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Peter Lowe, entered service in Company A as Sergeant; promoted to Second Lieutenant February 28, 1862; First Lieutenant and assigned to Company ยท D, then to A, April 15, 1863; then to K, April 18, 1864.
Henry Kaldenbaug h, transferred from Regimental Quartermaster to First Lieutenant Company A February 1, 1864; mustered out February 18, 1865.
Thomas I. Staley, entered service as Second Lieutenant Company I from Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; promoted First Lieutenant and assigned to Company A February 28, 1865; mustered out October 3, 1865.
Charles Mitchener, promoted Second Lientenant Company A from Com- missary Sergeant October 28, 1861; discharged to accept appointment as Ad- jutant Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry February, 1862.
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John G. Croxton, Commissary Sergeant to Second Lieutenant Company A February, 1863, promoted First Lieutenant and assigned to Company K, July 24, 1864.
Jacob Wise, enlisted as private, Company A; promoted to Second Lieutenant January 10, 1865; promoted to first Lieutenant, and assigned to Company H July 4, 1865.
William P. Beard, promoted from Sergeant Company I to Second Lieu- tenant Company A July 5, 1865; mustered out October 3, 1865.
I. A. Correll, enlisted as private in Company A; was promoted to Second Lieutenant June 6, 1865, and transferred to Company F.
Charles C. Welty, enlisted as private in Company A; promoted.
Samuel J. G. Worthington, enlisted as private in Company A; promoted to Second Lieutenant and transferred to Company B.
John P. Chapin, Jr., enlisted as private Company A; promoted to Second Lieutenant and transferred to -
The commissioned officers of Company B were Charles H. Wood, Captain from enrollment; promoted to Major March 30, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, May 25, 1863; Colonel, January 20, 1865.
Charles G. Harger, Second Lieutenant from enrollment; promoted to First Lieutenant February 19, 1862; to Captain April 15, 1863; resigned October 4, 1864.
James M. McClintick, of Coshocton, transferred from Company K Decem- ber 10, 1864; mustered out as Captain July 7, 1865; but served as officer in sig- nal corps.
John H. Deihl, First Lieutenant from enrollment, discharged February 28,1862.
Frank Shriver, private, promoted Second Lieutenant February 19, 1862; First Lieutenant January 4, 1862; died of wounds received July 9, 1864.
David M. Jones, First Lieutenant; transferred from Company E Decem- ber 10, 1864; mustered out May 22, 1865.
Samuel G. J. Worthington, Second Lieutenant; promoted to First Lieu- tenant May 24, 1865; mustered out October 3, 1865.
Henry Kaldenbaugh, private at enrollment; promoted to Second Lieutenant January 4, 1863; First Lieutenant February 1, 1864, never served company 88 First Lieutenant; was detailed as Aide de Camp to Gen. Stanley Mathew's brigade; then appointed Provost Marshal of the Twenty-first Army Corps under Gen. Crittenden; then Provost Marshal of Fourth Army Corps on the staff of Granger, Howard and Stanley; mustered out January 23, 1865.
David Fisk, private at enrollment; promoted to Second Lieutenant May 11, 1865; mustered out October 3, 1865.
Officers of Company C:
Benjamin F. Heskett, Captain at enrollment; died of wounds received at Stone River January 4, 1863.
Carter B. Harrison, from North Bend, Ohio, promoted from First Lieuten- ant and Regimental Adjutant February 24, 1863, vice Heskett, resigned, De- cember 6, 1864.
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Philip Everhart, enrolled as private; promoted to Second Lieutenant April 29, 1862, to First Lieutenant February 24, 1863; promoted to Captain, vice Harrison, resigned, January 10, 1865; mustered out with company.
Allen Gaskill, enrolled First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain and as- signed to Company I March 20, 1862.
David M. Jones, promoted from Second Lieutenant Company E; to First Lieutenant Company C March 10, 1862; mustered out May 22, 1865.
Edward J. Pocock, of Coshocton County, transferred from Company H to Company C as First Lieutenant January 10, 1865; resigned June 4, 1865.
George Brainerd, promoted from Second Lieutenant Company E, to First Lieutenant and assigned to Company C; mustered out with company October 3, 1865.
James Stonehocker, of Coshocton County, Second Lieutenant on enroll- ment; promoted First Lieutenant and assigned to Company G, April 29, 1862.
Albert Dent, enlisted as private, promoted to Second Lieutenant, Com- pany C, February 24, 1863; mustered out December 10, 1864.
Sampson McNeal, Coshocton, Second Lieutenant; transferred from Com- pany I to C by reason of consolidation, vice Dent; mustered out January 20, 1865.
B. F. Jones, Coshocton, Second Lieutenant; transferred from Company D to C April 5, 1865; mustered out with company.
The officers of Company E were as follows:
David Chalfant, original Captain; resigned November 26, 1862. Edward A. Parrish, original First Lieutenant; resigned June 7, 1862.
David M. Jones, original Second Lieutenant; promoted to First Lieuten- ant of Company C March 10, 1862; mustered out May 22, 1865.
John Sergeant was promoted to Captain and assigned from Company C to E, March 1, 1863; transferred to Company D, December 10, 1864.
Samuel Siade was promoted from First Sergeant to Second Lieutenant May 5, 1862; to First Lieutenant October 7, 1862, to Captain June 10, 1863; and assigned to Company G.
Thomas Mozena was promoted from Sergeant of Company E to Second Lieutenant in October, 1862, resigned May 3, 1863.
James Weatherby was promoted from a private of Company E to Second Lieutenant April 26, 1863; was taken prisoner at Chickamauga in September, 1863; afterward exchanged, and promoted to First Lieutenant July 13, 1864; mustered out April 13, 1865.
When the regiment was re-organized in 1864, the members of this company who had veteranized were distributed among other companies of the regiment. Officers of Company G:
James L. Shanton, original Captain; dismissed November 19, 1862.
James M. McClintick, Captain; assigned to Company G from H April 14, 1863; transferred to K June 16, 1863.
Samuel Slade, assigned from Company E to G as First Lieutenant Janu- ary 16, 1863; promoted to Captain June 16, 1863; mustered out with com- pany.
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John D. Cunning, original First Lieutenant; promoted Captain and as- signed to Company K March 11, 1863.
James Stonehocker, assigned as First Lieutenant from Company C to G April 29, 1862; resigned November 16, 1862.
Benjamin F. Croxton, assigned to Company G January 16, 1863, as First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain and transferred to Company A November 22, 1864.
John H. Purvis, assigned as Second Lieutenant from Company B to G January 25, 1864; promoted to First Lieutenant January 9, 1865; mustered out with company.
Noah W. Yoder, original Second Lieutenant; promoted to First Lieutenant, and transferred to Company A March, 1863.
Thomas C. Ayres, Sergeant at enrollment; promoted to Second Lieutenant February 24, 1863; to First Lieutenant; transferred to Company I June 13, 1864; mustered out June 23, 1865.
George Brainerd, promoted from Hospital Steward to Second Lieutenant and assigned Company G January 9, 1865; promoted to First Lieutenant and transferred to Company C, June 10, 1865.
Simon W. Kail, Second Lieutenant; transferred from Company A to G June 28, 1865; mustered out with company.
The original officers of Company K were as follows:
Charles Mueller, Captain; resigned February 6, 1862.
William S. Hodge, First Lieutenant; resigned February 17, 1863.
Benjamin F. Croxton, Second Lietuenant; promoted to First Lieutenant April 9, 1863; promoted to Captain November 3, 1864; mustered ont with regiment.
The muster rolls of this company are not on file in the Adjutant General's office, and the names of its subsequent officers are not at hand. When the regiment re-organized in 1864, the veteran members of this company were as- signed to various other companies.
The regiment was organized October 3, 1861, and left Camp Meigs Novem- ber 3 following, going by way of Wellsville to the Ohio River. There it was placed on transports and taken to Louisville, Ky., stopping on the way at Cin- cinnati and Camp Dennison. On its arrival at Louisville November 17, it went into Camp Jenkins, a few miles from the city. It remained here till December 10, and then reported to General Nelson at Camp Wickliffe, near New Haven. This camp was occupied until February 6, 1862, when the regiment moved with its brigade to West Point, at the mouth of Salt River, where transports were provided, on which the National army was conveyed to Nashville, Tenn. The regiment suffered severely from sickness. From De- cember, 1861, to May, 1862, fifty six of its men died from typhoid fever. It remained at Nashville on provost guard duty until July 9, when it marched to Tullahoma, and there joined Gen. Nelson's division of the Army of the Ohio, then on its march from Pittsburg Landing. With this division the regiment returned to Nashville and there joined the combined movement toward Louisville to checkmate Gen. Bragg in his advance to that place.
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After a short rest at Louisville, the march in pursuit of the enemy was resumed, the regiment going out on the Bardstown Turnpike. Aside from rear guard skirmishes, nothing occurred till October 8, when the battle of Perryville was fought. The Fifty-first was not engaged, though part of the time in sight of the conflict and eager to join its hard pressed comrades. The rebel army was pursued up to Crab Orchard, and the National forces then marched back by easy stages to Nashville.
Ou November 9, 1862, the regiment and brigade, under Col. Stanley Ma- thews, was sent out on a foraging expedition, and at Dobson's Ferry, Stone River, met and defeated Wheeler's cavalry, who had by some means got in the rear. The fight was made by five companies of the Fifty-first and five companies of the Thirty-fifth Indiana, led by Col. Stanley Mathews. The Fifty-first lost thirteen men wounded, three of whom subsequently died. On December 26, the regiment moved out on the Murfreesboro Turnpike with Gen. Van Cleve's Division of the Twenty-first Army Corps, marching toward Stone River. Nothing of moment occurred until December 31, when the reg- iment having been thrown across Stone River on a reconnoissance, found the enemy in force and returned to its camp. It again crossed the river, January 1, 1863, and took position, four of the companies being thrown out as skir- mishers. Advancing half a mile, they met the enemy and skirmished with him all that night and part of the next day. On the afternoon of January 2, Breckinridge's division made a charge, and, flanking the right, swept it to the west side of Stone River. The Fifty-first left thirty-two of its number dead on the field, 105 wounded and forty-six captured. It was at this junct- ure that Gen. Rosecrans massed his artillery and settled the fortunes of the day by almost literally blowing the rebel column of attack into and across Stone River. The enemy retreated during the night of the 2d. On the morning of the 3d, the rebels opened a furious cannonade, but reconnoissances being made, it was discovered that they were drawing off their forces toward Shelby- ville. On the morning of the 4th, the enemy having disappeared, the army marched into and took possession of Murfreesboro. Here it remained until June 24, when it moved on the Tullahoma campaign. The route of the Fifty- first and its division was by way of McMinnville, crossing the Cumberland Mountains into the Sequatchie Valley; thence to Point Lookout, near Chatta- nooga, and from thence to Ringgold. At the latter place, on September 11, Wheeler's cavalry was met, defeated and driven to Tunnel Hill. On the 12th, the regiment marched to Lee and Gordon's Mills; on the 13th, it made a re- conn oissance to Shield's Gap. and on the 14th went into position at Crawfish Springs. From that time until the opening of the battle of Chickamauga, the members of the regiment feasted on roasting-ears and sweet potatoes. On the evening of the 18th of September, the Fifty-first, being relieved by the Sixth Ohio, marched back to Lee and Gordon's Mills, where it went into po. sition and lay upon its arms all that night. On the morning of the 19th, the regiment met the enemy and drove him back a quarter of a mile, but in doing so lost eight men killed, twenty-five wounded and as many captured. The
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enemy, receiving re-enforcements, in turn drove the regiment back to its former position, where it lay on its arms for the night. On September 20, the regi- ment was marched to the left to re-enforce Gen. Thomas' column, and on arriv- ing at its position it took part in the effort to stay the enemy in his attempt to get into the rear of the National forces through a gap left in the lines. The regiment struck the rebel Gen. Adams' division; wounded and captured its commander and drove it pell-mell. It was then brought back and formed on the extreme left of Gen. Thomas' command. In this battle, the Fifty-first lost twelve men and one officer wounded and thirty captured.
On September 21, the army retired behind intrenchmente at Chattanooga, and was there besieged by the rebel forces until the latter part of November, when the siege was raised. The regiment participated in the storming of Lookout Mountain November 24, and on the 25th took part in the taking of Rossville Gap, through Mission Ridge. Its loss in these two affairs was one killed and seven wounded.
The regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864, and, February 10, arrived at Columbus on veteran furlough of thirty days. It returned to the front at Blue Springs, near Cleveland, Tenn., and remained at this place in camp until May 4, when it marched to Catoosa Springs and entered on the Atlanta campaign. It was engaged at Resaca May 14, and at Kenesaw June 20. At Resaca, it lost one officer and ten men wounded and one man killed; at Kenesaw. two officers and ten men killed and thirty men wounded. From this time until Atlanta was taken, the regiment was almost hourly engaged with the enemy. Of the part the Fifty-first took at Kenesaw, it was said in a newspaper corre- spondence, "Stanley ordered Whitaker to charge a knob in his front, the pos- session of which was by our forces of the utmost importance, inasmuch as from its summit an enfilading fire could be got upon Kenesaw and Bald Top. Whitaker promptly responded, and with his skirmishers the Twenty-first and Fifty-first Ohio charged up the steep slope, on the crest of which the enemy had a strong line of breastworks. The Twenty-first was the first regiment to charge the hill and was promptly supported by the Fifty-first, which arrived in time to make a desperate charge upon the works, which they did with a cheer and a determination to succeed at whatever cost. But five minutes passed ere the brave fellows of these two regiments were seen mounting the works and disappearing on the other side. For a few moments, the suspense was painful, for the capture of the whole party by the enemy was not improb- able. A number of rebels soon emerged from the works, closely followed by a guard of the captors of the ridge. The rebels made a number of furious charges in the attempt to regain possession, but were defeated with terrible slaughter."
The regiment was at Jonesboro September 1, and took part in that en- gagement, and on the 2d pursued the enemy to Lovejoy's Station; here it lost ten men wounded. It then fell back to Atlanta and entered that city Septem- ber 8. It remained in camp there until October 3, when it marched toward Chattanooga, passing through Cassville, Kingston, Rome, Resaca and Snake
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Creek Gap. By a series of arduous marches, it pursued Hood's army through Tennessee and Alabama, ending at Pulaski, Tenn., where it went into camp until November 22, 1864. It then fell back with Gen. Thomas' command to Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. It was engaged at Spring Hill, but at the battle of Franklin it occupied a position not involved in the fight. A number of its men, however, were engaged as skirmishers. It took part in the battle of Nashville December 14 and 15, with a loss of one man killed and fifteen wounded, and joined in the pursuit of the enemy up to Lex- ington, Ala. The march was arduous in the extreme, the roads being almost knee-deep in mud and water. The regiment then proceeded to Huntsville, where it went into camp January 5, 1865. It went to Strawberry Plains March 20, and thence to Bull's Gap, Tenn. April 5, it went by rail to Nash- ville, remaining till June 16. It was then taken to Texas via New Orleans, and landed at Indianola, Tex., July 25, 1865. Thence it marched to Blue Lake and thence to Victoria. It was mustered out at this latter place October 3, 1865, and reached Columbus November 1, where it was discharged.
Of Company A, Adam Eisle was killed at Lookout Mountain November 25, 1863; William McKee, at Stone River January 2, 1863; Andrew Oler, at Stone River January 2, 1863.
Alexander D. Berlin died in March, 1863, at Covington, Ky., of wounds received at Stone River January 2, 1863; John Parks died in January, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River January 2, 1863; Samuel Saylor died June 25, 1864, of wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain June 23, 1864. The fol- lowing died in Andersonville Prison: Joseph Bucher, September 17, 1864; William Cahill, November 18, 1864; John Ditto, September 2, 1864; David Johnson, September 4, 1864; James McKee, August 18, 1864; Hiram Mozena, September, 1864.
The following died of disease during service: Nicholas Delong in March, 1862, at Nashville; Fleming B. Mozena, at Danville, Ky., in April, 1862; Christian Reichman, in February. 1863, at Nashville; Newton Singhaus in April, 1862, at Nashville; Joshua Hunt, June 3, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. ; George W. Howe, March 16, 1865, at Nashville; Samuel Parish, December, 1863, at Nashville; Davis Reed, at Now Philadelphia, April 18, 1862; John H. Sals- berry, September, 1862, at Nashville; Isaiah Simmers, February 1, 1862, at Camp Wickliffe, Ky. ; Charles Zurcher, November 3, 1863, at Jeffersonville, Ind .; Allen Fry, May 7, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn .; Richard Kyle, Febru- ary 19, 1865, at Huntsville, Ala
Of Company B, the following were killed in battle: Benjamin F. Fry and George Cunningham, at Stone River January 2, 1863; John Swab and James K. Walton, at Chickamauga September 19, 1863; Samuel Seiber and Levi Walters were missing at Chickamauga. The following died of wounds: William Kelley (recruit), May 3, 1864; Jacob Boyer, October 28, 1863; Jacob Griser, January 9, 1863; Christian Miller (accidental wound), September 20, 1862; Abel Peoples, June 1, 1864; Gotleib Trost (accidental), January 18, 1863.
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The following died of disease while in service: Theodore Heavener, Au- gust 24, 1864, at Vining Station, Ga; John Lehman, July 24, 1865, at Green Lake, Tex .; William Thom, at New Albany, Ind., January 7, 1865; George W. Black (recruit), at Nashville, May 4, 1865; Henry Frazy (recruit), at New Orleans, June 28, 1865; Daniel Minor, at Nashville, April 5, 1865; Richard Copenhaver, at Louisville, Ky., March 13, 1862; Christian Hos- mer, drowned at Louisville, Ky., October 10, 1862; Jacob Hite, at Nashville, March 21, 1862; John Messer, at Louisville, January 20, 1862; Christian Rufner, at Louisville, December 14, 1861; Emanuel Redman, at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., March 2, 1862; John Schultz, at Camp Wick- liffe, February 2, 1862; Stephen Stuber, at Nashville, April 4, 1862; Robert Shannon, Nashville, October 6, 1862; Jacob Stuber, at Nashville, No- vember 28, 1862; John Seinn, at Nashville, December 14, 1862; Calender Radanbaugh (drafted), at Nashville, January 18, 1865; Samuel Stahl, (drafted), at Nashville, July. 12, 1865.
The killed of Company C were: George W. Bradshaw, at Dallas, Ga., by a shell, May 27, 1864; Andrew H. Cosgrave, at Stone River, January 2, 1863; Nicholas Landers, at Kenesaw Mountain, June 20, 1864; Samuel H. Spears, at Kenesaw Mountain, June 20, 1864; Absalom Scott, at Stone River, January 2, 1863. Charles W. Birch and Benjamin Hevlow were missing at Chickamauga, September, 1863, and John Corbit at Resaca, May 12, 1864.
Thomas Rogers (of Bakersville) and David Olinger died in Andersonville Prison; John Winckelpleck (of Chili) died of wounds received January 23. 1863; John L. Howard of wounds received at Chattanooga; Samuel Shannon, June 22, 1864, of wounds received near Kenesaw; Clark Stewart, January 3, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River.
The following members died of disease during service: Lester P. Emer- son, at Nashville, September 21, 1862; Isaac W. Sayers, at Cleveland, Tenn .; Levi T. Barge, near Atlanta, August 22, 1864; Hilary Crawford, in Texas, September 6, 1865; Lemuel Carruthers, at Murfreesboro, April 10, 1863; Robert Dewalt, at Nashville, March 10, 1863; George Hussey, at Nashville, November 25, 1862; George Hustin, at Murfreesboro, August 12, 1862; Frederick McCormick, at Chattanooga, June 18, 1864; William C. Mc- Clean, June 26, 1864, on hospital train, passing from Acworth, Ga, to Chattanooga; Martin V. Narrigney, at Nashville, August 10, 1862; Isaiah Norris, February 10, 1864, in Coshocton County; Gabriel Stitt, July 24, 1864, at Nashville; William Shultz, February 18, 1865, at Hunts- ville, Ala .; David Tulford, April 15, 1865, at Nashville; Philip Wolfe, of Murfreesboro, July 6, 1864.
At Murfreesboro, Corporal John A. Taggert and privates John W. Dut- ton, F. H. Miller and George W. Fetters, of Company E, were killed. Ser- geant T. Cordery was killed at Chattanooga. Owing to missing muster rolls, the other remaining killed and dead of this company are unknown.
Of Company G, William Harbaugh was killed at Chickamauga September 19, 1863, and Harrison Wolfe at Stone River January 2, 1863; Moses F.
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Yoder died, July 2, 1864, of wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain June 20, 1864; Solomon Forney also died July 2, 1864, of wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain. John D. Corpman died, January 8, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River; Tobias S. Eash died of wounds received at Resaca May 15, 1864; Joshua I. Lemasters died, December 23, 1862, of wounds received at Dobson's Ferry, Tenn .; Philip Stahl died, June 16, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas; John Johnson died, July 19, 1864, of wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain; Ebenezer Lemasters died, June 4, 1864, of wounds received at Resaca May 15, 1864.
The following died of disease: Valentine Mast, at Chattanooga, Septem- ber 27, 1864; Orlando Shoemaker, at Nashville, June 8, 1865; Abel Williams, at Camp Wickliffe, February 12, 1862; Levi Clum, at Camp Wickliffe, Janu- ary 28, 1862; William H. Crow, January 28, 1862, at Louisville, Ky .; Will- iam H. Hendrick, March, 1862, at Nelson Furnace, Ky .; Isaac Lemasters, May 31, 1862, at Nashville; Nathaniel Neff. April 12, 1863, at Murfreesboro; William Randles, November 17, 1862, at New Haven, Ky. ; Lewis Strayer, No- vember 8, 1862, at Louisville; Henry W. Young, November 8, 1862, at Bow- ling Green, Ky.
Joel Davis, of Company K, was killed at Murfreesboro and James Purvis at Chattanooga. The names of other members of this company who died or were killed in service are not known, as the public records have failed to preserve them.
Company D, of the Fifty-second Regiment, was enlisted in this county; its officers were:
Mathew L. Morrow, original Captain; resigned May 12, 1862.
Salathiel M. Neighbor, original Second Lieutenant; promoted Captain June 29, 1863; died of wounds at Chattanooga July 7, 1864.
James M. Summers, commissioned Captain January 1, 1865; died of wounds April 16, 1865, at New Berne, N. C.
John H. Coltier, original First Lieutenant; resigned July 9, 1863.
William H. Ray, enlisted as private; promoted to First Lieutenant Janu- ary 1, 1865; mustered out June 3, 1865.
David Neighbor, enrolled as Sergeant, promoted Second Lieutenant July 17, 1863; discharged for disability December 25, 1863.
This regiment was organized in the fall of 1861, but for some unexplained reason was not filled until 1862. It left Columbus August 25, 1862, and reached Lexington, Ky., soon after. August 30, orders were received to march to the relief of Gen. Nelson, who had been defeated near Richmond, Ky. Be- fore daylight next morning, it reached the Kentucky River, and the enemy soon after dawn appeared on the opposite side of the river in force. The Fifty-second covered the retreat of the National troops until Louisville was reached, September 6. The suffering experienced by the raw recruits of the regiment was intense. The springs were dried up, the heat and dust were terrible, and an attack by Kirby Smith was constantly expected. Gen. Buell, in pursuit of Bragg's rebel forces, had reached Louisville, and the new regi-
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