The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 43

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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No draft was made in 1863, and from that of May, 1864, Tuscarawas County did not quite escape, though only four townships were subjected to it, as fol- lows: Union, 3 men; Jefferson, 7; Clay, 5; Oxford, 7.

Under the call for 500,000, made by the President in the summer of 1864, 667 was the number that fell to Tuscarawas County, apportioned among the townships as follows:

Auburn, 29; Bucks, 31: Clay, 30; Dover, 59; Fairfield, 16; Franklin, 22; Goshen, 89; Jefferson, 23; Lawrence, 31; Mill, 33; Oxford, 30; Perry, 26; Rush, 27; Salem, 38; Sandy, 34; Sugar Creek, 33; Union, 17; Warren, 19; Warwick, 30; Washington, 22; Wayne, 26; York, 22.

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By the subscription of money to pay bounties, this draft was avoided in most of the townships. The following deficits occurred: Clay, 17; Sandy, 12; Rush, 15; Warwick, 16; Jefferson, 12; Perry, 16; Salem, 21; Union, 7. Drafts were made September, 1864, in these townships for double these amounts, to cover exemptions, etc. The soldiers thus obtained were sent to various regiments as recruits. This was the last draft made in the county.

The Assessors, in the spring of 1862, returned the following number of volunteers from the different townships:

Auburn, 10; Bucks, 12; Clay, 44; Dover, 110; Fairfield, 13; Franklin, 32; Goshen, 182; Jefferson, 18; Lawrence, 40; Mill, 73; Oxford, 76; Perry, 44; Rush, 27; Sandy, 54; Salem, 54; Sugar Creek, 38; Union, 19; Warren, 13; Warwick, 39; Wayne, 18; Washington, 38; York, 23. Total, 977.

The Advocate, in commenting upon these returns, thinks that many names must have been missed. It stated that eleven companies had been raised in the county; six in the Fifty first, four in the Eightieth and one in the Thir- tieth; and that, in addition to these, many soldiers from Tuscarawas volun- teered in companies raised in Stark, Harrison and Holmes Counties. Twelve hundred was the estimate of this paper, at that time in the service from Tus- carawas.

In 1863, the Assessors returned the following list of volunteers:

Auburn, 39; Bucks, 9; Clay, 78; Dover, 125; Fairfield, 40; Franklin, 57; Goshen, 254; Jefferson, 64; Lawrence, 40; Mill, 139; Oxford, 100; Perry, 55; Rush, 50; Sandy, 86; Salem, 116; Sugar Creek, 61; Union, 29; Warren, 31; Warwick, 68; Wayne, 41; Washington, 59; York, 33. Total, 1,449.

The list was believed to be very imperfect.

Oliver Keyser, of Noble County, Commissioner of the Sixteenth District of Ohio, in 1863, prepared a table from which the following, relative to Tus- carawas County, is taken: Number enlisted since the commencement of the rebellion, 1,536; number in service, 1,150; number discharged, 173; number dead, 136.

To number the soldiers who went into service from Tuscarawas would be impossible, but the list was probably between 3,000 and 3,500-a record of which the county may well be proud.

MORGAN'S RAID.

During the latter part of July, 1863, great excitement prevailed through- out Tuscarawas County in consequence of the threatened approach of the noted rebel raider, John Morgan. Several times it was reported that he was within a few miles of New Philadelphia. The excitement reached its highest pitch Sunday afternoon, July 26, when three of Morgan's men, who had been captured by the militia near Tippecanoe, were brought to New Philadelphia and lodged in the county jail. "All sorts of reports were rife," says the Ad- vocate, " and scouts were sent out in all directions to scour the country, and discover and give notice of the approach of the rebels. Pickets were placed in the various roads leading to town. Everything was conducted in true mil.

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itary style, under direction of Col. Mueller, assisted by Maj. Mathews, Capts. Shank, Copeland, Judge Taylor and other efficient officers. The officers and men deserve much credit for their promptness in volunteering to defend the town, and the thanks of the citizens are due to the men of the surrounding country, especially, for the willingness with which they shouldered their rifles to defend the county seat. The boys were vigilant at their posts all night, but the rebels did not appear in force. Had they done so, many of them would have bitten the dust, for few of our boys would have shown their heels." But one prisoner was captured, on the Zoar road, and he proved to be a horse- thief from Crawford County. "On Monday" (July 27), continues the Advo- cate, "we received the news of Morgan's capture, including his entire force, and everybody seemed to breathe easier. The rebel prisoners in jail were taken to Camp Chase, and thus ended the raid of the rebel freehooters in this part of the State. One of them was from Alabama, and the others hailed from Kentucky. The Alabama man seemed to be polished and well educated. They all professed unbounded confidence in the military skill of their leader, and said they had no idea John could be captured."

Gen. Morgan had entered Indiana from Kentucky with a large force, for the purpose of making an extensive and rapid raid through Ohio. He passed eastward along the southern portion of the State, plundering and pillaging as he went. Not being able to cross the Ohio below Marietta as he had expected, on account of rapidly organized opposition, he ascended the Muskingum, hop- ing to reach the Ohio below or above Wheeling. But the yeomanry of Ohio were in arms against him, and forces followed in rapid pursuit. He was driven inland, through Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and Carroll Counties, and was soon captured within four miles of New Lisbon, Columbiana County.

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN THE FIELD.

The officers with which Company F of the Sixteenth-the Tuscarawas Guards-went to the field were Thomas W. Collier, Captain; Charles F. Es- pich, First Lieutenant; H. C. Hayden, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Collier re- signed before the expiration of his term, and Capt. Ogden succeeded in the command of the company.

After a short stay of several weeks at Columbus, the Sixteenth, under the com- mand of Col. Irvine, late of Coshocton, passed over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Bellaire, where it remained several days; then crossed the river to . Benwood, W. Va. The regiment proceeded to Wheeling,to co-operate with a Virginia regiment, Col. Kelly, in suppressing Confederate depredations. The two regiments advanced over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to near Glover's Gap, where they found the rebels had burned two bridges. "Burnt Bridges " remained their camp till the bridges were reconstructed, when an advance was made and Grafton reached May 30. Thence the Sixteenth pro- ceeded to Philippi, and participated in the sharp, decisive engagement there, in which the rebels were driven back in confusion, losing all their camp equi- page and 800 stand of arms. The regiment encamped at Rowlesburg, and soon

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after was engaged in skirmishing with the enemy, It was finally quartered at West Union.

"The Romney skirmish, Philippi engagement and the defeat and capture of Col. Pegram's forces had the effect of consolidating the rebels under Gen Garnett, north of Laurel Hill, near Philippi. Upon learning of Pegram's defeat and surrender, Gen. Garnett endeavored to escape to Richmond by plunging into the wild roads of the Alleghanies, and was rapidly descending the Cheat River when he was overtaken by the Union forces. The Sixteenth Ohio, encamped at West Union, was sitting down to its breakfast when the call to arms came, and the boys were forced to leave without a monthful and make a hurried march to a point known as Red House, at which they were placed as a guard in the event the enemy made an attempt to escape by this route. Col. Steadman, with the Fourteenth Ohio, first charged upon Gen Garnett's position, followed immediately by the entire body of the Union troops. For some time the battle raged with no decisive results, until Col. Dumont, with the Seventh Indiana, crept up on the right flank of the foe, when they turned and fled, only to meet the outlying posts at every defile of the mountains." After this engagement, the Sixteenth returned to Oakland and guarded the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad until its time of en- listment had expired. Company F reached home Saturday, August 3. They carried with them into New Philadelphia a rebel flag captured by the company near Laurel Hill, Va.

Within two days after its return, two members of Company F-William Carrigan and Thomas Cramblit-died of disease contracted in the army, the former August 4, at Uhrichsville, the latter August 5. Cramblit had been sent home from Camp Jackson, Columbus, before the company entered the field, on account of sickness. He was a lad only eighteen years of age, in poor health, but was eager to rejoin his company, and had returned as soon as he was able.

Company I of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was enlisted in Tus- carawas County, and was composed largely of members of Company F, Six- teenth Regiment.

The officers of Company I were as follows :*

George H. Hildt, Captain; enrolled August 22, 1861; promoted to Major January 28, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel April 18, 1863; resigned Septem- ber 22, 1864.

John C. Lewis, entered company as First Lieutenant; commissioned Cap- tain January 28, 1862; resigned June 28, 1862.

Emory W. Muenscher, entered company with rank of First Lieutenant and Adjutant; promoted to Captain June 28, 1862; mustered out January 17, 1865.

Cyrus W. De Lany, entered regiment as Corporal Company B; promot- ed to Sergeant Major by regimental transfer April 15, 1864; promoted Second

* The lists of officers and the killed of this and subsequent companies were taken, except in two or three instances, from the muster-roll on file at the Adjutant General's office, Columbus, and if errors and omissione occur, they should be ascribed to the ituperfectly prepared rolls.

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Lieutenant and Adjutant September 25, 1864; to First Lieutenant and Adju- tant December 28, 1864; to Captain, and assigned to Company I, April 1, 1865; mustered out with company.

Joseph Collins, entered company as Second Lieutenant; promoted to First Lieutenant January 28, 1862; transferred to Company E October 31, 1862; promoted Captain Company B October 19, 1863; mustered out January 7, 1865.

Henry Brinkerhoof, entered regiment as Sergeant Company E; transferred to Company I, First Lieutenant, March 29, 1863; discharged to accept pro- motion as Lieutenant Colonel of Second Mississippi Infantry.

Israel P. White, enlisted as Sergeant Company F; promoted Second Lieu- tenant Company E August 17, 1862; transferred to Companies F, H and Regimental Staff; then to Company I as First Lieutenant November 19, 1863; killed at Kenesaw Mountain June 27, 1864.

Isaac N. Thomas, transferred from Company K to I as First Lieutenant June 28, 1864; transferred to Company H August 4, 1864. 1

Joseph Dickerson, transferred from Company B and promoted First Lieu- tenant Company I August 4, 1864; transferred to Company A September 14, 1864.

William Hatcher, entered regiment as Second Lieutenant Company B; transferred to Company I November 8, 1864, as First Lieutenant; to Com- pany G January 5, 1865.

Theophilus Paessler, entered service as Sergeant Company I; promoted First Lieutenant January 5, 1865; transferred to Company B May 22, 1865.

John E. Edmond, entered service as Corporal; promoted to First Lieuten- ant May 22, 1865.

Stephen B. Wilson, original First Sergeant; promoted Second Lieutenant January 28, 1862, vice Collins, promoted; killed at Antietam September 17, 1862.

William B. Todd, entered service as First Lieutenant Company I; trans- ferred to Regimental Staff, to Companies C and A, then Company I as Second Lieutenant; promoted First Lieutenant and assigned to Company E.

The Thirtieth was organized at Camp Chase August 28, 1861. It was at once armed and equipped, and sent to the front, reaching Clarksburg, Va., September 2. It joined Gen. Rosecrans at Sutton Heights September 6. Here Companies D, F, G and I were ordered to remain, and the remainder of the regiment marched with the army toward Summerville. Company I had fre- quent skirmishes with bushwhackers near Sutton, and while on a scouting expedition one of its men, Thomas Godshaw, was instantly killed and another man wounded. December 23, the detachment joined the regiment at Fayette- ville, and during the winter worked on fortifications. April 17 it broke up winter quarters and moved to Raleigh, N. C. It was on its way to Giles' Court House when news was received that the troops there had been repulsed. Pushing rapidly forward, it reached the Narrows, a march of twenty miles, in five hours, but the enemy had closed the gate which led to the country beyond.

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The regiment encamped at the confluence of the East and New Rivers, and May 17 the First Brigade of Cox's Division, to which the Thirtieth belonged, fell back to Princeton, and on the 19th encamped on the summit of Great Flat Top Mountain. August 16, the regiment started to join the army in Eastern 'Virginia. It passed through Washington on the 23d. Three days later, the right wing reported to Gen. Pope for gnard duty. At the battle of Center- ville, the left wing was not completely engaged with musketry, but was com- pelled to lie under a heavy artillery fire. The regiment joined its brigade &t Upton Hills September 3. On the 14th, it arrived at South Mountain, and at 9 o'clock, A. M., engaged the enemy's skirmishers. A rebel battery, placed behind a stone fence, opened fire upon the regiment, killing and wounding several men. For several hours, the Thirtieth lay under a heavy artillery fire, and at 4 o'clock, P. M., it advanced against the rebel battery. The enemy's lines advanced at the same time, and a severe engagement ensued, lasting forty-five minutes. The regiment stood its ground bravely, and lost eighteen men killed and forty-eight wounded. On the evening of September 16, the Thir- tieth lay down within sight of Antietam Bridge. The next morning it moved to the left and front, crossed the stream and moved up toward the bridge, which had been carried by the national forces. Upon reaching the bridge, it was ordered forward on the double-quick to a stone wall 500 yards in ad- vance. It was necessary to pass over a field recently plowed in order to reach the wall. When the line had advanced as far as the field, the men were al- most exhausted, and for want of proper support the left flank of the regiment was unprotected. Gen. A. P. Hill's division came down with crushing weight on the exposed flank. The regiment endeavored to execute a movement by the right flank, in order to avoid the blow, but it was thrown into some confu- sion and was compelled to fall back to the river bank. It lost two officers killed and two wounded, and eight men killed and thirty-seven wounded. The national colors were torn in fourteen places by the enemy's balls, and two color bearers fell dead upon the field.

After remaining a few days near the battle-field, the regiment moved for West Virginia. It went into camp opposite Cannelton and erected winter quarters. November 30, with another regiment, it started on a march into Logan County, and returned with seventeen prisoners and seventy-five horses. It was placed on transports at Brownstown December 5 with its brigade under Gen. Ewing, and steamed down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Helena, Ark. January 21, 1863, it landed at Young's Point, and worked for a time on the canal. In March, the regiment moved to the relief of some gunboats in Steel's Bayou, and returned to Young's Point March 28. It embarked on the "R. B. Hamilton " April 29, and with other troops engaged in a demonstration on Haines' Bluff. It returned to Young's Point May 2, and the same day em- barked and proceeded to Milliken's Bend, but soon returned again and took up the line of march down the river. It embarked on the "Silver Wave " below Warrenton and landed at Grand Gulf May 15. Marching the same evening, the regiment, on the 19th of May, was in the rear of; Vicksburg. May 20, it

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participated in a demonstration on the left, in three hours firing 45,000 rounds of cartridges. On the 22d, it led an assault on the works in Gen. Sherman's front, the loss sustained by the Thirtieth being forty-seven killed and wounded. It was actively engaged, until the surrender of Vicksburg, in demon- strations and fatigue and picket duty. It then moved to Jackson, and after the evacuation of that place by the rebels it encamped at Black River July 23. The regiment, with the army, left this place September 26, moved up the river and reached Memphis October 2. It was at Brown's Ferry, ten miles from Chattanooga, November 20, and on the 24th was in position at Mission Ridge. The next day, with a detachment of the Fourth Virginia, it assaulted and carried the outer line of the enemy's works. Later in the day, it and the Thirty-seventh made two unsuccessful assaults on the works on Tunnel Hill, the Thirtieth losing thirty-nine men killed and wounded. The rebels evacu- ated November 26, and the regiment joined in the pursuit, returning to Bridgeport, Ala., December 19. From November 29 to this date, it had re- ceived but two days' rations, subsisting entirely off the country. The regi- ment went into camp at Bellefonte Station December 29, thence proceeded to Larkin's Ferry January 26, 1864, and to Cleveland, Tenn., where a sufficient number of men re-enlisted to make it a veteran regiment. It was ordered North, and reached Columbus, Ohio, April 8, and was furloughed for a month the next day.

Re-assembling at the expiration of this furlough, the Thirtieth proceeded to Kingston, Ga., arriving May 20. On the 23d, it was marching. It moved through Dallas and Acworth, reaching Kenesaw Mountain June 19, and being under fire almost constantly during the march. On the 26th of June, the Thirtieth, with its division, moved three miles to the right of the former posi . tion, and the next day made an assault on the rebel works. The regiment ad- vanced for a quarter of a mile on the double quick over an open field and through low woods, from the further end of which it drove the rebel skir- mishers in gallant style, and still pressed on and formed under a heavy cross- fire of artillery and musketry. As the regiment was unable to harm the ene- my by its fire, it fell back to the rebel skirmish line and then to the other end of the woods, where it was fairly sheltered. In this attack it lost thirty-five men killed and wounded.

The regiment was again on the march July 2, passed through Marietta on the 13th, and on the 20th was within two and one-half miles of Atlanta. On the 22d, the enemy assaulted that portion of the line in which the Thirti- eth was posted. The line gave way at first, but speedily re-formed and re- pulsed the enemy. The Thirtieth lost twenty-seven men, killed, wounded and prisoners. In the attack by the enemy July 28, the regiment maintained its ground manfully, but lost thirty men killed and wounded.

Those of the regiment who had not veteranized were mustered out of service August 29, by reason of expiration of term of service. On the night of the 30th, the regiment went on picket within a mile of Jonesboro, and the next day the rebels attacked the line but were repulsed. The loss of the Thirtieth

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in this engagement, in killed and wounded, was twenty-five. Two days later, the regiment pursued the retreating rebels to Lovejoy's Station. It returned September 5, and went into camp at East Point. It pursued Hood's army into Alabama in October; returned and encamped near Atlanta; again marched, November 15, and on the 13th of December was in front of Fort McAllister. The Thirtieth was in the right of the assaulting line, and pressed on to the crest of the works and engaged in a hand-to-hand conflict with the enemy. It was specially mentioned, with two other regiments, in the official report of Gen. Hazen, the division commander. A number of marches were made in January and early in February, 1865, and it reached Shilling's Bridge, over the North Edisto, February 12, effecting a crossing about three miles below the bridge. A swamp, a mile in width and waist deep, lay on the rebel side of the river, and this had to be waded after the main current was crossed. When the troops emerged from the swamp, they were subjected to the fire of the enemy's skirmishers, but the national line advanced with a hurrah, drove back the rebels and captured many prisoners. March 20, the regiment had a smart skirmish with the enemy at Harper's Farm. It proceeded northward, reach- ing Washington and passing in review in front of the White House May 24, it left Washington June 2, and proceeded to Louisville, Ky., where it went into camp. It embarked for Little Rock, Ark., June 25, arriving July 5. Here it was mustered out August 13, and immediately embarked for Colum- bus, Ohio, where it arrived August 21, 1865, and was the next day paid and discharged. The Thirtieth, during its term of service, traveled a distance of 13,200 miles.

The following members of Company I were killed in action: David Tay. lor, at Antietam, September 16, 1862; Isaiah Robb, at Jonesboro, Ga., Sep- tember 1, 1864; Francis Blickensderfer, near Atlanta August 11, 1864; Alex- ander F. Clewell, at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863; Thomas Godshaw, at Laurel Creek, Va., September 23, 1861; James Kelley, at Bentonville, March 20, 1865; John Reed, at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. Alexander Forney died August 7, 1864, at Marietta, Ga., of wounds received near Atlan. ta, July 28, 1864; Jacob Fribley died October 10, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam September 17, 1862; James McMurter died in Tuscarawas County October 24, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain September 14, 1862.

The following died of disease during service: Isaac Saylor, at Sutton, Va., November 24, 1861, of typhoid fever; Robert Baxter, typhoid fever, February 20, 1863, at Fayetteville, Va .; John Born, chronic diarrhoea, United States Hospital, Rome, Ga., August 31, 1864; Lorenzo D. Hanley, typhoid fever, at Camp Jones, Va., August 5, 1862; William H. Kail, typhoid fever, Sutton, Va, October 23, 1861; Jeremiah Larrimer, typhoid fever, Tuscarawas County, January 24, 1863; Daniel Murphy, typhoid fever, Fayetteville, Va., March 29, 1862; James Reynolds, typhoid fever, Young's Point, La., February 7, 1863; Luther C. Rutledge, croup, Sutton, Va., November 21, 1861; Benjamin Walton, erysipelas, Walnut Hills, Miss., June 22, 1863.

The Fifty-first was a Tuscarawas County regiment, if any organization is

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entitled to this distinction. Not only was it organized here, but more than one-half its members were citizens of the county. Companies A, B, C, E, G and K were composed almost exclusively of Tuscarawas County men.

The Colonels of the regiment were William P. N. Fitzgerald, appointed October 14, 1861, resigned; Stanley Mathews, commissioned October 23, 1861, resigned April 14, 1863; Richard W. McLain, promoted to Colonel, May 25. 1863, resigned September 30, 1864; Charles H. Wood, promoted to Colonel January 20, 1865; mustered out with regiment.

Col. Woods was from Tuscarawas County. He entered service as Captain of Company B.

Other regimental officers from Tuscarawas County were Nathaniel Hayden, commissioned Major, November 4, 1861, resigned March 17, 1863.

John Sergeant, commissioned Major April 10, 1865, but declined promo- tion.

Marti n Hagan, commissioned Assistant Surgeon September 28, 1861; re- signed November 26, 1862.

Nicholas C. Worthington, commissioned Chaplain October 15, 1861; re- signed September 15, 1862.

In December, 1864, the regiment was re-organized by consolidation with the Fortieth Ohio. The members of Companies E and G of the original Fifty- first were transferred to other companies, and E and G, besides assignments to other companies, were then composed of veterans from the Fortieth.

The officers of Company A were M. H. Bartilson, Captain from enrollment; promoted to Major of the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry October, 1861.

Alfred K. Robinson, First Lieutenant from original enrollment, promoted Captain in October, 1861; mustered out at expiration of term of service, No- vember 19, 1864.

Benjamin F. Croxton, promoted from First Lieutenant of Company G to Captain of Company A November 22, 1864; mustered out October 3, 1865.

John Sargent, 'Second Lieutenant, on original enrollment, promoted to First Lieutenant October 28, 1861; promoted Captain and assigned to Com- pany E March 1, 1863.

Noah Yoder, promoted First Lieutenant of Company A from Second Lieu- tenant of Company G March, 1863; appointed Regimental Quartermaster April 15, 1863.

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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 43

Author: Warner, Beers & Co. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1017

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1017