History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, school, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 36

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088

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CHAPTER IX.

MILITARY HISTORY.

TN this chapter the writer deals with the whole military history of the county from 1782 to the present time; omitting here only local military organiza- tions, such as Grand Army Posts and latter day militia commands, which are referred to in the histories of the cities and townships. Nothing is taken on presumption in the following pages, and thus, perhaps, it may happen that a few events and names are not recorded. It is notably the case with the history of French military occupation that no mention is made of this district. The French military posts at Sandusky, Miami, Presque Isle and Fort Duquesne have each a history; but the travels, explorations and dealings of the French

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soldiers and citizens with the Indians of this particular part of the Sandusky country are not of record. The first authentic reference to the territory, now embraced in Seneca County, is contained in a report of Capt. Butler to the British commandant, at Detroit.

It is known that the English, under Bradstreet, with Israel Putnam in command of a company of militia and a number of Iroquois, sailed up the Sandusky in 1764, and made a treaty of peace with the Wyandots, but whether they proceeded from Lower Sandusky to the villages of Capt. Pipe and Half- King, which were there located, is a question that cannot now be decided.

This Capt. Butler, an Irish Tory in the English army, was dispatched to the Sandusky country by Depeyster, the British commandant, to aid the In- dians in repelling Col. Crawford's advance, in June, 1782. On the night of June 3, 1782, Butler's white cavalry and mounted battery, and Elliott's com- mand camped within the great bend of the river, about fourteen miles above Lower Sandusky (Pleasant Township), and thence proceeded to the south line of the county, where a camp was pitched and from which point they advanced toward Battle Island, within three miles of Upper Sandusky, to assist the Del- awares and Wyandots in the fight of June 5, 1782, which cost the Americans the loss of seventy men of Col. Crawford's force of 480, and led to the horrible death of Crawford, in the township named after him in Wyandot County, re- corded in the first part of this work. With Butler was Simon Girty, a less refined villain than the captain, but equally well versed in cruelty (vide Pio- neer History).

From 1782 to 1812 little or nothing was heard of military affairs in this district. During the latter year Gen. Bell, acting under orders from Gen. Harrison, proceeded, with a small staff, down the west bank of the Sandusky River, and marked a trail along the plateau or high ground, to be used as a military road. John Meeker had charge of the workmen, and followed up Bell so closely with the work that all small trees and shrubs were cleared away between Upper and Lower Sandusky, within an hour after the general arrived at the lower post. This highway was subsequently improved a little from Del- aware to Lower Sandusky, and by this route Harrison, Ball, Wells, McPherson, McMahon, Croghan and other commanders led their troops northward in 1813.

Building of Fort Ball .- This military post was established in 1813, prior to the construction of Fort Seneca, lower down. It appears that Gen. Harri- son sent forward Col. Ball's cavalry command to erect quarters for the troops at some favorable spot on the banks of the Sandusky, where they could rest and recruit while acting as a corps of observation. Col. Ball was led to the place by some friendly Indians, and was not disappointed when he beheld the locality. Near the river bank a stream of crystal water poured forth from its spring, and here the Colonel determined to erect the stockade. The command worked steadily, and in a few days a camp (with drill-ground and houses) was ready for occupation. The troops named the place Fort Ball, in honor of their commander. After the completion of Fort Seneca a portion of Harrison's infantry replaced the cavalry garrison of Fort Ball, and made an entrenched camp. During the month of July several soldiers died at Fort Ball, and even on the morning of July 31, 1813, when the garrison moved to Camp Seneca, a few died before the fort was lost sight of. John Searles, who served in the war of 1812, moved with his family to Fort Ball in 1820, and made his home in one of the block-houses of the old fort. Paul D. Butler and David Risdon, who boarded with him, lived in the same house during the building of Spencer's saw-mill, when Henri or Levi Creesy, the blacksmith, and David Smith, the fiddler, had still another room in this quaint old hotel. At that time the

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three block-houses were intact, all facing the river, with a half-acre parade ground extending north. This ground was enclosed by posts twelve inches thick, fixed firmly in the earth and fastened near the top with old bayonets, and all surrounded by a deep ditch. The roofs of the houses were simply clap- boards. This post was occupied at intervals until peace was restored, when it was allowed to go the way of all frontier buildings. Where the old fort stood are the beautiful homes of a prosperous city's people, and close by stands a magnificent pile of granite to link together the glories and sorrows of 1813 and 1861-65.

Building of Fort Seneca .- Early in June, 1813, a Mr. Connor and some friendly Indians appeared before Gen. Harrison to describe the country along the Sandusky River, above the trading post at Lower Sandusky. Their infor mation confirmed him in the opinion he had entertained of its strategic im- portance. In June, 1813, to further satisfy himself that such a post was necessary, he met a number of Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee and Seneca In- dians at Franklinton, and interviewed the chiefs regarding their military sym- pathies. He failed not to discern that. under their assurances of friendship, a design existed to aid the English, and seeing this he determined to erect a fort some nine miles above Sandusky post. In July of that year he arrived on the ground with a force of 600 men, including Ball's and Wells' dragoon com- panies. During the first week the site was selected on Sections 8 and 9, Pleas- ant Township, and lumber prepared. Then the work of construction was carried forward with energy. This post stood on the west side of the river, where the bank was about forty feet above the river-bed level. One acre and a half of land at the springs was enclosed by oak posts twelve inches thick and 144 inches high, with a clay wall six feet thick on the east front, and an unstaked embankment between the ravine on the south and the single picket fence of the fort. The embankment on the north was capped by a strong chevaux-de-frise work. On the northeast corner was the bastion, used as a store-house for ammunition. On the northwest was a strong block-house twenty-five feet square and sixteen feet high, while sixteen feet square blocks commanded the southeast and southwest corners.

Here the British conspired with the Indians to have Gen. Harrison assas- sinated, and with this object hired a Shawnee, of Wapakonetta, at Malden, Canada, named Little Blue Jacket, to join the few Shawnees and other friendly Indians, then en route to Camp Seneca, thus gain admission to the camp, and murder the American commander. He confided his intention to Beaver, a Delaware, in the following words: "I will kill the General, even if I was sure that the guard will cut me into pieces no bigger than my thumb nail." The Beaver, already a friend of Harrison, was now a confidant of the Shawnee. His duty was questionable. While debating within himself, Little Blue Jacket came up, and at the sight of the drunken brawler and murderer, he formed the res- olution to save the General. Addressing the Shawnee, he said: "Blue Jacket, you must be a great warrior. You will not only kill this white man (Col. McPherson) for treating you as you deserve, but you will also murder our father, the American Chief, and bring disgrace and mischief upon us all. But you shall do neither; I will serve you as I would a mad dog!" So saying, he struck the Shawnee to the ground, and one more of Proctor's fellow-con- spirators completed his earthly course.

This fort was untenanted from the close of the war of 1812 to November 19, 1819. when Rev. James Montgomery arrived to take up his office as agent for the Seneca Indians. The site, three miles distant from the village of Fort Seneca, is still distinguishable, but every vestige of the building has disap- peared, like the men who erected it.

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Harrison at Fort Seneca .- Few readers are unacquainted with Maj. Michael G. Croghan's magnificent disobedience of Gen. Harrison's orders in holding Fort Stephenson (Lower Sandusky), and in totally defeating the In- dians and British, under Gen. Proctor, on August 2, 1813. For some time prior to this, Gen. Harrison made his headquarters at Fort Seneca, a half day's march up the river from Fort Stephenson. Having the opinion of a military council that Croghan's position was untenable against the approach- ing Indians and British, he dispatched Thomas Connor to that post with orders for its instant evacuation. Connor and his guides did not arrive there until July 28, when the commandant returned an answer to the general, that orders came too late and the fort would be defended to the last. On July 30, Col. Ball and Maj. Wells, in charge of two cavalry companies were sent for- ward to arrest Croghan and place Wells there to carry out the evacuation. Croghan was brought before Gen. Harrison, explained his plans, was restored to his command, and on returning to Fort Stephenson completed his prepara- tions and disposed his 160 men to receive the British and Indians. This re- ception was held August 2, 1813, a most disastrous one for the English and their allies. On August 3, Harrison's force evacuated Fort Seneca to pursue the allies.

Toledo War .- This ridiculous squabble of 1835, actually claimed the ear- nest attention of the very men who laid the foundations of two great States. No less than 300 men were enrolled in Seneca County, of whom the greater number marched to the Michigan line under Gen. Henry C. Brish. A mention of the fact that a large number of able-bodied men were drawn away from their farms and their workshops in the spring of the year 1835, a time when the county required the presence of all her workingmen, is enough to point out the childishness of the two administrations. A full reference to this "Comedy of Errors" is made in the second part of this work, the history of Ohio, in the sketch of Judge Higgins in the history of the Courts and Bar, in the pioneer chapter, and in several personal sketches and reminiscences.

Pioneer Militia of Seneca County .- On August 7, 1832, Col. Lowell Rob- inson and Adjt. Calvin Bradley called a meeting of freeholders to meet at John Goodin's house, at Tiffin, August 17, 1832, to elect officers of Company Four, First Regiment, First Brigade, Seventeenth Division Ohio Militia. A military review of officers of First Regiment was held August 31, 1832, at the request of Lient. - Col. William Toll, and repeated annually until 1834. In 1835 the Seneca Blues organized, with Henry Ebert commanding. This organization served five years. This was a uniformed company armed with flint-lock mus- kets supplied by the State. Gen. George W. Gist of the First Brigade Ohio Militia, appointed Jonathan Parker brigade major, James H. Wilson, aid-de- camp, and John Staub, quartermaster, in June, 1836. A celebration of July 4, 1836, was the leading event of the kind up to that year. Eli Stem, briga- dier-general First Battalion, Seventeenth Division, Ohio Militia and James Durbin, brigade major, called a meeting of the First Battalion, at Sam Leard's house, June 16, 1838.

In May, 1839, the officers of the First Regiment met at Staub's house, in Tiffin, the officers of the Second Regiment at Michael Hendel's house, in Re- public, and the Third Battalion at the house of Sam Leard, in Rome, by com- mand of Maj .- Gen. John Bell and John Walker, quartermaster.

In June, 1839, Thomas M. Brashear was appointed brigade major; R. W. Reid, aide-de-camp, and John Staub, quartermaster.

Col. Peter Lot ordered a muster of officers of First Regiment, at Tiffin, August 30, 1839.

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Lewis Baltzell commenced the organization of a cavalry company at Tiffin, in November, 1841.

A military encampment at Tiffin was held in July and August, 1842.

Maj. - Gen. John Bell was court-martialed in February, 1843. Brig. - Gen. Sea, then captain in a light-horse company, was a member of the court, against whom Bell lodged a protest which led to his removal by Sergt. - at-arms Lang.

Mexican War .- The fact of a war with Mexico was made known to the people of Seneca through the press and by the following notice:

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, SEVENTEENTH DIVISION, O. M. ORDER NO. 1.

Cherry Lawon, May 28, 1846.

Our country is invaded. Her citizens have been slaughtered on her own soil. Rise, People of Seneca, and let them be avenged.

Every Patriot is expected to convene at Tiffin, on Saturday, the 30th day of May, inst .. at 10 o'clock, A. M., to give his voice for the honor of the UNION.

By order of the Major-General,

SIDNEY SEA. General of Brigade.

This meeting was held, and the names of forty-nine volunteers were en- rolled. The total enrollment was fifty-six.

The volunteers were presented with a flag June 8, 1846, by W. P. Noble, on behalf of the ladies who made it.

Under instructions from Asst. Adjt .- Gen. B. W. Price, Jr., June 17, 1846, the Seneca company was ordered to be attached to J. F. Chapman's command of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Of the fifty-six men whose names were enrolled, thirty-nine from this county went to the field under Capt. Chapman, viz .: John H. Flenner, first lieutenant; Smith D. Baldwin, second lieutenant; Thomas Little and Louis A. Beilharz, sergeants; William Boyer, James Burrows, William Carney, John Cobert, Edward Dougherty, Peter Schultz, James Goshorn, Ben Gee, Jacob Hessenauer, Henry Hoffman, L. Hoeffling, N. Hall, John Kennedy, George and Daniel Kelly, Nick Kirsh, Martin Lieb, Christian Myers, G. Melcher, J. Morehead, Arch McMullen, W. Norris, George Probasco, Joshua Prebble, L. Prentz, T. Rosevelt, George Rockwell, N. Richards, Aloysius Rouk, Russel Smith, Sol Smith, M. Smith, William Smith, Jacob Wolf and William Wells, private soldiers. Men from adjoining counties came to Tiffin and enlisted.

In November, 1846, the Seneca volunteers were at Matamoras. Up to that date the company lost two men-Arch McMullen and George Probasco.

Col. C. J. McNulty died July 12, -1846, en route to Mexico.

The Seneca volunteers left Cincinnati in Col. Curtis' command, July 3, 1846.

Peter Foncha, a sergeant of the United States Army, was engaged in Feb- ruary, 1847, in enlisting Seneca County volunteers for the Mexican war, on a $12 bounty. A few recruits joined the army at that time.

Seneca in the War for the Union .- Owing to the extent of this chapter, a plain statement of facts is only given. Local events are arranged chronolog- ically.

The proposed attack on Fort Moultrie, December 27, 1860, by a Charles- ton mob, caused intense excitement throughout the county.

April 17, 1861, a large war meeting was held at Tiffin. W. H. Gibson, W. P. Noble, Dr. Kuhn, J. K. Hord, T. C. Tunison and J. C. Lee were the principal speakers. A telegram from the adjutant-general, in reference to or- ganization, was replied to, saying that a company was organizing, a beginning being made by thirty-three volunteers.

William Gupp

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A part of the edition of the Tiffin Tribune was burned April 19, 1861, on the streets of Tiffin.

The mayor appointed a force of ninety special constables, in addition to the police of Tiffin, same month, to prevent a repetition of the affair.

The Home Guard was organized in April, 1861. Artillery Company A was commanded by W. H. Gibson, captain, W. H. Parks, first lieutenant, and H. S. Kendig, second lieutenant; Cavalry Company B, by R. McD. Gibson, cap- tain, H. A. Spayth, first lieutenant, and Frank Abbott, second lieutenant.

Capt. Franklin's company of Seneca sharp-shooters left Tiffin April 22, 1861, en route to Cleveland. Their departure was signalized by the presenta- tion of the silk banner carried in 1860 by the Douglas Gun Squad. D. F. De- Wolf made the presentation on behalf of Capt. Bagby. Supt. Rice, of the S. C. & D. Railroad, furnished a special train. This company was mustered into the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Cleveland, May 2, 1861.

Foster & Co., of Fostoria, appropriated $1,000 for the support of volun- teers' families, in April, 1861. D. Hays also made a liberal donation for the purpose.

The Seneca Sharpshooters organized in April, 1861, with F. E. Franklin, captain, B. F. Ogle, first lieutenant and C. W. Barnes, second lieutenant. The volunteers were: S. S. Keisinger, S. F. Poorman, Enoch Travis, Andrew Shriner, John Kaup, Lem Snover, Jacob Wademan, Daniel Barnhart, George Baugher, Henry Baugher, Charles Kipka, Jacob Rauch, Charles Rauch, J. W. Walker, Daniel Lee, William Niles, David Bell, D. L. Dubbs, Henry Bloom, William Brestle, F. McBride, Marcus Dawd, Henry C. Myers, John Redd, A. D. Lutz, J. Cloidence, John Loring, John Nichols, J. M. Henry, Henry Bri- ner, J. H. Beatty, W. H. Pockmire, Val Bennington, Nick Barks, William Bostin, Austin Beck, J. W. Canary, Jr., Thomas McBride, L. D. Arnold, M. B. Linn, E. J. Naylor, Charles Lampkin, Ed Bush, J. S. Harrison, Jacob Smith, J. L. Wilson, Henry Bair, J. W. Long, A. Miller, P. Groover, J. W. Cramer, Val Shultz, S. Z. Bean, J. A. Hoover, D. F. Derr, S. C. Sloat, J. C. Bowersock, George W. Beard, L. Huffman, Aug Shertzberg, W. H. Haas, S. J. Loon, D. W. Hoffman, Joseph Coller, E. W. Clark, A. H. Byers, Joseph Wismich, Andrew Miller, C. J. Hoote, H. H. Clark, James Branderberg, Louis Sears, Joseph Gratis, John Gordon, John Herman, Maxime Fredo, M. W. Shoemaker, D. J. Goodsell, Jr., Charles Seewald, H. Fleiserman, J. C. Lang- don, Joseph McDowell, N. Drill, J. A. Julien, T. Neeley, James Logan, J. P. Arnold, J. W. Vantassell, George W. Bristle, Henry Till, Ed Jones, George Talbot, Daniel Herring, Joseph Leipold, Alonzo Wood, Isaac B. Lightcap, Henry Gall, Con Shoup, William McDowell, J. M. Humphries, Vincent Hud- der, George Brown, John Blair and D. H. Dawalt. The first casuality was that of John Cramer, who accidentally shot himself at Cleveland, April 26, 1861.

April 22, 1861, John E. McCormack entered on the work of organizing a company. Before the close of the week ninety men enlisted, with John E. McCormack, captain, Joseph Park, first lieutenant, and Hiram Brettin, second lieutenant.

Company A, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was the first company raised in Seneca County for the war of 1861-65.

Dr. Franklin, captain of the Seneca Sharpshooters, was elected first lieu- tenant-colonel of the Eighth Ohio Infantry, in May, 1861.

The daughter of G. W. Beard, of Tiffin, Ohio, was adopted as daughter of the Eighth Regiment.

A lady, dressed in volunteer uniform, joined Company B, Third Regiment,

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Governor's Guards, at Camp Dennison. She was in camp three weeks before she reported herself to the captain as a female volunteer.

Camp Andrews, at Tiffin, was named in honor of Lovin Andrews. Capt. McCormack's company, of over 100 men, encamped there in April, 1861.

Gibson's Rifle Company, formerly the Light Artillery Company, of Tiffin. was reorganized as a rifle company, April 30, 1861, with W. H. Gibson, cap- tain. Col. Gibson was presented with a very valuable horse before leaving Tiffin with his command.

When Col. Depuy addressed the question to the Seneca company, May 26, 1861, "how many will enlist for three years' service?" sixty-three members of the Sharpshooters stepped 100 paces to the front, with the flag presented to them at Tiffin. This company reorganized in June, 1861; Capt. Winslow and Lieuts. Ogle and Barnes in command.

The Tiffin Union Grays completed organization June 6, 1861, with D. F. De Wolf, captain, Van C. Coonrod, first lieutenant and Robert Lyle, second lieutenant.

Lieut .- Col. Franklin and Capt. Clark left Tiffin June 3, 1861, with thirty recruits for Camp Dennison.

The Clinton Guards completed organization June 5, 1861, with Robert Crum. captain; Leander Stem, first lieutenant and Rev. E. E. Higbee, second lieutenant.

A list of the Fostoria Invincibles, the first company organized in 1861, pre- sents the following roster: A. M. Blackman, captain: M. H. Chance, first lieutenant: Jonas Foster, second lieutenant; B. C. Harman, sergeant; A. T. McDonell, second sergeant; J. L. Hollopeter, third sergeant; Sampson Swit- zer, fourth sergeant; Hiram Chance, Thomas Conley, Jacob J. Bowman and William Martin, corporals. The private soldiers were: F. J. Santer. J. Myers, G. W. Foughty, A. Stearns, John Cregg. S. Crawford, T. Whitaker, J. W. Swander, C. E. Fritcher. W. W. Mourier, W. S. Bonnell, C. Warman, J. J. Fry, F. Werner, G. M. Davidson, H. W. Kunkle, A. L. Cramer, D. F. Eaton, Joseph Cramer, A. Wagner, G. Sabins, J. W. Grove, W. Whitaker, N. G. Turner, G. W. McEwen, A. P. Hays, J. E. Kunkle, O. B. Burdette, R. Adams, C. Birrer, W. Leslie, F. M. Smith, C. Kredler, F. Metz, W. P. Noel, F. Crowell, W. M. Dresskill, C. Days, J. R. Slaughterbeck, G. W. Bagley, Thomas B. Boughton, M. Ash, M. Stahl, C. Wonders, A. Bates, P. Green- swike, M. Rinehart, Moses Parkhurst, G. F. Beightle, W. Rollins, J. Hahn, J. H. McCoy, P. Martin, H. Shontz, Jr., J. Zimmerman, M. Saum, M. M. Hartsonck, W. Saum, M. Longernecker, J. H. Dicken, G. W. Slaughterback, W. Miller, Jr., W. S. Moses, Olmer G. Jacobs, Em Lyberger, H. Beatty, S. J. Graham, Ambrose Fry, William Harley, Al Everett, H. Whiteford, J. Boss- ler, G. A. Gessner, J. M. Lacey, D. Smith, M. Miller, J. S. Oaks, George Grove, G. W. Grove, H. H. John, J. B. Moore, Robert W. Adams, John Bry- ant, Thomas Bouskin, Clayton Everett. A. J. Miller, S. C. Miller, J. Y. Yates, O. P. Norris and H. S. Woolman. The original roster is printed on sheep- skin, and was presented to the company in 1861 by J. W. Foster, of the Fos- toria News.

In June, 1861, Republic organized a company for three years' service with Asa Way, captain, Wesley Chamberlain, first lieutenant, and Daniel Metzger, orderly sergeant.

Fort Seneca Guards organized in June, 1861. with Mark Harris, captain, Alexander Johnson, first lieutenant, and D. S. Blue, second lieutenant. This company was well uniformed and armed with spears.

The farmers in the neighborhood of Fort Seneca organized a cavalry com-

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pany in June, 1861, with Augustus Hoke, captain, Levi Z. Wagner, first lieutenant, and John Hoke, second lieutenant.

Boos' Tiffin Cornet Band, of Tiffin, was employed by the Eighth Ohio Vol- unteers in June, 1861.

Capt. Blackman's company was organized in Fostoria and neighborhood in June, 1861.

A comet was visible here during the last days of June, 1861, which was taken by the superstitious to denote a long and bloody war.

Col. Franklin and Capt. E. W. Clark, Jr., in an advertisement of July 19. 1861, for volunteers in the Ohio Zouaves, state that a bounty of $100 cash and 160 acres of land will be paid to every man enlisting in that command for full term, and $60 extra bounty to three months' service-men, who will re-enlist.

A company of Zouaves was organized at Tiffin in July, 1861, with M. Sul- livan, captain; V. C. Coonrod, first lieut., and H. S. Kendig, second lieut.

Twenty volunteers, under Capt. Higginbotham, left Tiffin for New York July 22, 1861, to wait for other volunteers from Green Spring and Clyde.

Col. A. S. Piatt's Seneca County Zouave Company was organized in July, 1861. In September, 1861, Messrs. Hord and Zigler were recruiting for Piatt's Second Zouave Regiment.

On the last day of July, 1861, Col. William H. Gibson received the fol- lowing despatch:

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30, 1861.

Your regiment has been accepted. Acceptance sent by mail. Muster in by companies at Tiffin. Complete in twenty-one days.

On August 6, Capt. Langworthy's company arrived from Hancock County, 103 strong, to be incorporated in Col. Gibson's command as Company A. The place where they camped was named Camp Noble, in honor of Congress- man Warren P. Noble. On August 12, the company raised by Capts. McCor- mack, Porter and Abbot, joined Col. Gibson's camp on August 12, 1861. Be- fore the close of August, 1861, Capts. Culver, Keller and Bartlett's three companies had joined his command; then organized as the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the field official list was completed with William H. Gibson, colonel; A. Blackman, lieutenant-colonel; F. Drake, major; H. A. Spayth, quartermaster; V. C. Coonrod, adjutant; Dr. Shrift, surgeon; Dr. W. H. Parks, assistant surgeon; E. H. Bush, chaplain. In the final organization C. W. Norton was appointed adjutant vice Coonrod. On September 9th, the evening before departure, a reception was held at Camp Noble. Miss Ella Gibson was adopted as the daughter of the regiment.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1088

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088