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Robert R. Scott, wounded May 12, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville ; dis- charged June 7, 1865, for wounds received in action August 3, 1864 ; veteran.
Demsey Sixton, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, by order of war de- partment.
Dean Swift, died November 29, 1863, in hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
William E. Sherart, mustered out December 31, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
William F. Smith, reduced to ranks from corporal; mustered out Decem- ber 31, 1864.
Ambrose D. Smith, discharged July 12, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Jonathan Smith, wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville ; trans- ferred to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth company, Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, December 18, 1863.
Horace Smith, died February 26, 1862, at Grafton, W. Va.
Fred. J. Slattery, discharged November 5, 1862, by order of war depart- ment.
Martin Van Syckle, mustered out December 31, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Allen E. Winters, captured March 5, 1865, while foraging; mustered out June 21, 1865, at Camp Chase, by order of war department.
William Whistler, substitute; mustered out with company July 11, 1865
Frank Wyatt, wounded March 16, 1865, at Averysboro ; mustered out June 26, 1865, at Camp Dennison, by order of war department.
Joseph H. Williams, drafted ; mustered out May 24, 1865, by order of war department.
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David S. Williams, discharged March 19, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
John L. Wilson, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, by order of war de- partment.
Henry Westmire, drafted; mustered out June 9, 1865, by order of war de- partment.
Albert E. Withers, transferred to company F, Seventeenth Veteran Reserve Corps, October 31, 1863.
George Winklepleck, discharged November 16, 1862, on surgeon's certifi- cate of disability.
John Winklepleck, mustered out June 19, 1865, by order of war depart- ment ; veteran.
Roster Company H.
This company was recruited in Margaretta and the townships south of that and partly from Huron county.
James M. Stevens, captain ; appointed captain October 16, 1861 ; promoted to major March 4, 1864.
Albert E. Peck, captain; promoted from first lieutenant company E, March 6, 1863 ; killed May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga.
John R. Lowe, captain ; promoted from first lieutenant company C, June 27, 1864; mustered out with company July 11, 1865.
Randolph Eastman, first lieutenant ; appointed first lieutenant October 24, 1861 ; resigned December 23, 1862.
Hartwell Osborn, first lieutenant ; promoted from second lieutenant com- pany I, February 12, 1863 ; to captain company B August 4, 1863.
Russel H. Bever, first lieutenant; appointed sergeant from corporal Sep- tember 19, 1862; first sergeant October 3, 1862 ; promoted second lieutenant March 16, 1863; first lieutenant March 19, 1864; captain company A Novem- ber 3, 1864.
William E. Childs, first lieutenant ; promoted from hospital steward Janu- ary 18, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Robert W. Pool, second lieutenant; mustered as private ; promoted to sec- ond lieutenant October 24, 1861 ; to first lieutenant and adjutant, October 3, 1862.
Henry W. Ragan, second lieutenant ; promoted from sergeant October 3, 1862 ; resigned March 24, 1863.
Albert H. Hubbard, first sergeant; discharged May 25, 1862, at Franklin, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Lewis Peck, first sergeant; appointed sergeant from corporal October 3, 1862 ; first sergeant May 2, 1863 ; promoted to quartermaster-sergeant Sep- tember 1, 1864; veteran.
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John Burket, first sergeant ; appointed corporal October 3, 1862; sergeant June 9, 1863 ; first sergeant September 1, 1864 ; promoted to commissary-ser- geant June 26, 1865 ; veteran.
Sidney C. Brown, sergeant ; appointed corporal August 1, 1863 ; sergeant June 1, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Moses Pugh, first sergeant; wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va .; appointed corporal November 1, 1862; sergeant September 1, 1864; first sergeant June 26, 1865; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Horace M. Chamberlin, sergeant ; appointed corporal September 1, 1864; sergeant June 26, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Jesse Dewers, sergeant; captured September 15, 1863, at Bristow, Va .; mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Arthur A. Graham, sergeant ; transferred to company B, Twenty-first Vet- eran Reserve Corps, September 16, 1863.
Edwin Holmes, sergeant; discharged October 19, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Clark M. Kline, sergeant; appointed corporal June 1, 1864; sergeant, De- cember 31, 1864; discharged June 15, 1865, at Fairfax Seminary, Va .; vet- eran.
Eri Misnard, sergeant ; appointed corporal October 3, 1862 ; sergeant May 1, 1863; wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va .; killed June 22, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga .; veteran.
Alexander M. Ross, sergeant ; appointed from corporal ; wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va .; transferred to company D, Fourteenth Veteran Reserve Corps, July 31, 1863.
William R. Little, sergeant; appointed corporal October 3, 1862 ; sergeant August 1, 1863 ; mustered out December 29, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Adam Beer, corporal ; appointed corporal June 22, 1864; wounded March 19, 1865, in battle of Bentonville, N. C .; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Wash- ington, D. C., by order of war department.
William B. Conger, corporal ; discharged September 19, 1862, at Annapo- lis, Md.
John B. Conger, corporal ; killed August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va.
Cyrenus Dejean, corporal ; discharged January 19, 1864, for wounds re- ceived May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va .; leg amputated.
Addison, Golden, corporal ;. wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; appointed corporal June 26, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Peter H. Keiffer, corporal ; appointed corporal December 31, 1864; mus- tered out with company, July 11, 1865.
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William W. Lawton, corporal; appointed corporal March I, 1865 ; mus- tered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Jacob Myer, corporal, wounded May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga .; appointed corporal June 9, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
William Negele, corporal; appointed corporal -; wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va .; discharged August 27, 1863, at Colum- bus, O.
Lewis Perkey, corporal ; appointed corporal May 1, 1863 ; killed May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga .; veteran.
George W. Ragon, corporal; wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancell- orsville, Va .; August 27, 1864, at Turner's Ferry, Ga .; appointed corporal Jan- uary I, 1865 ; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Jeremiah Ricker, corporal, discharged August 19, 1862, at Fairfax Semi- nary, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Dennis Spurrier, corporal; appointed corporal May 25, 1862; wounded Au- gust 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va .; July 2, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa .; appointed sergeant January 1, 1864 ; wounded August 17, 1864, near At- lanta, Ga .; died September 2, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn .; veteran.
Horace R. Starks, corporal ; appointed corporal June 9, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 1I, 1865 ; veteran.
Edward Tallman, corporal ; discharged August 29, 1862, at Cumberland, Md., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Charles L. Wilson, corporal ; appointed corporal October 3, 1862 ; wound- ed July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; mustered out with com- pany July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Clarence Linn, musician ; discharged March 18, 1864, at Lookout Valley, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Privates.
Charles Au, substitute ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865.
John M. Armstrong, mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Jeremiah G. Armstrong, mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Zenas W. Achlefeld, mustered out October 23, on expiration of term of service.
William Ainesly ; discharged February 27, 1863, at Columbus, O., on sur- geon's certificate of disability.
Charles H. Boreff, mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
James P. Boston, wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va .; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
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George W. Button, mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran. Olcott K. Brown, wounded May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga .; mus- tered out June 9, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department. Martin Beery, mustered ont with company July 11, 1865.
Anton Bolsinger, drafted ; mustered out with company July 11, 1866.
Henry C. Beck, drafted ; discharged March 25, 1863, at Brooks's Station, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Andrew S. Baker, discharged August 5, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Edgar W. Barker, wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va .; transferred to company K, Fifth Veteran Reserve Corps, December 17, 1863.
John L. Butz, died July 13, 1862, at Frederick City, Md.
Joseph E. Case, killed August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va.
Augustus B. Case, killed May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga .; veteran. James Cram, died May 29, 1864, in hospital at Dallas, Ga.
John Cain, substitute.
Marion G. Cross, mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
John Clark, discharged November 13, 1862, at Hopewell Gap, Va.
Nathan Cadwalader, discharged October 20, 1862.
Frederick A. Crum, killed June 26, 1864, in Kenesaw Mountain, Ga .; vet- eran.
Robert J. Dutcher, captured December 9, 1864, near Savannah, Ga .; mus- tered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Benjamin Dunlap, wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Peter Dill, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, by order of war department
Parker Dejian, discharged November 13, 1862, at Washington, D. C., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Adam Ditto, killed March 12, 1865, near Fayetteville, N. C .; veteran.
John H. W. Dildine, wounded March 19, 1865, in battle of Bentonville. N. C .; died May 22, 1865, at Portsmouth Grove, R. I .; veteran.
Charles D. Dudrow, wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville. Va .; mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Lewis D. Dudrow, died November 4, 1863, at Cumberland, Md.
Jacob Fronce, wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va .. captured March 5, 1865, at Wadesboro, N. C .; mustered out June 23, 1865, a: Camp Chase, O., by order of war department ; veteran.
Thomas B. Fox, wounded June 19, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain . mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Guy S. Frazey, substitute on detached service as telegraph operator at Chat- tanooga, Tenn .; mustered out to date July 11, 1865, by order of war depart- · ment.
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Frederick Fleig, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, by order of war de- partment.
Abraham D. Falkner, killed May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
Seth Golden, wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek ; dis- charged May 20, 1865, by order of war department.
Christian Guarlach, drafted; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
James W. Griffith, transferred to One Hundred and Forty-eighth Veteran Reserve Corps, January 22, 1864.
Ebenezer B. Green, wounded May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga .; died July 27, 1864, at Big Shanty, Ga .; veteran.
William H. Gittenger, wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va .; mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Boody J. Gaines, died March 8, 1862, at Grafton, W. Va.
James C. Holt, discharged October 20, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
George Harkcom, mustered out June 19, 1865, at Camp Chase, O., by or- der of war department.
Joseph Holdeman, drafted ; wounded March 19, 1865, in battle of Benton- ville, N. C .; absent, sick in hospital; mustered out July 11, 1865, by order of war départment.
John Hutchinson, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Asa Hoppas, wounded May 25, 1864, in battle of Dallas, Ga .; discharged May 24, 1865, at Trippler Hospital, by order of war department.
Clay Holtz, captured May 27, 1862, at Franklyn, Va .; mustered out Oc- tober 27, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Edward Hinchy, killed May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
Thomas Jeffers, substitute ; absent, sick at Bentonville, N. C .; mustered out to date July 11, 1865, by order of war department.
Albert Johnson, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Edwin E. Jones, discharged September 22, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
John L. King, mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Samuel Kuhlman, killed May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
Albion F. Lee, mustered out July 11, 1865.
Martin Lindley, discharged March 21, 1865, at hospital, Columbus, O., by order of war department.
James Linn, died June 27, 1864, in hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Isaac Livensparger, wounded and captured May 2, 1863, in battle at Chan- cellorsville, Va. ; discharged April 30, 1864.
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Philip Livensparger, killed May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Peter H. Livengood, discharged October 20, 1862, at Cumberland, Md., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Edwin S. Morse, appointed corporal October 3, 1863 ; wounded May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va. ; returned to ranks March 1, 1863 ; mus- tered out July 19, 1864, at Camp Cleveland, by order of war department.
John McConahy, wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
John B. Martin, drafted ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865.
Lewis Mesnard, wounded August 9, 1862, at Freeman's Ford, Va. ; mus- tered out June 22, 1865, by order of war department.
John W. Miller, wounded March 19, 1865, in battle of Bentonville, N. C .; mustered out June 16, 1865, by order of war department.
John Mclaughlin, captured July 2, 1863, at battle of Gettysburg, Pa. ; mus- tered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Oliver Melroy, captured September 15, 1863, at Bristow, Va. ; mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Jackson V. Perdew, mustered out with company July 11, 1865.
Van Buren Palmer, captured July 17, 1863, at Aldie, Va., mustered out October 23, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Benjamin F. Perkey, discharged January 26, 1863, at New York, on sur- geon's certificate of disability.
John Plotts, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 1, 1864; mustered out January 26, 1866, at Columbus, to date August 21, 1864.
George W. Price, died December 18, 1862, at Baltimore, Md. . Isaac Reed, wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. : mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Frank Ray, wounded July 20, 1864, in battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., ; discharged March 16, 1865, at Fort Schuyler, N. Y.
Alfred G. Rumur, died May IS, 1863, at Brooks's Station, Va., of wounds received May 8, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
Abner Royce, discharged October 7, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Robert P. Ralston, died July 11, 1862, at Sperryville, Va.
Lawrence Rumbacher, drafted ; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Washing- ton, D. C., by order of war department.
Corwin K. Sites, mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Samuel Stone, wounded and captured May 2, 1863, at battle of Chancellors- ville, Va. ; mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Michael Schiffler, mustered out with company July 11, 1865 ; veteran.
Reed A. Stacks, wounded July 12, 1864, in action at Chattahoochie River, Ga .; mustered out with company July 11, 1865.
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Joseph Soncraut, drafted ; mustered out May 31, 1865, at David's Island, N. Y., by order of war department.
Jonathan Shell, wounded June 15, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain ; mustered out August 11, 1865, by order of war department ; veteran.
George W. Steward, died July 14, 1863, of wounds received July 4, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Penn.
Thomas T. Spafford, died March 3, 1863, at Brooks's Station, Va.
William Starkey, killed July 3, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Penn.
John A. Seawalt, killed August 27, 1864, at Turner's Ferry, Ga.
Elias Saddoris, drafted ; died Feb. 28, 1865, in hospital at Savannah, Ga. Jesse Sneath, discharged May 23, 1862, at Franklin, Va.
George W. Stull, transferred to company H, Seventh Veteran Reserve Corps, January 12, [864.
Henry H. Trowbridge, died July 30, 1862, at Baltimore, Md.
William H. Tallman, killed August, 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va.
Benjamin Wagner, drafted ; mustered out with company, July 11, 1865.
John A. Wilson, discharged March 25, 1863, at Brooks's Station, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Barney Weigle, wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of battle of Bull Run ; discharged January 9, 1863.
Fernando West, discharged December 26, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Enoch B. Watson, wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Bull Run, Va. ; May 15, 1864, in battle of Resaca, Ga. ; transferred to company I, Seventeenth Veteran Reserve Corps August 3, 1864 ; veteran.
George M. Wagar, transferred to Sixteenth company, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, August 5, 1863.
John B. York, killed May 2, 1863, in battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
THE SIXTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
This regiment formed a portion of the Sherman Brigade. It was organized and recruited at Mansfield during the summer and fall months of 1861. In several companies of the regiment were men from Erie county, although no considerable portion of either company was from here.
At Nashville, Tenn., the Sixty-fourth joined the national forces. Its first lively battle was fought at Pittsburg Landing, on the 7th of April, and even here but a part of the regiment was engaged. General Garfield commanded the brigade. It participated in the events just preceding and in the battle of Corinth, and afterward built Fort Harker, at Stevenson. It joined in pursuit of Bragg in August, and was repulsed in a battle with the rebels at Munfords- ville. The next important battle was at Stone River, where the regiment was attached to Crittenden's Corps and Wood's Division. In this fight it was more
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or less closely engaged for three days and lost about seventy-five men in killed and wounded. For some days preceding Chickamauga it was skirmishing fre- quently, and in the main battle was closely engaged during the whole day on the 19th of September. It here lost over one hundred in killed, wounded and missing. On November 25th it was engaged at Mission Ridge with but slight loss. In January, 1864, about three-fourths of the regiment veteranized, after which the men returned home on a thirty-days' furlough.
The regiment joined Sherman's army and participated in the charge at Rocky Face Ridge. Loss, twenty-one killed and sixty five wounded. Next came Resaca, on June 14th, and thereafter daily skirmishing until the 20th of July, at which time it took part in the fight at Peach Tree Creek. Until the latter part of August the regiment was almost daily under fire. It next en- gaged at Jonesboro, September 3d, and then at Lovejoy Station, on the 6th.
After the fall of Atlanta the Sixty-fourth encamped in the city, but two weeks later, with the Fourth Corps, joined in pursuit of Hood's forces as far as Chattanooga. Here four hundred recruits were added to the regiment and the veterans were paid off. After following Hood about fifty miles south of Chattanooga the regiment returned to that point, after which it was sent to Athens, Ala., and thence marched to Pulaski and Spring Hill, at which latter place it had another sharp fight. From Spring Hill the regiment marched to Franklin, Tenn., and engaged in the battle there with heavy loss. After that it returned to Nashville and was engaged in sorties and battles before that city. It then pursued Hood again and finally went into camp at Huntsville, but soon left and moved to Decatur and Athens, remaining about two months and then returned to Huntsville; thence into East Tennessee and soon after returned to Nashville. From the latter place it was sent to New Orleans where many died from sickness. About the middle of September, 1865, the Sixty-fourth went to Victoria, Texas, where on the 3d of December following the men were paid off, discharged and sent home.
THE SIXTY-FIFTH INFANTRY.
The Sixty-fifth was one of the regiments raised at Mansfield, and known as the " Sherman brigade," having been recruited mainly through the efforts of Hon. John Sherman. It was organized at Camp Buckingham, and was mus- tered into service on the first of December, 1861.
Erie county was represented in this regiment by about thirty-five men, nearly all of whom were members of Company G, while a few, and only a few, were scattered through other companies.
The army life and experiences of this regiment, according to Whitelaw Reid, in his " Ohio in the War," were as follows: "The regiment left Mans- field for active duty, on the 18th of December, and moved, by way of Cincin- nati, to Louisville, Ky., where it remained for a week, and then marched to
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Camp Morton, arriving there on the 30th. The Sixty-fifth was assigned to a brigade composed of the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Ohio, the Fifty-first In- Hana and Ninth Kentucky. 3 Colonel Harker, of the Sixty-fifth, commanded the brigade, and General Wood the division."
On January, 13, 1862, the brigade broke camp and proceeded to Hall's Gap, arriving there on the 24th, when it was at once placed at work to cordu- roy the roads. On account of the swampy, miasmatic nature of the country many of the men fell sick and died. On February 7 the regiment left this place and marched to Lebanon, where by rail it proceeded to Green River, and remained in camp at Munfordsville, until the 23d, after which it went to Nashville, arriving there on March 13, tired and worn from having marched over obstructed roads, and carrying baggage over places impassable for the loaded wagons.
In the latter part of March, with General Garfield commanding the brigade, the regiment again took up the line of march by way of Columbia to Savan- nah, and thence by steamer to Pittsburg Landing, at which place a fight was in progress, but the Sixty-fifth was not engaged though on the field. Follow- ing close upon this event came the siege of Corinth, in which the regiment participated, being under fire much of the time and meeting with some loss. After the enemy evacuated the place the regiment moved to Bridgeport, and was assigned to guard duty along the Tennessee River, until the latter part of August, when it joined in pursuit of Bragg's retreating forces, and finally reached Perryville late in September. A week later it marched to Nashville. At this place the army was reorganized, the Sixty-fifth holding its place in the brigade, with Colonel Harker in command. On December 26 the brigade moved on the Nashville Pike, fighting its way into Lavergne, across Stewart's Creek, and up to Stone River. On the 29th, at night, the regiment forded the river, armpit deep, in the face of a galling fire, and gained the opposite bank, where they formed and engaged the enemy; but supporting troops fail- ing to arrive they were forced to retire, which was done in good order. The men lay on their arms all night and early the next day moved to the support of McCook's corps, which was having much the worst of it in a fierce battle. For eight long hours the regiment was engaged before the enemy was finally put to rout. The loss of the Sixty- fifth in this engagement amounted to nearly one hundred and seventy-five killed, wounded and missing. Forty officers and men were killed. Stone River was the most destructive battle in which the regiment participated.
At Chickamauga, on September 19 and 20, the regiment was again en- gagged, but on the last named day retreated to Mission Ridge, thence fell back to Chattanooga, at which latter place, on November 23-25, it was again closely engaged and lost heavily, there being in killed, wounded and missing no less than one hundred men. Added to this was the loss in the battle at Mission Ridge, on the 25th, in which thirteen were killed and two wounded.
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The regiment next participated in the Atlanta campaign, and was engaged at Rocky Face Ridge, May 5-9, 1864; at Adairsville, May 17, 18; at New Hope Church, May 28 ; at Kenesaw Mountain, from June 9 to 30, losing ten in killed and wounded ; at Big Shanty, on June 28 ; at Peach Tree Creek, with a loss of four killed, one wounded and one missing. During the siege of Atlanta the regiment was also engaged. It participated in the flanking move- ment to Jonesboro, and from there advanced to Lovejoy. After the rebels evacuated Atlanta the regiment returned to that place and went into camp. Three weeks later it joined in pursuit of Hood. It marched to Mission Ridge, and thence, by rail, went to Alpine, Ga. After four days of rest it again moved to Chattanooga, and did guard duty along a line of railroad near the Tennessee River. On November 29 it participated in the battle at Spring- field, losing forty-one in killed, wounded, captured and missing. Again, on the 30th, at Franklin, it was engaged with a loss of forty-two men.
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