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the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment. The regiment was finally mustered out of service on July 6, 1865.
The regiment was sent directly into Tennessee and was stationed in the vicinity of Chattanooga until it participated in the battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20. 1863. Following that battle it was a participant in the following battles: Knoxville, November 17 to December 4, 1863: Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 5-9. 1864: Resaca, May 13-16, 1864; Dallas, May 5 to June 4, 1864: Kenesaw Mountain, June 9-30, 1864: Peach Tree Creek, July 19-20, 1861 : Jonesborough, Georgia, August 31 to September 1, 1864; Siege of Savannah, December 10-21, 1864; Averysboro, North Carolina, March 16. 1865: Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19-21, 1865.
In 1884 F. M. McAdams, of Richwood, Ohio, a member of Company E, compiled a volume entitled "Every-day Soklier Life, or a History of the One Hundred Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry." This is a pretentious volume of four hundred pages and is largely the author's day-by-day record of affairs, written while the regiment was in the field. The history was planned. at the eighth annual reunion of the regiment held at Columbus, August 11, 1881, when McAdams was chosen to take charge of the prepara- tion of the history of the regiment. McAdams enlisted at Urbana on August 16, 1862, and at the same time and place Joseph Swisher and Harrison Wal- burn enlisted. Considerably more than one-third of the volume is given over to the diary of Mc.Adams, which is entertainingly written and sufficiently voluminous to make a continuous narrative. Beginning with August 15, .1852, there are few days that the author misses jotting down something and for many weeks he has something to record each day. The account closes on July 10, 1865, on which date the soldiers left Columbus for their respective homes. They were mustered out at Columbus. The diary of Mc.Adams is followed by the roster of the regiment (pp. 172-264). The remainder of the volume is devoted to a number of anecdotes, sketches, incidents and other matters pertaining to camp. field and bivouac life. all of which were con- tributed by the various members of the regiment. Major Joseph Swisher, now living at DeGraff, but a resident of this county, nearly all his life, con- tributes an article under the caption of "Sketches and Recollections," which is written in unusually vivid style. His recital gives a running account of his experience from the day he enlisted until he resigned, June 14, 1865. The author concluded his volume by giving the postoffice addresses of all those that could be ascertained who were living in 1884. It is presumed that his record for Champaign county, his home, was fairly complete. It follows :
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MEMBERS OF REGIMENT LIVING IN 1884.
St. Paris -- George G. McCrea, Elijah Gabriel, John F. Riker, George Gabriel. Simon Gabriel. A. M. Grafton, Michael Huddleston, John Wilson. George Negley, Willis Huddleston, William Jenkins, David Beatty, S. E. Smith, William M. Grafton, John Wank, Samuel Bishop, Anthony Bishop and Leonard Bishop.
Mechanicsburg -- Charles T. Baxter, Stephen W. Riddle, Cyrus Parmer, James C. Roberts, Benjamin Norris, Charles Odell. John E. Davis, Cyrus Guy, John W. Tway, Ebenezer Williams, Thomas E. Shepherd. W. C. Brin- non and John Craig.
Urbana-Felix I .. Rock, Cyrus T. Ward, O. H. Barber, Joseph Low, G. W. Crain, Ed Shellhorn, W. S. Gearhart. George L. Teister, Philip A. Huff. John W. Snyder and William Craig.
Kings Creek-John Miller, James Walker, William Walker, Charles Stewart and Charles M. Boone.
Mutual --- O. B. Fay and Levi Fay.
North Lewisburg-Joseph Swisher and George H. Lippincott.
Horrs-James H. Tarbutton.
Careysville -- Samuel Halterman, John O'Leary and James Hewling. Springhills-Patrick Mahlone.
Woodstock-Levi Hemminger.
Millerstown-J. M. Abbott.
ROSTER OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
The roster taken from records in the auditor's office is as follows :
Company E.
Turnship.
Enrolled. 1562.
Age.
John Bowersock
I'rbana
August 14
25
Price T. Bowman
Johnson
August 23
33
Samuel Bishop
Johnson
August 20
39
David Beatty
Jackson
August 19
27
Peter Baker
Jackson
August 10.
Anthony Bishop
Jackson
August 22
Geo. A. Baker
Jackson
August 20
Ferdinand Baldwin
Jackson
John F. Barger
Concord.
August 18.
1
23
Samuel I. Beck
Johnson
August 24
19
William C. Brinnon
Goshen
August 18
21
Ira Buroker
Mad River
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Enrolled
Company E.
Township.
1862.
Age.
William Cisco.
Adams
August 17
30
Robert Clyne
Jackson
Richard Cox
Jackson
August 22
32
Stephen Carrigg
Johnson
( Deserted )
David H. Chatfeld
.Urbana
August 22
20
George Conrad
Mad River.
August 22
21
Michael Cane
Johnson
(Never mustered)
Milton G. Doak
Goshen
August 16
19
Jas. L. Fdmiston
Jackson
Angust 22
22
John M. Fitzpatrick
Jackson
William Fromme
Johnson
August 22
30
Jacob Fudge
Adamıs
August
2 (Deserted ) 25
Renben Gardner
I'nion.
August 15
23
Orlando Gardner
.I'nion
August 15
28
Win. M. Grafton.
Jackson
August 22
23
Ixune Green.
.Urbana
August 17
20
Elijah Gabried.
Jackson
August 20
33
Thomas Hallan
Johnson
August 10
30
Patrick Hallan
Johnson
(Deserted )
Samuel Halterman
Adams
August 22
40
Michael Huddleston
Jackson
August 16.
38
Rolin Huddleston
Jackson
August 18.
Ins. Huling
Adams
August 17
33
Willis Huddleston
Jackson
August 22
29
William Horr
Wayne
August 15
31
Andrew Heller
l'rbana
August 20
26
John H. Johnson
l'rbana
August 22
William Jenkins
Jackson
August 19.
James O. Kite.
Mad River
August 21
Warren Keyes
Goshen
August 16.
19
Fleming H. Kiser
Adams
August 18
Asn Kite
Mad River
August 22
18
John Looker
Johnson
August
Henry MeAlexander
Johnson
August 22
21
1. 8. McRoberts
Urbana
August 12
Peter Miller
Johnson
August 16.
18
James Miranda
Johnson
August 18
17
Jonathan Merien
Adams
August 17
30
John O'Leary
Adams
August 22
23
William H. Protsman
I'nion.
August 19
24
Frederick Pence
Johnson
Angust 22 ( Deserted)
23
Felix S. Rock
I'nion
August 22
24
Jacob Reeder
Johnson
August 19
32
Joseph Riley
Jackson
August 22
24
Franklin Russell
Adams
September 25
18
Richard Sullivan.
I'nion
August 15.
Harrison Smith
Johnson
Dutton Swiger.
Adams.
Angust 16
30
Samuel Scott.
Adams
August 19.
19
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Enrolled
Company E.
Township.
1862.
Age.
Strother F. Smith
Jackson
August 22.
38
George W. Slonaker
Johnson
August 12
38
Henry D. Shanley
Urbana
August 22
37
Thomas Seudder
Urbana
( Never mustered)
Anthony Schimmel
Mad River
August 22
20
Abram G. Smith
Adams.
August 22
18
Thomas Scott.
Adams.
August 14
30
Ferdinand Strickler
I'nion
August 22
24
John W. Taylor
I'nion.
August 21
24
John Wilson
Jackson
August 22
19
David Walker
Johnson
August 20
18
Daniel Walker
Johnson.
August 20.
18
Joseph Swisher
Goshen
August 15
30
George McCrea
Jackson
August 17
26
Jasper N. Hall
Adams
August 16
31
Ambrose E. Grafton
Jackson
August 16
26
W. 8. Mott
Jackson
August 16
21
Henry C. Scott.
Johnson
Angust 16
30
Milton S. Stratton
Jackson
August 16 ..
25
Cyrus F. Ward
I'rbann
August 22
20
Rockwell H. Seely
Adams
August 17
48
W. G. Carpenter
Jackson
August 19
28
Harrison Walburn
Goshen
August 15
23
Ismel G. Powell
Goshen
August 18
20
Francis MeAdams
Goshen
August 15
22
John Wank
Mad River
October 5
19
William T .. McAlexander. Adams
October 5.
23
Joseph Sweeny
Johnson
Never mustered)
There is a total of eighty-five listed above, but five of the number do not appear as members of Company E -- Ferdinand Baldwin. Ira Buroker. Robert Clyne. John M. Fitzpatrick and Harrison Smith. It will be noticed that practically all of the recruits for the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regi- ment from this county were enrolled from the western part of the county, from Jackson, Johnson, Adams and Mad River townships. There is not one of the above eighty-five listed as members of the present Grand Army of the Republic post of Urbana. nor is there one of the number who is recorded as having ever been a member of the W. A. Brand Post. Of these six who were listed in the records as being members of the One Hundred and Thirteenth it is known that John M. Fitzpatrick was a member of Company A. Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. There were more than the eighty-five volunteers above listed in the One Hundred and Thirteenth from Champaign county. Company K having had a number from Goshen township. It is known that Azro Mann, Ezra Allen. Henry C. Brittin, Joseph H. Newcombe, Robert R. Osborn, volunteers from this township, were either killed or died
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in the service. This township also had Alexander Henry in Company B of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Henry being killed on June 12, 1865, in Maryland, by falling from the cars.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT (THREE MONTHS).
The history of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment was written several years ago by Judge David W. Todd, of Urbana, lieutenant- colonel of the regiment, and the present brief sketch of the regiment is based largely on the excellent sketch of Judge Todd. The brochure of Judge Todd contains a roster of the regiment in addition to a brief recital of its service in the field, and also an appreciative sketch of Col. James B. Armstrong, for years one of the prominent figures in Urbana.
The regiment was organized primarily with the understanding that it was for state duty only, but as the war progressed it was felt that there was a place for it at the front. Adjutant General B. R. Cowen, of the state of Ohio, issued general order No. 12 on April 25, 1864, calling into active service all the regiments, battalions and independent companies of the Ohio National Guard for the term of one hundred days. These organizations were ordered to rendezvous on Monday, May 2, 1864, at the most convenient places and at railroad stations wherever possible. The official order further called upon the commanding officers to report by telegraph, at four o'clock on the afternoon of the same day, the exact number of men present in their respective company.
The Fourth Regiment of the National Guard was under command of Col. James B. Armstrong, of Urbana. This regiment consisted of ten com- panies, eight of which were recruited from Champaign county and one each from Shelby and Hancock counties. The companies, the townships from which they were chiefly enlisted and their respective captains were as follows:
Company I'rbana Township. Matt Weaver Died, April 15, 1880.
Company Harrison Township. Miles Wilson Dead.
Company C. Goshen Township. .H. G. Johnson Dead.
Company D. -Rush Township. Philo Burnham
Died. July 4, 1903.
Company E I'nion Township .W. B. Cheney
Dead
Company F
Wayne Township J. W. Barley
Company
l'rbana Township R. E. Robinson
Died, April 22, 1896.
Company H. -Shelby County J. Kress
DeGraff.
Company I
Johnson Township. J. F. Riker Dead.
Company K Hancock County D. B. Rinehart Died, February 27, 1900.
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J. Kress, of DeGraff, Ohio, is the only one of the captains known to be living. The present address of J. W. Bailey, if living, is not known.
The regiment was mustered in with the following field and staff officers, each being mustered into the service on May 2, 1864, and practically all of them mustered out on August 31. 1864. Only one, George Standish, died in service, his death occurring on June 29. 1864, in a hospital in Maryland. The complete roster of the field and staff officers. practically all of whom were from Champaign county, follows :
Colonel, James B. Armstrong; lieutenant-colonel, David W. Todd; major, John C. Baker : surgeon, James F. Spain ; assistant surgeon, Benjamin F. Baker; assistant surgeon, Allan W. Wells: chaplain, Leander H. Long; regimental quartermaster, Samuel D. Strayer ; adjutant, Samuel F. McMorran ; sergeant major, John D. Gugenham ; quartermaster sergeant, George Standish; quartermaster sergeant, George S. Marsh; hospital steward, Daniel P. Heffle- bower ; commissary sergeant, Richard Taylor ; principal musician, Nathaniel P. Cone. Of these men it is known that David W. Todd, Benjamin F. Baker and Nathaniel P. Cone are still living. Judge Todd has been a prac- ticing lawyer in Urbana since the close of the war, served for several years as probate judge of the county and may be seen in and out of the court house every day. B. F. Baker is a practicing druggist in St. Paris and enjoying good health.
COMMUNITIES STRIPPED OF YOUNG MEN.
The One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment was recruited at a time of the year when the men were needed the most in the fields, and the taking of more than seven hundred young men out of the county during April and May, 1864, worked a severe hardship on the farming interests of the county. Some communities were practically stripped of their young men. It was said that in Union, Wayne and Rush townships there was scarcely a young man left eligible for military duty. In one township there was one man who did not enlist and so strong was the feeling against him that he was made to feel the contempt of every loyal citizen of the township. The little village of Woodstock and the surrounding community had contributed to previous regiments raised in the county, but when the call came for volunteers for the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth in the spring of 1864 they were ready again to do their share. They furnished more than half of Company D, cap- tained by Philo Burnham, having fifty-four men in this one company.
Colonel Armstrong, commanding the Fourth Regiment of the Ohio
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National Guard, composed largely of Champaign county volunteers, nine companies of men, aggregating seven hundred and fifty men in rank and file, assembled his regiment at Urbana on Monday and Tuesday, May 2nd and 3rd, and on the afternoon of the 3rd entrained for Camp Chase, Colum- bus. After reaching the camp the men from Champaign county were organ- ized into the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, to which regiment were added Companies A and B from the Ninety-fourth Battalion from Shelby county, and one company from Hancock county.
The field and staff and the nine companies from Champaign county ( the Fourth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard) retained their officers and practically their full identity as organized in their home county. From the Ninety-fourth Battalion and the Hancock company, Company K was organ- ized, and after this company was organized the remainder of the men were distributed among these companies having the smallest number of enlisted men.
HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT.
The One Hundred and Thirty-fourth contained eight hundred and fifty- three men, rank and file, and was mustered into the United States service at Camp Chase on May 6, 1864. On the following day the regiment left Camp Chase for Cumberland, Maryland, remained there nearly a month drilling. On June 5th it was ordered to Washington, D. C., and reached the capital on June 6th at. eleven A. M. The regiment was not to stay in Washington. however, for on the morning of the 8th they received orders to march from Washington to Alexandria. Reaching the latter place all officers and men were ordered to leave their surplus baggage, to equip themselves with one hundred and fifty rounds of ammunition, and be ready to take the boat at four o'clock the same afternoon for White House Landing on the Pamunkey river, where they were to join Smith's Division of the Eighteenth Army Corps.
Before the regiment reached White House Landing the Eighteenth Army Corps had moved on to Cold Harbor. and when the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth reached the landing they were not allowed to disembark, but were immediately hurried to City Point. They reached Bermuda Hundred, on the James river. at 9:30 A. M., June 11th, where they landed and marched to General Butler's headquarters near City Point. They had scarcely reached their destination and pitched their tents before the rebels began shelling their camp, but not so seriously as to endanger their position.
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On June 12th, at half past three in the morning, the regiment was hur- ried to the fort, where they laid on their arms until morning, remaining there until the evening of the 13th. Then Lieutenant-Colonel Todd, with a detail of one hundred and fifty men, was ordered to move by boat to the north side of the James river and report to General Wetzel. Their work was to remove the rubbish and growing timber along the north bank of the river and they were ordered to have it done by twelve o'clock, as the left wing of Grant's army was expected along there at one o'clock. The head of Grant's army reached the river at two o'clock and crossed the river on a pontoon bridge.
The detail of one hundred and fifty men under Lieutenant-Colonel Todd moved back to camp on the night of June 14th. On that day General Grant had ordered General Butler to move against the rebels in front of Petersburg. and on June 15th and 16th, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment was placed on picket duty along the breastworks. On the morning of the 17th, the rebels drove in the picket lines near Port Walthall and made an assault on the main lines, but were repulsed with severe loss. In this skirmish the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was on the extreme left of the line, with the Sixty-second Ohio on the immediate right. They had one killed, and one mortally and three severely wounded.
On June 21st the regiment started for the north side of the James river about five o'clock in the morning, crossing on a pontoon about a mile above Turkey Bend. The remainder of this and the next day they were digging rifle pits and doing picket and skirmish duty. They were taken back on the evening of the 22nd and were next engaged in constructing fortifications on the opposite side of the river on a high bluff. The enemy were shelling the place, but the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was backed up by a gunboat, the "Hunchback", commanded by Capt. Joseph Fyffe. of Urbana, and was able to maintain its position and complete its work. The regiment recrossed the river on the evening of the 23rd, but having only two boats, it was not until after midnight that the last of the men were over.
About ten o'clock, just as a part of Company F was pulling from the shore, the rebels under cover of night and a narrow strip of timber, stole down where they were crossing and fired a volley. Captain Fyffe at once opened fire on the rebels with gatling guns and dispersed them before they had done any damage. Judge Todd, in recalling the experience of that night, says that it was the most fearful day and night of all his army experience. and adds that nothing but the vigilance of Captain Fyffe saved part of the regiment, at least, from capture. The regiment reached camp on the 24th, almost exhausted from the hard labors of three days and lack of sleep.
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On June 26th, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was brigaded with the One Hundred and Thirtieth, One Hundred and Thirty-second, One Hun- dred and Thirty-eighth and One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio regiments. The brigade was denominated the Second Brigade, Third Division, Tenth Army Corps: this brigade was placed in command of an Urbana man, Col. James B. Armstrong. From the latter part of June until the regiment was ordered to leave Bermuda Hundred for Columbus on August 20th, it was engaged in entrenchment work, and picket and guard duties. It was moved to Columbus and mustered out August 31, 1864.
CASUALTY LIST.
The service of the regiment did not call for active fighting and only one man is recorded as having died in battle and one as the result of wounds received in battle. The one man killed in battle was Elias J. Busser, a lad of eighteen, a private of Company A, who was killed at Ft. Walthall, Vir- ginia, June 17, 1864. He was shot out of a tree while on picket duty. He is buried in Champaign county. Reuben M. Alden, private of Company C. age seventeen, was wounded on June 17, 1864, at Ft. Walthall and died on June 24 at Hampton, Virginia, as a result of his wounds. However.
regiment lost thirty-one by disease during the one hundred days of its service. One of the number reported as dying from disease was Cyrus Wharton, of Company G, who died on July 31, 1864, and is reported in the government Roll of Honor. The government record, however, refers to him as Cyrus Worden. The names of the members of the regiment who died from disease may be seen in the Roll of Honor of the county which concludes this history of the Civil War.
SOME AILMENTS OF THE REGIMENT.
The health of the regiment was poor most of the time; on July 18 there were only three hundred and sixteen men of the entire regiment fit for duty. The day-by-day record book kept by the surgeon of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth is a most interesting old record. This record, now the prop- erty of James T. Woodward, a member of Company E. of the regiment. contains a daily record of the ills and ailments-real, fancied and imaginary -of the men of the regiment. There is not a day when there are fewer than two hundred "sick" men reported. Their complaints range through a long list of human ailments-witness some of these ailments: Dysentery, diar-
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rhoea, intermittent fever, cephalagia, rheum, rubeola, colic, hernia, ague, bronchitis, neuralgia, whitlow, abcess of liver, hemorrhoids, sore feet, tonsil- itis, erysipelas, gall stones, measles, mumps, anemia, billiousness, boils, parony- chia. conjunctivis, tuberculosis, wound in the right forefinger, gastritus, rheumatism, varicose veins, sequela, constipation, headache, lumbago, pleurisy, debility, cough, strained back, "nemirge bowells", "troubelsome cought", "derangement of stomac" and "deformity of sternum". These are a few of the myriads of complaints registered by the men from day to day, but evi- dently they were not very serious. since the men were seldom ordered to the hospital. The most common complaints were dysentery, diarrhoea and inter- mittent fever.
An interesting record pertaining to the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment is the original muster roll of a volunteer company organized in Urbana in June. 1863, the company which later became Company A of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth in 1864. This roll, now in the possession of James T. Woodward, contains the names of an even one hundred volun- teers, thirty-one of whom enlisted on June 10. 1863, twenty-nine on the eleventh, and forty on the twelfth. Of this number all but twelve were from either the city or township of Urbana. Practically all the volunteers were under twenty-five years of age. Colonel Armstrong was thirty-eight, Judge Todd was twenty-five. B. C. Shyrigh was twenty-one, and one, C. Davies, was only fifteen.
The complete roster of the regiment may be found in the "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion," vol. VIII, pp. 601-616. It is also given in the "Roster of the 134th Regiment, O. V. I.". issued by David W. Todd.
THIRD CAVALRY ( THREE YEARS).
The Third Ohio Cavalry was organized at Monroeville, Ohio, from September 4. 1861, to December 11, 1861, to serve three years. There were thirty-two men enlisted from Champaign county according to the Citizen and Gasette of August 17, 1865: "Four years ago thirty-two men from this county enlisted in Third Cavalry and but four returned. They have seen hard service and were with General Wilson's column when Jeff Davis was captured."
On the expiration of their term of three years, the original members, except veterans, were mustered out. The organization composed of veterans and recruits was retained in the service until August 4, 1865, when it was mustered out.
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The Third Ohio saw its first service at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi. April 13, 1862, while its last engagement was at Macon, Georgia, April 30. 1865. Between these two dates it traveled over the states of Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Among the many battles where it was engaged may be mentioned the following: Mumfordsville, . Kentucky; Bardstown, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; Stone's River, Tennessee; Stewart's Creek, Tennessee; Middleton, Tennessee; Chicka- mauga, Tennessee; McMinnville, Tennessee; Farmington, Tennessee; Deca- tur, Alabama; Moulton, Alabama; Noonday Creek, Georgia ; Kenesaw Moun- tain, Georgia; Vining Station, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jones- borough, Georgia; Lovejoy Station, Georgia; Franklin, Tennessee; Selma, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia.
No local records have been seen which give the names of the thirty-two men referred to as being recruited from Champaign county. Most of them were in Company G, however, and three of them, John J. Anderson, John C. Clayman and Charles J. McDargh, are still living in Urbana. Among the others who were known'to have been from this county were the following : Samuel Blue. Samuel.Conner, Andrew Caldwell, Joseph Cramer, Smith David, Walter Evans. S. J. Fritz. Dr. J. Faulkner, Nicholas Fiegle (Fagar), Elias Grove, William M. Patrick (sergeant), Joel Pennington, John Shepherd, C. C. Slaven, John Scott and Joseph Walker.
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