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The Armed Traitors of the South have triumphed for a time; the Flag of the Union, the Stars and Stripes-the Flag of Beauty and of Glory-has been Dishonored, and the detestable emblem of Treachery and Disunion now floats in its stead from the walls of Sumter !
Let all good men and true gather at the call of their Country-determined to aid the Government in the vindication of the insulted majority of the people. Let all who are for the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws, without distinction of Party, Rally this evening at the Court House steps, to Consult and Resolve.
And thus the patriotic editor stirred the people of Greene county to action. He made frequent use of capital letters in order to make himself more emphatic; he indulged in all the exclamation marks, pungent adjectives and other indications of emphasis of the man who wants to make his remarks convincing. His words did not fall on stony ears. Before nightfall of the day the paper came from the press a subscription paper was started to solicit money for equipping volunteers, and John B. Allen headed the list with a donation of one thousand dollars. The venerable William Ellsberry, a lawyer of the town, presented, on behalf of the local bar, a handsome flag to be raised in front of the court house.
The Torchlight appeared on Wednesday afternoon with its stirring appeal to the people of the county, and by Saturday, April 20, the whole county was in a frenzy of excitement. The Wednesday night meeting passed a resolution calling a monster mass meeting for the following Saturday afternoon, and the Torchlight in its issue of April 24 pronounced it the most enthusiastic meeting the county had ever seen. To quote from the paper again :
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A rope was stretched across Main street on which an immense National banner- the Stars and Stripes-was elevated amid the music of the drum and fife and the enthusi- astic shouts of the multitude. . The Stars and Stripes were also floating from many stores and dwelling houses all over the town. Many persons were called out and addressed the assembled crowd, calling forth great applause. At noon the crowd dispersed for dinner, and a company of newly enlisted volunteers marched through the streets to the music of the fife and drum.
At about half past one, the citizens again assembled in still larger numbers in front of the court house and organized by electing William Ellsberry as chairman. After a brief and patriotic address by the chairman, explanatory of the object of the meeting and setting forth the present alarming state of the country, a committee consisting of W. M. Stark, R. F. Howard and E. H. Munger reported two resolutions, deprecating all political differ- ences, urging united and harmonious action for the putting down of - the Rebellion, and pledging the hearty support of Greene county for the defense of the flag.
The afternoon meeting was prolonged until late in the afternoon. The town had not known as exciting a time since the fall of 1812 when the news was received that Hull had surrendered at Detroit. The local militia company was drilling on the square and this but added to the intensity of the afternoon. The sharp commands of the officers echoed up and down the streets and seemed to fill the heart of everyone with a fervor that was indescribable. At least, the editor of the Torchlight was unable to find enough adjectives to do the day justice.
While it is not possible in this discussion of the Civil War to give the names of all who went out from the county, yet it seems fitting that the names of the members of the first company should be given here in this connection. On Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, John W. Lowe, a local lawyer and a veteran of the Mexican War, was busy enrolling a company, and by Saturday morning had one hundred and ninety-three men who were anxious to get into his company. He picked out the best men for Company A, but immediately another company, known as Company B, was organized.
Company A went to Columbus on Monday, April 22, under charge of Captain Lowe, while Company B had to be content to remain at home to await the call of the state. The Torchlight in its issue of April 24, 1861, attempts to describe the scene on Monday when the local company left for Columbus, and in view of similar scenes in 1917 and 1918 it is interesting to note what the editor has to say :
This gallant company was escorted to the cars by an immense crowd of their fellow citizens; all, old and young, of both sexes, joining in wishing the members God speed. Of the scenes which occurred at the cars it is unnecessary to speak. If tears would flow, if lips would tremble and cheeks blanch, it was not because their relatives would call them back from the noble service in which they have embarked, but because even in the line of duty feeling can not be deadened. As the cars moved off, cheer after cheer followed the brave fellows. May God protect them-give them victory over the enemies of the Gov- ernment, and finally send them back to their friends in safety.
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GREENE COUNTY'S FIRST VOLUNTEERS.
The names of the company are given in the Torchlight in this same issue of April 24, 1861. The officers were as follow: Captain, John W. Lowe; first lieutenant, Robert Lytle; second lieutenant, Moses W. Trader ; sergeants, William B. Smith, James McCune, George K. Farrington and John Booth; corporals, E. A. Kloosterman, John Scott, Fred B. Snively and Edward E. Ebright. The privates were Robert Batcheldor, Albert T. Beall, John E. Brown, John Bailey, James Bailey, William F. Brown, Henry Baunzer, Thomas W. Beacham, Cyrus Bailey, William Bair, Abraham H. Baker, J. S. Clokey, John W. Cline, J. C. Chalmers, Robert Cross, Andrew C. Cruzen, Hiram D. Cline, Lemuel Cline, W. A. Dingess, James H. Davidson, John Donnell. Lewis, H. Dean, David Ellis, Silas R. Ewing, George W. Ebright, George Good, John S. Harper, John A. Harper, Coleman Heaton, Henry Huffine, W. H. Iliff, Thomas W. Jenkins, Daniel P. Jeffries, Abraham King, F. A. Kempt, Ferdinand Kratchner, John W. Kirkwood, D. M. Loy, John Lewis, Peter Leslie, William C. Maxwell, Leigh McClung, Samuel McMillen, Lyman H. McBride, Charles McCarty, William Meshwort, Christopher Man- gan, Charles F. Milburn, Joseph McCrary, George W. Manor, Oscar W. Marshall, Thomas McGaughey, John W. McMillan, John McNellidge, William B. Nesbitt, John Norwood, William L. Pegan, Caleb Price, Charles C. Robin- son, W. Redding, Alfred Richardson, David M. Reeves, George Sollers, Charles Stevenson, James B. Steen, J. M. Steen, W. H. Sutton, Robert M. Smart, John A. Snyder, David Steele, Joseph S. Stoop, James Thirkield, Warren T. Timberlake, Ludwig Turner, William P. Taylor, Joseph V. Van Eaton, David Wilson, Beard Williams, Jesse Williams, Samuel Walton and S. J. L. Whiteman. This makes eleven commissioned and non-commissioned officers and eighty-two privates-a total of ninety-three men.
SECOND COMPANY LEAVES XENIA FOR COLUMBUS.
Following the departure of Company A on Monday, April 22, 1861, there were companies of Home Guards organized in each of the four wards of the city of Xenia. As has been stated there was a sufficient number of men en- rolled to make two companies, but only one company was taken at first. However, on the following week, on Tuesday, April 30, Company B was called and went on the same day to Columbus to be mustered into the service.
The commissioned and non-commissioned officers of Company B were as follows : Captain, Albert J. Galloway ; first lieutenant, Andrew J. Thorpe ; second lieutenant, William H. Hivling; sergeants, William H. Harry, W. V. Lawrence, W. L. Taylor, J. S. Morgan ; corporals, D. A. Ullery, F. M. Curl, Barney Baker, James Mitchell; privates, John R. Morgan, John W. Lecroy, Henry W. Ford, Peter Curren, Jacob Shirk, J. S. Johnson, Tilman Lloyd,
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Silas Goolsbury, Isaac Wolf, Florance Sullivan, James H. Iliff, Henry F. Shuey, Leonard B. Sage, George Lighthiser, M. Gesner, William Shope, Martin McClellan, Jacob W. Ford, Lewis Rahke, J. C. Lovett, Thophilus Anderson, John A. Young, William R. Mclaughlin, Charles W. Minser, John B. Jones, John H. Cochran, Morse Moore, C. H. Thompson, George W. Butterfield, Ferdinand Moser, Henry Mentell, George Hollingsburg, J. E. Barrett, W. H. Phillips, Clinton Barnes, Cornelius Cotrell, John W. Brown, John W. Fenner, John Cordingly, Michael Donnelly, Samuel F. Brady, John F. Harris, Hugh Mckinney, Thomas Ginn, Joseph M. McCann, Robert E. Hodge, G. W. Barrett, Amos Beason, William H. Harvey, George W. Beard, John Davis, Patrick Doyle, Thomas S. Paris, Fritz Cundert, James Mitchell, Samuel Thompson, Addison Jay, John H. McClellan, Hiram Heaton, Robert Mcknight, Benjamin Seavers, William A. Borton, C. Law- rence, William A. Butler, Isaac T. Collier, William Bayliss, James Elam, Alfred Dean, D. Bush, Thomas Bush, William Norris, Samuel N. Cook, W. Yeo, A. T. Lloyd, J. M. Ellmore, J. M. Ford.
Of this large number of Greene county men but few are now living. When they were taken to Columbus they were mustered in as Company E of the Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Company A from Xenia being mustered in as Company D of the same regiment. The first death among the Greene county volunteers was that of William C. Maxwell, who took sick during the first week at Columbus, was brought home to Xenia and died on April 29, just a week from the time Company A left the town.
On May 2, 1861, Captain Lowe, of Company A, was elected colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, and at the same time Robert Lytle was made captain of Company A, and Private Leigh McClung was elected first lieutenant. Dr. John G. Kyle of Xenia was appointed regimental surgeon of the Twelfth Regiment. The regiment was eventually sent into West Virginia and in that state, at the battle of Carnifix Ferry on September 18, 1861, Colonel Lowe was shot through the forehead with a rifle ball and instantly killed, while leading a charge of his regiment through the woods. He was the first field officer of Ohio to be killed in the war. John Williamson Lowe was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 15, 1809, and when eleven years of age was apprenticed to a printer in New York City. When only fourteen years of age he joined a cadet company in that city, and from that time until his death he was interested in military matters. In 1833 he located at Batavia, Ohio, where he worked in a printing office and at the same time studied law under Judge Fishback. He was soon admitted to the bar, and having courted the judge's daughter while studying in her father's office, married her about the time he was admitted to the bar. It might be men- tioned that his widow became the first woman in Xenia to be appointed post-
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master of the city, being appointed by President Grant for two terms. When the Mexican War opened, Colonel Lowe was importuned to raise a company from Batavia. He finally consented, although his wife and friends tried to dissuade him from doing it, and became its captain, serving throughout the war at the front. He returned to Batavia in 1848 and practiced law there until 1854. He then located in Dayton, but a year later settled in Xenia, where he lived until he went to the front in the Civil War. He raised the first company in Greene county, was elected its captain, and on April 19, 1861, reported to Columbus with his company. He was shortly afterward commissioned colonel of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers and went with his regiment to West Virginia. At the expiration of their three-months service, he reorganized the regiment for the three-years service. His regi- ment saw heavy fighting during the summer and fall of 1861 in West Vir- ginia, and in that state he gave his life for his country.
OTHER ENLISTMENTS FROM THE COUNTY.
It is not profitable to enter into an extended discussion of the part the county played in the Civil War. The volunteers from the county found their way into about seventy-five different regiments of Ohio and other states, the 3,554 enlisted men being so widely scattered that it would be impossible to follow the history of their several respective regiments. . Furthermore, the summary of Robinson in his "After Thirty Years" gives all the enlistments of the county, and this volume can be referred to by those seeking definite data concerning any of the men going from the county.
There was only one regiment organized in the county, the Seventy- fourth being mobilized at Xenia in October, 1861. Nearly seven complete companies of this regiment were recruited in Greene county, this being the largest number of men the county had in any one regiment. The Seventy- fourth remained in Xenia until February 24, 1862, when it was ordered to Camp Chase at Columbus. The regiment served throughout the war, being mustered out on July 18, 1865. Col. Granville Moody, a preacher of Greene county after the war, was in command of this regiment.
Two other regiments with heavy enlistments from Greene county were the Ninety-fourth and the One Hundred and Tenth. The former was or- ganized at Piqua in July, 1862, and taken from there to Kentucky for actual service at the front on August 28, 1862. It was mustered out at Washing- ton, D. C., on June 6, 1865. The One Hundred and Tenth regiment was also organized at Piqua, its mobilization occurring in October, 1862. It participated in twenty-one engagements before its final mustering out on June 25, 1865.
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GREENE COUNTY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The following summary presents the commissioned officers of each township as compiled by Robinson in his volume, "After Thirty Years." The name, rank, company, regiment and branch of service is indicated in the tabulation.
BATH TOWNSHIP.
Cook, Charles W
Ist Lieut., Co. H. .44th Infantry
Emmick, John C.
.Ist Lieut., Co. K. 154th Infantry
Hawk, Peter A.
Ist Lieut., Co. H. 8th Cavalry
Hebble, Joseph K.
. Surgeon . 55th Infantry
Kershner, Hezekiah
Ist Lieut., Co. A. .94th Infantry
Kuhn, Jacob K.
Captain Co. C.
Ist Cavalry
Miller, John E.
Ist Lieut., Co. F.
IIoth Infantry
Rockafield, Anthony C
Ist Lieut., Co. M. 8th Cavalry
Retter, Edward E
2d Lieut., Co. H.
44th Infantry
Spangler, Aaron
Lieut .- Col. IIoth, Infantry
Shaffer, Henry C.
. Captain, Co. H. 44th Infantry
Stutesman, John M
Ist Lieut., Co. G.
24th Infantry
Taylor, Lewis
Captain, Co. E 45th Infantry
Wilson, Uriah
Captain, Co. K. 154th Infantry
Miller, Joseph D
2d Lieut., Co. A. .44th Infantry
BEAVERCREEK TOWNSHIP.
Bouck, Joseph F.
Captain, Co. E
154th Infantry
Barney, Benjamin H.
Ist Lieut., Co. E.
. 154th Infantry
Darst, Benjamin F
2d Lieut., Co. B. . 154th Infantry
Fisher, Joseph
Major .74th Infantry
Glotfelter, William
Ist Lieut., Co. H 12th Infantry
Guthrie, Henry B.
Captain, Co. B
154th Infantry
Herring, Henry H
Captain, Co. E. 74th Infantry
Herring, John J.
Ist Lieut., Co. A. 154th Infantry
Hanes, John M.
Ist Lieut., Co. E.
.74th Infantry
Kingery, John
Ist
Lieut., Co. E. .94th Infantry
Nogle, William H
Lieut., Co. K.
20th Infantry
Snyder, William M.
Ist Lieut., Co. E. .74th Infantry
Steele, David
Captain, Co. E. .94th Infantry
Tobias, John W 2d Lieut., Co. E.
154th Infantry
CAESARSCREEK TOWNSHIP.
Ary, Joel
Captain, Co. H
154th Infantry
Smith, Lucian
.Ist Lieut., Co. H.
. 154th Infantry
Thomas, James
2d Lieut., Co. H.
154th Infantry
CEDARVILLE.
Crain, John R.
Captain
Ioth Battery
Collett, Daniel
Ist Lieut., Co. B.
40th Infantry
Frazer, Andrew S.
Ist Lieut., Co. H .34th Infantry
Frazer, James K
Ist Lieut. 185th Infantry
Galbreth, Samuel A. 2d Lieut.
10th Battery
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Gilmore, James Ist Lieut. . 10th Battery Howell, Samuel . Ist Lieut., Co. D .44th Infantry
Kyle, Thomas B. Captain, Co. C. 60th Infantry
JEFFERSON.
Lyda, Samuel
. Ist Lieut., Co. H. Ist .Va. Cavalry
Pollock, Samuel F
.2d Lieut., Co. C. . 3Ist Infantry
MIAMI.
Burkholder, Thomas B
Lieut., Co. D 8th Cavalry
Badger, Joseph
Captain, Co. C. 8th Cavalry
Badger, Nichols
Major .8th Cavalry
Badger, Nichols
Captain, Co. C. 44th Infantry
Hirst, Thomas C.
Ist Lieut., Co. D
180th Infantry
Peters, Matthew
Major
74th Infantry
Read, Newton M.
Ist Lieut., Co. C.
.5th Cavalry
Read, Jasper W
2d Lieut., Co. A.
154th Infantry
Ransom, William S
General
Infantry
Rice, Charles S.
. Captain
17th Battery
Rice, Edward
.2d Lieut., Co. D. 44th Infantry
Shaw, William L
Ist Lieut., Co. F
IIoth Infantry
Swope, James W.
Captain, Co. G. 75th Infantry
Scammon, E. Parker
Brigadier General
Infantry
Tulley, Lysander W
-Lieut .- Col.
8th Cavalry
Tedford, Frank J
Captain, Co. B. .74th Infantry
Wilson, Joseph E
Lieut .- Col. I54th Infantry
Wade, William H
Captain, Co. K . 3Ist Infantry
NEW JASPER.
Moore, Daniel D. Ist Lieut., Co. D IIOth Infantry
ROSS.
Bolen, John C.
Lieut., Co. C. .60th Infantry
Ballard, Joseph H
Captain, Co. H.
74th Infantry
SILVERCREEK.
Adams, Thos. H
Ist Lieut., Co. A. 74th Infantry
Baker, S. E. W.
Ist Lieut., Co. B.
186th Infantry
Bell, Thomas C.
Major, Co. A 74th Infantry
Ballard, Alexander S
Major
74th Infantry
Dodson, Charles C.
Ist Lieut., Co. F .74th Infantry
Hauser, Jerry
Captain, Co. D. 186th Infantry
McGinnis, William
Captain, Co. A. 74th Infantry
McMillan, John
Captain, Co. A. 74th Infantry
Sutton, William H.
Captain, Co. I. . 3Ist Infantry
SPRING VALLEY.
Barnett, Edward R Ist Lieut., Co. K. 74th Infantry
Clark, Thomas S.
Ist
Lieut., Co. D. II0th Infantry
Colvin, G. M
Ist Lieut., Co. K . 149th Infantry
Daugherty, John F.
2d Lieut., Co. G.
154th Infantry
Good, George W
. Ist Lieut., Co. D 12th Infantry
Seiss, John A
Captain, Co. I.
154th Infantry
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Schnebley, Frederick 2d Lieut., Co. D 12th Infantry Smith, John W. 2d Lieut., Co. H. 2d Heavy Artillery
Walton, Samuel
2d Lieut., Co. E. .94th Infantry
Williamson, David W Ist Lieut., Co. G. 154th Infantry
SUGARCREEK
Austin, Francis A.
2d Lieut., Co. G. .34th Infantry
Clark, Henry
2d Lieut., Co. D. IIoth Infantry
Finley, Robert C
Ist Lieut., Co. E .74th Infantry
Holmes, Joseph
Ist Lieut., Co. F.
.93d Infantry
Kirby, Thomas
. Captain, Co. E. .74th Infantry
Marshall, Jesse
.2d Lieut., Co. F
154th Infantry
XENIA.
Armstrong, Wm. G.
Captain, Co. C. .74th Infantry
Armstrong, John F.
Ist Lieut., Co. C. Ist Heavy Artillery
Barnes, George A.
Captain, Co. B. Ist Arkansas Infantry
Beachem, Wm. H.
Ist Lieut., Co. I.
3Ist Infantry
Beall, George W
2d Lieut., Co. K.
154th Infantry
Bell, John A.
Ist Lieut., Co. E .94th Infantry
Binkley, Otha H.
Lieut .- Col. IIOth Infantry
Baldwin, John W
Ist Lieut., Co. C. 74th Infantry
Barrows, John I.
2d Lieut., Co. C. 74th Infantry
Canfield, George C.
Ist Lieut., Co. D 154th Infantry
Cosley, George W. 2d Lieut., Co. F. 54th Infantry
Corry, James B . Captain, Co. A. 154th Infantry
Davidson, David T
. Captain, Co. H. 94th Infantry
Drake, E. P.
Captain, Co. E.
Cavalry
DeHaven, Frank
.2d Lieut., Co. F.
IIoth Infantry
Ewing, Silas Ist
Lieut., Co. E
Ist Infantry
Feurle, J. G.
2d Lieut., Co. H. 74th Infantry
Galloway, Albert
Captain, Co. E. 12th Infantry
Galloway, Wm. C.
Ist Lieut., Co. C. 74th Infantry
Galloway, Samuel
Captain, Co. F. 16th U. S. C. I.
Gifft, Thomas
. 2d Lieut., Co. B. 159th Infantry
Guthrie, Henry C.
Captain, Co. D. 154th Infantry
Gowan, Andrew
. Captain, Co. H. .94th Infantry
Gage, Joseph B
Lieut. Ioth Battery
Hivling, John A.
Ist
Lieut., Co. H .94th Infantry
Hivling, William H
Ist
Lieut., Co. B 12th Infantry
Hypes, Fletcher
. Ist Lieut., Co. I.
39th Infantry
Hamill, Joseph
. Captain, Co. C. 74th Infantry
Jones, William A.
2d Lieut., Co. D. IIoth Infantry
Kyle, James
Captain, Co. H 94th Infantry
Kyle, John G
Surgeon. 17th and 65th Infantry
King, Richard
. Captain, Co. F. 154th Infantry
King, Richard
2d Lieut., Co. B. .74th Infantry
King, Abraham
Lieut., Co. D. 12th Infantry
Kealhofer, George Ist Lieut., Co. D 186th Infantry
Lytle, Robert Captain, Co. D. 12th Infantry
Lewis, John
Captain, Co. K. 128th Infantry
Lewis, John . Captain, Co. E. 12th Infantry
McCann, James
Ist Lieut., Co. B 74th Infantry
McCroskey, Joseph 2d Lieut., Co. K.
128th Infantry
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McDowell, Austin
Captain, Co. L. 128th Infantry
McDowell, Austin
Captain, Co. D . 74th Infantry
McMillen, Daniel
.Ist Lieut., Co. F. 154th Infantry
McMillen, Samuel
2d Lieut., Co. D. 186th Infantry
McElwain, Stewart Major
IIoth Infantry
McClung, Leigh W Ist
Lieut., Co. D. 12th Infantry
McCreary, Joseph
Lieut., Co. K. 184th Infantry
McClung, John N
Lieut., Co. D.
74th Infantry
Marshall, George
Ist Lieut., Co. G.
54th Infantry
Miller, Andrew C.
Captain, Co. B.
154th Infantry
Miller, Andrew
.2d Lieut., Co. B
. 12th Infantry
Morris, Alfred
Lieut., Co. G. . 54th Infantry
Matthews, James H
Lieut., Co. B. 154th Infantry
Mitchell, James
Ist Lieut., Co. E. 94th Infantry
Myers, James
Captain Indiana Battery
Nesbit, Albert
Captain, Co. A Infantry
Nesbit, Albert
Lieut., Co. F. 34th Infantry
Newcomb, William
Ist Lieut. 10th Battery
Oldham, Joseph F
2d Lieut., Co. K. 193d Infantry
Owens, Samuel T.
Captain, Co. C .. .74th Infantry
Poland, Samuel M
Ist Lieut., Co. D .74th Infantry
Pool, Oscar
2d Lieut., Co. B 154th Infantry
Stevenson, Robert
2d Lieut., Co. C. 74th Infantry
Scott, John
Ist Lieut., Co. B.
74th Infantry
Snively, David S
Surgeon
U. S.
Seaman, Francis
Captain
10th Battery
Tremble, Alexander
Captain, Co. D. IIoth Infantry
Trader, Moses W
.2d Lieut., Co. D 12th Infantry
Trader, Alfred L
Ist Lieut., Co. H .94th Infantry
Terry, Henry
Major 24th Infantry
Terry, Henry
Captain, Co. G. 24th Infantry
Thorp, Andrew J.
Ist Lieut., Co. E. 12th Infantry
VanEaton, Joseph B
Captain, Co. B. IIoth Infantry
Watt, George M
Surgeon 154th Infantry
Worden, James M.
2d Lieut., Co. G. .74th Infantry
Weaver, Perry A. Captain, Co. B.
. 74th Infantry
THE FLAG OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH.
After the flag of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. had been through forty-one battles and had had nine color-bearers shot under it, it was captured at Beverley, West Virginia, with the regiment on January II, 1865. When Richmond was entered by the federal troops on April 3, 1865, Colonel DePeyster, who raised the flag of the Seventy-fourth New York on the dome of the capitol in that city, discovered the flag of the Thirty-fourth in a boot as he was descending from the dome. For many years it hung in the trophy room of the Seventy-fourth New York, but was finally restored to the survivors of the regiment. Numbered among the members of the Thirty-fourth Ohio were several Greene county men, among whom were S. W. Weakley, Charles Hamilton, John Hopping, T. B. Jobe,
Smith, William B
Captain, Co. B. 12th Infantry
Torrence, Herny.
Captain, Co. D. . 58th Indiana
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Mart Howe, George W. Ebright and H. H. Hale. While this regiment, with the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, was stationed at Beverley, West Virginia, it was surprised and captured, January 1I, 1865, and marched off to Rich- mond, where the men were confined in Libby prison until their exchange on February 14, 1865.
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
The Spanish-American War of 1898 again found Greene county to the front, but this time it was a company of colored men who represented the county. They did not see any active service on the field of battle, but they were ready to do their duty and if they had been given the opportunity to show what they could do they would undoubtedly have acquitted themselves with credit to themselves and honor to the county which sent them. There was no white company from the county in the war.
Most of the colored men from Greene county were members of Com- pany C, Ninth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, although there were a few who were members of one of the other three companies of this battalion. The county furnished the major of this battalion, Charles Young, a graduate of West Point, and at the time detailed to Wilberforce as military instructor. He was a first lieutenant in the Ninth Cavalry, United States Army, at the opening of the war, but was granted leave of absence on May 14, 1898, to become major of the Ninth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Wilson Ballard, also of Wilberforce, was a second lieutenant, but served as adjutant to Major Young, later, August 19, 1898, becoming battalion adjutant.
The movements of the Ninth Battalion during the progress of the war may be briefly summarized as follows: On receipt of orders from the gov- ernor, dated April 25, 1898, Companies A, B and C assembled at their home stations on April 26 and on the same day left for Columbus. They were mustered into the United States service on May 14 and remained at Colum- bus drilling until the 19th of the month. They were then taken to Camp Alger, Falls Church, Virginia, where they continued training until August 16. Their next change of location found them at Camp Meade, Middle- town, Pennsylvania, where they remained from August 17 to November 14. While here Frank Burton deserted from Company C on November 12. While the battalion was being taken from Camp Meade to Camp Marion, Summerville, South Carolina, Alexander Richard, another member of Com- pany C, deserted, November 15. These were the only two desertions on the official records of Greene county volunteers. The battalion was stationed at Camp Marion from November 17, 1898, until it was mustered out of the service on January 28, 1899. Two men of Company C died at Camp Ma- rion : Harmer H. Ellison, November 23, 1898: Charles L. Ladd, November
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