History of Logan County and Ohio, Part 47

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 798

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On the 4th of February it started home on veteran furlough, and on the 16th of March, with 202 recruits, rendezvoused at Camp Chase. It left at once for Nashville, where it arrived on the 29th, and was detained there until April 4, when it left, and proceeded to Larkinsville, Ala., and joined its okl brig- ade on the lith. On the first of May it start- ed on the Atlanta campaign, and took part in the battle of Resaca on the 13th and 14th of May. On the Ist of June it participated

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in the engagement at New Hope Church, with a slight loss. It was engaged in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, losing fif- ty-seven men killed and wounded. In the fighting around Atlanta the Fifty-Seventh bore its usual part, and lost heavily. On the 4th of October it started in pursuit of Gen. Hood's army, and on the 15th attacked the enemy at Snake Creek Gap. The rebels were repulsed, and the regiment followed to Tay- lor Ridge, when another fight occurred, and the rebels were again defeated. The regi- ment accompanied Sherman in his " March to the Sea," and participated in all the hard- ships of that memorable march. After the surrender of Gen. Johnston it proceeded with the army, by way of Petersburg and Rich- mond. to Washington City, where it partici- pated in the grand review on the 24th of May. On the 2nd of June it was ordered to Louis- ville, Ky., and on the 25th went to Little Rock, Ark, where, on the 14th of August, it was mustered out of the United States service.

The Fifty-Seventh traveled by railroad, steamboat and on foot, during its term of ser- vice, more than 28,000 miles; the names of 1,594 men had been on its muster rolls, and of that number only 481 were alive at its muster out.

The Sixty-Sixth Infantry contained a com- pany from this county, viz: Company D. It was recruited by Robert Crockett, who had been commissioned as Second Lieutenant. It went into the service with the following com- missioned officers: Alvin Clark, Captain; Robert Crockett, First Lieutenant, and John O. Dye, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Clark resigned December 10, 1862; Lient. Crockett resigned May 20, 1862; Lieut. Dye was pro- moted to First Lieutenant, May 24, 1862; to Captain, November 10, 1862, and resigned August 13, 1864. Other promotions in the company were men from other counties, and their names could not be obtained.

The Sixty-Sixth was organized under the President's second call for troops, and was mustered into the service on the 11th of De- cember, 1861. On the Itth of January fol- lowing it left Camp McArthur, near Urbana, for West Virginia, and saw its first active ser- vice in the campaign against Romney, under Gen. Lander. At Fredericksburg the Sixty- Sixth, the Fifth, Seventh and Twenty-Ninth Ohio regiments formed the Third Brigade, under command of Gen. E. B. Tyler. Re- maining here but a day, it was ordered to countermarch for the relief of Gen. Banks, in the Shenandoah Valley, who was threatened by Stonewall Jackson. On the morning of June 9th, Gen. Tyler's brigade, with two reg- iments of the Fourth Brigade, were in line awaiting the attack of Gen. Jackson. In this fight the Sixty-Sixth took an active part. The force under Gen. Tyler, numbering about 2,700 men, held Gen. Jackson's army in check for five hours. In the engagement the Sixty- Sixth lost 109 men of the 400 engaged.

In July, the Sixty-Sixth, with its brigade, was ordered to join Gen. Pope. It was re- enforced by the Twenty-Eighth Pennsylvania, the whole commanded by Gen. Geary. It served in the corps of Gen. Banks at Cedar Mountain. In this battle one-half of the brigade were killed and many wounded. The Sixty-Sixth alone lost eighty-seven killed and wounded of the 200 engaged. After the defeat at Cedar Mountain the regiment moved with its corps to Antietam, and was actively engaged in that battle. In the battle of Chancellorsville it held a position in front of Gen. Hooker's headquarters, and the repeated attacks made upon it were repelled with cool- ness and courage. In the battle of Gettys- burg it had a position near the right of the line, and after the engagement joined in the pursuit of Gen. Lee. About this time it was sent to New York to quell the riots consequent upon the draft in that State. On the 8th of

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September it returned, and, shortly after, with Gen. Hooker's army, was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, in the vicinity of Chattanooga. In the battles of Lookout Mountain, Ringgold and Mission Ridge the Sixty-Sixth took a prominent part.

The regiment soon after returned to its camp near Chattanooga, where, on the 13th of December, 1863, it re-enlisted as veterans, and changed into the "Sixty-Sixth Regiment, Ohio Veteran Volunteers." It was among the first regimental organizations to which the term " Veteran Volunteers" was applied. Af- ter the expiration of its furlough it was sent to Bridgeport, Ala., where it remained in camp for some time, experiencing little active service until the advance on Atlanta. It was engaged in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca, in both of which it acquitted it- self with credit. During the fighting around Atlanta, the two opposing armies lay for eight days within a few rods of each other, and both lost heavily in the continuous musketry and cannonading. On the night of the 15th of June, the Sixty-Sixth, while moving up a ravine, was opened upon with grape and can- ister, and under a galling fire it moved within a hundred feet of the enemy's works, where it remained until the next day, when it was re- lieved by a now regiment. At Culp's Farm, Kennesaw, Marietta and Peach Tree Creek, the regiment bore an honorable part. After the capture of Atlanta it was placed on duty in that city, where it remained until Sh orman started on his " March to the Sea." It accom- panied him on that memorable march, partici- pated in the capture of Savannah, and the march through the Carolinas. After the sur- render of Gen. Johnston it proceeded to Washington by way of Richmond. It was paid off. and mustered out of the service July In. Isto, at Columbus.

The following is a brief summing up of the service of this gallant regiment: It received

recruits at various times to the number of 370 (it entered orignally with 850 men), and the number of men mustered out at the close of the war was 212. It lost in killed 110, and in wounded over 350. It served in twelve states, marched more than 11,000 miles, and partici- pated in eighteen battles.

The Eighty-Second Infantry was the next regiment that drew on Logan County for re- cruits. Company E was a Logan County company, and left for the field oflicered as follows: Charles Mains, Captain; Samuel B. Smith, First Lieutenant, and A. H. Niekell, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Mains resigned July 23, 1862; First Lieut. Smith was dis- charged August 13, 1862; Second Lieut. Nickell was promoted to First Lieutenant August 13, 1862, and resigned October 24, 1862. Of further promotions in the company we have been unable to obtain any informa- tion.

The Eighty-Second was mustered into the United States service on the 31st of Decem- ber, 1861, and on the 25th of January left for West Virginia, It went into camp near the village of Fetterman, where it underwent a thorough system of training. Few regiments from the State did more hard fighting than the Eighty-Second. On the 16th of March it was assigned to Gen. Schenck's Command, and in the exciting movements about Mon- terey, Bull Pasture Mountain, and Franklin, it took an active part. On the Sth of June the army to which it belonged fought the bat- tle of Cross Keys, but without serious loss to the Eighty-Second.

In the organization of the Army of Virginia the Eighty-Second was assigned to an inde- pendent brigade under Gen. Milroy. The severo campaigning it had undergone had thinned its ranks, and it numbered but 300 active men. On the 7th of August, Siger's Corps, to which it belonged, moved toward Culpepper, and on the following morning

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halted in the woods south of the village, but was too late at Cedar Mountain to participate actively in the battle. During the fighting on the Rappahannock it was for ten days within hearing and most of the time under fire of the enemy's guns. On the 21st and 22nd, McDowell had severe engagements near Gainesville. In the fight of the 22nd, Milroy led the advance. The Eighty-Second suffered severely, Col. Cantwell, its commander, being killed with the word of command upon his lips. In the early part of 1863, at the re- quest of its Colonel (Robinson ) it was relieved from duty at headquarters, and ordered to report to its division commander, Gen. Schurz. By him it was designated a battalion of sharp- shooters for the division. The next battle in which it bore a part was that of Chancellors- ville, on the 25th of May. It suffered terribly in this fight, there being at the close of the engagement, but 134 men with the colors. On the 10th of June it moved on the Gettysburg Campaign. It went into the battle which followed with twenty-two commissioned off- cers and 236 men; of these ninteen offi- cers and 147 men were killed, wounded, and captured, leaving only three officers and eighty-nine men. This little band of heroes brought off the colors of the regiment. The Eleventh Corps, to which the Eighty-Second belonged, was transferred on the 25th of Sep- tember to the Army of the Cumberland, then commanded by Gen. Hooker. The next bat- tle in which the regiment was engaged was that of Mission Ridge. In the December fol- lowing it re-enlisted as veterans. Out of 349 enlisted men present, 321 were mustered in as veteran volunteers, and were at once sent home on furlough. It returned to the field with 200 new recruits, and on the 3rd of March, 1864, it joined its old brigade at Bridgeport, Ala. On the 30th of April the regiment. with its brigade and division, started on the Atlan- ta Campaign, and bore an active part in most

of the battles and skirmishes that followed. It particularly distinguished itself at Resaca and Kennesaw Mountain. After the capture of Atlanta, it remained in camp there until the 15th of November, when it started with Sher- man's army to Savannah.

While the army was at Goldsboro, in April, 1865, the Eighty-Second and Sixty-First Ohio were consolidated, and the new regiment thus formed was known as the Eighty-Second. On the 10th the troops moved to Raleigh, where they remained until after the surrender of Gen. Johnston. On the 30th of April the corps marched for Washington by way of Richmond, and on the 19th of May arrived at Alexandria. It took part in the grand review at Washington on the 24th of May, after which it proceeded to Louisville, Ky., where it remained until the 25th of July, when it was ordered to Columbus, and was there paid off and discharged.

The Ninety-Sixth Infantry drew two com- panies from Logan County, viz : Company H, and Company I. Company H, was organ- ized with W. B. Niven, Captain; J. G. Ham- ilton, First Lieutenant, and E. L. Baird, Second Lieutenant; Capt. Niven resigned April 15, 1863; Lieut. Hamilton was appoint- ed Regimental Quartermaster, and Lient. Baird promoted to First Lieutenant, March 3, 1863, and to Captain, July 13, 1864, in which position he was mustered out with the regi- ment. Peter Marmon, was promoted from Orderly Sergeant to Second Lieutenant on the 16th of November, 1864. Consolidation prevented further promotion in the company.

Company I was recruited by W. W. Beattie, who was elected Captain; Franklin Kendall was First Lieutenant, and W. II. Chandler Second Lieutenant. Capt. Beattie resigned before leaving camp, and Lieut. Kendall was promoted to Captain; Second Lieut. Chandler to First Lieutenant, and G, W. Kline to Second Lieutenant. Capt.

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Kendall was honorably discharged August ~, 1863, and Lieut. Chandler promoted to Cap- tain, which position he filled until mustered out with the regiment; Lieut. Kline was pro- moted to First Lieutenant, January 22, 1864, and afterwards made Quartermaster in a new regiment.

The Ninety-Sixth Regiment was made up in the Eighth Congressional Distriet and or- ganized at Camp Delaware in August 1862. its officers were men who had seen service and were as follows : Joseph W. Vance, Colonel; Albert II. Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Charles H. MeElroy, Major. The following general sketch of the regiment, its movements and operations, is by Maj. MeElroy, of Dela- ware :

" A camp was established for this regiment on the Fuller farm, one and a half miles south of the city, known as Camp Delaware, the ground occupied lying between the Columbus road and the river. On the Ist day of Sep- tember, 1862, the Ninety-Sixth left camp 1,014 strong for Cincinnati, and on the evening of the same day of its arrival there, crossed over the river and went into camp at Covington, Ky. From that time until the close of the war, it was continuously active, and most of the time m hard service. In the fall of 1862 the regiment, in the brigade of Gen. Bur- bridge, and under command of Gen. A. J. Smith, marched from Covington to Falmouth, thence to Cynthiana, to Paris, to Lexington, Nicholasville, through Versailles, Frankfort, Shelbyville to Louisville, leaving Covington in the 8th of October, and going into camp at Louisville on the 15th. From Louisville it proceeded to Memphis, and on the 27th of December, with the forces under command of Gen. sherman, left for down the river' to Chickasaw Bayou; from there it went to Port Hyndman, or Arkansas Post, where it was in the left wing. under command of Gen. Morgan. Sorgt. B. F. High, Joseph 1. Wil-

cox, W. P. Wigton, of Company F, were killed here; and Isaac Pace, David Atkinson, of Company G, were wounded and soon after- ward died. After the battle of Arkansas l'ost, the regiment was at the siege of Vicks- burg, where it formed a part of the Thirteenth Army Corps; then followed the battle of Grand Coteau, La., a desperate struggle against fearful odds. After this the regiment was sent into Texas on an expedition of short duration; returning to Brashear City, La., it entered upon the famous Red River campaign under Gen. Banks. The battles of Sabine Cross Roads (where Col. Vance was killed), Peach Orchard Grove, and Pleasant Hill followed." " The regiment had now, by continual losses, become so reduced in numbers that a consolidation became necessary, and was effected under a general order from Major- General Reynolds, commanding the Depart- ment of the Gulf. At the request of the off- cors, and as a special honor to the regiment, it was consolidated into the Ninety-Sixth Bat- talion, and not with any other regiment. This was the only instance in that department of any such favor being accorded. Soon after this the regiment (now the Ninety-Sixth Bat- talion) was ordered down the river, and to Mobile, and was engaged in the capture of Forts Gaines, Morgan, Blakely and Spanish Fort, resulting finally in the capture of Mobile. The division was under command of Col. Landrum, of the Nineteenth Kentucky, and formed a part of the Thirteenth Corps under Gen. Granger. The Ninety-Sixth was mustered out at Mobile, and on the 29th of July, 1865, was paid off and discharged at Camp Chase.

" During its service, the regiment marched 1,683 miles; traveled by rail 517, and by water. 4,686; making a total of 9,886 miles, exclusive of many short expeditions in which it took part. When the regiment was mus- tered out of the United States service at the

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close of the war, it numbered 422 men, in- cluding a company transferred to it from the Forty-Second Ohio, in November, 1864, at the time the remainder of the Forty-Second was mustered out."

The One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth In- fantry was represented by a company from this county. The regiment was formed around the old "Hoffman Battalion," which con- sisted of four companies of men commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel and a Major, and had been occupied on guard duty at Johnson's Island. In the latter part of December, 1863, six new companies were added to the bat- talion, making it a full regiment. The Logan County company was designated "H," and was commanded by Capt. Samuel Starr, an old ex-officer of the Fifty-Fourth Ohio, who served through with the 128th, and was mustered out with the regiment. The First Lieutenant was Henry C. Reno, who was promoted to Captain, but was mustered out as First Lieutenant.

The 128th was occupied mostly during its term of service in duty at the fron- tier posts of Sandusky and Johnson's Island, and was organized as a regular regiment at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, Ohio, early in January, 1864. The duty of the regiment was arduous at Johnson's Island, where at all times a large number of Confederate officers were confined as prisoners of war, and con- sidering the proximity of the post to Canada, where a warm sympathy was felt for the rebel cause, the responsibility of the guard was of a weighty character. Although their general duty was at these posts, yet detachments were frequently sent off on duty at other places. The regiment was subjected to the most per- fect drill and discipline, many of its officers having been discharged from the army at an earlier period of the war on account of disa- bility from wounds or sickness. Soon after the surrender of Lee and Johnston the pris-

oners on the Island became so reduced by discharges on parole, that the regiment left the Island on the 10th of July, 1865, and was mustered out on the 12th at Camp Chase.

The One Hundred and Thirty-Second Reg- iment of National Guards drew seven of its ten companies from Logan County. These troops were called out in 1864, by the Presi- dent, for three months. The One Hundred and Thirty-Second was officered as follows, most of the regimental officers being from this county: Joel Haines, Colonel (formerly Captain in the Seventeenth; John .I. Patten, Lieutenant-Colonel (formerly Second Lieu- tenant in the First); Andrew P. Meng, Major; William J. Sullivan, Surgeon. The Logan County companies were as follows: Company B, W. B. Niven, Captain; E. R. Chamber- lain, First Lieutenant, and John Seaman, Sec- ond Lieutenant. Company C, J. Il. Harrod, Captain; J. L. Clark, First Lieutenant, and J. A. Brown, Second Lieutenant. Company E, J. M. Black, Captain; J. W. Smith, First Lieutenant, and Peter Dow, Second Lieuten- ant. Company F, J. J. Shriver, Captain; W. H. Huston, First Lieutenant, and D. W. Koch, Second Lieutenant. Company G, II. B. Pat- terson, Captain; L. M. Willetts, First Lieu- tenant, and J. H. H. Gordon, Second Lieu- tenant. Company I, R. B. Porter, Captain; W. L. Brown, First Lieutenant, and James Eaton, Second Lieutenant. Company K, Spencer W. Garwood, Captain; E. P. Wil- liams, First Lieutenant, and A. C. Hum- phreys, Second Lieutenant.

The regiment was mustered in at Camp Chase on the 15th of May, 1864, and pro- ceeded to Washington City, where it arrived on the 24th, and was ordered into camp at Fort Albany. On the 30th it reported to Gen. A. J. Smith, and was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Eighteenth Army Corps. It did duty here until June 11, when it proceeded to Bermuda Hundred,

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where it was again put on fatigue and pieket duty. On the 12th of August it proceeded to Norfolk, where it remained until the 27th, when it started for home. It arrived on the 30th at Columbus, and was mustered out at Camp Chase on the 10th of September.

The foregoing comprises a list of the regi- ments that drew organized bodies of men from the county, and so far as we have been able to learn, the list is complete. A large number of men from Logan county were scat- tered through other regiments and commands, but no regular companies, aside from those mentioned. The Ninth and Twelfth Cavalry, one or two regiments of the Regular United States Infantry, and the First and Second Heavy Artillery, all contained more or less recruits from Logan County. The Thirteenth Ohio Independent Battery was made up, or a section of it, in this county. The organiza- tion of it, however, was never fully completed, and after the battle of Pittsburg Landing the members were distributed into other batteries and the number Thirteen dropped.

The Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society was one of the earliest organizations in the State for furnishing comfort and encouragement to the men in the field, and delicacies to the sick in camp and hospital. This Society found a ready response among the ladies of Bellefon- taine and Logan County, and an organization, in the early part of the war was effected, which, throughout the long and gloomy period of the struggle was productive of great good. An aux- iliary society was formed in Bellefontaine, with branches in the different townships of the coun- ty, which joined heartily in those kind ministra- tions of devoted love and affection, that nerved the hearts and upheld the arms of those who stood in the front of the fray. And to the sick and wounded lying in gloomy hospitals, how were they cheered and comforted by the reception of kind words and messages from | substantially correct.

the "angels of mercy," as much, perhaps, as by the "good things" that always accompa- nied their kindly messages. Their reward here is the consciousness of having done a noble duty, and

" Freely let them wear,

The wreath which merit wore and planted there, Foe though I were, should envy tear it down, Myself would labor to replace the crown."

As we stated in the beginning of this chap- ter, Logan County furnished over 2,000 mon to the armies of the Union during the war, in addition to National guards and "squirrel hunters." Notwithstanding the alacrity with which volunteers came forward, and men en- listed, the county was subjected to a draft two or three times, but each time for only a small number of men to fill up some call still re- maining a little short. That the county was drafted was no reproach to the valor of its able-bodied men, who were ever ready at the call of duty. But calls for troops came so fast, that they could not always be filled in the limited time by voluntary enlistment. The drafts in Logan County were but few, and each time for a small number of men.

In conclusion of this chapter, devoted to the patriotism of the county, we deem it our duty to state that the utmost pains have been taken to obtain facts in regard to the organi- zations in which the county was represented, and to omit none deserving of notice. We have, in compiling the sketches of the differ- ent regiments, drawn freely on Whitelaw Reid's "Ohio in the War." But it contains errors, and in order to avoid these we have en- deavored to have those who were familiar with the operations and movements of the organiza- tions described, look over and correct exist- ing errors. So that we feel free to assert, that the history, as it is given, is, in the main,

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CHAPTER VII .*

LAKE TOWNSHIP-DESCRIPTIVE-ITS ORGANIZATION-SETTLEMENT -- PIONEER INDUSTRIES- EARLY PRIVATIONS-SCHOOLS, ETC.

L OGAN COUNTY was organized in the year 1818. Its boundaries were upon the north not well defined, and upon the east, also, there were points of uncertainty.

Originally, the county was divided into four townships. These townships were represented by four oblong square portions of territory, ex- tending from the southern limits of the county to the northern. These original four town- ships of Logan County were called: upon the west, Miami; Lake, farther east; Jefferson, still farther east; and again, at the extreme eastern part of the county, Zane.

Our business here is with Lake Township. The original boundary of Lake Township is thus given: "The Township of Lake to com- mence at the southeast corner of said Town- ship of Miami; thence eastward with the county line to the southeast corner of Section No. 27, Town. 5, Range 13; thenee north to the county line; thence west with the county line, to the northeast corner of Miami Township; thenee south to the place of beginning." This township received its name from a beautiful lake that was within its original boundaries. This lake was first called " Blaylock's Lake," afterwards "Spen- cer's Lake," from a member of the Spencer family who for a time lived upon and owned the surrounding land. It is now known as "Silver Lake." But the time arrived when the lake was to be associated no longer with the township to which it had afforded a name. It is now in Harrison Township, which was taken off of Lake in the year 1832. But the disintegration of Lake Township commenced

earlier. In the year 1820, Union Township was organized, 18th of April, 1820. Our authority says that the County Commissioners, upon the petition of a number of the residents of the southern part of Lake Township, set off the Township of Union, and ordered an elec- tion to be held for choosing Township officers. In the year 1832, Union was itself divided, its eastern border becoming the Township of Liberty. Harrison, also, in the year 1832, was organized, at the expense of Lake Town- ship, from territory being upon the west of that township as it now stands. Anterior to that-March 5, 1823-McArthur Township was taken off of the northern portion of Lake, as Union was previously taken from the southern portion. McArthur was itself sub- sequently divided; the Township of Richland being formed from its most northerly portion. Thus Lake Township now remains, in point of territorial area, the smallest of the Town- ships of Logan County. It is bounded on the north by McArthur, on the east by Jefferson, on the south by Liberty, and on the west by Harrison Townships.

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History of Logan County and Ohio, Part 47

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin Number of Pages: 798

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 798