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Clutter, Robert D., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted ; absent, sick; mustered out July 6, 1865, at David's Island, New York Harbor, by order of war depart- ment.
Christie, James, Jan. 4, 1864 ; transferred from the One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I. June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Coss, Martin V., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Coss, William G., Sept. 1, 1861 ; absent in brigade hospital ; mustered out Sept. 15, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Crane, Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died July 14, 1862, at Tuscumbia, Ala.
Cochran, Robert F., Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Cone, Henry, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged May 1, 1862, at Pittsburg Land- ing, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability. 46
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Childs, John M., Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 31, 1863.
Dunbar, William W., Sept. 1, 1861 ; died Nov. 18, 1863, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dunbar, Gurdon R. B., Sept. 1, 1861 ; killed Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga. ; veteran.
Donielson, Henry, Sept. 23, 1862; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C., by order of war department.
Dougherty, Henry, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged March 6, 1863, at Murfrees- boro, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Eddy, John G., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Emerich, Josiah D., Feb. 10, 1864; absent from wounds received August 5, 1864, in battle of Utoy Creek, Ga. ; mustered out to date Aug. 14, 1865, by order of war department.
Everett, William, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Ford, Austin K., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expira- tion of term of service.
Fankhouser, John, Oct. 8, 1862 ; killed August 5, 1864, in battle of Utoy Creek, Ga.
Foster, Henry F., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Fellows, Hiram N., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged June 15, 1865, at Dennison U. S. General Hospital, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; veteran.
Fuller, Martin H., Jan. 21, 1864 ; transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out June 2, 1865, by order of war depart- ment.
Franklin, Jacob, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Fairchild, George W., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Ferguson, James, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of the war department.
Fairchild, David, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged May 29, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Frock, Jacob, Oct. 7, 1862 ; drafted ; mustered out July 27, 1863, on ex- piration of term of service.
Gray, James E., Jan. 4, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Grant, Isaac M., Oct. 6, 1864; substitute; mustered out with company July 4, 1865.
Gould, Lewis B., Sept. 1, 1861 ; died Jan. 24, 1865, at York, O .; veteran.
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Gunsaullus, Daniel E., Sept. 1, 1861 ; died Oct 1, 1864, at Franklin, O .; veteran.
Geer, Israel S., Feb. 13, 1864; died March 8, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Gunsaullus, George, Sept. 25, 1862 ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Gray, George E., Oct. 1, 1862 ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C., by order of war department.
Gorman, William, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out June 21, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department; veteran.
Griffin, William, Sept. 1, 1861.
Gorsuch, Rezin, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged May 3, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Gorsuch, Andrew J., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 4, 1862, at Colum- bus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Gwin, John, Oct. 1, 1862; discharged Aug. 12, 1863, on surgeon's certifi- cate of disability.
Hanna, Julius J., Oct. 1, 1862 ; killed Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jones- boro, Ga.
Heckman, John, Dec. 29, 1863 ; mustered out with company July 12, I865.
Howard, Edward L., Jan. 4, 1864; transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Heiligher, Oscar C. F., March 31, 1864 ; transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Hendricks, Jackson, Sept. 1, 1861 ; accidentally drowned Feb. 17, 1862, in the Ohio River.
Hopkins, Edwin E., Feb. 1, 1864 ; died July 2, 1864, at Dallas, Ga.
Hale, Justus H., Feb. 15, 1864 ; died June 16, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn.
Harrington, George W., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged Sept. 1, 1862, at Nash- ville, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Howard, Ruel S., Sept. 27, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Henderson, William M., Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Hayward, Robert, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Henkey, Charles, Sept. 22, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Hodges, David D., Sept. 23, 1862 ; died Nov. 28, 1862, at Gallatin, Tenn. Herbert, Robert M., ()ct. 7, 1862 ; drafted ; died Feb. 2, 1863, at Mur- freesboro, Tenn.
Hicker, Daniel, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged May 1, 1862, at Pittsburg Land- ing, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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Harrington, George W., March 24, 1864 ; discharged May 22, 1865, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Hunter, Isaac H., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged June 12, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Inman, Ebenezer, Sept. 1, 1861; died June 3, 1862, at Danville, Ky.
Jones, Judson, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Jay, Brice H., Sept. 1, 1861 ; prom. to sergt .- maj. March 16, 1863.
King, James F., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expira- tion of term of service.
Keeser, Sewell, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Kuney, Lanson, Feb. 1, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Kane, Anthony, Jan. 5, 1864 ; transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., -; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Kain, William, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Le Clere, Lafayette, Sept. 1, 1861 ; killed Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of Mis- sion Ridge, Tenn.
Looker, David, Sept. 1, 1861 ; absent in hospital from wounds received Aug. 6, 1864, in action near Atlanta, Ga .; mustered out July 5, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department; veteran.
Lamberson, William W., Feb. 16, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Linder, John, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Looker, James K., Sept. 1, 1861 ; transferred to U. S. Engineer Corps July 15, 1864 ; veteran.
Lunger, John, Sept. 1, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 31, 1863.
Mccutchen, William, Sept. 1, 1861 ; absent in hospital from wounds re- ceived Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn .; mustered out Sept. 17, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
McVicor, Elijah, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Mckibben, William, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
McClarran, Cornelius R., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Mckibben, Robert J., Feb. 29, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
McMaster, Leonard, Jan. 21, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, .I865.
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McCambridge, Patrick, April 6, 1864; transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I. June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
McClarran, William, Oct. 1, 1862 ; mustered out May 27, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department.
Mckenzie, Samuel, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted ; mustered out July 27, 1863, on expiration of term of service.
McGowen, Riley, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died March 26, 1862 ; at Lebanon, Ky.
McMichael, Leroy, Oct. 1, 1862 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 31, 1863.
Murray, Atwell, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expira- tion of term of service.
Matthias, Franklin D., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Mikesell, Stillman, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Moore, Edson, Jan. 21, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Mikesell, Charles, Sept. 1, 1861 ; killed Aug. 5, 1864, in battle of Utoy Creek, Ga. ; veteran.
Mattern, Jacob, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died May 10, 1862, at Gorham, O.
Mattern, Jerome P., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged Feb. 12, 1863, at Murfrees- boro, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Moses, James, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged April 22, 1863, to enlist in ma- rine brigade.
Mankins, Silas, Oct. 7, 1862 ; drafted ; mustered out July 27, 1863, on ex- piration of term of service.
Miller, Edmond, Sept. 1, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 30, 1863.
Noonan, John, Oct. 9, 1862 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
O'Donal, John, Dec. 13, 1863 ; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Osterhaut, Henry H., Sept. 1, 1861.
Osterhaut, John W., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 29, 1862, at Colum- bus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Palmer, David B., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Pomeroy, Henry B., Dec. 29, 1863 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Parker, William H., Jan. 5, 1864 ; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; absent ; sick since Jan. 26, 1865 ; no further record found.
Pfefferley, Charles, Oct. 4, 1864; substitute ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Penny, Isaac, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged July 14, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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Powers, William, Sept. 27, 1864; substitute; never reported for duty ; ab- sent, sick; no further record found.
Pike, Hiram, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged Sept. 2, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Pelton, Thomas J., Sept. 13, 1862 ; discharged Jan. 22, 1863, at Gallatin, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Rice, Harvey M., Feb. 1, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Rawdon, Caleb L., Jan. 2, 1864; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June I, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Russell, Elijah B., Dec. 20, 1863 ; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June I, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Rowe, James, March 4, 1864; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June I, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Reed, Eli S., Feb. 2, 1864; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Rember, Christopher, Sept. 21, 1864 ; drafted ; absent, sick in hospital ; mustered out to date July 12, 1865, by order of war department.
Reigle, Adam, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted; absent, sick in hospital; mustered out to date July 6, 1865, at New York City, by order of war department.
Rohr, George, Sept. 24, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Rodgers, John, Sept. 21, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Rock, George, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died June 1, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn.
Rice, Joseph G., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged June 19, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Sellers, William, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expira- tion of term of service.
Shorten, Daniel G., Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expi- ration of term of service.
Snow, Sardis D., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran.
Scribner, Luke, Sept. 1, 1861 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Stewart, James, Feb. 10, 1864; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Stewart, Cyrus, Jan. 18, 1864; transferred from 105th O. V. I., June I, 1865 ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Single, Henry, Oct. 3, 1864; substitute ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Stout, Jesse, Sept. 26, 1864; drafted ; mustered out July 20, 1865, at Camp Chase, O., by order of war department.
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Spire, Andrew, Oct. 3, 1864; substitute ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Smith, John, Oct. 8, 1864 ; substitute ; assigned, but never reported for duty ; absent, sick in hospital ; no record of muster out found.
Skeels, William S., Oct. 9, 1861 ; mustered out Oct. 17, 1864, on expira- tion of term of service.
Shell, George, Sept. 23, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out Jan. 3, 1865, at Savannah, Ga., by order of war department.
Supinger, Benjamin F., Sept. 24, 1864 ; drafted ; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Schæffer, Reuben, Sept. 15, 1862; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Smith, Sala, Sept. 19, 1862; mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washing- ton, D. C., by order of war department.
Skeels, Lyman HI., Sept. 1, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 27, 1865 ; mustered out Aug. 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by or- der of war department ; veteran.
Snyder, John E., Sept. 15, 1862 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 27, 1865.
Struble, Cornelius, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died Feb. 5, 1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Snow, Henry, Oct. 1, 1862 ; died Nov. 21, 1862, at Pilot Knobb, Tenn.
Struble, William, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged Oct. 15, 1862, at Cincinnati, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Showers, Lewis, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged -- , for wounds received Nov. 25, 1863, at battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn.
Schaffer, Reuben C., Oct. 7, 1862 ; drafted ; mustered out July 27, 1863, on expiration of term of service.
Schaffer, Enoch, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted ; mustered out July 27, 1863, on expiration of term of service.
Thomas, Jacob, Sept. 1, 1861 ; accidentally killed Nov. 17, 1861, by the falling of a tree, at Wild Cat, Ky.
Taylor, John, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died June 28, 1862, at Cincinnati, O.
Thomas, Simon, Oct. 7, 1862 : drafted ; absent, sick at Nashville, Tenn. ; mustered out Aug. 19, 1863, on expiration of term of service.
Tremain, Daniel M. ; mustered out with company July 12, 1865 ; veteran. Vandlin, Daniel B., Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged June 19, 1862, at Colum- bus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Vanarsdale, Garrett, Sept. 1, 1861 ; discharged July 1, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
White, Daniel W., Feb. 22, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, I865.
Wing, Otis J., Feb. 1, 1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
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Walters, Jacob F., Feb. 5, 1864; died Feb. II, 1865, of wounds received Dec. 15, 1864, in battle of Nashville, Tenn.
Wise, Michael L., Oct. 1, 1862 ; mustered out -- , by order of war de- partment.
Wells, Thomas, Oct. 8, 1862 ; died March 27, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Woodward, Jeremiah, Sept. 1, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 1, 1863.
THE FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was principally raised in the southwestern part of the State. It first went into camp near Cincinnati, but was afterward transferred to Camp Dennison. Here the odds and ends of several companies joined it, among which were fifty- two men from Fulton county, forty-two of which were mus- tered into Company I, and the other eleven joined other companies of the regiment.
On the 27th of August, 1861, the regiment was ordered to Clarksburgh, W. Va., and on arriving at that place reported to General W. S. Rosecrans. The regiment did a vast amount of marching and picketing in West Virginia, and, in the autumn it marched to Bullstown, on the Little Kanawha River, and was brigaded with the Ninth and Twenty-eighth Ohio, afterwards known as the " Bully Dutch Brigade." Its first battle was at Cornifex Ferry.
In the month of January, 1862, the Forty-seventh was ordered by General J. D. Cox to make an expedition to Little Sewell Mountain, and drive the rebels from that place. After driving the rebels out of their works, and tak- ing a number of prisoners, the Forty-seventh proceeded to destroy the works. They returned to camp on the 22d of April, 1863. A detail of three com- panies was sent on an expedition to Lewisburg, and, on the 10th of May, was joined by one company of the Forty-fourth Ohio, one from the Forty-seventh Ohio, and one from the Second battalion of the Second Virginia Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott took command, and immediately advanced upon Lewisburg. The expedition was a complete success. The rebels were com- pletely routed, and the camp equipage, horses, wagons, and many prisoners fell into their hands. In their flight the rebels threw away their arms, blankets, coats, and everything that would impede their escape. Soon after this expe- dition the Forty-seventh was brigaded with the Thirty-sixth and Forty-fourth Ohio Regiments, which was called the Third Provisional Brigade.
On August 6th Major Perry was dispatched with Company I and three other companies to reconnoitre the northern part of Greenbriar and Pocahon- tas counties, and capture or drive the rebels out of the county. This was suc- cessfully done, and after a great deal of hard marching and skirmishing, the guerillas were driven across the river to White Sulphur Springs.
The Forty-seventh took an active part in the siege and capture of Vicks-
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burg, doing a great deal of fighting, and capturing many prisoners, being nearly all the time in the front line, and at the time of the surrender occupying Sem- inary Hill Fort. The next day after the surrender the Forty-seventh was dis- patched towards Jackson, Miss., after Johnson's rebel force, and assisted in the attack and capture of Jackson, and destroyed the fortifications around the city. It took an active part in the battle of Chickamauga, October 24, 1863, the Forty-seventh being on the skirmish line when the advance was made, and did its part of the fighting. On the 25th it marched in pursuit of the enemy, and on the 28th entered Grayville and destroyed a store-house, mills, and machine- shop used by the rebels for manufacturing arms. On March 6, 1864, the regi- ment re-enlisted for three more years, and left on return furlough for home, arriving in Cincinnati, March 22.
After the expiration of its furlough it returned to the field and reached its brigade at Stevenson, Ala., May 3, 1864. The regiment was actively engaged in all the fights from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga. It marched with Sherman's army to the sea, and participated in the charge on Fort Mc.Alister, December 13th, being in the advance. The fort was carried, the Forty-sev- enth being the first to enter. When the Forty-seventh entered the field it had eight hundred and thirty men, but when it reached Savannah it numbered only one hundred and twenty, except some recruits that reached the regiment at Atlanta. It was paid off and mustered out August 24, 1865, having served over four years.
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized by the consolidation of two regiments partly filled, viz., the Forty-fifth and the Sixty-seventh, besides a few recruits from Lucas and Fulton counties. At the muster in of the regiment there were 21 I men from Fulton county, as follows : Company A, 63 men ; Company B3, 30 men ; Company C, 18 men ; Company D, 2 men ; Company E, 17 men ; Company F, 35 men ; Company I, 46 men ; total, 211. The regiment left Columbus for the front January 19, 1862, going to West Virginia, and spent the winter at Bloomway Gap and Pau Pau Tunnel. Skirmishing was frequent on the picket line between the Sixty-seventh and Ashby's Cavalry.
On the 14th of March the regiment reported to General Banks, at Win- chester, and soon engaged the enemy and drove them until darkness put an end to the fight. They lay on their arms all night, and the next morning were the first to engage the foe. After the fight had fairly begun, the Sixty-sev- enth was ordered to reinforce General Taylor's Brigade, and, in order to reach that command it had to pass over an open field for more than a mile, exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy. The regiment took the double quick, reached Taylor's Brigade, and immediately went into action. It lost in this battle fif- teen killed and thirty-two wounded. For the next three months the regiment
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was on the march all over Virginia, and on the 29th of June embarked on a steamer and barge for the James River, to reinforce General Mcclellan. At the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay the hawser attached to the barge in tow by the steamer parted, and the latter lay tossing in the trough of the heavy sea for more than hour before the steamer could again make fast to it. Horses, arms, camp and garrison equipage, and many of the men were washed over- board and lost.
At Harrison's Landing it campaigned with the Army of the Potomac until McClellan retreated from the Peninsula, when it marched to Suffolk, Va. At this time the regiment had been reduced to but three hundred men fit for duty, out of the eight hundred and fifty it had when it left Columbus, in January, 1862. Passing over the next five months, which were nearly all occupied in marching, and being transported from one place to another, on April 2, 1863, it landed on Cole's Island, where, for seven months, it endured all the hard- ships of the siege. It took an active part in the charge on Fort Wagner, where it lost heavily. It was, at last, allowed a fews days' rest before starting on its expedition into Florida. The men re-enlisted and returned to Ohio in February, 1864, where they rested, visited, and recruited until the expiration of their furlough, when they again returned to the front, about seven hundred strong. Forty-nine of the recruits came from Fulton county. They reached General Butler at Bermuda Hundred on the 6th of May, 1864, and on the 9th were detached to guard the right flank of the Tenth Corps, at the railroad at Chester Station, for the purpose of destroying the road from there to Peters- burg. The regiment was placed on the turnpike from Richmond to Peters- burg, with one section of artillery, with orders to hold the position at all hazards. During the night reinforcements arrived, and the next morning the rebels made a general attack upon them. The Sixty-seventh maintained its position. The rebels made four successive charges and were as often repulsed by the Sixty-seventh. The section of artillery was captured, and was, for a short time, in the hands of the enemy, but was soon recaptured by the gallant Com- pany F, of the Sixty-seventh. The 10th of May, 1864, will always be remem- bered by the regiment as a sad, but glorious day. Seventy-six officers and men were killed and wounded in this battle. On the 20th of May the Sixty- seventh, with other regiments, were ordered to iecapture a portion of our force which had been taken by the enemy. They took the lines by a desper- ate charge, in which they lost sixty-nine officers and men killed and wounded. They, too, in this charge, captured the rebel general, W. H. S. Walker, and his sword was delivered to Colonel Voorhis as a trophy of this victory. On the 16th of August four companies of the Sixty-seventh charged the rifle pits at Deep River, and the first volley of the enemy killed and wounded one-third of the charging column, but, before the rebels could reload, the rifle pits were in possession of the Sixty-seventh. On the 7th, 13th, 27th and 28th of Oc-
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tober, the regiment was engaged with the enemy, and it is a fact that during the campaign of 1864, the Sixty-seventh was under fire two hundred times, and had lost in killed and wounded, during that time, over four hundred men. In the spring of 1865 the regiment participated in the assault on the rebel works in front of Petersburg, and on April 2, led the charge on Fort Gregg and Appomattox Court-house, and was in the last fight the Union forces had with the army of Virginia. The regiment was at the grand review at Wash- ington, and was not mustered out of service until the 12th day of December, 1865.
THE SIXTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited in the counties of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams, during the fall and winter of 1861-62. One full com- pany was recruited in Fulton county. The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Latty, and moved to Camp Chase in January, 1862. It left Camp Chase Feb- ruary 7, 1862, for the front, and arrived at Fort Donaldson, Tenn., on the 14th, when it was assigned to General C. F. Smith's division on the left of the line, and constantly engaged in skirmishing during both days of the fighting. It guarded the supply and ordnance trains of General Lew Wallace, during the battle of Pittsburgh Landing; it was actively engaged during the siege of Cor- inth in building roads, bridges and entrenchments. The regiment participated in the battles of Iuka and Monmouth. In the spring of 1863 it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, and served in that command until the close of the war. It participated in the battle of Thompson Hill, May 1, 1863, and in the battles of Raymond, Jackson, Chan- pion Hills and Black Jack, all in the month of May, 1863. In all of these en- gagements it suffered serious loss, especially at Champion Hills. It was con- stantly engaged in all the fighting during the siege of Vicksburg. It took an active part in the fight of Baker's Creek, February 5, 1863. It veteranized, and on the 15th of December, 1863, embarked for home on its veteran furlough. It received recruits while at home, and an additional number when returning ; one hundred and seventy men that had been sent to it about the time it went north on furlough, in all a total of over three hundred, and when the regiment arrived in Georgia, where it joined General Sherman's army on the Atlanta campaign, it had over seven hundred men for duty. During the remainder of the Atlanta campaign the regiment was almost constantly under fire, and for sixty-five days and nights was on the advance line. It was in the battles at Neuces, Nickajack, Atlanta, and on the 28th Jonesboro and Lovejoy. After the capture of Atlanta the regiment marched with Sherman to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and after the surrender of Johnston, marched to Wash- ington, D. C., and participated in the grand review ; from there to Louisville, Ky., and on the 18th of July was mustered out of service, and returned home.
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