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During the army's advance on Nashville, the regiment was at Lebanon, then the base of supplies. We afterward hear of it in pursuit of John Morgan, and still further in the building of Forts Boyle, Sands, and MeAllister. On Christmas day, 1863, it was ordered to Knoxville, Ten- nessee. The route lay eastward to Somerset, Kentucky, and thence southward, crossing the Cumberland river at Point Isabelle.
On the first day of the year, 1864, movement began across the mountains. In the severest winter weather, the men dragged the artillery and wagons over the moun- tains by hand, slept on the frozen ground, in rain and snow, without shelter, and subsisted on parched corn. Soon after arriving at Knoxville, it received orders to join General Sherman's army at Kingston, Georgia.
From the twenty-sixth of May till after the siege of Atlanta, the regiment was almost constantly in line of battle. It shared in all the movements of the campaign, and participated in the actions at Pumkinvine Creek, Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Pine Moun- tain, Kenesaw Mountain, Culp's Farm, Nicojack Creek, Chattahoochie River, Howard House, Atlanta, and Jones- borough. During this campaign, the ranks of the regi- ment were sadly thinned.
Following the battle of Jonesborough, in pursuit of Hood's army, the regiment passed through Marietta, Kingston, Rome, and at last halted for a few days on the Coosa river, at Cedar Bluffs.
On the thirtieth of November it arrived at Franklin, Tennessee. It went into the battle that followed with two hundred and twenty-five men, and came out with one hundred and twelve. It fell back with the army to Nash- ville, and in the engagements that occurred there on the fifteenth and sixteenth of December, lost several more of its men.
The regiment followed the retreating rebels as far as Columbia, Tennessee, where it was consolidated with the Ninety-ninth infantry, the name of the "Fiftieth" being retained.
We now hear of the newly consolidated regiment in Clifton, Tennessee, at Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Kings- ton, Goldsborough, Raleigh, Greensborough, and at last in Salisbury, North Carolina, where it was mustered
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out on the twenty-sixth of June, 1865. On the seven- teenth of July, the regiment reached Camp Dennison, Ohio, where the men were all paid and discharged.
COMPANY A.
Musician Alexander Tittle.
COMPANY B.
PRIVATES.
John Hall, William Herbert, Wesley I. Jeffries, John F. Riley, Wil- liam Stiles, George W. Garrinkton, John B. McClond.
COMPANY D. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain John Carr. First Lieutenant John S. Conahan.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant John McGovern.
Sergeant John Arnold.
Sergeant Jacob Metzger. Sergeant Charles C. Lees. Sergeant Henry Hensel. Corporal John W. Jearl. Corporal Henry Benstaker. Corporal Edward Davis. Corporal Angust Reis. Corporal William Whittaker. Corporal Richard Prestel. Corporal Jacob Weist. Corporal John Wing.
PRIVATES.
John Ardis, Wesley Ackerman, Edward Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Joseph Boltman, Peter Berlin, John W. Black, William Bendingstock, Thomas Bannon, James Brennan, Patrick Burns, Joseph B. Bollinger, Charles Basone, Richard Bernhard, Charles A. Chappelear, George Coleman, William Cahill, Patrick Duffy, George C. Drake, John Engle- hard, Christopher Elliott, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Lawrence Finnegan, Michale Fortune, John Glascon, James Gray (musician), William Gib- son, Christopher Greate, Thomas Gallagher, John Gallagher, William Hefferman, Griffith Hemphill, Frederick Hooper, John Holled, John D. Jewell, Henry Kulper, Hamilton Kennett, Grotlob Keiler, Law- rence King, William Kruger, Jacob Keifer, John Lemon, Louis F. Lowe, William Lunsford, James Mooney, Alexander McDonald, Hugh McCleavey, Bernard McGonigle, William Molliter, Hugh McClelland, John Maher, John V. Mozers, John Morris, John Mahoney, George Pollock (musician), Eugene Piquet, Crawford W. Rolf, James Red- mond, William Ludlow, Stephen Saberlie, Michael Scott, Michael A. Scolly, Hiram Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Henry Tenneymaker, James R. Vaughn, William F. Whittaker, Michael Welch, John Wilson, William Young, Charles Stillinger, Henry Sohreiver, James Wilson, William Gerhart, John Reifer, Richard William, William Worland.
COMPANY F. COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Second Lieutenant Robert R. Moore.
PRIVATES.
David K. Anderson, Jesse W. Adams, Corodorn Cook, Israel P. Con- roy, Simon Footer, Peter Gorman, Robert H. Griffith, Alexander H. Gody, William Harrison, William Jackson, Charles Johnson, Levi Jones, Harry Jones, Samuel Jones, Peter Loman, Samuel Muraloch, Peter Murry, Nathan Parker, George Phers, Girard P. Riley, Alexan- der H. Reed, Jacob Rennet, Richard Slocum, Henry H. Speigg, An- drew Steele, Samuel Thompson, John H. Tyson, Phillip Wilson, Bar- nard White, Henry Wooster, Stephen Yates.
COMPANY G. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain J. W. Cahill. Second Lieutenant Anthony Anderson.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Martin V. B. Little. Sergeant Elias C. Stancliff. Sergeant Joseph H. Roche. Sergeant John L. Israel. Sergeant Charles I. Medbnry. Corporal James Tolks.
Corporal William Green. Corporal William R. Lindsey. Corporal Jacob Honance. Corporal Francis M. Tazin. Corporal Henry Helmering. Corporal Albert Day. Corporal George Connor.
Musician Jasper H. Moss. Musician George Grover.
PRIVATES.
William Behymer, Frederick Barnes, William Burhart, Benjamin Browning, Solomon Behymer, Robert Boyce, David Bnpps, John Craw- ford, David B. Clem, George Clem, John Collins, Runyan Day, George Debins, Thomas B. Day, John Duncan, W. H. Denny, Solomon Denny, John Doty, Edwin Evenshire, William Ellwell, Henry Frey, Benjamin Figgins, David Faden, J. W. Fouts, John Green, William Green, Middle- ton, Hume, E. L. House, William Hoforth, Phillip Hirgle, John Hirgle Phillip Haman, Levi Haman, Francis 1. Jeffries, Charles Jeffries, Mor- ris John, Bennet John, George Johnson, Valentine Klump, Phillip Kaufman, William Kennedy, Charles Kruse, Charles Lillich, William Lillich, Edwin Lindsey, Haman Lewis, George Mahl, Sylvester Mc- Lean, John A. Meyers, John McMan, J. W. Porter, Albert R. Pierce, Elbridge Pierce, John Ryan, William Simon, Noah E. Sutton, Sylvanus Stronp, Frederick Snalor, Lanier Shaffer, Thomas Tice, Odler T. Thornun, Joseph J. Vanefessen, E. Winters, Ira W. White, James Wil- liams, Charles Willett, Williams White, John J. Wahl, James Woa- dock, Henry Ware, Frederick Whiteman, Charles W. Woaden, John Fice.
COMPANY H. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Lewis C. Simmons. First Lientenant Columbus Cones.
Second Lientenant Frank A. Crippen.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Charles Moore.
Sergeant Edwin P. Edgely.
Sergeant Andrew Vincent.
Sergeant Edwin Yocum.
Sergeant John Chigman.
Corporal Lemuel Wiley.
Corporal Bartlett Vincent.
Corporal John N. Turner. Corporal Thomas Puttam.
Corporal Joshua C. Clark.
Corporal John Halled. Corporal Tyler H. Vincent.
Corporal Alfred Loyd. Musician George Saurs.
Musician Charles Baser.
Teamster Henry Macy.
PRIVATES.
Joseph Atkinson, Andrew Arendolph, Joseph Bruce, James Bellen- stein, Isaac S. Bailey, Henry La Barbier, Barney Battle, Jacob Buck- man, Richard Bernard, Josiah Bell, Samnel Blitz, Robert Crandall, Levi T. Collins, William Carter, Maurice Clanter, Alexander Cum- mins, Andrew Crawford, Alexander Campbell, Thomas Derrick, Patrick Daly, George H. Dobbins, Columbus Dale, Christopher Elliott, Charles E. Eaton, John F. Ferris, Lawrence Finnigan, Charles J. Fox, Wil- liam Green, Israel Gates, Michael Gilmore, George G. Garire, George Hartman, Francis C. Hills, John Hughes, John Hale, William Hunter, Nicholas Haffer, William Homer, Henry Jordan, George A. Johns, William Kelly, William Kinger, Jacob King, Christopher King, John Lovemark, James A. Murrain, Manville M. McDonald, Charles C. Murphy, Fabius C. Motlin, Nathaniel B. Meader, Theodore Morris, Arthur Mellen, John Morris, John B. Morgan, John Newmeyer, Lonis Napoleon, Frank Nohn, Conrad Nortman, Michael O'Brien, Edward H. C. Phillips, Paul Russell, John T. Reily, William Reynolds, Joseph Robertson, Henry Schreiver, Edward Stanton, William Smith, Leonard Smith, Ebin Terwilliger, Henry Take, John C. Thayer, John Walker, George Willer, William Wiley, Nathaniel Wilson, Adolph Webber, Martin Webber, Jacob Yast, Conrad Yngar.
COMPANY I. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Isaac J. Carter, First Lieutenant Frederick Buck.
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Second Lieutenant Joseph R. Key.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Jerome Crowley.
Sergeant William H. Rced.
Sergeant George N. White.
Sergeant Benjamin E. Styles. Sergeant Robert Cory.
Corporal Jacob Steigleman.
Corporal William Fangs.
Corporal William W. Warner. Corporal George H. Reese.
Corporal John Stillwell.
Corporal Lewis Grooms.
Corporal William McCauly.
Corporal Mathew Moreney.
PRIVATES.
Simeon Arthur, Isaac W. Adams, John A. Arthur, Andrew S. Bow- ling, Henry Benn, Frederick Blum, Orville H. Coal, Edward Corlett, Allen Cochran, Andrew Corruth, John Charles, Thomas Carroll, John T. Creighton, Eli Dusenbery, Servetus Dawson, William Davis, John Dennis, John Eubank, Charles Fallbush, Joseph W. Free, John J. Farroll, William Franklin, James O. Griffin, Daniel S. Gates, William Green, Christopher Hutt, Perry Holland, James Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Hiram H. Koon, Henry Killing, George W. Lilly, Frank B. Lamb, Zachary T. Lane, Daniel M. F. Lamb, Peter Lyon, George Lockwood, Thomas Lawson, Edward Murry, Thomas Magivin, Phillip Miller, David Mckinney, Michael McDermot, Martin V. B. Niese, Charles B. Preston, John Quick, John Rockenfield, Lewis Rownd, Paul Ronssell, William Slagle, Archibald B. Stewart, Jeffrey Sullivan, Thomas E. Shy, Josiah C. Searl, John Tompkins, John Turner, Benjamin Taylor, James Thompson, Hiram Taylor, Thomas Toohey, Peter Tiermon, James E. Thomas, John H. Van Hage, Wil- liam B. Witt, John B. Woodruff, John Williams, John W. Wilson, Robert Willoughby, David Williams, William Wood, James White, Asa M. Weston, James Wasmer.
COMPANY K.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Leonard A. Hendrich. First Lieutenant Oliver S. McClure. Second Lieutenant Edward S. Price.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Charles A. Van Dennon.
Sergeant David Morris. Sergeant Henry Merrell. Sergeant William H. Childs. Sergeant James Kelso. Corporal Thomas S. Sheake. Corporal James Brown. Corporal William A. Baker. Corporal William L. Cottor. Corporal Joseph Chamberlain.
Corporal Samuel Reddish. Corporal Samuel Losey. Corporal John Linsey.
PRIVATES.
Jeremiah Ammerman, Peter Alberts, Charles Adams, William Asbold, Simeon Arthur, John Arthur, Vincent Brieslaw, William Bates, Milton Blizzard, Stephen Blizzard, Christman Birman, John Bryant, John Ben- net, Joseph Carson, John Criver, Charles B. Crane, David H. Cowen, Jackson Culp, Bernard Cline, William Dean, George W. Dean, Thomas Dodge, David M. Deams, Thomas Easterling, John Fox, Frank Fox, Charles Goodwin, Henry Heath, John F. Heberlein, Christopher W. Hamel, Henry C. Hall, John Hahn, James Johnson, John Juliu, Joseph Keedler, Jacob Klineman, Albert Kigan, James Lacey, Henry Libe- rook, Robert Nanifold, Alexander McCready, Richard Marsh, David Noble, John Orton, Owen Osborne, Andrew Ponder, John Ponder, Peter Peckeny, Carleton Pans, James Pricket, Coleman Quinn, Lain Ready, John F. Reynolds, Luman W. Smith, Joseph Spencer, Thomas Shrim, John G. Spahr, Peter Steffers, Thomas E. Shy, Peter Shilling, Joseph Stagmier, William Sparks, Gavett Van Kant, James H. Van Kant, Stephen K. Van Ansdel, Asa M. Weston, John Willy, Jackson Walters, David Weisenberger, James Weits, George W. Williams, Erastus Winters, James Primmill.
FIFTY-SECOND OHIO INFANTRY.
This was raised with some difficulty in the spring and summer of 1862. A banner was presented to it by citi- zens of Cincinnati. It moved to Lexington August 25th, and was in the retreat to Louisville after the disastrous battle near Richmond, Kentucky. During the retreat it suffered greatly from heat and thirst. It took part in the battle of Perryville, doing its work like veterans. It was in the advance on Nashville, and did useful service, al- though not heavily engaged, in the battle of Stone River. In garrison at Nashville, Murfreesborough, and other points, it obtained high reputation for discipline and drill. It was in the opening skirmish of the battle of Chicka- mauga, and in the action the next day. Its subsequent history includes the relief of Knoxville, the Atlanta cam- paign, and the marches through Georgia and the Caroli- nas. After the great review it was mustered out at Wash- ington, June 3, 1865.
COMPANY C.
COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Major Samuel Coplinger.
PRIVATES.
Henry Buraw, Andrew Colter, John Cuseick, Charles Common (musician), John Graham, Christy Kerne, John Styner.
COMPANY H.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Rudolph Gassler.
Sergeant Isaac L. Mills.
Sergeant Samnel Harper.
Sergeant George K. Farrington.
Sergeant James C. Milire.
Corporal John Miller.
Corporal John W. Steed.
Corporal John W. Coleman.
Corporal Edgar Flinn.
Corporal Jacob Warner.
Corporal John W. Bowen.
Corporal William Norne.
Corporal William J. Campbell.
PRIVATES.
William J. Armstrong, Joseph Blundell, Daniel Byrne, John Bow- hat, David C. Clark, Thomas Coen, George Cartman, Charles Cor- nell, William Cox, John Cummings, William H. Delerty, John Dennie, John J. Farrell, Richard T. Tunnerean, Osarll Godson, Patrick Ham- ilton, Richard Harmes, Samuel Hardy, John Henry, George B. Hodg- son, Thomas W. Mayhew, John Martin, Jacob Mowry, Robert Mellen, Aaron B. Mills, Henry Midtendorf, Patrick Murphy, Barney Mucker, Robert M. Mullen, Daniel Owens, Thomas Payne, Henry Prinzel, Emos Reisch, Oliver Rice, William Riley, John A. Sellins, John S. Stokes, Isaac Stokes, Adam Story, William Struble, Edward T. Snyder, Digory Shall, John J. Truxall, Jacob Warner, Henry Chilley, Ernst Brady.
COMPANY 1.
PRIVATES.
Philip Boss, Theodore Bartel, William Green, Mathias Haffle, Michael Harbesmehl, John Keans, Adolph Newiger, Herman Pily, Theodore Schneles, Phillip Schaaffer, Henry Webber.
COMPANY K.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Horace A. Church. Sergeant William L. Moxall. Sergeant John Stammeijohn. Musician Charles Firman.
PRIVATES.
Thomas Duke, Henry Eldridge, Francis Falters, George Kuevey, John Kunser, James Lineback, Frederick Rodgiver.
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FIFTY-THIRD OHIO INFANTRY.
The organization of this regiment was completed in January, 1862. In February it joined the Third brigade of General W. T. Sherman's division. Its services in- cluded the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nicojack Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, and Ft. McAllister; the pursuit of Hood in the rear of Sherman, and the marches to Savannah and the north. Upon appearing before Columbia, South Carolina, it silenced a battery by its skilful and rapid fire, and assisted in the destruction wrought in that city, as also at Fayetteville, four days afterwards. Reaching Washington and passing in the grand review, it was taken to Arkansas, where it stayed until August 11, 1865, when it was mustered out. It had been engaged in sixty-seven battles and skirmishes, and lost sixty killed, two hundred and sixty-four wounded, and fourteen missing.
COMPANY K.
COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Second Lieutenant William Shay.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Joshua Bailey. Sergeant John Logan. Corporal Gelusia Howard. Corporal Jefferson Moor. PRIVATES.
John Bergert, Peter Conklin, Charles Cook, John Cawdy, James Da- vis, Patrick Downey, George Elder, John Fisher, Henry Gravel, John H. Garrison, Joseph Gerrich, Henry Holmes, Michael Hesselbruch, Charles Howes, William Howes, William Justus, Thomas Lowery, William Jordan, Louis Lerig, James Lyner, George Lindsay, John Loyd, Thomas Murry, Michael Maloy, Martin Mungivan, George Mozer, Peter Millingman, Peter McConnel, Adam Masser, John Schu- lemyer, Barney Smith, Lonis Schurtis, John Loring, Charles Masher, Richard J. Voka, Lonis Weber, Joseph Whitmore.
FIFTY-FOURTH OHIO INFANTRY.
Nine counties, of which Hamilton county was one, furnished the companies for this command. Recruiting for it was begun in the late summer of 1861, and it was organized and drilled during the next fall and winter, at Camp Dennison. February 17, 1862, it took the field with eight hundred and fifty men, and was assigned at Paducah to the brigade commanded by General W. T. Sherman. In March it was taken up the Tennessee, and was in both days' fighting at Pittsburgh Landing, losing one hundred and ninety-eight, all told. April 29th it moved upon Corinth, and was in the attack upon the works May 31st, being among the first troops to enter the town. Its commander was put in charge of the post, it was appointed to provost duty there, and its regimental colors were hoisted on the public buildings. It was en- gaged during the summer in several brief expeditions, was in the attack at Chickasaw Bayou on the 28th and 29th, losing twenty men, and at the capture of Arkansas Post shortly after. It participated in the siege of Vicks- burgh, the battles of Champion Hills, and Big Black Bridge, the movements about Jackson, the subsequent operations of the Fifteenth army corps, to which it was attached, including the battle of Mission Ridge, the re- lief of Knoxville, and the Atlanta campaign. January 22d it was mustered as a veteran organization, and at
once started home on furlough, returning with two hun- dred recruits. In the Atlanta movement it was engaged at Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Moun- tain, Nickojack Creek, Decatur, Ezra Chapel, and'Jones- borough. It participated in the pursuit of Hood, the marches to the sea, and northward to Richmond and Washington, and the grand reviews. It was also in the charge on Fort McAllister, the heavy skirmishing near Columbia, and the last battle of Sherman's army at Ben- tonville, North Carolina. June 2d it was transported to Louisville, and thence to Little Rock, where it did garrison duty until the middle of August, when it was mustered out. During its arduous service it marched three thousand six hundred and eighty-two miles, took part in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, and fifteen pitched battles; and lost in all-killed, wounded, and missing-five hundred and six men. It had but twenty- four officers and two hundred and thirty-one men left on the day of muster-out.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Sergeant Major Miles W. Elliott.
COMPANY E. COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
First Lieutenant Timothy J. Sullivan.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Richard J. Burrill.
Sergeant Francis J. Murphy.
Sergeant Edgar H. Earnhart.
Sergeant James Parke.
Corporal Jacob Kitto.
Corporal Joseph Kerr.
Corporal Charles H. Nicol.
Corporal John Barry.
Corporal Fdward H. Moon.
Musician Thomas Mullen.
Musician John Bonta.
Teamster John Strassell.
PRIVATES.
Charles Albrecht, Lafayette Burton, Richard Burke, Matthias Baker, Jeremiah Brown, John Brady, George C. Crusoe, Michael Clifford, Thomas Callapy, Charles Desmond, Joseph Fiesens, Henry Frederic, Frederick Gyer, John Gardner, Samuel Hill, John Hemmingway, Charles Hobbs, Francis Herrick, Joseph Hubert, Michael Hammenn, James Jardine, John S. Kelley, Hugh Kennedy, John Kehoe, Valen- tine Kennett, Angust Kines, John C. Lockwood, August Marchmeyer, Martin McNamara, Edward McGinn, John McWain, Michael Ma- tague, Frank Overmeyer, Adam Ott, Caspine H. Riggs, John Rear- don, John D. Rehling, John Rodgers, Philip Schmitt, Balser Schmitt, John Sullivan, John Trimben, Henry Whetsell, Lonis Wishonpt, Fred- erick Wildermann.
COMPANY F. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
First Sergeant Edward B. Moore.
Corporal Joseph Fletcher.
Corporal Thomas Gardner.
Musician George H. Stanley.
Teamster Abram Clegg.
PRIVATES.
John Burns, William Brinkmeyer, Henry Buhrman, John Booth, Al- vin Dibble, Columbus Dale, John Donohue, Andrew Donley, Martin Ford, Godfred Gass, Henry Graves, James Hilt, John G. Hanck, An- drew Jackson, George Know, John Knapp, John Kilchberger, Joseph H. Marar, Felix McCann, David Nealy, Michael Stephens, James Sher- low, Robert Sherer, John Tomson, Christian Wilmer, Hugh Williams, Angustus Yager.
COMPANY G. PRIVATES.
Michael Burns, James Burke, William Devine, Bernard McEvoy, John Quigly, Robert Simpson, William C. White.
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COMPANY 1.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Corporal Robert Simpson. PRIVATES.
Alvis Chamberlain, Michael Burns.
COMPANY K.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Joseph Hickley. Corporal John Zimmerman. Musician Stephen Cann.
PRIVATES.
Francis Sanders, William Myers, Joseph Kreble, Frank Burges, Stephen Buyr, George Brennan, Jacob Diehl, Patrick Debolt, Robert Fiegel, James Hammer, John Hiser, Jeremiah Miller, John Kessler, John Beckley, Michael Maharty, John Ohler, Jacob Summer, Peter Giele, Eben Little, Francis Wood, William Smith, Edwin Smith, Con- rad Nie, Jacob Magg, Adam Fuffner.
FIFTY-SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This was organized at Portsmouth in the fall of 1861, and suffered much from measles there during the early winter. It first saw the enemy in February, at Fort Donelson, and was on the field, but not engaged, at Pittsburgh Landing. Its subsequent campaigns were about Memphis, in Arkansas, at Vicksburgh with Grant, and in the Teche and Red River campaigns under Banks. At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads it lost forty killed, wounded, and missing. The veteran regiment was kept on duty in New Orleans until March, 1866, when it was mustered out.
Captain Levi M. Willett's company, organized in the fall of 1864, by General Order A. G. C .:
PRIVATES.
Antone Coyman, Joseph Cook, Ganett Caldwell, James A. Devin, Perinnius Coans, John Frick, George W. Farrell, John Golsby, Aaron Guncle, Thomas Greyer, William Hahan, Patrick Hennessy, John G. Hammond, Bernard Jeckel, Robert H. King, Philemon B. McFadden, Jasper Mulford, Joseph Pholwine, John Reinke, Frederick Shrader, James Sands, William Stevens, John C. Peiman, William Woods, Wil- liam Wesley, Charles Walker, Robert Wilson, John Williams, Matthew Hemenis, John Atkinson, John Bates, Hiram C. Cochran, Michael Flanagan, Albert Hoffman, William Henderson, George Leonard, William Madden, William Owens, James Walker, Albert Watson, James Ferris, Thomas Spence, William Smith, William Smith, 2d.
FIFTY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
One company, and part of another, were from Hamil- ton county. The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Vance, Findlay, but moved January 22, 1862, to Camp Chase. It was raised between September 16th and February roth, when it was mustered in, and started for the field February 18th. It reported at Paducah, and was as- signed to the Third brigade, Fifth division, army of the Tennessee. It was very heavily engaged at Pittsburgh Landing, losing in three days one hundred and eighty- seven killed, wounded, and captured. In November it joined the First brigade, First division, Fifteenth army corps. It shared the glories of its corps at Chickasaw Bayou, Snyder's Bluff, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River, Vicksburgh, Jackson, Mission Ridge, and the re- lief of Knoxville; and then endured a terribly severe march, "hatless and shoeless, and half naked," to Belle- fonte, Alabama. Notwithstanding all this, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans on the following New Year's, being the first in the Fifteenth corps to do so. It took the al- lowed thirty days furlough, and returned in ample time,
with twenty recruits, to join in the Atlanta campaign. It was hotly engaged at Resaca, holding its ground against three successive charges of an overwhelming force, and losing fifty-seven killed and wounded. It was also in the actions at Dallas, New Hope Church, Kene- saw (where it also lost just fifty-seven men), that on the left of Atlanta, sometimes called the battle of Decatur, where it lost ninety-two in a desperate struggle to hold its position, which was three times captured by the enemy, but finally held by the Fifty-seventh; at Ezra Church, on the extreme right of the line before Atlanta, where it lost sixty-seven, the enemy leaving four hundred and fifty- eight dead in front of its line, and at Jonesborough. It took part in the chase after Hood, in which it struck the rebels at Snake Creek gap, and Taylor's ridge; in the march to Savannah; the assault on Fort McAllister; in the march to Columbia, where it assisted in the destruc- tion of the railroad buildings; in the marching and skir- mishing through North Carolina to Raleigh; thence the walk-over to Wathington city, and the reviews there, after which it was ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, but was mustered out soon after arriving there, August 6, 1865, and was paid and discharged at Camp Chase, August 25th. It had been moved by rail, steam, and on foot over twenty-eight thousand miles; and of one thou- sand five hundred and ninety-four men borne on its mus- ter rolls, but four hundred and eighty-one are believed to have been alive at its muster-out.
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