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.A. A. Stewart was promoted to second
Joseph H. James was made second
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lieutenant promoted to first lieutenant and male regimental quartermaster.
Monzo Grafton was promoted to see- ond lieutenant.
The following are the battles in which this regiment was engaged during the time of its service :
Dutton's Hill. Ky. : Monticello and Rocky Gap. Ky .: Columbia. Ky .: Mor. gan's Raid, Ohio: Beffington's Island. Ohio: Philadelphia. Fenn. : Rocks Pord. Tenn .: Holsten River. Tenn. : Knoxville. Tenn. : Beam's Station, Tenn. : Resaca, Ga .: Dallas. Ga. : Kenesaw Mountain. Ga .: Pine Mountain, Ga. : Atlanta, Ga. : Lovejoy Sti- ment. tion Ga. : Columbia, Tenn. : Franklin. Tenn . Nashville. Tenn.
FIFTY-FOURTH OHIO.
Commandedl by Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith, had one company from Logan county.
Company H was almost entirely re- cruited in Logan county, while several other comparies of this regiment had quite a number of men each drawn from Logan county.
Companies E and I were consolidated and after the consolidation became Com- pany E. Its officers were Captain Wil- liam D. Starr. First Lieutenant Samuel Starr and Second Lieutenant J. H. Shy- der.
Captain Starr died in June. 1862, while Lieutenant Starr, on account of ill health was compelled to resign: he afterwards became captain in the One-hundred-and- twenty-eighth Ohio, stationed at John- son's Island.
Lieutenant Snyder was promoted to first lieutenant and then to captain and remained in command of the company un-
til i- master out. Caputin Sammi M. AAshmead, who went out as captain of Company A. Thirteenth Ohio Regiment. in the three months' service, went into the Fifty-fourth as second lieutenant and was afterwards transferred to another com- pany and was promoted to a captaincy and mustered out with the regiment.
Cyrus W. Fisher, who had originally gene out as First Lieutenant of Company F. Twenty-third Ohio, was made Major of this regiment, and was afterwards promot- ed to Lieutenant Colonel, and was mustered out at the end of the war with the regi-
The following is a list of the battles in which this regiment was engaged during the war:
Shiloh, Team. : Corinth, Miss .: Chica- saw Bayou. Miss .: Arkansas Post. Ark. : Jackson, Miss: Champion Hill, Miss .: Big Black River, Miss. : Vicksburg. Miss. : Res- aca, Ga .: Kenesaw Mountain. Ga. : Nicka- jack Greck, Ga .: Atlama. Ga .: Jonesboro. Ga .: Fort McAllister. Ga. : Bentonville. .N. C.
FIFTY-SEVENTH OHIO.
The Fifty-seventh Ohio. Colonel Amer- icus D. Rice, had one company from Logan community.
Company K. of this regiment was raised almost entirely in the western part of the county : its officers were Captain Daniel M. Strayer, First Lieutenant John A. Smith. and Second Lieutenant George Berger. Captain Strayer resigned on account of ill health August, 1862, and Lieutenant Smith was promoted to, Captain, and John .A. Plumb was made Second Lieutenant, and was killed at the battle of Resaca. Georgia.
Stephen H. Corey was promoted to Sec-
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und Lientenant and then to First Lieutenant and honorably discharged in December. 1.2014. Va .; Antietam, Maryland : Bigotry .. Va .; Chancellorsville. Va .: Gettysburg. Pa. : Ringold. Ga .: Resaca. Ga .: Dallas, Ga. : The following is a list of the battles in Kenesaw Mountain Ga .: Pine Mountain, which this regiment engaged during the Ga .; Pine Knob. Ga. : Chatahoochee River. war : Ga .: Peach Tree Creek, Ga .: Atlanta, Ga. ; Savannah, Ga.
Shiloh. Tenn .: Morning Sun. Tenn. : Wolf Creek Bridge. Miss .: Chickasaw Bay- on. Miss. : Arkansas Post. Ark. : Vicksburg. Miss .: Jackson. Miss .: Mission Ridge. Temp. : Snake Creek Gap. Ga .: Resiea, Ga. : Dallas, Ga .: Kenne aw Mountain. Ga. : Atlanta, Ga .: Jonesboro, Ga. : Statesboro, Ga. : Fort Mc Allister. Ga. : Fayetteville. N. C .. and Bentonville. N. C.
SIXTY-SINTH OHIO.
The Sixty-sixth Ohio, Colonel Charles Candy, was mustered inte service December 17. 1861. and had one company from Lo- gan county.
Company D. was recruited in the north- ern part of the county. Its officers were Captain Alvin Clark, First Lieuten int Rob- ert Crockett. and Second Lieutenant John C. Dyc.
Captain Clarke and Lieutenant Crockett both resigned on account of ill health, the first in December, 1802, and the second in May, 1862. Lieutenant Dve was pro- moted to First Lieutenant and captain. and remained in command of the company until May. 1864. when he resigned. The officers promoted to the command were from other companies of the regiment and were not Logan county men, who remained in the service until the muster-out of the reg- iment in July. 1865.
The following is a list of the battles in which this regiment was engaged during the war :
EIGHTY SECOND OLIO.
The Fighty-second Ohio. Colonel James Cantwell. was mustered into service De- centler 31st. 1Sb1.
Colonel Cantwell was killed at Gains- vibe. Virginia, and Lieutenant Colonel Junes S. Robinson was midle Colonel of the regiment. It contained one company raised largely in the northern part of Logan county.
Company E of this regiment had for it's oficers Captain Charles Mains, First Lientenant Sammel B. Smith and Second Lieutenant .A. A. Nickell.
Captain Main- resigned in July. 1862. Lieutenant Smith was discharged by reason of disability in August. 1862. Lieutenant Nickell was promoted to First Lieutenant August 1. 1862, and resigned October. 1862.
First Lieutenant Alfred E. Lee, of Com- pany I. was made Captain of this company. and was so mustered out with the regiment.
The regiment was mustered out at Co- lumbus, Ohio, June, 1865.
The following is a list of the battles in which this regiment was engaged :
Bull Pasture Mountain, Va .: Cross Keys, Va .: Cedar Mountain, Va. ; Free- man's Ford, Va. : Great Run, Va. : Water- loo Bridge, Va .: Groveton, Va .: Chancel- lorsville. Va. : Gettysburg. Pa. ; Walhatchie, Tenn .: Mission Ridge, Tenn .; Knoxville. Port Republic, Va .; Cedar Mountain. Tenn. ; Resaca, Ga .: New Hope Church,
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Ga .: Culp's Farm, Ga .: Peachtree Creek. E. Sauser. Second Lieutenant Spencer W. Ga. : Atlanta, Ga .; March to the Sea. San- Garwood. dersville, Ga .: Monte Swamp, Ga. : Savan- nah. Ga .: Carolina campaign. Averysboro, N. C. : Bentonville. N. C.
THE EIGHTY-FOURTH OHIO.
The Eighty-fourth Ohio was a three- months regiment, called into the service in June, 1863. to relieve the soldiers in the field from garrison and other duties, so that the soldiers trendy drilled and disciplined might be free to be sent in the campaign into the different departments of the army.
The Eighty-fourth was organized and mustered into the service at Camp Chase. June Joth. 1862.
Its officers were Colonel William Law- rence, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Wiseman and Major John C. Groom. Doctor B. B. Leonard was surgeen and Rev. A. R. How - bert chaplain.
It was in camp at Cumberland. Mary- land. during its entire service, and was mus- tered out of service September 20th. 1862 having served three months and ten days.
THE EIGHTY-FIFTHI OHIO.
Colonel Allison had enlisted as a pri- vate in Company D. and was promoted from private to Colonel upon the organiza- tion of the regiment.
The regiment was mustered out of ser- vice September 27th, 1862, after being in the service three months and seventeen days.
NINETY-SIXTH OHIO.
The Ninety-sixth Ohio Regiment, Col- onel W. Vance, was mustered into service in August. 1862. at Delaware, Ohio.
It contained two companies. H and I. from Logan county.
Company II went into the service with Captain William D. Niven. First Lieuten- ant James G. Hamilton and Second Lien- tenant Eli L. Baird.
Captain Niven resigned in April. 1863. Lieutenant Hamilton was appointed Regi- mental Quartermaster and Lieutenant Baird was promoted to First Lieutenant March 30. 1863. and to Captain July 13th. 1864. and retained command of the company un- til its muster-out.
Peter Marmon was promoted to Second Lieutenant in November. 1864.
The Eighty-fifth Ohio Regiment was also a three-months regiment, organized like the Eighty-fourth for the purpose of garri- Company I had for its officers Captain W. W. Beatty. First Lieutenant Franklin Kendall. Second Lieutenant William H. Chandler. son and post duties. It was mustered into service at Camp Chase, June roth. 1862. and served at Camp Chase, Ohio, in guard- ing rebel prisoners during the time of its Captain Beatty resigned before the regi- ment went into the field. and Lieutenant Kendall was promoted to Captain. Lieuten- George W. Cline to Second Lieutenant. enlistment. Its officers were Colonel C. W. B. Allison, Lieutenant Colonel Perry S. Sowers, Major Peter Zinn. Adjutant . ant Chandler to First Lieutenant, and Robert F. Johnson.
Captain Kendall was discharged for dis- ability in August. 1863. and Lieutenant
Company D of this regiment was raised in Logan county. Its officers were Captain John M. Riddle, First Lieutenant Charles Chandler was promoted to the captaincy.
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and remained in command until the muster out of the company.
Lieutenant Klein was promoted to First Lieutenant and appointed Regimental Quar- termaster.
The regiment was mustered out'of ser- vice at Mobile, Alabama, in July, 1865. at the close of the war.
The following is a list of the battles in which this regiment was engaged during the war :
Chickasaw Bluffs. Miss. : Arkansas Post. Ark .: Vicksburg. Miss .: Jackson. Miss .; Grand Cotean. La .: Sabine Cross Roads, La .: Monetis Bluff. La .: Forts Gaines and Morgan. Ala. : Spanish Fort. Ala .: Fort Blakely. Ala .: Mobile, Ala. ; Wissler Station, Ala.
128THI OHIO.
This regiment was organized at Co- lumbus, Johnson Island, and Camp Cleve- land, from December. 1861. to January 8th, 1864. to serve three years. Colonel. Charles W. Hill
Company H of this regiment was re- cruited in Logan county. It was com- manded by Captain Samuel Starr, who had before been First Lieutenant of Company E, Fifty-fourth Ohio. Its First Lieuten- ant was Henry C. Reno, its Second Lieu- tenant Addison M. Bloom.
The 128th was engaged during its en- tire service on duty in guarding rebel pris- oners at Johnson I-land. It was mustered out of service at Camp Chase, July 17th, 1865.
132ND REGIMENT.
The 132nd Regiment. Colonel Joel Haines, a three-months regiment, was mus- tered into service at Camp Chase. May 15th, 1864.
Its officers were Colonel Joel Ilaines, who had originally gone out as Captain of the Seventeenth Ohio: Lieutenant Colonel John J. Patton, who had been Second Lieu- tenant in the First Ohio: Major Andrew I'. Meng and Doctor William J. Sullivan as surgeons; seven of its ten companies were recruited in Logan county, and were offi- cured as follows:
Company B-Captain William B. Ni- vem, who had been Captain in the Ninety- sixth Ohio. First Lientenant E. R. Cham- berlain, Second Lieutenant John Seaman.
Company C-Captain J. H. Harrod. First Lieutenant John L. Clark, Second Lieutenant J. . 1. Brown.
Company E-Captain Joseph M. Black. First Lieutenant J. W. Smith. Second Lieu- tenant Peter Dow.
Company F-Captain Joseph J. Shri- ver. First Lieutenant W. H. Huston, Second Lieutenant D. W. Coe.
Company G-Captain H. B. Patterson, First Lieutenant Levi M. Willetts. Second Lieutenant J. II. II. Gordon.
Company I-Captain Robert B. Porter. First Lieutenant W. L. Brown, Second Lieutenant James Easton.
Company K-Captain Spencer Gar- we od. First Lieutenant Enoch P. Williams. Second Lieutenant A. C. Humphreys.
The regiment was mustered out of ser- vice on the ioth day of December. 1864. having served IS days.
THE 196TH OHIO.
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, March 25th, 1865. Its Colonel was Robert P. Kennedy, of Logan county. ap- pointed Brevet Brigadier General March 13. 1865. The companies were recruited in different parts of the state, and none of
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them were raised in Logan county, so that there were in fact no members of the regi- ment, except its Colonel. belonging to Le- gan county. It was mustered out Septem- ber 11th, 1805. at Camp Chase, Ohio, at the end of the war.
FIFTHI REGIMENT U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Two regiments of colored troops, the Fifth and the Twenty-seventh. were sent from Ohio as complete organizations. They were both organized at Camp Delaware, in Delaware county. The Fifth Regiment had for its Colonel James W. Conine: Giles W. Shirtly, its Lieutenant Colonel. was afterwards promoted to the Coloneley: John B. Cook, Lieutenant Colonel, and Ira C. Terry. Major.
Company G of this regiment contained quite a number of Logan county soldiers. Its Captain was George B. Cook, its first Lieutenant Eugene F. Bates, and afterward First Lieutenant Robert S. Johnson, and Second Lieutenant James B. Johnson ..
First Lieutenant Robert S. Johnson was afterward transferred to Company B. and was killed June 15th. 1804. in the blowing up of the mines before Petersburg. Virginia Ile was formerly a lawyer of Bellefontaine.
Company K of this regiment was par- tially made up of Logan county soldiers. Its officers were Captain Calvin Spear, First Lieutenant John A. Price, Second Lieuten- ant Benjamin D. Wilson. Lieutenant Price was discharged by order of the War De- partment upon being elected prosecuting at- torney of Logan county in October, 1854.
The following is a list of the battles in which the regiment was engaged :
New Kent C. H .. Va .: City Point. Va. : Fort Darling. Va .: Petersburg, Va .: New the war.
Market Ileights. Va. : Fair Oaks. Va. : Su- gar Loaf Hill. N. C. : Federal Point, N. C .: Wilmington. N. C.
The regiment was mustered out of the United States service September 26th, 1865, at Carolina City. North Carolina.
2/TH REGIMENT U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
The Twenty-seventh Regiment United States colored troops was organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio. August 6th. 1864. to serve for three years. Its officers were Colonel Albert M. Blackman. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Dolan, Major William G. Nealson.
Company H of this regiment was large- ly composed of Logan county soldiers. Its officers were Captain Alfred W. Pinney. First Lieutenant Archibald J. Sampson. Second Lieutenant James W. Shuffleton. und its First Sergeant James W. Bray. The regiment was mustered out of service on September 21. 1865. at Smithville, North Carolina.
The following is a list of the battles in which the regiment was engaged: Peters- burg, Va .: Weldon Railroad, Va .; Hatchers Run. Va. : Fort Fisher, Va.
OTHER COLORED TROOPS.
In addition to these troops quite a number enlisted at Camp Delaware who were afterwards assigned to different com- mands in the field. and some remained unassigned: these included quite a number of Logan County solliers.
And still in addition to these a number of our colored soldiers were enlisted in the Fifth Massachusetts under Colonel Shaw, and served with distinction during
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ARTILLERY.
Ohie also contributed to the artillery service of the army, and Logan county made contribution of two companies for this service.
THE 13TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
This battery was mustered into ser- vice February 15th. 1802: for three years ; its officers were Captain John B. Meyers, First Lieutenants John R. Brown and Ezra Bennett, Second Lieutenants Edwin B. Lowe and Levi M. Willets. This bat- tery was almost entirely raised in Logan county, and was a fine body of men.
It was ordered to the Army of the Tennessee, and on the 6th and 7th of April. 1862, with less than thirty days' service, without drill or opportunity for discipline, it was sent into the very front of the battle of Shiloh, and unreasonably exposed on the front of the lines without protection or backing. with new and un- drilled horses, and with new and undrilled men, and under such circumstances the battery broke and fell back.
General Hurlburt, an irascible and i :- considerate officer, being in command. without investigation. without trial or opportunity for hearing, on the 30th of April, mustered the officers out of service and distributed the men to the Seventh, Tenth and Fourteenth Independent Ohio batteries.
It was a brutal and unheard-of pro- ceeding. an unwarranted and unjustifiable reflection upon brave men, who had with- out judgment or discretion been placed in an untenable position by a commanding general who would not himself have dared to go into the position into which he had sent this new and undisciplined battery.
The whole affair was an outrage upon decency, not warranted by military law. entirely unprecedented. and unfortunately cast an unnecessary and unjust reflection upon men who were as brave. loyal and patriotic as any who went into the sery- ice.
THE 2D OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY.
The Second Ohio Heavy Artillery was mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Chio. in June. 1863. for three years.
Company L of this regiment was al- nost entirely raised in Logan county. Its officers were Captain Lemuel Stilly Pow- ell. First Lieutenant Mpheus R. Rogers and Second Lieutenant Stephen D. Rock- well.
It served almost entirely as infantry during its enlistment. Captain Powell be- came major of the regiment. and Richard Burns was promoted to captain, and Wal- ter G. Marmon was made second lieuten- ant. Of this company Solomon A. MeCul- loch was first sergeant and Walter S. Roe- buck was musician.
It was on detached duty during almost its entire service, serving in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was finally mustered out at Nashville August 23. 1865.
So far as complete company organi- zations are concerned the foregoing in- cludes all such organizations furnished by Logan county during the war.
In addition to these, however. there were many enlistments in other regiments and companies by Logan county men, and they were to be found in every army and army corps, and in every department throughout the entire army.
Captain John B. Miller took into the Thirteenth United States Regulars some
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fifteen or twenty men from Logan county. county.
The Ninth and Twelfth Cavalry of the regular army drew their quotas from Lo- gan county, as did several regiments of regular infantry, while the First and See- ond Regiments of heavy artillery did like- wise.
Quite a number of Logan county men found their way into the army in different organizations, not only from Ohio, but from other states, where they were tem- porarily residing at the time of the break- ing out of the war.
In addition to all these the navy also called upon Logan county and secured quite a number of recruits for the naval service.
General Abram S. Piatt, who had for- merly commanded the Thirteenth Ohio Regiment in the three months' service. by authority of the War Department. began the enlistment of a brigade of Zouaves and raised some recruits in Logan county for this command. The Thirty-fourth Ohio having drawn upon Logan county very largely for assistance in this organization.
General Piatt armed. equipped and clothed this regiment at his own expense and was proceeding to complete the bri- gade of which the Fifty-fourth Ohio was intended to be one, when he was appointed brigadier-general and was assigned to a command in the Army of the Potomac.
The government afterwards reim- bursed General Piatt for his advances and expenditures in this behalf.
Captain Samuel Henderson, of Ur- bana, raised a company and took it into the Twenty-sixth Ohio, drawing upon the southern borders of Logan county for a number of his recruits. "Besides all of sons of Ohio.
these. scores and scores of volunteers served in other commands and with dis- tinction during the war with the troops of other states.
During the continuance of that great conflict Logan county sent into the field more than 2.000 soldiers in the regular arms of the service. and in addition to these sent its national guards and squirrel hunters upon special and urgent calls for assistance.
No county in the State in proportion to population sent more soldiers into the field from 1861 to 1865 than Logan county. It was a day of loyalty and pa- triotism. and its men and women were vieing with each other in their devotion to the cause of liberty and humanity.
Its heroic sons were in every army and every army corps throughout the entire war. Not a single battle was fought. not a siege begun that some of Logan con- ty's sobliers were not present to take part in it.
The canton of Donaldson. the siege of Vicksburg, the storming of Mission Ridge. the bloody angle at Gettysburg. the bridge at Antietam, the sunken road at South Mountain the struggle at Chicka- manga, the march to the sea. found the soldiers of Logan county in every army and upon every battle field.
The record of Logan county in the war of the rebellion is second to none of the State, and the record of the State itself was not behind any other in responding to the calls for defense.
Ohio furnished more great generals than any other State in the Union-Grant. Sherman and Sheridan, that wonderful triumvirate of military leaders, were all
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The men came from the ranks, the sol- home and the daughter died of pneu- dier of yesterday was the captain of to- day, and the general of to-morrow.
It was a time when the blood and spirit of the sons of the fathers were ready for great deeds, and they accomplished great things.
Never before in the world's history has there been such an outpouring of loyalty and devotion upon the call of a nation for its defense.
Every fireside sent a son, every house- hold a brother, and every battle scarred veteran that came back from the conflict found the welcome and greeting of a grateful, devoted and patriotic people.
The world saw the greatest armies of all history turn to peace with the same eagerness with which they sprang to arms.
The battle ended, they hung their mus- kets upon the antlers and took the plow and the reaper for the peaceful conflicts of life.
The conqueror and the conquered were alike victorious, for the peace which followed the conflict only gave to both the blessing of a reunited and -beneficent country.
THE WILKEY FAMILY.
Logan county furnished the most con- spicuous example of patriotism of the en- tire war. The family of Mr. Wilkey, con- sisting of himself. his wife, five sons and two daughters.
Of these the father and four sons en- listed in the Union army, the other son being too young to go. Of these the father and four sons died or were killed in battle. One son was wounded at Pitts- burg Landing and one daughter went to bring him home. He died upon reaching
monia contracted by reason of exposure incident to the trip: the fifth son. Thomas Jefferson Wilkey, suffering from his wounds, lost his mind and at last an- swered the final roll-call. We doubt if the story of the war can furnish any family history equal to this one. Where the father, five sons and one daughter gave their lives in behalf of the country. The tender memories of Decoration Day should cover these graves with flowers and keep them in loving remembrance for- ever.
THE WOMEN IN THE WAR.
The history of the military organiza- tion of Logan county would not be com- plete without a mention of the devoted and wondrous loyalty of the women of the county.
Ladies' aid societies were everywhere organized. and everywhere there was an outpouring of loving devotion to the cause of the country that was never before ex- celled on earth.
Mothers, wives, sister and daughters were ready and solicitous in contributing their aid in all matters necessary for the comfort and sustenance of the army in the field.
Bandages were prepared for the wounded. delicacies for the sick, clothing for the needy and every possible labor or assistance was given to the soldiers who were at the front battling for their homes and country.
The women of Logan county went to the post of danger in the field and admin- istered in hospitals and in the camps, and with loving arms sustained the dying and closed the eyes of the dead.
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With tearful eyes they waived a God- speed to the departing heroes, and with tender hands placed upon the graves of the fallen the tokens of grateful and ever- lasting remembrance.
Without the assistance and encour- agement of the women of America it is doubtful it our armies could have gained their victories or won a substantial and lasting peace.
So long as the war is remembered the heroic devotion of the women of America will be held in the keeping and in the hearts of our countrymen.
THE WAR COMMITTEE.
At the beginning of the war of 1861 the Governor of the State appointed com- mittees for the various counties to assist hiin in the labor of organization. enlist- ment and preparation for the prosecution of the work necessary to be done in put- ting the armies in the field and maintain- ing the quota of men necessarily expected of each county in the State.
Governor Dennison appointed a com- mittee to take charge of the military af- fairs of Logan county. This committee was to act with and subordinate to the Governor of Ohio in all matters connected with the military affairs of the county. It had charge of 'enlistments and the draft. recommended suitable persons for various commands in the military service and looked after the comfort of the soldiers in the field.
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