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This prompt and energetic action of yourself, your staff and the loyal people of the State exhibits an unmatched effort of the devoted patriotism and stern determination to spare no sac- rifice to maintain the Nation and overthrow the rebellion. You will please accept for yourself and the patriot people of Ohio the thanks of the President and of this department.
E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
After the organization of the militia in 1863, meetings were frequently and regularly held for drill, and on the first of May, 1864, when Governor Brough asked the services of the One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, it reported promptly, and was a well drilled and as fine looking body of men as went from Knox county during the war. Its field officers were-William C. Cooper, colonel; William Rogers, lieutenant colonel; William M. Young, major; Wilson N. King, surgeon; Jacob Stamp, assistant surgeon; Frederick D. Sturges, adjutant; Alexander H. Fritchey, quartermaster and William J. Trimble, chaplain.
The following extract from a letter written by a member of the regiment, gives a picture of the start. It is dated at Fort Lyon, Alexandria, Vir- ginia, May 30, 1864:
We left Mt. Vernon on the morning of the eleventh, in open freight cars, and in a snow storm. We were all day reaching Columbus, arriving there at five o'clock and marching to Camp Chase, four miles from the city.
We met a cool reception here, as there was no preparation to receive us, and it was near midnight before wood, tents or ra- tions were issued to the men, and more than one thought of warm suppers and good beds at home, but there was no grum- bling. The next day we were made comfortable, but I must say that the first day was the roughest we have seen thus far.
On the thirteenth we were mustered into the service of the United States for one hundred days, and received orders to pre- pare three days rations, which consisted of salt meat and " hard tack."
On the fourteenth we marched to Columbus, where we ex- changed our arms for Springfield rifles, and at six P. M. we left for Wheeling, passing through Zanesville just at daylight and reaching the Ohio river at noon.
We did not notice any signs of war until we arrived at Cheat river, where on the top of a hill, perhaps three hundred feet high, we saw the flag of our country waving over a small fort, built to protect the bridge. From this place there was a strong guard at all important points; but it was not until we reached New creek that we saw what might be called an effective force. There is quite an imposing looking fort at this place. The next place was Piedmont, where the rebels just one week before de- stroyed the extensive works belonging to the railroad. The damage done was estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
We reached Martinsburgh on the seventeenth and were de- tained two days on account of damage by high water to the bridge at Harper's Ferry.
While at Martinsburgh we saw a train of wounded from Sie- gel's army-it was a sickening sight. We arrived at Harper's Ferry on the nineteenth, and crossed in a boat worked by ropes.
Leaving here at eight in the evening we arrived at Washing- ton Saturday at ten A. M., having been just a week on the road from Columbus. They marched us to the Soldier's Rest, where we were fed and started on our way to this place (Fort Lyon) which is a group of forts, thirteen miles from Washington, two from Alexandria and five from Mt. Vernon. The men were pretty well exhausted by the time they reached the fort. Fort Lyon is a very strong fortification, containing forty-two cannon and several mortars. The Tenth New York heavy artillery oc- cupied these forts before we came. This splendid regiment of seventeen hundred men was sent to reinforce General Butler. Colonel Cooper was offered a brigadier general's commission, and the command of the forts, but declined.
The regiment remained at Fort Lyon busily en- gaged in strengthening the fortifications and per- fecting its drill, until June 5th, when orders were received to report to General Ambercrombie, at White House landing on the Pamunkey river. The regiment took the steamer at Alexandria June 7th, and arrived at White House on the ninth about midnight, and went into camp in the open field. The wounded from the battle of Cold Har- bor, then in progress, were being brought in-a gloomy reception to inexperienced soldiers. With-
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out rest the regiment, carrying six day's rations, left all its baggage and marched (at four A. M.) to guard a supply-train through the Wilderness to General Grant's front, near Cold Harbor, a dis- tance of sixteen miles. Arriving there in the even- ing Colonel Cooper reported to General Meade, who ordered him to report his regiment to General Butler at Bermuda Hundred. This point was reached by water June 13th, where, without being permitted to land, it was conveyed, on transports, to Point of Rocks, about five miles below Peters- burgh. Here it was landed and marched about six miles, to the extreme right of the National line.
Thinking to get a night's rest, the tired soldiers lay down on their blankets; but just as they had lapsed into dreamy forgetfulness, the long roll sounded. Leaving its tents standing the regiment was marched three miles on double-quick, through a dense, dark pine forest, filled with stumps and underbrush over which the men often stumbled and fell.
The point to be defended was reached and the men immediately placed in rifle-pits, in which ex- posed position they passed about a week. They were then detailed to destroy a line of earthworks from which the enemy had been driven. While engaged in this duty they were resisted by the reb- els; but the regiment, with the aid of other troops on the line, not only completed the work of de- struction, but drove the rebels from the field.
Hardly a day passed without the regiment or detachments from it being detailed for picket or fatigue duty. At one time the whole regiment was detailed to build a fort at Turkey Bend, on James river, which duty it performed with credit and dis- patch, although incessantly annoyed by shells from a hostile battery.
On the nineteenth of August it received orders to repair to Washington city, as its term of service had about expired. It accordingly embarked on transports at Bermuda Hundred, and reached Washington on the twenty-first. Thence it went by rail to Camp Chase, Ohio, and was there mus. tered out of the service of the United States Sep- tember 2, 1864. The regiment arrived in Mt. Vernon September 3d.
Out of an aggregate strength of eight hundred and forty-five men the regiment lost fifty, mostly
from disease incident to camp life, excessive fatigue and exposure.
Following are the muster-rolls of the Knox county companies of the One Hundred and Forty- second Ohio National Guard. These companies were mustered into the service May 13,. 1864 :
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel William C. Cooper, May 2, 1864.
Lieutenant Colonel William Rogers, May 2, 1864.
Major William M. Young, May 2, 1864.
Adjutant Frederick D. Sturges, May 2, 1864.
Quartermaster Alexander H. Fritchie, May 2, 1864.
Surgeon Wilson A. King, May 2, 1864.
Chaplain William J. Trimble, May 2, 1864.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Sergeant Major Edward C. Camp, May 2, 1864.
Quartermaster Sergeant Henry L. Curtis, May 2, 1864. Commissary Sergeant John W. Stanton, May 2, 1864. Hospital Steward John J. Scribner, May 2, 1864.
COMPANY A.
. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Jesse Davis, May 2, 1864.
First Lieutenant Milton L. Mills, May 2, 1864.
Second Lieutenant Alexander B. Tarr, May 2, 1864.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Luther L. Hyatt, May 2, 1864,
Third Sergeant William H. Linn, May 2, 1864. Fourth Sergeant Gilford D. Bishop, May 2, 1864. Fifth Sergeant William Frazier, May 2, 1864. First Corporal Jacob Cochran, May 2, 1864. Second Corporal W. O. Shaw, May 2, 1864. Fourth Corporal George Scott, May 2, 1864. Fifth Corporal Orange Holister, May 2, 1864. Sixth Corporal Jacob Weaver, May 2, 1864. Seventh Corporal Benjamin F. Hyatt, May 2, 1864. Eighth Corporal Charles Carey, May 2, 1864. Musician William Coffing, May 2, 1864. Musician Byram H. Osborn, May 2, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Breckenridge, David, date of enlistment May 2, 1864.
Bishop, Daniel A.,
Bedell, Marshall,
Brown, Cassius,
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Bishop, Allen J .,
Bedell, John E.,
Brokaw, William H.,
Beeney, Henry,
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Brown, James,
Blair, Abraham,
Celley, Joshua,
Coil, Granderson,
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Carson, James C.,
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Cochran, John S.,
Cochran, Alexander,
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Carr, John L.,
Doty, Marshall,
Duston, John,
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Deal, Roland, date of enlistment May 2, 1864.
Corporal Marion F. Miller, May 2, 1864.
Frazier, Samuel R.,
Corporal George Moreland, May 2, 1864.
Fletcher, Christopher,
Corporal Lewis D. Cumston, May 2, 1864.
Fix, George W.,
Corporal Stephen Crego, May 2, 1864.
Fowler, Harrison,
Corporal Samuel Colmary, May 2, 1864. Corporal James Rimer, May 2, 1864.
Hixenbaugh, James A.,
Corporal Wesley McDowell, May 2, 1864.
Higbee, John L.,
Corporal John Hays, May 2, 1864.
Hollister, Allen,
PRIVATES.
Anderson, George, date of enlistment, May 2, 1864.
Hix, Mardenbro,
Ake, Silas P.,
Higgins, John D.,
Balcome, Blonzo,
Hulien, Charles,
Barrack, Robert G.,
Hyatt, Philip H.,
Barnes, Alvin A.,
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Hyatt, Morris,
Burgoon, David J.,
Hyatt, Washington,
Broiler, Levi,
Hildreth, Judson,
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Broiler, James F.,
Hixenbaugh, Adam,
Baker, Charles H.,
Haggerty, William,
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Bottomfield, John S.,
Hollister, Joseph A.,
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Chamel, Henry,
Jeffers, Cassius,
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Cornal, Julius,
Kyle, James R.,
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Camp, Hanson,
Kelly, Michael,
C'ristman, Bertley,
Lewis, Benjamin F.,
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Disney, Dorson A.,
Litzenburg, David,
Dudin, Charles W.,
Linaweaver, Corbin R.,
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Dentv, John W.,
Lewis, Wilson S.,
Drum, Wesley E.,
Lauderbaugh, Charles,
Davis, James,
Milt, Henry C.,
Evans, Lewis,
Miller, Jacob F.,
Evans, Wesley J.,
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Nickerson, Charles T.,
Francis, George S.,
Phillips, Isaac H.,
Francis, Orrin,
Robertson, John T.,
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Huffman, Carr,
Robertson, Charles E.,
Hawkins, Daniel,
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Sturges, Alfred,
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Hesket, Irwin,
Sturges, William B.,
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Spearman, John,
Jacobs, John W.,
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Smith, George L.,
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Koons, Collins, W.,
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Tarr, Haman, P.,
Lake, Harrison E.,
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Updike, Enos,
Lambert, Reuben,
Lemmer, Peter,
Myers, David,
Morey, Corwin,
McManis, Isaiah,
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More, Allen,
Mckinney, William C.,
First Lieutenant William Kinsey, May 2, 1864.
Nash, Cornelius,
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Nieble, George,
Nieble, William,
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Patterson, Harrison E.,
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Poland, Charles, O.,
Poland, Freelin Q.,
Patrick, David S.,
Runnels, Stephen,
Rutherford, David,
White, St. Clair,
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White, John W.,
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COMPANY B.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Henry Larimore, May 2, 1864.
Second Lieutenant Josiah S. Wolfe, May 2, 1864.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant George F. Beardsley, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Charles G. Smith, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Lewis Mitchell, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Frank C. Larimore, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Francis G. Speelman, May 2, 1864.
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Miller, Henry,
Evans, Job,
Pinkerton, Benjamin F.,
Hatfield, Irwin,
Strickler, George B.,
Harrison, Amzi,
Jagger, Silas,
Scott, Samuel,
Long, John R.,
Weaver, John,
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Gifford, Amasa,
Hill, Aaron,
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Keller, Peter,
Crego, Monroe,
Morris, M. H.,
Elder, Franklin F.,
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Speelman, David H., date of enlistment May 2, 1864. Speelman, John W., Smith, Oscar E., Stoughton, Lemon, Stults, Adam,
Stout, Jacob, Shaffer, Levi,
Shaffer, John W.,
Sutton, Thomas,
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Tegarden, David,
Trotter, George P.,
Trotter, Archibald,
Thrall, Lewis,
Williams, Henry, Williams, David H.,
Wilson, James E.,
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COMPANY C.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Henry C. Harris, May 2, 1864. First Lieutenant Lucien B. Curtis, May 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant, Mills Harrod, May 2, 1864. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Ira Boyle, May 2, 1864. Sergeant George W. Davis, May 2, 1864. Sergeant John Graham, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Isaac Vance, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Charles B. Gates, May 2, 1864. Color Sergeant Edwin S. Miller, May 2, 1864. Corporal Aaron Boyle, May 2, 1864. Corporal Henry J. Glaze, May 2, 1864. Corporal Stephens Stinger, May 2, 1864. Corporal Levi Winger, May 2, 1864. Corporal John Minor, May 2, 1864. Corporal Dany Miller, May 2, 1864. Corporal Mathew P. Smith, May 2, 1864. Corporal John B. Oldaker, May 2, 1864. Musician Isaac C. Everett, May 2, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Alexander, Joseph H., date of enlistment, May 2, 1864. Alexander, Albert, Babbs, John W., · Babbs, Thomas, Buxton, Francis A., Buxton, Thomas,
Baughman, Chris., Beach, William A., Babbs, Isaac V., Boyles, James S.,
Boyle, Joseph M., Bebout, William, Conway, Charles A.,
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Frey, James R.,
date of enlistment May 2, 1864.
Gates, Lyman W., Graham, Robert F., Grove, David, Glenn, Thomas, Graves, William,
Hodges, Henry, Hall, Luther S.,
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Hunter, William A.,
Hyatt, William,
Hobbs, Samuel M.,
Hobbs, John W.,
Herford, Crawford,
Jones, Greenburg, =
Lockwood, William M.,
Lockwood, Ira L.,
Lincoln, William H.,
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Miller, Harrison,
Murphy, Albin W.,
Morey, William,
Montis, William H.,
Neal, George,
Porter, Solomon,
Quintard, Cyrus B.,
Robinson, Allen,
Robinson, George, Row, Daniel,
Seamons, Henry C.,
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Smith, Robert H.,
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Smith, Wilford, . 4
Smith, Harvey J.,
Steinmates, Upton,
Steinmates, Jacob,
Steinmates, Benjamin,
Steinmates, John,
Shafer, Laman,
Shanks, John,
Tracey, James M.,
Vernon, John,
Winn, John M., =
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Weaver, David H.,
Worman, Alfred,
Webster, Glesner J.,
COMPANY F.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain A. B. Cummings, May 2, 1864. First Lieutenant W. H. H. Miller, May 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant Ira Pealer, May 2, 1864.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sargeant Thomas H. Waltz, May 2, 1864. Sargeant Harmon Lybarger, May 2, 1864. Sergeant William B. Dowds, May 2, 1864, Sergeant John McElroy, May 2, 1864. Corporal Jacob Nips, May 2, 1864. Corporal John Carter, May 2, 1864. Corporal John Gilbert, May 2, 1864. Corporal Richard Lybarger, May 2, 1864. Corporal Alexander Gordon, May 2, 1864. Corporal Alonzo Robinson, May 2, 1864. Corporal John Worley, May 2, 1864.
Crawford, James, Cake, Howard, Daily, George C., Daily, Daniel, Evans, George E., Edmonson, Charles, Fonls, John, Fonls, James, Fry, Jacob,
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Corporal John Rummel, May 2, 1864. Musician Smith Buchannan, May 2, 1864. Musician Harvey Matheny, May 2, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Barker, George, date of enlistment, May 2, 1864.
Barron, Randolph,
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Bevington, Levi,
Black, William,
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Barker, Lyman,
Ball, George M. D.,
Clark, Amos,
Condit, Winfield S.,
Clemment, Benjamin,
Clark, Allen D
Craig, Clark N.,
De Witt, John F.,
Dazninde, John A.,
Dermody, John,
Day, Jehiel F.,
Sergeant Harvey Devoe, May 2, 1864. Corporal Joshua Durbin, May 2, 1864.
Elliott, William,
Corporal Abram Stephens, May 2, 1864.
Fletcher, Henry,
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Greer, Thomas E.,
Corporal David P. Willitts, May 2, 1864. Corporal James E. Ewers, May 2, 1864.
Goodale, Joseph,
Corporal Alexander Syliman, May 2, 1864.
Heston, Nathan,
Corporal James C. McGrew, May 2, 1864.
Heston, John,
Corporal John T. Cornell, May 2, 1864. Corporal Leander Caywood, May 2, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Buckwalter, Jehiel, date of enlistment, May 2, 1864.
Blackburn, Moses,
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Long, William,
Blackburn, Robert B.,
Montis, Solomon,
Brown, John,
McElroy, James,
Breece, Edson J.,
McCune, Robert,
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Condon, George W., =
Miller, Abel C.,
Condon, Jesse W.,
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Mayors, Lyman,
Chancy, James B.,
Minard, Thomas G.,
Case, Lew,
Marsh, Eber P.,
Condon, David,
Nichols, Jonas,
Condon, William H.,
Neal, Joseph,
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Cullison, James,
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Onry, Silas,
Douglas, Abram L.,
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Pealor, Mahlon,
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Dehaven, Oliver F.,
Phillips, Joshua,
Detwile, George W.,
Reed, James H.,
Durbin, Samuel,
Rogers, William A.,
Duncan, James,
Rummels, James,
Elliott, Edwin,
Reed, Samuel,
Estile. Edwin H.,
Shetler, Jacob,
Edwards, Charles W.,
Sharp, Wesley,
Ebersole, John,
Stonebrook, Mathias,
Foote, Henry R.,
Stout, John, Serrels, Thomas,
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Foote, Wilber,
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Shetler, William,
Scott, Thomas E.,
Gordon, Irvin,
Shepard, Jeremiah,
Gibson, Gideon,
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Thompson, Samuel,
Gibson, Albert,
Gilbert, Samuel,
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Tilton, Asbury,
Tilton, Daniel W., date of enlistment May 2, 1864.
Vernon, James F.,
Whitney, Girdon,
Weirick, James L.,
Waltz, Elias L.,
Wolfe, William,
Yarnell, John W.,
COMPANY H.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Josiah M. Cochran, May 2, 1864. First Lieutenant Alfred R. McIntyre, May 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant Columbus D. Hyler, May 2, 1864. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant James F. Greenley, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Artemus C. Rowley, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Chauncey P. Hill, May 2, 1864. Sergeant Mathew Boner, May 2, 1864.
Hagaman, John, Hunt, Philip,
Hess, Joseph,
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Hersh, Levi,
Hayes, Daniel,
Lobach, Henrý,
Bricker, William,
Baxter, Porter,
Miller, H. Wright,
Mast, William H.,
Caywood, Sylvester,
O'Brian, William E.,
Dennis, Aaron,
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Fidler, Daniel,
Giffin William C.,
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Cline, David,
May 2, 1864.
Hollabaugh, John F., date of enlistment May 2, 1864. Hall, Philip C., Ireland, Lewis,
Chandler, David, Carpenter, John,
Haines, Burges,
Curtis, James W.,
Jackson, John,
Christman, Isaac,
Knight, Fred. W.,
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Dawson, James R.,
Ladd, Henry H. M.,
Dillen, Francis,
Marple, Hiram B.,
Dadley, John W.,
Murphy, James F.,
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Fowls, William,
Mervin, John,
Green, Franklin,
Nepton, William F.,
Green, Henry,
Palmer, George W.,
Guy, Henry C.,
Rush, Frank L.,
Henry, William,
Rush, John A.,
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Henry, Daniel B.,
Rowley, James H.,
Herrington, Leonard,
Roberts, T. Burr,
Herrington, William,
Reed, Marshal,
Henston, Robert,
Ransom, Oscar,
Henston, David,
Sockman, William,
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Hollabaugh, Samuel,
Strong, Heman, W.,
Hardman, Philander,
Strong, Clayton,
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Houck, Thomas H.,
Strong, Winfield,
Jennings, Jesse H.,
Steel, Israel,
Jones, George W.,
Walker, James M.,
Kerr, Alexander S.,
Weaver, B. Franklin,
Kerr, John,
Wymer, Michael,
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Keys, Charles,
Wilson, William,
Lewis, John,
Wilson, John,
Larne, Henry,
Winters, Gearge,
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McCemment, William,
Wyants, Augustus,
Murphy, Oliver F.,
Vernon, Daniel L.,
McMillen, Daniel,
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Vale, Milton W.,
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Bigbee, Royal,
Mahaffey, Milton,
Meek, Stephen S.,
Mckay, William,
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COMPANY I.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain W. O. Daniels, date of enlistment May 2, 1864. First Lieutenant Carey Bell -
Second Lieutenant David Mercer,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant William H. Hanna,
May 2, 1864.
Sergeant Walden Clutter,
Sims, John,
Shaw, Robert A.,
Sims, William,
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Sergeant Harrison V. Conway,
Smith, William,
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Corporal David Bowman,
Simpson, Josiah J.,
Corporal David Lims,
Schooler, John,
Corporal Thomas Floyd,
Trimble, William J.,
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Corporal Samuel Pratt,
Thompson, Samuel,
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Corporal Charles E. Barnes,
Thornhill, Amstard H.,
Corporal John S. Boyd,
Thornhill, William,
Corporal Charles Pierson,
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Van Voorhis, Townsend,
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Welch, Robert M.,
Bennett, Henry,
May 2, 1864.
Walker, Alexander J.,
Bebout, William,
Wright, William,
Bentz, Jacob,
Wright, Phineas,
Crafts, Benjamin,
Wilson, William,
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Cline, John,
Wright, Amos,
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Owens, Leander,
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Whitney, Seymour,
Noffinger, William,
Pumphrey, Josiah,
Rumsey, Olloff D.,
Russell, William H.,
Russell, James,
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Reese, Austin,
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Spry, John W.,
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Shales, Elah H.,
Sergeant John R. Wilson,
Sergeant Alexander J. Robinson,
Murphy, Lewis M.,
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Zolman, William,
McWilliams, Charles,
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Corporal Edward W. Bell,
Welch, Edward,
PRIVATES.
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Give them the meed they have won in the past ; Give them the honors their merits forecast ; Give them the chaclets they won in the strife, Give them the laurels they lost with their life. Cover them over-yes, cover them over- Parent, and husband, and brother, and lover ; Crown in your heart these dead heroes of ours, And cover them over with beautiful flowers."
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
MOUNT VERNON.
THE PROPRIETORS-NAME- FIRST HOUSE-FIRST TAVERN -THE BUTLERS-TOWN PLAT-TORNADO-THE FIRST DOCTOR-COMMISSIONERS FOR SELECTING THE COUNTY SEAT-THEIR REPORT -- THE STRUGGLE FOR THE COUNTY SEAT-BEN. BUTLER'S "TRICK" -- THE RIOT-AN INDEN- TURE OF APPRENTICESHIP-THE HATTERS-JAMES CRAIG -JOSEPH WALKER-FIGHTING AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS -ENDEAVORS TO CHANGE THE COUNTY SEAT-WHAT THE LIVING PIONEERS SAY.
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THE original proprietors of Mt. Vernon were r
Joseph Walker, Thomas B. Patterson, and Benjamin Butler. The town was laid out in 1805. One of the proprietors being from the Potomac, and thinking of the consecrated spot on its shores, suggested that the new laid-out town should bear the name of Washington's family seat-Mt. Vernon.
About 1806, Samuel Kratzer came from Lan- caster to the new town site, and bought out the in- terest of Mr. Patterson.
Captain Walker's house was the first one within the town plat. The next buildings were two little log cabins, built by Ben. Butler, on the corner now owned by Christian Peterman-Gambier and Main streets-northwest corner. In one of these log pens Butler lived and kept tavern until he built his log cabin on the corner, which for many years continued the principal tavern of Mt. Vernon. Butler moved into it in the fall of 1805, and lived in it until 1809. It continued as the war office under successive administrations.
Among the early settlers of this part of Ohio was the Virginia family of Butlers. They were John, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Isaac, and James, and all made their settlements upon Owl creek (Kakousie) and Whitewoman (Walhonding)
at first. In 1800 Ben. Butler settled in the neigh- borhood of Dresden. In 1801 he moved to Lewis- ville, two miles above Coshocton, and in 1802 set- tled on Whitewoman, above the mouth of Kill- buck. From this place he moved to Mt. Vernon in April, 1805, where he resided until 1809, when he moved down the creek, where he remained until the time of his death, in June, 1872. Before he moved to Mt. Vernon he had purchased thirty-six acres of land of Joseph Walker, which he (Walker) had purchased of Matthews and Nigh. Matthews executed the deed to Butler. Patterson, Walker, and Butler conceived the plan of laying out a town on their possessions, and accordingly in July, 1805, it was surveyed by Robert Thompson, and recorded in the Fairfield county records.
Benjamin Butler was born in Monongalia county, Virginia. April 18, 1779, and married May 2, 1799, Leah Rogers, of Crab Orchard, Virginia, then in her sixteenth year.
Clinton-one mile and a half north-was laid out in 1804, Mt. Vernon in 1805, and Frederick- town in 1807. Neither of them amounted to much in 1808, but of the three Clinton was the most promising.
The following is the original specifications of the first plat of Mt. Vernon:
The town of Mt. Vernon is situated in the first section of the sixth township and thirteenth range. The town is laid off in blocks or squares, the streets and alleys intersecting at right angles, bears south one-fourth degree east and north one-fourth degree west, and east one-fourth north, and west one-fourth south. The lots are numbered from north to south, and from south to north successively, beginning at the northeast corner. The lots are four rods wide in front and eight rods deep. The streets are four rods wide, except High street which is six rods wide. The alleys are one rod wide each. The public square at the intersection of High and Market streets is twenty-two rods square, including the said streets at the intersection, and is given, granted and conveyed to the purchasers of the lots and their heirs assigns and successors forever for the purpose of public buildings, etc. The said town of Mt. Vernon is owned and possessed by Thomas B. Patterson, Joseph Walker and Benja- min Butler, in three distinct and separate shares as hereinafter described, viz: Thomas B. Patterson's share or part is all that which lies north of High street; Joseph Walker's share or part is that which lies south of High street and west of Market street; Benjamin Butler's share or part is that which lies south of High street and east of Market street, all of which shares and divis- ions are to be held by the said Thomas, Joseph and Benjamin, and their heirs or assigns in severalty forever. The public ground is bounded on the north by lots No. 111 and 130; on the south by lots Iro and 131; on the east by lots 73, 74, 75. and 76; on the west by lots 164, 165, 166, and 167. Given
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under our hands and seals this sixteenth day of July, A. D., 1805. Signed, sealed and acknowl- THOS. B. PATTERSON, [SEAL]
edged in the presence of us. ELNATHAN SCOFIELD,
JOSEPH WALKER, [SEAL]
PETER BARRICK.
BENJAMIN BUTLER, [SEAL].
STATE OF OHIO, FAIRFIELD COUNTY. S Personally appeared before me, Elna- than Scofield, one of the justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid county, the above named Thomas B. Patterson, Joseph Walker and Benjamin Butler, and acknowledged that they signed the above written instrument as their voluntary act and deed for the use and purpose therein mentioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of July, A. D. 1805. ELNATHAN SCOFIELD, [SEAL]. July 16, 1805.
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