History of Sandusky County Ohio with Illustrations 1882, Part 51

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Mott, McCreary, Hiram May, Thomas McKillips, John McKillips, William Midcup, Hezediah McDowell, Judge T. Metcalf, Carlol Nash, Joseph M. Parish, William Parish, George Pierson, Joseph Pierson, Sylvester Peasley, Lyman G. Richards, Silas L. Richards, Alexander Reigurt, William Rogers, Michael Stull, Alexander Scrymger, John A. Shively, Frederick Shahl, Henry T. Smith, John F. Schwartz, Henry Shultz, John Sevibeck, Benjamin Smith, Reuben Stine, John W. Stone, Joseph Sharp, John M. Steward, Joseph Wentting, Sheldon Westover, Samuel Whitehead, Nathan Warring, Hiram Stull, William H. Havice, William Young.

ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

Colonel John R. Bond, honorably discharged October 18, 1864, and succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac R. Sherwood, February 2, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Johnson, resigned Feb- ruary 6, 1862.

Lieutenant-Colonel Moses R. Brailey.

Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac R. Sherwood.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas C. Norris, mustered out as Major.

Major Moses R. Brailey.

Major Isaac R. Sherwood.

Major Benjamin F. Southworth.

Major Henry J. McCord.

Surgeon Lyman Brewer.

Chaplain A. Hollington.

The following will show the men of this regiment from Sandusky, and a history of the services they performed with the regiment during the war for the suppression of the Southern Rebellion. The sketch is prepared from information furnished by Captain J. V. Beery, and the diary of Corporal Joseph Schwartz, kept by him while in the service, and also from information given by private Robert Long, of company A, of the regiment, and was compiled by H. Everett, esq., as a part of his intended history of Sandusky county, in the year 1876, and published by him in February, 1877.

Sandusky county furnished one full company, A, for this regiments and also a major part of company G. Company A, usually designated as Captain Beery's company-because its enlistment and or-

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ganization were accomplished chiefly by his zealous labors was organized at Fremont, August 11, 1862, mustered into the United States service at Camp Toledo, Ohio, September 5, 1862, and moved thence to the front with the regiment, September 11, 1862.

The following named officers and privates constituted this company:

COMPANY A.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain John V. Beery. First Lieutenant Joseph H. Jennings. Second Lieutenant Orin B. Frome.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant William Beery. Sergeant Charles Ables. Sergeant Charles Baker. Sergeant David Fausey.

Sergeant Merrit Holcomb. Corporal Zemira G. Burton. Corporal Charles F. Edwards. Corporal Christopher C. Wonders. Corporal James L. Tindall. Corporal George D. Evans. Corporal John P. Walker. Corporal. Henry VanBuskirk. Corporal John R. Ramsey. Musician James Current. Musician Isadore Shell. Wagoner John A. Grant.

PRIVATES.

William H. Arlen, David A. Andrews, James Bennett, John Boyer, John Buchold, George W. Beery, Henry H. Baker, William S. Baldwin, Isaac Baughman, Elias Babine, Eli Bruner, Martin Bumthaver, John Bums, James C. Carpenter, William Craig, George Charter, George Dillon, Linden Donalds, Jacob Decker, John D. Evans, Nelson R. Forster, John K. Farver, Charles F. Flowers, Frederick Geisicker, John Gillard, James B. Garter, Mannington Garten, George Grace, Louis Hemminger, John Hailer, Harmon Hazleton, Sylvanus Hathaway, William H. Huffman, Charles A. Hamshur, Elias Holenbaugh, Herbert L. Hathaway, Anson L. Hariff, Charles A. Hariff, Samuel Jackson, Joseph Jackson, Joseph C. King, Nicholas Kihn, Jared M. Lern, Robert Long, Franklin Lance, George W. 'Long, William Little, Henry Leflar, Edward Myers, John Mosier, Henry C. Munson, John Madden, George Myers, Herman McDaniels, Jahn H. McNutt, Anthony Nonnemaker, Jonas Neff, Orin Overmyer, Theodore Ogle, John R. Parker, Joseph. A. Porter Elisha Prior, Emanuel Roush, Samuel Ridley, John K. Rickard, Edward Sibrell, David H.

Speaker, John Scomlon, Joseph Stephenson, A. Smart, Charles E. Sheffer, Richard Smith, Jacob Smith, John Stoll, Joseph Swartz, George W. VanSickle, Martin Vanhorn, John White, Jacob Parker.

For the organization of company G, of the One Hundred and Eleventh regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, this county furnished the following named officers and privates:

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain H. J. McCord. First Lieutenant M. P. Bean. Second Lieutenant George W. Moore. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Robert Lattimore. Second Sergeant G. B. McCord. Third Sergeant P. F. Dalton. Fourth Sergeant Moses P. Boose.

PRIVATES.

R. B. Alexander, James H. Boore, Eli Brough, Daniel Beekley, Coonrod Cramer, Jacob A. Crawn, Jackson Cuisno, George N. Crowell, Henry Disler, R. K. Dalton, Silas B. Dymond, Isaac Down, Addison Fulton, David Gemberliz, Bradley Gould, John Geshart, William Groves, Cyrus Hoff, Mathias House, William Vadersoll, William Winters, David Warner, Erastus Alexander, Philip Mathia, A. Hineline, Jack Shepler, Robert W. Parks, Isaac M. Garn, Herman Ickes, William Fought, Thomas H, Meek, James L. Miller, Henry Oswalt, John Payne, James Park, Peter Rickle, Perry Ritter, Isaac Shole, John A. Siler, Lewis Smith, John Shepler, John Schuster, Orison Smith, Daniel I. Ickes, Josiah Jones, James Keeran, Jonas L. Klure, William Kime, Absalom Mowry, William Gain, Jeremiah Sherer, William H. Stokes, Frederick Wilbur, A. T. Hineline, Nicholas Dewyer, Jeremiah Everett, Allen McKillop, Frank ORork, Porter B. Woods, Henry Weston, Jacob Disler.

The foregoing list is furnished by Captain J. V. Beery, and is doubtless correct.

Corporal Joseph Schwarts and Private Robert Long, both of this city, gave the following incidents relative to this regiment and the men from this county, which are worthy of mention:

In the winter of 1863 and 1864, while retreating from Strawberry Plains, Ten- nessee, and at the siege of Knoxville, the regiment was often on short rations. In ten successive days rations were drawn only four times and these rations

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consisted of, one day, half a pint of corn meal; one day about two pounds of fresh pork; another day half a pint of corn meal again, and another day about half a pint of wheat and on duty all the time, and part of the time on the march. These supplies were obtained by foraging, supplies from Union sources being cut off by the position of the enemy.

Eli Babied, Ballville, was wounded at Strawberry Corners.

At Resaca, May 14, 1864, John D. Evans, Madison township, was killed, and Edward Myers, Hessville, wounded.

Charles T. Flowers, of Green Creek, was wounded by bushwhackers on the train to Chattanooga, where he was sent for injuries received at Burnt Hickory.

Charles Smith (Scott), wounded at Burnt Hickory May 27, 1864. Joseph Schwartz also wounded at the same place, and John Scanlon and John Tarver, wounded near Dallas, Georgia, June 3, 1864. Scanlon lost the use of his arm.

James Jackson (Ballville), killed at Franklin. Charles Baker (Clyde), wounded at Franklin, December, 1864. David Plants (Scott), wounded shortly before the battle of Franklin.

At Nashville, Lewis Hominger was wounded.

Of this company, A, the following died in the service: Franklin Lantz, at Bowling Green, Kentucky; David Carpenter and J. C. Carpenter, of Washington township; Joseph Stevenson and James Current, of Riley.

The following extract from Reid's Ohio In the War will show the marches of this regiment and the battles in which these men were engaged:

This regiment was organized in the month of August, 1862, and was mustered into the service on the 5th and 6th of September. It was a Northwestern Ohio regiment, having been raised in Sandusky, Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Williams, and Defiance

counties. It took the field at Covington, Kentucky, on the 11th of September, 1862.

The regiment remained in front of Covington until the 18th of September, when, in company with four regiments and a battery, it made a reconnaissance to Crittenden, Kentucky. After driving out the cavalry of Kirby Smith from that place, the regiment returned to Covington. It remained at Covington until the 25th, when it took transports for Louisville, where it was assigned to General Buell's army, being in the Thirty- eighth Brigade, Twelfth Division, under command of General Dumont. The regiment moved on Shelbyville October 3. On the 8th of October it took the advance in the movement on Frankfort, where a slight skirmish took place. It moved on Lawrenceburg October 11, and camped at Crab Orchard, where it joined with General Buell's whole army. After General Bragg's army had escaped through Cumberland Gap the One Hundred and Eleventh moved by rapid marches to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where it remained garrisoning forts and guarding the railroad from that place to Nashville. On the 29th of May, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Glasgow, Kentucky. At this place the One Hundred and Eleventh was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and remained in this brigade, division, and corps until mustered out of the service. From Glasgow it took part in the movement on Scottsville and Tompkinsville.

About this lime John Morgan's cavalry made a raid into Indiana and Ohio. The regiment took part in the pursuit. On the 4th of July, 1863, it marched from Tompkinsville to Glasgow, a distance of thirty-two miles, in one day, carrying guns, equipments, and forty rounds of ammunition. On the 6th of July the regiment marched to Mumfordsville, and remaining three days, it took the cars for Louisville. Morgan having crossed the Ohio River, the One Hundred and Eleventh was ordered to New Albany, Indiana. It then marched to Jeffersonville and took transports to Cincinnati.

On an island ten miles above Louisville the regiment was landed, and a detachment of Morgan's command was captured. It arrived at Cincinnati on the 13th. From this city it proceeded to Portsmouth, arriving at that place on the 18th.

After the capture of Morgan the regiment returned to Kentucky. Arriving at Lebanon. Kentucky, it marched to New Market, where the Second division, Twenty-third Army Corps, rendezvoused preparatory to the march to East Tennessee. On the 19th of August this movement commenced. The command arrived at Jamestown, Tennessee, on the Cumberland Mountains, eighty-five miles distant from Knoxville, on the 26th. From this point the command moved, by rapid marches, through Yannan's Gap, and arrived on the 30th of August at Montgomery. On the 2d of September it forded

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the Big Emery River, and arrived at Loudon, Tennessee, on the Tennessee River, on the 4th. The regiment remained at Loudon until November 14, and took part in the movement north of New Market to check the rebel advance from Virginia. It also took part in several forced marches, scouts, and skirmishes along the Tennessee and Holston Rivers.

The advance of General Longstreet's army appeared in front of Loudon on the zed of October, and considerable skirmishing was kept up between the two armies. On the 14th of October the command marched to Lenoir, but meeting reinforcements here a counter-march was ordered, and the Second brigade was ordered to march to Huff's Ferry, three miles below Loudon, and prevent the crossing of General Longstreet's troops. Owing to the almost impassable condition of the roads it was nearly dark before arriving at the ferry. On a high bluff, about half a mile from the river, a brigade of rebels was encountered. The Second brigade was immediately formed in single line and ordered to charge. The charge was successful. In it the One Hundred and Eleventh only lost a few wounded, as it was on the right flank of the brigade, and partly under cover of dense woods. The brigade stood to arms all night in the pelting rain, without food or shelter. At daylight the entire division fell back, and the One Hundred and Eleventh covered the retreat. At Loudon Creek a brisk skirmish took place between the regiment and the Sixth South Carolina Sharpshooters, composing General Longstreet's advance. The stand was made to enable Henshaw's Illinois battery to get its caissons up a hill above the creek. In this engagement the One Hundred and Eleventh lost four killed and twelve wounded. After this skirmish the command marched rapidly to Lenoir unmolested, On this night all camp and garrison equipage and transportation were destroyed, and on the morning of the 16th, at 3 A. M., it moved out for Knoxville, Tennessee.

At daylight on this morning Lieutenant O. P. Norris and fifty-two men of company B of the regiment were captured by the rebels while on picket. Of these fifty- two stalwart men' thirty-six died of starvation and exposure at Andersonville prison. Campbell's Station was selected by General Burnside as the point at which to give battle to General Long-street. In this engagement the One Hundred and Eleventh occupied the front line, directly in front of two batteries of rebel artillery, and was for six hours exposed to the shells of the enemy's concentrated fire .. The loss in killed and wounded was only eight, as the enemy used percussion shells, which mostly fell in the rear of the first line. The regiment marched with the command into Knoxville, a distance of six miles, having been three nights without sleep, food, or rest, and having participated in three separate engagements. it passed through the siege

of Knoxville, occupying the fort on College Hill, and lost six men killed and wounded. After General Longstreet's retreat it took part in the skirmishes at Blain's Cross Roads, Danville, and Strawberry Plains, and occupied an outpost six miles in front of the city when General Schofield fell back the second time on Knoxville.

It protected the crossing of the Second division at Strawberry Plains on the 21st of January, 1864, losing one man killed. On the 9th of February, General Schofield arrived at Knoxville and took command of the department. On the 24th of February the Second division marched to Strawberry Plains; on the 27th crossed the Holston River, and marching some distance, counter- marched at night as far back as Mossy Creek. On the 14th of March the regiment moved to Morristown, East Tennessee. On the following day it was on the picket- line, and had a brisk skirmish with the rebel cavalry. The One Hundred and Eleventh was moved back to Mossy Creek, where it remained until the 26th of April, when it marched to Charleston, on the Hiwassee River, a distance of one hundred miles. This it accomplished in four days, arriving at Charleston on the 30th. From this point it marched to Red Clay, Georgia, arriving on the 6th of May. At this place the army of the Ohio united with the left wing of General Sherman's army to participate in the Atlanta campaign. It marched to Tunnel Hill on the 7th of May, and on the following day skirmished into a position in front of Buzzard's Roost. On the 9th, in the advance on Rocky Face Mountain, the regiment was assigned the front line of the skirmishers, and during an advance of three-quarters of a mile lost nine men killed and wounded.

On the 12th of May the One Hundred and Eleventh marched through Snake Creek Gap, and arrived in front of Resaca on the evening of the 15th. The brigade made a charge on the enemy's works on the following day. Being unsupported by artillery, the charge was unsuccessful, and the loss heavy. The One Hundred and Eleventh had but seven companies engaged, three companies being in the rear guarding transportation. Out of the number engaged, seven men were killed and thirty wounded. The regiment took part in the second day's fight at Resaca, but being in the supporting column, it sustained no losses. After an unsuccessful assault at midnight upon the National lines, the rebels evacuated. On the 16th of May the regiment participated in the pursuit; had a skirmish with the rebel cavalry, the 20th, and captured six prisoners. On the 27th a brigade of rebels made an advance on the National lines. The One Hundred and Eleventh was ordered out on the double- quick, made a charge, and broke the rebel lines. In this engagement the regiment lost fifteen men killed and wounded.

It took part in the entire campaign against Atlanta. It actively engaged in the siege of Kenesaw,

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the battles at Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain, Dallas, on the Chattahoochee River near Nicojack Creek, Decatur, Peachtree Creek, and in the siege of Atlanta, and the skirmishes at Rough-and-Ready, Love-joy's Station, and Utoy Creek. It started on the Atlanta campaign with three hundred and eighty men, and of this number lost, in killed and wounded, two hundred and twelve. On the 8th of September the regiment went into camp at Decatur, Georgia, and remained until the morning of the 4th of October, when the movement against General Hood's forces commenced During the stay at Decatur the regiment made a reconnaissance to Stone Mountain, where it encountered rebel cavalry, and lost a few of its men. The One Hundred and Eleventh marched rapidly to Allatoona Pass, and to within eighteen miles of Chattanooga, where the corps was ordered into Alabama in pursuit of General Hood's army. It marched south as far as Cedar Bluffs, on the Coosa River, where, in a skirmish with rebel cavalry, one officer and three men of the One Hundred and Eleventh were captured on picket. From this point the regiment marched to Rome, Georgia, where a brisk skirmish took place. From thence it moved to Resaca, where it arrived on the 1st of No- vember, 1864.

At Resaca the regiment tools the cars and was moved to Johnsonville, on the Tennessee River, eighty-five miles west of Nashville, to protect that place against a rebel raid. It remained at Johnsonville until the 10th of November, when it was again moved by rail to Columbia, Tennessee, to assist in checking General Hood's advance. It participated in the skirmishes at Columbia, and was detailed to remain in the rear to guard the fords of Duck River while General Thomas' army fell back on Franklin. The regiment guarded a wagon train to Franklin, and was twice attacked. Each time it repulsed the enemy. The regiment at night marched by the outpost of General Hood's army in bringing up the rear. It arrived at Franklin on the morning of the 30th of November, and was immediately assigned to the front line of works, on the left flank of the Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, to the right of the Franklin turnpike. In the fight of that day the regiment, out of one hundred and eighty men engaged, lost twenty-two men killed on the field and forty wounded. Many were killed by rebel bayonets. The contest was so close that once the flag of the regiment was snatched from the hands of the color sergeant, but the bold rebel was instantly killed. The troops on the immediate left of the One Hundred and Eleventh fell back during the charge, and the rebels, holding this part of the line for an hour, poured an enfilading fire along the line of the whole brigade. Owing to the large losses of officers in this and previous engagements, a detail from other regiments was necessary to command the companies.

On the morning of the 1st of December the One

Hundred and Eleventh marched back to Nashville, where it was assigned a position on the line of defenses on the left. It was severely engaged during both days of fighting in front of Nashville. In a charge on the second day it captured three rebel battle flags and a large number of prisoners. The loss was seven killed and fifteen wounded. The regiment took part in the pursuit after General Hood. It was marched to Clifton, Tennessee, where, on the 17th of January, 1865, it took transports to make the campaign of North Carolina. It passed through Cincinnati January 23, and arrived at Washington, District of Columbia, on the 31st. From Alexandria the regiment took an ocean steamer for Fort Fisher, where it joined the army under General Terry, and took an active part in the capture of Fort Anderson, and in the skirmishes at Moseby Hall and Goldsborough. After the surrender of General Johnston the regiment was moved to Salisbury, North Carolina, where it remained on garrison duty until ordered home for muster out. It arrived at Cleveland on the 5th of July, 1865, and was mustered out on the 12th.

The One Hundred and Eleventh re-enlisted as veterans in February, 1864, in East Tennessee; but, owing to the demand for troops in the field, the veteran furlough could not be granted. Again (in October, 1864), after the Atlanta campaign, more than two-thirds of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans; but, after General Hood's campaign to the rear, the order to furlough it was revoked. The One Hundred and Eleventh numbered one thousand and fifty men when it entered the service, and received eighty-five recruits. Of these men two hundred and thirty-four were discharged for disability, disease, and wounds; two hundred died of disease contracted while in the service; two hundred and fifty-two were killed in battle or died of wounds, and four hundred and one were mustered out.

The regiment was on a steamer being transported from Alexandria to Fort Fisher, January or February, 1865. The boat, in a violent storm lay rolling in the troughs of the immense waves, while rounding Cape Hatteras. The stoves in the upper cabin upset and fired the boat. Captain McCord, while others left the cabin, remained and with great coolness and activity collected blankets, overcoats, and other woolen gar- ments at hand, and by great efforts smoth- ered the fire and saved the boat. "But for this act," says company Commissary Robert Long, "the boat would have perished."

At the battle of Franklin the One Hun

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dred and Eleventh was complimented for gallant conduct, in holding the right of the turnpike, while other regiments gave way. Here the One Hundred and Eleventh saved the important position by its firmness and pluck.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

To this regiment of Ohio volunteers, Hoffman's battalion, Sandusky county fur- nished the following named soldiers:

COMPANY C.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Philetus W. Norris. First Lieutenant Amon C. Bradley. Second Lieutenant George Carner.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant Lewis D. Booth.

Sergeant George W. Hollenback.

Sergeant James L. Camp.

Sergeant Shelly A. Gish.

Sergeant Styles Rich.

Corporal Nathan Tefft.

Corporal Jonathan L. Smith. Corporal Charles N. Mallery. Corporal Emery Bercaw.

Corporal Samuel M. Alexander.

Corporal Meron M. Starr.

PRIVATES.

Israel H. Bittner, Josephus Gaver, Rodolphus Lagore, James Williamson.

THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY .*

That we may more fully understand the history of the One Hundred and Sixty ninth Ohio National Guard, it will be necessary to commence this narrative with the formation of the Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from which the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth was formed. The Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was recruited in Sandusky county in the fall of 1863, under the militia law of Ohio, the object being the protection of the borders of the State from raids and invasion. The regiment held its first meeting

at the courthouse in Fremont, to elect officers and transact other business. Na- thaniel Haynes was elected colonel; C. G. Sanford, lieutenant-colonel; Jacob Fickes, major; W. B. Dimick, quartermaster; J. L. Greene, adjutant; I. H. Burgoon, sergeant- major; Peter Beaugrand, surgeon; S. B. Taylor, assistant surgeon; Wesley

Vandercook, hospital steward; Theodore England, quartermaster-sergeant; Ferguson Greene, commissary sergeant.

A general meeting for parade and drill was held in Fremont the same fall. The regiment was ordered into camp at Camp Lucas, Toledo, Ohio. Transportation was obtained by railroad to Toledo, where they arrived on the 18th of September, 1863, remaining about one week.

Early in the spring of 1864 the regiment was called into service by John Brough, Governor of Ohio, to serve for the term of one hundred days unless sooner discharged. The time named in the proclamation was the 2d of May, 1864, and so anxious were the boys to be on hand at the appointed time that by 12 oclock noon, of the 2d, every company was reported for duty. They were camped on the old fair ground, where they remained until the 7th of the month, drilling during the day, and at night they were quartered in the courthouse, engine-house and the different halls of the town. Marching orders were received on the evening of the 6th, and at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 7th the regiment was in line ready to start for the depot, which they did at 11 o clock, and after waiting, finally started at 2:30 P. M. Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Sanford commanding, the colonel having been left behind on account of an accident, which befell him while riding down Front street. The destination was Sandusky City. Further than that no one knew. This suited the boys so far as rations were taken into account, they having

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