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HISTORY OF HENRY AND FULTON COUNTIES.
For a more detailed account of the Sixty-eighth Regiment see the report of its achievements in the history of the regiment in the military chapter of Henry county in this volume, and for the purpose of keeping together as well as pos- sible, the names of all who were in this command, the roster will be found in connection with the history proper of it.
THE EIGHTY-FIFTH INFANTRY-THREE MONTHS REGIMENT.
The Eighty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was organized at Camp Chase, on the 10th day of June, 1862. It was raised for the purpose of guarding prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio. About the middle of July, 1862, the guerilla, Morgan, made a raid into Kentucky and threatened Frankfort, the capital of that State. Aid being necessary, and there being no other available troops at hand, a battalion of four companies of the Eighty-fifth was dispatched to their assistance, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sowers. On arriv- ing at Frankfort they found the loyal people of that place greatly alarmed, and the rebel portion equally jubilant. The next day after the arrival of the bat- talion of the Eighty-fifth they were ordered out by Adjutant-General Leslie Combs, about six miles in the country, to intercept a force of Morgan's cavalry which were camped at that place; but the rebels having been apprised of our approach beat a hasty retreat just as the battalion came in sight of their camp. The battalion was ordered to double-quick, but soon found that infantry was no match for horses, and so gave up the pursuit and returned to the city. The next day they were joined by a battalion of Pennsylvania troops, and five com- panies of Kentuckians and a day or two later Morgan hastily left, and the bat- talion of the Eighty-fifth again reported for duty at Camp Chase, where it remained until about the middle of October, when it was paid off and dis- charged. Fulton county furnished one full company, G, for this regiment, ninety-seven men rank and file.
THE EIGHTY-SIXTH INFANTRY-SIX MONTHS REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited from the northern counties of Ohio, Fulton county contributing one whole company, Company H. It was organized at Camp Cleveland, and recruited to a full regiment in the month of June and early part of July, 1863. About the time of its muster in the rebel general, John Morgan, was making his famous northern raid through Indiana and Southern Ohio. The regiment was immediately placed under marching or- ders and joined in the chase of the guerillas, the rebels having just been de- feated at Buffington's Island by Generals Judah and Shackleford's troops, and being thus prevented from crossing the Ohio River at that point, turned in a northeasterly direction and marched to the Muskingum River, which they reached a short distance below Zanesville. On the arrival of the Eighty-Sixth at Zanesville, a detachment of two hundred men, under the command of Lieu-
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tenant-Colonel McFarland, were sent to Eagleport, where it was presumed Morgan would attempt to cross the Muskingum. The detachment arrived just in time to witness the crossing of the rear guard. Colonel McFarland imme- diately commenced skirmishing with the enemy and detained them some time, thus allowing General Shackleford to gain some precious time in pursuit. In the meantime Major Karns, with the remainder of the Eighty-sixth, had been ordered to Cambridge to intercept Morgan at that point. He arrived at Washington on the turnpike, a few minutes after Morgan's forces had passed. Shackelford then coming up with the forces under his command, the two joint- ly pursued the enemy to a place near Salineville, Columbiana county, where the rebels were overtaken and captured. The Eighty-sixth returned to Camp Tod, at Columbus, and on the 8th of August proceeded to Camp Nelson, Ky., where they joined the forces under Colonel De Courcy, in an expedition to cap- ture Cumberland Gap then held by the enemy. The expedition left Camp Nelson August 17th, and on the 8th of September arrived in front of Cumber- land Gap. The force under the command of De Courcy consisted of the Eighty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, detachments of the Ninth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry, and Captain Neil's Twenty- Second Ohio Battery. The country being filled with rebel spies, De Courcy divided all his regiments into two battalions, making each regiment appear as two. This was done in order to deceive the enemy, who greatly outnumbered him. It was then represented to the rebel commander that De Courcy's force numbered ten or twelve thousand. Soon after the arrival of De Courcy's force on the Kentucky side, Major-General Burnside arrived with his force on the Tennessee side of the Gap, thus completely investing the rebel garrison under General Frazer. On the 9th of September the Eighty-sixth formed in line of battle along the Harlan Road, with skirmishers in front, two pieces of Neil's battery on the left occupying an elevated plateau, with the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth in supporting distance in the rear. The remainder of Neil's bat- tery was in position in front of the Gap, and the cavalry on the Barberville road. This disposition of troops being made on the north side in conjunction with General Burnside's forces on the south side of the Gap, a formal sum- mons was sent by General Burnside to the rebel commander demanding the surrender of the place. This demand was acceded to by General Frazer, thus saving great loss of life, as the Gap could have been stoutly defended and the loss of life would have been very great had it been taken by direct assault. The Eighty sixth immediately marched into the fort and took possession, hoisting the stars and stripes in place of the rebel flag, which had been defiant- ly waving in the same place for so many months. The result of this victory was two thousand eight hundred prisoners, five thousand stand of arms, thir- teen pieces of artillery, and a large quantity of ammunition, quartermaster's and commissary stores. The Eighty-sixth remained in the Gap as a part of
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the garrison until its term of service expired. It being one hundred and fifty miles from the Gap to its base of supplies, over bad roads, the troops were compelled to subsist in a great measure off of the country, and foraging par- ties had to go a great distance to reach anything eatable, and the country be- ing filled with guerillas, conflicts were of almost daily occurrence. The time for which the regiment enlisted having expired on the 16th of January, 1864, it started for Ohio, and after a seven days' hard march it reached Nicholsville on January 23. It left for Cleveland, Ohio, where it arrived on the 26th, and was mustered out of the United States service February 10th, 1864. Com- pany H had ninety-four men all from Fulton county.
THE ONE HUNDREDTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Camp Toledo, near Toledo, and was mus- tered into the United States service on the Ist day of September, 1862. It was recruited in the northwestern counties of the State, Fulton county furnish- ing one Company H, and about twenty other men scattered through the dif- ferent companies of the regiment. It immediately left for Cincinnati, and on the 9th camped in Covington, Ky. On the 8th of October it marched for Lex- ington, and from there on to Danville, where it arrived the 26th of December.
On the 2d of January, 1863, it marched to Frankfort, Ky., and in Febru- ary returned to Lexington, and thence to Crab Orchard, Mt. Vernon and Som- erset. On the 13th of August it again went into camp at Danville, and from there in the latter part of August the regiment started on its march with the Ninth Corps for East Tennessee. On arriving at Knoxville a portion of the regiment, two hundred and forty strong, under Major Hayes, was sent up the West Virginia line to guard the railroad, where, on the 4th of September, the entire detachment was captured by the enemy after a spirited resistance lasting more than two hours; and not until the detachment had fired the last shot in their cartridge boxes did they yield. The regiment participated in the defense of Knoxville, and did valuable service during the winter of 1863-4, in and about that place, being constantly on duty, as were all of Burnside's troops. In the spring of 1864, the regiment, with the Twenty-third Army Corps, marched from Knoxville to join Sherman, then at Tunnel Hill, Ga. It moved with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and was present at almost every bat- tle from Rocky Face Ridge to Atlanta. On the 6th of August it was engaged in an assault on the rebel works in front of Atlanta, and lost one hundred and three men in killed and wounded, out of three hundred engaged. Thirty-six of these were killed on the field and eight more died of their wounds shortly after. Colonel Slevin was rendered a cripple for life. After the capture of Nashville the regiment went in pursuit of Hood and was hotly engaged with the enemy in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It then went with the Twenty-third Corps to Washington, North Carolina, and was there actively
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engaged, after which it marched to Goldsboro, and from there with Sherman's army to Raleigh ; thence to Greensboro ; and thence was sent to Cleveland, O., where it was mustered out of service on the Ist day of July, 1865.
The One Hundredth lost, during its two years and ten months' service, sixty- five men killed in action ; one hundred and forty-two wounded, twenty-seven of whom died of wounds ; one hundred and eight died of disease ; and three hun- dred and twenty-five were captured by the enemy, eighty-five of whom died in rebel prisons.
Of this regiment Company H was recruited wholly from Fulton county in July and August, 1862. It was organized by the election of I .. Berry Smith, captain ; John L. Palmer, first lieutenant, and Emmet Losure, second lieuten- ant, and was mustered into the service with the regiment at Toledo, Septem- ber 1, 1862, and numbered one hundred rank and file at muster in. Captain L. Berry Smith resigned November 27, 1862, and Lieutenant John H. Palmer succeeded him as captain of the company. Emmet Losure was promoted to first lieutenant, and Albert B. Smith was promoted from first sergeant to sec- ond lieutenant. John H. Palmer resigned March 27, 1863, and Emmet Losure succeeded him as captain ; Albert B. Smith was promoted from second to first lieutenant, and First Sergeant John J. Hines to second lieutenant. Captain Emmet Losure died of small pox at Knoxville, Tenn., January 12, 1864, and First Lieutenant Albert B. Smith was promoted to the captaincy of the com- pany and served as such until January, 1865. At the same time, January 14, 1864, sixteen of this company were transferred to other commands, and to the invalid corps. Eight men were killed in battle, and two died from gun-shot wounds received in battle ; twenty died of disease contracted in the service, and ten died in rebel prison pens. The company was with the regiment in all its marches and battles; at the siege of Knoxville, Mossy Creek, Strawberry Plains, Tenn .; at Resaca, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Ala .; at the siege of Atlanta, in the fights at Dallas, Etowah Creek, in Georgia, and at the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and at Johnson's surrender to Sherman in North Carolina. The company received sixteen recruits from Fulton county during its term of service, and at its muster out had but fifty-one out of the one hundred and sixteen men in the organization.
Company Roster.
Muster out roll of Company H, of the One Hundredth Ohio Vol. Inf., showing rank, date of enlistment, and township of residence of each member.
Albert B. Smith, captain, July 31, 1862, Clinton twp., promoted from first sergt. to second lieut. Nov. 27, 1862 ; to first lieut. March 17, 1863 ; to capt. Jan. 14, 1865, and lieut-col. by brevet.
John J. Hine, first lieut. Aug. 2, 1862, Clinton twp., promoted to first sergt. Nov. 27, 1862 ; to second lieut. March 17, 1863; to first lieut. Jan. 14, 1865 ; taken prisoner at Limestone, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1863 ; paroled March 1, 1865.
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Jacob R. Ely, first sergt., Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham ; promoted to first sergt. March 17, 1864.
William Weir, sergt., Aug. 5, 1862, Clinton ; appt. sergt. Sept. 2, 1862.
David Kesler, sergt., Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton ; appt. corp. Sept. 2, 1862 ; prom. to sergt. March 17, 1864.
Oscar F. Tayer, sergt., Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, appt. sergt. May I, 1864.
David D. Donahue, sergt., Aug. 7, 1862, York ; appt. sergt. Sept. 16, 1864; missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
George W. Vrooman, corp., Aug. 16, 1862, Clinton ; appt. corp. June 14, 1864.
Leonard Hartan, corp., Aug. 5, 1862, Franklin, appt. corp. Sept. 16, 1864. Elias Sellers, corp., July 24, 1862, Dover ; appt. Oct. 14, 1864.
Silas Fausey, corp., July 29, 1862, Chesterfield ; appt. Jan. 10, 1865.
Amzie Stiles, corp., Aug. 11, 1862, Chesterfield ; appt. Feb. 28, 1865.
George S. Miller, corp., Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton ; appt. corp. April 29, 1865.
Manasset V. B. Phillips, corp., Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton; appt. Feb. 1864; missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Henry Beaver, corp, Aug. 5, 1862, Dover ; missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Thomas J. Case, wagoner, July 25, 1862, Clinton ; no record.
Solomon S. Abbott, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Dover ; no record.
Oliver P. Barnes, private, July 22, 1862, Clinton ; absent in hospital at muster out.
James W. Baxter, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Franklin ; no record.
Campbell Bayes, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Clinton ; wounded at Franklin, Tenn., absent in hospital at muster-out.
Josiah Braas, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham; reduced April 26, 1865, from corporal to private.
Allen Barden, private, Aug. 1, 1862, Royalton ; missing in action at Frank- lin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Benjamin M. Black, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Clinton ; missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Alexander Cameron, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike ; no record.
Addison Crew, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York; no record.
Benjamin Crew, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton ; no record.
Micajah Crew, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton ; missing in action at Frank- lin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Jacob Collins, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Clinton ; absent in hospital.
Harper, Earl, private, Aug. 2, 1862, York; no record.
John Grove, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton, missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
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Henry J. Harrington, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton, no record.
James Hodge, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton, no record.
John P. Holland, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Royalton, no record.
Leonard Huth, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, no record.
Thomas Hess, private, July 28, Clinton, missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Mathias Miller, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Gorham, no record.
Phillip Moore, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York, no record.
Charles J. McFarlinge, private, Aug. 1, 1862, Dover, no record.
Jesse W. Miles, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Clinton, no record.
George W. Persons, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, no record. William H. Pelton, private, Aug, 2, 1862, Pike, appointed sergeant Sept.
2, 1862, reduced to private May 1, 1864, by order Colonel P. S. Slevin.
John F. Raker, private, July 28, 1862, Swan Creek, no record.
Harrison E. Randall, private, July 29, 1862, Clinton, appointed corporal June 14, 1863, reduced to private Feb. 28, 1865.
Daniel Steinbarger, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, no record.
Isaac E. Smith, private, Aug. 12, 1862, Pike, no record.
John Stair, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, missing in action at Franklin,. Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864, unofficial notice of discharge.
Sylvearns Walter, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton, no record.
Jonas Weeks, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Fulton, no record.
Samuel S. O. Warren, private, July 31, 1862, Chesterfield, absent in hos- pital.
Edwin M. Watrous, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Clinton, reduced from corporal to ranks, date lost.
Franklin Wallace, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, absent in hospital.
The following roll will show those who were members of the company, but who ceased from the assigned cause to belong to it:
L. Berry Smith, captain, July 19, 1862, Clinton, resigned Nov. 27, 1862, cause, physical disability.
John H. Palmer, captain, Aug. 2, 1862, Gorham, promoted Nov. 27, 1862, vice Smith resigned March 17, 1863.
Harlan J. Bates, first sergeant Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton, discharged Feb. 19, 1864, to enable him to accept commission as second lieutenant.
John H. Corbett, private, July 24, Dover, discharged by order of major- General Burbridge to accept commission as first lieutenant.
Benjamin Kellogg, private, July 28, 1862, Clinton, discharged Sept. 21, 1863, cause, disability.
Jesse L. Pelton, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike, discharged June 16, 1863, dis- ability.
Allen Shadle, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Dover, discharged Dec. 3, 1862, dis- ability. 48
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Henry Young, private, Aug. 5, 1862, Royalton, discharged Dec. 5, 1862, disability.
George Ziegler, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, discharged May 20, 1865, order war department.
J. Neal McManus, sergeant, July 24, 1862, Clinton, transferred to invalid corps March 15, 1864.
Alexander WV. Baker, private, Ang. 1, 1862, Royalton, transferred to in- valid corps, 1863, record lost.
Silas P. Bowerman, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York, transferred to invalid corps, 1863, record lost.
William H. Grove, private, Dec. 17, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 130th O. V. Inf.
Newton Gamble, private, Dec. 12, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Martin V. Hatfield, private, Nov. 26, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
James H. Haines, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Franklin Hickman, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, transferred to invalid corps, 1863.
David Lambert, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Wilson A. Olas, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Amboy, transferred to invalid corps 1863.
Alexander Percy, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d, O. V. Inf.
Julius N. Parker, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Alexander Pierson, private, Dec. 31, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Noble Paige, private, Dec. 30, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf. Wolcott Russell, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
John P. Sigsby, private, Dec. 3, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Warren P. Sigsby, private, Dec. 3, 1863, Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Joseph P. Miller, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Fulton, transferred to Vet. Res. Corps April 1, 1865.
Alva F. Mallory, sergeant, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, killed at battle of Utoy Creek, Aug. 6, 1864.
James Stulesman, corporal, July 30, 1862, Chesterfield, killed at battle of Utoy Creek Aug. 6, 1864.
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Anderson E. Bradley, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Chesterfield, killed in battle at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Martin Markley, private, July 24, 1862, Dover, killed near Atlanta, Ga., June 26, 1864.
David T. McLaughlin, private, Aug. 5, 1862, Franklin, killed at Utoy Creek, Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
Orlan W. Masters, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Gorham, killed at Limestone, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1863.
Benjamin Pelton, private, killed at Utoy Creek, Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
William E. Stoddard, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Gorham, killed at Utoy Creek, Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
Emmett Losure, captain, July 19, 1862, Clinton, promoted to first lieu- tenant Nov. 27, 1862, to captain March 17, 1863, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1864, of small-pox.
Isaac Smith, corporal, Aug. 5, 1862, Dover, died Feb. 14, 1863, of pneu- monia, at Richmond, Ky.
Erastus C. Briggs, corporal, "Aug. 2, 1862, York, died at Crab Orchard, Ky., May 1, 1863, of typhoid pneumonia.
John Agle, private, Aug. 7. 1862, York, died at Mount Vernon, Ky., June 13, 1863, of consumption.
David Booream, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Gorham, died at Marietta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1864, of gunshot wound received in battle.
Carroll Collins, private, Aug. 2, 1862, York, died at Lexington, Ky., Nov. 14, 1862, of typhoid pneumonia.
Davis Dodge, private, Aug. 6, 1862, York, died on flag of truce boat April, I 864.
Dusign Cadrick, private, died at Knoxville, Tenn.
Orrison Dee, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1864, of small-pox.
John B. Demaresq, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner of war, Nov. 18, 1863.
Simeon Elliott, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Pike, died at Richmond, Va, while a prisoner of war, March 2, 1864.
Daniel Ely, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, died at Lexington, Ky., April 10, 1863, of typhoid pneumonia.
Robert M. Foster, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Clinton, died at Andersonville, Ga., while a prisoner of war, April 2, 1864.
William Fausey, private, July 31, 1862, Chesterfield, died March 24, 1864, of chronic diarrhea.
Champlain Gardiner, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, died a prisoner at Richmond, Va., March 30, 1864.
Mordecia Gorsuch, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Clinton, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner of war, March 30, 1864.
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George H. Herrick, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Royalton, died at Annapolis, Md., April 2, 1864, of typhoid pneumonia.
George Harlan, private, Aug. 5, 1862, Franklin, died at Lexington, Ky., Oct. 27, 1862.
Abraham Hartzel, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, died at Mount Vernon, Ky., July 1, 1863.
Charles L. Jones, private, July 30, 1862, Chesterfield, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1864, of small-pox.
Isaac Metts, private, July 29, 1862, Clinton, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1864, of small-pox.
Ezra M. Ostrander, private, July 30, 1862, Chesterfield, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner, March 10, 1864.
John H. Reece, private, July 30, 1862, Chesterfield, died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1865, of wound received in battle.
Isaac Robinson, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton, died at Richmond, Ky., Dec. 20, 1862, of typhoid pneumonia.
Robert P. Smith, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Chesterfield, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner, March, 1864.
John J. Tremaine, private, Aug. 7, 1862, York, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1864, of small-pox.
Jasper C. Fulton, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Fulton, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1864, of wound received in battle.
George Wortman, private, Aug. 7, 1862, York, died at Covington, Ky., Nov. 23, 1862, of congestion of the lungs.
Horace G. Wilcox, private, July 29, 1862, Clinton, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner of war, March 4, 1864.
Phineas Braley, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, deserted at Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 29, 1864.
Jabez Lambert, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo, deserted at Columbus, O., Jan. 22, 1865.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
The One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry Regiment was raised in Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Williams, Sandusky and Defiance counties, in the month of August, 1862. It took the field at Covington, Ky., on the I Ith of Septem- ber, 1862, and on the 18th, with four other new regiments and a battery, it made a reconnoissance to Crittenden, Ky., and, after driving the rebel cav- alry of Kirby Smith, from that place, it returned to Covington. On the 25th it took transports to Louisville, where it was assigned to General Buel's army, in the Twenty-third Brigade, Twelfth Division, under the command of General Du- mont. It moved on Shelbyville, October 3, and, on the eighth took the ad- vance in the movement on Frankfort, where it had a slight skirmish with
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Bragg's Cavalry. It moved on Lawrenceburgh, October 11, and from thence to Crab Orchard, where it joined the whole army of General Buel. After Bragg's army had escaped, the One Hundred and Eleventh moved, by rapid marches, to Bowling Green, Ky., where it remained garrisoning forts and guarding railroads, from that place to Nashville, until the 29th of May, 1863, when it was ordered to Glasgow, Ky., where it was assigned to the Second Bri- gade, Second Division Twenty-third Army Corps, where it remained during the remainder of the war, and until mustered out of service. From Glasgow it took part in the movement on Scottsville and Tompkinsville. On the 4th day of July, 1863, Morgan having crossed the Cumberland River about six miles above Tompkinsville, the One Hundred and Eleventh gave chase and marched from Tompkinsville to Glasgow, a distance of thirty-two miles, carrying guns, equipments and forty rounds of ammunition. On the 6th the regiment marched to Munfordville, and on the 9th took cars for Louisville. Morgan, now having crossed the Ohio River, a short distance below that point, the One Hundred and Eleventh crossed to New Albany, Ind., from there to Jefferson- ville, and took transports for Cincinnati. On the way up, on an island, ten miles above Louisville, the regiment was landed, and a detachment of Morgan's men were captured, with about twenty-five horses. The regiment arrived at Cincinnati on the 13th, and at Portsmouth on the 18th. Learning of the cap- ture of most of Morgan's command, the regiment returned to Cincinnati, where the first captured portion of Morgan's command, being about thirty-five hun- dred, were turned over to the One Hundred and Eleventh, who took the pri- vates and non-commissioned officers to the military prison at Indianapolis, and the commissioned officers to Johnson's Island without the loss of a single man. The regiment at this time presented a rather sorry appearance, it having been for four weeks on the chase after Morgan, and taking the rebels to prison, without a change of clothing, so was, indeed, rather rusty ; but was mustered for pay, and on the 29th of July was paid. The boys here drew new clothing, and the officers took a bath and "rigged up in their best," and really made a fine appearance that evening on dress parade, in the presence of several thou- sand Cincinnatians. About the Ist of August the regiment returned to Ken- tucky. Arriving at Lebanon it marched to New Market, where the Second Division of the Twenty-third Army Corps rendezvoused, preparatory to their march into East Tennessee. This movement began on the 19th of August and the command arrived at Jamestown, on the Cumberland Mountain, eighty-five miles distant from Knoxville, on the 26th. The night of the 25th was a hard one on the men. The One Hundred and Eleventh was detailed to help the division wagon train and artillery up the mountain. This was accomplished by fastening a hawser to the end of the wagon pole and a company of men, with hand spikes twisted in the hawser, drawing the wagons up the almost per- pendicular side of the mountain. From Jim Town the division moved by rapid
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