey J. Chambers, William Collins, James Cooper, John Cooper. John Courtwright, William Courtwright, Elisha Cox, James Crawford, William Crippen. Joseph Cuppy, John R. Dunbar, Jomm B. Durbin, Daniel Findley, David Frazilo, Elias Fulton. Ford D. George, Jefferson Glover. George W. Glover, Thomas Hays, William J. Hobbs, Willimn Jewett, James
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F. Johnson, John Kelly, James Lyons, John McClain, Asbury McFerren, Jacob O. MeGrew, James MeLain, Griffith MeMil- len, Smnnel Magill, Joseph Mills, Samuel Morrow, John W. Naylor, Oliver P. Nay- lor, Clarkson P. Newland, Abri Ong, Oli- ver M. Ong, James M. Russell, James W. Scott, John Scott, Joseph Shane, Thomas B. Shannon, Samuel Shouster, Ancel B. Stubbins, James F. Thompson, Samuel Timmerman, Watson Melville, Peter Wells, George F. Wilson, David Yocum.
Company E, 170th Regiment, David K. MeCance.
Company D, 176th Regiment, one year service, Benjamin F. Barr, Abram W. El- liott, William Goodlin; Company G, Will- iam F. Davidson; Company H, William H. Ferry; Company I. John R. Beatty.
Company H, 178th Regiment, Jacob M. Taylor: Company I, Adam Saner (died January 4, 1865).
Company G, 179th Regiment, Captain, James W. Glasener ; Sergeants, Daniel Pot- ter, Harvey Alton; Corporal, William MeCord; Musician, Joseph Krebs; Ser- geant-Major, E. Roseman Gardner.
Privates-Thomas Forbes, James Mc- Grew, Matthew Clark, George W. Price, Thomas Martin, James M. Risher, Edward Atchison. James L. Devore, Daniel F. Ste- phens, James Taylor, G. A. Coleman, Clark M. Horner, Thomas P. Winters, Edward Adolph, John W. Boyles (promoted hospi- tal steward), Philip H. Dann, Samuel Hartsoc, James Hoobuck, Jolm Kessler, William J. Coleman.
Company H, 193d Regiment, Martin B. Patterson, 1st Lieutenant; Lonis Veit, Nathan O. Phipps.
C'ol. Anson G. MeCook was placed in command of the 194th O. V. I., mustered in March 4, 1865, and breveted brigadier general.
COMPANY H, 195TH o. V. I.
Mastered in at Camp Chase, March 18, 1865, for one year ; mustered out December 18, 1865, at Alexandria, Va.
Captain, James II. Prentiss; 1st Lieu- tenant, Thomas H. Teaff; 2d Lieutenants, Jmnes E. Myers, Thomas A. Miller; Ser- geants, Robert C. Turner, Frank O. Moore, Albert H. Black, Arthur C. Hamilton, Ed- ward H. Sweeney, Charles Glendenning; Corporals, Guy Johnson, John A. Cald- well, Benjamin Ovington, William W. Van- nostrand, Foster W. Manly, Darwin Milli- ger, George W. Flannegan, Francis M. Lister.
Privates-Samuel J. Adams, George B. Barr, Frank Barthold, John C. Bates, Leonidas Bond, Edward Bynon (died No- vember 18, 1865), Albanus Cahill, Kinsey C'ahill, William H. Caldwell, William H. Carnahan, Joseph Collins, John Costello, Henry Culbertson, David Curfman, Joshua Davis, Isnac Dilley, Frederick Drair, Thomas Dunn, William Edgerly, William H. Ewing, John Fraser, William Fraser, Robert R. Garrison, George W. Gibson, John Gorsuch, William A. Gray, Chauncey Hamilton, Erskine M. Hamilton. John Ilamilton, Robert Hamilton, Thomas Heighton, Charles Hilliard, Elisha Hinds, Frederick Hoffman, Henry Hollman, Michael Humble, John Hummelle, Chris- tian Humphrey, William H. Irwin. Henry Jobe, Henry Kelly, William Kell, William C. Leeper, Frank Long, Robert S. Encas, James MeCrystal, Ross J. MeClelland, Robert F. MeCord, James MeGrew, Daniel MeIntosh, William S. MeUnne, Matthew K. MeMullen, George A. Manly, Alexander Melville, Marshall Miller, William C. Mor- row, Lewis B. Nelson, George Odbert. Ben- jamin F. Owens, James Parrott, William P. Parrish, Charles W. Pitcairn, Thomas HI. Purviance, James Robertson (2), Will- iam Robertson, James Rourke, , William Saladin, Henry Sharp, Alexander Shaw, Milton Shearer, Thomas Shivey, Isaac Smith, Reuben C. Smith, Isaac W. Sparks, John Stewart, Charles F. Stokey, George F. Straun, Clarence E. Turner, Angust Volkers, William H. Wners, James H. Wut. son, Peter C. Young. Charles H. Zimmer- man.
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ARTILLERY.
Company K, 1st Light, Emerson Winn. 3d Battery, Jehu Woods; 5th, John Kelly.
25TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY, O. V. LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Sergeant, Nelson P. Baker (promoted 2d Lieutenant 4th Ark. Cavalry) ; William H. Hafer, Addison Lockwood, William D. Crosby (died March 22, 1864), Francis C. Fassett, Charles Q. King, Seth M. Rood, Charles C. West, Henry C. Warner (died December 13, 1863), Iliram E. Williams, A. D. Seamon, Daniel C. Wyman, George Zinn.
COMPANY H, 5TH O. V. CAVALRY.
Mustered in October 23, 1861, at Camp Corwin, Ohio; mustered out October 30, 1865, at Charlotte, N. C. James Allens- worth, James L. Beebout, Edwin D. Cook (Corporal), Andrew Imhoff, Thomas Pro- bert. Thomas U. Riley, John T. Scott, James U. Todd, William J. Waggoner (died June 22, 1865).
Company D, Alexander Stewart.
Company K, Joseph Parrish, John D. Stonebraker, George Williams, Benjamin G. Cable, John Chalfant, William Fisher, Joseph McCoy.
Company L, Sergeant, Hngh Campbell; John Hughes, Alfred MeGrew, Thomas Seals, William Richardson.
COMPANY 11, 11TH O. V. CAVALRY.
Mustered in July 31, 1863. at Camp Dennison, mustered out July 14, 1866, at Camp Leavenworth, Kan. Capt. Jacob S. Shuman; 2d Lientenant, George H. Boyd; Sergeants, G. W. Marsh, John Strond, James T. Linn, Lewis Cooper, John B. Hickman (Quartermaster-Sergeant) ; Cor- porals, Russell MeManus, George Hall; Farrier, Adam Calhoun; Saddler, William Stoner.
Privates-Meredith Aldridge, Jolm Al- len, Jr .. Joseph C. Beltz, George Bingham, John H. Cahill, John Carnes, John W.
Carroll, Alpheus Caruthers, Robert De- vore, Hiram Evans, Joel M. Ferguson, Patrick Flaherty, James A. Farmer, Thomas Flatley, Charles Frame, Edward Frame, William Gossett, Wilson S. Grier, David T. Gallagher, Henry Gross, Adam Glass, Edward Hurley, Martin Holland, John Leitters, William B. Litten, William Mel'afferty. George Milligan, John Me- Glinn. Rezin MeAllister, David C. Peck, George E. Reynolds. Samuel Rowley, Will- iam J. Shives, John H. Walters, William Wilson, Martin Madison, Frederick Snt ton, Charles Thomas, George W. Marsh, Winfield S. Davis (died May 31, 1865), Wilson Barrett.
13TH REGIMENT O. V. C.
There were hut few representatives from Jefferson County in this regiment includ- ing late enlistments and transfers from other regiments. In Company F were George S. Dickey and James S. Gray.
Company B, 13th O. V. C., B. M. Wil- kinson, Richard Taggart. Sergeants; George Thompson, Daniel Clendenning, A. W. Goodlin. Robert Hood, Amzie Plummer.
Company G. Captains, William Jarvis, Charles T. Young: Commissary Sergeant, Theodore Dunn; Sergeant, George Bair; Corporals, Oliver Evans, Sophary Kellar, Sammel Davidson, Francis D. Thompson ; Bugler, George W. Cahill; Privates. Charles Bliun, Martin Burns, Silas W. MeClellan. James F. Stephens, Robert Carr, George Mushrush, Hiram Mushrush, William W. Myers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Many Jefferson County meu enlisted as individuals in regiments organized else- where in this and other states, where it has been impossible to follow their official records. Notably this was the case as to West Virginia, the first regiment of cav- alry from that state showing the following from this county: Captains, Jacob S. Schuman. JJohn Seltzer, John J. MeDon- ald, William Shriver; Sergeants, John
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Walters, J. A. J. Palmer, George Collins, Samuel Cable (dead), James Galloway; Corporals, James Wehr, Alexander McFar- land (dead) ; Privates, Jerry Pettet (died 1864 in Andersonville), Patrick Monehan, Thomas B. McConnell (pro- moted to Sergeant-Major), Thaddeus Mc- Govern, Thomas J. Burns, Oliver Burch- field (died May 10, 1862), William Brice, James Burns (died April 24, 1864), John Brooks, William A. Clifton, Jehn Durbin, Robert G. Dorsey, John Estep, Sr. and Jr., Francis Estep, George Estep, William El- liott, John Francisco (died June 5, 1862), William Glenn. William G. Gill (dead), William H. Harrison, Henry Holman, Henry Heinchman, John Lyle, Levi Lin- ton (dead), Abraham Lepps (captured Au- gust, 1864, died at Danville, Va., January 10, 1865), Shannon Lyons, Thomas 1. Linn, Robert E. May, Thomas MeDonongh, George V. Mossgrove (died of wounds re- ceived July 27, 1864, at Winchester, Va.), James B. Mears, Josiah J. Roberts, Johu Ruddicks, William Ruddicks, John Strond, Robert Slee (died October 29, 1864, in An- dersonville), Henry Stroud (died February 23, 1862), George Snyder, James Thomas (dead), Levi S. Walters ( Farrier, captured and missing), Julius Welhi (died 1864 in Andersonville), George Burns, Jonathan Burns, Jolm T. Stewart, Renben Wait, Jesse Buey, Clark Smith, James Davis, Sr. and Jr.
1st Va. I., Company A, Captain, Mount- ford S. Stokely: 1st Lieutenant, Thomas M. Simpson; 2d Lieutenant. M. Cook; Pri- vates, George II. Smick, William Crewson, John Everett, John Cropper.
35th Mass .. Thos. B. Sterling.
63d Pa., Geo. Stamm, William Priest, Lyman Priest, B. E. Hawkins, George Ly- man, R. C. Hawkins.
5th Wis., Isaac Shane.
8th Iowa Cavalry, Eldridge Gnerin (died 1863).
6th U. S. Cavalry, Benjamin D. MeGrew.
27th U. S. Colored Troops, Champion Bowman (Sergeant), James Thompson,
William Hanna, Josiah Bruce (Corporals), Josiah Fletcher, Patterson Strowbridge.
45th U. S. C. T., Benjamin Warfield.
116th U. S. C. T., Samuel Thomas, John Mercer, Henderson Mercer.
114th U. S. C. T., John Scott.
54th Mass. C. I., George MePherson, David Lyons.
Jacob Allenworth, 4th Iowa Art .; Dea- con W. Bell, 22d Pa .; William H. Burns, 15th Ill .; William H. Bowers, 1st U. S. Eng .; Daniel Byers, 37th Pa .; Willinm Bat- man, 5th Ky .; Joseph Blackburn, 15th U. S .; Albert Bradford, 88th U. S .; Charles B. Buck, 3d N. J .; John N. Carnes, 36th 111 .; W. R. Cunningham, 11th W. Va .; Jo- seph Cornell, 10th Ill .; George W. Curry, Sgt., 76th Pa .; John E. Cunninghamn. James D. Glendenning, 7th W. Va .; Alex- ander Duncan, 140th Pa .; John Doggett, 25th U. S .; Charles C. Fisher, 135th Pa .; Joseph Frey, Sgt .. 74th Pa .; Eli Fizell, 118th Pa .; Wesley Ford, 5th U. S .; Robert G. Howester, Sgt., 1st Pa. Cav .; John Horne, 101st Pa .; F. A. Hare, 123d Pa .; John W. Henry. 146th Pa .; James Jolm- son, Surgeon, 15th W. Va .; Sandy Jolm- son, 24th U. S .; James B. Kennedy, 12th W. Va .; Benjamin K. Kennedy, 154th Pa .; Fred Kaufman, 123d Pa .; John Knowles, 5th U. S .; John Loomer, 89th Pa .; Joseph Marion, Lient. U. S. Art .: Thomas Miller, Corp., 1st W. Va .; John H. Mercer, Rey- nolds Malber, Henderson Mercer, 100th U. S .: James Mahew, 3d Ky .; Simon T. Mer- ryman, 43d U .. S .; William M. McBride. 1st Pa .; Charles MeCann, 69th N. Y .; Pat- rick McCaffrey, 201st Pa .; William C. Nichols, 3d Ind. Cav .; Ashbel F. Richards. Lient. 46th Pu. ; James Rollins, 7th W. Va .; Moses L. Risdon, 4th W. Va. C .; R. M Stephens, 55th Pa .; William Smith. 78th Pa .; Patterson Strobridge, 27th U. S .; John Scott, 100th U. S .; Alexander Swain, 3d Mass .; Joseph L. Selah, 183d Pa. ; Alex- ander Sweeney, Lieut. 140th Pa .; John W. Spriggs. 75th Ill .; Thomas Smith, Corp., 3d W. Va .: Thomas Sight, Art .; David G. Smith. 2d W. Va .; Jesse S. Thornburg.
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78th Pa .; John Watkins, 77th Pa .; Albert Zink, 6th W. Va .; Charles B. Buck, 3d N. Y. C .; John Crozier, 15th U. S .; John Engel, Sgt., 9th Pa .; Frank Collins, 1st Mich .; Joseph B. Chalfant, 6th U. S. C .; Urinh Kissinger, David Long, 13th U. S .; Jolin Prosser, 15th U. S .; William W. Worthington, 2d W. Va .; Michael Metten- burgher, 10th N. Y. C .; John Duke. 1st Tenn. Bat .: Eldridge Garin, 8th lowa : Oli- ver Coldtrap, Robert Slee, Henry Brooks, 1st W. Va .; William Godnell, 2d W. Va .; Upton K. Sutherland, Ist W. Va. ; Nicholas Merryman, Ist W. Va. Bat .; Sammel R. Miser, U. S. Signal, Edward P. Johnson, 55th Pa., Peter D. O'Connell, Sappers and Miners ; John Pyle, 18th U. S .; Robert Cas- siday, William Elliott, James Grimes Jas. Hanley, William Kell, Alonzo Stafford, An- drew Snowden, William Moffat, 15th U. S .: James D. Clendenning, 7th W. Va .; JJames . C. Cooper, 130th O.V.C .: James Duke, 26th O. B .: R. P. Gane, 1st W. Va. C .; Otis See- ley, 140th Pa .: Clark Smith (Corp.). James M. Davis. Alexander Bucey, Ist W. Va .; George A. Miser, Sammel R. Miser, Amos P. Barnes, U. S. Signal; David S. Miser. U. S. Art., George Walters, 6th W. Va .; Jerry B. Davis, 64th O .; Sylvester Fowler. 100th Pa .; Rees G. Richards, 45th Pa.
No record. James Keith, Daniel S. Charl- ton, Charles Fellows, Thomas B. Mansfield, David 1 .. Miller, Benton Phillips. L. Car- man, William Matlack, William Crown, Thomas Crown, John B. Walker, Frank Johnson, John M. Robertson, Joshua Hangh.
Special service from Ross Township- Robert C. Bachellor, Thomas Barker. Al- fred Connell, Andrew Daugherty, Joseph Ewing, John B. Grimes, Robert MeBeth, Abraham Mortland, John A. Ramsey, John Richardson, Lonis Riblet, James Swear- ingin, William Walker. This township furnished $9 men ont of a voting popula- tion of 175. Three soldiers of the Revolu- tion, and 14 of the war of 1812 lie buried in its cemeteries.
SILVER GREYS OF 1863.
On July 1, 1863, a company of Steuben- ville's older citizens who were not liable to draft organized under the following agreement : "Owing to the deplorable sit- nation of our country and the good reasons we have to fear a rebel raid into our state we the undersigned, being men not subject to the draft or to be compelled to perform military duty, but at the same time be- lieving it to be our duty to organize for the defense of ourselves, our families and our property, hereby agree to form ourselves into a military home guard company, to be called the Silver Greys: M. O. Junkin, James Spencer. Thomas Miller, MeGuire Doyle, Sammel Stevens, Henry Mellor, John B. Doyle, J. H. Hays, John Leetch. David Wilkin, George Mahan, Thomas Gilmore, Richard Archdeacon. Rev. A. Abbott, George Fickes, John Lincel, D. MeCurdy. Talbot Parrish, John B. Miller, A. O'Neal, B. P. Drennan, John C. Copeland, James MeAllister, William Scott, E. Wallace, W. B. Lindsay, James Fulton, F. Mizzlewitz, James Reed, Joseph Beatty, B. D. Worth- ington, William Harding. Adam Boyd. John Morrison, Samnel Wilson, Thomas J. Drury, Joshna Dunn, William Gossett. W. A. Urquhart, Perry Coyle, Abel Manly, W. D. Nash, William Thompson, J. H. Blin, E. F. Bond. Ruel Powell, A. F'. Cody, William Caldwell, Abram Myers. Alex- ander Donaldson, Joseph Louden, William Pickersgill, William Biekerstaff, Robert Gregg, William Simpson, Nathan Imits- man, James Meikle, James Parks, W. K. Shannon, F. A. Priest, Thomas Warren, John C. Orrick, A. W. Semple. J. G. Barr, John Baker, Jacob Coble, William Giles, James Dunn, William Walker, William Harris, J. C. Delano, John H. Miller, Thomas MeFarland, R. C. Peters, Jacob Hull, Matthew King, William L. Sharp. Thomas Brashears, A. J. Beatty, William F. MeMasters. James Turnbull, David Ilinds. Ross Wells. William Frazier.
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Stephen Jamieson, John Armstrong, Henry Morrison, W. C. Abraham, Jacob Walker, James Carnahan, Reed Beerbower, Daniel Potter, Eli H. McFeely, John Kinney, Ros- well Marsh, Absalom Manly, J. G. David- son. John Wallace, William Barr, Joseph Dougherty, Charles Beans, William B. Sutherland, Ross MeClelland, Matthew Myers, W. C. Spencer, Thomas Gossett, F. 11. Hamilton, Dr. Thomas JJohnson, John Biles, B. F. Cable, R. S. Moody, Walter Stark, John Johnson, Augustine Bicker- staff, Henry Wheeler, James Wyatt, Ras- sellas Castner, Stephen W. Hill, Benjamin Lister, James Blackburn, Robert 11. Evans, James Foster, Resa Kendall, John D. Fil- son. Jacob Arbaugh, David Seott.
It has been an exceedingly difficult task to make anything like a complete military record of the county, and the editor will be obliged for the correction of any errors or omissions.
NAVAL SERVICE.
The naval service of Jefferson County was principally confined to the Ohio, Cum- berland and Mississippi Rivers. C. S. Transport Silver Lake No. 2 was com- manded by John S. Devenny with crew com- posed of James Shouse, James Harper, John Hanlon, Alexander Harlan, Ben- jamin Harlan, J. Huff Parrish, John Lope- man, James Morgan, Jr., Joseph Collins.
Avenger gunboat, Washington Hollman, Jacob O. Blackburn, John Andregg.
Steamer Springfield 22, Heury J. Spence. Steamer Juliet, Thomas Hanna.
Steamer Brilliant, Ross M. Myers.
Gunboat, John K. Myers, John W Craw- ford.
Juniata No. 2-A little boat that helped to prevent Morgan from crossing the Ohio River into West Virginia was commanded by Thomas J. MeDonald, Stewart MeEl- vaney, Mate.
During the investment of Vieksburg Capt. George O'Neal rendered valuable service as pilot, one of his thrilling feats being the running of the batteries while balls made a perfect storm around him.
THE MITCHELL RAIDS.
Aside from the general incidents of the war, such as marches, battles, sufferings in prisons and hospitals, of which the men from this county had their full share, there were two episodes of special interest lo- cally, the first because of the part taken by volunteers from Jefferson, and the sec- ond because it brought a touch of war within her borders. The first of these was what was known as the Mitchell raids, for there were two of them. Early in 1862 the Western Army under Buell, Mitchell and Grant had penetrated Tennessee, and oe- enpied Nashville and surrounding country, East Tennessee still being in the hands of the Confederates. The rebel armies of Vir- ginia and Mississippi were connected by a railroad system from Richmond through Lynchburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Huntsville, Ala., to Memphis, by which means they were able to quickly concen- trate a force at any needed point, while the U'nion forces were divided into separate armies entirely beyond reach of each other except by a long and circuitons route through the Northern States. Secretary Stanton afterwards performed the hereu- lean feat of sending 23,000 men over this ronte in eleven days, but the time had not vet come for that kind of work. At Chat- tanooga this line was intersected by an- other extending from Nashville to Atlanta and from thence throughout the South. It was evident that if this line could be broken even temporarily the Union forces would have an opportunity of beating the separate rebel eounnands, confronting them before they could be reinforced. At this juncture James J. Andrews, of Flemings- burg, Ky., offered to take a small party of men disguised as southerners to Atlanta, where he would meet an engineer who was a Unionist, board a passenger train north- ward to Chattanooga, capture the locomo- tive, eut the telegraph wires, run through Chattanooga westward, burning the bridges behind them, especially the one over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport. It was a
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grent scheme, and had it been carried out in time Shiloh would have told a very dif- ferent story, if indeed it would have ever been heard of. Andrews had become well acquainted with Captain Sarratt of the 2d Ohio, and although the latter at first distrusted him, he afterwards gave him his full confidence. So in March 1862, when Andrews under the authority of Mit- chell went to Sarratt's company for four out of the eight volunteers desired for the expedition John W. Holliday, Alexander H. Surles, Frank B. Mills and B. F. Dur- bin were selected as being among the best material nt linnd, and all at once volun- teered. Four others were added from other companies, the original four how- ever traveling as a separate party. They donned citizens' clothes, and walked forty miles to Tullahoma within the rebel lines, where they took a train for Chattanooga, and the next morning left for Atlanta which they reached at 9 p. m., und stopped at the Trout House, the leading hotel. Andrews and the other four arrived next morning. They had plenty of Confederate officers as company, General Johnston eating at the same table with them, and that night they attended a meeting at the Court House and heard a speech by Robert Toombs in which he said that the "Yankees" were n people so distinct from the Southerners, that they could tell one wherever they saw him. All this time the four "Yankees" from Jeff- erson were looking at him, applauding to the echo. Some Union prisoners were seen while returning to the hotel. That evening Surles and Durhin went out to ent the telegraph lines to prevent any word of their operations. Finding a suitable place Surles climbed the pole and soon ent the wire. Durbin was coiling up a section ready for removal, when two rebel cavalry- men rode up. The wire entters were not armed, and the situation was critical, but Surles wns equal to the situation. One of the enemy roughly demanded, "What are you at up there!" when Surles began a tirade against the Confederacy, declaring that it was high time the Yankees came in
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