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In the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863, the regiment fought with conspicuous bravery and was highly complimented in general orders. The regiment lost heavily on the Atlanta campaign, and among the killed were Captain C. F. Snodgrass, Captain Charles Converse and Major Thomas Acton died of wounds.
Captain James Watson was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the regiment at the close of the war. The regiment participated in seventeen battles and fights, be- sides many skirmishes, and the losses by death-killed, died of wounds and disease-were two hundred and thirty-seven. The regiment had a service in which the survivors may well take a just pride.
At Pine Knob, Georgia, on the 7th of October, Companies A, B, C, and D were mustered out, and the remainder of the regiment moved with the Fourth Corps, sharing in the pursuit of Hood and in the retreat before Hood from Pulaski.
In December, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn., the non-veterans were mustered out, and the veterans consolidated with the Fifty-first Ohio Infantry. The combined regiment was then transferred with the Fourth Corps to Texas, where it per- formed guard duty until mustered out December 3, 1865. About forty men from Union County were members of Com- pany D of this regiment, four of whom were killed, six died in the hospital, two were drowned, and three were wounded.
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46TH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
This regiment was organized at Worthington, Ohio, in the fall of 1861 and was mustered into the United States service October 16th, 1861, under Colonel Thomas Worthington and Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Walcutt. Colonel Worthington resigned November 21st, 1862, and Lieutenant Colonel Wal- cutt was promoted to Colonel and commanded the regiment with marked ability through many of the hard and decisive battles in which it participated.
Colonel Walcutt was promoted to Brigadier General for distinguished service on the field. He was severely wounded twice, and was one of General Grant's most trusted young officers in the Army of the Tennessee.
Nine soldiers of this regiment, of whom Sergeant James Gowan was one, served from Jerome Township. Sergeant Gowan was killed at the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., No- vember 25th, 1863, and William Hudson and Thomas Wray died in the service. To have served in this regiment through its many campaigns and battles was a distinguished honor. The other six names are: William B. Herriott, David M. Pence, John P. Williams, Charles C. Comstock, Ammon P. Converse and Edward R. Buckley.
The regiment joined General Sherman's army at Paducah, Kentucky, in February, 1862, and participated in the bloody battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6th and 7th, 1862. The loss was 295 killed, wounded and captured.
In April the regiment moved with the army upon Corinth. The summer of 1862 was spent at Memphis, and in November the Forty-sixth started on a campaign through Mississippi under General Grant. In June, 1863, it participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and after the surrender moved upon Jackson. In October the regiment, under Sherman, em- barked for Memphis and Chattanooga. It took part in the assault on Mission Ridge, sustaining a heavy loss; then marched to the relief of Knoxville.
At Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw, and the various
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battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, the Forty- sixth was ever at the front. At Ezra Church the regiment especially distinguished itself in repelling the attacking rebels and capturing the colors of the Thirtieth Louisiana. After the fall of Atlanta, the regiment pursued Hood into northern Alabama and Tennessee. In November it marched with Sherman to the sea, participating in a sharp encounter at Griswoldsville and in the skirmishing around Savannah. From Savannah it moved to Bentonville, where it was com- plimented for gallant conduct in the battle at that place.
The Forty-sixth moved through the Carolinas, on to Washington, and after the grand review proceeded to Louis- ville, Ky., where it was mustered out on the 22nd of July, 1865.
The regiment has to its record eighteen battles, as shown by the official records, with many skirmishes ; marched many hundreds of miles, was on the firing line when the war closed, and fought in the last battle of General Sherman's at Benton- ville, N. C., March 19th, 1865. The losses, killed, died of wounds and disease, were 290, and the total casualties as shown by the official record were seven hundred and twenty- five.
54TH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in the summer and fall of 1861, under Colonel Thomas Kirby Smith, who was promoted to a Brigadier-General August 11th, 1863.
Fourteen Jerome Township soldiers are credited to the regiment, of whom James Clark and David Kent died in the service. The regiment was ordered to Kentucky in February, 1862, and arrived at Paducah on the 20th of that month, where it was assigned to the division of General W. T. Sher- man. The regiment was among the first troops to arrive by steamer, going up the Tennessee River, at Pittsburg Landing, early in March.
It was on outpost duty continuously through the month
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of March, and when the battle of Shiloh commenced it held the Union lines on the extreme left. It participated in that bloody battle, April 6th and 7th, with a loss in killed, wounded and missing of about two hundren men. During the siege of Corinth the regiment was on the front line the greater part of the time until the evacuation of that stronghold by the Confederates, May 30th, and had a number of skirmishes and minor engagements.
Soon after the evacuation of Corinth the regiment moved with the Division to LaGrange, Tenn., and then on to Holly Springs, Miss. In July the regiment marched to Memphis, Tenn., and from here was on several scouting and recon- noitering expeditions, and was with the advance of Sherman's army on the first expedition against Vicksburg.
In the engagement at Chickasaw Bayou, on the 28th and 29th of December, the regiment lost twenty men killed and wounded. In January, 1863, it took part in the assault and capture of Arkansas Post.
From this place the Fifty-fourth proceeded to Young's Point, La., and for a time was employed in digging a canal ; then marched to the rescue of a fleet of gunboats which were about to be destroyed. In May it moved with Grant's army to the rear of Vicksburg, was engaged in the battles of Cham- pion Hills and Big Black Bridge, and on the 19th and 22nd of May took an active part in the assault upon the enemy's works, losing in the two days forty-seven men killed and wounded.
In October the regiment proceeded to Memphis and thence to Chattanooga, taking part in the assault on Mission Ridge, November 26th. The following day it marched to the relief of Knoxville and after pursuing the enemy through Tennessee into North Carolina returned to Chattanooga, and from there proceeded to Larkinsville, Ala. On the 22nd of January, 1864, the Fifty-fourth reënlisted, and after the furlough to Ohio, returned to the Army with 200 recruits.
In May it joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and par- ticipated in the engagements at Resaca, Dallas and New Hope
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Church. In the assault upon Kenesaw Mountain, June 27th, the regiment lost twenty-eight killed and wounded. At Nico- jack Creek, July 3rd, thirteen were killed, wounded and missing ; in the battles on the east side of Atlanta, July 21st and 22nd, ninety-four were killed, wounded and missing; and at Ezra Chapel, on the 28th, eight more were added to the list of killed and wounded.
From this time until the 27th of August the Fifty-fourth was continually engaged in the works before Atlanta. It took a prominent part in the engagement at Jonesboro, pursued Hood northward, returned and marched to the sea, taking part in the capture of Fort McAllister on the 15th of Decem- ber. It moved through the Carolinas, participating in many skirmishes, and in the last battle of the war at Bentonville, N. C., March 21st, 1865.
The regiment moved to Richmond, Va., and from there to Washington City. After passing in review it moved to Louis- ville, Ky., thence to Little Rock, Ark., and there performed garrison duty until mustered out, August 15th, 1865.
The regiment marched upward of 3,500 miles, participated in seventeen hard-fought battles and many skirmishes. The losses in killed, wounded, died of disease and missing were five hundred and six. It fought in the States of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and North Carolina.
FIFTY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in the winter of 1862, under the call of the President for 300,000 troops, under Colonel Val Bausenwein, and was largely com- posed of Germans, both officers and men of the ranks.
Colonel Bausenwein resigned and Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dister commanded the regiment. He was killed De- cember 29th, 1862, in a fight on the Yazoo River, Mississippi, and the regiment lost in killed, wounded and missing upward of forty per cent of the number engaged.
It saw its first hard battle at Fort Donelson, and its next at
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Pittsburg Landing. It took part in the siege of Corinth, then moved to Memphis, where it was ordered to Arkansas. In January, 1863, it shared in the capture of Arkansas Post, and in April joined Grant's Vicksburg campaign. It participated in the engagements of Deer Creek and of Grand Gulf.
On the surrender of Fort Donelson the Fifty-eighth was the first regiment to enter the Fort, February 16th, 1862, and Lieutenant Colonel Rempel, commanding the regiment, hauled down the Confederate flag. The regiment was hotly engaged in the battle of Shiloh, April 7th, with a loss of nine killed and forty-three wounded.
During the summer of 1863 the companies of the regiment were transferred to ironclads and flotillas and saw some hard service in running the blockades of the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, and in the battle of Grand Gulf the regiment lost heavily. The regiment has to its credit twelve battles, many skirmishes, and the losses in killed died of wounds and disease totaled three hundred and five.
The service of this German regiment was long and honor- able, and the members of the regiment have left to their families a noble heritage of devotion to the flag of their adopted country. The regiment was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, January 14th, 1865.
Dunallen M. Woodburn was the only soldier of Jerome Township who served in this regiment. He left home without the consent of his paretns, which was a very usual occurrence in those war days. He was but 14 years of age, and enlisted January 16th, 1862, serving continuously until the regiment was discharged. He reënlisted as a veteran, and was pro- moted to Drum-Major of the 47th Regiment, U. S. C. T.
He had a remarkable service for a boy of 14, and now after a lapse of more than fifty years I recall an incident of the battle of Shiloh. Knowing that the 58th Regiment was in the battle and that his parents, John and Maria Curry Woodburn, would be anxious about him, the day after the battle, April 7th, 1862, I mounted my horse and after a search of several hours on the battlefield, strewn with the dead of
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both armies, I found "Dun," as we called him, as happy and unconcerned as if he had been at his home. I sought and found Colonel Bausenwein, who, in his Fez cap, was enjoying his pipe, and requested that Dun accompany me to our bivouac, to which he readily consented.
I took him on my horse and we made our way to my regi- ment. We had no tents and it rained almost continuously for two or three days, but I shared my blankets and rubber poncho with him. All around were dead artillery horses and ambu- lances were busy gathering up our own boys in the dense woods, and no doubt he will recall this incident vividly.
SIXTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
This regiment was organized at Worthington and Mari- etta, Ohio, by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixty-third. It was organized in February, 1862, under Colonel John W. Sprague, and imme- diately joined the Army of the Mississippi under General Pope, and was engaged in all the movements which resulted in the capture of Island No. 10, and in the siege of Corinth.
It took part in the battles of Iuka and Corinth under Rose- crans. After operating in Alabama and Tennessee until Oc- tober, 1863, the Sixty-third joined the Army of the Cumber- land, and participated in the battles of the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. It took part in the review at Washington, then moved to Louisville, where it was mustered out July 8th, 1865.
In the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 4th, 1862, the regiment captured in a charge one gun of a battery, with the Captain commanding, and a number of prisoners. The loss in this battle was almost fifty per cent in killed and wounded. Sergeant Eli Casey, the only Jerome Township soldier who served in the 63rd, was killed in this battle.
A large number of the regiment reënlisted as veterans January 2nd, 1864, at Prospect, Tenn. They were in the last battle of any importance participated in by General Sherman's
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army, at Bentonville, N. C., March 19th, and their last skir- mish was March 31st, near Newbern.
The regiment was engaged in fifteen battles, besides many skirmishes, and the loss by death was three hundred and sixty-seven, as shown by the official records.
SIXTY-SIXTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
Seven Jerome Township soldiers served in this regiment, two of whom, Corporal Delmore Robinson and David Shine- man, died in the service.
The Sixty-sixth Ohio was organized at Camp McArthur, Urbana, Ohio, October 1st, 1861, under Colonel Charles Candy, and on the 17th of January, 1862, moved to West Vir- ginia and reported to General Lander at New Creek, where the first field camp was made. General Shields soon suc- ceeded General Lander, and the Sixty-sixth, for a few weeks, was stationed as provost guard at Martinsburg, Winchester and Strasburg; then crossed the Blue Ridge to Fredericks- burg, where it was assigned to the Third Brigade under Gen- eral E. B. Tyler. Orders were soon received to countermarch for the relief of General Banks in the Shenandoah Valley and for the protection of Washington, then threatened by Stonewall Jackson.
In the battle of Port Republic, June 9th, the regiment took an active and prominent part in defending a battery of seven guns. The enemy had possession of these guns at three dif- ferent times, and as many times were compelled to abandon them by the regiment. After fighting for five hours against overwhelming numbers, General Tyler withdrew his com- mand. The regiment lost on this occasion 196 of the 400 men engaged.
The Second Division, under command of General Banks, opened the battle at Cedar Mountain, and in the desperate struggle which ensued the regiment lost eighty-seven killed and wounded of the 200 men in arms. Its battleflag had one shell and nineteen bullet holes made through it, and one Ser-
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geant and five Corporals were shot down in succession while carrying it. The regiment was again actively engaged at An- tietam on the 17th and 18th of September. On the 27th of December, 1862, General Stewart, with 2,000 rebel cavalry, made an attack on Dumfries, a small town garrisoned by the Fifty-seventh and Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiments, about 700 troops in all. After fighting fiercely for several hours, the enemy was forced to retreat.
After participating in the battle of Gettysburg, the Sixty- sixth pursued Lee to the Rappahonnock ; and in August, 1863, proceeded to New York to enforce the draft. In September it was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, near Chat- tanooga, and in November took part in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and Ringgold. On the 15th of December the regiment reënlisted, and at the end of veteran furlough returned to Bridgeport, Ala., where it remained in camp about three months. In May, 1864, it moved with the First Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps, on the At- lanta campaign.
At Resaca the Sixty-sixth was actively engaged, but with slight loss. On the 25th of May it took part in the engage- ment near Pumpkin Vine Creek, and for eight days kept up a continuous musketry fire with the enemy. On the 15th of June the regiment led the advance on Pine Mountain, and in the battles of Kenesaw, Marietta and Peach Tree Creek fought with conspicuous gallantry. After the capture of At- lanta the Sixty-sixth remained on duty in that city until Sher- man started on his "march to the sea." From Savannah it moved northward through the Carolinas and on to Washing- ton, passing over the old battlefield of Chancellorsville, thus making the entire circuit of the Southern States.
The regiment marched and was transported by rail upward of 11,000 miles; participated in sixteen hard-fought battles, a score of fights and skirmishes, and served in twelve States. The losses in killed, died of wounds and disease were two hundred and forty-five, and the total casualties were upward
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of five hundred. The regiment was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 19th, 1865.
Company F, organized in Union County, and the one in which the Jerome Township soldiers served, lost forty-one by death, thirty-four wounded, and eight were taken prisoners of war. To have served in this regiment, participating in its marches, campaigns and many battles, is sufficient honor for any soldier who served in the armies of the Union. But a remnant of that fighting regiment survives to tell the story of Gettysburg and of the many other bloody fields on which they fought.
82ND REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
This regiment was organized at Kenton, Ohio, in the fall of 1861, and was mustered into service under Colonel James Cantwell, December 31st, 1861. It was ordered to Fetterman, Va., in January, 1862, and that winter was devoted to drilling and equipping. In March it was assigned to Gen. Robert Schenk's Brigade and the baptism of fire was the attack on Bull Pasture Mountain.
On the 25th of May it moved with the army under General Fremont to Cross Keys, and followed Stonewall Jackson's forces to the Shenandoah. In the organization of the army of Virginia, under General Pope, the Eighty-second was as- signed to an independent brigade under Milroy, of the First Corps, Sigel's command.
In August it was again engaged with Jackson at Cedar Mountain. A few days later the two armies met on the op- posite banks of the Rappahannock River, and for more than a week kept up an incessant skirmishing, the enemy making many attempts to gain Waterloo Bridge, which was defended by Milroy's Brigade. When orders were received for the de- struction of the bridge, the work was intrusted to the Eighty- second. Then followed the second Bull Run battle, in which the regiment fought with conspicuous gallantry, losing heavily.
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In this engagement Colonel Cantwell was killed and Colonel James S. Robinson assumed command.
It participated in the advance on Fredericksburg, and in December went into winter quarters at Stafford C. H. General Howard succeeded General Sigel in command of the Eleventh Corps ; and the Eighty-second having been relieved from duty at headquarters, reported to General Schurz, its division com- mander, and by him was designated as a battalion of sharp- shooters for the division. In the movement upon Chancellors- ville on the 2nd of May, the Eighty-second performed good service, and from this time until the 7th, was engaged in the trenches or on the picket line.
When the army fell back the regiment returned to Stafford and remained quietly in its old camp until the 10th of June. Then, having been assigned to the Second Brigade of the Third Division, it moved on the Gettysburg campaign, and so severe was its loss in this sanguinary battle that only ninety-two of the 258 men who went into the action remained to guard its colors.
The Eleventh Corps followed in pursuit of the retreating enemy as far as Warrenton Junction. At Hagerstown the Eighty-second had been assigned to the First Brigade of the Third Division, and when the Third Division was ordered to guard the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, it was placed at Catlett's Station, where it performed guard and patrol duty until September. On the 25th, the regiment, with the Eleventh Corps, was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battle of Wauhatchie, October 28th, and in the assaults upon Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge.
On January 1st, 1864, the Eighty-second reënlisted for another three years' service; on the 10th started to Ohio on veteran furlough; on the 23rd of February reassembled at Columbus, Ohio, with 200 recruits, and, on the 3rd of March, joined its brigade at Bridgeport, Ala. Here the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated, forming the Twentieth, and the Eighty-second was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division of this corps.
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On the 30th of April marching orders were received and the regiment entered upon the Atlanta campaign, moving to- ward Resaca. On the 14th of May it assisted the Fourth Corps in repulsing an attack by the rebels on Dalton Road, and in the engagement of the next day held an important posi- tion with but slight loss.
At Dallas the regiment took an active part, holding the center of the line. The entire brigade was exposed to a heavy fire; by sunset almost every cartridge was gone, and it was only by searching the cartridge boxes of the dead and wounded that a straggling fire was kept uptil night, when the brigade was relieved.
On the 20th of July it crossed Peach Tree Creek and found the rebels in the woods about four miles from Atlanta. The regiment lost in this affair, seventy-five killed and wounded. During the siege of Atlanta the Eighty-second occupied an im- portant but exposed position. On one occasion the regimental colors were carried away and torn to shreds by a cannon ball. On the 20th of August it was removed to a position on the Chattahoochie, and General Slocum assumed command of the corps. On the 2nd of September the National forces took pos- session of Atlanta, and the regiment went into camp in the suburbs. On the 15th of November it moved with Sherman's army to the sea-a detachment taking part in the encounter with Wheeler's cavalry at Buffalo Creek. From Savannah it marched through the Carolinas.
The regiment took a prominent part in the engagement at Averysboro, losing two officers and eight men wounded, and was again actively engaged in the last battle of the war at Bentonville, in which it lost two officers and nine men wounded and fourteen men missing. From Bentonville it moved to Goldsboro, and on the 9th of April was consolidated with the Sixty-first Ohio, the new organization being denominated the Eighty-second. After the surrender of Johnston at Raleigh, the regiment marched to Washington, and having participated in the grand review on the 24th of May, went into camp near Fort Lincoln.
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On the 15th of June it moved to Louisville, Ky., where it remained until the 25th of July, then proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, and was discharged July 29th, 1865.
The Eighty-second Regiment fought in five different states, and participated in twenty-four battles. The loss in killed, died of wounds and disease, was two hundred and fifty-seven. The service of this regiment was most distinguished, it having participated in many decisive battles, and was on the firing line when the war ended.
86TH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THREE MONTHS' SERVICE.
Under the call for 75,000 volunteers by the President, in May, 1862, the quota assigned to Union County was one hun- dred men. In response to that call, a company was recruited in the county by Captain W. H. Robb, and was assigned as Company E, 86th O. V. I.
Twelve soldiers of Jerome Township served in this regi- ment, which was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in May and June, 1862, under Colonel Barnabas Burns. It was imme- diately ordered to West Virginia, and was on garrison duty at Clarksburg and Grafton until about the last of July guarding the railroads and supply trains.
July 27th Companies A, C, H and I were detailed under command of Lieutenant Colonel Hunter, and were ordered to Parkersburg to watch the movements of the enemy in that section, as it had been reported that a rebel force under Jenkins was advancing on Clarksburg for the purpose of destroying the railroad and capturing supplies. The rebel force did not succeed in reaching Clarksburg, but attacked the garrison at Buckhannon, destroying the railroad and burning supplies.
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