USA > Ohio > Summit County > Akron > Fifty years and over of Akron and Summit County : embellished by nearly six hundred engravings--portraits of pioneer settlers, prominent citizens, business, official and professional--ancient and modern views, etc.; nine-tenth's of a century of solid local history--pioneer incidents, interesting events--industrial, commercial, financial and educational progress, biographies, etc. > Part 49
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145
Having been properly equipped and drilled at Camps Wade, at Cleveland; and Dennison, at Columbus, in January, 1862, the regi- ment was ordered to report to Gen. Porter at Platte City, Mo., and
1
380
AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
at once proceeded thither. Scouting on the Missouri border, its first real war experience was a brush with the notorious Quantrill, who attacked them at Independence with about an equal force, and whom they defeated in fifteen minutes, with a loss of five killed and four wounded. At Fort Scott, Kansas, March 1, 1862, the regiment, in addition to its sabers, was armed with navy pistols and Austrian carbines.
Moving into the Indian Territory early in May, at Baxter Springs, three regiments of loyal Indians, mounted on ponies, and armed with squirrel rifles, joined the cavalry forces, the Second forming a part of the force that captured Fort Gibson in the latter part of July. Early in August, 1862, the regiment went into camp at Fort Scott, many men being on the sick list, and many of their horses unserviceable. The latter part of August a forced march of ten days was made by a part of the regiment, in pursuit of a large force of rebel raiders and guerrillas, with almost constant skirmishing.
ORGANIZING A BATTERY .- About this time two officers and 150 men of the Second were placed in charge of a light battery, and by order of the War Department were afterwards constituted the Third Kansas Battery, but on January 22, 1863, were organized as the Twenty-fifth Ohio Independent Battery. In September, 1862, the mounted portion of the Second, with the battery, went with Gen. Blount's army into Missouri, fighting at Carthage and New- tonia, Mo., Cow Hill, Wolf Creek, White River and Prairie Grove, Ark., capturing the rebel forces at the latter place December 7, 1862. The exploits of the Second Ohio Cavalry, during its first year of service, properly written out, would make a good-sized volume, and we must necessarily condense.
IN CAMP CHASE FOR "REPAIRS."-Being by this time in need of recruits, both of men and horses, the Second was ordered to Camp Chase, where, during the Winter of 1862, '63 it was fur- nished with fresh horses, new arms and equipments, and with 60 recruits. Here the original 12 companies were consolidated into eight, and four companies raised for the Eighth, were added to the Second.
Early in April, 1863, the consolidated regiment, superbly mounted and drilled, went into camp at Somerset, Ky. Early in June four companies accompanied Gen. Saunders on a raid into East Tennessee, destroying a large amount of rebel stores and a number of railroad and other bridges.
CHASING THE REBEL RAIDER, JOHN MORGAN .- July 1, 1863, the Second, as a part of Kautz's brigade, started in pursuit of the rebel raider, Gen. Morgan, following him twenty-six days, through three states, a distance of over a thousand miles, and sharing in the capture of the rebel raiders in Ohio, near Salineville, in Columbiana county, July 26, 1863, 336 men and 400 horses, with their arms and equipage.
A WELL-EARNED FURLOUGH .- Returning to Cincinnati, nearly the entire regiment was furloughed by Gen. Burnside in recogni- tion of its "endurance and gallantry." Reassembling and refitting at Stanford, Ky., on September 5th and 6th, 1863, the Second, with other cavalry regiments, made a forced march to Cumberland Gap, after the surrender of the rebel garrison proceeding to Knoxville,
-
281
PART OF SHERIDAN'S CAVALRY CORPS.
and from thence up the valley, joined the army at Henderson's Station, September 25.
AT THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE .- Receiving orders to report to Gen. Rosecrans, in charge of the Army of the Cumberland, after marching thirty miles towards Knoxville, the Second was suddenly ordered to "about face," on its return, taking part in an engage- ment then in progress and soon afterwards participating in the battles of Blue Springs, Blountsville and Bristol. On Longstreet's advance, the latter part of October, the Second fell back to Russell- ville, and then to near Cumberland Gap, where it had a lively scrimmage with Wheeler's rebel cavalry.
During the siege of Knoxville, the Second operated upon the flank of the enemy, and when the siege was raised went in pursuit of the retreating rebels. December 2, a spirited engagement was had with Longstreet's cavalry, at Morristown, and two days later the Second was the advance regiment of a brigade which attacked and for two hours fought eighteen regiments of rebel troops at. Russellville, losing forty men, killed and wounded.
RE-ENLISTING AS VETERANS .-- In the thickest of the battle, for five hours, at Bean Station, on December 6, and almost constantly under fire for the next five days, crossing the Holstein river, the Second was almost continually skirmishing until January 1, 1864, when 220 out of 470 men then composing the regiment, re-enlisted as veterans, and were sent home on veteran furlough.
IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC .- Reassembling at Cleveland, March 7, 1864, with renewed health and spirits and with 130 new recruits, the Second was again ready for duty. Going first to Mount Sterling, Ky., so wide-spread had become the raiding and fighting fame of the Second, it was soon afterwards ordered to Annapolis, Md., where, on the 13th day of April, 1864, it was reviewed by Lieut. Gen. Grant and other prominent officers.
Remounted and newly armed and equipped at Camp Stone- man, D. C., crossing the Potomac and the Rapidan with Ninth Army Corps, under Gen. Burnside, the Second, 800 strong, had a sharp engagement with Rosser's rebel cavalry, with slight loss. In the Wilderness campaign, the Second covered the right flank of the infantry, constantly on picket or skirmish duty, on May 28, 1864, at Newtown, capturing rebel commissary stores and forage.
UNDER "PHIGHTING" PHIL. SHERIDAN .- By order of Lieutenant General Grant, the Second was transferred to Sheridan's Cavalry Corps, and assigned to the First Brigade of the Third Division. Crossing the Pamunkey river, in the attack on the rebel fortifica- tions at Hanover Court House, after a desultory fight, the brigade dismounted for a charge. The Second occupied the center, sus- taining the brunt of the shock, not only driving the rebels from their front, but attaining and holding the crest and the court-house. The next day a portion of the brigade, sent to divert the attention of the enemy while the balance were engaged in destroying a rail- road bridge on the South Anna river, on arriving at Ashland were surrounded by Fitzhugh Lee's rebel cavalry, and after fighting until sundown, our men withdrew, the Second covering the retreat. Picketing and fighting on the right of the army from Hanover, C. H., to Cold Harbor, the Second crossed the James, with the division June 17, 1864, and on the 22nd moved on a raid to the Danville
382
AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
Railroad, fighting at Nottaway, C. H., Stony Creek and Ream Sta- tion, with a loss of 100 men and five officers, killed, wounded and missing. Late in July it did picket duty on the left of the army, near the Weldon Railroad; early in August went to Washington and from thence, a few days later, to the Shenandoah Valley.
At Winchester, August 17, at three o'clock P. M., the Union troops were attacked by Early, and at sundown were obliged to fall back, the second battalion and two companies of the third battalion of the Second Cavalry acting as rear guard for the entire division, fighting the enemy in the streets of Winchester, in dense darkness, for three hours. In the fights with Early on the 19th, 22nd, and two or three subsequent sharp encounters with the impetuous rebel, the Second bore a conspicuous part, going with the division to Boonesborough on the 26th, camping en route, on the battle-field of South Mountain, and marching over the battle-field of Antie- tam.
PLAUDITS OF SECRETARY STANTON .- August 30, the Second assisted in driving the enemy from Berrysville, Va .; in September did picket duty on the left of Sheridan's army, frequently engaging the enemy; September 13 went on a reconnoisance to Winchester, where Early had his headquarters, drove in the rebel cavalry, and with the aid of a New Jersey regiment, captured a rebel infantry regiment, taking them to Berrysville, for which gallant exploit the Secretary of War made special commendatory mention.
The Second aided, by four hours hard fighting, in carrying a line of hills between Opequan and Winchester; on Early's retreat, joined in the pursuit; on the 20th drove Wickham's cavalry through Front Royal; marched and skirmished four days in Luray Valley; fought against Fitzhugh Lee, at Waynesboro, the 29th, the Second acting as rear guard, being cut off by rebel infantry, charging through the line; fought and repulsed Rosser's cavalry at Bridge- water, and during Sheridan's march down the valley, being annoyed by Rosser in the rear, turned upon him, and defeated him, captur- ing eleven guns and eighty wagons; the Second, after fighting from eight till eleven A. M., pursuing the enemy until three P. M.
SHERIDAN'S WINCHESTER VICTORY .- On October 17, the Second shared in the battle of Cedar Creek, being in the saddle from day- break until nine P. M .; occupied the center on the Valley Pike, near Middletown, and aided in the shout of welcome to Sheridan, on his arrival at the front, on his famous ride to "Winchester town," and participated in the charges which turned defeat into victory, the Second, with other troops, at nine o'clock at night, bivouacking, supperless on the field of battle. Performing routine picket duty for several weeks, on November 12, the Second was attacked by Rosser's division and driven in, the fight lasting all day, resulting in the entire defeat of the enemy; was hotly engaged with Early's force at New Market, November 20; suffered terribly from cold en route to Winter quarters, near Winchester, (28 of the boys having their feet frozen).
THE LAST RAID OF THE WAR .- Remaining in Winter quarters from December 23, until February 27, (except sending out an occas- ional scouting detachment), the Second, with Sheridan's other cavalry, started on the last. raid of the war, on March 2nd capturing the remains of Early's army, the Second alone capturing five pieces of artillery with caissons, thirteen wagons and ambulances, seventy
1
283
TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND MILES.
horses and mules, thirty sets of harness, 350 stands of small arms and 650 prisoners, for which magnificent exploit it received the thanks of the commander of the division, Gen. Custer, on the field.
Leading the advance, at Charlottesville, the Second captured more artillery; in the campaign that closed the war, from March 27, until Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865, capturing eighteen pieces of artillery, 180 horses, 70 wagons, large quantities of small arms and 900 prisoners.
AGAIN IN MISSOURI .- After the surrender of Gen. Johnston to Gen. Sherman, April 26, 1865, the Second, with Custer's division, . moved to the vicinity of Washington, and after the grand review, was ordered to Missouri, remaining a month at St. Louis, when it went to Springfield to relieve State troops. Remaining there until September 1, the Second was transferred to Camp Chase, where, on September 11, 1865, it was paid off and disbanded.
AKRON'S ROLL OF HONOR.
Following, so far as the writer has been able to compile them, is a list of the brave boys furnished by Middlebury and Portage townships (including Akron), for the invincible and almost omni- present Second Ohio Cavalry:
Clinton Allen, Milton F. Abbey, Watson C. Atwood, Augustus N. Bernard, Christopher Bartges, C. F. H. Biggs, Townsend C. Budd, W. F. Ball, W. F. Benedict, James Brennan, Frank D. Bryan, Henry E. Bryan, James H. Case, Joseph Cook, Gurdon Cook, Augustus Curtiss, Jordan Cook, John W. Crosier, Lawson B. Doyle, Abner Danforth, Edmund Foley, James B. Foote, Arthurton H. Farnam, George H. Falor, John W. Gilpin, Theodore Gambie, Marion Golden, Henry O. Hampson, George W. Hart, James Housel, George Hanscom, John Hanscom, George Hart, George H. Henry, Carlton Jackson, James Kerns, Isaiah McNeil, Jackson Maple, James M. Malone, William McCloud, Dustin Marble (leader of band) David C. Montgomery, Daniel McNaughton, Eugene Pooler, George A. Purington, George Richards, F. A. Remington, John Roahl, Virgil Robinson, J. Gilbert Raymond, (musician) Dudley Seward, George S. Storer, E. W. Spelman, George Spel- inan, Christian Stroker, Henry H. Smith, Peter J. Smith, William Shaffer, John Scanlan, Charles Tifft, David R. Townley, William Turner, A. H. Thompson, James A. Viall, Benjamin F. Weary, W. W. Wise, S. B. Watkins. Other Summit county boys, connected with the Second, so far as they can now be ascertained, will be found in the lists of their respective townships.
A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE SECOND.
Whitelaw Reid, late editor-in-chief of the New York Tribune, now United States Minister to France, upon whose "Ohio in the War". we have drawn largely for the data for this chapter, in speaking of the glorious achievements of the Second Ohio Cavalry said: "Its horses have drunk from, and its troopers have bathed in, the waters of the Arkansas, Kaw, Osage, Cygnes, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Scioto, Miami, Cumberland, Tennessee, Holston, Potomac, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Rapidan, Bull Run, Matta- pony, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, James, Appomatox, Black Water, Nottaway, and Chesapeake. It has campaigned through thirteen
384
AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
States and one Territory. * It has marched an aggregate distance of 27,000 miles and has fought in ninety-seven battles and engagements. It has served in five different armies-the Army of the Frontier, of the Missouri, of the Potomac, of the Ohio and of the Shenandoah-forming a continuous line of armies from the head-waters of the Arkansas to the mouth of the James, and its dead, sleeping where they fell, form a vidette line half across the continent, a chain of prostrate sentinels two thousand miles long. Even in their graves, may not these patriot dead still guard the .glory and integrity of the Republic for which they fell?"
FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY.
This regiment, with 1,800 men and twelve batteries, was organ- ized at Cleveland, under the militia law of 1860, and on the break- ing out of the war, Col. James Barnett tendered its services to the Government, under the three months' call, which being accepted, the regiment reported at Columbus, April 22, 1861, and was assigned to duty in West Virginia. On the expiration of three months, the regiment was reorganized for three years, Battery A, with Charles S. Cotter, a Middlebury boy, as captain, and Battery D, with Andrew J. Konkle, of Cuyahoga Falls, as captain.
CAPTAIN COTTER'S BATTERY.
As before stated, Captain Charles S. Cotter, of Middlebury, recruited Company A, First Ohio Light Artillery, for the three years' service, which was mustered in at Camp Chase, Columbus, September 6, 1861, immediately leaving for Louisville, Ky., receiv- ing its equipment while en route at Cincinnati, and was the first Ohio Battery to report in that department. Moving with Gen. McCook's Command to Green River, and from thence direct to Nashville, Tenn., it proceeded to Pittsburg Landing, (too late to be of service in that action, April 7, 1862), participated in the advance on Corinth; marched to Florence, Ala., to Battle Creek and Jasper, Tenn., to Dechert, to Winchester, Tullahoma, Shelbyville, and back to Nashville.
Accompanying Buell's army through Kentucky, a detachment of the battery, aiding in the defense of Munfordsville, September 21, 1862, was captured with the garrison by the rebel Gen. Bragg. The balance of the battery participated in numerous skirmishes en route to Perrysville, Ky .; was actively engaged at Dog Walk; marched through Danville to Crabb Orchard, and joined the retro- grade movement of Buell's army, reaching Bowling Green, October 31, 1862, and Louisville November 7. In the disaster of Stone River, December 30, 1862, the battery saved two of its guns from capture, after reaching the Nashville Pike doing effective service during the remainder of the battle, until the last gun was disabled, and afterwards aided in working other batteries upon the field.
BATTERY A REORGANIZED .- After the capture of Murfrees- boro, by the Union forces, January 3, 1863, the battery was re-or- ganized and re-equipped, and, as part of the Second Division of the Army of the Cumberland, participated in the movements on Tullahoma, Liberty and Hoover's Gap, in June, 1863, and accom- panied McCook over Sand Mountain. At Chickamauga, Septem- ber 19-20, 1863, the battery did most effective service, and when
385
COTTER'S AND KONKLE'S BATTERIES.
nearly surrounded, extricated its guns by a sudden change of front, its loss on that eventful day being 17 men killed and wounded. Entering Chattanooga with the army, it aided in its defense until October 16, 1863, when, under Gen. Speer, it marched through East Tennessee to Strawberry Plains, being almost constantly engaged with the enemy's cavalry until January 30, 1864.
RE-ENLISTING AS VETERANS .- At Strawberry Plains, the bat- tery re-enlisted as veterans, and left for home on a 30 days' fur- lough. On again reporting at the fort, Battery A participated in the entire Atlanta campaign, at the close of which it took a lively hand in the several engagements with Hood's rebel army, at Pulaski, Columbia, and other points, arriving at Nashville just in , time to haul the captured rebel artillery off from that hotly con- tested field, December 16, 1864.
The battery was now sent to New Orleans, and thence to Texas, being at Gallatin at the close of the war, and was mustered out at Cleveland, 134 men, July 31, 1865. Of this battery Whitelaw Reid, page 894 second volume " Ohio in the War," said: "Battery A marched in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, 4,500 miles, and was transported by Govern- ment 1,500 miles, making a total of 6,000 traveled; was in 30 skirmishes and nine heavy battles, and hurled from the cannon's mouth at the rebels, 30 tons of ammunition, 25 tons of which were fired in the Georgia campaign of 1864, under Gen. Sherman."
AKRON IN COTTER'S BATTERY .- Besides Captain (afterwards Colonel) Cotter, Akron's representatives in Battery A, First Ohio Light Artillery, so far as can be learned, were: Thomas Corwin (or Kirwin), James Courtney (mortally wounded at Chickamauga September 20, 1863), Henry Geer (wounded in same battle), William Hill, Henry O. Martin, Joseph S. Williams, Morgan M. Whitney; the Middlebury assessor, also giving the names of Wellington Brown, Jacob Demass, J. S. G. Slocum and William Yeomans, as belonging to this battery.
CAPTAIN KONKLE'S BATTERY .- At the close of the three months service, as above intimated, Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, was recruited for the three years' service by Andrew J. Konkle, of Cuyahoga Falls, who was made captain of the battery, with Wil- liam H.'Pease as first lieutenant. Captain Konkle afterwards being promoted to major of the regiment, Lieut. Pease was promoted to captain and Henry C. Grant to second, and afterwards to first, lieutenant. The battery was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Dennison, Columbus, in September, 1861, with 150 men.
PLUCKY BUT UNFORTUNATE .- In November, 1861, the battery went to Mount Sterling, Ky., and, under Gen. William Nelson, marched up the Big Sandy, to Piketon, at Joy Mountain, November 9, 1861, having a sharp skirmish with the enemy and losing one man, killed, going from thence, by steamer, to Louisville, November 25, to Munfordsville, November 29, and from thence to Nashville, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Corinth, Miss., and on June 30, 1862, to Athens, Ala.
Leaving Athens July 30, 1862, the battery went with General Nelson's command, via Columbia, Tenn., to Lebanon, Ky. In the battle of Munfordsville, Ky., September 15-16, 1862, the battery was overwhelmed by the enemy, and all its men and material captured.
25
1
386
AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
Though unfortunate in this regard, they were more fortunate than thousands of their fellow-soldiers, in that, instead of being immured in a rebel prison, they were then and there paroled and sent home. to Camp Chase, where they remained until exchanged, in January, 1863.
After being duly exchanged, Battery D, was re-organized and newly equipped, going to Lexington, Ky., the latter part of January, 1863, and from thence, on April 18, to Mount Vernon, Ky. June 13, 1863, with thirty-one men, thirty-four horses and two guns, Lieut. H. C. Lloyd, under Col. Saunders, Chief of Cavalry, Third Army Corps, went on a raid into East Tennessee, and though the raid was generally successful-important bridges burned, a large amount of ordnance and commissary stores destroyed and other serious damage done to the enemy-the detachment from Battery D lost both its guns and had one man killed by guerrillas.
In July, 1863, the battery marched with Gen. Burnside's army to Cumberland Gap, and participated in its capture, during the following two months, in connection with Col. Frank Woolford's Cavalry, raiding through Kentucky. December 2, 1863, seven of its men fell into the hands of the rebels, six of whom died in the prison-pen at Andersonville, Ga. During the entire siege at Knoxville, Battery D was effectively engaged, and immediately after the siege was raised, the men re-enlisted and were sent home on a thirty-days' furlough. On the expiration of its veteran fur- lough, its ranks were filled at Cleveland and the battery returned to Knoxville early in 1864, moving with Sherman's army when the march on Atlanta began, and participating in all the engagements of that gloriously successful campaign; afterwards engaging in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and after driving Hood's army across the Tennessee River, went with the Third Army Corps to Wilmington, N C., and after the close of the war was mus- tered out, 99 men strong, at Cleveland, July 15, 1865.
AKRON'S MEMBERS OF BATTERY D. - Attached to Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, were the following Akron and Middlebury boys: Daniel Ackerman, George H. Brown, William Delong, Versel Dreythaler, William Fink, Amos Griffith, Aaron Hart, William Hill, Zebulon McAlpin, George Smith, Charles Stair, I aniel Stair, Timothy R. Sanford, James Sangster, Jr., D. R. Townley.
THE FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
This was a German regiment, organized by Col. Valentine Bausenwein, at Camp Chase, in the Fall of 1861, leaving for the front in February, 1862, taking part in the Fort Donelson, Tenn., affair, February 14, 15 and 16, 1862; Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862; siege of Corinth, Miss., April 30, 1862; Milliken's Bend, La., August 18, 1862; Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., December 28-29, 1862; Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863; Deer Creek, Miss., March 21, 1863; Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863; Big Black River, Miss., May 17, 1863; siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18 to July 4, 1863; Lake Providence, La., June 10, 1864; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 5-23, 1864. The surviving original members, except re-enlisted veterans, were mustered out January 14, 1865, balance September 16, 1865.
In this regiment, as per assessor's returns, Portage township is credited with the following members of Co. E: Joseph Bergdorf,
387
THEY "FIT MIT SIGEL."
Thomas Dill, George Fry, L. F. Grether, Charles Henning, Henry Rinehart, Joseph Schmidt, John Stark, Casper Treitinger, (Orderly Sergeant), John D. Viers. Philip A. Bierwirth, recruited part of a company for this regiment in September and October, 1861, and was appointed first lieutenant January 8, 1862, but resigned March 15, 1862, afterwards enlisted in the 107th, as elsewhere stated. Of the others Joseph Schmidt was discharged for disability at Camp Chase, August 8, 1862; Joseph Bergdorf, appointed corporal, transferred to Co. C, December 26, 1864, appointed ser- geant May 11, 1865, mustered out September 16, 1865; Thomas Dill discharged at Louisville, Ky., for disability, September 19, 1862; George Fry, mustered out on expiration of enlistment, January 14, 1865; Louis F. Grether, discharged for disability, at Camp Chase, July 1, 1862; Charles Henning, mustered out at expiration of term of service, January 14, 1865; Casper Treitinger, discharged for disability at Mound City, Ill., August 20, 1862; John D. Viers, trans- ferred to Co. C, December 20, 1864-veteran.
THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH O. V. I.
This was also a German regiment, organized in August, 1862, under a special order from Ohio's Patriotic Democratic War Governor, David Tod, to "fight mit Sigel," Company I was in part composed of citizens of Summit county, Richard Feederle, of Akron, being elected captain, W. F. Bechtel, of Akron, second lieutenant, Captain George Billow, Akron's present well-known funeral director, enlisted as private, being promoted the following November to second lieutenant and soon after to first lieutenant and finally to captain, in which capacity he served to the close of the war.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.