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Patterson, William D., Sergeant, Company C, and Color-bearer 465
Patterson, William G., Captain. 534
633 501 567 581 611
Irvin, James, First Sergeant, Company D, and Color-bearer.
Johnston, Eleazer, Company A
493 686
Kling, Henry H., Captain.
Leiter, David B., Captain
May, Samuel, Company H.
Hazlett, John, Corporal, Company K
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Quinn, Moses H., Assistant Surgeon 199
Raymond, Truman S., Sergeant, Company H 746
Reed, Alfred A., Captain. 790 Rhoads, James M., Corporal, Company D 738 Scott, David A., Captain 596
Shearer, Levi, Corporal, Company H. 529
Shearer, William, Sergeant, Company H 679
Shellabarger, John Mc., Company C. 549
Shellenberger, John K., Captain ... 399
Simpson, Ephraim, Corporal, Company C. 800
Smith, John J., Company I 766 143
Smith, Thomas R., Captain.
629
Snyder, Riley W., Company G
658
Stem, Thomas C., Company F
772
Thomas, James Milton, Sergeant, Company D
603
Thompson, Isaac N., Corporal, Company E
755
Thompson, Robert G., Chaplain.
559
Thompson, Thomas L., First Lieutenant.
158
Thuma, Jacob A., Company C
782
Tillotson, Thomas E., Captain and Brevet-major
35
Walters, Moses, Sergeant, Company C
716
Wells, Nathan M., Sergeant. Company G 413
Wertz, John, Sergeant, Company I. 574
White, Albert C., Drummer, Company D.
598
Williams, George W., Company E
546
Williams, John J., Lieutenant-colonel
41I
Wolff, Samuel M., Colonel (full page)
687
Woodruff, Chauncey, Adjutant.
94
Yarman, John, Company 1 506
Zeigler, John K., Captain. 419
SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Andrews, Arthur, Corporal, Company K. 591
Baker, Amos, First Sergeant, Company A 701
Baker, Milan, Corporal, Company A. 747
Banbury, Solomon, Company A. 794
Bartlett, John O., Corporal, Company D. 265
Bates, William H., Sergeant, Company C. 667
Bear, Joshua, Company H 808
Bell, William A., Captain. 323
Bingham, Ebben, First Lieutenant. 187
Body, John, Captain 171
Bowlby, Samuel L., Captain 359
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Smith, William W., Major
Thompson, Duncan, Sergeant, Company G. 487
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Brandon, James, Corporal, Company E
773
Brown, Joel P., Captain. 195
Brown, Samuel C., Major (full page). 130
Bullitt, William A., Lieutenant-colonel Third Kentucky, commanding Sixty-fifth (full page). 186
Bull, Joseph ..
Burns, Andrew, Chaplain.
Bush. Christian M., Captain
528 238 429
Byers, Jacob, Chief Bugler
Carpenter, Daniel, Corporal, Company C.
728 776
Carpenter, Levi A., Corporal, Company C.
Cassil, Alexander, Lieutenant-colonel (full page). 80
Christofel, Jacob, Captain. 113
Clague, Thomas, Sergeant, Company E, and Second Lieutenant
211
Clement, George, Corporal, Company E
770
Conrad, Frederick, Company 1.
615
Covert, Joseph S., First Lieutenant. 709
Critchfield, Joseph, Principal Musician and Second Lieutenant
467
Critchfield, Nathaniel,, Drum-major.
785
Critchfield, Roland, First Sergeant Company A, and Second Lieu- tenant .. 771
Crow, Joseph, First Lieutenant.,
359
Cruthers, J. H., Surgeon 335
Curtiss, Horace W., First Sergeant Company G, and First Lieutenant. 538 778
51 685
Evans, Oliver, Company G
745
Farrar, William M., Captain.
562
Fording, Lloyd, Company B.
754
French, Daniel, Lieutenant colonel (full page)
509
Funk, Jethro, Sergeant, Company F, and Color-bearer 492
Gardner, Asa A., Captain 485
607
Gaskill, Israel O., Corporal, Company B. 573
Gates, Schuyler C,, First Sergeant Company C. 656
Gill, John, Assistant.surgeon .. 750
Gleason, Joseph H., Sergeant, Company C.
783
Gorham, John G., Company G
808
Gosborn, John S., First Sergeant Company B, and First Lieutenant.
704
Gregg, Clark S., First Lieutenant.
620
Gregory, Virgil H., Sergeant, Company E. 715
Haines, David, Company E 511
Harlan, George W., Sergeant, Company B. Color-bearer. 513
Harris, William, Sergeant, Company K .. 523
Hazleton, James, Sergeant, Company & 641
Henwood, Samuel C., First Lieutenant. 396
Hibbetts, William, Corporal, Company A 551
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Delano, James W., Sergeant, Company G
Eaton, Lucien B., Captain
Ellis, Albert, First Lieutenant.
Gardner, Washington, Sergeant, Company D
482
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Hickerson, Alexander, Sergeant, Company K, Color-bearer. 781
Hinman, Wilbur F., Lieutenant-colonel 587
Hoagland, Leander R., Company F 564 'Howenstine, Andrew, Captain
153
Huckins, George N., Second Lieutenant.
55
Hulet, Wilbur F., Corporal, Company E 586
Johnson, Harrison A., Sergeant, Company G 671
Johnston, Jonathan Morris, Company B 802
Johnston, Thomas H. B., Sergeant, Company K., Color-bearer 652 167
Kanel, John, Captain.
Kansig, Christian, Company K
732
Kibler, Mortimer D., Corporal, Company B. 795 Knox, Andrew J., Sergeant, Company F 752 Lahmon, Augustus, Corporal, Company A. 674 Lawbaugh, Lewis, Sergeant, Company G. 763 Lindsay, Jacob, Sergeant, Company K 583 793
Long, Robert W., Sergeant, Company D
Low, George W., Company F.
Lucas, Robert O., Hospital Steward.
Mc Bride, James E., Company H.
McCune, Philip P., Captain.
McFadden, George W., First Lieutenant.
Mckeown, Arthur G., Sergeant, Company H, Color-bearer.
477
Mckibben, James L., Corporal, Company C.
558 341
McNulty, Samuel, Musican. Company F
741 IOI
Matthias, Albert C., Corporal. Company K
495 117 812
Mavis, Linas, Company A ...
Miller, Gilbert E., Company D
535
Miller, Jacob C., Sergeant Company C.
805
Mills, James P., Quartermaster and Captain
311
Moores, Ezekiel, Captain ..
192 123 737
Nohilly, Patrick R., First Sergeant Company G.
227
Olds, James, Major
Orr, William, Company H.
251 803
Pealer, Benjamin F., Captain.
297 86
Powell, Edward G., Captain
577
Powell, Thomas, Captain; afterward Chaplain
183
Randall, Joseph M., Captain. 505
Raudebaugh, Samuel H., Company K 631
Rook, Robeson S., First Lieutenant, 373
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Pope, G. Stanley, Sergeant-major.
Porter, Mellville C., Musician and Second Lieutenant.
203
Mozier, William H., Hospital Steward
Neiswander, James, Company F
784 756 600 257 568
Mckibben, John S., Company D
Massey, William H., Adjutant.
Matthias, John C., Captain ..
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Schneider, Louis, Corporal, Company E.
423
Scranton, Edwin E., Adjutant and Captain 275
Seavolt, Levi, Company C.
Shaw, Junius B., Company D
722 498
Shipley, Otho MI., Captain.
500
Sims, John L., Corporal, Company 1.
Simpkinson, George, Sergeant, Company F
Smith, Brewer, Adjutant, Captain and Brevet Major
580 775 147
Smith, Jonas, First Lieutenant.
489
Smith, Orlow, Major and Brevet Brigadier-general (full page).
Smith, Peter, Company I.
Smith, William H., H., First Lieutenant.
Snider, Samuel P., First Sergeant Company D 502
Sonnanstine, Cornelius F., Company C. 809 70 Sonnanstine, Joseph F., Major. 743
Speelman, George Jacob, Corporal, Company F
Spindler, David, Company A.
Sprague, Benjamin F., Company F
Stiers, Ebenezer, Company H.
805
Swartz, Hiram, Sergeant, Company E. 624
Tannehill, Charles O., Captain. 217
Thompson William H., Sergeant, Company H.
795
Titus, Reuben W., Sergeant, Company C, Color-bearer. 660 Todd, John Milton, Surgeon
680
Tresc tt, Benjamin F., Captain ..
213
Voorhees, Richard M., Captain ...
Wagner, Silas T., First Sergeant, Company K, and Second Lieutenant 779
Walter. David, First Sergeant, Company I, and Second Lieutenant. 451
Ward, Theudas, Company H 797
Welker, Oscar D., First Lieutenant.
793
Whitbeck, Horatio N., Lieutenant-colonel and Brevet Brigadier-gen- eral (full page). III
Weir, Joseph P., Sergeant, Company B.
446
Williams, Nahum L., Captain.
97
Willsey, Joseph H., Captain
134
Wilson, Henry, Corporal, Company C.
765
Wirick, Mahlon, Company I 780
Woods, Hugh, Second Lieutenant. 696
Wright, Joel, First Sergeant, Company D, and Second Lieutenant 613
Young, Henry St. John, Corporal, Company C 530
Zollinger, John C., Quartermaster and Captain 283
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Trimble, Asa M., First Lieutenant and Quartermaster; 515 Varner, Jacob W., Sergeant, Company B 806 403
548 767 813
Stifflei, Andrew J., First Sergeant, Company F
160 739 542
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SIXTH BATTERY.
Ayres, Oliver H. P., First Lieutenant (full page).
554
Baldwin, Aaron P., Captain (full page).
174
Bargar, Jacob G., Sergeant .. 571
Bradley, Cullen, Captain (full page). 421
Brannan, James.
491
Collier, Edward S., Sergeant.
711
Evans, David H., Sergeant
561 626 Fix, Robert, Corporal.
777 801 643 683 461 665 494 480 677 469
Fowler, Asbury S
Gowin, William D
Hersh, Joel, First Lieutenant
Hogan, John
James, George W., First Lieutenant
Kent, Theodore P
Kiely, John W., Artificer.
Kilbourn, William W
Kimberk, Silas O., Corporal
Krisher, Lemuel, Second Lieutenant.
McDonald, Venning, Sergeant ..
McElroy, James P., First Lieutenant
Matthews, William H., Corporal
Miller, Stewart, Sergeant.
Moody, James A., Artificer.
520 801
Pangle, Mordecai, Sergeant.
484
Roose, Isaac, Sergeant.
717
Ross, Samuel W
724
Screen, Thomas W., Quartermaster-sergeant.
Smetts, George W., Second Lieutenant.
518 556 698
Somers, Arthur L., First Sergeant
435
Tucker, Samuel H
769 792
Toy, Charles F
Watkins, Thomas G., Corporal.
545
Weber, John C., Orderly, Staff of General Wood.
479
Welch, William B 617
Whitney, Edgar E 609
730
Winters, Abraham, Artificer
635
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Whitney, Ezra
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Ferguson, Edward S., Second Lieutenant ..
Force, Lycurgus K
735 507 594 790 693 533
Neal, Eleazer H., First Lieutenant
Smith, Charles P., Bugler
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
MCLAUGHLIN'S SQUADRON.
Buckmaster, Samuel R., Captain, Company B. 821
Clark, Benjamin, F., Company B. 872
Coates, Erastus F., First Lieutenant, Company A .. 875
Cochran, George W., Company B. 920
Cowan, Ross R., Second Lieutenant, Company A 866
Davis, Frank M., First Sergeant, Company A .. 929
Everly, Thomas, Bugler, Company B. 829
Fickes, John W., Corporal, Company A 899
Fisher, Samuel H., Captain, Company A 853
Gribben, Franklin, Quartermaster-sergeant, Company A 824
Kope, John S., Company C. Lake, Benjamin C., First Lieutenant, Company C
887
Ludwig, Isaac, Company C. 912
McFall, Gaylord, Major (full page). 837
Mckibben, Franklin R., Company A
905
McLaughlin. William, Major (full page) 818
833
Miller, Israel W., Company A
894
Morehead, Calvin, Company A
878 840
Morris, Jonathan T., Company A
916
Oberlin, William, Company A.
909
Parry, Thomas A., Company A.
881
Pomeroy, Albert A., Quartermaster-sergeant, Company B
890
Pomeroy, George W., First Lieutenant, Company B. 902
Redding, Francis, Company A )
Redding, Peter M., Company A S (full page) 884
Rice, Richard, Major (full page).
Seibert, Benjamin F., Commissary-sergeant, Company B. 869
850 Skeggs, John L., Captain, Company A 843
Sonnanstine, Benjamin F., Company A 896
Spencer, William K., Corporal, Company B 859
Stout, Jacob O., First Lieutenant, Company B 856
Waters, Charles H., Sergeant, Company B. 846
MISCELLANEOUS.
Battle Flags of the Sixty-fourth Regiment 798 Battle Flags of the Sixty-fifth Regiment 799
The Steamer Sultana
804
Sixth Battery Monument, Chickamauga Park 807 Sixty-fourth Regiment Monument, Chickamauga Park. 810
Sixty-fifth Regiment Monument, Chickamauga Park, 811
863
Marks, Francis R., Bugler, Company A
Morris, Barzillah F., Sergeant, Company A
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The Story of the Sherman Brigade
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH OF THE BRIGADE.
"TO ARMS"-SENATOR SHERMAN'S BUGLE CALL-THE QUICK RE- SPONSE-RECRUITING OFFICERS HARVEST THE CROP-A CAMP SE- LECTED-THE FLEDGELINGS IN BLUE-HOW MOTHERS AND SISTERS LOADED THEM DOWN-THE DREADFUL BOWIE-KNIFE-"FIRST BLOOD" DRAWN FROM CAPTAIN FARRAR-OFF FOR CAMP.
T HE echo of the guns at Sumter, in April, 1861, was the mighty reveille that aroused the nation to arms. When President Lincoln called for seventy-five thousand volun- teers for three months to put down the rebellion, there was an impetuous rush to enlist. Twice as many offered their services as could then be accepted. Many thousands of tumult- uous young men, with a raging desire to "go to war," experi- enced the keenest disappointment when the quotas of the various states were declared full and the door was shut in their faces. They knew-or thought they did-that the war would be over before they would have a chance to
"wear a uniform, Hear drums and see a battle."
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"TO THE YOUNG MEN OF OHIO."
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opportunity to more than satisfy his longings. About twenty-five hundred ardent young Ohio patriots found what they were look- ing for in the ranks of the "Sherman Brigade"; and they performed their part faithfully and well. They were always at "the front." They never did any "feather-bed soldiering," at posts in the rear. There was never a stain upon the banners, scarred and rent in many a storm of battle, which they bore through nearly four years of conflict. The record of the Sher- man Brigade may well be a source of satisfaction and pride to all its members. It brought no blush of humiliation or disappoint- ment to the face of him whose honored name it bears.
By midsummer of 1861 the illusion of a "three-months war" had been fully dispelled. It was clear that both the north and the south would fight and that the struggle would be long and bloody. In the autumn of that year, after the president's call for five hundred thousand men, Hon. John Sherman, one of the United States senators from Ohio, obtained authority to raise two regiments of infantry, a battery of artillery and a squadron of cavalry. In Congress Mr. Sherman was among the foremost in urging a vigorous prosecution of the war and in giving the fullest support to the administration in its efforts to suppress the rebellion and maintain the integrity of the Union. After the ad- journment of the extraordinary session, which began July 4th, Mr. Sherman's ardent and patriotic zeal found exercise in raising, equipping and sending to the field the brigade to which his name was given.
During the early days of Autumn the following appeared in many Ohio newspapers:
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF OHIO:
I am authorized by the Governor of Ohio to raise at once two regi- ments of infantry, one squadron of calvary and one battery of artillery. I am also authorized to recommend one lieutenant for each company, who shall receive his commission and be furnished with proper facilities for en- listing. I am now ready to receive applications for such appointments, accompanied with evidences of good habits and character, the age of ap- plicant and his fitness and ability to recruit a company. Major William McLaughlin will command the cavalry. The company officers will be designated by {the soldiers of each company, subject to the approval of the governor. The field officers are not yet designated, but will be men of
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experience and, if possible, of military education. The soldiers shall have, without diminution, all they are entitled to by law.
Danger is imminent ! Promptness is indispensable ! Let the people of Ohio now repay the debt which their fathers incurred to the gallant people of Kentucky for the defence of Ohio against the Indians and British. They now appeal to us for help against an invasion more unjustifiable and barbarous. Letters can be addressed to me marked "Free," at Mansfield, Ohio.
JOHN SHERMAN.
To the prospective infantry regiments were assigned the nu- merical designations Sixty- fourth and Sixty-fifth ; to the battery, the Sixth; and to the cavalry, McLaugh- lin's Squadron. Mr. Sher- man was commissioned col- onel of the Sixty-fourth. A site for a camp of organiza- tion and instruction was se- lected just out-side, to the northward, of the town of Mansfield, Richland county, Mr. Sherman's home. It waschristened "Camp Buck- ingham," in honor of C. P. Buckingham, then adjutant- general of Ohio. A com- mission as first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Six- ty-fourth was issued to Roe- THOMAS E. TILLOTSON, CAPTAIN AND BREVET MAJOR, SIXTY- FOURTH. liff Brinkerhoff, of Mans- field, and to him was assigned the duty of preparing the camp for the reception of troops. William Blair Lord, of Washington, one of the official reporters of the House of Representatives, per- formed the duties of adjutant and took charge of the clerical work in connection with the camp.
The seed scattered by Mr. Sherman's call to the young men of Ohio was like that in the parable which "fell into good ground and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold." Applications for recruiting com-
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HOW OUR FRIENDS LOADED US DOWN.
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missions poured in from all quarters. Selections were made, and impressive looking documents, bearing the signatures of high functionaries and the big seal of the state, were soon in the hands of half a hundred enthusiastic patriots who, in town, village and hamlet, flung to the breeze their recruiting flags and decorated trees, fences and walls with posters, setting forth in seductive phrase the superior advantages offered to those who would enlist in the ranks of the "crack" organizations soon to rendezvous at Mansfield. The response was ready and recruiting was brisk.
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It was believed that the. immediate distribution of uniforms would have a stimulating effect, and to this end each officer was furnished with a supply of blouses and trousers in which to ar- ray the embryonic soldiers as soon as they signed their names to the rolls. It mattered little whether the garments fitted the re- cruit. He was proud of his blue clothes, and as he strutted through the village streets, eliciting smiles from all the pretty lassies, he exerted a powerful influence in spreading the contagion among his boyhood friends. I speak advisedly, for no peacock ever thought as much of himself as I did when I first donned my uniform and put myself on "dress-parade."
And how our dear mothers, sisters and wives-though few of us had wives then-with amazing notions regarding the carrying capacity, or "tonnage," of a soldier, fitted us ont with a wheel- barrow load apiece of quilts, clothing, books, albums and gim- cracks of every conceivable kind, useful and ornamental, with the commendable purpose of making our life in the army a peren- nial picnic. Bless their hearts, they little thought-nor did we- when we left home, equipped like so many excursionists, that these mementos of their affection would be tossed into fence corners-to ease our aching shoulders and smarting feet-long before we had reached the end of our first day's march. But we will wait till we come to that.
We have not forgotten the curious notions regarding war that suggested to our good home-folk some of the things which they included in our "outfit." A single illustration will suffice. I was one of half a dozen members of Company E, of the Sixty-fifth, who were students attending an institution of learning at Berea. The people wanted to give us a good send-off, and having raised
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THOSE AWFUL KNIVES.
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a little fund, they sent a delegate to Cleveland to purchase sundry "articles deemed conducive to our well-being. These were pub- licly presented to us, by the president of the college, at a meeting which crowded the village church. Among them, for each of us, was a villainous looking bowie-knife, with sheath and belt-the blade nearly a foot long. To emphasize liis remarks the doctor of divinity drew one of those murderous weapons from its sheath and held it up before the tearful and shuddering audience, as he exhorted us to
"Strike ! till the last armed foe expires !"
It is little wonder that the women wept at the touching scene, as they pictured to themselves those meek and innocent youths- whom they had known solving mathematical problems and conju- gating Latin verbs-charging around in the south like a lot of bandits, plunging those horrible knives into people's bowels and yelling, "Ha! tur-r-r-raitor, thou diest !" It seemed to be the prevailing impression in that audience that the rest of the army would have nothing to do but to follow us with picks and shovels and bury the dead, as we hewed and hacked our way through the Southern Confederacy. So little did anybody know then about war !
Those friends of ours meant well. They knew the south was full of men who carried bowie-knives, and they thought such weapons indispensable to us in defending "Old Glory." We thought so, too, at the time, and one of our squad made a lurid speech in response, assuring the donors that those blades should never be dishonored. Now, it almost rends my heartstrings to say that we didn't hurt anybody with those knives! We never used them except to saw slices of bacon, chop off chickens' heads, or cut sticks to hold our coffee pots over the fire. The bowie- knife had to go, along with many other romantic fictions that we cherished early in the war. I ought to add, in justice to those kind friends, that they presented to each of us, at the same time, another article that was exceedingly useful and handy. It was that ingenious combination of knife, fork and spoon, which many soldiers had. I carried mine nearly three years and must have eaten barrels of bean-soup with that spoon.
Some of the recruiting officers found it "hard sledding " at
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first. After they had succeeded in getting the boys once started, the infection spread rapidly. In every locality there were some who opposed the war and exerted their influence to discourage enlistments. Captain William M. Farrar, (now dead), of Com- pany H, Sixty-fifth, furnished the following sketch of a spirited skirmish in which was drawn the first blood that was shed by any of the Sherman Brigade. Samuel C. Brown, of whom he speaks, was the first captain of Company H; was subsequently major of the regiment, and was mortally wounded at Chick- amauga :
"Samuel C. Brown, the son of a farmer living near London- derry, in Guernsey county, was then thirty years of age, un- married, and ready to enter the service in behalf of his convic- tions of duty. In person he was tall and slender, of dark, swarthy complexion, with straight, black hair, brown eyes, and slightly aquiline nose. In disposition he was quiet and reticent, but firm. To Mr. Sherman's call he at once responded, visited Mansfield, secured an appointment as lieutenant and returned home to recruit a company. In accordance with a previous agreement made between ns, I was to join him in the effort, and as soon as the October election was over we commenced re- cruiting.
"At first the work went along very slowly. We visited differ- ent localities, held meetings, made speeches, appealed to the pa- triotism of the people to "rally round the flag," and all that, but without effect. People listened attentively and seemed earnest, but nobody volunteered. At the end of the first week we had only enlisted four indifferent recruits, and Mr. Brown was in de- spair. As we returned home on Saturday evening from a large school-house meeting where we had confidently expected to ob- tain a number of recruits, but failed to get a single one, Mr. Brown thought there was no use in making further effort. He was not only disappointed, but mortified, and talked of returning his commission to Mr. Sherman, with notice of his failure to re- cruit a company.
"We had some appointments made for the following week, which we concluded to fill and I returned home, agreeing to meet Mr. Brown at Sewellsville, on the Belmont county line,
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where we had an appointment for the next Monday evening. On my way I was to fill an appointment at Fairview, Monday after- noon. From the Fairview meeting we expected very little, but it proved to be the turning point in our canvass, as the sequel will show. When I drove up to the village hotel at noon, I found the usual group of loafers discussing the news, and among others an old Democratic local politician, who was very much opposed to what he called 'Abe Lincoln's Abolition War.' During our conversation we disputed as to some newspaper state- ment, and as he refused to take my word for it, I invited him to attend the meeting in the afternoon, when I would produce the proof for what I had asserted. Sure enough, he was on hand. The meeting was well attended and the hall crowded. I made the usual speech, after the meeting had been regularly organized by electing, as chairman, an old country justice of the peace, who presided with inch dignity.
"At the close I turned to my old Democratic acquaintance and produced the proofs as I had promised, but he refused to be satisfied and was inclined to be ugly and abusive. Becoming somewhat annoyed at his interruptions, I at length turned upon him and said rather sharply that I wished him to distinctly under- stand that I would not be interrupted by him or any Copperhead like him. Very much to my surprise, hie rushed at me with his uplifted cane, which I caught in one hand while I seized him by his long, white beard with the other, and pushed him back against the wall. Instantly there was a general commotion; everybody was on his feet and everything was in confusion. Half a dozen men seized the old gentleman, who was at least twenty-five years my senior, to put him out, and as many more seized me (who didn't need any holding), when a son of my ad- versary, a tall young man, rushed up as near as he could get to me and, striking with a cane over the heads of those who stood between us, hit me a severe blow on the top of the head, cutting a gash in the scalp from which the blood flowed freely. The dis- turbers being finally ejected from the room and order restored, it was found that the chairman had fled and could nowhere be found, whereupon the meeting considered itself adjourned, without any further effort at that time to secure volunteers. But the dis-
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