History of Madison County Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Part 64

Author: Chester E. Bryan
Publication date: 1915
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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTEY.

The organization of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was commenced in August, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, where seven com- panies were recruited. It then proceeded to' the camp at Zanesville, Ohio, and then to Camp Dennison, a company being added at each place. On December 27, danger being expected at Louisville from Morgan's raid, it was suddenly ordered to that place. The order came rather unexpectedly and the organization was still incomplete, but within two hours of its receipt the One Hundred and Thirteenth was on its way, finely equipped. In January, 1863, it moved to Mauldraugh's Hill, about thirty miles distance from Louisville, on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, but returned again the next month and embarked for Nashville. The trip to Nashville occupied an unusually long time and was accompanied by great hardships, many of the officers and men being sent to the hospital on the arrival of the regiment at its destination.

The regiment was assigned to General C. C. Gilbert's division and was moved to Franklin, Tennessee, where it participated in several expeditions against the enemy and was kept busy on an extensive line of fortifications. The command formed the right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, and, joining, other divisions at Triune, entered upon the Tullahoma campaign, but was not in an engagement. It remained at Shelbyville during the partial reorganization of the army and took part in the Chat- tanooga campaign, as part of the reserve corps. After a long and tiresome march over the mountains, the One Hundred and Thirteenth took part in the battle of Chicka- mauga, its losses in this sanguinary engagement being one hundred and thirty-eight officers and men, out of three hundred and eighty-two. It fell back with the army to Chattanooga and endured all the hardships of that siege. The division, the second of the Fourteenth Army Corps, was detached from its corps at the battle of Mission Ridge, and formed a part of General Sherman's force. It formed the reserve line and did not take an active part in the struggle, but in the pursuit of the enemy, follow- ing, it fought with some loss at Stuarts creek.

The regiment was then sent to the relief of Knoxville and after Longstreet was forced to retire they returned-weary, ragged and footsore-to Chattanooga on Decem- ber 21, 1863. The winter was spent in that neighborhood, with the monotony broken by only an occasional reconnaissance, and at last the regiment moved on the Atlanta campaign, May 7, 1884.

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The One Hundred and Thirteenth was at Buzzard's Gap and Resaca, and then moved down the valley of the Coosa upon Rome; thence to Dallas and New Hope church, and on to Kenesaw Mountain. In the battle of Kenesaw Mountain the regi- ment formed the line of assault and consequently lost heavily, its casualities being ten officers and one hundred and fifty-three men. In the engagements about Atlanta the regiment was not actively engaged, except in the encounter at Peach Tree Creek, though it was always present and exposed to the efforts of sharpshooters. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment was sent to Chattanooga, thence to Huntsville and Tus- cumbia, Alabama, and then back to Chattanooga. It again marched south, with greatly reduced ranks, and joined Sherman on his march to the sea. With small exceptions its march to the sea was unbroken until the defenses of Savannah were reached. After the evacuation of that city the regiment encamped at Sister's Ferry, on the Savannah river, and there remained for several days in mud and water. The regiment shared in all the labors of the march through the Carolinas, and was severely engaged at Ben- tonville, fighting hand-to-hand, during the heaviest of the battle leaping the breast- works to repel assaults from either direction. This was the last engagement of the One Hundred and Thirteenth. After the surrender of Johnston it moved via Rich- inond, Virginia, to Washington City and there participated in the Grand Review, after which it proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out on July 6, 1865, and was soon after discharged at Columbus, Ohio.

Company A-Company A of the One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment was organ- ized in London, Madison county, in the autumn of 1862, and was mustered into the regiment at Camp Chase on October 10. During the service it enrolled the following officers and men :

Captains-Toland Jones, who was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on February 23, 1865, was promoted to colonel on June 8, 1865, but was not mustered out with the regi- ment; Charles P. Gorman, promoted to first lieutenant from second lieutenant Com- pany I, February 1, 1864, promoted to captain, May 31, 1865, mustered out with the company.

First lieutenants-Nathan C. Vickers, resigned, January 13, 1963; Orway Watson, promoted from second lieutenant, January 13, 1863, to captain of Company H, May 16, 1863, promoted to major, June 8, 1865, mustered out with the regiment; Aquilla Toland, appointed first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, January 13, 1863, to first lieutenant, April 29, 1863, resigned January 20, 1864; John R. Cross, promoted from first sergeant Company F, June 8, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Second lieutenants Jesse W. Dungan, appointed sergeant, promoted to sergeant- major, January 3, 1863, to second lieutenant, August 29, 1863, commission returned, reappointed, November 5, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant, June 14, 1864, but not mustered, died, July 4, 1864. at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received, June 27, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; James Coultis, appointed sergeant, first sergeant, January 13, 1863, promoted to second lieutenant, June 14, 1864, to first lieu- tenant of Company G, August 19, 1864. mustered out with the regiment; William A. M. Davis, promoted from first sergeant, Company C, July 25, 1864, to first lieutenant, Company F, February 10. 1865. mustered out with the regiment.

First Sergeant-Timothy Haley, appointed corporal, sergeant, January 3, 1883, promoted to second lieutenant, October 12, 1864. but not mustered, to first lieutenant, Company F, February 10, 1865, mustered out wit hthe regiment.

Sergeants Joel L. Read. appointed corporal, sergeant, September 1863, promoted to sergeant-major, June 12, 1865; Robert. Knight, mustered as a private, appointed sergeant. August 13, 1863, mustered out with the company ; John C. Coblentz, appointed corporal, sergeant, August 13, 1863. mustered out with the company; Edwin Slagle,

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appointed corporai, July 27, 1863, sergeant, mustered out with the company; George Ellars, appointed corporal, reduced, August 13, 1863, appointed sergeant from private, mustered out with the company; Charles J. Gould, appointed corporal, July 27, 1863, wounded, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, appointed sergeant, June 12, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Corporals-John Simpson, mustered out, May 26, 1865. at Camp Dennison, by order of the war department; George H. Rowland, discharged, April 13, 1863, at Nash- ville, Tennessee, on surgeon's certificate of disability; William R. Ward, appointed, July 27, 1863, died, September 20, 1863, of wounds received the same day in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia ; Thomas Cowling, appointed, September 30, 1863, died, April 13, 1865, at New Berne, North Carolina, of wounds received, March 19, 1865, in battle of Bentonville, North Carolina; George C. Pfleiger, appointed, July 27, 1863, mustered out with the company; Richard B. Corson, mustered out with the company; Joseph E. SIdner, mustered out with the company; Jackson Smithfield, mustered out with the company ; Joseph Sanders, appointed, July 27, 1863, mustered out with the company ; Jacob March, mustered out with the company; Benjamin Norris, appointed, May 26, 1865, mustered out with the company; Austin Slagle, appointed, June 12, 1865, mus- tered out with' the company.

Musician-Herbert Fay, discharged November 9, 1863, at Nashville, Tennessee, on surgeon's certificate of disability.

Privates-John W. Adams, Benjamin Allison, John H. Anderson, William Arm- strong. Charles Bates, Henry J. Beckman, William Beer, John Bell, Thomas H. Bell, James Bemis, John C. Bentzell, Philip E. Blesch, John Boesiger, Robert R. Bollenger, Alexander Bradley, Harvey Bradley, Peter Brown, Joseph E. Buzzard, Jesse N. Cam- ron, Abner D. Carter, Chesterfield Carter, Lyman Carter, Riley Carter, James W. Carr. John F. Chapman, Jolin J. Cloud, William T. Chochran, Francis M. Crabb, John G. Dallas, Thomas Dwyer, William H. Echard, Philip Fix, William Ford, Charles J. Fritz, Alfred E. Garret, John S. Harvey, James S. Harvey, Aaron W. Hibler, Daniel Hildebrand. John N. Housman, Robert Howlett, William E. Hughes, Everett W. Jack- son, John N. Jones, Michael Kelley, Louis H. Kennedy, John B. Lowe, Alexander McComb. Henry McCann, James McDermott, John McSaveny, Levi March, William Marks, Lewis Mead, William Mehegan, George Miles, John Miller, Robert Moore, Arch- ibald Morse, Isaac T. Neff, Isaac J. Norris, Henry Nussbaum, Thomas O'Neal, William Orpet, Ezra Paugh, John H. Pemberton, John H. Pemberton, John H. Peters, Albert T. Phifers, John G. Poling, Samuel Powell, Michael Powers, James Rayburn, Benoni Rea, John Reese. George T. Reno. Joseph D. Richardson, John Rightsell, Daniel Riordan, Simon W. Rogers. Alexander Schafer, Nicholas Schimel, Aurelius Simpson, Eugene Smith, John C. Southron, Balzer Spearemaker, John B. Sulsor, John Tallman, William Wait, Mark Wallace, William C. Wood, George W. Watson, Walter M. Watson, Joseph Wagerman, Frederick Weber, John Weber, Alfred Willet, William Woodman, Charles Yeatts, Daniel Young, George W. Palmer and George W. Valentine.

Company G-Company G of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment was organ- ized in the autumn of 1862 nt Mount Sterling, in this county, and was recruited from Madison, Fayette and Pickaway counties. No attempt will be made here to designate those from each county, the roll simply being presented in full as officially given. Company G was mustered into the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment at Camp Chase. Ohio, on October 18, 1862, and its records show the following roster of officers and men:

Captains-Harrison 7. Adams, who was appointed on August 22, 1862, resigned on January 25, 1863. by reason of physical disability: Alvan L. Messmore, mustered as a private, promoted to first lieutenant, September 5, 1862, captain January 28, 1863,

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detailed as provost marshal, Second Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, February 13, 1864, mustered out with the company.

First lieutenants Julius E. Bostwick, appointed first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, August 14, 1862, first lieutenant, January 28, 1863, died, March 15, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio; James Coultis, promoted from second lieutenant, Company A, August 19, 1864, mustered out with the company.

Second lieutenants-Hiram C. Tipton, appointed sergeant, first sergeant, October 19, 1862, promoted to second lieutenant, January 28, 1863, resigned March 25, 1863, by reason of physical disability; William R. Hanawalt, mustered in as a private, pro- moted to quartermaster-sergeant, second lieutenant, March 25, 1863, died, September 22, 1863, of wounds received, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Joseph Parker, appointed sergeant, first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, June 14, 1864, killed, June 27, 1864, in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.

First sergeant-Atlas W. Davis, appointed corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, mus- tered out with the company.

Sergeants-Abraham Dennison, killed, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chicka- mauga, Georgia ; David Mitchell, appointed corporal, sergeant, died, September 22, 1863, of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Edward Crouse, pro- moted to second lieutenant, Company F, November 5, 1863, killed, June 27, 1864, in bat- tle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; John W. Ingram, promoted to quartermaster-ser- geant ; Clark S. White, appointed corporal, sergeant, wounded and captured, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, discharged March 29, 1864, at Camp Chase by order of the war department; John A. Smith, appointed corporal, sergeant, mustered out with the company; Otho W. Loopborough, appointed corporal, promoted to ser- geant, mustered out with the company; Jeremiah J. Riggin, mustered in as a private, appointed sergeant, mustered out with the company; Francis A. Wickell, appointed corporal, sergeant. mustered out with the company.

Corporals-Edson Devo, wounded, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, discharged. June 24, 1864, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, by order of the war department; Thomas Peterson, died August 30, 1864, in Andersonville prison of wounds received in action ; Albert A. Talbert. died in December, 1864, at Savannah, Georgia, of wounds received in action; Herrick B. Briley. mustered out, July 10, 1865, at Colum- bus, Ohio, by order of the war department; John A. Lake, mustered out with the company ; John W. Beale, mustered out with the company: John W. Dennison, mus- tered out with the company; William S. Tammage, mustered out with the company ; Harry Hagans, mustered out with the company; George M. Neff, mustered out with the company ; Wilson S. Davis, mustered out with the company.

Privates-J. Smith Abernathy. John Alkire, Daniel W. Anderson, James A. Baker, Rufus Bacus, James Belt, Elnathan Belt. John J. Bishop, Edward Blain, Benjamin Bostwick. William Bostwick, Augustus Boxler, Alexander E. Bragg, 'William H. Brasket. Andrew Burget, Samuel Busick, Jeremiah C. Chaffin, Thomas Clifton, Jobn I. Cook. James Cooksey, John N. Crab. John M. Creath, Wiley Creath, William Defe- baugh. Winfield S. Delenger. Griffin Dennison, Jonas Deyo, Titus England, August Ephart. Robert Ford, Joseph Ford, Jacob Foster, Robert Foster, James F. Gardner, Henry Gillenwaters, Perry Girrard, James Gray, Levi Griffen, John W. Harness, George Hartinger. James Hays. Thomas Hays, David Hissong, James W. Holloway, Samuel Hoover, William H. Hunt, John Irving, Alfred Ivy. Charles W. Kaneaster, Benjamin O. Keller. Martin Leonard. Jesse Low, Joseph McCarty, Andrew McCarty, Zero McIntire. Robert H. McLean. David Madden, Nehemiah Matlack, Andrew Miller, Daniel D. Miller. John W. Miller. Richard Miller. Andrew Mitchell. Anthony S. Morgan, William M. Morgan. Otho W. Nigh, Thomas Noland, John O'Day, Ephraim Parker,

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Harrison Riggin, John W. Riggin. James L. Riggin, Elijah Roby, John W. Rogers, Charles Rosendale, Gibson Sawtell, James J. Sheeders, Jacob Seigal, Henry Shumlefel, Thornton Smith, Merrill Smith, Thomas Smith, William H. Smith, John Southard, Sampson M. Stone, Henry Strain, Henry Strawbridge, Elias Streets, Hezekiah Suver, Alexander Trainer, James A. Tamadge, Creighton Thomas, Levi Thomas, Samuel Thorn- ton, Isaac Timmons, Josiah Timmons, William H. Timmons, Abraham Trimbee, Samuel Walker, Charles Williamson, Abraham Wright and Frederick Young.

Company C-Alexander Swanston, captain; Jeddiah M. Jones, first lieutenant; Isaac Hamilton, second lieutenant; James T. Arndt, first sergeant; Charles H. Putnam, Edwin R. Hill, John A. Watson and James M. Lewis, sergeants; George Hann, David R. Lucas, Samuel Sidner, James Ferrington, Augustus Schrawger, William H. Brown, John Crego and George Price, corporals.

Privates John G. Ayle, Joshua Ballinger, Elijah Bell, Oscar Blair, George Bos- well, John Boswell, William Boyd, George M. Bradfield, George Burnham, Jasper N. Carter, Joseph H. Carter, Baty E. Clark, Peter Clifton, George Cromwell, James Furry, Isaac Graybill, Joseph Grabill, David Green. William Hann, Elias Hanson, Emery Haynes, Martin Haynes, Roswell Hume, Goodwin Irwin, Lewis Johnson, Samuel R. Jones, Wilson Jones, Andrew J. Kepler, William H. Lambert, James Loder, John M. Loyd, Alexander Lucas, Patrick McClusky, James Mason, Alfred Mattes, Andrew Miller, Emanuel Mowell, David Oakley, Christopher Plymell, Claudius Potee, Richard Powell, Jeremiah Randall, Hiram Roberson, Jacob Severn, David M. Sidner, Philip Sidner, John Silver, Charles Suider, William Spohn, John Stickley, Samuel M. Stiekley, Labynetus Stoner, Charles Stutson, Sylvester Swager, John H. Tilman, Isaac Timmons, Alphonso B. Walker, Christian Weber, Fletcher Whorton and John Whorton.

Company I-David Watson, captain; Harford Toland, first lieutenant; Levin Wil- loughby, second lieutenant; Patrick Kennelly, first sergeant; George W. Bodkin, Auburn Smith, Samuel Souver and James Dungan, sergeants; Julius W. Curd, John Hull, James McCann, William Withrow, Samuel Coberly, Matthew Hixson, Albert Stutson and Burdine Blake, corporals.

Privates-John Armstrong, John T. Armstrong, William H. Armstrong, Charles Atchison, Thomas M. Bales, Madison Baskerville, John W. Berry, Thomas B. Betts, Dennis S. Bird, William Blake. John H. Bogenrife, John F. Brown, James S. Burnham, Martinville Carnes, Joseph J. Carter, John F. Chenowith, Addison Christman, Andrew J. Coberly, Thomas Coberly, William W. Coberly, Marshall Corey, William Cox, James Crawford, George W. Creath, Henry Devault, Charles A. Douglass, William H. Eply, Charles Evans, Angus Forbus, John Gyton. Winfield S. Hardin, Hannibal Helpinstine, James O. K. Helpenstine, Jasper P. Helpenstine, Elijah Horn, Frank Hussey, Uriah S. Hussey, William Johnson, Benjamin ones, Lucien Jones, William Jones, Henry Kil- gore, Isaac King, Isaac Minshall, Reuben Minter, Thomas Newbolt, Richard O'Brian, William O'Brian, Pushrod Pain, William H. Pemberton, George Phifer, Thomas Pres- ton, Ferguson Rafferty, Crayton M. Rayborn, William A. Rouse, John A. Rush, David Sales, William Seinan, Oliver Slagle, Joseph C. Smith, Russell B. Stevenson, Joseph Stewart, John D. Stine, John Stone, John C. Strain, Uriah Thornburgh. Lyman Tick- ner, Philip M. Tracy, William H. Tracy. Salathiel D. Truitt, William Trumper, Will- iam H. Tyler, John Vent, Alphonzo B. Walker, Alfred Watson, William C. Watson. Gil- bert H. Webb. James Welsh, Newman Whittaker, James A. Whitten, James Willoughby, Thomas B. Wilson, Thomas P. Wright and Llewellyn Yocum.

MORGAN'S RAID.

During the memorable raid of the Confederate general, John Morgan, through Ohio in the summer of 1863, which eventually ended in his capture in Columbiana

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county, the citizens of Madison county turned out en masse to repel the invasion. The business houses were closed, hay was left uncured in the fields, ripe wheat uncut, and all went to Camp Chase in the quickest time possible. There was a general out- pouring of the militia, which was organized into a regiment, with Col. P. W. Taylor in command, A. E. Wilson as adjutant and Jacob Peetrey, as quartermaster. Though this proved a bloodless campaign, yet those who went out in defense of their homes are entitled to credit for their ready response to the call. After their return to the county the militia was organized into two regiments, and the following officers were elected :

First Regiment-P. W. Taylor, colonel; Jesse M. Linson, lieutenant-colonel, and John Holton, major.

Second Regiment-W. R. Fickey, colonel; G. W. Darety, lieutenant-colonel, and John W. Morris, major. This permanent organization was effected in August, 1863, and placed the county on a defensive footing.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.

The One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, was formed by the consolidation of the Twenty-third Battalion, Ohio National Guard, with the Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and was organized at Camp Dennison, being mustered into the service, with an aggregate of eight hundred and forty-two men, on May 9, 1864. The colonel, assistant surgeon, quartermaster, and several of the line officers, non-commissioned officers, and many of the privates had seen service in other organizations. It was organized for the one-hundred-days service.

On May 12 the regiment proceeded to New Creek, West Virginia, in the neighbor- hood of which most of its time was spent. It returned to Camp Dennison on August 27, where it was mustered out of the service, September 1, 1864.

Three companies from Madison county, under the command of Capts. William A. Nell, David Watson and Alexander Swanston, reported at Camp Dennison on May 4, 1864. and mustered into the regiment at the time of its organization on May 9. Cap- tain Neil was elected a major in the regiment. These companies were consolidated into two-C and I-by which they are designated on the muster rolls.

THE RETURN OF PEACE.

The people of Madison county received the news of the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox, with great joy-all the bells in London, as well as the other towns of the county, were brought into requisition, flags were displayed, and the streets were thronged with people. About nine o'clock in the morning of April 10, 1865, the day the news was received, the business men closed their establishments for the city. The evening of April 12 was set aside by the citizens as a season of rejoicing over the Union victory. Shortly after dark, nearly all of the houses on Main street in London were brilliantly lighted, and a six-pound cannon poured out its thunder tones from a vacant lot on Main street. Then followed a long procession of torchlights, parading the principal streets, after which a grand display of fireworks from the public square, which lasted for more than an hour. The town was full of people from the adjacent country.

Friday, April 14, the day set apart by Governor Brough as a day of thanksgiving and rejoicing in honor of the victory, was appropriately observed in London. Busi- ness houses were closed, and divine services were held in the Methodist Episcopal church in the morning. the services consisting of the singing of patriotic songs, and addresses by Rev. Levi Cunningham and Rev. C. W. Finley. The happiness and rejoic- ing. however, were short-lived, for that same evening came the news of the assassina- tion of President Lincoln at Ford's theatre in Washington city. April 19. 1865, was

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observed by the citizens of Madison county as a day of mourning. The business houses were closed, flags displayed at half-mast, dwellings and other houses were draped in the insignia of grief. while appropriate services were held in the churches. So ended the greatest civil war in history, a war among a free people, waged in order that a government based on the self-evident truths that all men are created free and equal, and endowed with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, might live.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

The militaristic spirit of Madison county lay dormant until it was again aroused by the declaration of war against Spain by resolution passed in Congress on Monday. April 25, 1898. Madison county men at once began to seek ways in which they could be of service to their country. The Madison County Democrat of Wednesday, April 27. gives the news that William Biggert had already enlisted at Columbus; Earl Prugh had enlisted at Delaware, Ohio; Fred Smith took a medical examination a few days before at Pendleton, a suburb of Cincinnati; Dean Davis had enlisted about a week before in the Red Cross department at Columbus; Charles Burris had enlisted, and already Col. II. H. Prettyman and Capt. John M. Boyer were at work organizing a company in London. The Democrat of May 18, among its news items. says that Ira Bentzel had enlisted in the hospital corps; Bert Clark had enlisted as a musician and Charles Slagle had enlisted in a Kansas company. On Monday, May 16, the First Ohio Artillery left Camp Bushnell, at Columbus, and passed through London en route south. Frank Stewart, a grandson of Dr. Toland Jones, was captain of Battery H. The following colored boys from London had enlisted : Sam Robison, Will Norris, Nels Winslow, Charles Winslow, James Norris, Charles Cain, Clarence Wickers, Howard Fisher, Joe Henderson and Arnold Hunt. Lieutenant Eugene T. Wilson, a native of Madison county. in the regular army, was reported to be located at Ft. Mason at San Francisco, superintending the laying of submarine mines in the waters of California bay. Shawder Clawson had enlisted. A company was being raised by John F. Locke and Peyton R. Emery, who had the names of seventy-two men, and an organization was to be made soon. The week previous. it is reported, no fewer than twelve or fifteen thousand volunteer troops had passed through London on the railroads on their way south. They were all Ohio and Pennsylvania regiments. The same paper in its issue of the following week says that ninety-five men had made application for mem- bership in a company of volunteers and Drs. McClelland Vance, John Foster and Goff had been ordered to make the required physical examinations. These examinations had cut the roll short to seventy-two names. It says that the company was "made up of an even set of men, with few exceptions, the length running from six feet one inch to five feet and four inches, ages eighteen to thirty-eight and all residing in Lon- don except eight from Lafayette; three, Rupert. one each from Orchard, Sedalia and Big Plain; two each from Summerford. Plumwood and Walnut Run." There were only eight married men in the company. Their occupations were: "Farmers, twenty- eight ; laborers, sixteen ; clerks, six; lawyers, teachers. tailors. three each; carpenters, students, two each: druggist. gardener, insurance agent. engineer. electrician. lineman, telegraph operator and plumber, one each." Assistant Adjutant-General H. B. Kings- ley was to muster the company in as an addition to the Ohio National Guard and the government examination would throw the volunteers into the United States service as Company E. Third Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The mustering-in took place on the evening of May 30. 1898. The Democrat in its issue of the following day describes the proceedings in the following manner :

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History of Madison County Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Part 64

Author: Chester E. Bryan Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1207

Author: Chester E. Bryan
Publication date: 1915
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1207