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We returned leisurely to Oakland and there went into camp, remaining until the morning of the 23rd of July, when the regiment took cars for the west. We reached Bridgeport about the middle of the afternoon and after getting our camp guards and equipage aboard moved slowly on to Clarksburg. Here we went into camp until the 30th when we again took cars for Parkersburg and home! While in camp at Clarksburg a call was made for volunteers to go to Rosecrans, on Gauley, where he was about to engage in battle with Gen. Floyd's forces.
The regiment was drawn up in line and a call made upon those who were willing to go to step out five paces to the front. Not a score of men left their places in the ranks. Our time had expired on the 17th, and many of the men had already made arrangements to enter the three years' service in other organi- zations and were anxious to get home and take up the new work.
We jogged along nearly all night, 30th-31st, side-tracking for eastbound trains, nearly all of which carried troops. As we were nearing Parkersburg early in the day of the 31st a man belonging to Co. I, fell from the top of a car and was mortally hurt, dying a day or two later. At Parkersburg we took the rail- road ferry steamer, "Daniel Webster," for Marietta, the same boat that brought us to Parkersburg in May. We arrived off Harmar about 2:00 o'clock P. M. The banks on both sides of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers were lined with our friends, who had assembled to bid us welcome.
The "Putnam Light Artillery," of Marietta, boomed forth a loud-mouthed welcome. The boat rounded to near the "Point." Here we disembarked and after a warm greeting by our friends, fell in and marched through the city to "Camp Put- nam." The whole population seemed to be out and our march was a continuous ovation. Before "Camp Putnam" was reached
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Co. B was reduced to a platoon. Many of the town boys quietly slipped out of ranks and accompanied their friends home. About the middle of the following forenoon the regiment was drawn up in line in Camp Putnam, when Col. Stanley gave us a few final words of farewell, and we were dismissed until such time as we should be called together for final muster-out and pay. On August 30th, the following call appeared in the Marietta papers:
"ATTENTION COMPANIES B AND K!
"Companies B and K, 18th Regiemnt, O. V. M., will be paid off at Marietta, on Thursday, Sept. 5th prox. All members are ordered to rendezvous at the time and place appointed, to re- ceive their money and discharges.
FRANK BUELL, Capt. Co. B. JOHN HENDERSON, Capt. Co. K.
Marietta. O., Aug. 30, 1961."
The following is a
DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF THE COMPANY
with the after service in the army of each member so far as the same has been ascertained. The names of those who have died are marked with a *.
* CAPTAIN, FRANK BUELL-Commissioned captain of Battery C, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, January 25th, 1862, and commanded the same until his death. He was mortally wounded at Freeman's Ford, Virginia, August 22nd, 1862, and died next day at Bealton Station, Va., and his remains buried there.
* FIRST LIEUTENANT, DENNIS O'LEARY .- Commisioned Senior First Lieut. Battery C, 1st West Va. Light Artillery, Jan- uary 25th, 1862. Mustered out with battery April 22nd, 1865.
* SECOND LIEUTENANT, WILLIAM H. BISBEE .- Elected Major of the regiment at its organization, May 29, 1861. Did not re-enter the service.
* SECOND LIEUTENANT, WALLACE W. HILL .- Elected 2nd Lieut. of the company June 22, 1861, to fill the vacancy oc- casioned by the promotion of Lieut. Bisbee to Major. Commis- sioned Junior 1st Lieut. of Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, January 25th, 1862, and promoted to Captain, October 16, 1862,
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and commanded the battery from that time until its muster out of the service, April 22, 1865.
* FIRST SERGEANT, JOHN G. THEIS .- Commissioned Senior 2nd Lieut. of Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, Jan- uary 25. 1862, and Junior 1st Lieut., October 16, 1862, to date from August 1, 1862. Mustered out with battery, April 22, 1865.
* SECOND SERGEANT, DANIEL Y. HILL .- Mustered out with the regiment, August 28, 1861. Did not again enter the regular service.
* THIRD SERGEANT, OWEN O'NEILL .- Sergeant Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery, April 22, 1865. Afterwards served 25 years in the Regular Army and was on the retired list of the army at the time of his death, May 7, 1907.
* FOURTH SERGEANT, THEODORE G. FIELD .- First Sergeant Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Promoted to 2nd Lieut, December 1, 1863. Mustered out with the battery. Brevetted Major U. S. Volunteers after the war.
FIRST CORPORAL, WALLACE W. WITHROW .- Commis- sioned 2nd Lieut., Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, January 25, 1862. Resigned, December 28, 1862, on account of disabil- ity from wounds received in action.
* SECOND CORPORAL, JOHN D. HOLDEN .- Commisison- ed 2nd Lieut. Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, October 10, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieut., February 19, 1862. Resigned, March 27, 1862.
*THIRD CORPORAL, SAMUEL C. SKINNER. Did not re- enter the service.
* FOURTH CORPORAL, GEORGE B. HASKINS .- Commis- sioned 1st Lieut., Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, October 10, 1861. Resigned November 2, 1862.
* MUSICIAN, EBENEZER COREY .- Promoted to Drum Major, June 6, 1861. Was afterwards Drum Major and Principal Music- ian of the 36th Ohio Infantry. Served three years.
* MUSICIAN, MANLY WARREN .- Mustered out with the regiment. Did not re-enter the service.
*MUSICIAN, LOUIS FOUGERE .-- Joined Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery as a private. Mustered out with battery.
PRIVATES.
* AMOS, MORDECAI-Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 77th Ohio Infantry, October 14, 1861. Mustered out with regiment March 8, 1866.
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BAUER, JACOB-Enlisted in Co. L, 1st Ohio Cavalry, Jany. 5, 1864. Mustered out with regiment October 6, 1865. Waver- ly, West Va.
BLAIN, ROBINSON-
BOOTH, JOHN T .- Sergeant Co. G, 36th Ohio Infantry, Aug- ust 12, 1861. Mustered out on expiration of term of service. As- sistant Surgeon U. S. Army, Cuban and Philippine war and sur- geon 40th U. S. Volunteer Infantry by appointment of President Mckinley. Mustered out at expiration of service. Cincinnati, O.
* BORING, ABSALOM-Enlisted in Co. L, 1st Ohio Cavalry, Jan 5, 1864. Mustered out with regiment, September 26, 1865.
BORING, ELI P .- Did not re-enter service.
BRAGG, BENJAMIN-Mustered out July 29, 1861. Sergeant Co. A, 36th Ohio Infantry. Promoted to 2nd Lieut., March 8, 1865. Mustered out with regiment July 27, 1865. Veteran.
Lieut. Bragg has the best record for continuous unbroken ser- vice of any member of the company. His enlistment in the 18th Ohio bears date April 17, 1861, and his entry into service with the 36th Ohio was of date July 29th, 1861, two days before the 18th Ohio was disbanded, and 29 days before the formal muster out of that regiment. Lieut. Bragg and the writer were in the field in West Virginia in the three years service when the 18th was mustered out and paid and neither of us received the balance of pay due for our 3 months service until after the war closed.
BUKEY, ALEXANDER H .- Private in Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, appointed corporal on its organization and pro- moted to Sergeant, August 1, 1862. Mustered out with battery. Veteran. Washington, D. C.
BURGESS, GEORGE ROYAL.
* CALVERT, JOHN D .- Private Co. K, 60th Ohio Infantry, October 17, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant, February 25, 1862. Mus- tered out November 10, 1862. Private 176th O. Infantry, February 17, 1865. Transferred to Co. A, 18th O. Infantry, June 28, 1865. Mustered out Oct. 9, 1865.
* CLAUS, HENRY -- Did not re-enter the service.
* CLOGSTON, CHARLES W .-- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Appointed corporal on its organization, promoted to Sergeant December 19, 1862. Veteran.
CLOSE, 'DANIEL-Private Battery A, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery.
CONIFFE, PETER L .- Did not re-enter the service.
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* COREY, JOSEPH-Private Co. G, 63rd Ohio Infantry. Pro- moted to Sergeant. Died at Camp Clear Creek, Miss., July 19, 1862.
* DAILEY, THOMAS C .- Private Battery H, 1st O. Light Ar- tillery, August 6, 1862. Appointed Corporal January 7, 1863. Pro- moted to Sergeant , mustered out with battery.
* DAVIS, JETHRO .- Private Co. B, 39th O. Infantry, Nov. 26, 1863. Corporal March 16, 1865. Mustered out July 9, 1865.
DEMING, T. Y.
* DEVIN, GEORGE W .- Did not re-enter the service.
* DIBBLE, HANNIBAL .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
DOW, DAVID .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Appointed Corporal on its organization, promoted to Sergeant, December 19, 1862. Mustered out with battery. Veteran. Mari- etta, Ohio.
DRISCOL, THOMAS .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
* DYAR, THOMAS .-- Mustered out July 21, 1861. Private Co. F, 39th O. Infantry, July 21, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 12, 1864 on expiration of his term of service.
FAIRHURST, JEREMIAH .- Private Battery K, 1st O. Light Artillery, Sept. 15, 1861. Appointed Sergeant on its organization. Wounded May 9, 1864. Discharged for disability May 9, 1865. Veteran.
FISHER, THOMAS .- Mustered out Aug. 12, 1861 to enter service in Co. G, 36th O. Infantry. Private Co. G, 36th O. Infantry. August 12, 1861. Severely wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Discharged for disability. Entered Co. K, 2nd O. Heavy Artillery as Sergt., July 7, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergt., July 1st, 1864. Pro- moted to 2nd Lieut., March 18, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out with regiment Aug. 23, 1865.
FOULKE, WM. H.
GAY, WILLIAM.
GILLINGHAM, MILTON .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry. Ap- pointed Corporal, Sept. 19, 1864. Mustered out with regiment.
* GOODMAN, DANIEL.
* GREEN, ALLEN .- Discharged.
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HATFIELD, THOMAS.
* HENNING, HENRY .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Died in hospital at Washington, D. C., Oct. 13, 1863.
* HENNING, JOHN-Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
HOLDEN, WILLIAM .-- Commissioned 1st Lieut. and Quarter Master 2nd W. Va. Cavalry, Oct. 23, 1861. Resigned March 13, 1862. Appointed Captain and A. Q. M., U. S. Volunteers and serv- ed as such to the close of the war. Cincinnati, O.
* KROPP, AUGUST .- Mustered out July 20, 1864. 39th O. Infantry, July 20, 1861. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, and to 1st Lieut., July 3, 1862, Resigned April 1, 1864.
LA GRANGE, LA FAYETTE D .-- Private Co.
B, 9th O. Cavalry, Nov. 8, 1862. Promoted to Corporal -. Mus- tered out with Co., July 20, 1865. Hoskinsville, Ohio.
LAUGHLIN, MILTON H .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out with Bat- tery. Veteran.
LIVING, FREDERICK .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Veteran. Letart, W. Va.
* LOUFMAN, PHILIP L .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
* MCCULLOUGH, JOHN .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Discharged Feby. 19, 1862 on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MCNAMARA, THOMAS .- Private Co. L 1st O. Cavalry. Dis- charged Dec. 16, 1861 on Surgeon's certificate of disability.
* MINER, JOHN N .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery. Promoted to Corporal. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
* MINER, WESLEY .- Private Battery C 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, March 30, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant and to 2nd Lieut. January 12, 1863. Resigned April 4, 1863.
* MIRABEN, LEONIDAS R .- Private Battery C 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Promoted to Sergeant. Mustered out with Bat- tery. Veteran.
* MORRIS, AUGUSTUS .- Private Battery C 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
MORSE, WILBUR F .- Private Co. G 36th O. Infantry. Ap-
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pointed Sergeant on its organization. Mustered out Sept. 4, 1864, on expiration of term of service. Bevier, Mo.
MEIGHAM, JOHN .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery. Promoted to Corporal. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
NORTH, THOMAS H .- Private Co. G, 36th O. Infantry, Aug- ust 12, 1861. Appointed Sergeant on its organization. Mustered out on expiration of term of service. Kist, Oregon.
PADDEN, ANTHONY .- Lancaster, O.
PALMER, JEWETT, JR .- Mustered out August 12, 1861 to accept promotion as Captain Co. G, 36th O. Infantry. Promoted to Major May 9, 1864. Resigned Nov. 30, 1864. Veteran. Mari- etta, O.
* PARKER, JAMES S .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Discharged June 14, 1863 on Surgeon's certificate of disability.
PHELPS, JAMES.
* PHELPS, THOMAS .-- Appointed Q. M. Sergeant Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery on its organization. Mustered out with Battery, Veteran.
PIXLEY, GEORGE-Did not re-enter the service. Mansfield, O.
PIXLEY, WALLACE W .- Private Battery H, 1st O. Light Ar- tillery, Nov. 10, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant, to 1st Sergeant and to 2nd Lieut. Served a time as acting Quarter Master of the Ar- tillery Brigade of the 6th Army Corps. Mustered out July 3, 1865. Veteran. Marietta, O.
QUINBY, DANIEL W .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Jan- mary 4, 1864. Mustered out September 26, 1865. Was also private in Co. A, 87th Ohio, for three months. Belle Plaine, Kas.
* RANGER, JOHN .- Private Battery H, 1st O. Light Artillery, Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered out October 21, 1864 on expiration of term of service.
RANGER, WM. H .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery. Promoted to Corporal. Mustered out with Battery. Veteran.
* REIGNEY, MILTON .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Discharged May 1, 1862 on Surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
* REPPERT, WALTER .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Feby.
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1st, 1863. Promoted to Corporal Sept. 19, 1864. Mustered out with regiment Sept. 26, 1865.
* RIPLEY, P. S .- Private Co. C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with Battery. Veteran.
* ROBINSON, WILLIAM .- Did not re-enter the service.
* SCHERER, PETER .-- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery.
SCOTT, WILLIAM N.
* SHAW, JOHN L .- Did not re-enter the service.
SHIRES, ROBERT .- Musician Co. D, 63rd O. Infantry. Ap- pointed Principal Musician, July 21, 18€2. Mustered out with the regiment. Veteran.
* SHOCKLEY, DAVID .- Bugler, Battrey H, 1st O. Light Ar- tillery, October 28, 1861. Mustered out with battery. Veteran.
* SHOOP, HUGH-Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Ar- tillery. Promoted to Corporal. Discharged Dec. 19, 1862.
SMITH, JOHN W .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Discharged March 2, 1863, on Surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
* SNODGRASS, WILLIAM H .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted to Corporal but was reduced at his own request. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865. Veteran.
* STANLEY, JAMES .- First Lieutenant, Co. G, 36th O. In- fantry, August 12th, 1861. Promoted to Captain Co. D, June 6, 1862. Mustered out on expiration of term of service.
STANTON, HENRY B.
* STARK, HORATIO O.
STEWART, TARTUS L.
STEWART, WILLIAM.
* STREMPLE, CHARLES.
* THORNILEY, THOMAS R .- Private Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn, August 23, 1864.
TUCKER, ABNER-Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Ligh tAr- tillery. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability, January 13, 1863. Marietta, O.
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TURNER, JAMES.
* UNDERWOOD, OSCAR .- Second Lieutenant Co. L, 1st O. Cavalry, Sept. 16, 1861. Resigned May 31, 1862.
* VICKERS, GEORGE .- Private Co. F, 39th O. Infantry, Dec. 12, 1861. Mustered out with regiment. Veteran.
VOSHEL, JAMES.
WEST, GORDON B .- Private Co. G, 77th O. Infantry, March 12, 1862. Promoted to Sergt. Major, April 1, 1862. Severly wound- ed, April 6, 1862 at Shiloh. Promoted to 2nd Lieut. Co. G, Febru- ary 11, 1863, and to 1st Lieut. and Regimental Q. M., March 29, 1865. Commissioned Captain, March 7, 1866, but not mustered. Mustered out with regiment, March 8, 1866.
WILSON, CHARLES P .- Private Co. F, 79th O. Infantry. Served as clerk in the Adjutant General's department, East Tenn. Nov. 6, 1863, commissioned 1st Lieut. and Adjutant of 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry. Resigned August 1864. Po- mona, Cal.
"PONY SECTION"
The ten recruits brought to the regiment June 18, by Major Corey, were nearly all boys, whom some one very aptly dubbed "The Pony Section." Our company being entitled to but two musicians, and having our complement already, these boys were assigned to the other companies of the regiment and were borne upon their rolls, but as the Drum Corps remained with Co. B nearly all the term of our service they were treated as Co. B boys and I append to that of the regular roll of the company their af- ter service.
BRENAN, FRANK R .- Bugler, Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery. Mustered out with battery. Marietta, O.
COREY, HENRY .- Musician, (drummer), Co. G, 36th O. In- fantry. Mustered out with regiment, July 27, 1865. Veteran. Moulton, Iowa.
* HOLDEN, CHARLES .- Private Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, March 30, 1862. Died at Centerville, Va., Dec. 7, 1862.
JENVEY, GEORGE K .- Bugler, Co. F, 2nd W. Va. Cavalry, November 19, 1861. Re-enlisted, January 1, 1864. Mustered out with regiment. Veteran. Washington, D. C.
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JUDD, JAMES G .- Musician, (drummer), Co. I, 36th O. In. fantry, Aug. 12, 1861. Mustered out with regiment July 27, 1865. Veteran. Marietta, O.
* LANGLEY, HENRY M .- Enlisted in Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery at its organization. Appointed 2nd Lieut., Oct. 16, 1862. Resigned April 22, 1863.
* REGNIER, FREDERICK .-- Private Battery H, 1st O. Light Artillery, Oct. 17, 1861. Mustered out Nov. 17, 1864, at expiration of term of service.
ROBERTS, JAMES D.
* SMITH, WM. H .- In gunboat service on western rivers.
TENNEY, JOHN .- Musician, (fifer) Co. E, 36th O. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861. Appointed Principal Musician, Sept. 10, 1864. Mus- tered out with regiment. Veteran. Broken Arrow, Okla.
On the expiration of our term of enlistment nearly all the members of the company re-entered the service. I have found but nine who are known not to have re-entered the army, and most of these did more or less militia duty from time to time dur- ing the war. Those re-entering the service were distributed as follows:
"Buell's Battery"-C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery 29
Battery A, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery 1
1st Ohio Cavalry 13
36th Ohio Infantry 8
1st O. Light Artillery, Battery H.
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1st O. Light Artillery, Battery K. 2
39th Ohio Infantry 4
77th Ohio Infantry 2
63rd Ohio Infantry. 2
60th Ohio Infantry. 1
79th O. and 2nd N. C. Mounted Infantry 1
9th O. Cavalry 1
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Of the members of the "Pony Section," 3 went into "Buell's Battery," 3 into the 36th O. Infantry, 1 into the 2nd' W. Va. Cav- alry, 1 into Battery H, 1st O. Lt. Artillery and 1 into the Gunboat service.
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Of those who re-entered the service 21 became commissioned officers and almost all the others became non-commissioned of- ficers. I have accounted for 75 of the company, leaving 24 unac- courted for. The names of these stand on the roll with no ex- planatory remarks appended.
Those known to have died number 56; those known to be liv- ing, 19; unascertained, 24.
The formal muster out of the regiment dates August 28, 1861. The muster in of Co. B dates April 17, 1861, making the term serv- ed by the company 4 months and 11 days.
In closing this sketch I want to return my hearty thanks to Dr. John T. Booth, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the kind loan of his in- valuable diary of "Three months with the 18th Ohio Infantry 3 months troops." By its help I have been enabled to fix dates and locations for which I had no other resource. I have drawn largely too from his narrative, at times using his very language, for which I had his generous warrant. He was a member of the company and afterwards spent three years in the service with the 36th O. Infantry. He is the historian of that regiment, his unpublished history of which is an inexhaustive mine of information.
NOTES
COL. CLARKE-CAPT. BUELL.
A strange coincidence is that of the similar deaths of Colonel Clarke and Captain Buell. Within 18 months from the morning upon which Col. Clarke presented to our company the beautiful flag mentioned as the gift of the women of Marietta and its ac- ceptance by Captain Buell, both had fallen in battle, Col. Clarke leading his regiment, the 36th O. Infantry, at Antietam, Maryland, and Captain Buell commanding his battery, C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, at Freeman's Ford, Virginia.
(From the "Marietta Intelligencer" of May 1, 1861.)
"The following is a part of a communication from one who oc- cassionally contributes to our columns. It is a worthy tribute to the stranger volunteer. "* But I cannot close without paying a passing tribute to the noble heroism of one of the volunteers who left us, today. I
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saw in the ranks a young German who evidently was a stranger here. I was told that he was simply on a visit to this country, but seeing the hour of peril upon us he boldly stepped into the ranks of those brave and true hearts who have just left us. As they moved down to the boat and friends were taking a final part- ing, he burst into tears, saying: "I have no friends here to bid me good bye." I lieed not say how a chord was struck by those simple words which went to every heart; his hands were grasped with a fervor which told that such noble self-sacrifice claimed the homage of every true heart."
John T. Booth, in his diary under date of June 19th, in camp near Bridgeport, Va., notes: "I received a letter today from Miss Mary J. Krewson, of Birmingham, opposite Pittsburg, Pa. (the lady who at the close of the war became my wife.) We were playmates when about three years of age." (Note-Dr. Booth and his good wife are both living and enjoying the comforts of an ideal home at No. 3646 Central avenue, Cincinnati, O.)
OUR CAMPS. 1210623
Our first, at Columbus, was "Camp Jackson," now beautiful Goodale Park. At Athens, where we spent but a few days, our camp was by some called "Camp Jewett," but I remember it as "Camp Scott." At Marietta, "Camp Putnam." At Parkersburg, "Camp Union," so christened by Captain Buell. At the first "burnt bridge," near Peteroleum Station, on the B. & O. railroad, our camp took the name of "Camp Whip po'will" from the nocturn- al and lugubrious serenades furnished us by this strange bird. Our next camp near Toll Gate Station, being located in an old pasture field, covered with briars, was dubbed "Camp Briar Patch," by Manly Warren, a name that stuck.
We next went into camp near Bridgeport on the beautiful farm of a Mr. Sandusky and for him we named our camp "San- dusky." We remained at Oakland but a few days and I think no name was given this uncomfortable camping place.
The following resolution, with others, was adopted by the boys while we were quartered at the Ohio Penitentiary:
"Resolved, that this company owes a debt of gratitude to G.
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W. Gill, and to John A. Prentice, Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, for relieving this company from the subterranean vaults of the State Capitol and furnishing them with comfortable quarters due to civilized and intelligent citizen soldiers.
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R. L. NYE, Secy.
T. G. FIELD, Chairman.
The following from the "Marietta Republican" of May 24, notes the one loss by death that came to us during our whole term of service.
"George W. Ridgeway, one of the Marietta Volunteers, was taken sick at Columbus and discharged. A short time after he got home he died,, and was buried at Rainbow, last Sunday (19th) with the honors of war by the Union Blues and the Defiance In- fantry Company."
CAPTAIN BUELL.
I have made no effort to prepare a biography of Captain Buell, the sketch is itself in a way a biography. He is the central figure of my little history and aside from his work with the Pierpoint Battery it gives a full history of his service.
He was born at Lowell, Washington county, Ohio, April 24, 1837, and was the youngest son of Perez B. and Elizabeth (Rector) Buell. His 23rd birthday he spent in "Camp Jackson," at Columbus, two days after leaving Marietta with his company. He had chosen the profession of the law and was Prosecuting At- torney of Washington county when the war broke out. He was killed in battle at Freeman's Ford, Fauquier county, Virginia, August 22, 1862.
At the time of his death he had been selected for a higher command and had he lived a few days longer would have received substantial promotion in the artillery arm of the service. His distinguished bearing had attracted the attention of such soldiers as Generals Siegel and Milroy, the Chief of Artillery of the 11th Corps and others.
His remains were buried at Bealton Station and in the fol- lowing December were removed to the family burying ground lo- cated on the old home farm, at Lowell. His comrades of Battery
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C erected a handsome monument at his grave soon after the close of the war.
In the preparation of the foregoing pages I have been actuat- ed by a desire to place in convenient and permanent form the simple facts connected with the company's modest service. We were not only the first from Washington county to respond to the president's call for volunteers but were the first from all southeastern Ohio. Only 9 of the 220 companies of three months' volunteers, accepted by the government antedated our enrollment (these were dated the 16th) and but 17 others bore even date with us.
I have attempted simply to state facts in as plain a way as possible that may be of value so far as they go to the future searcher in this pioneer service of the war. The work has taken considerable time and labor but it has been one of pleasure and I shall be more than repaid if it meets with the approval of my surviving comrades and the friends of Captain Buell and his pioneer company of patriotic volunteers.
Marietta, O., April 22, 1911.
JEWETT PALMER.
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