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Mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865.
R. M. Colby, Captain, mustered out with Company.
William A. Messenger.
William H. Nogle.
William P. Manning, Ist Sergeant.
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.
Henry H. Staley. Henry Shue.
Henry J. Souder.
. Geo. W. Smalley, Corporal, missing 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.
Samuel M. Graham.
Daniel C. Dickensheets.
Lucas Hardesty.
Josiah M. Hedges.
William Hammell.
George Deal.
William T. Dickerson.
William Elzroth.
Samuel Emmitt.
Ira Fosnight, October, 1862. William Golden.
William Henry. John W. Harrison.
George W. Quillan.
William H. Harrison.
William Haig.
Daniel P. Haines.
William J. Hines.
E. H. Kiser.
John A. Krabah. Martin Line.
Levi Williams.
Jacob Waltz.
Henry Waltz.
Jacob Manning.
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 F. Kessler, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. James Moore, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.
John Um phery, 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, 1861-August, 1861. John T. Snodgrass, 66
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.John McBain.
John E. Mitchell.
.James A. Peer, June, 1863.
William H. Princehouse.
John H. Ruppart. Samuel Russell.
James HI. Smith.
Philip Tunks, Dec. 1863. Frederick Troutwine. Thomas Tuley. William Weaver.
Nelson Wright. Hugh Marshall, Corporal.
S. J. Baker.
John Balmer. Henry Brewer. James Fidler. William Glasford.
Thomas C. Kiser. Orrin Kiser. Elisha H. Kiser.
Labarr J. Kiser.
William H. Kibbons.
Benjamin F. Martin.
Abraham Mapes. Jonathan Niswanger, Aug. 1862.
William P. Rupport. Seth T. Reddick. Reuben Smeltzer.
Robert Smeltzer. Calvin F. Shaw, Aug. 1862
Jonathan Smith.
Toney Thomas.
Henry C. Le Fever. John M. Martin.
Daniel H. Manning.
James W. Martin.
Died and killed in battle.
Samuel H. McCabe.
George Speker.
William Willis.
George Woods.
William H. Williams.
A. L. Cain.
John Barbee.
August Bahr.
Aza B. Curtis. Thomas Evans.
Lewis Galimore.
William McDowell.
John Wical, Oct. 1862-June, 1865.
Joseph Green, Private, Sept. 1864.
Oliver P. Davis, October, 1862. Thomas Duncan.
Jeremiah Reels.
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HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO.
NINETY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The Ninety-ninth was organized at Camp Lima, Ohio, 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, Mercer, 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, Kentucky. 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 that place against the threatened assault of the army under Bragy. 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 bri- gade 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 Mor- gan's command was first dislodged, 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 pri- vates, 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 cap- tured.
After this battle the regiment took position at Murfreesboro' on the left of the line.
On June 30, 1863, it marched to MeMinnville, where it remained until the 16th of August, when it moved to Pikeville.
After various marches and duties the regiment moved to Ringgold and participated in the battle of Chickamauga. Soon afterward the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were consolidated, and the Ninety- ninth Regiment was transferred to the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps. This brigade camped for a time opposite Lookout Moun- tain, but on the 1st of November moved to Shell Mound, where it did duty guarding and repairing the railroad from Chattanooga to Bridge- port. On the 22d it moved up the valley, and on the 24th participated in the "battle above the clouds," being the second line of the charging column. As the lines swept around the mountain the Second closed up on the First, until, nearing the Point, it rushed impetuously through the first line and held the advance until relieved by fresh troops atter nightfall.
The next day the regiment was engaged at Mission Ridge, occupying the extreme right of the National line. After following the Rebels to Ringgold the regiment returned to Shell Mound, where it remained until February, 1864, when it moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, and on the 3d of May entered upon the Atlanta campaign. It next participated in the actions of Rocky Face Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine Moun- tain, Atlanta, Jonesboro' and Lovejoy, in all of which engagements the regiment bore an honorable and prominent part.
On the 28th of June it was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Corps, and on the 19th of July took possession of Decatur. The regiment participated in the actions before Atlanta and moved to Jonesboro' and Lovejoy. It was next assigned to the First Brigade and returned to Decatur, having lost in the Atlanta cam- paign thirty men killed and fifty-six wounded. On the 1st of October the regiment started in pursuit of the command of IIood, moving to Centreville by way of Resaca, Johnsonville, and Waverly. For a few weeks its communication was cut off, but it finally received orders by
courier to march to Franklin. As this place was in the hands of the enemy the march was continued to Nashville.
It next appeared in line in front of Nashville, and on the morning of the 15th of December moved against the intrenched army of Hood. It drove the enemy from one position to another until it found them posted on a hill covered by a stone wall. The division, without orders, charged the position, carried it, and turned the guns upon the retreating foe. The enemy was pursued to Columbia, where this regiment was consoli- dated with the Fiftieth Ohio and the Ninety-ninth ceased as an organ- ization. The regimental colors were then sent to Sidney, until the return of Sergeant Wm. M. Van Fossen, when he took them in charge, and they are still in his possession.
Field and Staff Officers.
Albert Langworthy, Colonel; August, 1862-September, 1864.
Peter T. Swaine, Colonel ; December, 1864.
John E. Cummings, Lieutenant-Colonel ; transferred to 50th O. V. I.
James Day, Major; resigned December, 1862.
Benjamin F. LeFevre, Major; transferred to 50th O. V. I.
J. T. Wood, Surgeon ; transferred to 50th O. V. I.
George J. Wood, Assistant-Surgeon ; October, 1862.
James M. Morrow, Chaplain.
Company H, Ninety-ninth Regiment, O.V. I.
Nathan R. Wyman, Captain ; August, 1862-February, 1863.
James H. Hume, Sergeant; August, 1862-October, 1864.
Michael Quinn, Sergeant; August 1862-October, 1863.
Vincent S. Wilson, Sergeant ; August, 1862-October, 1863.
Benj. M. Sharp, Sergeant ; August, 1862.
Benj. F. Burrows, Corporal; August, 1862.
E. G. Spence, Corporal ; August, 1862.
Morgan A. Le Fevre, Corporal; August, 1862-July, 1865.
S. L. Russell, Corporal.
Solomon Bahmer, Corporal.
N. F. Conell, Corporal.
Jasper S. McCoshen, Corporal.
John C. Senoff, Corporal.
Robert Beers, Private; August, 1862-July.
Nathan Bunnell.
H. H. Bushman.
John Craft; August, 1862-July, 1865.
L. S. Coffin, August, 1862-July, 1865.
Alfred O. De Weese.
James R. Doesan.
John W. Swander, August, 1862; wounded at Stone River, and died February 3, 1863.
Aaron Swander, August, 1862; killed at Chickasaw Mt. June 20, 1363. Francis M. Shaffer, Private, August, 1862-March, 1863.
Joseph D. Hume, Private, August, 1862; died at Bowling Green, Ky., November, 1862.
Samuel W. Murphy, Private, Aug. 1862 ; killed at Stone River, Jan. 1863. Jacob W. Richards, August, 1862-June, 1865.
- Doemeyer, August, 1862 ; died.
Elisha Yost, August, 1862-June, 1865.
Henry M. Lehman, enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865.
Company K, Ninety-ninth Regiment, O.V. I.
James C. Young, Private, August, 1862; died at Bowling Green, Ky., November 27, 1862.
Daniel Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865.
Valentine Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865.
Philip Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865.
Company C, Ninety-ninth Regiment, O.V. I.
James Knapp, Captain, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. Thos. Stevenson, Ist Lieutenant, enlisted Aug. 1862; discharged 1862. R. E. Johnston, 2d Lieutenant, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863.
Thos. C. Honnell, Ist Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Captain. Wm. H. Shaw, Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Ist Lieutenant. M. E. Thorn, Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as 2d Lieut. Dead. P. L. Frazier, Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant-Major. W. M. Van Fossen, Corp., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Ist Sergt. W. B. Simpson, private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant.
W. Duncan, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant. A. A. Davis, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant. I. N. Redenho, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Corporal. Charles O. Frazer, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1864.
Edward Reed, Corp., enlisted 1862; discharged 1864 as Sergeant. Dead. S. McElroy, Sergeant, enlisted 1862. Died 1863 as Private. Frank Luckey, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. J. L. S. Lipencott, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. Charles MeMullen, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. W. H. Shafer, Private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Samuel Walters, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead.
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G. W. Bland, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Lean S. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Corporal. J. L. Luckey, Corporal, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Jas. Wolf, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Corporal. Dead. John W. Stevens, Priv., enlisted 1862; dis. 1865 as Hosp. Steward. Dead. B. Arstenstall, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. A. Smith, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. James Wiley, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862 as Private. Dead. R. D. Coon, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. T. W. Graham, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. N. Boham, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. G. Beason, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. N. D. Brown, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. W. F. Smith, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Corporal. John W. Slagle, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Davis Brown, Private, enlisted 1862 Died 1863. George Brown, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. S. R. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. P. O. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864. S. D. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862.
John Sullivan, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as Drum Mijor. I. L. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Scot Lipencutt, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. John Fix, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. David Clayton, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. George Curl, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. John B. Moorehead, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Joel Mattox, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. W. H. H. Cover, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Isaac N. Kizer, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Fred. Wolf, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. W. McClure, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John Emett, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. E. Williams, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. W. H. Wittick, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John Hartsell, Private, enlisted 1864. Died 1864. M. McDermet, Private, enlisted 1864; discharged 1865. John Crawford, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. H. Flesher, Private, enlisted 1864. Killed 1864. W. B. Flesher, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. George Hemelright, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. D. Duerbalt, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1863 at Stone River. Aaron Ringlespaugh, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Frank Irvin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. James Luckey, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1863 at Stone River. Davis Swickard, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. James Darst, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Joseph Delap, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. W. R. Wilkinson, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864 at Chickamauga. Jerry Sullivan, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain. E. F. Bull, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1852. G. W. Wiley, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Isaac Redenbo, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Daniel Redenbo, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Died. Daniel D. Curtis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1864. Died. F. S. Borne, Private, enlisted 1x62; discharged 1865. W. S. Clary, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. Jesse Jackson, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Aaron Baldwin, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Samuel S. Wirick, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. M. Ragan, Private, enlisted 1864; discharged 1865. Josiah McGee, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. John Camomile, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. G. W. Sharp, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Samuel Silver, Private, enlisted 1865 ; discharged 1865 as Wagon Master. Michael Collins, Private, enlisted 1865; discharged 1865. Dead. Jesse Wood, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. Jasper Lewis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. George MeCabe, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Poke Nutt, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as Musician. Dead. Wm. E. Bayley, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. James F. McClure, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Martin Denman, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1864. Wm. H. Ogden, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Andrew King, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John E. Darnell, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. L. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1864. Dead. C. Bodkin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. G. W. Windle, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. Wm. Ramsay, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. A. L. Humphry, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Joseph H. Cartright, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. H. Stumbaugh, Private, enlisted 1x63; discharged 1865. H. Wilson, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865.
Robert Wells, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Dead. Ed. Williams, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. H. Levingston, enlisted 1862; discharge rged 1865. J. E. Wilkinson, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. George G. Line, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. William Austin, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Dead.
Dea George W. Frank, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Benjamin Forest, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. James Hagan, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Frank Irvin, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Ed. Reed, Corporal, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1864 as Sergeant. Dead. Beeman, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Wm. Franklin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863.
Julius T. Vorus, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862.
Company H, Fiftieth Regiment, O. V. I.
Hamilton S. Gillespie, Captain, August, 1862; promoted to Colonel. Solomon Balmer, Corporal, December, 1864. William Wilson, Corporal.
Henry M. Lehman, Corporal, December, 1864. John C. Lenox, Musician.
Joseph L. M. Cashen, Musician.
Mark Galimore, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel W. Abbott, Private, August, 1862-May, 1853. Samuel Flesher, September, 1864- July, 1865.
Espy C. Dill, August, 1862 ; missing after battle of Chickamauga. James A. Deweese. Theodore Farrote.
Philip Griner.
. Geo. Huffman.
William G. Herbert, August, 1862-July, 1865. Henry A. Jackson, May, 1865.
Wm. B. Kessler, May, 1865.
Nicholas Cleinhen, August, 1862-May, 1865. Jacob A. Line.
James H. Lenox. Wm. H. Forrar. Thomas I. Lash, December, 1864. Jacob McClashen.
David W. McAlexander.
John M. Morton. William Meyers. William R. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Richard Pluman, Isaac N. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob W. Richards.
Philip M. Randolph.
John Schraer.
Alfred E. Toland, August, 1862-July, 1865. George W. Zeibe.' James R. Dodson ; died December 22, 1862, at home. John Mapes ; died May 25, 1865, at New York. Alfred Swander; died in Libby Prison January 1, 1864.
Veterans.
Vincent S. Wilson, August, 1862-March, 1865. Benj. F. Burrows, March, 1865. E. L. Spence, March, 1865. Nathaniel L. Carrell, March, 1865. L S. Coffin.
Thomas Enright, August, 1862-May, 1865. Vincent Wilson, August, 1862-July, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-July, 1865. Virgil C. Lenox, Sergeant- Major, August 1, 1862-June, 1865. William Wilson, Corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Richard Pleiman, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-June, 1865. Samuel L. Russell, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Huffman, Private, August, 1862-June, 1867. Alex. Harmony, Company D, August, 1862-June, 1867.
Company B.
Peter B. Weymer, Sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel Fuller, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob Galley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Edward M. Reed, Sergeant, August, 1862-March, 1864. Wm. M. Van Fossen, Ist Sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Wm. Ramsey, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thomas McKee, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Simon P. Stonerock, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Robert G. Johnston, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Wilson, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Brown, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. James Wolf, Corporal, August, 1862-March, 1865.
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Jonathan Emert, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John Emett, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William Flinn, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Curl, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Edmund R. Cecil, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865 William M. Morrow, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Wolf, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William H. Day, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David Bowlsby, Private, August, 1862; died January, 1864. Robert P. Crozier, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David S. Davenport, August, 1862-June, 1865. James T. Lucas, Lieutenant, Aug. 1862; killed at Mission Ridge, 1864. John F. Pohamus, Private, August, 1862; killed May 31, 1864. Davis J. Thompson, Ist Lieutenant, August, 1862-March, 1863. Predrick Wolf, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jacob Helminger, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jesse W. Lenox, August, 1862; died August, 1864. William H. Shaw, Ist Lieutenant Company C, Aug. 1862-June, 1865. Peter Charpier, Private Company F., August, 1862-June, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
This regiment, eight companies strong, was sent to Cincinnati in Sep- tember, 1862, as that city was then threatened by Kirby Smith. The ninth company was here formed, and the regiment mustered into the service. Late in September it moved, under General A. J. Smith, toward Lexington, but at Cynthiana was detached to guard the railroad. Patrol and guard duty was performed, and rebel recruiting largely prevented. On Aug. 1, 1863, it went, by Lexington and Louisville, to Lebanon, Kentucky, and on the 20th set out on a march for East Tennessee. On November 10, Kingston was reached, and a few days later the rebels cut the communication between that point and Knoxville. Picket duty be- came arduous, to prevent a surprise from Wheeler's cavalry. The victo- ries at Knoxville and Chattanooga relieved the Kingston garrison, and on December 9, the regiment reached Nashville, and from there went to Blain's Cross Roads, and finally to Mossy Creek, to support Elliott's cavalry. On the 29th, the rebel cavalry under Martin and Armstrong assaulted General Elliott, at Paultier's Creek, when he fell back to Mossy Creek. As the cavalry approached, the regiment took position in the edge of a piece of woods, when the rebel force moved directly upon them. When the enemy approached within a hundred yards, the regi- ment opened a rapid fire, which was kept up about two hours, when it charged the rebels, and drove them over the crest of a hill. In this action the rebels lost about forty, killed and wounded. It was disposed with great skill, by Lieut .- Colonel Young, and commanded by General Elliott. While in East Tennessee, the regiment suffered great privations, and subsisted about six months on half and quarter rations. They had neither sugar nor coffee for four months. Clothing was also short, but with all this the troops never murmured, but were even cheerful. The regiment was then kept changing about until the campaign of 1864. One march of one hundred miles, to Charleston, was made in five days. May 4, the regiment encamped on State line. Here all baggage was sent to the rear. On the 7th, the regiment moved upon Dalton, and again advanced upon Resaca. On the afternoon of the 14th, it participated in a charge on the enemy's works, and lost one hundred and sixteen men, in less than ten minutes, out of three hundred actually engaged. On the 15th the engagement was renewed, but that night Johnston retired to Cassville, which in turn he abandoned, on approach of the national forces. After a few days' rest, the regiment went into the desperate bat- tles of Dallas and Pumpkin-Vine Creek, and bore a gallant and honor- able part. It was afterwards engaged at Kene-aw Mountain, at the Chat- tahoochie, at Utoy Creek. and in the final movements about Atlanta. In these operations, about seventy-five men were lost. During one hundred and twenty-one consecutive days, the regiment was within hearing of hostile firing every day except one. During sixty consecu- tive days it was under fire sixty different times, and during one week there was not a period of five minutes during which the whistling of a ball or the scream of a shell could not be heard. After the fall of At- lanta the regiment fell back to Decatur, where, after a short rest, it joined in the pursuit of Hood, as far as Gaylesville, Alabama. On the 23d of November it went to Johnsonville, Tennessee, and then to Columbia, to join the army confronting Hood, finally reaching Franklin on the 30th. The brigade was drawn up in single line, its right resting on the Williamsburg Pike, and its left at the Locust Grove, this regiment being second from the right. The enemy struck the line to the left of the regiment. The shock was terrific, but the line stood firm, and poured a terrific fire into the rebel column. The troops fought desperately, the men using bayonets, and the officers side-arms, over the very breast- works. By daylight the One Hundred and Eighteenth were across the river, and falling on Nashville, where it was again engaged. After the battle of Nashville, it participated in the pursuit of the rebels as far as Columbia, and then went to Clifton. From there it proceeded to North Carolina, and on Jan. 16, 1865, it embarked for Cincinnati per steamer J. D. Baldwin, and from Cincinnati proceeded by rail to Washington City, which was reached Jan. 27, 1865. On February 11, it embarked
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