History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 16

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408

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Shall Liberty herself be slain ? Must we put on a Southern chain ? It never shall be so.

Chorus-Live, Freedom, live, etc.

True blood flowed where Anderson's hrave men Were starved and wasted in their fortress pen. Around, ten thousand yelling fiends, Their murderous cannon ply ; Within, Columbia's noblest sons, Half-smothered, bleed and die.

But every purple drop that fell, Shall fertilize its dusty cell, And to an Army grow. Chorus-Live, Freedom, live, etc.

Through every State, froin Oregon to Maine, The shriek of liberty resounds again ; And every party, ereed and elan, Dissolving into one, Throw past dissensions lo the winds, Aud to the rescue run :

For we will raise that Flag again Crush out the Rebels-break their chain, Or fall before the foe.

Chorus-Live, Freedom, live, etc.

SYLVANIA, OHIO, April 25, 1861.

The impressive reading of the above by Mr. Brown made some parts of it truly electrical with the vast audience.

"The history of this Regiment is given more fully elsewhere.

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Liberty "-written by Emerson E. Hasty, a graduate of the Toledo IHigh School, was read by Mr. M. T. Brown, when the exercises closed with singing " The Star Spangled Banner."

May 6th, J. W. Kelsey and J. T. Maher, Sub- Committee, gave notice, that they could be found every Saturday, from 9 till 12 x1., at the Hanks building, Cherry street, with supplies for Soldiers' families.

The first Company of Militia of Reserve or Home Guards, Toledo, was organized by the election of officers, as follows : Captain, Chas. W. Hill ; First Lientenant, John W. Fuller; Second Lieutenant, John C. Gavin ; Sergeants- Richard Waite, Victor Keen, A. G. Dooley, W. A. Collins, Geo. True ; Corporals-John B. Lounsbury, A. W. Gleason, Alex. Reed, E. W. E. Koch, D. R. Austin, Robert D. Whittlesey, Carlos Colton, M. W. Day; with 80 privates. It took the name of Toledo Citizens' Corps.

April 27th, a Company arrived at Toledo from Perrysburg, of which Asher Cook was the Captain, Arnold McMahon, First Lieuten- ant, and L. B. Blinn, Second Lieutenant. The Worth Guards, of Gilead, Wood County, 109 strong, Captain O. C. Carr, First Lieutenant J. J. Vorhes, and Second Lieutenant J. E. Mc- Gowan, arrived same day. Over $1,000 was raised in two hours at Gilead, for the benefit of the Guards and their families.

The Toledo Zouave Cadets, with 65 members, organized May 27, 1861, as follows :

Captain, Hamilton C. Colton ; First Lieutenant, Chas. N. Stevens ; Second Lieutenant, Jno. A. Waite ; Third Lieutenant, Chas. B. Scott; Sergeants-Wm. E. Parmelee, Jr., W. Hunt Walbridge, J. Scott, Chas. L. Brooks, C. W. Breed; Corporals-Chas. J. Swift, Ralph Osborn, F. B. Shoemaker, A. W. Hunker. Privates-E. D. Potter, Jr., Orlin S. Hayes, John J. Hunker, R. D. Barker, W. E. Lawton, Geo. C. Pepper, A. E. Scott, R. J. Wheeler, Wm. H. Boos, B. Wood- worth, E. M. Hamilton, S. L. Frazer, Wm. P. Gard- ner, John M. McKee, Allen H. Forsyth, O. T. Wil- liams, Theo. J. Curtis, Thos. Southard, Wm. Murphy, G. Baker, Geo. Lilliland, C. Fisk, W. Calvert, J. Thomas, W. J. Chase, Wm. Kief, W. Dodd, Wm. W. Backus, C. Thomas, H. Clark, H. Burr, J. Murphy, Geo. Haskell, F. T. Lane, Levi Lowusbury, John W. Fitch, Chas. Scott, F. Wilder, Wm. Crowell, Henry S. Waite, J. Hail, Chas. Bond, E. Willey, Fred Ham- lin, Jos. Beeley, Geo. Hazlett, H. Gavin, A. Brown, W. Vorace, J. Allen, Burton Taylor, J. E. Eldridge.

The following officers composed the staff of Brig .- General Charles W. Ilill, First Brigade, First Division of Ohio troops, in three-months'

service, under act of May 8, 1861: Lieuten- ant-Colonel John W. Fuller, Assistant Adju- tant General; Major Charles C. Walcutt, Bri- gade Inspector; Major John B. Frothingham, Aide to Commander-in-Chief, detailed as Brigade Engineer ; Major William A. Collins, Judge Advocate; Captains Reuben E. Cham- pion and A. W. Hull, Aides-de-Camp.

The Third Wisconsin Regiment passed through Toledo July 13, 1861. It was com- manded by Colonel C. S. Hamilton. The men were supplied with refreshments by the ladies of the City, for which Governor Randall, of that State, telegraphed his thanks. On the 15th, the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment, Colonel H. E. Paine, reached Toledo, and were met at the depot by 30 ladies, who, with baskets of wholesome food, passed along the line and dealt out the same to the hungry troops. John D. Campbell, Superintendent of the Michigan Southern Railroad, supplied coffee from the Island House for the Soldiers. The Fifth Wis- consin, Colonel Amasa Cobb, passed Toledo July 25th, when, as in the cases of the Third and Fourth Regiments, the men were provided by Toledo ladies with an ample supply of food.

The following rates were paid for rations by the State in July, 1861 : At Cleveland, 813.70 per 100; at Wooster and Warren, $13.85; at Toledo, $13.90. Army daily rations were then as follows : 20 oz. fresh and salt beef, or 12 oz. pork ; 18 oz. soft bread or flour, or 12 oz. hard bread; 2} oz. beans, or 1 3-5 oz. rice; 1 5-6 oz. sugar ; 1 oz. ground coffee; } gill of vinegar; Į oz. candles; § oz. soap; { oz. salt.

A meeting of citizens of Toledo was held Sept. 1, 1861, to devise ways and means for the relief of families of soldiers, of which Clark Waggoner was Chairman, and Warren Russell Secretary. The chair appointed Wm. Kraus, C. A. King and C. B. Phillips a committee to wait upon the City Council and ascertain what that body could do in the premises, and also appointed M. R. Waite, F. A. Jones and Charles Pratt a committee to confer on the same sub- ject with the County authorities.

In October. 1861, Military Districts were es- tablished in Ohio corresponding to the Con- gressional Districts, with a Military Committee for each, whose duty it was to look after the work of recruiting and otherwise co-operate with the Governor. Such Committee for the 5th District was as follows: Francis Hollen-

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beck, Wood Co .; A. Sanky Latty, Defiance ; Richard Mott, Lucas; S. W. Norris, Williams ; Dr. R. K. Scott, Henry ; John H. Palmer, Hancock ; Joseph Cable, Paukling.

Special arrangements were made for caring for the savings of Ohio Soldiers when paid off in the fiekl, which worked well. Capt. Jona- than Brown, Co. K, 25th Regiment, in Octo- ber, 1861, brought $15,000 from that command, of which $1,800 came to Toledo. At the same time a Cincinnati Regiment sent $14,000.

The Military Committee for the 9th District, Oct. 11, 1861, appointed the following County Committees :

Ottawa W. L. Cole, E. P. Reynolds, R. Devereaux, J. Lattimore. John Ryder. Sandusky-La Q. Rawson, James Justice, C. O. Tillotson, C. Doncyson, Isaac Knapp. Hardin-Henry G. Harris, Edward Stellings, Thos. Rough, Benjamin R. Bronson, Wm. Shrader. Il'yandot-H. S. Hunt, John Berry, Jona. Maffett, Michael Moran, Alex. Brinkerhoff. Crawford-Josiah S. Plants, S. R. Harris, C. Elliott, Robert Lee, H. C. Carhart. Seneca-Leander Stem, John J. Steiner, J. M. Zahm, G. M. Ogden, Chas. Foster. Lucas- R. C. Lemmon, Moses T. Brown, W. W. Howe, John T. Maher, and Guido Marx, of Toledo; Foster R. Warren, of Sylvania ; Jas. M. Brigham, of Waterville ; Dr. W. A. Scott, of Swanton; and Geo. W. Reynolds, of Maumee.

October 26, 1861, the Toledo Bar gave Col- onel J. A. Mulligan, the hero of Springfield, Mo., a public reception at White's Hall, and a supper at the Oliver House.

The Toledo Zonave Cadets elected the fol- lowing officers, October 7, 1861, to wit :

Captain. Hamilton Colton ; First Lieutenant, Wm. E. Parmelee, Jr .; Second Lieutenant, Chas. B. Scott ; Third Lieutenant, Henry S. Waite ; Sergeants-Chas. N. Stevens, Theo. J. Curtis, Wm. W. Bolles, Wm. II. Perigo, Fred. B. Shoemaker. Corporals-Charles Scott, Walter J. Chase, Chas. J. Swift, Wm. Keif, Geo. W. Hlaskell, Wm. Murphy, Wm. W. Backus, Andrew H. Hunker.

The Military Committee for the District met at Toledo, July 23, 1862, with the following members present :

Lucas County-F. R. Warren, W. A. Scott, John T. Maher, W. W. Howe, J. M. Brigham, A. L. Backus, Geo. W. Reynolds, R. C. Lemmon. Sandusky County- La Q. Rawson, C. O. Tillotson, Jas. Justice. Wood County-Geo. Laskey, J. E. McGowan, B. W. Johnson, John Norris, H. II. Dodge. Williams County-James Beery, J. S. Cannan, 1. R. Sherwood, B. H. Fisher, S. E. Blakeslee. Fulton County- Jos. H. Miller, D. W. H. Howard, N. Merrill, O. B. Verity, O. Waters.

Henry County-J. H. Tyler, Lorenzo Higby. Defiance County-Finlay Strong, J. P. Buffington. Ottawa County-W. L. Cole. Paulding County-S. R. Brown.

Among the proceedings of the Committee was the recommendation of officers for the 100th Ohio Regiment, as follows : Colonel, Win. E. Haynes, of Fremont, then Captain in 8th Ohio; Lieutenant-Colonel, P. S. Slevin, of Perrysburg ; Major, E. L. Hayes, of Wauseon, then Captain 44th Illinois; Surgeon, Dr. W. A. Scott, Lucas County ; Assistant Surgeon, Dr. O. C. Pier, Napoleon ; Quartermaster, David R. Austin, Toledo; Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Griffin, Port Clinton.

The Lucas County Committee, August 9, 1861, recommended J. W. Smith for appoint- ment as Captain ; Horace H. Warren and Patrick H. Dowling as First Lieutenants, and John H. Haverly as Second Lieutenant in the 100th Regiment. The last named, then a resident of Toledo, has since attained special prominence as manager and proprietor of lead- ing Theatrical and Opera enterprises in differ- ent Cities. He was not appointed as Lieutenant.

The Governor appointed John C. Groom, of Columbus, Colonel of the 100th Regiment, which left Toledo, September 8th. The fol- lowing were the non-commissioned staff: Ser- geant-Major, Norman Waite; Quartermaster- Sergeant, John W. Polk; Commissary-Sergeant, Henry W. Titus; Principal Musician, Jacob Marts; Hospital Steward, Jos, Orno.

During the rebellion, the Blade office was at No. 150 Summit Street. On the top of the building was a flag-staff, on which, as occasion suggested, the stars and stripes appeared. In times of special interest, and particularly when important war news was expected, that signal was looked for with deepest solicitude, since its appearance eame to be accepted as indica- ting the receipt of " good news " (though not always the most reliable news, since misleading or partial reports sometimes came). On MIon- day, February 17, 1862, under the heading, "Our Flag is There," the Blade said: "Through- out the day, Saturday, and until 10 this A. M., the Blade's flag-staff was watched by eager and longing eyes for the stars and stripes, the unfurling of which, it was ardently hoped, would signal a triumph at Fort Donelson. Few persons in the neighborhood of the office stepped into the street without giving an anx- ious glance toward that center of general inter-

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est, and many a one often stepped to the near- est window, in hope to see the glorious old banner unfurled. About the hour named, longing eyes and anxious hearts were made glad by the appearance of the much sought banner; and then the tide set in strongly for the Blade office, to obtain ' the particulars.' Such a joyous crowd as soon gathered there, has not been seen in Toledo sinee the morning of the 22d of July last, when the first install- ment of the Bull Run news was received. (May the second installment of Donelson be different from that of Bull Run.) Joy now beams from every eye, and many a ' Thank the Lord !' has found utterance from grateful hearts. Imme- diately following the Blade's flag, the stars and stripes were fung to the breeze from the Cus- tom House, the Board of Trade Rooms, the High School building, and other places in the City."

The 18th Michigan Regiment passed through Toledo, September 4, 1862, for Kentucky. It contained 1,010 men, raised principally in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties. The follow- ing were the field officers: Colonel, Charles C. Doolittle; Lieutenant-Colonel, Geo. Spald- ing ; Major, John W. Horner; Adjutant, A. J. Finch; Quartermaster, Jas. W. Pratt; Surgeon, Simeon P. Root; Asst. Surgeon, A. Woodward. Edwin W. Hulburd of Hud- son, and subsequently of Toledo, where he died, was Captain of Company A in this Regiment. At the depot, Henry Waldron of Hillsdale, presented the command a fine flag. Colonel Doolittle, subsequently promoted, is now (1887) and for 14 years has been, Cashier of the Mer- chants National Bank of Toledo.

The following Surgeons, to superintend draft- ing, were appointed in August, 1862: Leman Galpin, Milan; Wm. Ramsey, Fulton Co .; Wm. Crawford, Henry; W. W. Jones, Toledo ; Jas. W. Wilson, Fremont ; R. McD. Gibson, Seneca Co .; G. W. Finch, Williams; H. A. Hamilton, Perrysburg.

July 15, 1862, the Military Committee rec- ommended officers of two Companies to be raised in Lucas County, as follows: First- P. Hoffman, Captain ; D. F. Waltz, First Lieu- tenant; J. E. Greiner, Second Lieutenant. Second-W. W. Hunt, Captain ; E. E. Stew- art, First Lieutenant; A. J. Wales, Second Lieutenant. Angust 13th, the same Commit. tee agreed upon the following appointments :

For Captain-Martin O'Neil; First Lieuten- ant-J. J. Sullivan; Second Lieutenants- Thos. Ward, Louis Keiser, Paris H. Pray, Geo. W. Arnold, Martin Stryker, J G. Manor, W. J. Halloway, HI. N. Cole, J. Kent Hamilton, Louis H. Pike, Henry T. Bissell, Fred. A. Jones, Thos. Cherry, Reuben Hall, Jacob Gel- zer, John W. Kerr. Dr. W. W. Jones was recommended as Examining Surgeon of re- cruits; R. C. Lemmon as Military Commis- sioner; and W. A. Collins as Provost Marshal for the County.

Upon receipt of news of the battle of Pitts- burg Landing, and of need of additional surgi- cal service, several Toledo practitioners ten- dered their services to Governor Tod. who accepted the same, when Dr. Chas. Cochran, Oscar White, S. S. Thorn, L. A. Brewer, and J. G. Nolan left for Columbus, whence two (Drs. Cochran and Thorn), proceeded to Pitts- burg Landing.

The Assessors of the several Townships in Lucas County, made returns in August, 1862, showing the following results : Number men in three-year service, 1,466; number in three- month service, 84; number discharged, 54; " Skedaddlers," 13; deserters, 6; number theu liable to draft, 4,266; total enrollment, 5,889. The Assessor for the Second Ward, Maumee City, found in it 62 persons liable to Military duty, of whom 31-just one-half-were already in the Union Army.

A public meeting was held in Toledo, July 14, 1862, for the promotion of enlistments in the Army, and especially to fill two Companies then assigned to Lucas County. M. R. Waite was made Chairman, and Josiah Riley, Seere- tary. R. C. Lemmon explained the object of the meeting, when Richard Mott, Wm. Baker, Wm. Kraus, M. R. Waite, and A. L. Backus, were appointed a Committee to raise funds for the object named. Alex. Reed was appointed to arrange for speakers for meetings to be held for the same purpose. The meeting was ad- dressed by M. R. Waite, R. C. Lemmon, A. L. Backus, Wm. Kraus. Dr. W. W. Jones, S. A. Raymond, Chas. Pratt, Octavius Waters of Fulton County, A. M. Pratt of Williams County, and N. Reeve of Detroit.

A very large " War Meeting" was held in Clinton Park, Toledo, August 1, 1862. Most of the stores and shops in the City were closed. The officers were: President, M. R. Waite ;

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Marshal, General Jos. W. Brown; Assistant Marshals, Captain Geo. W. Merrill and Cap- tain E. S. Platt; Committee in Charge, E. B. Bronson. R. C. Lemmon. W. W. Howe, John P. Freeman. J. W. Walterhouse. Addresses were delivered by F. T. Backus and H. B. Payne (now United States Senator), of Cleveland. Fully 4,000 persons were present.

The young ladies of Toledo, in June, 1862, forwarded to Battery H, First Ohio Artillery, two flags-one for the Battery, and one for Division C of the same. The staff of one of them was of black walnut and was taken from a Georgia Regiment by the 14th: Ohio, while in the three-months service.

September 10, 1862, Governor Tod called for volunteer Minute Men for the protection of the Southern border of the State, when an ample force at once was furnished, who proceeded to Cincinnati, whence many of them were ordered into Kentucky, serving the purpose sought in holding in check Rebel advances. So prompt was the response to this call, that only three days later (Sept. 13), the Governor telegraphed " No more troops are required at Cincinnati." Under call of the Military Committee, a meet- ing was held at Toledo, September 10, which was called to order by C. D. Woodruff, and presided over by Mayor Manor, with Henry Merrill as Secretary. As a result, two Com- panies of 50 men each were raised on the spot, and officers elected as follows: Co. A-Cap- tain Worts; First Lieutenant, John Garner; Second Lieutenant, Ed. Avery. Co. B-Captain, E. B. Ilall; Lieutenant, R. C. Lemmon. The Toledo forces returned September 19th, when appeared a card of thanks of Co. A, First Reg- iment Ohio Rifles, Captain E. B. Hall, L. H. Pike, F. A. Jones and Frank J. Scott, Commit- tee, for attentions shown them by the ladies of Covington and Dayton. These troops, from their peculiar, and especially their brief service, were known as " Squirrel Hunters."

In May, 1863, Adjutant-General C. W. Ilill was in Toledo, and then presented to such vol- unteers as were present, the Governor's dis- charge. The diploma was neatly engraved. On the upper right-hand corner was a likeness of the Governor; on the opposite corner one of Major MePowell : on the right lower corner a Squirrel Unuter, gun in hand, and knapsack on his back; opposite, on the left, a broken tree, in which sat a squirrel, inspecting the in-

terior of a nut; in the center, the seal of the United States; underneath, that of Ohio, and in the center of all, the Governor's certificate .* The total number of "Squirrel Hunters" in the State was 11,534.

In August, 1862, the following Army Sur- geons were appointed : Geo. Cornell, Milan : T. M. Cooke, Monroeville; Geo. A. Collamore, Toledo; J. T. Woods, Hancock County ; Dr. L. A. Brewer, Toledo. Assistant Surgeons- Walter Caswell, Castalia; F. C. Connelly, Vermillion ; J W. Miner, Edgerton ; W. H. Thacher, Defiance; John W. Goodson, Bellevue.

The darkest period of the Union cause, in the progress of the War, was that commene- ing in the Summer of 1862 and extending to July, 1863. The serious disappointments of the campaign of 1862, had operated both to moderate the zeal of many loyal men at the North, and to strengthen and embolden those in sympathy with the Rebels. The effects of this state of things were clearly shown in the Fall elections of that year, when the opponents of the War policy of the Government made unexpected gains in most of the Northern States, and greatly strengthened their force in Congress. This was specially true of Ohio, where the Union majority of 55,203 on Gov- ernor in 1861, was changed to a minority of 4,870 in 1862. So general was this indication of a reverse in popular sentiment at the North, that the soldiers in the field came to be solici- tous as to its extent, and sought to ascertain what was likely to be their reliance for support in recruits and other means. With such view, the Ohio Soldiers in the Western Army, from " the Battlefield of Stone River," February 1, 1863, issned an address to the loyal people of Ohio, setting forth the aim and hope which in- spired the men at the front, and the corre- sponding responsibility and duties of the men at home. No appeal made during the war

* THE SQUIRREL HUNTER'S DISCHARGE-Cincinnati was menaced by the enemies of our Union; David Tod, Governor of Ohio, called on the Minute Men of the State, and the "Squirrel Hunters" came by thousands to the rescue. You, - -, was one of them, and this is your honorable discharge.

CHARLES W. HILL, Adjutant-General of Ohio. MALCOM MCDOWELL, Major and A. D. C.

Approved, DAVID TOD, Governor. September, 1862.

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could have excelled this in patriotie sentiment ; in recital of sufferings endured; in statement of assistance needed ; and in presentation of claim for prompt and adequate aid-physical, in men and means; and moral, in the manifes- tation of a sound loyalty and assurance of the sympathy of those at home. The character and spirit of the paper may be understood from the following extracts therefrom, to wit :

People of Ohio! But one alternative is left you. You must pronounce this a just Rebellion. You must say that it was right and justifiable to destroy this Republic ; that a Republic is a weak, helpless Government, powerless to sustain itself, and to be destroyed whenever conspirators enough can be rallied for the purpose. Or, you must show to the World the power of self-preservation in the great ex- ample of Confederated Republics-that it has a quiet, dormant force, which, aroused, has gigantie strength and energy ; that it not only can protect its citizens in all of their rights and privileges, but can sustain itself, as well against foreign attack as internal treason.

We [the Army] are fighting for the Republic. To it, we have given our hearts, our arms and our lives. We intend to stand between you and the desolating hosts of the Rebels, whose most cherished hope and desire have been and are, to take possession of and ravage your own beautiful Ohio. Once, already, we have stood as a living wall between you and this fate, and we may have to do it again.

Men of Ohio! You know not what this Western Army has suffered. You know not now, the hard- ships and sufferings of your Soldiers in their chill tents-their shelterless bivonacs-their long, weary marches, and their battle-thinned ranks. If there be · honesty and purity in human motives. they must be found among your long-enduring Soldiers.

Hear us! And for your country's sake, if not for ours, stop your wild, shameless political strifes; unite for the common cause ; and never think or speak of Peace and Compromise, until the now empty terms mean The Republic as it was-peaceably, if that may be; forcibly, at all events.

The Army of the West is in terrible earnest- earnest, to conquer and destroy armed Rebels- earnest, to meet face to face-carnest, in its hearty detestation of cowardly Traitors at home-earnest, in will and power to overcome all who desire the Na- tion's ruin. Ohio's one hundred thousand Soldiers in the field, Citizens at home-potent in either capac- ity-ask their fathers, brethren and friends, by their firesides and in their peaceful homes, to bear and heed this appeal ; and to put an end to covert Trea- son at home, more dangerous now to our National existence, than the presence of the armed hosts of misguided Rebels in the field.

The authorship of this paper was attributed to Colonel J. M. MeConnell, 17th Ohio Infantry.

The address reached Ohio about the 20th of

February, and was received with an enthusi- asm equal to any that could have been expected. Publie meetings were held in all parts of the State, from which went responses earnest and cheering to the Soldiers.

A preliminary meeting was held at Toledo, February 27th, which was called to order by Richard Mott, who nominated for President, Denison B. Smith. Darwin E. Gardner was chosen Secretary. Morrison R. Waite, D. B. Smith and D. E. Gardner, were appointed a Committee to prepare a suitable response from the people to the Appeal of the Soldiers for cir- culation and signature by the people. Ad- dresses were made by S B. Scott, A. G. Clark, Andrew Stephan, and Wm. Krans, in approval of such action. On motion of Alex. Reed : IL. S. Walbridge, Wm. Kraus, F. J. King, T. II. Hoag, Denison Steele and R. II. Bell, were ap- pointed as Committee of Arrangements for à Mass Meeting to be held at Toledo at such time as they might deem proper. The meet- ing adjourned till the 2d of March.

At the time named, a large gathering of citizens of Lucas and other Counties of North- western Ohio, was held at White's Hall, Toledo. The Appeal of Ohio Soldiers in the field was read by Rev. E. B. Raffensperger, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Toledo. The Com- mittee charged with the preparation of an ad- dress (understood to have been written by M. R. Waite) in response to the Appeal of Ohio Soldiers, was read and approved. The Com- mittee appointed February 27th, had made arrangements for a Union Mass Meeting, at Toledo, March 18th, and made report of their action.

At the appointed time, notwithstanding the very unpropitions state of the weather, the attendance was very large, being estimated as high as 8,000, and from all portions of North- western Ohio. The procession formed soon after 10 A. M., and after marching on different Streets, returned to the Union Railway Depot, and was dismissed for dinner. The gathering in the afternoon was declared to be the largest ever seen in Toledo. The officers of the occa- sion, as previously selected, were as follows :

PRESIDENT-Morrison R. Waite.

VICE PRESIDENTS-Lucas County : D. B. Smith, Chas. Kent, Lyman Wheeler, Dennis Coghlin, Mavor Brigham, Geo. A. Carpenter, Warren Colburn, T. H. Hoag, Chas. A. King, Jacob Landman, J. Bash, Ed.

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History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 16

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company Number of Pages: 1408

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408