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Nov. 28th the 1st marched to the relief of Gen. Barn- side at Knoxville. On this march, and during the Eust Tennessee campaign, the men suffered much from cold, scanty rations, and ragged clothing, Jan. 17, 1864, the regiment had a brisk engagement at . Dandridge, losing some men.
May 4th the 1st Ohio started with Sherman's forces on the Atlantic campaign. On the 10th, Lieut. Darnbursch and sixteen men were wounded and three killed in a skirmish at Buzzard's Roost, and on the 14th, near Resaca, two were killed and sixteen wounded. Among the severely wounded was Capt. Louis Kuhlman, of Company D. The next day four were killed and twelve.wounded. On the 17th, in a sharp skirmish, two were killed and two wounded, one of the latter being Lieut. George McCracken, of Company H. May 27th, at Burnt Hickory, the regiment lost two officers- Lieuts. Dickson and Grove-and eight men killed, and two officers and seventy-one men wounded. June 17th, at Kenesaw, eight men were wounded. At the crossing of Chattahoochie River two men were killed. After this affair the regiment did not meet with any notable encounter. Almost immediately thereafter it was mustered out by con- panies,-the last one on the 14th of October, 1864.
During its term of service the 1st Ohio was engaged in twenty-four battles and skirmishes, and had five hundred and twenty-soven officers and mon killed and wounded. It saw its initial battle at Pittsburg Landing, and closed its career in front of Atlanta. It marched about two thou- sand five hundred miles, and was transported by car and steambout nine hundred and fifty miles.
THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT.
This regiment was raised in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, at Camp Jackson, its organization completed April 21, 1861, and mustered into service April 27th. Three days afterwards the regiment had arrived at Camp Dennison with materials for constructing its own headquarters. . It spent the month of May in drill and other preparations for the field, receiving for arms old flint-locks altered to per- cussion. The first enlistment was for three months, which having nearly expired, the regiment-re-enlisted for three years unhesitatingly. Reorganization was effected on the 12th day of June by a choice of the same oficers.
Jan. 20, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Grafton, Va., and its passage by rail, "in war's full panoply," by the way of Columbus, Xenia, and Central Ohio, was an event marked by a sad enthusiasm. It arrived at Bellaire June 22d,- being the first regiment to leave Ohio,-crossed the river to Benwood, was supplied with ammunition, and proceeded to Grafton, where it reported to Maj .- Gen. Mcclellan. Two
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days were spent in quarters in deserted houses at Fetter- man, whence the regiment moved by rail to Clarksburg, and was there supplied with camp-equipage and other material for an active campaign.
Having been brigaded with the 4th and 9th Ohio and Loomis' Michigan Battery, under Brig .- Gen. Schleich, of Fairfield County, the regiment moved with the army, and on July 5th was at Buckhannon, Va. On that day fifty inen under Capt. Lawson, of Company A, while recon- noitering the road towards the rebel position at Rich Moun- tain, encountered a party of the enemy at Middle Fork Bridge, and in an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge them Private Johns was killed and five others of the detachment wounded. Pursuing the enemy from Rich Mountain, the 3d reached Beverly with the army July 12th, and thence proceeded to Huntsville aud Cheat Mountain summit, where the pursuit was abandoned.
March 4th the regiment marched to Elkwater Creek, and engaged in the labor of fortifying and scouting and in the routine duties of camp life until September 11th, when it participated in several skirmishes with the advancing forces of Gen. Lee, who was finally repulsed. The campaign being ended, the regiment proceeded, via Clarksburg and Parkers- burg, to Cincinnati, where it arrived November 28th, and thence to Louisville, Ky., and from that place to Camp Jenkins, four miles distant. At the last place named the Army of the Ohio was organized, in which the 3d Ohio was assigned to the 3d Division, Gan. O. M. Mitchell command- ing. On the 17th of December the regiment went into winter-quarters at Camp Jefferson.
February 22d the regiment broke camp and marched to Nashville, and thence southward with the column of Gen. Mitchell, and participated in the capture of Murfreesboro' and the occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville, Tenn., and also in the descent on Huntsville and in the battle of Bridgeport. On the 23d of August the 3d, with other troops, evacuated Huntsville, and marched to Decherd Station, at which time Gen. Bragg was trying to force the national arms from points south of the Tennessee River.
On the 27th of August a train conveying a detachment of the 3d, with sick soldiers and hospital stores from Stevenson, was fired into by the rebels, and a number of those on board seriously wounded. The march from Decherd to Louisville was begun soon afterwards, and was one of excessive fatigue and hardship, the regiment ar- riving at the latter place on the morning of September 25th. A few days of rest ensued, followed by more active campaigning. At Perryville, Ky., the enemy were again encountered.
" The rebel attack was fierce and deadly, but notwith- standing their exposure, the 3d stood its ground, and returned volley for volley until more than one-third of its number had fallen, dead or wounded.
" In the opening of the battle Color-Sorgt. William V. McCoubrie, who stood a little in advance, bearing aloft the standard of the regiment, was killed. Five others shared the same fate, and a sixth rushed forward and caught the colors ere they touched the ground. This last gallant hero was a beardless boy of seventeen, named David C. Walker, of' Company C, who successfully carried the flag through
the remainder of the action, and was rewarded for his bravery by being made color-sergeant on the battle-field by Col. Beatty."
Night put an end to the unequal conflict. The valor of the 3d is fully attested when it is stated that its loss in this battle was two hundred and fifteen officers and men, killed and wounded. Among the killed were Capt. MoDougall, of Company A ; Capt. E. Cunard aud Lieut. J. St. John, of Company I; and Lieut. Starr, of Company K.
The regiment, after a short delay at Newmarket, Ky., again entered Nashville, Nov. 30, 1862. Gen. Rosecrans had succeeded Gen. Buell in the command of the army, which he thoroughly reorganized, placing the 3d Ohio in the Reserve Division, Gen. Rousseau commanding. A time of quiet in camp was succeeded by the battle of Stone River. In this conflict the 3d, which occupied a position on the right centre, maintained a stubborn oppo- sition to the impetuous onset of the enemy, and, being ex- posed to a galling fire, lost heavily.
" Early in the second day of the battle the 3d Ohio was posted on the extreme left of the national line, and employed in guarding a crossing of Stone River. The first day and night of the new year (1863; were passed at this ford. On Friday morning the regiment was relieved, and returned to the centre just in time to receive a share of the fierce cannonade opened by the rebels on that day.
"On Saturday morning, the 3d of January, the regiment took a position in the front, and its skirmish line was briskly engaged for the greater part of the forenoon. In the afternoon the regiment was withdrawn, with others, to mike preparations to charge the woods in front of the na- tional centre, from which the rebel sharpshooters kept up a galling fire. The charge was made at dark, the 3d Ohio moving down between the railroad and pike on the double- quick. It captured the rebel pickets and first line of breast- works, and held the position under a heavy fire until it was ordered to retire. This proved to be the last of the battle of Stone River, as during the night the rebel army retreatod hastily on Shelbyville and Tullahoma."
After another interval of rest-consuming about three months -- in camp at Murfreesboro', the most disastrous of the miny campaigny in which the regiment participated was opened. Early in April, 1863, the regiment was de- tached from the main army, and, in company with the 51st and 73d Indiana and 18th Illinois Infantry Regiments and two companies of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, was dis- pitched on raiding service in Northern Georgia. During the period from the 8th to the 30th of the month the expedition was measurably successful, but on the latter day was attacked by a large cavalry force under General Reddy, and a desperate fight ensued. The enemy were finally routed by a charge of the Union forces, in which " the 3d Ohio alone captured the rebel battery of twelve-pounders, with its caisson and ammunition." After resuming their march, General Forrest, who happened to be near at hand, pursued the nationals, overtaking the 3d Ohio, which was in the rear, and gave fight. The regiment maintained its ground against great odds until the arrival of assistance, when the rebels were again beaten, and the 3d continued its march to Gadsden. In a third battle, which took place
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eleven miles above Gadsden, the regiment lost a large num- ber of men.
On the morning of May 3d, while at Cedar Bluffs, twenty-two miles from Rome, General Forrest appeared with his rebel cavalry, and at once sent in a demand for a surrender. The brigade was in poor trim for fighting; the horses were jaded, and the ammunition had been almost wholly destroyed at the recent fording of the Catoosa. Terms of surrender were agreed upon, and the brigade, including the 3d Ohio, were made prisoners of war.
The regiment proceeded to Atlanta, and thence via Knoxville to Richmond, "where it was quartered in the open air on Belle Isle until the 15th of May, when the men were paroled and the officers sent to Libby Prison. The regiment was soon embraced in provisions for exchange, and subsequently took part in the pursuit and capture of the rebel Morgan and his raiders. It also did service in various ways at Bridgeport, Chickamauga, and Battle Creek ; was sent against Wheeler's cavalry to Anderson Gap, Tenn., theuce down the Sequatchie Valley to Looney Creek, where it remained some time repairing roads and aiding in the passage of trains to Chattanooga.
Nov. 18, 1863, the regiment marched to Kelly's Ferry, on the Tennessee, and there remained until after the battle of Mission Ridge. Its next move was to Chattanooga, where it performed garrison duty until June 9, 1864, when it received orders to report to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where, its term of service having expired, it was mustered out, June 23, 1864. Many of the soldiers of the 3d Ohio sub- sequently enlisted in other regiments " for the war."
Company K of the 3d Ohio was raised by Capt. Henry Cope, and composed of men chiefly from Wellsville, with others from East Liverpool, Salineville, and Hammondsville, in the county of Columbiana
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was raised in the counties of Miami, Clin- ton, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Columbiana, Company C, from Columbiana, joining about the time of the reorganiza- tion, in June, 1861, when the regimeht was mustered into ser- vice for three years. On the 7th day of July the regiment was ordered to the Kanawha Valley. It arrived at Point Pleasant on the 11th, and became a part of the Kanawha division, commanded by Gen. J. D. Cox. The regiment started up the river, and, finding the bridge on the Pocotaligo had been burned by the rebels, rebuilt it and proceeded.
It spent the fall and early winter near Gauley Bridge in raiding, scouting, and reconnoitering, and was engaged at Cotton Hill and Sewell Mountain. December 1st the regi- ment returned to Point Pleasant and went into winter-quar- ters. April 16, 1862, it returned to Gauley Bridge by way of Winchester, and accompanied Gen. Cox as far as Raleigh, where it remained until further orders. Companies G and K were employed in opening the road from Shady Springs to Pack's Ferry.
"In the latter part of July the regiment returned to Gauley Bridge, and Company C was ordered to Summer- ville, to reinforce a detachment of the 9th Virginia sta- tioned there, and remained until the regiment moved to Washington City."
On the 18th of August the 11th proceeded to Wash- ington, D. C., and ou, the 27th was ordered to Manassas Junction. " Arriving at Fairfax Station, it was found that the rebels had taken possession of the fortifications at Ma- nassas, and that Taylor's brigade of New Jersey troops was falling back. The 11th crossed Bull Run, formed in line near the railroad, and checked a flanking movement of the enemy." In the subsequent retreat to Fairfax the regiment acted as rear guard, distinguishing itself for " cool and determined bravery."
On the 29th of August the Kanawha division moved to the front, and the 11th was posted at Fort Munson, on Munson's Hill. On the 6th of September it moved to near Frederick City via Ridgeville.
" The rebels were posted on the banks of the Monocacy, holding the bridge across the stream. Three attacking col- umnns were formed, with the 11th in the advance of the centre, and advanced against the rebels. The centre col- umn gained the bridge and drove the enemy from it. A charge was ordered, but the line was thrown into some confusion, and the rebels rallied and captured two pieces of artillery. Gen. Cox called to Col. Coleman, ' Will the 11th recover those guns?' With a loud cheer the regiment dashed at the rebels, drove them from the guns, and still pressed on, cheering and charging, advancing into the city, and only halting when the enemy was completely routed. That night the Kanawha division bivouacked near the city, and by evening of the next day advanced to Catoctin Creek, near Middletown, the 11th being posted near the bridge.
" The next morning the division crossed the creek and moved towards Turner's Gap in South Mountain. After pro- cceding a short distance the division moved to the left and struck the old Sharpsburg road, and upon reaching a narrow gorge, conccaled by timber and undergrowth, the 11th formed in line of battle. When the order came to charge, the 11th moved along the edge of a strip of woods, and by adroitness and bravery drove back a strong force of the rebels attemping a flank movement. The regiment was exposed to a galling fire from sharpshooters, but not a man flinched. One old man-Nathan Whittaker, of Company E, who had two sons in the regiment-exhibited wonder- ful bravery in standing a pace or two in advance, and coolly loading and firing as if at a target, while the enemy's bul- lets were falling like huil all around him. About 'noon there was a lull in the battle-storm, but about three o'clock the entire national line advanced, fighting desperately. The 11th was ordered to charge across an open field, on the left of the road, against a force of the enemy protected by a stone wall. They met the enemy in almost a hand-to-hund fight; muskets were clubbed and bayonets crossed over the low stone wall, but finally the enemy was driven from his position into the undergrowth. The rebels retreated to- wards Sharpsburg during the night, and at an early hour next morning the national army was in pursuit.
" The night before the battle of Antietam the Kanawha division, under General Crook, moved into position near. the lower bridge, which crosses the Antietam on the Rorheback farm, the 11th being posted a little above the bridge, on a rough, wooded slope. At ten o'clock A.M., on the 1/th of September, an assault was ordered upon
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the bridge, but they were met with such a heavy fire from the bluffs opposite that they were compelled to retire. At this juncture an order was received from Gen. McClellan to carry the bridge at all hazards. The 11th was to lead the storming-party, and while advancing steadily and deter- minedly, Col. Coleman fell mortally wounded. The regi- ment wavered an instant, and then pressed on, gained the bridge, crossed it, scaled the bluffs, and drove the rebels from their position."
October 8th the division, under Gen. Crook, moved to Hagerstown, suffering much from the march, and then pro- ceeded to Clarksburg, arriving in a destitute condition in respect to clothing and camp-equipage. The regiment was assigned to Summerville, where it remained during the winter, making, meantime, with the 2d Virginia Cavalry, a successful expedition into the Greenbrier country.
Jan. 24. 1863, the regiment marched for Loup Creek Landing, thence by steamer to Nashville, and thence, with the entire division, to Carthage, on the Tennessee River, occupying the heights northeast of the town and fortifying the position. March 24th the regiment went on scout to Rome, and returned next day with a captain, twenty-eight privates, a wagon-train, and about seventy horses and mules belonging to Forrest's Cavalry. With the exception of light skirmishes, nothing of note occurred until near the end of June. In June the regiment became a part of the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 14th Army Corps, Maj .- Gen. George II. Thomas commanding. On the 24th, Reynolds' division moved towards Manchester, and subsequently entered Tullahoma, and still later advanced to Big Springs.
On the 5th of September, Reynolds' division took posses- sion of Trenton. " From this place the regiment moved through Corper's Gap into MeLemon's Cove, and continued to gradually close in upon the rebels. On the 17th the rebels made an assault on the position held by the 11th at Catlett's Gap, and were repulsed. On the 18th and 19th occurred the hotly-contested battle of Gordon's Mill, in which the 11th behaved most nobly, though subjected often to a merciless fire, and at one time so severe that in less than an hour Company D lost one-half its men killed and wounded."
The troops withdrew after the battle to Rossville and Chattanooga, and on the 24th the regiment was engaged in a skirmish with the enemy. It afterwards withdrew to a position within the line of rifle-pits, to the left of Fort Neg- ley. The regiment afterwards marched down the river and gained a foothold on Lookout Mountain. On the 23d it took position in front of Fort Negley, and next morning was placed in front of Fort Wood; in the afternoon it advanced on Mission Ridge. In this charge the regiment was obliged to pass through open ground and up the Ridge in face of a galling fire of musketry, but gained the rebel works after a sharp fight. The colors of the 11th and those of the 31st Ohio were the first planted upon the Ridge. The fighting continued until dark, the 11th re- maining constantly in action and fighting bravely.
On the 25th of January the regiment was engaged in a reconnoissance towards Rocky Face Ridge, and found the enemy strongly posted. By some mistake the 11th was ordered to charge up a steep hill held by two brigades and
several pieces of artillery. The regiment, notwithstanding its gallant efforts, was obliged to retreat with a loss of one- sixth of its men.
Thereafter the regiment remained on garrison duty until June 10th, when it proceeded to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where it was mustered out June 21, 1864.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was formed directly after the attack on Fort Sumter, and was composed of recruits from seven counties, Companies E and H being from New Lisbon, in the county of Columbiana.
By May 15, 1861, the regiment was in quarters at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland. May 27th, it moved by rail to Camp Jackson, near Columbus, where officers were chosen. Companies A and B, after being armed and equipped, pro- ceeded by cars to Bellaire, the remainder of the regiment to Zanesville for perfection in drill.
June 21st the whole regiment embarked, with other troops, for Parkersburg, where they arrived on the 23d. While at that place it was brigaded with the 8th and 10th Ohio and 13th Indiana, under Brig .- Geu. Wm. S. Rose- crans. On the 25th the regiment moved by rail to Clarks- burg, and joined Mcclellan's " Provisional Army of West- ern Virginia." On the 29th, with the advance, it made its first real march, reaching Buckhannon on July 2d, and moved thence, July 7th, to Roaring Creek, and encamped in front of the fortified rebel position at Rich Mountain. In .the ensuing battle it received the commendation of Gen. Rosecrans. On the 27th of July the regiment's term of enlistment having expired, it proceeded to Columbus.
By the 26th of September following, nine companies had been recruited for three years' service, and the regiment was reorganized. November 16th it moved to Cincinnati, and thence by steamer to Camp Jenkins, near Louisville, Ky., and thence, December 6th, to Lebanon. From Leba- non it marched forty miles to Columbia. On this march a teamster, Jacob Clunck, was run over by his teamn and instantly killed,-the first death in the regiment.
The regiment reached Columbia December 10th, Was brigaded with the 59th Ohio, 2d and 9th Kentucky In- fantry, and Haggard's regiment of cavalry, constituting the 11th Brigade, Gen. J. T. Boyle commanding. While at Columbia the regiment received a beautiful silk flag as a present from the ladies of Canton.
Jan. 17, 1862, the 19th marched to Ronick's Creek, near Burkesville, on the Cumberland River, moved thence to Jamestown, and February 15th, after the defeat of the rebels at Mill Springs and the evacuation of Bowling Green, returned to Columbia. While at Columbia the regiment suffered much from measles and typhoid fever.
The regiment made tedious marches to Glasgow and Bowling Green, poorly shod; on April 6th arrived within fourteen miles of Savannah, on the Tennessee River, and participated in the second day's battle at Pittsburg Land- ing. Maj. Edwards (acting lieutenant-colonel) was shot dead from his horse, privates O. T. Powell and Horace H. Bailey, of Company C, and Corp. W. E. Gibson, of Com- pany H, were killed, and Lieut. William A. Sutherland, of Company H, was severely wounded in the shoulder.
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The regiment spent ten days in the vicinity of the battle- field, and subsequently participated in the movement upon and in the siege of Corinth. On Muy 22d, near Farming- ton, it had a picket skirmish, in which Fix men were wounded, two of whom afterwards died. May 29th, it entered Corinth with the army; June 3d, joined in the pursuit of the enemy as far as Brownsboro', and then re- turned to Iuka; joined Buell's column, and went with it to Florence, Alu., and to Battle Creek, arriving July 14th. The regiment marched with Gen. McCook's division to Nashville August 21st, and there joined the army under Gen. Buell, and marched with it to Louisville, Ky.
Leaving Louisville October 1st, the regiment reached Perryville just after the battle at that place, but joined in the pursuit of the rebels, with whom it had a running skirmish, and captured a gun with its accoutrements ; sub- sequently did provost-duty at Gullatin for two weeks, and then joining its division, passed through Nashville, and went into camp on the Murfreesboro' turnpike, near the State Lunatic Asylum.
December 26th, under Muj. Charles F. Manderson, marched with the army in its advance on Murfreesboro'. At that place, " under the personal lead of Maj .- Gen. Rose- crans, Beatty's brigade charged the enemy, drove him about three-fourths of a mile, and held the position until relieved by Col. M. B. Walker's brigade."
January 2d the regiment crossed Stone River; with the 14th and 23d Brigades received the charge of the rebels under Breckenridge; was forced to retreat, but recrossed and aided in the capture of four pieces of artillery from the famous Washington (Louisiana) Battery. In this bat- tle Cupt. Bean, of Co. E, Lieut. Bell, of Co. C, Lieut. Donovan, of Co. B, and Sergt .- Maj. Lyman Tilee were killed. Lieut. Sutherland, Co. H, and Lieut. Keel, Co. F, were severely wounded. The regiment entered the battle with four hundred and forty-nine men, and lost in killed, wounded, and missing two hundred and thirteen,-nearly one-half.
The regiment marched to McMinnville, June 28th, crossed the Cumberland Mountains, Aug. 16th, to Pike- ville, and crossed Lookout Mountain to Lee & Gordon's mills, arriving Sept. 13th. At Crawfish Springs the regi- ment had a brisk skirmish in which two men of Co. D were killed. It participated in the battles of the 18th and 20th of September, at Chickamauga, and suffered a loss, in killed, wounded, and missing, of one hundred men.
The 19th remained in Chattanooga during the siege, took part in the advance on Orchard Knob, Nov. 23, and lost about twenty men killed and wounded; on the 25th it " participated in the glorious charge against the rebel works at the foot of Mission Ridge, and seizing the inspiration, climbed, without orders, the precipitous sides of the moun- tain and aided in driving the rebels over and down the opposite side, losing one killed and thirteen wounded."
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