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COMPANY E. PRIVATES.
William Clinton, Joseph Hewitt.
COMPANY A.
Private Francis Pixley.
COMPANY E.
Private William Clinton.
COMPANY D.
Private William Upton.
FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The Fifty-seventh regiment Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry was organized at Camp Vance, near Findlay, in Hancock county, Ohio, under authority of Governor Dennison, given September 14, 1861. Before its organization was completed the regiment, on the 22d of January, 1862, moved to Camp Chase, where its organization was completed, on February 10, 1862. It numbered, when mustered in, nine hundred and fifty six men, and thirty-eight commissioned officers.
Sandusky county furnished a number of men for different companies of the Fifty- seventh, whose services cannot be properly known and appreciated without a brief sketch of the services of the whole regiment.
On the 18th of February, 1862, the Fifty- seventh was ordered to report at Fort Donelson, On its way, and while at Smithland, Kentucky, the order was changed, and it consequently reported at Paducah, Kentucky. Here it was assigned to the Third Brigade, Fifth Division of the Army of the Tennessee. Thence it was moved, by the steamer Continental to Fort Henry, arriving there on the 9th of March, 1862. From Fort Henry it moved to Savannah, Tennessee, arriving there on the 11th of March. After participating in an ineffectual attempt to strike the Memphis and Charleston railroad at Iuka, Mississippi, they returned
and went to Pittsburg Landing, where they arrived on the 16th of March. Here the Fifth Division was employed in reconnoitering towards Pea Ridge, and also towards Corinth. On the 19th it went into camp at Shiloh Chapel, three miles south of the Landing. On the 1st of April the regiment in company with other troops and two gunboats, went to Eastport, Mississippi, about thirty miles from the Landing. The Fifty-seventh was on the foremost transport. The boats shelled the woods and towns along the way, but elicited no reply. Passing up as far as Chickasaw, Alabama, they there shelled the town and the rebel works, but the enemy had left, and the Fifty-seventh was ordered to debark and scout the surrounding hills and villages. In this scouting the regiment captured a few prisoners, men and boys, and then returned to camp.
So much had the regiment suffered from sickness, that on the morning of the 6th of April there were but four hundred and fifty men for duty. Being posted with the right resting on the Corinth road immediately south of the church, it was among the first to meet the advance of the rebel forces. About six o'clock A. M., of the 6th of April, 1862, the Fifty-seventh formed and advanced until it reached the little eminence upon which Shiloh church stood. It held this position until ten o'clock, and successfully withstood the attack of the Mississippi Rifles, Crescent Guards from New Orleans, and the Fourteenth Tennessee, from Memphis. It was then ordered to fall back upon the Purdy and Hamburg road, which it did in good order. The Union line was pressed back three- quarters of a mile further. In three days fighting in and around Shiloh, the Fifty- seventh lost twenty-seven killed and one hundred and fifty were wounded (sixteen mortally), and ten captured. The regiment remained in
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camp at Shiloh Church until the 29th of April, and was engaged in drilling and preparing for the coming campaign. On the 29th the regiment started for Corinth, and did good service until the rebels evacuated that place. It did good fighting at camps Six and Seven, and at the Russell House was warmly engaged. While advancing on Corinth the Fifty-seventh was assigned to the First brigade of the Fifth division. After various services in repairing roads and guarding bridges, the regiment, on the 12th of November, was assigned to the First brigade of the First, division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. During the stay at Memphis the regiment was drilled thoroughly in the skirmish drill and bayonet exercise.
The Fifty-seventh was part of a con- siderable force sent against General Price on the Tallahatchie River near Wyatt, in Mississippi, which place it reached on the 2d of December, and finding the place evacuated the march was continued towards Grenada.
On the 9th of December the Fifteenth Corps returned to Memphis, where it arrived on the 13th. Here the Fifty-seventh was strengthened by receiving one hundred and eighteen volunteers and two hundred and five drafted men, which made the aggregate force six hundred and fifty men. Thence the regiment next moved, with the Fifteenth Army Corps, down the Mississippi, and reached Young's Point on the 26th of December. The corps next moved up the Yazoo River and disembarked at Sidney Johnson's plantation; marched thence to Chickasaw Bayou, where the corps, in trying to effect a crossing, was for five days engaged with the enemy. In this action the Fifty-seventh lost thirty-seven killed and wounded.
On the 2d of January, 1863, the corps
moved down the Yazoo to the Mississippi, and up the Mississippi to White River, and up the latter river to the cut-off, and through the cut-off into the Arkansas, and up the Arkansas to Arkansas Post, disembarking there on the 10th of January, 1863.
The Fifty-seventh led the brigade in the charge and assault of Fort Henderson, where, after three days hard fighting, the enemy surrendered. In this action the regiment lost in killed and wounded, thirty-seven men. The regiment then moved back towards Vicksburg, disembarking at Young's Point on the 21st of January, 1863, and went to work on the canal. The regiment advanced upon Vicksburg, participating in the battles of Raymond, Champion Hill, and Black River, and reached the works around Vicksburg on the 18th of May, and partic- ipated in the general assault on the 19th, and after considerable hard fighting, was within seventy yards of the rebel line when, at 2 o'clock of the morning of the 10th, the entire brigade was withdrawn to a position three hundred yards in the rear of the line of fortifications. Excepting a short time spent in reconnoitering between the Big Black and Yazoo Rivers, the regiment was in service in the trenches or on picket duty, until the sur- render of Vicksburg.
After much hard service, on the 1st of January, 1864, it reenlisted in the Fifteenth Army Corps. After spending a furlough of thirty days at home among friends, the regiment rendezvoused at Camp Chase with two hundred and seven recruits. On the 29th of March, 1864, it arrived at Nashville, and was there detained until the 4th of April when it marched to Larkinsville, Alabama, where, on the 17th of April, it rejoined its brigade. On the 1st of May it moved with the corps in the Atlanta campaign, arriving
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in the vicinity of Chattanooga on the 6th, and advanced through Snake Creek Gap to Resaca, where it participated in the battle at that place, on the 13th and 14th of May, 1864. This was one of the most severe contests in which the regiment was engaged, and its loss was fifty-seven killed and wounded. It joined in the pursuit of the enemy, who made a stand at Dallas, where fighting continued for three days. The regiment here lost fifteen men. After several days skirmishing, the regiment, on the 27th of June,, participated in an assault on the enemy's lines at Kennesaw. In this engagement it lost fifty-seven men in killed and wounded.
From Atlanta the regiment was with Sherman's army, doing good service and enduring much hardship, until it reached Richmond byway of Petersburg. Thence it passed to Washington city and was in the grand review there on the 24th of May, 1865; was ordered thence to Louisville, Kentucky, where it arrived on the 7th of June. On the 14th of June it was mustered out and paid at Camp Chase and finally discharged from the service.
When the Fifty-seventh was first organ- ized the regimental officers were: Colonel William Mungen, Lieutenant Colonel William Mungen, Major Silas B. Walker, Surgeon John P. Haggett. There were many promotions and changes in rank and date of rank of these officers which are here omitted.
The following list shows the men of Sandusky county who volunteered and served with the Fifty-seventh regiment and the companies to which they belonged.
COMPANY C.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Samuel R. Mott. First Lieutenant John W. Underwood. Second Lieutenant John Doncyson.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant George Bush.
Sergeant David W. Baker. Sergeant David C. Edmiston.
Sergeant Anthony Bentler.
Corporal Hamilton Granville.
Corporal Israel W. Giberson.
Corporal Franklin Burden.
Corporal Henry Bruntuter. Corporal David Clenger.
Corporal Francis Ganther.
Corporal William H. Kellison.
Corporal John Schlegel.
Musician John M. Lanning.
Musician John T. Schawn.
Teamster Andrew L. Donnelly.
PRIVATES.
George Casanova, Jacob Frank, Anthony Frees, Frederick Heltwein, Joseph Haberstock, Henry Link, Andrew Martine, John Malliet, Henry Winnes, Griffith F. Wilson, George Shriner, Anthony Rendlez, David Ohlinger, William P. Ayres.
COMPANY F. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Alva S. Skilton. First Lieutenant George T. Blystone.
Second Lieutenant Edward E. Root.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Marcellus B. Dickey.
Sergeant Henry H. Swisher.
Sergeant Alexander K. Sipes.
Sergeant Peter N. Gaberel.
Sergeant William Berwick. Corporal Lewis Winemiller.
Corporal William H. Pelton.
Corporal Alonzo Blackson.
Corporal William H. Green.
Corporal David T. Bull.
Corporal James Hathaway.
Corporal Charles Hathaway.
Corporal John Byers.
Musician Sidney D. Briggs.
PRIVATES.
William Brown, Daniel Bover, Peter Boyer, Moses Courchune, Thomas Current, John Current, John P. Franks, William King, John Matthews, John Mallett, Patrick Madigan, Frederick Picker, Lewis Peter, Edgar Peter, Frank Snope, Adam Sorg, Levi Smith, John W. Smith.
COMPANY H. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Daniel N. Strayer. First Lieutenant John A. Smith. Second Lieutenant Lucius Call. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant William M. Newell. Sergeant Thomas B. McCormick.
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Sergeant Stephen H. Carey. Sergeant George M. Berger. Sergeant James R. Wilson. Corporal Robert J. Hemden. Corporal Jesse Meranda. Corporal William B. Carl.
Corporal James R. McCormick. Corporal Bernard Poorman. Corporal Philip Hank.
Corporal Henry Whitney. Corporal Henry Schultz. Musician Josephus Dodd. Musician John Botkin.
PRIVATES.
Levi Binkley, Melancthon Binkley, Eugene A. Chapman, Ernst Dippman, James Hearl, Emanuel Lyburger, Daniel McMahon, James McMahon, Jacob Miniries, Michael Norton, Albert Overmier, William Poorman, Thomas Poorman, George S. Royce, Samuel Shannon, Samuel A. Shroud.
COMPANY I. PRIVATES.
Edgar Peter, Levi Smith, Perry Russell, John Molliett, William O'Neil, Tarleton Schultz, Frank Swope, Daniel Boyer, Peter Boyer, Thomas Current, John P. Franks, John Matthews.
COMPANY K. PRIVATES.
Henry E. Charrs, Edwin Wrenn, George Wagerman, Philip Harck.
THE SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Although Sandusky county had furnished quite liberally of her brave and patriotic men to the Eighth, the Twenty-fifth, Forty-ninth, and Fifty-seventh regiments of volunteer infantry, all of which were organized in other counties, and also to the naval, artillery and cavalry service, and although these different organizations attracted those most ready and eager to go, there remained in the county many patriotic men whose business, family ties, or some particular temporary reasons held them back. But as the progress of events developed the dangers which environed the Nation and threatened more alarmingly the existence of the Union, it became evident that another appeal must be made to the men of the county, and more sacri-
fices offered to save the country's flag from disgrace and to rescue the Constitution from the hands of traitors. These grave apprehensions for the Nation's existence brought out that state of feeling which in- duced the organization of the
SEVENTY-SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The first formal public notice of such an undertaking appeared in the Fremont Journal of October 4, 1861. It was an editorial mention that Hon. R. P. Buckland, of Fremont, had received orders from Governor Dennison, dated October 2, 1861, to raise regiment number seventy-two, and establish Camp Croghan in Fremont, of which he had been commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel. Isaac M. Keeler, then editor of the journal, made an appeal to the people to come forward and help to fill and organize the proposed regiment, and send it forward promptly to sustain the Constitution and the Union.
The next issue of the paper, October 11, 1861, contained a call over the signature of Colonel Buckland. He reminded the men of Sandusky county that Kentuckians fought for us at Fort Stephenson, and that Kentucky was now appealing for help from us to drive back the invading enemies of the Constitution and of liberty; of the obligations we owed them and to the cause of constitutional liberty, and urged men to enlist and fill up the regiment as soon as possible, and march to the aid of brothers and fathers who had preceded them to the scenes of conflict and danger, and assist in rescuing them from impending danger and destruction.
On the 6th of December it was announced through the press that recruiting for the Seventy-second was progressing satisfactorily. At that date company A, Captain C. G. Eaton, of Clyde, Ohio, had eighty-four men; Company B, Captain George Raymond, First Lieutenant Henry
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W. Buckland, Second Lieutenant William T. Fisher-had eighty-three men; company F,- Captain S. A. J. Snyder, First Lieutenant Jacob Snyder, Second Lieutenant Daniel Huffman-had eighty-four men; that two hundred Enfield rifles for the flanking companies, A and B, had been received at camp.
On the 19th of December, 1861, the cit- izens of Fremont presented Colonel R. P. Buckland with a beautiful and trusty sword, which he still retains and treasures with great care.
On the 10th of December, 1861, the citizens of Clyde presented a sword to Captain C. G. Eaton, with an appropriate address, to which Captain Eaton responded in a short address, full of patriotism and eliciting hearty applause.
On Friday, the 17th day of January, 1862, it was announced that the Seventy-second regiment was full and formed, and that the captains and lieutenants were as follows:
COMPANY A. (One hundred men.)
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain G. C. Eaton. First Lieutenant W. H. Gifford. Second Lieutenant S. Russell.
COMPANY B.
(Eighty-six men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain George Raymond,
First Lieutenant Henry W. Buckland.
Second Lieutenant W. J. Fisher.
COMPANY C.
(Ninety men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain S. A. J. Snyder. First Lieutenant Jacob Snyder.
Second Lieutenant D. W. Huffman.
COMPANY D. (Eighty-six men.)
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Andrew Nuhfer. First Lieutenant M. A. Fowler. Second Lieutenant Jesse J. Cook.
COMPANY E. (Eighty-two men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain J. H. Blinn. First Lieutenant C. D. Dennis. Second Lieutenant W. A. Strong.
COMPANY F. (Eighty-five men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Leroy Moore. First Lieutenant A. H. Rice.
Second Lieutenant J. B. Gilmore.
COMPANY G. (One hundred men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain T. C. Fernald. First Lieutenant J. Fernald.
Second Lieutenant J. Poyer.
COMPANY H.
(Eighty-four men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Michael Weigstein. First Lieutenant A. Young.
Second Lieutenant A. Kline.
COMPANY I. (Eighty-five men.)
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Jacob Fickes. First Lieutenant A. Bates. Second Lieutenant J. W. Donnell. COMPANY K. (Eighty-one men.) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain S. A. Barron. First Lieutenant W. C. Biddle. Second Lieutenant T. W. Egbert.
It was at the same time also announced that the regiment would be armed with Minnie rifles, which were then daily expected at camp.
REGIMENTAL COLOR PRESENTATION.
On Friday, January 17, 1862, it was announced that the next day, Saturday the 18th, would be a lively day at Camp Croghan. A picnic for the soldiers had been prepared by the ladies of Fremont and vicinity, to be served out to them at 12 o'clock of that day. There was
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also notice that on the same day at 2 o'clock P. M., a beautiful regimental color, worked by the ladies, would be presented to the regiment by Homer Everett, on behalf of the ladies, and to Captain Weigstein's company (German) through the Rev. Henry Lang, a beautiful National silk flag, thus completing the stand of colors for the regiment.
The picnic and flag presentation took place according to announcement, and the following extracts from the Sandusky County Democrat, published on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1862, will show what was done and the manner of the ceremonies on that occasion. These extracts will also awaken in the minds of the surviving soldiers of the Seventy-second regiment, and of the men and women who participated in the ceremonies, many pleasing and many sad thoughts of persons and events connected with the regiment and the men who went out with it.
PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE SEVENTY- SECOND REGIMENT.
The presentation of a stand of colors to the Seventy- second Regiment took place at Camp Croghan on Saturday last, and was witnessed by a large number of citizens from town and country. The day was very favorable, and the occasion was one of deep and heart- felt interest to all, but more especially to the soldiers, their families, sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sweethearts, who there greeted each other with words of counsel, encouragement, and affection, while their hearts were stirred by those feelings and anxieties which none but they can know.
Through the enterprising liberality of the ladies of Fremont, a picnic dinner was served up at 12 o'clock, of which the soldiers partook with a hearty relish. They will never forget the kindness of the ladies, as evinced in this as well as other acts intended to promote their comfort.
After dinner, the chaplain of the regiment, Rev. Mr. Poe, assisted by Rev. Messrs. Bushnell, Lang, and Phelps, distributed to each officer and private in the regiment, a copy of the Testament and Psalms. Prayer was then offered by Rev. Mr. Bushnell. Horner Everett, Esq., on behalf of the ladies, then presented the regimental flag-a splendid one-prefacing the presentation by the following address, for
a report of which, as well as the other addresses which follow, we are indebted to Mr. J. Burgner, teacher of the Fremont high school:
MR. EVERETT'S ADDRESS.
"COLONEL BUCKLAND :- The ladies of Fremont have observed your untiring energy and labor, and your exertions in enlisting and organizing the Seventy-second regiment-the Fort Stephenson regiment. They are always patriotic, always quick to observe merit; and they have observed, sir, how you have proved yourself willing to give up, for a time at least, the enjoyments of an ample competence, a pleasant home, a dear family, and all the enjoyments of social life amongst us, and exchange them for the labors, the trials, and the dangers of a command like yours. They have observed, sir, how, when our county had sent to the service Captains Tillotson, Haynes, Crowell, Bartlett, and Amsden, furnished with men for the service, and had furnished many to other commands to fight the battles of this country, that when more help was called for, you came forward, and by the exertion of your widely extended personal influence, your personal efforts, your zeal, your stirring appeal to the hearts and patriotism of the people, which touched in them a deeper chord than bad been touched before, you impelled them to come forward and enroll themselves under your command, and they have observed that, under difficulties which would have prevented others from succeeding, by your perseverance the Seventy-second regiment is formed, and now ready for the field of action. Observing all these merits in you, they have determined to give proof of their appreciation and approval of these virtues, and to that end they have determined to present you with such proof as may be ever present to you and your command, reminding you, and stimulating you to high and noble action; and, sir, as a means of this expression on their part, have bid me present to you this beautiful regimental banner.
"You will see, sir, upon its azure field, that beautiful, rich likeness of the soaring eagle, and that motto, 'The Seventy-second, Fort Stephenson regiment; and, sir, it is an apt and beautiful inscription. Let the one be ever suggestive to you and to the noble men under your command, of fearless and lofty sentiments; while the other, by its historic recollections and associations, will inspire you to emulate, in deeds of valor and daring, the. cherished hero of Fort Stephenson. Sir, the ladies, in presenting this to you, would have me say: 'Men of the Seventy-second regiment, of Fort Stephenson, officers, privates, and all: The ladies of Fremont have not been inattentive to your merits. They know well that every one of you has sacrificed much and will suffer much in the cause of our country; and they wish me to assure you, each and all, that these sacrifices, these labors on the altar of the country, are seen and appreciated by them, and will be remembered, too.'
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"Colonel Buckland, in your regiment are those of extended relations amongst us. Fathers and brothers, sisters, wives, and lovers, who refused and could not consent that their dear ones should go forward under any other commander, relying upon your justice, your courage, your kindness, and your reputation for all the qualities that fit you for the command, have consented that under you they may go and fight for the restoration of the Government that our fathers gave us, over the rebellious territory.
"Sir, what higher expression of approbation of your character could we give? What greater responsibility, sir, could you receive? Your regiment, sir, is composed of those who, by the ties of kindred, acquaintance- father, brother, sister, wife-extends to every heart and hearthstone throughout our county. Not only so, but many of the other counties adjoining, and in distant portions of the State. More than this, your regiment embraces men who have come from Germany, from France, from Ireland, and perhaps from other foreign lands, whose connections and sympathies stretch across the wide Atlantic itself. And, sir, the happiness of all this connection, by this voluntary act on the part of our people, is, for a great measure, committed to your hands; and these sympathies and sentiments on the part of the ladies, permit me to assure you, are entertained by all the people as far as the Seventy-second regiment is known.
"Take, then, that beautiful banner; and the ladies bid me say that it is presented to you and to all the members of the Seventy-second regiment; and when you go hence, if it shall be your fortune to do service, remember that the sympathies of all this people will follow you, and let that banner always be speaking to you of their happiness and your responsibilities. Let it be a beacon light, an assurance of the affection, respect, and confidence of the people who have given all these dear ones into your hands with such implicit confidence and trust. And when you are brought upon the soil of the enemies of this Government, whether upon the march, or in camp, or in the front of battle, remember, whenever that banner is unfurled, that the cords of affection in your regiment reach back to us; and that every heart in Sandusky county will thrill with the fortune of the Sev- enty-second regiment; and if it be its fate to be injured and to fall, every household in Sandusky county will shed a tear over its loss.
"Colonel Buckland, take this banner, and remember that the prayers of this extended connection will follow you through every trial, every day and every moment while you are in the service of the country, for your own welfare, and the welfare, safety, and honor of the Seventy-second, Fort Stephenson Regiment."
REV. MR. LANG'S ADDRESS.
The flag of the German company, the gift of the German ladies of Fremont, was next presented to
the regiment by Rev. H. Lang, who spoke as follows:
"COLONEL BUCKLAND: It has fallen to my lot to present you this day, this standard, bearing the National colors. It was in the first instance the gift of the German ladies of Fremont to the German company of your regiment. In behalf of those ladies, and also of that German company, I bequeath it to you and your regiment, the noble band of patriots whom you have gathered around you to assist in fighting the battles of your country. You will perceive, sir, that it is a true pattern of the old noble ensign of '76; and I believe that the patriotism of those who bequeath it, as well as those who receive it, is of the old stamp of '76. The German company of your regiment, Colonel, will take care that not a leaf of the laurels of the German revolutionary heroes shall be disgraced by their cowardice, their treachery, or their want of bravery. I am proud, sir, of my German countrymen, who have, al lover the land, rushed to the rescue. You will remember Sigel, Blencker, Willich, and other noble German patriots. You will expect bravery from this company as well as from the rest of your regiment, and be assured, sir, you may depend upon them as long as you lead them to battle for the Constitution and the Union. The officers of the German company of your regiment have seen severe military service in Mexico. They have smelt Southern powder once before, and they are going to try it again. They will stand by your side in every contest. Give them an opportunity, sir, and they will show themselves worthy of your trust.
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