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PROMOTIONS IN TWENTY-NINTH.
We cannot give all the promotions that occurred, from time to time, during the war, but may here very properly mention the following: On the resignation of Capt. Pulaski C. Hard, of Company D, March 21; 1862, First Lieutenant Myron T. Wright was promoted to captain, and major, on the resignation of Major
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John S. Clemmer, December 25,. 1862. James B. Storer was pro- moted from sergeant of Company H, to sergeant major, February 13, 1862; to second lieutenant, Company F, April 13, 1862; to first lieutenant and adjutant, January 20, 1863. On the promotion of Captain Clemmer, of Company G, to major, December 31, 1861, . Second Lieutenant Josiah J. Wright was promoted to captain, over First Lieutenant James Treen, Sergeant Wilbur F. Chamberlin being promoted to second lieutenant. On the discharge of Captain Wright, on account of wounds received at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 8, 1862, Lieutenant James Treen was pro- moted to captain, and on his resignation, May 23, 1863, Lieut. Wilbur F. Chamberlin was promoted to captain; Benjamin F. Manderbach, of Company G, being appointed corporal, December 22, 1863; sergeant, May 9, 1864, first sergeant July 1, 1864, and first lieutenant, April 4, 1865.
As soon as able, after his discharge as captain of Company G, 29th regiment, Capt. J. J. Wright voluntarily engaged in the recruiting service, in the Summer of 1863 again entering the army as second lieutenant of Company K, 129th O. V. I., serving until again discharged for disability; in March, 1864, again recruited part of a company, but on account of the sickness and death of his little son, not being present at the organization of the company, in Columbus, failing to secure a commission, he pluckily re-entered the service as a private, but on account of his experi- ence was placed on detached duty under Major Skiles, at Tod barracks, and in the Spring, 1865, was commissioned as captain of Company D, 197th O. V. I., in which capacity he served until his final discharge at the close of the war, at Columbus, August 6, 1865. David W. Thomas, from first sergeant of Company C, was promoted to sergeant major of the 29th, December 13, 1864; to first lieutenant of Company H, on the resignation of Lieut. Andrew J. Fulkerson, January 6, 1865, and to captain of Company A, April 10, 1865. Alvin C. Voris was elected second lieutenant of Company H, on its organization, but promoted by Gov. Dennison to lieutenant colonel of the 67th regiment O. V. I., October 2, 1861, Henry Mack, of Bath, succeeding him as second lieutenant. Thomas W. Nash was promoted from first sergeant of Company H, to second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; to first lieutenant of Company E, May 25, 1864, and to captain of Company B, October 12, 1864, and as such mustered out of service July 13, 1865. William Palmer Williamson was promoted from sergeant major December 21, 1861, to second lieutenant of Company G, and as such was killed in the battle of Winchester as elsewhere stated, March 23, 1862.
THE SIXTY-FOURTH O. V. I.
This regiment was recruited under the auspices of United States Senator, John Sherman, being organized at Camp Buck- ingham, near Mansfield, the home of the Senator, in November, 1861, and was a part of what was known among Ohio troops as the "Sherman Brigade." Company G, of this regiment, was largely composed of Summit County men, whose names will appear in the roster of the several townships to which they were accredited, among whom were Dr. Samuel Neeper, of Mogadore, Dudley C. Carr, and Robert S. Chamberlin, of Springfield; Alonzo Hancock, of Boston; Wilbur F. Sanders, Esq., of Akron, now of Montana;
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Newton Atwood, Homer W. Bass, Addison M. Bloom, George Bargold, Joseph F. Gilbert, John Huffman, Shem Lewis, Joseph Osborn, Alfred Rhodes, John Schoenberger, Duncan Thompson and Benjamin Woolley, all of Akron.
Of these, Messrs. Neeper and Hancock were successively captain of the company, Messrs. Carr and Chamberlin succes- sively sergeant major of the regiment, while Mr. Sanders was adjutant of the regiment from its organization until his resigna- tion August 10, 1862; Addison M. Bloom being principal musician from organization untilexpiration of his term of service, June 28, 1862.
THE SIXTY-FOURTH IN BATTLE.
The Sixty-Fourth was also one of the fighting regiments of the war, having participated in the following named battles: Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862; Siege of Corinth, Miss., April 30, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, January 1, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20, 1863; Chattanooga, Tenn., November 25, 1863; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 5-9, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, 1864; Adairsville, Ga., May 17-18, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25 to June 4, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9-30, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 30, 1864; Siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 28 to September 2, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., August 31, September 1, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Ga., September 2-6, 1864; Spring Hill, Tenn., November 29, 1864; Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864; Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, 1864.
The regiment, having re-enlisted as veterans, June 1, 1864, after repulsing Hood's army at Franklin and Nashville, and engag- ing in the pursuit of the rebel army through Tennessee, was assigned to duty in Texas, where, at Victoria, the surviving mem- bers of the regiment, 238 in number, were paid off and mustered out of service December 3, 1865.
CASUALTIES AND DEATHS IN CO. "G."
Killed in battle: Daniel Bitterman, at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863; Sergeant Andrew Tousley, at Lovejoy Station, Ga., July 1, 1864; James Sammans, at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 9, 1864. Deaths from wounds received in battle: Corporal Jacob Boone, wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863, died October 16, 1863; Sergeant Duncan Thompson, wounded at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 9, 1864, died June 28; Corporal Benja- min McCoy, wounded in same battle, died May 9, 1864; Willianı Coulter, wounded at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864, died May 16; Cor- poral Joseph Wagner, lost by explosion of steamer Sultana, near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865. Wounded in battle: Sergeant Thomas L. Thompson, at Pine Knob, Ga., September 20, 1863; Sergeant Jonathan Palmer, at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864; Sergeant Solomon Babb, Sergeant James L. Hall and Henry Mellinger, at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 9, 1864; Jacob Jakes, at Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864; Walter Rambo and Sergeant Nathan M. Wells, at Spring Hill, Tenn., November .29, 1864. Deaths from disease while in service: Samuel Moody, at Lebanon, Ky., January 19, 1862; at Bardstown, Ky., February 9, 1862, Andrew Spencer; February 22, Luman Bigelow; March 4, Samuel McCoy; March 9, Jonas D. Ingraham; at Lebanon, Ky.,
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March 9, 1862, Sergeant John F. Oviatt; April 1, Benjamin Woolley; April 4, Samuel Lutz; at Nashville, Tenn., April 7, 1862, Alexander Thomas; May 20, Joseph F. Gilbert; December 11, 1864, John and William Nash; at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., May 7, 1862, Michael Bower; at Chattanooga, Tenn., December 9, 1863, Sergeant Ransom J. Ellsworth; at Louisville, Ky., February 16, 1864, James Sanborn.
CAPT. AARON P. BALDWIN,- born in Akron, Jan. 28, 1838; educated in public schools; at 14 entered store of P. D. Hall & Co. as clerk; in 1859, with father, under firm name of James Baldwin & Son, en- gaged in hardware business; in October, 1861, enlisted in Sixth Ohio Battery, L. A., organized at Mans- field, under the auspices of the Hon. John Sherman, being commissioned second lieutenant; served through the war in the Army of the Cumber- land ; after battle of Mission Ridge, Nov. 24-25, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant and to captain during the Hood campaign in Tennessee, in No- vember and December, 1864. After valiant service at Pittsburg, Shilolı, Perrysville, Stone River, Chatta- nooga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Spring Hill and Nash- ville, was mustered out at Columbus, O., Sept. 1, 1865, for gallantry at Spring Hill, being tendered a con- mission in the regular army, by corps commander, Gen. D. S. Stan- ley, which he declined. On return home formed partnership with the late Henry W. Wetmore, under the firm name of Wetmore & Baldwin, in 1867 being joined by David R. Paige, Jr., under firm name of Wetmore, Baldwin & Paige. Retiring from firm in 1869, was appointed general agent of the Akron Iron Company, serving in that capacity till April 1,
CAPT. AARON P. BALDWIN.
1886, since which time he has been its efficient General Superintendent. Capt. Baldwin is a prominent men- ber of the G. A. R. having officiated as Post Commander; Q. M. Gen. Dep't. of Ohio, and upon staff of National Commander. Nov. 10. 1863, was married to Miss Celia Ayres, of Akron, who lias borne him four children-James A., John Sherman, Susie and Mary Alice.
THE SIXTH INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
One of the most efficient light artillery organizations of the war was the Sixth Ohio Independent Battery, attached to the Sherman Briga le. The battery, consisting of two sections, was provided with four ten-pound Parrott and two six-pound bronze Rodman guns, with horses and other equipage to match. One sec- tion of this battery was recruited in Akron, the roster, on organiza- tion, at Camp Buckingham, November 20, 1861, being as follows: Oliver Hazard Perry Ayres, Myron Ayres, ; Aaron P. Baldwin, Frederick W. Beebe, E. J. Baird, Joseph Bergdorf, James Brandon, Thomas Creveling, George Chitty, J. R. Cady, Willard Corey, B. Curtis, George W. De Bell, William Dales, Abner Danforth, James Earl, David H. Evans, Elijah Everett, Henry Frizzelle, Joseph Fisher, Peter Field, James H. Galbraith, A. K. Goodrich, Bird Green, John Hogan, M. S. Hoskin, Thomas Huston, John Johnson, James Irvin, Ira Jones, Silas O. Kimberk, Patrick Kirwin, John Kieley, John Limric, George Loomis, James A. Moody, James
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McKnight, W. H. Mathews, Venning McDonald, J. McBride, Daniel McNaughton, L. J. Mix, Eleazer H. Neal, Michael Phenia, Henry A. Parker, J. K. Rogers, John Randolph, Henry Randolph, William Randolph, Freeman Robinson, J. W. Reed, George W. Smetts, Michael Stephens, L. Swindeman, Henry Shewey, John Smith, James Spelman, Thomas W. Screen, Benjamin Stroker, Ezra Tryon, Charles Toy, Elias W. Turner, Gustave Thrise, Har- rison Trisselle, Ezra Whitney, J. M. Walton, Edgar Whitney, Jonathan Welker, John C. Weber, John Wagoner, George Wey- gandt, J. A. White, J. E. Whitney, C. Weeks.
The following Akron and Middlebury boys were subsequently added to the battery: George W. Barber, George Boyd, Samuel T. Brandon, George Case, Frank C. Chapman, Seth Coney, George Chamberlin, John Earl, B. French, Anselo French, Edward Fitz- patrick, Thomas Fisher, George Hart, Thomas Irvin, Patrick Irvin, William W. Kilbourn, Reese Kidder, John Kramer, Lucas Libis, William Morley, John Madden, Daniel McGinnis, Daniel McGreevey, Henry Morrill, John Peck, William Strapp, Robert Treen, Newton Thayer, Charles M. Waite, John Wilder, Henry Worden, William P. Warren.
JOHN C. WEBER, -- son of Florence and Margaret (Steinbacher) Weber, was born in Monroeville, Ohio, August 20, 1844, removing with par- ents to Akron the following October; educated in Akron union schools; at 17, enlisted in Sixth Ohio Battery, organized at Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, October 9, 1861, serv- ing till October 24, 1864, being among the youngest, if not the youngest soldier sent to the war by Summit county. The accompanying portrait is reproduced from an ambrotype taken on the field of Shiloh, after the battle, and its youthful lineaments can scarcely now be traced in the broad-faced, middle-aged, business man-John C. Weber-of the present day. Soon after the close of the war, Mr. Weber removed to Cleveland, and engaged in brewing, returning to Akron 1885, as a member of the firm of Jahant & Weber, in the stove and furnace trade. June 11, 1874, Mr. Weber was married to Miss Emeline Oberholtz, of Akron, who has borne him four daughters and one son -- Eva F., born April 11, 1875; C. Irene, born September 25, 1876; Susannah
JOHN C. WEBER.
M., born March 20, 1878; Bertha T., born January 26, 1880, and Florence C., born September 11, 1882.
In the organization of the battery, Captain Cullen Bradley, an experienced U. S. Army Artillery officer, was placed in command, with O. H. P. Ayres as senior first lieutenant and Aaron P. Bald- win as senior second lieutenant; George W. Smetts as first sergeant; George W. DeBell,third; Edgar Whitney,fifth; Ezra Tryon, seventh; J. K. Rogers, fourth corporal; James Earl, fifth; J. M. Walton, seventh; Henry Frizzelle, eighth; E. H. Neal, eleventh; James A. Moody, blacksmith; John Kieley, wheelwright, and F. W. Beebe as company clerk.
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The Sixth Ohio Battery was in some of the hardest fought bat- tles of the war -- Stone River and other battles about Mufreesboro, Chickamauga, etc .; re-enlisted as veterans December 12, 1863, and on going to the front again, after a short visit home, took an, active part in the Atlanta campaign, being almost constantly engaged during the 120 days of that sanguinary contest, and being very highly complimented by Gen. O. O. Howard for its accurate firing before Kenesaw. The battery was re-equipped at Atlanta, afterwards, under the command of Captain A. P. Baldwin, partic- ipated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, on the second day of the latter, in front of Overton's Hill, eight miles from Nashville, silencing Sandford's Mississippi rebel battery. Pursuing the retreating rebels to the Tennessee River, the battery marched to Huntsville, Ala., and from thence started for Eastport, Miss., but before reaching that point was ordered back to Huntsville, where it remained until the close of the war, being mustered out Sep- tember 1, 1865. Losses during the war: Deaths from wounds, 16; ", disease, 26; discharged for wounds, 4; disease, 30; by expiration of term, 21; re-enlisted as veterans, 66. Among the deaths was that of Lieut. O. H. P. Ayres, July 8, 1864, from wounds received in the Atlanta campaign. Lieut. George W. Smetts was severely wounded at Chickamauga, and several other casualties to Akron boys occurred during the war, of which we cannot here definitely speak; among the deaths from disease while in the service being James and Samuel T. Brandon and Ezra Whitney.
THE HUNDRED AND FOURTH O. V. I.
Company H, and parts of several other companies of this regi- ment, were recruited in Akron, the regiment being organized at Camp Massillon, August 30, 1862, and leaving for the front Septen1- ber 1, 1862. Company H entered the service with the following Akron and Summit county boys as officers: Captain, Walter B. Scott; first lieutenant, Hobart Ford; second lieutenant, Samuel F. Shaw; hospital steward, Milton C. Wilcox; orderly, Benjamin L. Robertson; sergeants-first, Abraham Paulus; second, Oscar C. Jackson; third, Lyman J. Adair; fourth, James Gillingham; cor- porals-first, George Q. Folsom; second, Charles M. Brown; third, Adolphus French; fourth, William Dunn; fifth, Louis Stair; sixth, William Rinehart; seventh, Jacob Hollinger; eighth, Almeron C. Francisco; fifer, Thomas E. Robertson; drummer, James E. Boardman; teamster, John Mann; Asa S. Marriner, of Akron, being lieutent colonel of the regiment, until his discharge, January 2, 1863 ..
The names of the Akron, Portage and Middlebury boys, con- nected with the 104th, so far as the writer has been able to compile them, are as follows: Byron Allen, Daniel Allen, George Arnold, James E. Boardman, Charles Brown, Dennison Babcock, Samuel B. Bailey, John Bellows, Willard H. Bass, James Bean, Rice Brockway, Simon Bonfield, Frank Buchtel, P. H. Cahill, Robert Cahill, Thomas Charlton, Frank C. Chapman, Albert Coon, James H. Cassidy, Henry E. Cahill, William Dunn, Elbridge Delong, Jacob Denaple, Delos Doty, Patrick Dunn, Adolphus French, Hobart Ford, Paul Field, Edwin A. Farmer, Silas Fisher, George W. Folsom, James Gillingham, Theodore Gambie, Allan J. Goodhue, John Hollister, Eli Hope, Oscar C. Jackson, John Jackson, Noble
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M. Jewett, A. Jackson, Albert Lepper, Denis J. Long, William Lambrecht, Jay Maranville, Perry G. Marshall, Ithiel J. Mills, Albert Malone, John McAllister, Asa S. Marriner, John Mann, Daniel McGreevey, James McNeal, George W. Painton, George H. Payne, Alburtis Paine, Abraham Paulus, Stephen Palmer, Benjamin Post, Benjamin F. Putt, Thomas E. Robertson, Benjamin L. Robertson, William Rinehart, Joseph Rhodes, Erastus N. Root, Joseph Rothe, John Stroker, William Schroeder, Walter B. Scott, Burtis Smith, Samuel F. Shaw, B. W. Smith, Louis Stair, Theodore Stearns, Matthew Shouler, Albert Schultz, William Shouler, Charles Tifft, Enoch Thompson, George W. Viers, Daniel M. Viers, Milton C. Wilcox, Hugh M. White, Jerome Wellman, J. F. Whitney, Stephen Washburn, Jerome Williams.
HEADING OFF KIRBY SMITH.
The first active duty of the 104th was, as the out-post of the Union forces, in repelling the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith's attempted attack on Cincinnati, in September, 1862, its first skirmish with the enemy being at Fort Mitchell, near Covington, Ky., September 10, 1862, the regiment losing one man killed and five wounded, the only Union blood spilled in defense of Cincinnati. September 12, the regiment started on its first march in pursuit of the fleeing rebels, reaching Lexington on the morning of October 15, but a few minutes after the rear guard of the rebel forces had evacuated the city.
Remaining in Lexington, resting from its severe march, and perfecting itself in drill, (carrying off the honors in a competitive drill with other regiments there concentrated), on the morning of December 6, the march was continued towards Richmond, Ky., which was reached in the evening of the 7th. December 27 the march was resumed, its objective point being Danville, where it had some slight skirmishes with the enemy in aiding to intercept Gen. Morgan, who was then raiding in that vicinity.
From Danville the regiment was transferred to the State capi- tal, Frankfort, where it performed provost duty until February 21, 1863, when it returned to Danville, in which vicinity it continued to operate until September, when it was transferred to East Ten- nessee, where it became a part of Gen. Burnside's army. After a brief stay at Knoxville, the regiment was sent to Cumberland Gap and aided in compelling the surrender of the rebel forces at that point, the 104th being the first regiment to enter the works and receive the arms and stores of the surrendered rebels.
Returning to Knoxville, the 104th was on active duty during the siege of that city by Gen. Longstreet, from November 17 to December 4, 1863, suffering greatly from short rations and expo- sure, and in a sortie to the south side of the Holston river, repulsing the enemy with great loss. Wintering in the vicinity of Knoxville, the 104th took an active part in the Atlanta campaign, in 1864, in the assault at Utoy Creek, August 6, losing 26 men and officers, killed and wounded; participated in the battle of Jonesboro the latter part of August; lost several men in its almost daily skir- mishes with Hood's forces near Nashville, in October and Novem- ber, 1864; lost 60 men, killed and wounded, in the battle of Frankfort, November 30, capturing eleven battle-flags during the engagement.
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After much hard marching, and many severe skirmishes, the 104th was transferred to the Army of the Potomac in January, 1865, operating at, and in the vicinity of, Federal Point, North Carolina, on March 4, making a forced march to Kingston, to relieve Gen. Jacob D. Cox, who was menaced by a superior force. Proceeding from Kingston to Goldsboro, and from thence to Raleigh, the 104th was highly complimented by Gen. Sherman for its soldierly bear- ing and efficiency in drill, and on May 2, 1865, was selected by Gen. Cox to proceed to Greensboro to receive the arms and stores of Gen. Johnston's surrendered rebel army. Remaining in Greensboro as guard, until June 17, the regiment was sent to Camp Taylor, at Cleveland, where, on June 27, 1865, the surviving members, 640 in number, were paid off and mustered out.
CASUALTIES, DEATHS, ETC., IN COMPANY H.
Killed: Sergeant Oscar C. Jackson, by accidental discharge of his own gun while advancing towards the enemy at Nancy's Creek, Ga., July 17, 1864; Corporal Albert Schultz, February 20, 1865, at battle of Town Creek, N. C .; Willard H. Bass, Daniel Conrad and Burtis W. Smith, at battle of Utoy Creek, Ga., August 6, 1864, the head of the latter being severed from his body by the explosion of a rebel shell.
Wounded : Andrew A. Adair, wounded, and George H. Payne, lost left arm at battle of Cartersville, Ga., May 21, 1864; Solomon J. Bucher, November 28, 1864, at Columbia, Tenn .; Henry Cahill, James H. Cassidy, Hobart Ford, wounded in heel at battle of Utoy Creek, Ga., August 6, 1854, but continued on duty till mustered out as captain at the close of the war, June 17, 1865; Curtis Gingery and John Kleckner, at battle of Town Creek, N. C., February 20, 1865; Lewis Heath, at Dallas, Ga., May 31, 1864; John Winkleman, wounded and captured at battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864.
Captured: Cyrus O. Osborn and John Stroker, at battle of Danville, Ky., March 24, 1863; paroled and afterwards exchanged.
Deaths from disease: Eli Blocker, at Frankfort, Ky., March 4, 1863; William Conrad, at Beaufort, N. C., May 15, 1865; Eli Hope, at Franklin, Ky., March 9, 1863; Jay . Maranville, at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., June 12, 1864; Joshua Sellers, at Knoxville, Tenn., April 2, 1864; Captain Walter B. Scott, at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 24, 1863; William Rinehart, at Williamstown, Ky., October 22, 1862.
SOME HARD FOUGHT BATTLES.
Ohio's official Roster gives the following list of battles partici- pated in by the 104th: Covington, Ky., September 10, 1862; Dan- ville, Ky., March 24, 1863; Siege of Knoxville, Tenn., November 17 to December 4, 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25 to June 4, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9 to 30, 1864; Pine Mountain, Ga., June 14, 1864; Lost Mountain, Ga., June 16, 1864; Siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 28 to September 2; 1864; Utoy Creek, Ga., August 5-6, 1864; Columbia, Tenn., November 24-29, 1864; Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864; Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, 1864; Fort Anderson, N. C., February 18, 1865; Town Creek, N. C., February 20, 1865.
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Companies C and G, and a portion of Company I, of the 115th regiment, were composed of Summit county boys, most of them being from the northern part of the county, and whose names will duly appear in the rosters of their respective townships, as given in this work.
The original officers of Company C were as follows: John A. Means, of Northfield, (then in the midst of his first term as Clerk of Courts of Summit county), Captain ; John Eadie, Jr., of Cuya- hoga Falls, first lieutenant; George L. Waterman, of Peninsula, second lieutenant ; Robert Sears, of Stow, orderly sergeant; Lewis F. Derrick, of Cuyahoga Falls, second sergeant; John C. Ely, of Cuyahoga Falls, third sergeant; Alexander Forbes, of Northfield, fourth sergeant : Levi Boody, of Boston, fifth sergeant; Arthur A. Jones, of Stow, first corporal ; Ulysses L. Marvin, of Stow, second corporal; David Castetter, of Bath, third corporal ; Lucian Bliss, of Northfield, fourth corporal ; Charles W. Way, of Northampton, fifth corporal; John Davis, of Tallmadge, sixth corporal; John C. Sınitlı, of Twinsburg, seventh corporal ; Frederick Bois, of Boston, eighth corporal, the original muster rolls containing the names of 85 privates ; total, with officers, 101.
The original officers of Company G were as follows : Deming N. Lowrey, of Cuyahoga Falls, captain ; Arthur L. Conger, of Peninsula, first lieutenant; Sumner Nash, of Bath, second lieu- tenant ; Merchant S. Hurd, of Bath, first sergeant ; Eli Thompson, of Twinsburg, second sergeant; Henry Doncaster, of Hudson, third sergeant; Marcus C. Tifft, of Cuyahoga Falls, fourth sergeant ; Christopher Cook, of Cuyahoga Falls, fifth sergeant; Eben A. Butterfield, of Northfield, first corporal ; James Nesbit, of North- field, second corporal; James McElroy, of Northfield, third cor- poral; Daniel Williams, of Cuyahoga Falls, fourth corporal; Marcellus Risden, of Richfield, fifth corporal ; Perry H. Alexan- der, of Bath, sixth corporal ; Joseph C. Freeby, of Cuyahoga Falls, seventh corporal; William Mckinney, of Twinsburg, eighth cor- poral ; the original roster containing the names of 80 privates- total, with officers, 96 men.
It is to be greatly regretted that no local record of the organi- zation of Company I has been preserved, though it is believed that the only officer in that company from Summit county, was Edward Buckingham, late auditor of the county, who went out as first lieutenant, but was promoted to captain, February 8, 1863, which position he held until the close of the war.
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