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In some respects we have been the most fortunate of all the generations of men, for while some have passed event- less lives, without incident or history, the generation we rep- resent has taken part in some of the greatest events in the annals of time. Ours has participated in the debates of the greatest questions which have ever agitated a people, and also took part in the bloody conflict that decided the fate of the American Republic-that decreed that we should have but one country and one flag.
At the breaking out of the Spanish-American war the United States had a standing army of 28,183 officers and enlisted men, and so scattered as not to be available by con- centration. Not to exceed half that number could be utilized for immediate operations against the enemy in Cuba, a mere fraction of the regular and volunteer forces already there.
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On April 23 (two days after our minister at Madrid was handed his passports) the President called for 125,000 volun- teers, and, May 25, 1898, he called for 75,000 more. These were organized and in drill camps within a few days, and some of them were soon hastened, with available regulars, to Santiago, Cuba.
Throughout the regular army were many of Ohio's sons. So as to the navy. Ohio had her full quota of officers and men in both-some of whom had won distinction in the Civil war.
When the Spanish war broke out Ohio's population was about one-twentieth of the whole country. Under the first call of the president, Ohio furnished 428 officers and 8,052 en- listed men; under his second call, 73 officers and 6,801 en- listed men, including hospital and signal corps men, engi- neers and immunes, a grand total of 15,354, and considerably more than her proper quota, based on population. If the call had been for the whole 200,000 from Ohio, it would have been promptly filled, leaving many disappointed, patriotic young men still clamoring to be taken. The heroic spirit of the Ohio Civil-war soldiers and sailors had descended to their sons.
The state furnished ten infantry regiments, all of full strength, save the Ninth Ohio (colored), which had only one battalion; one volunteer light artillery and one volunteer cav- alry regiment, and to the Second United States Volunteer Engineers, 273 men; to the Volunteer United States Hospital Corps, 461 men; to the United States Volunteer Signal Corps, 50 men, and four companies of United States volun- teers (immunes), 424 men.
The total deaths in all the Ohio volunteer organizations while in the United States service were 230, seven officers and 223 men.
From the declaration of war (April 21) to the peace pro- tocol (August 12, 1898), 114 days, there was the greatest ac- tivity, and military and naval operations extended to Span- ish possessions half around the world.
In this war Ohio's officers and soldiers, with others North, were organized into brigades, divisions and army corps with those from the South, and all proudly and loyally affiliated, often under officers who fought on opposite sides in the Civil war.
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For the duration of the war and the small amount of blood shed the results attained, physical and moral, in the Spanish-American war, were unparalleled.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
The author of this history was a Union soldier of the Civil war, and well knows whereof he writes, as he partici- pated in this first battle.
The first battle of the Civil war was fought at Phillippi, West Virginia, June 3, 1861. In that engagement the Union troops, under command of Colonel Kelley, defeated the rebels under Colonel Potterfield, killing fifteen of their men.
While this battle was comparatively small in the number of men engaged, it was of great importance in shaping the events which followed, and its influence was far reaching in its results to the Union cause. The victory there was as in- spiring to the North as it was discouraging to the South.
Phillippi is an historical name. But this is not the Phil- lippi where Brutus fell, but the Phillippi where the Union troops won the first victory in the war of the Rebellion.
There was a Scotch tradition that-
"Which spills the foremost foeman's life, That party conquers in the strife."
The fate of the battle was often anticipated by the Scotch observing which party first shed blood. It has been said that the Highlanders under Montrose were so deeply imbued with this idea that on the morning of the battle of Tipper- moor, they murdered a defenseless herdman whom they found in the fields, merely to secure an advantage which they thought was of much consequence to their party. They also ยท believed that the result of war hung on the result of the first battle.
The Scottish tradition was verified in the result of the American war of the Rebellion, as it had frequently been in the clannish contests between the Highlanders and Low- landers of Scotland, centuries before.
The day following the morning of the battle of Phillippi an Ohio captain had charge of the troops picketing one of the roads, with instructions to arrest any person who attempted to enter or leave the town.
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While the people of that vicinity knew that Colonel Pot- terfield and his rebel force were stationed at Phillippi, and that the Union troops were in possession at Grafton, and that the armies being so near to each other, a battle might occur at any time, they were surprised nevertheless when they heard cannonading at early dawn of the morning of June 3d. The cannonading awakened the people of Barbour county as they had never been aroused before. After the cannonading had ceased the people began to get anxious about the result, and men attempted to go to Phillippi to get the news. In so doing twenty-three men were halted and placed under ar- rest, by the captain above referred to, who took the men as prisoners into town, and later was ordered to have them shot.
The business of war was new to us all then, and we had had no time to learn the rules and regulations thereof. This order seemed an unnecessary and murderous one, and the young captain was reluctant to carry it into execution. Therefore, he delayed hoping the order would be revoked. It happened during the day that an officer higher in rank came to Philippi and took command of the troops there, and to this officer the captain presented the case of the prisoners whom he had orders to have shot, and the order was not only revoked but the prisoners were discharged and returned to their homes.
It was fortunate for those prisoners that the captain was a gentleman of humane feeling, otherwise he might have hastily executed the order without an effort to have it re- voked or reconsidered, as was the case in the following incident:
When prisoners were brought before Sir William How- ard, who was an enthusiastic mathematician and at that time was engaged in trying to solve a mathematical problem, a lieutenant approached and asked for orders as to their disposal.
Sir William, annoyed at the interruption, exclaimed: "Hang the prisoners," and went on with his work.
After he had finished he went to inquire about the pris- oners and to learn with what they had been charged, and was horrified to learn that his exclamation "Hang the prison- ers!" had been taken for an order and that they had all been executed.
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In the battle of Phillippi, J. E. Hanger, a young soldier of Rebel Colonel Potterfield's command, lost a limb by being struck by a cannon ball. He received surgical attention from Dr. Robinson, of Wooster, who was then surgeon of the Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry. This was the first ampu- tation performed in the Civil war. Mr. Hanger is still liv- ing. He resides in Washington, D. C., and has been suc- cessful as a manufacturer of artificial limbs.
Here is another Scotch story:
A story is told that early in the eighteenth century, in a Scotch camp, an orderly who had charge of burying the dead after a battle reported to the officer in command, saluted and said, "There is a heap of fellows lying out yonder who say they are not dead, that they are only wounded and won't let us bury them like the rest. What shall we do?" "Bury them at once," replied the commander, "for if you take their word for it, they won't be dead for a hundred years to come."
The orderly saluted and started off to carry out the order, and the commander had to dispatch another orderly at once and in haste to prevent his order from becoming a tragedy.
WYANDOT COUNTY'S MILITARY RECORD
Patriotism has all ages for its own, and the history of patriotic deeds lives after nations perish.
The graves of soldiers are, in a certain sense, like those of the saints, on an equality. The place where an officer is buried, like that of a private, is simply the grave of a soldier. Death obliterates all class, distinction and rank. The grave of an humble Christian is on an equal with that of a prelate, for- "The graves of all His saints He blessed." While in death all are equal, each while living has an individual part and place. No matter if the graves of soldiers are beneath the sweeping shadows of the pines, or in the sun-kissed verdure of the unsheltered sod, whether in the beautiful cemeteries of the North, or whether they are simply unmarked graves in the chastened South, or in the islands of the sea, whether the storms rage over them or whether the birds fill the air with the melody of their songs, the hallowed graves of American soldiers are everywhere revered and honored.
The history of Wyandot county would be incomplete with- out proper cognizance being given to the loyalty and patri-
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otism of its citizens. The county came into the sisterhood of counties too late to participate in the Indian wars of the northwest, or in the war with Great Britain in 1812 to 1814. And yet the early settlers who were afterwards instrumental in organizing the county were active participants in both of these wars. The first call to arms after the organization of Wyandot county, was in the Mexican war in 1846-1848.
It would be impossible to embody in this history of Wyan- dot county anything approaching a detailed account of the long and bitter struggle between the North and South-known as the War of the Rebellion. The whole nation was aroused as never before in the history of any people. Very few real- ized at the beginning of the struggle the magnitude of the conflict. From every village and farm the loyal youths of the North impelled by a spontaneous patriotic impulse hurried to the nation's rescue, and Wyandot county was not behind the most enthusiastic in her willingness to contribute to the preservation of the Union and the integrity of the flag. For a brief period all business apparently was suspended, and naught was seen or heard in the streets of her towns but the display of national colors, groups of excited men in earnest discussion, small parties of volunteers marching in cadence step, or to the drum beat, and the voices of impassioned orators, who, though usually able and active workers-at home, were seldom to be seen or heard in the fore-front of battle. As a result, hardly had the wires ceased to click the call for men ere three full companies of Wyandot county volunteers, under the command of Captains Wilson, Kirby and Tyler, were in readiness to move forward where ordered. From that hour until the close of the war, the loyal and patri- otic people of the county never lagged when called upon for men, material, or money, and her sons, sufficient in number to form nearly two regiments, performed valiant service upon all the great battlefields of the rebellion. As a means, therefore, of perpetuating their names and their deeds to the latest generations, the remainder of this chapter will be devoted to brief accounts of the various battles, marches, etc., in which they were conspicuous participants.
FIFTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY
This regiment was among the first to respond to the presi- dent's call for 75,000 men for three months' service, and on the
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4th of May, 1861, it was organized at Camp Jackson, Colum- bus, Ohio. Four days later it moved to Camp Goddard, near Zanesville, Ohio. Here it passed about ten days in preparing for active duty in the field. It was then ordered into West Virginia, and crossing the Ohio river at Bellaire, it was employed for some time in guard duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, advancing as far as Grafton. Subsequently it was engaged in the rout of the rebels under General Porter- field, at Phillippi-June 3-and afterward took part in the movements around Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford. The Fifteenth performed a large amount of marching and guard duty and rendered valuable service to the government in assisting to stay the progress of the enemy, who were endeav- oring to carry the war into the North. Having served its term of enlistment, it returned to Columbus, Ohio, and was discharged about the 1st of August, having lost but two men- one killed and one died of disease. Three of its companies during the three months' service-C, G and I-commanded respectively by Capts. William T. Wilson, Peter A. Tyler and Isaac M. Kirby, were recruited in Wyandot county.
Immediately after the disbandment of the three months' organization, Col. Moses R. Dickey and Lieut .- Col. William T. Wilson, assisted by Maj. William Wallace and Captains Cummings, McClenahan, Miller, Kirby, Askew, Glover, Daw- son, Cummins, Gilliland and Holloway, began the reorganiza- tion of the regiment for the three years' service. Recruiting progressed rapidly, many of the original members reenlisted, and ere the lapse of many days at "Camp Mordecai Bartley," near Mansfield, Ohio, the ranks of the Fifteenth Regiment were again filled. Of its ten companies, D, Capt. Isaac M. Kirby in command, represented Wyandot county.
The regiment left Camp Bartley for Camp Dennison, Sep- tember 26, 1861, and after a few days detention at the latter place, in obtaining arms, equipments, etc., it proceeded to Lexington, Kentucky. A few days later it was transported by rail to Louisville, and from there to Nolins Station, where it was assigned to the Sixth Brigade (Gen. R. W. Johnson), Second Division (Gen. A. McD. McCook), of the Army of the Ohio, then commanded by Gen. William T. Sherman, sub- sequently by General Buell. It thereafter participated in the movements of Buell's army, without sustaining any losses worthy of mention until in the second day's battle at Pitts-
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burg Landing, where it lost six men killed and sixty-two wounded. With its division the regiment remained in the vicinity of Corinth, Mississippi, until the middle of June, when it marched away with Buell's army, and after moving from point to point in the states of Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, November 7, 1862, as part of General Rosecrans' command, the latter having succeeded General Buell on the march from Louisville to Nashville.
In the battle of Stone River the regiment was heavily engaged, losing eighteen killed, and eighty-nine wounded. Subsequently it took part in the advance movements which resulted in the occupation of Chattanooga. After crossing the Tennessee river the regiment remained on the extreme right flank of the army until the morning of the 19th of September, 1863, when it marched for the battlefield of Chickamauga, a distance of thirteen miles, and was engaged soon after its arrival. In that battle the regiment lost one officer and nine men killed, two officers and sixty-nine men wounded and forty men missing. The regiment bore its share in the arduous labors and privations of the siege of Chattanooga, and on the 25th of November participated in the brilliant assault of Mission Ridge, capturing a number of prisoners and some artillery. On the 28th of November the regiment, then belong- ing to the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, marched with the corps to the relief of Burnside's troops at Knoxville, Tennessee, arriving on the 8th of December.
On the 14th of January, 1864, the greater portion of the regiment having reenlisted for another term of three years, it started for Columbus, Ohio, via Chattanooga, for veteran furlough. It arrived at Columbus with 350 veterans on the 10th of February, and on the 14th of March its members re- assembled at Camp Chase to return to the field, numbering, with recruits, more than nine hundred men. On returning to the front the train conveying the regiment was thrown from the track near Charleston, Tennessee, by which accident twenty men were more or less injured. In the Atlanta cam- paign, which began the first week in May and terminated September 1, the Fifteenth regiment, as part of the Fourth army corps, was an active participant. At Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River and Atlanta the regiment won imperishable honors.
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When Hood's rebel army began its march northward, the regiment formed a portion of the army under General Thomas, which was sent to thwart the plans of the enemy. It did not participate in the battle at Franklin, Tennessee, but at Nash- ville the gallantry of its members was conspicuous. The pur- , suit of Hood's defeated army was continued into northern Alabama, where the regiment remained until the middle of March, 1865, when it was ordered to move into east Ten- nessee. After performing the duties assigned it in that region, the regiment was ordered to Nashville, and reached the last- named point about the 1st of May. On the 16th of June it was ordered to proceed to Texas.
With a good degree of cheerfulness the men turned their backs once more upon their homes, went to Johnstonville and thence by boats to New Orleans. Moving down a short dis- tance below the city they bivouacked on the old Jackson battle grounds until July 5, when they embarked for Texas. The regiment arrived at Indianola July 9, disembarked, and in order to obtain a sufficient supply of water marched the same night to Green Lake, a distance of about twenty miles. Re- maining there just one month, on the 10th of Augustit marched for San Antonio, a distance of 150 miles. The scarcity of water, the extreme heat, and want of suitable rations, together with inadequate transportation, all combined, made this one of the most severe marches the regiment ever endured. It reached the Salado, a small stream near San Antonio, on the 21st of August, and remained at that point until October 20; when it was designated to perform post duty in the city, and continued to act in that capacity until November 21, when it was mustered out of service and ordered to Columbus, Ohio, for final discharge. The regiment left San Antonio on the 24th of November, and marched to Indianola, proceeding thence by way of New Orleans and Cairo, to Columbus, Ohio, where it arrived December 25, and was finally discharged from the United States service December 27, 1865. Thus, as a regiment, the Fifteenth had been in service about four years and eight months. It was among the first to be mustered in and one of the last to be mustered out.
Following are the names of officers and men who served in the regiment from Wyandot county :
Three months' men-field and staff-Surgeon, Orrin Fer- ris; served full term.
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Company C-Captain, W. T. Wilson. First lieutenant-F. W. Martin. Second lieutenant-H. C. Miner. Orderly sergeant-D. S. Brown.
Privates-H. Aneshensley, I. L. Barger, Paul Berleen, D. P. Blaser, Thomas Boyle, J. W. Brandenburg, J. W. Brewer, O. K. Brown, Henry Carr, J. S. Chapin, George A. Clark, Thomas Clark, Jacob Clinger, D. Cover, George Crawford, Jo- seph DeLong, Samuel Dunn, John Ebersole, Peter Fernwalt, R. B. Ferris, Enos Goodman, J. Halstead, G. Hardin, W. Helsel, W. Holmes, J. Huey, John Keller, J. A. Kerr, John Keys, A. B. Lindsay, W. P. Mahon, J. G. McClain, J. McClary, H. McLaughlin, A. T. Mitchell, Elias Morris, G. C. Myers, H. B. Nichols, Nicholas Ratz, M. Ragon, W. Reichman, O. Reed, D. Reynolds, Henry Reynolds, J. Reynolds, J. F. Rose, John Sahn, S. C. Sahn, Henry Schidigger, A. Smith, J. A. Smith, C. Stevens, F. A. Stevens, B. E. Stewart, J. Stewart, J. Stofer, Noah Stoker, J. H. Stoner, J. Straw, D. Swartz, J. H. Swine- hart, D. S. Terry, A. P. Troup, H. D. Vroman, J. Wamus, J. A. White, J. D. Williams, C. Wilt, Levi Willoughby, W. H. Woodcock, H. Wuscher.
Company G-Captain, P. A. Tyler. First lieutenant-William H. Kilmer.
Second lieutenant-Samuel Harper.
Orderly sergeant-R. W. Morris.
Privates-Fred Agerter, S. F. Anno, W. F. Atherton, George Babbitt, J. J. Basom, W. F. Basom, Isaac Blackburn, Conrad Bope, J. Boyer, F. Brobst, W. Bryant, Henry Camp- bell, Abraham Conger, John Conger, C. Copler, S. Cooper, A. Covill, M. Cowgill, H. Demming, J. Dipprey, W. Dipprey, J. L. Durbin, R. J. Earp, H. H. Eggleston, E. Ekleberry, E. P. Emerson, W. Eyestone, J. Frank, J. Grunditsch, O. Hall, D. Hartsough, G. W. Hawk, Lewis B. Henry, G. Howell, S. F. Hughes, J. R. Ingerson, A. J. King, J. C. Kitchen, T. Laux, M. B. Layton, E. Longabaugh, R. M. Lundy, D. Maloy, D. Mays, S. Mays, H. McCormick, Jacob Mellon, P. R. Moore, F. Myer, L. Peterson, W. Picket, R. W. Pool, J. F. Reed, J. E. Reid- ling, J. W. Reynolds, H. Rinebarger, J. G. Risterpher, W. Rummell, A. J. Shaner, F. Sneringer, S. Spalding, E. Spencer, William Spencer, J. Spoon, W. Spoon, J. Surplus, H. Trow- bridge, W. D. Tyler, W. Vanchoik, T. A. Van Gundy, G. Vol. I-13
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Waggoner, D. Walton, M. Walton, Levi White, B. F. Will- oughby, M. Willoughby, I. Wood, H. Yager, J. Yeager.
Company I-Captain, I. M. Kirby.
First lieutenant-D. J. Culbertson.
Second lieutenant-Samuel Bachtell.
Orderly sergeant-J. S. Start.
Privates-James R. Ahlefeld, Charles D. Allison, David Allison, Moses Allison, J. B. Bibby, P. Bloom, James Boroff, James Bowers, Hudson Breese, John Byers, A. J. Caldwell, B. F. Culver, Oscar David, S. DeJean, Martin A. Ditty, R. W. Druckmiller, E. P. Dumm, John Estle, John M. Ewing, Mat- thew Ewing, Fred Forney, Peter Forney, Wm. L. Foy, Math- ias Free, David Galbraith, D. A. Geiger, J. B. Getchel, David Gilliland, W. Goodin, R. T. Gorman, A. M. Gunder, H. D. Gunder, Hugh Guthery, D. E. Hale, Leonard Hartle, W. H. Hefflebower, W. Hefflefinger, W. M. Hesser, Rush Holloway, Harrison Horick, James Irvin, David James, Henry Jaqueth, Albert Jewell, J. R. Jurey, John A. Kerr, C. E. Livenspire, Marvin Lumbard, W. H. Maffett, W. H. Mulford, E. S. Mun- ger, Stephen Murphy, Michael Myers, William O'Brien, George P. Price, Hugh Reinhard, J. S. Renshaw, Lewis Rid- ling, G. W. Rockwell, Marion Rockwell, Dr. C. J. Rodig, Alonzo N. Sawyer, D. J. Shay, Hiram Storm, T. M. Straw, John Warner, Harrison Washburn, Z. Welch, John Welk, James Weller, W. H. Welsh, J. B. White, W. S. White, David Whitmore, S. W. Wolf, Ephraim Yerk.
Recruits-W. H. Ashbrook, Edmund Basely, E. Blow, Peter Blow, John Burn, W. H. Cone, J. H. Corning, D. W. Doughty, W. S. Dumm, J. B. Graham, Richard Gwin, D. Hagerman, A. J. Hazen, M. Howell, Thomas Irvine, Wesley Kerr, W. J. Kuntz, West McClain, Ellis Quaintance, William Roberts, Benton Sell, A. D. Snider, George Spayth, John Spooner, James Westenholm, John Whinnery, William Whip- ple, A. S. Wormley, -Wood, William Young.
Three years' men-field and staff-lieutenant colonel, William T. Wilson, commissioned August 7, 1861; resigned August 11, 1862.
Surgeon-Orrin Ferris, commissioned October 21, 1861, resigned March 15, 1862.
Company C-Corporal, Julius Straw.
Privates-Henry Carr, Jerome Kennedy, West McClain, N. McFarland, C. Stevens, George Spayth.
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Company D, first term-I. M. Kirby,* captain; D. J. Cul- bertson, first lieutenant; Samuel Bachtell, second lieutenant; S. S. Pettit, orderly sergeant; William H. Mulford, second sergeant; Robert T. Gorman third sergeant; T. M. Straw, fourth sergeant; William Palmer, fifth sergeant; John Cald- well, first corporal; Ambrose Norton, second corporal; Lowry Leith, third corporal; John Sheehy, fourth corporal; James Weller, fifth corporal; William O'Brien, sixth corporal; George Kirby, seventh corporal; George T. Renshaw, eighth corporal.
Privates-John S. Albert, O. C. Brown, John Burke, Wil- liam H. Campbell, William Carr, Francis A. Carter, William H. Cavins, J. A. Clark, Thomas Coffaild, Myron Conger, Den- nis Conroy, William Conroy, J. W. Corwine, John Crouse, Oscar Davis, Jerry Driscol, J. T. Duly, Nelson Ellis, E. G. Emptage, James M. Ewing, John M. Ewing, James Fowler, David Galbraith, Christopher Gay, James A. Gorman, O. E. Gravell, John Hahn, John H. Harder, Lorenzo D. Harkum, John Hart, Leonard Hartle, A. J. Hazen, Fred Hensel, John W. Hensel, John Hesser, J. D. Higginbotham, John Hollo- well, Mathias Howell, Charles H. Huffman, John A. Ingle- hart, Silas Jones, James O. Keller, Newton Kennedy, Orville Kerr, A. B. Keyes, Edward Kightlinger, Emanuel Lambright, Adam Lautzenheiser, Moses B. Layton, Daniel Logan, Marvin Lumbard, John Martin, Wesley McCormick, A. S. Miller, George W. Myers, Christian Nafzgar, John Osborne, Eli Ragon, Thomas Ragon, Butler Reamy, Adam Reish, Cornelius Rex, Henry Schriver, T. L. Shaw, Royal Sherman, Joseph Sims, Joseph Snyder, Alexander Sproat, E. H. Stevens, George W. Tucker, Daniel Van Gundy, James Van Gundy, David Vroman, J. N. Welsh, William R. White, Daniel D. Williams, John Williams, C. W. Williamson, Joseph Wilson, William Wolford, Jacob T. Wood, Nathan A. Worley, Wil- liam Worley, Bela B. Zimmerman, John W. Zook.
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