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THE FORTY-FOURTH. FORTY-SIXTH AND FORTY-SEVENTH OHIO REGIMENTS.
The Forty-fourth Regiment was organized near Springfield. Ohin, In the summer and fall of 1861 : the Forty-sixth. recruited at Washington, Franklin county. In September. 1501; and the Forty-seventh. organized near Cincinnati in the summer of 1861. all had
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members from Clinton county. The latter regiment was that in which George M. Zeigler volunteered as a private, and in which he was successively promoted until he had reached the rank of captain. when he was promoted to colonel of the Fifty-second L'alted States Colored Troops, as elsewhere mentioned in this chapter. These regiments all saw active service. There were men from this county also in the Forty-eighth, Fifty- first and Fifty-second, who found plenty to do during their terms of enlistments.
THE FIFTY-FOURTH OHIO REGIMENT.
The Fifty-fourth Regiment was called the best drilled organization at Camp Dennison In Jannary. 1:02. The regiment was organized at that place in the fall of 1863. It saw hard servire with the Army of the West. Lieut .- Col. James A. Farden of this regiment was from Clinton county. The following men in Company C were Clinton county men : First sergeant, Fergus Mitchels: corporals, John Reynolds. Robert Wells ( promoted sergeant), and Thomas V. Coddington ; privates, Erastus Barkel, James M. Bougham. John Cropen, Jasper Constable. John Carnahan, John Caplin, John Conner, Isone Miller, William Miller, Albert Moon, John Osborn. George W. Osborn, John A. Peacock and Oliver Van Plet.
Dr. M. H. Fisher, of New Vienna, was assistant surgeon of the Fifty-sixth Regiment. and died at Helena, Arkansas, in February, 1863. The Fifty-ninth Regiment bad among Its members several men from this county.
THE SIXTY-FIRST OHIO REGIMENT.
The Sixty-first Regiment was organized at Camp Chase on April 23, 1862. Company E being commanded by Capt. John N. Fallis, of Wilmington. The regiment was first sent to the Army of the Potomne, participating in the second battle of Bull Run, and other engagements, including Chancellorsville. In the early part of May, 1SB. and Gettysburg, in July. In September it was transported to the Army of the Cumberland, along with the Twelfth Corps. and reached Bridgeport. Alabama, on October 1. It engaged in the operations around Chattanooga, and, In March, 1864, Its men re-enlisted . as veterans and were ordered to Ohio on a thirty days' veteran furlough. The regiment reached Chattanooga on Its return on May 5, and joined the main forces at Rocky Face Ridge on the 7th. when the Atlanta campaign began. The regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division. Twentieth Army Corps, under Major-General Hooker, It took part In the various movements of the corps during the operations around Atlanta. and joined in the "march to the sea." afterward tramping through the Carofluas and Virginia. At Goldsboro, North Carolina, the regiment was consolidated with the Eighty- second Obio, the latter number being retained by the combined organization. The new body was Anally discharged about the Arst of September. 1865. at Columbus, Ohio. when but shout sixty of the officers and men of the old Sixty-first Regiment remained to answer the final roll-all. The roster of Company E of the Sixty-first, which was organized by Capt. Charles A. Leiter, shows the men to be Clinton county residents: First Hentenant. John N. Fallis; sergeants, Richard P. Woodruff ( promoted sergeant-major), Joseph K. Trindall and David H. Shutt: corporals, Morderal Rabb (died in service), James A. Ralston, Samuel Grooms, Francis M. Styer, James Marshall (died In service), Lewis Tomlin and Nathaniel Tomlin; wagoner, Robert W. Jones: privates, John W. Albright ( wounded), William Brower, Jobn Burton, Henry Collins, Bradley Conger, William E. Fox. Joel Frank, David Flower, Ell Gaskill. Thomas Hall. Jacob J. Johnson, Eli A. Jones. Wilson Jones. Archibald Job. John Lee, John B. Lindsay, William H. Morgan, Wesley Mart, Edwin D. Mites, John Myers, Lewis Miars, Joseph Mountijoy, Samuel Nice- wander. Thomas Pennington, Chockley Reese, Elias Shriver (died in service), Daniel Seihert, Theodore W. Smith. Alexander Stevens, Jacob Thornshurry, John Tomlin, Alden Thomas (prisoner), Mulford Vandaran ( promoted corporal), John G. Zearyel.
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THE SEVENTY-FOURTH OHIO REGIMENT.
The Seventy-fourth Regiment was organized with seven companies in October, 1861, at Xenia, Ohio. It proceeded to Camp Chase, near Columbus, where three full companies were added. On April 20, 1962, It was ordered to the field, reporting at Nashville on the 24th with nine hundred and seventy-eight men. In December, 1862, it was assigned to the Seventh Brigade, Eighth Division. Fourteenth Corps, Department of the Cumber- land. It took part in the battle of Stone's River, where, out of three hundred and eighty men who went into the engagement, it lost one hundred and nine killed and wounded and forty-six prisoners. On the reorganization of the army at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in February, 1863, the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, and assisted in doing guard duty on the fortifications during the stay at that place. It played a prominent part in the operations about Chattanooga. On January 1. 1864, most of the men re-enlisted as veterans, and. after the usual veteran furlough, returned to the front and participated in the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea and the march through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington. The command was then sent with the western troops to Louisville, Kentucky, where, on July 10, the men were mustered out. The following men were members of Company K: Jasper Babb; James Berry, William Bowers, Robert Savage.
THE SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO REGIMENT.
The Seventy-ninth Regiment was organized under the call of July, 1862. in the military district composed of the counties of Warren, Clinton and Hamilton. It was mustered in at Camp Dennison by September 1, with nine companies, four of which came from Clinton county. The regiment was originally commanded by Col. Henry G. Ken- nett, who resigned on August 1. 1864, when the command devolved on Lieut .- Col. Azariah W. Doun, In September, 1862, the regiment proceeded to Cincinnati and from there to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was assigned to Gen. W. T. Ward's brigade. From Louisville, It went to Frankfort and from thence, in November, to Bowling Green, where it reported to General Rosecrans, at that time commanding General Buell's army. After a march of five hundred and fifty miles, it arrived at Gallatin, Tennessee, where the regiment was stationed from December 1, 1863. The following story of experiences of the Seventy-ulnth is taken from Reid's history. It found station at Buck's Lodge, Lavergne, Edgefield and Nashville. "engaged in guarding railroads, supplies and breaking up bands of guerillas, on the Cumberland and Stone rivers. At Nashville, Company K (sharpshooters) joined the command, armed with Spencer rifles, and was a great acquisition to the regiment. On the 24th of February the Seventy-ninth, having been transferred from the Army of the Cumberland to the Eleventh Army Corps. then sta- tioned in Lookout Valley, marched over the Cumberland mountains, in bad weather, over miserable roads, and reached the valley on the 19th day of March, having lost but one man. Active measures were at once inaugurated for the coming campaign, and all detailed men were ordered to rejoin the regiment. On the 2nd day of May. IS64, the regiment numbered six hundred effective men ; but the strength was reduced by detailing Company I to division headquarters, where it remained on duty until the end of the war. In the reorganization of the army previous to the Atlanta campaign, the Seventy- ninth was assigned to the First Brigade. Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, under General Hooker, an assignment that continued uninterrupted during the war.
"On the 2nd day of May, the armies in Lookout valley moved from their encampment on the enemy. concentrated in force nt Dalton. Georgla. The Seventy-ninth was not engaged in the demonstration at Buzzard's Roost and Dug Gap, being in the reserve line; but after passing through Snake Creek Gap on the 13th and 14th, near Resaca. It skirmished the enemy. with considerable loss in killed and wounded. On the 18th of Muy, the Seventy-ninth was one of the five regiments that were ordered to assault
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strong position held by the enemy on the road leading from Dalton to Resaca. The position was defended by artillery and infantry. The assaulting party was composed of about twenty-five hundred men under Gen. W. T. Ward. It approached within four hundred yards of the enemy's position under cover of a dense forest of pines. At a given signal, the troops rushed forward, amid a storm of grape, canister and musket balls, and, after hard fighting, carried the works, with the loss to the enemy of a number of prisoners, four pieces of artillery, and one thousand five hundred stands of small arms. This was the introduction of the regiment to a band-to-hand fight with the foe, and the dead and wounded that lay thick before the face of the enemy's works, on the parapet and within, indicated as landmarks where the regiment had struggled for victory. The loss In this engagement was felt most severely on the enlisted men. There were no officers killed and but five wounded. The enemy retreated during the night. and was found next day at 'Gravelly Plateaux,' from which it was driven back early ou Caxsville. Here it made a more stubborn resistance, and again the Seventy-ninth was engaged, but with small loss. At Dallas, on the 25th day of May, the enemy was brought to bay, and the whole Twentieth Corps was hurled, again and again, against the lines, until one thousand six hundred men were lost by the corps. On the 27th of May, an advance was ordered, and the Seventy-ninth was one of the first to march. The more- ment was a success, but cost the regiment many lives. On the 28th, the enemy opened on the position of the regiment with artillery. On the same night, an attack was made along the whole line, but was repulsed. The Twentieth Army Corps was moved to the enemy's flank, and an attack was made on the 3rd day of June. This engagement was a severe test of firmness, as the regiment was exposed to the shell fre of the enemy in an open feld without an opportunity of returning the fire. Another retreat by the enemy, and fighting was resumed at Pine Mountain. Skirmishing continued for some days, ascertaining the enemy's true position, and on the 15th an advance by the Twentieth Corps was ordered. On the evening of that day, the Seventy-ninth Ohio and the Seventieth Indiana were detached from the other troops, a swamp cutting off these two regiments from the main line. These regiments came upon the enemy, a desperate conflict ensued, and the enemy was driven at the point of bayonet within seventy yards of its main works. These two regiments attempted to carry the works of the enemy, but falled; yet they held, at heavy cost, the advantage they bad gained, until night, when reinforcements came to the rescue. All night was occupied in an artillery duel and skirmishing. In the night the enemy retrented, and the following day was employed in skirmishing near Kenesaw."
Then followed the campaign about Atlanta. After this campaign the Seventy-ninth was a regiment in name, and not in numbers, having commenced the campaign with six hundred men, and numbering at the fall of Atlanta but one hundred and eighty-two. Its losses In one hundred days were four hundred and twenty-five men. It received sufficient recruits before the march to the sea began to swell its ranks to four hundred men. It suffered little loss on the march through South Carolina, but suffered severely before Averasboro and Bentonville in North Carolina. The men were mustered out. June 9, 1865, after the arrival of the victorious army in Washington, and on the 17th of the same month they were paid off and discharged at Camp Dennison.
The regimental officers were: Colonel, Azariah W. Doan, and adjutant, Rodney Foos.
Company C-Captain, Isaac B. Allen; first lieutenant. Bryant Robinson : second lieutenant, Henry S. Doan: first sergeants, Stephen Jenny and Ambrose Williams: sergeants George W. West (dled in service). Jackson Suttles. Calvin W. Doan and Morris McMillan (killed) ; corporals, Lewis Moon (promoted captain One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, I'nited States Colored Troops). John M. Botts (killed), William V. Doan, Benjamin F. Hunter, Allen Bingamen, Ell McMillen, Joel W. Babb and Mablon
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Russell ; musicians, Moses Maxfield and Frank Marble: wagoner. Allen Shopperd; privates, Thomas Bloom, William Black (died in service), James H. Burris (missing). John Brown (died in service). Henry Burns, David Crawford, Thomas Chopson, Baruett Carnahan, Dempsey P. Carroll, Jacob S. Carroll, Alexander Compton, Randolph Byd (wounded ). James L. Hiffman, Robert Hallam ikilled, Joseph Hoygatt, Jomes F. Johnson (missing), Uriah Jackson (wounded), William H. King (wounded), Wyatt C. King (killed). William 3. King. Albert G. Lewis. William Ligett. Joseph Leeds, Mathew Maghear, John D. Mckay (died in servire). Shipley Millham, Lorenzo J. Miles, William Miller, Robert Moon (wounded ), Wesley Mckibben. Marcellus I. MeAfee, Samuel R. Nickerson. Henry C. Deck (wounded ). Samuel Davis, David E. Daugherty, Thomas Darbyshire, Willlam Bonnard, Willlam Elster, Elum Fletcher, John M. Grabill, Samuel D. Gable. Robert Hamilton, Nathaniel C. Hale, George T. Oldham. Harrison Pitzer. Jeptha Richards (killed), John G. Ruler, Benjamin Robinson, William H. Shepperd. Isaac Stout (promoted corporal, killed), Isaac Schonley. James J. Smith, Henry Stephens, Peter Shawber (wounded), John Stephens ( wounded), Amajiah Turner. John Hl. Titus, C. P. Tice (missing), Thomas Vantress ( promoted captain ), James Wells. Zumuri Walton, Abel Wright, James M. Wolf (died in service) ; recruits, John E. Andrew. Aaron Carna- han, John Darbyshire, David W. Doan, Henry E. Foos, A. J. Martin (promoted hospital steward).
Company D-Captain, George R. Hicks; first lieutenant, Abraham H. Botkins (pro- moted captaint ; second lieutenant, John Rees; first sergeant. Charles A. Harris; second sergeant. John Vanzant : third sergeant. Henry Barlow (promoted first sergeant ) : fourth sergeant, Robert Dorsey ; fifth sergeant. John Walker; corporals, Robert A. Wherry (promoted sergeant ), Martin L. Sims, Frank Andrew, William H. Compton, Francis M. Vantress, Isaiah Taylor (promoted sergeant ), Alexander M. Austin and Ogan Ambrase (promoted first sergeant ): ffer, John L. Holloway: drummer. George D. Turnu; wagner, Isaac Smith ; privates, Joseph Arnold. James K. Allen, James Barshear, George 1 .. Barlow ipromoted corporals. Richard Brackney. Elijah J. Brown. George Bowers, Stephen F. Briggs, John Brayil, James G. Bowers, George W. Barlow idied). Aaron Cox (wennded, Cyrus Chance, Alexander Collins, James W. Collett. John Cump, John H. Collins, William Chamberlin, Orlando Douglass (died), Jantes Dillon, Stephen C. Dove. James A. Parkin (led). Peter DeLong (died), George Ellis (promoted corporali, Nathan A. Ellis, Thomas Edwards, Jacob B. Ellis (promoted sergeant ). Daniel H. Engle (died). . William Emry. George W. Owens ( wounded). Henry Oren (died), Asa Owens, William C. Pyle, Joseph W. Reeder (killed). Martin M. Ruddock, John Siell. Ezra Schonley (died). Bishop Smith. Robert Stringfellow. James C. Turner ipromoted corporal, Joseph W. H. Titus, Henry Eaton, Joseph Fields, William H. H. Fisher. Adam Flack, Rusella Gardner, Edmund Haynes, Cyrus Henry, Daniel Hunnieut (promoted corporal), Jonathan H. Hartman, Francis Hansel, U'rlah W. Hunt, Jonathan B. Howe. Henry Helms ( wounded ). Zachariah Hickman. James Il. Hobbett, Mas W. Hall. Joseph Higgins, Joseph Hale tdied). Frank Jenkins, Alfred Johnson, Andrew Job (promoted corporal), Thomas W. Job (wounded), Joel Johnson (promoted corporal), John D. Middleton, Theodore F. Moore, John Murrell, Stephen J. Mckinney, Hiram MePherson, Henry H. MePherson. Isaac Thomas, John W. Underwood, El Vantress, Thomeis Vantress (diedi, Jesse B. Willams. Joseph Wall. Samuel Wiles, Elijah Williams, George A. Wherry, Robert Sims, Matthew 1. Simis
Company F-Captain. David 1. Way (promoted captain Fifth United States Chy- alry) ; first lieutenant, Thomas Vantress ( promoted captain); Best lieutenant. George M. Taylor (promoted) ; Oliver Outealt. Dwight J. Tillinghast. Samuel C. Way and Jediah Whinery.
Company G-Captain Ethan A. Spencer : first lieutenant. David Giffin : second Hen- tenant. John Harrison; first sergeant, David Wright : sergeants, Micajah T. Nordyke,
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Samuel R. Wood. David C. Harrison and Isbam W. West : corporals, Barwell B. Mills Adled), Isaac Custis, Paten Mowrer, John H. Barnes, Alpheus Townsend, Silas MeFad- den. Israel Lupton and Dennis Coakley : musicians, Byron M. Hurtt and Cyrus Shockley ; wagoner, Jacob West : privates. James W. T. Bennett, George W. Barnard, William A. Burton, Zachariah Bridwell. Azariab Custis, James Cochran (promoted sergeant), John E. Clifford. Henry C. Chance. Henry C. Crawford, John L. Custer, William H. Dakin, Cyrus E. Costis (promoted sergeant ). Jacob T. Elchelberger, Henry Fristo, Hiram H. Fatinage. Thomas Fisher, EH Fisher. John W. Frayer, Lafayette Grisce. James Goodson, Thomas T. Glasgow. Benjamin F. Halladay ( missing). William Howard. Joseph Haines, Jubal Halladay, William N. Haines, William HI. Hall, D. B. Hinman (promoted cor- poral, William Hidebrant. George W. Hussey. David Hidebrant (died). William A. Howard, Henry P. Jones, Jeremiah Sturgeon, Orin A. Stevens (promoted corporal), Joshma B. Shockey (died), Henry Small, John Taylor, Frederick Theobold ( promoted sergeant ). William A. Tysor. John W. Wilkerson, Andrew Jones, Lewis JJohnston ( killed ), Peter Johnson, Amos Johnson, Thomas B. Juvenile (prisoner), Madison Juvenile. James Kloffe, Christopher C. Kirby, George Kessinger, Alexander Kerr, John H. Larkin. Albert G. Lyon, Matthew W. Miller (killed), Demas M. Miller. Isane Mathews. Jares L. Matsom (died). George E. Myars, Joseph Moyers, Isaac F. MeLinn (died). John Mulla- dare. Henry C. Newman, Daniel Nevins. Rogers O'Donnell, Sammel Oliver, David H. Parker. Lewis Pierson (died). William G. Reed, James B. Rowe. Matthew Rlerdon, William Rogers, Levt Reed (died). William H. Stone. Robert Sturgeon, A. N. Workman (killed. Harrison Wade, John Woods, James L .. Williams, Silas Woodmansee ( missing), Reason. West, John West (died).
Company 1-Captain, James R. Stilwell; second Hentenant, Joseph Slack: first sergeant. Jasper M. Johnson: sergeants, Amos D. Williams. William H. Sutherland. Keepan Williams and Joseph B. Newberry : corporais. William M. Reeder. George L. Seevers (promoted sergeant ), Clinton Anson and Robert P. Snowden ; musician. Jacob D. Shank : wagoner. Thomas Hickey (promoted sergeant) : privates. William Andrew. Wesley Andrew fdieds. Sammel H. Austin. John W. Brown, Robert Burns, Thomas C. Brown (promoted corporal). John W. Barkley (died), James W. Brown, John Briggs. Willi: m Cleland. Leander Cusick. William Dudley, Barclay Dakin. Theodore Ellis, Cyrus 1 .. Hunt, William H. Harlan, Henry Harvey (died). Calvin Haines, John W. Hayard, Abychom II. Hedley. William R. Johnson, George W. Kessinger. Nathan M. Lawrence Sommel MeCray. Thomas MeCray, Alfred H. MeVoy. Heury Muchmore, Chison Miller, Jolm B. Moore. John Monntjoy, Dacht Osborn, Michael W. Osborn (promoted corporal. Christopher Pennington. Isaiah H. Osborn, Henry C. Price. William H. Pagan. Stephen P. Pennington, Jesse C. Quinly, Jesse C. Riddick. George P. Reed (promoted corporal), John G. Smith, Martin Shank, Bonnes Sniff. Willam Templin. Bead min Taylor, John Tellis, Washington Terry. James M. Kimbrough. Marcus I .. Underwood. Jacob R. Thompson, William C. Worthington, Benjamin F. West. A. N. Williams
Company K -- John K. Howard. Eleszer J. Gorham, Andrew Hate, Cyrus Leech. John Lyon,
('Inton county furnished a few men for the Bietti th and FiglixaW're Regiments. mel one company (F) for the Eighty-fourth, the letter In the threemonths service in Maryland. The Eighty-sixth, for three and six months service, also bad a few Clinton county representatives,
FIGUTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was organized and mustered into the three-months' service at Camp Chase, Ohio, in June. 1562. It was mustered out of the service October 1. 1962. at Camp Delaware, Ohio, Its members from Clinton county were: Corporal, Carter L. Snowden ; privates. Charles B. Ashcroft, William B. Britton. George Creek, Benjamin Foos, James
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C. Gray, Alpheus H. Jones, Isane H. Johnson, John L. Moon, George R. Marshall, Euoch W. McMillen, William MeKean, Mark L. Plerson.
COMPANY Y. EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMEXT.
This company was mustered into service July 20, 1883, at Camp Chase, Obto, and was mustered out July 3, 1865, by order of the war department. Its roster was as follows: First lieutenant, John V. Claxton ; second lieutenant, James M. Winpigler ; second sergeants. Jesse W. Moore, Reuben P. Moore (promoted hospital steward), Alonzo Hendee and Sylvester Nordyke: first corporal, Samuel L. L. Spers (promoted sergeant ) ; second corporal, Noah Hyatt ( promoted to fifth sergeant) ; third corporal, Daniel Carey ; fifth corporal, Charles R. Davis ( promoted to fourth sergeant) ; privates, Joseph M. Andrews, John HI. Brunson, Jehiel Brown, Daniel C. Bailey, William E. Brown, Webster Crawford, Newton Davis, James Frazier. Elf Frazier, John N. Garnere, Morris Davis. Alpheus Holmes, James W. Holmes, William E. Holmes, George W. Holmes, Henry R. Hammer, David Holoday, Lewis Hockett, William P. Hammer, Amos G. Hammer William P. Hockett, Jeremiah R. Haines, Lewis A. Hammer, Henry Hidebrant, Heury Johnson, Thomas W. Johnson, John W. James, Holmes Luttrill, John E. Lazenby, Jobn W. Melson, James M. Mckibben, Milton W. Moon, John R. Moon, Joseph H. Moon, Milton Morgan, Jesse MeKinzie, William H. Micheals, Andrew McGregor, Solomon Nordyke, Benjamin Nordyke, David Pobst, Philip HI. Quigley, Joseph HI. Rex. John W. Simpson, John B. Snodgrass, Jonah Senman, Hannibal Skinner, George Senman, Ephraim Smith, James M. Templin, William Thatcher, David Thornbill, Lewis Treadway, Thomas WII- son, Jacob Whistler, Eli Williams, James A. Williams, Lewis Williams.
COMPANY B. OR, BATTALION GOVERNOR'S GUARDS.
Company B was originally one of a battalion of four companies, organized at Camp Chase, Ohio. from September 24 to October 27, 1862, to serve three years and was designated as the First Battalion Governor's Guards. Six new companies were organized at Camp Chase from July 24 to August 3. 1863, to serve three years and consolidated with this battalion, and designated the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers. It was mustered out of service on July 3, 1865. by order of the department of war. The following was its roster: Captain, John C. Moore (promoted lieutenant-colonel and colonel and brevet brigadier-general) ; first sergeant, Jobn V. Claxton (promoted first lieutenant ) ; sergeant, Harlan F. Walker ( promoted first lieutenant and quartermaster) ; first corporal. Thomas Bubb (promoted sergeant ) ; corporals, D. W. C. Patrick (promoted first Heutenant and adjutant ), Turner Goesett. Charles Custis, Emanuel Crick. William Holmes and B. F. Randall ; musician, John W. Gassett; privates. George W. Broomball. Henry Barber, Isaac N. Bundy (promoted first lieutenant), Wyatt Botts, Charles J. Conner, Peter Conner, Jesse Conner, Jacob Campbell, J. W. Culberson, Parker Florea. J. B. Garner. James Glanden, Thomas B. Grubbs, William Gossett. Joseph P. Gossett, Charles Hamil- ton, H. N. Hilderbrant, Jesse Hags. F. F. Ham. William Hadley. Thomas B. Johnson. George W. King, Jacob Moon, George Mitchell, Thomas O'Neal, John J. Owsley, George Rains, James Rambo (promoted corporal), Thomas Riley. James Snider. J. D. Smith. J. H. Smith, Loarmin Smith. J. H. Seaman, Ham. Shewalters, William A. Shepard, Allen Tremble, Lewis Ward.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Several men from this county enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regi- ment. which was placed on duty guarding rebel prisoners at Johnson's Island. In Lake Erle.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT, OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.
The One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment of Ohio National Guard was organized and mustered into the service at Camp Dennison, May 8, 1564. It was composed of the Fifty-fifth Battallon. Ohlo National Guards, of Clinton county. and the Twenty-seventh
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Regiment, Oblo National Guards, of Ross county. It was enlisted in the federal service for one hundred days and left Oblo for Baltimore, Maryland, May 11, 1884. It remained on duty at the various forts and stations about the city of Baltimore until May 29, when it was ordered to the eastern shore of Maryland and distributed at various points, From the history by Whitelaw Reid we find that "about the Fourth of July the regiment was ordered to Monocacy Junction, and on the evening of the Sth it took position on the extreme right of General Wallace's army, at the stone bridge, on the Baltimore and Frederick pike. Early in the forenoon of the 9th. the regiment's skirmish line was attacked, and the fight continued until late in the evening. when the regiment was com- pelled to fall back, though not until the left of the line had given way and the regiment was nearly surrounded. When a retreat was ordered. General Tyler, the brigade com- mander, directed the One Hundred and Forty-ninth to hold the bridge until the last extremity, in order to secure the safety of the army." In this engagement the regiment suffered the loss of about thirty killed and wounded and over one hundred prisoners. However, many of the latter were recaptured the next day by General Hunter's cavalry, at Frederick, and some made their escape; but when. the regiment was mustered out. sixty-seven of its men were in rebel prisons, and some of them died there. After having seen more hard service than usually fell to the lot of hundred-day troops, the regiment returned to Ohio, August 20, 1864, and was mustered out. The roster follows: Captain, William C. Wilson; first lieutenant, James V. Rammels; second lieutenant, Newton Shoemaker ; sergeants, Edwin Shockley, John M. Johnson, James J. Gregory, Edward P. Bond and George 8. Haymee; corporals, George Lawhead, Henry Lieuellen, John Eachus, William T. Wheeler, Mablon Russell, John Boring, John McWilliams, Robert R. Mitchell, Joseph Woodmancy and Daniel Penner; privates, Heury C. Althy, George Brewer, Alfred Bloom, Griffin Baker, George Bloom, Joseph Boring, Henry Boring, John D. Clement, Nathan Cook, Martin Clevenger. George W. Canney. Franklin Craig (killed). James Curtis, Franklin Crick, James W. Campbell, Joseph Cottrell, James Dillon, Thomas Devers, Thomas Derby, Seneca Dennis, James Dabe, Squire Eachus, James V. Ellis, James H. Feener, Mabury Freed, George Fisher, William Fenner, William Fisher, James Fisher, Amos Farquhar, Robert W. Gregory, William Hallam, Oliver F. Hoover. Howard Hansell, Thomas Hoolon, John Hearn, Edward Hubbell, William Hendee, Tobias Hamliton, John W. Hamilton, Carter B. Harlan. George Hull, Monroe Haines, James F. Hamilton, Uriah Hunt, Milton Hormell, Harvey Hunt, Jeremiah Jeffries, Henry C. Johnson, Jesse Kirk, John W. Lawhead, George Lieurance, John Lleurance, David Lleurance, David Lyon, James Linton. Milton Lafetra. Elf Mathews, James McVey. Richard Morton, Arthur Mitchell, John Middleton, E. P. McDonald, James McKin- zie, Samuel 8. Miller. Thomas A. Moore. William H. Manu, Judiah H. McMillen, Harvey Mckenzie, Naaman Noftsgher, William J. Pond, George D. Pond. Jesse W. Pond. Benja- min Pritchard, Levi Pierson. (Thaddeus) H. (Ellison) Roberts, Thomas G. Rannells, Jonathan Rockhill, James Rees, Alfred Spencer. Daniel P. Slate. Harvey Spencer. Joshua Stackhouse. Albert Stackhouse. Jesse Stackhouse, Isnac A. Smith. Elbert Thorn, Samuel Sherbill, Curtis Sabin, Paul Vanderburg William Tupes, Robert B. Walker, Asa Walker, Elijah T. Walker, David T. White.
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