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On August 30, 1862, the Rebel General Armstrong, with fifteen regi- ments on an expedition northward, was held in check a whole day by "the Twentieth Ohio, a portion of the Seventy-eighth Ohio, and two com-
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panies of the Second Illinois Cavalry. Late in the afternoon two companies, G and K, of this regiment were captured by a cavalry charge, but not until they had repulsed two charges. For their courage on this occasion the officers and troops were highly commended. The regiment next assisted in driving Price from Iuka on the 20th of September. On November 28th it marched south from Lagrange in the Second Brigade of Logan's Division, and on the 4th of December entered Oxford, Miss.
About this time the Seventeenth Army Corps was organized, and Logan's Division became the Third of the corps. By slow marches the Twentieth reached Memphis on January 28, 1863, and was reinforced by two hundred men. On February 22 the regiment moved down the Mis- sissippi on the steamer Louisiana, landed at Lake Providence, and a few weeks later marched to the relief of Porter's fleet, blockaded in Steele's Bayou, and after three days in the swamps, returned to camp.
On May 12 the Twentieth deployed in advance of the corps toward Ray- mond, Mississippi, and while resting with stacked arms, was fired upon from a thicket beyond a stream. The regiment at once formed and advanced, using the opposite bank of the stream as a breastwork. A severe struggle ensued for an hour, during which the Twentieth was exposed to a cross-fire. Every man stood firm until the Rebels were compelled to yield. The regi- ment lost twelve killed and fifty-two wounded. Private Canavan, of Com- pany E, was promoted to a sergeantcy on the field for skilful management of the company after the other officers and sergeants were disabled. Captain Wilson was decorated with the Seventeenth Corps Medal of Honor for gallantry in assembling his skirmishers under the very muzzles of the enemy's guns during the first charge. Lieutenant Weatherby, of Company A, being on the extreme right of the skirmish line with his company,' and being cut off from his regiment, assembled his company, and reported to the colonel of the nearest regiment-the Eighty-first Illinois-and fought as a part of that regiment. The Eighty-first showed their appreciation of its services by giv- ing three hearty cheers for the "Twentieth Ohio Boys." Again the regi- ment moved from point to point and engaged from time to time in skirm- ishes, until we find it in the rear of Vicksburg, where it acted as support to an assaulting party on May 21. Here it continued at work until May 29, when with a brigade it withdrew from line and went on an expedition to the Yazoo Valley. On the 4th of June it had returned and was in reserve at Vicksburg. On the 26th of June the regiment withdrew to Tiffin with the Second Brigade to watch the movements of Johnston. After the fall of Vicksburg the regiment camped at Bovina Station, but was soon ordered to join Sherman's army then besieging Jackson.
In January, 1864, two-thirds of the men re-enlisted, and on the 8th of February the regiment crossed Big Black and joined the Meridian expedi- tion. Arriving at Meridian, the regiment assisted in destroying railroads and then marched to Chunkey Creek. The regiment afterward went north on furlough, and after thirty days rendezvoused at Camp Dennison on the Ist of May, and proceeded to Cairo, and from there by steamer to Clifton, Tenn. From here it marched, via Pulaski, Huntsville, Decatur, and Rome. to
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Acworth, where it joined General Sherman on the 9th of June after a march of two hundred and fifty miles. After some skirmishes, the regiment appeared before the Rebel works at Atlanta on the 20th of July. The regi- ment took position in the advanced line on the 21st, and on the next day firing was heard to its rear. It formed in the works, the Rebels advanced, and the men leaped the parapet and faced the enemy. The Rebels pressed around the regiment and bullets came from front, flank, and rear. The Twentieth delivered their fire wherever the strength of the Rebels appeared until cartridges became scarce, when portions of Companies A, F, and D risked life and obtained, in the face of the enemy, five cases of ammunition. Even this was insufficient, and the ammunition of the wounded and dead was distributed, and charges made to capture Rebels for the sake of their car- tridges. The batteries in Atlanta threw shell upon the rear of the brigade, the enemy redoubled the fire in front, and placing a captured gun within fifty paces of the flank of the Twentieth, raked the regiment with canister. Orders came to retire, and the men withdrew to form a new line, firing their last cartridge as they withdrew. In the new line the Twentieth was placed in reserve except a detachment of one hundred men who were posted in the works on Force's Hill, and fought desperately until the close of the battle. In this engagement the Twentieth lost forty-four men killed, fifty-six wounded, and fifty-four missing. Many instances of personal daring were mentioned, among which were Lieutenant Nutt, of Company F; Skillen, of Company G: Privates Crabbe and Casey of Company C; Elder, of Company G: and Speker and Stevenson of Company F, especially distinguished them- selves.
The regiment changed about until the 24th of August, when it received orders to march as guard to the supply trains of the Army of the Tennessee. Four days later it joined its brigade at Fairburn and assisted in destroying railroads. It went into battle at Jonesboro' on the 31st, and as "refused flank" was exposed to a heavy artillery fire. It then went to Lovejoy's Sta- tion, but a few days later went into camp near Atlanta. On the 5th of October it engaged in the pursuit of Hood and at Galesburg turned back, and on November 5th again went into camp near Atlanta. It left Atlanta with Sherman's army November 15 for Savannah, participated in the destruction of Millan, Ga .. and reaching Savannah, went into position on the right of the Seventeenth Corps. On December 19th it was detached and sent to Ogeechee, where it engaged in building wharves for the landing of supplies. The work was ended by the surrender of Savannah and the regiment rejoined the brigade December 24th in camp at the outskirts of the city.
On January 5. 1865, the regiment embarked on the steamer Fanny and proceeded to Beaufort. S. C., crossed Port Royal Ferry, and advanced until the enemy was found entrenched beyond a rice swamp. The Twentieth deployed as skirmishers, charged the enemy's works in splendid style, and the regimental colors were soon waving from the parapet. At dark the troops encamped before the fortifications of Pocotaligo, and on the morn- ing of the 13th of January the regiment was assigned camping ground
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beyond the railroad station of Pocotaligo, and remained there until the 30th, when it joined the Carolina campaign. The head of the column struck the enemy on February 3d near the north Edisto bridge at Orangeburg, and two companies of the Twentieth were deployed as skirmishers. Soon the regi- ment advanced at double-quick and drove the enemy back to their fortifica- tions, from which they opened fire. The regiment deployed as skirmishers, advanced through an ice-cold and waist-deep swamp, opened fire on the ene- my and held the position until relieved in the evening. The next day the river was crossed and the railroad destroyed. Reached Columbia the night of its destruction, and the next morning marched through its smoking ruins and destroyed the railroad as far as Winnsboro'. On the 24th was left in rear of the whole army to guard the pontoon train, and after a hard march entered Cheraw March 3d and Bennettsville on the 6th. On the 20th of March Bentonville was reached, and on the 24th the regiment entered Goldsboro'. Two weeks later the regiment pushed to Raleigh, and on the 15th of April moved toward Johnston's army. It became known that John- ston had asked terms of surrender, the men went into ecstasies of joy, and even stood on their heads in the mud as they contemplated the final scene of the war. Leaving Raleigh on the Ist of May the regiment marched via Richmond to Washington, participated in the grand review, May 24th, was sent to Louisville, Ky., and on the 18th of July returned to Columbus and was mustered out of the service.
The whole history of this regiment is creditable to the men, to the officers, and to the nation.
Field and Staff Officers
Charles Whittlesey, colonel, August, 1861-April, 1862.
Manning F. Force, colonel, April, 1862; promoted to brigadier-general.
Harrison Wilson, colonel, June, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
John C. Fry, colonel, January, 1864; resigned 1864.
Harrison Wilson, lieutenant-colonel.
Peter Weatherby, major.
Henry O. Dwight, first lieutenant and adjutant.
John W. Skillen, first lieutenant and quartermaster.
Henry P. Fricker, surgeon.
James W. Guthrie, assistant surgeon.
James Knapp, J. W. Alderman, Chaplain.
William A. Nutt, sergeant-major.
Hiram H. Varner, quartermaster sergeant.
Henry V. Wilson, commissary-sergeant.
Company B, Twentieth Regiment, O. V. I.
John C. Fry, major, August 18, 1861 ; discharged April 19, 1863. Andrew J. Edwards, captain ; resigned April 14, 1863.
Russell B. Neal, first lieutenant, January 1, 1862-January 5, 1865. 17
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Reuben M. Colby, first lieutenant, January 5, 1863.
William A. Skillen, sergeant.
Isaac H. Coy, sergeant, October 25, 1862.
Samuel W. Dickerson, corporal.
John C. Sullivan, musician, July 14, 1862.
Perry Burch, private, August 18, 1861-May 5, 1862, at Shiloh, Tenn.
George W. Bains, private, August 18, 1861-July 24, 1862.
Benjamin H. Croy, private, July 1, 1862.
John M. Coleman, private, February 16, 1863.
Joseph R. Conckright, December 19, 1861.
William B. Elefrits, April 13, 1862, Shiloh.
Arnold S. Coleman, October 22, 1863, Vicksburg.
James F. Horn, August 29, 1862, Bolivar.
Jolin D. Hall, August 25, 1862.
Clay R. Joslin, July 15, 1862.
William Longacre, April 17, 1862, Shiloh.
John W. Langstaff, July 25, 1862, Grand Junction.
Peter Miller, December 26, 1862, Lagrange, Tenn.
Adam Neil, July 5, 1862, Columbus, O.
Joseph McVay, March 16, 1862.
Isaiah O'Bryan, May 7, 1862, Shiloh.
William O'Bryan, October 25, 1862, Bolivar.
George W. Staley, September 9, 1862, Bolivar.
George W. Shann, June 27, 1863, Vicksburg.
William R. Stipp, December 21, 1861, C. King, Ky. Aaron Smith, May 6, 1862, Shiloh.
Mark Thompson, April 8, 1862, Shiloh.
John H. Vannater, April 8, 1862, Shiloh.
Thomas M. Wale, April 4, 1862, Crump's Landing. David Cargill, August, 1864.
William Woodruff, April 12, 1862, Shiloh.
Stephen M. Young, March 11, 1862, Atlanta, Ga.
George W Zirby, September 21, 1864. Jacob H. Allen, September 21, 1864.
William B. Cannon, September 21, 1864.
William H. Herschell, September 21, 1864.
John D. Hall, September 21, 1864. Allen Halterman, September 21, 1864.
John Morris, September 21, 1864. William F. Packer, September 21, 1864. David Scisco, September 21, 1864.
Robert M. Toland, September 21, 1864
Silas D. Young, September 21, 1864.
Philip W. Young, September 21, 1864.
Charles B. Cannon. September, 1862-September, 1863.
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Transferred
James Knapp, chaplain. E. N. Owen, adjutant. Robert N. Sharp, October 15, 1863. John F. Smith, October 15, 1863. John K. Wilson as Hospital Steward. WV. A. Skillen, promoted to first lieutenant, August, 1864.
Killed in Battle and Died
John S. Wilkinson, sergeant, died May 31, 1862, Shiloh. Elias Baldwin, private, died May 27, 1862, Paducah, Ky.
David Baldwin, private, died March 21, 1863, Jackson, Tenn. William R. Campbell, private, died October 15, 1862, Sidney, O. Levi Gump, died August 16, 1863, Vicksburg.
Thomas J. Goble, died April 25, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. Harlam P. Hall, killed April 7, 1862, at Shiloh. Amos Huffman, died July 2, 1862, Sidney, O. Francis M. Hall, died January 26, 1863, Lagrange.
Jonas Harshberger, died May 12, 1863, wounds in action.
Henry D. Munch, died May 5, 1862, C. Denison.
Benjamin F. Ogle, died August 5, 1862, Paducah. George Pencil, died April 18, 1862, St. Louis. Joseph S. Schenck, died March 23, 1862, Savannah. Henry Schench, died March 23, 1862, Savannah.
Henry S. Staley, died June 15, 1862, Paducah. Martin L. Thrush, killed in action May 12, 1863. William Walter, died May 9, 1862, Shiloh.
Nehemiah B. Cannon, died February 24, 1863. Bull Run.
Veterans of Company B mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865
Newton R. Persinger, captain. Chancey Grimes, first lieutenant Co. D. Henry V. Wilson, commissary- sergeant July, 1865.
Andrew Cox, sergeant.
James A. Fleming, sergeant.
George H. Sharp, sergeant. Christopher Layman, sergeant. Simon Wicks, musician. Henry T. Bryan. George W. Bain. Isaac N. Carey. Henry H. Davis.
William Davis. William Elifrits. Arthur C. Gregg. Joseph S. Gerard.
John W. Gerard, January 1, 1864. Isaac Gump.
William H. Goble.
Homer L. Hall.
Thomas Wick.
William G. Martin.
William , C. McColly. Levi Pence. Thomas Plunkard.
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Jonathan Rea. Samuel Rosell. Clarence Robinson. John Smith.
John M. Stephens. S. W. Smith. Jacob Taylor. James E. Taylor.
Discharged May, 1865.
Benjamin A. F. Greer, captain.
Jesse F. Halterman.
Reuben M. Colby, first lieutenant.
Lewis John.
Chancey Grimes, first sergeant.
Henry Ruppert.
Isaiah Euckley, private.
Thomas McVay.
Daniel Eichers, private.
Peter Urivmmer.
Samuel Hamlet.
George Snyder.
William Hubner.
Died.
Gabriel K. Crawford, killed in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. William H. Borum, died in prison, Andersonville.
John Rinehart, died March 24, 1864, Vicksburg.
Perry Bailey, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic.
George W. Ragan, died May 28, 1865, Andersonville Prison. James H. Coleman, died March 17, 1865, Grafton, W. Va. John Johnson, killed April 8, 1865, Pocotaligo, S. C.
John B. McAlexander, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic. George W. Rush, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg.
John W. Wilson, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg.
Harvey Watts, died April 17, 1865, hospital.
Sylvester Wright, died April 18, 1865, hospital. David Clinton Baker, died June 2, 1863.
Company F. Twentieth O. V. I. enlisted in Sept. and Oct. 1861. William W. Updegraff, captain; resigned February, 1863. John W. Skillen, sergeant, promoted.
David R. Hume, first lieutenant, May 16, 1862. Reuben Woodmancy, first lieutenant, November 1, 1864.
Allen Arbogast, sergeant ; discharged October 2, 1864.
Samuel McMananny, sergeant; discharged October 25, 1862. Benjamin Mccullough, sergeant; discharged May 15, 1862. David Robbins, sergeant; discharged October 10, 1864. James Hume, corporal; discharged April 12, 1862. David Ritchie, corporal; discharged August 1, 1862. John C. Stipp, corporal; discharged October 2, 1864. Josiah Morris, corporal; discharged October 2, 1864. John Arbogast, private; discharged March 29, 1862. William S. Blakely, private; discharged October 2, 1864. Isaac Betts, discharged August 1, 1862. John E. Blakely, discharged October 2, 1864. Elijah C. Coleman, discharged August 25, 1862.
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George Clickner, discharged January 10, 1862. Eli Davis, discharged May 1, 1862. Levi Hughes, discharged at Vicksburg. Robert R. Johnson, discharged September, 1862. George Jordan, discharged January, 1863. John Kershaw, discharged February, 1863. David Kennedy, discharged May, 1862. Thomas C. Leapley, discharged August, 1862. Abra Lenox, March, 1863.
Daniel Leapley, discharged March, 1862. James Lattimer, discharged March, 1862. William McDowell, discharged March, 1862. George S. McNannama, January, 1863.
John Moore, August, 1862.
E. E. Nutt, discharged to receive promotion June, 1863.
Wm. A. Nutt, discharged with regiment in 1865 as sergeant major. David R. Hume, private, August, 1861-May, 1862.
Joshua Russell, private. Andrew Speker.
William Smith. Daniel Smith.
Thomas Smeltzer, November, 1862. Amos Winks.
William Scisco, September, 1862-May, 1865.
William J. Swander, served nine months.
Hugh B. Neal, corporal, September, 1861-June, 1864.
William Ogden, discharged March 29, 1862. Hiram Orwiler, enlisted October, 1862; discharged January, 1863. Joshua W. Russell, discharged July, 1862. Andrew Speker, discharged October, 1864. William Smith, discharged May, 1862. Daniel Smith, discharged August, 1862. Thomas Smeltzer, discharged January, 1863.
Amos Winks, discharged July, 1862.
Newton R. Perringer, quartermaster-sergeant, promoted. William Clemcey, hospital steward, September, 1863. George W. Cypners, corporal.
George E. Eddy. Henry W. Neal. Seth Johns, 1861-October, 1864.
William H. Coy, died December 29, 1861, Camp King, Ky. William Crotenteler, died March 26, 1862, Steamer City of Memphis. Lemuel Ellsworth, died March 18, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. William Edwards, died February 19, 1863, Memphis., William O. Heffeman, died February 13, 1862, Cincinnati. Philip Hall, died May 7, 1862, Shiloh.
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William Heaman, died January 20, 1863, Lagrange.
Martin Hole, died May 17, 1863.
Thomas Minnear, died November 21, 1862, Shelby county, O.
George Olden, died April 1, 1862, Shelby county, O. Nathan L. Russell, died May 13, 1862, Steamer Tycoon. Thomas Smith, died May 21, 1862, Shelby county. Daniel Vanote, died February 22, 1863, Memphis. John W. Vandever, died March 25, 1863, Berry's Landing.
Veterans.
Edmund E. Nutt, captain ; discharged July, 1865.
Silas A. Reynolds, first lieutenant ; discharged January, 1865. G. C. Allinger, first sergeant ; discharged February, 1865. James Williams, sergeant, January, 1864. Paul Beezley, sergeant, January, 1865. William Wright, sergeant, April, 1865.
Willis H. Dye, corporal, January, 1864.
Peter W. Speker, corporal; captured July, 1864-May, 1865.
Charles Stevenson, corporal, October, 1864.
Thomas Buchanan, corporal, October, 1864.
John T. Hathaway, corporal, July, 1865. John T. Neal, corporal, July, 1865.
Mnstered out with Company July 18, 1865.
Cornelius Ammons.
Peter W. Speker was in Ander-
George Burnett.
John W. Wade.
William Blocker.
George W. Boyer.
James McManamy.
John Bright.
Shepherd Shaw.
John Biggert.
WVm. Speker, sergeant.
Squire J. Baker.
Samuel Churchill.
Charles C. Wright. William Musgrove.
Jacob Cost.
John Malahan.
James Coons.
Abraham Mapes.
George Clackner. A. L. Cain.
Jeremiah Reels. George Speker. Samuel Stevenson.
Joseph Elliott.
William Fulton, prisoner of war. John W. Fisk. Jonas Garrett. Henry Gilkison.
Thomas Wright. Daniel Wright.
William Willis.
George Woods.
William H. Williams.
John W. Whires. Robert N. McGinnis, corporal.
Maxwell P. G. Hageman. Michael King. F. S. Lewis.
sonville and other prisons, 1865. Timothy Kelly. John W. Moore, Aug. 1861.
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Joshua Barbee, private. John Barbee.
August Bahr. Aza B. Curtis. Thomas Evans.
Lewis Galimore.
R. R. Johnson.
Robert Johnson. William McDowell. William Scisco .. William Munford. John Wical, October, 1862-June, 1865. Joseph Green, private, Sept. 1864.
Died and killed in battle.
Matthias Elliott, killed in action Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864.
Cornelius Davenport, died at Marietta, Ga., September 29, 1864.
Robert Elliott, killed in action, Atlanta, Ga.
Albert Hine, killed in action, Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864.
John Shaw, killed at Savannah, December 13, 1864.
Company K, Twentieth O. V. I.
William D. Neal, captain ; killed June 26, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain. Abraham Kaga, captain ; wounded and discharged January, 1864. William L. Waddle, first lieutenant ; promoted to captain. D. B. Rinehart, first lieutenant January, 1862 ; resigned January, 1863. Seneca Hale, second lieutenant November, 1861 ; resigned February, 1863. Joseph S. Laughlin, sergeant, January, 1862-May, 1863. Joseph E. Wilkers, corporal, January, 1862-October, 1862. John F. Bull, July, 1862.
Henry Clousing, July, 1863.
E. P. Elger, July, 1862. Jesse M. Furrow, September, 1862.
Jacob S. Gottchell, July, 1862.
William Hurt, January, 1862-September, 1862.
William Kiggins, January, 1862-July, 1862.
John C. Knox, December, 1861-July, 1862.
Lewis V. Mason, March, 1862-October, 1862.
WVarret Owen, January, 1861. William Swander, January, 1861-July, 1863.
F. M. Thomas, January, 1861-July, 1862.
Reuben Thompson, January, 1861-November, 1862.
James W. Watson, January, 1861-July, 1863.
Benjamin Snow, January, 1861-September, 1863.
Died and killed in battle.
Andrew J. Watson, died July 4, 1863, Vicksburg. Samuel Bryan, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Oliver P. Baggart, wounded July 13, 1863, Memphis. Thomas Baldwin, died February 13, 1863. Memphis.
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Columbus Beeson, died March 28, Jefferson, Mo. Jesse Babcock, killed May 23, 1863, Vicksburg. Isaac O. Cole, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Jasper N. Davis, died June 15, 1863, at home. James Dalton, died October 18, 1862, Shiloh. Jesse Day, died October 18, 1862, Bolivar. Perry Deweese, died March 9, 1863, Memphis. E. S. Gallimore, died June 18, 1862, Camp Dennison. Freeman Hawkins, died April 24, 1862, Shiloh. Henry Hardesty, died June 30, 1863, on transport. James A. Knox, died May 16, 1863, Raymond, Miss. Ozias Lambert, died February 5, 1862, Cincinnati. Abraham Lenox, died March 12, 1863, St. Louis. Elias Manning, died April 29, 1863, Lagrange. Moses Sturgeon, died June 29, 1863, Vicksburg. John Wagnog, died June 21, 1862, Grand Junction. David C. Baker, died June 2, 1863, Nashville. William Henry Sturm, drowned in 1862.
Mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865.
R. M. Colby, captain, mustered out with company.
William H. Nogle.
William P. Manning, first ser- geant.
Richard M. Wilson, sergeant.
Andrew Wilson, sergeant.
Luther Stewart, sergeant. George W. Dorsey, sergeant. Benjamin F. Whitmer, corporal.
George W. Redinbo, corporal. John A. Jackson, corporal. Gotleib Demler, corporal. Geo. W. Smalley, corporal; miss- ing in action.
George Blakely, private. John M. Blakely, private. David W. Barber. Irwin M. Bolenbaugh. E. L. Bogus. John H. Bird. John W. Clement. John B. Croner, January, 1862. Jacob Crusey.
Henry F. Dickensheets.
Daniel C. Dickensheets.
Oliver P. Davis, October, 1862.
Thomas Duncan.
George Deal. William T. Dickerson.
William Elzroth.
Samuel Emmitt.
Ira Fosnight, October, 1862.
William Golden. William Henry.
John W. Harrison.
William H. Harrison.
William Haig.
Daniel P. Haines.
William J. Hines.
E. H. Kiser.
John A. Krabah.
Martin Line. Henry C. LeFever.
John M. Martin.
Daniel H. Manning.
James W. Martin.
Jacob Manning.
William A. Messenger. Samuel H. McCabe.
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John McBain. John E. Mitchell. James A. Peer, June, 1863.
Josiah M. Hedges. William Hammell.
Thomas C. Kiser.
William H. Princehouse. John H. Ruppart.
Orrin Kiser.
Samuel Russell.
Labarr J. Kiser.
James H. Smith.
William H. Kibbons.
Henry H. Staley.
Benjamin F. Martin.
Henry Shue.
Abraham Mapes.
Henry J. Souder.
Jonathan Niswanger, August,
Philip Tunks, December, 1863.
1862.
George W. Quillan.
Thomas Tuley. William Weaver.
Seth T. Reddick.
Nelson Wright.
Reuben Smeltzer.
Hugh Marshall, corporal.
Robert Smeltzer.
S. J. Baker.
Calvin F. Shaw, August, 1862.
John Balmer.
Jonathan Smith. Toney Thomas.
James Fidler.
Levi Williams.
William Glasford.
Jacob Waltz.
Samuel M. Grahamı.
Henry Waltz.
Lucas Hardesty.
Died and killed in battle.
William D. Neal, killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 26, 1864. William Airgood, died October 24, 1864, Rome, Ga.
William S. Dodds, wounded and died October 10, 1864, Rome, Ga.
Thomas Gleason, wounded July 27, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.
Christopher Jelly, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John E. Kessler, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.
James Moore, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John Umphery, July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.
Andrew Willis, died from wounds, June 28, 1864, Rome, Ga.
Company I, Twentieth O. V. I.
Benjamin D. Dodds, December, 1861 ; killed in 1864. John Pierce, December, 1861; died February, 1862. John Manning, August, 1862. John S. Sparling, December, 1861-June, 1865.
T. G. Ailes, December, 1861 ; killed at Peachtree Creek, July 22, 1864. George W. Schenck, private Company H, April, 186,1-August, 1861. John T. Snodgrass, private Company H, April, 1861-August, 1861.
Henry Brewer.
William P. Rupport.
Frederick Troutwine.
Elisha H. Kiser.
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NINETY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The Ninety-ninth was organized at Camp Lima, O., and mustered into service August 26, 1862. Of this regiment two companies were raised in Allen county, two in Shelby, two in Hancock, and one each in Auglaize, Mer- cer, Putnam, and Van Wert.
For the regiment seventeen hundred men were recruited, but seven hundred were at once transferred to the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio.
They left Camp Lima, August 31, with one thousand and twenty-one men, under orders to report at Lexington, Ky. While en route it was learned that the enemy had taken Lexington and the regiment was ordered to Cynthiana. After a few weeks it went to Covington and entered the fortifications at Fort Mitchell. In September it went by steamer to Louisville, and was so disposed as to assist in the defence of the place against the threatened assault of the army under Bragg. On the Ist of October the regiment was transferred to Colonel Stanley Matthew's Brigade, which was composed of the Fifty-first and Ninety-ninth Ohio ; the Eighth and Twenty-first Kentucky, and the Thirty- fifth Indiana. This subsequently became the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-first Army Corps. The regiment now marched in pursuit of Bragg's retreating forces as far as Wild Cat, from which place the brigade moved to Mount Vernon, and again in regular order to Somerset, Columbia, Glasgow, and Gallatin. From this last point it was ordered to Lebanon to intercept the command of John Morgan. The march to Lebanon and back to Silver Springs was made in one day, and Morgan's command was first dis- lodged, but followed the brigade on its retreat and captured about one hundred of the Union forces who were unable to keep up the rapid march of the brigade. About twenty of these stragglers who were captured belonged to the Ninety- ninth. After a few days' rest the regiment moved toward Nashville and took position about seven miles from that city. Here the troops suffered greatly from sickness, and when the forward movement was ordered to Stone River the regiment could only muster three hundred and sixty-nine privates, two field officers, seven line officers, and three staff officers, who were fit for duty. On December 26, the regiment advanced toward Murfreesboro', being under the rebel fire during part of the march. At the battle of Stone River it formed on the extreme left of the line. On the morning of December 31 the division crossed Stone River, but on account of the disaster on the right, was ordered back to hold the ford while the first and second brigades were sent to reinforce the corps of General McCook. On January 1, 1863, the third division crossed the river and took a position which it held until Friday afternoon, when the rebels formed in heavy column, and doubling on the centre, drove Van Cleve's division across the river. This division was at once reinforced and drove the rebels back, capturing all the artillery used in the attack. Bragg commenced his retreat under cover of that night. In this battle the Ninety-ninth lost three officers and seventeen men killed ; two officers and forty-one men wounded, and one officer and twenty-nine men captured.
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