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ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Eben S. Coe, enr. as Capt. Co H, 124th Inf., Nov. 17, 1862. Promoted to Lieut. Col. 196th Inf March 26, 1565. Mustered out Sept 11, 1865.
COMPANY H.
John H Inman. enr as Corp. March 11, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Sept. 11, 1465
Enoch Allerton. enr. as Corp. March 13, 1865. Mustered ont with the Co. George W. Miller, enr. as Corp. March 13, 1865 John Brown, enl. March 10. 1567 Mustered out with the Co
Jolin Colton, enl March 11. 1945 Mustered out with the Co.
Anthony Ernst, enl. March 10, 15/65 Mustered out with the Co.
Adam Schwemler, enl. March 9, 1565 Mustered out with the Co William A. Wilcox, eul. March 11, 1455 Mustered out with the Co. Philip Houck, ent. March 10, 1965 Disch. June 3. 1865
Alfred B Higgins, enl March 6, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Charles T. Higgins. enl. March 6, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Charles N Higgins, ent. March 6, 1865 Mustered ont with the Co.
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GENERAL HISTORY OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
The One Hundred and Ninety seventh was the last regiment sent to the field from Ohio, and was re- crnited to a total strength of one thousand and six men, of whom forty-nine were from Cuyahoga county. All but five of its officers, and about half of its men, had seen service.
The regiment was organized April 12. 1865, for one year, and on the 25th left Camp Chase for Washington. The war being then practically over. the One Hundred and Ninety-seventh had no chance to earn especial distinction. It was assigned to the Ninth army corps, and after spending a few days in camp near Alexandria returned to Washington. It soon left for Dover, Del., when it lay in camp four weeks. From that time until July 31st-when it was mustered out at Baltimore-the regiment did guard duty along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road, and at the eamps, forts and hospitals in and near Baltimore.
MEMBERS FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Gershom M. Barber enr as Lieut. Col. April 12, 1865 Mustered out with the Reg. July 31, 1865.
George W Pease, enr as Asst. Surg. April 3, 1865. Mustered out with the Reg
COMPANY D.
William Hubbard, enr. as Corp. Feb 15, 1965. Mustered out with the Co. July 31, 1865. John Hogan, enl. Feb. 28, 1865, Mustered out with the Co.
COMPANY F.
Harry W. Jones, enr. as Lieut. April 10, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Addison MI Bloom, enr. as 1st Sergt. Feb. 28, 1865. Mustered out with the Co July 31, 1865.
Jeremiah B Black, enr. as Sergt. Feb. 18, 1865. Mustered out with Co. Spencer (' Norton, enr. as Corp. Feb. 24. 1865. Mustered out with Co. George W Wadsworth, enr. as Corp. March 2, 1865 Mustered out with the ('o
John Owen, enl. Feb. 23, 1465. Promoted to Corp. July 8, 1865. Mus- tered out with the Co.
Eugene Adams, enl. March 24, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Lemuel H Barney, enl. March 2, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Joseph R Baker, enl Feb. 13, 1>65. Mustered out with the Co. Wesley Booth, enl. Feb. 14, 1565. Mustered out with the Co. Wallace (' Davis, enl. Feb. 23, 1805. Mustered out with the Co. David Evans, enl. Feb. 23, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Michael Epple, enl. Feb. 13, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Stephen Farren, enl. March 3, 1865 Mustered out with the C'o. Franz Herberger, enl. Feb. 20, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Jacob Howesworth, enl. Jan. 13, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Gustave Houpt, enl. Feb. 20 1865. Mustered ont with the Co. Thomas Kirchner, enl Feb. 13, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. George W Ketchum, enl. Feb. 15, 1865. Dsch. May 22, 1865. Charles Larish, enl. March 3, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Wilham Lillie, enl. Jan. 30, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John M. Moore, enl. Feb. 23, 1865. Mustered ont with the Co. S E Manly. enl. Feb. 23. 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Abram Martin. enl. Feb. 27, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. George C. Morgan, enl Feb. 2, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Thomas MeDermott, enl Jan. 28, 1565. Mustered out with the ('o. Bartholemew Neumour. enl Feb 20. 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Bradley Pelton, enl March 24, 1865, Mustered out with the Co. David Poulette, enl. March 2, 1865 Died at Cleveland, O., Aug. 20, 1865. Carl Peterson, enl Jan 12, 1865. Mustered out with the ('o. Michael Renschler, enl. Feb 13, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Henry Sharpeott, enl. March 2, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Oscar Simmonds, enl. March 1, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. John Schacterle, ent Feb. 23, 1963 Mustered out with the Co.
Henry Vaupell, enl. March 1, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Carl Worthele, enl. Jan 28, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Suuth Kingsbury, enl. Feb. 13, 1865, Disch. July 27, 1865.
James Cullen. enl. March 2, 1865. Disch. June 27, 1865. James Miller, enl. Feb. 15, 1865. Disch. for disability June 14, 1865. Gustave Richler, enl. Feh. 21, 1865. Disch. July 8, 1865. Henry Dunwell, enl. Feb. 14, 1865. Died at Camp Chase, O., June 13, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Charles H. Bellinger, enl. March 20, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. July 31, 1865,
Nicholas Streator, enl Feb. 21, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. July 31, 1865.
Eli M. Jennings, enl. Feb 14, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. George Shafer, enl. Feb. 22, 1865. Mustered out with the Co.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
But eight companies of this proposed regiment had been recruited at Camp Chase when, the war being declared at an end, the companies were disbanded and the men departed for their homes. Of the enlist- ments into the One Hundred and Ninety-eighth, fifty-one were from Cuyahoga county.
MEMBERS FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
COMPANY B.
Andrew J. Raynor. enr. as 1st Lieut. April 21, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. May 8, 1865.
John H Brooks, enl. Feh. 21, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John Cass, enl. March 13, 1855. Mustered out with the Co. Calvin C Carr, enl. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John A. Fitzwater, enl. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Sharon P. Inman, enl. March 29. 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Thomas Kelley, enl. March 23, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. David H. MeCrary, enl. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Patrick MeGree, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co Henry Roberts, enl. April 12, 1865, Mustered out with the Co. Benj. F. Ray, enl. March 16, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Minot Stebbins, enl. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John Q. A. Samson, eul. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. William N. Smith, enl. March 21, 1865. Mustered out with the Co.
COMPANY D.
Perry Prentiss, enr. as Capt. April 22, 1865. Mustered out with the Co May 8, 1865.
Edgar J. Woodward, enr. as 1st Lieut. Mustered out with the Co. James D W Mandeville, enr. as 2nd Lieut. April 22, 1865. Mustered out with the Co.
Conrad Busch, eni. March 14, 1-65. Mustered out with the Co. Byron H. Bosley, enl. March 30, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Adam Baisch, eul. March 27, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Edwin MI Bailey, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Robert Curphey, enl. April 6, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John Dunn enl. April 4, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. William R. Dyson, enl. March 29, 1865. Mustered out with the C'o. John Fritz, enl. March 28, 1865. Mustered out with the C'o. Frederick Hacker, enl. March 21, 1865, Mustered out with the Co. James Hawkins, enl. April 6, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Willis M. Hepburn, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. James Hamlin, enl. March 25, 1465. Mustered out with the Co. John Hellmer, enl. April 4, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. James H. Kincaide, enl March 21, 1865. MInstered out with the Co. William D. Keller, enl. April 1, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Martin L. Keller, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Henry Koneman, enl. April 4, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. William H Magridge enl. March 27. 1865. Mustered out with the Co. William Meyer, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Hart Newhall. enl. March 21, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. James P. Nichols, enl. March 24, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. James O'Connor, enl. April 4, 1565. Mustered out with the C'o. William Prier, enl. March 27, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. Charles Schwab. enl. March 29. 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Christian Schwartz, enl. March 25, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Henry Schloman, enl. April 4, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. Alfred Sehring, enl. March 21, 1>65. Mustered out with the Co. Charles D. Towner, ent April 8, 1805. Mustered out with the Co. Conrad Walmser, enl. March 30, 1865. Mustered out with the C'o. John Wagner, enl. April 5, 1865, Mustered out with the Co Charles Werkmeister, enl. April 4, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John Whitworth, enl. March 27, 1865 Mustered out with the Co. James Wilson, enl. April 12, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. John Zimmerman, enl. April 4, 1865. Mustered out with the Co.
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THE SHARPSHOOTERS.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SHARPSHOOTERS,
The Governor's Intention-Capt. Barber's Cuyahoga Company-Other Companies-The Test of Admission-A Battalion organized-It joins Rosecrans-Two more Companies-At Chickamauga-Covering J. C. Davis' Retreat - Ordered to protect the Road - Looking over the Ground-Taking Position - The Duel across the River - The Rebels retreat-Various Scouts-On a Gunboat-A Rebel Spy-A Dangerous Road-A Texan Ambush-The Sharpshooters driven out of Town- Shelling the Place - The Torch-A Texan Charge repulsed - Other Gunboat Service - Joining Sherman - Guarding the Ammunition - Back with Thomas -Captain Barber mustered out - The Battalion mustered out-Names of the Cuyahoga Sharpshooters.
IN the autumn of 1862 Gov. Tod undertook to raise ten independent companies of sharpshooters, to serve on special duty, without field officers. Capt. Gershom M. Barber raised a company which was largely com- posed of residents of Cuyahoga county, and which was denominated the Fifth Independent Company of Sharpshooters. The Sixth and Seventh companies were also reeruited in this eounty: the captains hav- ing free access to the large camp of drafted men at Camp Cleveland. A portion of their men were actual residents of the county, though generally credited to other counties in which the captains resided. The Ninth and Tenth companies were also largely eom- posed of Cuyahoga-county men, but. as previously stated these were mustered into the Sixteenth In- fantry and served with that regiment.
On the companies being completed, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh were organized in a battalion, and Capt. Barber, as the senior officer. was placed in command. The men were all picked with reference to their physical ability, and before being mustered each was required to make a " string " of not exceeding twenty- five inches in five shots, at one hundred yards off-hand or at two hundred yards at a rest. Their uniform was the same as that of the infantry, except that the trimmings were green, and they were armed with Spen- cer's seven-shooting rifies.
They remained at Camp Cleveland, drilling as in- fantry and also practicing at the target, until March, 1863, when they joined Roseerans' army at Murfrees- boro, and were attached to the general's headquarters for special service. The battalion was never brigaded, but remained permanently attached to the headquar- ters of the Army of the Cumberland throughout the war; being detailed on special duty whenever neces- sary. The battalion was there joined by the Fourth and Eighth Independent companies; the whole being under the command of Capt. Barber. The Fourth company, however, was detached just before the bat- tle of Chickamauga.
At that battle two companies, of which the Fifth was one, were in charge of the department headquar- ters. On Sunday, the third day of the fight, while they were on their way, under orders, to join Gen. Rosecrans, and while in rear of Gen. Jefferson C. Davis' division, there was a general break along the Union lines, and that division retreated; leaving the sharpshooters directly in front of the enemy. Unable to join Rosecrans, Capt. Barber reported to Davis,
who ordered him to fall back four hundred yards and form line of battle. He did so, and Davis attempted to rally his division in the rear. It broke, however, and a similar order was again sent to Capt. Barber and obeyed. Four times the sharpshooters formed in line and engaged the enemy's advance; thus covering the retreat of Davis' division. and at length following it from the field.
When, after that battle, the rebels cut off the sup- plies from the army at Chattanooga. Gen. Rosecrans had a road built westward along the north side of the Tennessee. But the rebel sharpshooters from across the river, at the point where it passes through the Cumberland mountains, broke up the first supply train; killing many of the men and horses. A regi- ment of Kentucky infantry and a battery of artillery both proved unable to protect the exposed point. C'apt. Barber was then ordered to detail fifty men for that purpose. He obtained permission to go in com- mand himself.
Taking his detail to the locality on the rainy after- noon of the 13th of October, 1863, he went over the exposed road. attended only by a guide, to lay out his plans. Nearly a hundred shots were fired across the river at the two men, but by keeping on the move they escaped injury. Having thus ascertained just where the enemy was posted, the captain at three o'clock the next morning led his men on to the ground, and stationed them in squads opposite the positions occupied by the rebels.
At dawn both parties began firing across the river. A series of hvely duels was kept up until ten o'clock. at which time the rebels withdrew up the mountain, leaving Capt. Barber and his men complete masters of the position. Only one man was wounded and he but slightly. They afterward learned from spies and prisoners that the rebels suffered very severely in killed and wounded before they abandoned the posi- tion. The detachment was joined by the rest of the battalion, and held the ground in question until Hooker's two corps arrived and communications were entirely restored.
At Mission Ridge the sharpshooters were held in reserve. After that, they were at headquarters most of the time till the first of May. 1864. though they were engaged in a protracted seont between the hos- tile lines in February, and the Fifth and Eighth companies were located forty miles up the Tennessee, to protect Union citizens, during part of March and April.
From about the first of May until the first of July the battalion manned a gunboat in the Tennessee, to keep the banks and vicinity elear of rebel guerrillas and raiding parties.
On the 12th of May about sixty-five men came near being massacred through the management of the pilot of the gunboat, who turned out to be a rebel spy. The negro huts and storehouses of a plantation on the south side of the Tennessee had been made the headquarters of a body of Texas Rangers, who were
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accustomed to cross the river, do what injury they could to the Union forces and return thither. Cap- tain Barber determined to clear them out. The pilot suggested, and the captain agreed, that the boat should lie near the town, as it was called, through the night, then land below it and march up the river road, under the protection of the boat, to attack it.
In the night the pilot got ashore, and warned the rebels what they might expect. On landing. the captain found the river road so favorable to ambush, and so little protected by the gunboat, that he struck across to another. On the sharpshooters nearing the forks of the two roads, near a hundred Texans sprang up out of the ambush in which they had placed them- selves on the river road. Thirty or forty shots were fired on a side, when the rebels fled. The sharp- shooters advanced into the so-called town, and at- tacked a store-house filled with plunder from the other side of the river. Immediately the rebels, con- cealed in other houses and in masked works on the hillside, opened a heavy fire, driving the Unionists to the shelter of the gunboat. with a loss of three killed and wounded. The negroes were then warned to leave, and the gunboat shelled the town from end to end, soon driving out the rebels. Afterwards a detachment was sent ashore to burn it, as was done to all houses from which the Union troops were fired on. The rest of the sharpshooters landed to repel attacks. The Texans, not knowing of the covering party, charged across an open space to destroy the burners. The sharpshooters met them with a terrific fire from be- hind cover, with their Spencer rifles, and more than half the assailants were killed or wounded. These operations entirely broke up the nest of maranders which had previously lurked in the vicinity. The ne- groes were taken on the gunboat and sent to the contra- band camp at Nashville, which was where they were anxious to go.
The sharpshooters, while patrolling the river, passed through several other interesting experiences, which we have not space to relate here. After their gun- boat service was over, they joined Sherman's army at Big Shanty. The Seventh company became that general's headquarter guard, and the others were in charge of the amunition train of the army of the Cumberland, from that point to Atlanta. Afterward the battalion of three companies returned to Tennes- see and was made Gen. Thomas' headquarter guard, which position it held till the close of the war. In April, 1865, C'apt. Barber was mustered out to accept the lieutenant-colonelcy of the One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Infantry, and the battalion was mus- tered out on the 19th of July following.
MEMBERS FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
FIFTH COMPANY.
Gershom M. Barber, enr. as Capt. Nov. 1, 1862. Promoted to Lieut. Col. 197th Inf. April 12, 1865
Jonathan Pickard, enr. as 1st Lieut. Nov. 1, 1862. Res. Sept. 9, 1864. W. N Watson, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Promoted to 2d Lieut. July 1, 1864, and
to Ist Lieut. May 1, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. July 19, 1865.
Franklin H. Somers, enr. as 2d Lient. Oet. 14, 1xfi2. Promoted to Ist Lt. Nov. 20, 1863. Disch. May 7, 1864.
William C. Lemon, enr. as Sergt. Oet. 11, 1862. Promoted to 2d Lieut. May 1, 1865. Mustered out with the Co. July 19, 1865.
Edward P. Thompson, enl. Oct. 22, 1862. Promoted to Corp. Mustered out with the Co.
Francis E. Hacket, enl. Oet. 15, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Joseph R. Joiner, enl. Aug. 18, 1864. Disch. June 19, 1865.
Samuel Lay, enl. Oct. 10, 1862. Disch for disability June 24, 1864.
George W. Newton, enl. Oct 23, 1862. Disch. for disability Oct. 31, 1863.
William B. Waring, enl. Oct. 13, 1-62. Disch. Jan. 20, 1865.
Michael C. Smith, enl. Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered out with the Co. John Noakes, enl. Oct. 13. 1862. Promoted to Corp.
George A. Blakeslee, enl. Dec. 22, 1863. Mnstered out with the Co. George B. Canniff, enl. Oct. 28, 1862. Disch. for disability June 27, 1865.
Truman Drake, enl. Dec. 8. 1863. Mustered out with the Co.
Henry H Houseman, enl. Feb. 11, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. Uptou Housman, enl. Dec. 12, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. William James, enl. Oet. 20, 1862. Mustered out with the Co. William Johnston, enl. Dec. 2, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. Thomas Locke, enl. Dec. 16, 1868. Mustered out with the Co. George W. Markee, enl. Dec. 16, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. Artemus Pratt, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Thomas Robinson, enl. Dec. 7, 1864. Mustered out with the Co.
Andrew J. Windsor. enl. Dec. 18, 1863. Mnstered out with the Co.
William L. Stearns. eur. as 1st Sergt. Oct. 21, 1862.
Norman D. Meacham, enr. as Sergt. Oct. 27, 1863. Disch. for disability March 20, 1863.
Simeon S. Canniff. enl Oct. 23, 1802. Disch. for disability May 9, 1863. Ephraim Pratt, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Disch. for disability Jan. 10, 1865. Charles H Porter, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Disch. for disability Jan. 26, 1864. Herman M. Reeves, eul. Oet. 13, 1862. Disch. for disability May 12, 1863. Nicholas H. Ward, eul. Dec. 8, 1863. Disch. for disability April 15, 1864. Joseph A. Clarke, eul, Oct. 17, 1462. Mustered out with the Co. July 19, 1865
Sidney Downey, enl. Oct. 28, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Morris J. Stockman, enl. Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered out with the Co
Elisha Lewis, enl. Nov. 3, 1862. Disch. Sept. 12, 1863.
Gilbert Terry, enl. Nov. 14, 1862. Disch. May 25, 1865.
Luke Abel, enl. Oct. 23, 1862. Promoted to Corp. Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 23, 1863.
Sullivan S. Marble, enl. Oct 14, 1812.
Charles Glines, enl. Nov. 6, 1862. Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 26, 1863.
Mark J. Chevalia, eul. Dec. 28, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. July 19, 1865.
Harvey T. Miller, enl. Dec. 21, 1863. Mustered out with the Co.
William E. Williams, enl. Dec 17, 1863. Left in Hosp. Jan. 27, 1865.
Gershom M. Barber, enr. as Capt. Nov, 1, 1862. Disch. April 11, 1865. Jonathan Pickard, enr. as 1st Lieut. Nov. 1, 1862. Resigned Sept. 9, 1863. Edward U. Adams, enl. Dec. 17, 1863. Disch. June 2, 1865.
James M. Hall, ent. Oct. 30, 1862. Disch, for disability June 22, 1863.
SIXTH COMPANY
Simon Fockler, enl. March 1, 1863. Mustered ont with the Co. July 13, 1865,
Louis Peisker, enl. Dec. 19, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Robert English, enl. Feb. 20, 1863. Trausf. to Inv. Corps Sept. 1, 1863.
SEVENTH COMPANY.
Patrick Smith, enl. Oet. 11, 1862. Promoted to Corp. July 20, 1863. Mus- tered out with the Co. July 28, 1865.
George W. Morgan, enl. Dec. 6, 1802. Promoted to Corp. Oct. 30, 1863 Mustered out with the Co.
John Black. enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
James Bowles, enl. Feb. 21, 1863. Mustered ont with the Co.
Frank Canfield, enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Thomas B. Deselmo, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
Ira E Durand, enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered out with the Co.
James R. Saunders, enl. Jan. 12, 1863. Mnstered out with the Co.
Samuel Wray, enl. Nov. 26, 1862 Mustered out with the Co. Martin S. Ward, enl. Jan. 22, 1863. Mustered out with the Co. Hiram Tisdale enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Transf. to Vet. Res. Corps Aug. 13, 1863. Promoted to Sergt. Mustered ont Aug. 3, 1865,
David J. Nicholas, enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Died at Nashville, Aug. 20, 1863.
Frank Stephens, enl. Oct, 27, 1862 Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 23, 1863.
Thomas Miller, enl. 10, 1862. Mustered out July 28, 1865.
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SECOND AND SIXTH CAVALRY, ETC.
CHAPTER XXXIII. SECOND AND SIXTH CAVALRY, ETC,
A Western Reserve Regiment-Camp Wade and Camp Dennison-In the Far West-A Fight with Quantrell-Chasing Rebels and Indians-In the Indian Territory-Men detailed for a Battery-Service under Gen. Blunt-The Victory of Prairie Grove-Returning to Ohio-Fighting in Kentucky-Capturing Morgan-Through to East Tennessee-Numer- ous Conflicts-Re-enlisting-Ordered East-Over the Rapidan-Under Sheridan-Hauover Court House and Ashland-Ream Station, etc - On the Shenandoah-Capturing a Regiment-Battle after Battle- Winter Quarters-The Last Raid of the War-Large Captures-Back to Missouri-Mustered out-Members from Cuyahoga County-Sol- diers of the Third Cavalry-Organization of the Sixth Cavalry-Sent to Virginia-First Fight at Strasburg-Cross Keys and Cedar Moun- tain-Hard Service on the Rappahannock-A Brilliant Dash- the Bat- tle of Kelly's Ford-Splendid Charge of Co. A-Fighting with Stuart -Gettysburg-A Large Capture-Numerous Conflicts in Virginia- Re-enlistment-Hard Fighting Again-Inside the Lines of Richmond -On the Weldon Railroad-Battles of Hatcher's Run-Five Forks -- Appomatox-Subsequent Services-Mustered out-Officers and Sol- diers from Cuyahoga County.
SECOND CAVALRY.
THE Second Ohio Cavalry-the first regiment of that arm of the service raised in the northern part of the State-was recruited in the summer of 1861 under the supervision of Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. John Hutchins, to whom the War Department gave special authority for that purpose. Cuyahoga county fur- nished three hundred and fifteen members; Companies B and K being principally from this county, while smaller quotas entered all the other companies. The regimental complement was almost entirely drawn from the Western Reserve, and contained a large pro- portion of men of intelligence and social prominence. The Second was mustered into the three-years ser- vice at Camp Wade, near Cleveland, where it was uni- formed, mounted and partly drilled. Late in No- vember it was moved to Camp Dennison, where it remained until the receipt of marching orders early in January, 1862.
It then moved to Platte City, Mo., and during the ensuing three weeks was employed in scouting along the Missouri border, as a portion of Doubleday's brig- ade. In February, the brigade proceeded to Fort Scott, Kansas, and while en route was assailed in the streets of Independence, Mo., by an equal force, under the afterwards celebrated and infamous Quan- trell, who was routed in fifteen minutes. In this, its first fight, the regiment bore itself with marked gal- lantry, having four men killed and wounded.
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