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From first to last nearly 500 men from Butler county paid the price of their devotion to the Union with their lives. They died on the field of battle, in the
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hospital and in the prisons of the South. Many more returned home maimed and crippled by wounds or broken in health by disease. The list of the dead and the surviving is a long and honorable one and bears eloquent witness to the patriotism of the people of Butler county in the Nation's time of need.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was organized in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men, issued immediately after the fall of Fort Sumter, and was mustered into the service at Harrisburg, April 25, 1861. It was commanded by Col. Thomas Row- ley. On the day the regiment was mustered in, Capt. John N. Purviance was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. The other officers of the regiment were William S. Millinger, major ; Joseph M. Kinkead, adjutant, and James Robinson, surgeon.
On April 26, the regiment went into camp at York, Pennsylvania, where it remained until June 4, when it moved to Chambersburg. On Sunday, June 16, after passing through Williamsport, Maryland, it crossed the Potomac river, by fording, being the first regiment of the Northern army to appear in that part of Virginia. Shortly afterwards the portion of the army which had crossed into Virginia was ordered back to the Maryland side, the Thirteenth and the Eighth regiments being detailed to garrison Williamsport. While in camp here, those members of the Thirteenth, who were printers, procured the use of the Williams- port Ledger office and commenced the publication of the Pennsylvania Thir- teenth, which, according to Bates' Ilistory, " was devoted to the patriotic senti- ment of the camp, and to the more elevated tone of wit and humor prevalent in the ranks. The first number was issued July 4, 1861, and was continued, at inter- vals, until after the battle of Antietam, in September, 1862, a portable printing press and materials having been purchased and moved with the regiment. The establishment was finally lost amid the confusion of that hotly-contested field."
After serving in Maryland and Virginia without engaging in anything more serious than light skirmishing, the regiment was mustered out of the service August 6, 1861. Most of its members soon afterward enlisted in other regi- ments, but principally in the One Hundred and Second, recruited by its colonel, Thomas Rowley.
Company H of the Thirteenth regiment was recruited in Butler, by John N. Purviance, its first captain, and was known as the " Butler Blues." Upon the pro- motion of Captain Purviance as lieutenant-colonel, Jacob Ziegler was elected cap- tain. He resigned May 11, 1861, and the first lieutenant, Alexander Gillespie, was elected to fill the vacancy. George W. Smith, who joined the company at York, Pennsylvania, was elected first lieutenant, to succeed Alexander Gillespie. Smith was afterward promoted to adjutant of the Nineteenth regiment in the regular army, and again promoted to captain of Company II, Eighteenth regiment, reg- ular army. H. A. Ayres, the first man to write his name on the company roster, enlisted as a private and was promoted to corporal. He afterwards served as captain of Company H. Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The roster is as follows :
Captains : John N. Purviance, Jacob Ziegler and Alexander Gillespie.
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Lieutenants : Alexander Gillespie, George W. Smith, Edwin Lyon and J. G. Vandyke.
Sergeants : John B. MeQuistion, Edwin Lyon, Oliver C. Redic and Samuel A. Muckel.
Corporals : Thompson Campbell. Jr., Andrew Carns, Jr., John P. Orr, Joseph B. Mechling and H. A. Ayres.
Musicians : Thomas A. Cunningham and William S. Dickson.
Privates : II. A. Ayres, Jefferson Allen, John Allen, A. M. Banks, C. S. Barclay, Jacob Bauder, Robert Bedillion, A. D. Brewster, Peterson Brown, A. J. Burch, John Caldwell, Thomas J. Carnahan, Eli G. Cratty, William Crooks, William R. Crozier, George Daub, John Davis, William Dunn, John Fitzsim- mons, H. J. Fleming, Wallace Frick, John L. Glenn, Joseph B. Greer, Samuel Graham, John Gregory, Demosthenes Ilagerty, J. D. Harbison, William S. Jack, W. J. Jamison, David R. Kennedy, William Kennedy, Daniel H. Lyon, D. How Lyon, R. W. Lyon, James Mackrel, James Marshall, D. Marshall, C. H. McClung, James McCleary, Ethan S. McMichael, W. W. McQuistion, J. P. Milford, Thomas J. Milford, Isaac N. Miller, A. W. Moore, George Moore, W. J. Moore, Simeon Nixon, Christian M. Otto, David Parks, R. C. Pearce, James Potts, Alfred G. Reed, Lawrence Ruch, Adam Schindler, M. J. Schleppy, F. R. Shakely, J. H. Shannon, J. A. Singer, George Il. Smith, William H. H. Step, J. C. Stewart, James B. Storey, Thomas M. C. Sykes, Jonathan Taylor, Oliver Tebay, R. J. Thompson, Samuel Walker, George F. Wallace, Peter Weisenstein, O. J. Wise, William Whitmire, George Wolf and Andrew S. Ziegler.
Armstrong Rennison served as second lieutenant and Andrew W. Barnhart as a private in Company C of this regiment.
FORTIETH REGIMENT-ELEVENTIE RESERVE.
This regiment contained two companies from Butler county, both of which were organized under the first call, but were not accepted because the quota of the county was already full. They preserved their organization and in May made a second offer of their services, which was accepted, and they were mustered in as Companies C and D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve. Company C, recruited at West Sunbury, was named the " Dickson Guards," in honor of Rev. W. T. Dickson, principal of the West Sunbury Academy, who served as chap- lain of the regiment from August 28, 1861, to November 28, 1862. Company D was organized as the " Connoquenessing Rangers," by Capt William Stewart.
On June 10, 1861, these companies left for Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, the mustering camp of the regiment. Regimental, field and staff officers were elected July 1. On July 21, the regiment proceeded to Washington, D. C., and on July 29 was mustered into the service for three years. Its record of active ser- vice began in October, when it crossed the Potomac river and took its place at the front. During its three years of service it was present at or participated in the following battles: Mechanicsville, Gaines' Hill, Charles City Cross Roads, Sec- ond Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Falling
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Waters, Culpepper, Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna and Bethesda Church. The regiment was mustered out of the service at Pittsburg June 13, 1861.
During its term of service the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve lost in battle 196 officers and privates killed, and 485 wounded. There were 113 deaths from disease, twenty-two occurring in southern prisons. In the severity of its losses it ranks second among Pennsylvania regiments.
Of the 108 men whose names appear on the muster roll of Company C, twenty-one were killed, forty-seven were wounded, three died in prison, three died from diseases contracted in prison, and three from diseases contracted in the service. Eighteen were discharged on account of wounds and thirteen on account of disability. The following is a list of the commissioned and non-com- missioned officers and the privates of this company during its term of service :
Captains : Samuel Loudon and W. II. Timblin.
Lieutenants : Newton Redic*, George W. Fleeger, John C. Kuhn*, John H. Suttont.
Sergeants : W. J. Halderman ;. G. W. Milford, James H. Christie*, George A. Black;, John T. Kelly+, George W. Ebat, Michael Heckert and William Priort.
Corporals: Hiram Black*, John W. Campbell;, Samuel Cook}, J. H. Mudert, Robert S. Harper;, John S. Campbell#. Robert HI. Ray;, and Will- iam P. Black.
Musicians : Jacob M. Varnum and Jackson Heckert.
Privates : David S. Allen, H. C. AAdams, R. M. Anderson, David Birch, John R. Black +, Samuel M. Bellt, Henry Brandaut, Samuel R. Beatty; , W. 1. Bryant, Samuel Brunert, Uriah J. Black+, John Beam;t, Joseph C. Brewstert, John W. Borlandt, Ira Campbell, Milton Campbell*, Robert G. Campbellt, John Cameron, H. F. Christy, Jonathan Dobson*, James Donaldson, II. J. Edgar}, John Eshenbaugh, Eli S. Fleeger, Jacob Fleeger, Joseph K. Graham ;. Lewis Crossman*, John Halstead, Samuel Hartt, John D. W. Henlen, Eli Hilliard*, W. H. Hilliard, Washington Hilliard. R. S. Hindman, Edward Iloffinant, George Ilyskell*, W. Kamerert, W. Kautscht, B. F. Kennedy, A. C. Kepler ;, Robert Krause, Thomas P. Lardent. Francis Lindsey*, Jeremiah Livermore ;. William Martin*, P. G. Martin, William A. McBride*, Alexander McCall;, J. V. McCaslin, Samuel E. McCleary, Wm. B. McGill, Robert McElhaneyt. Reuben McElvain1, James McKimmey1, Samuel McMurry ;. R. McMurry, J. P. Milford, Isaiah Millert, Samuel Miller, F. II. Monniet, W. E. Mooret. Daniel Malarky, HI. B. Patterson, James M. Pearce;, R. C. Pearcet, A. J. Pettigrew*, James R Porter *. W. Rinkert. Cyrus Rosenbery*, John Rosenbery*, George Rothmiret, George M. Rhodes, D. H. Russellt, Oliver H. P. Russell*, William Sloant, Amo- Seatont, S. P. Shryock}, Hamilton H. Sayt, Charles Schmidt *. James II. Stevenson*, James M. Sheppard;, John L. Taylor, James Thompson*, W. S. Thompson, and Allen White *.
* Killed or mortally wounded. # Wounded. t Died.
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There were 123 men enrolled in Company D from its organization in May, 1861. to its discharge June 14, 1864. Of these twenty-three were killed in battle, thirty-seven were wounded, and eleven died of diseases contracted in the -ervice. The roster of the command is as follows :
Captains : William Stewart*, Jacob Baiers; and James P. Boggs ;.
Lieutenants : J. S. Kennedy #. Jesse Donaldsont, and J. O'Hara Woods *. Sergeants : Wilson K. Potts, William C. Coleman. Robert Ash, John Gansz, Samuel J. Christley*, Jacob B. Kinsell*, George W. McGaughey*, David C. Steen, George Weber, James McClelland and James W. Greaves.
Corporals: John Dunbar*, Silas Amberson *. R. S. Gilliland, David P. Stewart*, David S. Parks*, Joseph R. Moore, James B. Shafer, Daniel Graham and Jesse Fay.
Musicians : Charles Minnemyer and Alfred G. Nixon.
Privates : L. Il. Addlemant, John McC. Brown, William Boggs, Barnabas C. Barron, Robert J. Brown, George Brunermer, John Beers, Jacob Burr, Samuel Brenneman. Joseph Berchtold, John Beggs, Samuel Beers, Peter Bedil- liont, John N. Beatty*, Charles Beltz. L. Cartwright, David Campbell, John Cowan, John Corans. Daniel Cress, Adam W. Critchlowt, John W. Critchlow*, Thomas J. Cornelius*, John Canders*, William F. Dodds. Jacob Deer, James G. Devinney, Jasper P. Dodds*, John P. Elliott. T. II. Fleming, Michael Frail*, William M. Fryt. Daniel W. Graham, Wilson Gilliland, Mark Gillpatrick, Israel Gibson, D. W. Graham, James A. Greer, George W. IFuselton. Samuel F. Has- lett. Peter Hare. Joseph B. Haslett, Oscar C. Hoyt. William Haslett. James B. Johnstont. Vernon Johnstont, Alexander Kennedy, W. H. II. Kennedy, Eckhart Kalb, William List. Samuel A. Lyon*, James Leonard. Robert A. McNair, Alexander Moreland, B. L. Mushrush, D. McDonald, Sr., D. McDonald. Jr., B. W. McAAleer, Robert E. McBride. James II. McComb, Edward Miller. Samuel R. McCurdy. Joseph McKnight, Charles L. Moreland, M. F. McCollough*, William Moore *. Joseph 1. Mckinney *. William R. McNeal *. John E. Nixon, William C. Overdoff. Samuel C. Parker, David W. Pisort, Robert J. Pherson*, Henderson Rodgers, William Richardson, James Robertson, Thomas G. Rice, S. J. Rosenberryt. Lawrence Roacht, Samuel F. Smith, William M. Shearer, Ben- jamin Stevenson, Alfred M. Snow, Andrew Shank, John Shank. Matthias Silvers, John S. Stanley, William Sinott*, J. H. Summerville*, Albert Teats, R. W. Thompson, R. G. Thompson, Hugh Williamson; William Woods and George Young.
SEVENTY - EIGHTH REGIMENT.
The Seventy-eighth was recruited in August and September. 1861, and organ- ized at Camp Orr, near Kittanning, under Col. William Sirwell, of Armstrong county, the other field officers being Archibald Blakeley, of Butler county, lieuten- ant-colonel, and Augustus Bonaffon, of Allegheny county, major. Rev. R. C. Christy was appointed chaplain in October, 1861. On October IS the regiment was ordered to Pittsburg, where it was brigaded with the Seventy-seventh and Sey-
* Killed or mortally wounded. # Wounded. + Died.
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enty-ninth regiments and Muchler's battery under command of Brigadier-General James S. Negley. This command immediately proceeded by boats to Louisville, and thence by rail to Nolin's Station, on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, where it was attached to Gen. A. McDowell McCook's division of the Army of the Cumberland. From that time until August, 1862, it served in Kentucky and Tennessee, guarding lines of communication with the front. It engaged in a number of skirmishes with cavalry and guerrillas. In August, 1862, the Seventy- eighth was assigned to duty in Gen. John F. Miller's brigade of Negley's division, and detailed to do garrison duty in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, where it remained until December 12, 1862. In the meantime, however, it was engaged in a number of sharp skirmishes in the vicinity of the city. The most important being at Lavergne, Tennessee, October 7, 1862, when Anderson's rebel camp was attacked and routed by Generals Palmer and Miller. In this engagement the Thirty-second Alabama regiment was taken prisoners. On December 31, 1862, and January 1, 1863, the regiment participated in the battle of Stone River, losing 190 men, killed and wounded, including Capt. William S. Jack, of Com- pany H, who was mortally wounded, and died in Nashville, February 5, 1863. In this battle the flag of the Twenty-sixth Tennessee became the trophy of the Seventy-eighth. Upon the death of Captain Jack, Ilugh A. Ayres, who had previously been promoted from second to first lieutenant of the company, became captain. In April, 1863. Colonel Sirwell was promoted to brigade commander, and Lieutenant-Colonel Blakeley took command of the regiment. On September 19 and 20, 1863, the Seventy-eighth, belonging at the time to General Thomas' command, distinguished itself by valiant service on the ill-fated field of Chicka- mauga. On November 23, 24 and 25, 1863, it participated in the battles of Look- out Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During the following winter it was assigned to garrison duty on Lookout Mountain. In the spring and summer of 1864, during the Atlanta campaign, it participated in the engagements at Tun- nel Ilill, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. On October 17, 1864, its term of service having expired, it was retired from duty ; but on its way home through Tennessee it was mounted, and sent in pursuit of Wheeler's rebel cavalry. Returning to Pittsburg, after an absence of more than three years, it was mustered out November 4, 1864. Many, however, re-enlisted and new com- panies were recruited, among which was Company E, raised in the southwestern part of Butler county. The Seventy-eighth was finally mustered out on Septem - ber 11, 1865, several months after the Rebellion had met its fate at Appomattox.
Rev. Richard C. Christy, the brave and devoted chaplain of this gallant com- mand, was from Butler county, where he was serving as pastor of St. John's Catholic church, of Clearfield township, when commissioned to take spiritual charge of the Seventy-eighth, in October, 1861. He was untiring and fearless in the performance of his duties. Wherever the battle raged the hottest, there would he be found ministering to the wounded and the dying, speaking word- of com- fort and consolation, and encouraging all by word and example. Because of his courage and devotion, Father Christy became known throughout the Army of the Cumberland as the " Fighting Chaplain." His portrait occupies a place of honor in the hall of Encampment Number 15. U. V. L., of Butler.
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Company HI of this regiment was composed of Butler county men, and was recruited by Capt. William S. Jack, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Stone River, January 1, 1863. The roster of the company is as follows :
Captains : William S. Jack* and Hugh A. Ayres.
Lieutenants : Joseph B. Mechling, Samuel J. McBride, Hugh A. Ayres and Frederick F. Wiehl.
Sergeants : Samuel J. McBride, James A. Gilmer, Alfred G. Reed, Fred- erick F. Wiehl, R. C. Borland, Albert B. Hay, Henry A. Miller, Charles F. Smith, Lycurgus R. Cummins and David 11. Mackey.
Corporals : Hugh D. Martin, James McCleary, William J. Boyd. William II. Black, Josiah Hilliard, John F. Denny. D. W. Humphrey. William J. John- ston, George Schaffner, William A. Lowry, Harvey J. Miller, Benjamin W. Truxall and William J. Moore *.
Musicians : John F. Shirley and Benjamin F. Dean.
Privates : Gideon R. Allen, Jacob J. Angles, William G. Andersont, R. C. Borland, John C. Black, William Birch, Joseph Brown, A. C. Braden. John 1. Black, John Bircht, William Christley, W. C. Christley, R. D. Campbell, B. B. Cross, Stephen Cooper, Wyman Christley, James B. Clark, Thomas Cas- sidy, T. A. Cunningham, John A. Cousins, Edward S. Crockert, John W. Dunlap, John Derrimoret, Joseph P. Eshenbaugh, Henry Forchtt, Edward Frank, John Fitzsimmonst, John Hoover, John Hoffman, C. Hinchberger, John Kerr, J. C. Kidd, J. W. Lindsey, James C. Long, Horace Lake, John Lenkirk, Robert Lemmon, John Long, David E. Locket, Hugh Morgan, A. N. Murphy, David Moore, R. C. Moore, James Myers*, Jacob Mechlingt, James McCleary+, David MeQuistion, Jr., John K. McQuistion, George W. McCandless, Joseph P. McCoy, David L. McNees, G. D. McBride, David McQuistion, Sr. +, William J. Neyman, William Neeley, Elias Nelson, James O. Nulph, A. B. Prosser, John Parker, J. F. Patterson, S. J. Patton, Daniel Pattersont, George Rose, John J. Reiber, A. B. Richey, George W. Rotht, Peter K. Rumbaught, James W. Run- yan", Samuel Reedt, Robert P. Scott, John W. Shull, W. A. Smith, James L. Stokeley, T. M. C. Sykes, W. C. Sykes, Adam Schindler, T. J. Stoughton, Karl Schmidt, Patrick Sheehan, George W. Smith, John R. Shirley, 11. 11. Sagasser, George H. Smitht, D. J. Thompson;, R. R. Thompson, J. S. Thornburg, John R. Thornburg, Thomas Trimblet, George W. Travist, W. P. Vogan, Milton Welsh, John B. Williams, William Wallace, George W. White, James S. Wil- son, Samuel Wallace, Sr.t, Samuel Wallace, Jr., David Wallace and Hugh B. Walker.
As a large number of the members of this regiment re-enlisted. its organization was continued, several new companies being recruited and added to it. Among them was Company E, commanded by Capt. Robert I. Boggs, and composed of Butler county men. Its muster roll is as follows :
Captain : Robert I. Boggs.
Lieutenants : Alexander Gillespie and Lewis Gansz.
* Killed or mortally wounded. + Died. # Wounded.
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Sergeants: Charles Hoffman, John Kay, Samuel Beers, Frederick Burry and Christy Robb.
Corporals : James Barton, Theophilus Graham, Nicholas Kramer, Samuel A. Davis, Henry Davis, Frederick Pilgrim, John II. Muder, William Duncan, Thomas R. Williams and Alexander T. Dunbar.
Musicians : D. P. Boggs and Philip Krade).
Privates : Joseph Armstrong, William M. Armstrong, Jacob S. Alexander, Joseph H. Alexander, Jacob Augustine, Charles Bohn, Robert Bedillion, Irwin Beckman, Frederick Bauman, William F. Behm, Lewis Black. Williamson Bartley, N. F. Bartley, Washington Bartley, J. C. Crookshanks, B. F. Covert, John C. Critchlow, William Dresher, John Dombart, Jacob W. Dershiner, Daniel Dunbar, Henry Dresher, Philip Duncan, James Foreman, George W. Fryt, John W. Gilliland, Patterson Grubbs, James R. Garvin, Lewis Goehring, Samuel S. Gibson, William Graham, William J. Gold. George Hlays, Amos Ileckert, James Ilays, James D. Horn, Erdman Heller, Adrian C. Ilamor +, Martin L. Kirker, James Kuhn, J. Kaltenbaugh, Peter Kennedy, Reason J. Kerr, Lewis Lerner, John Lawall, John G. Lensner, Jacob Lutz, George Marburger, Michael Mochel, Chris Michael, Edward Michael, Levi J. Miller, Francis Maxler, Aug. N. Martin, John HI. Morgan, William H. Martin, George MeIntyre, John McGinley, Thomas Neely. Alfred G. Nixon, John Powell, Wilson Powell, David E. Pearce, Joseph Phillips, James Potts, Charles Raabe, Alfred J. Roth, Charles Redick, Christian Raabe. Charles Rogers, William S. Ramsey, Andrew Ruby, Valentine Renger, John B. Rice, C. Schroth, Edward Sefton, Gottlieb Shuster, John W. St. Clair, George W. Shaffer, Martin Shelly. Josiah R. Spang, George Shell, Francis Tomay, James W. Thompson. Samuel R. Thornburg, Samuel Trimble, Milton Vandivoort. Valentine Whitner and John Zwanziger. Company E was mustered out with the regiment September 11, 1865.
The following members of Company F of this regiment also enlisted from Butler county :
Corporals : Samuel Boviant, Daniel Huey and Adam Ekast.
Privates : Michael Ash, John Bredin, James S. Cypher, W. H. Cypher, James W. Denny, Dennis Dugant, Andrew J. Duff, George W. Gibson, Reuben A. Hlaslett, James Henry*, John Hogan*, Hiram Messich*, Strother McDonald, John N. Mclaughlin;, James M. Roney, James Regan, John Rivers, William Smith, Benjamin Sarver, Lewis Sarse*, Conrad Sill, Coston Walterst.
ONE HUNDREDTHI REGIMENT-ROUND HEADS.
The One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers was recruited in July and August, 1861, in the southwestern counties of the State. From the fact that it was made up principally of descendants of Scotch-Irish Covenanters and of the Round Heads of the English Revolution, it became known as the " Round Head Regiment." It was sworn into the United States service at Camp Wilkins, Pitts- burg, Angust 31, 1861, and soon after formally organized with the following officers : Daniel Leasure, colonel ; James Armstrong, lieutenant-colonel ; David
* killed or mortally wounded. # Wounded. + Died.
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A. Leckey, major ; Rev. Albert Audley Browne, chaplain ; Il. Il. Leslie, quar- termaster ; Horace Ludington, surgeon ; Abraham Maas, assistant surgeon; and George Leasure, adjutant. On September 2, 1861, the regiment was ordered to Washington, D. C., where Company L was transferred to the One Hundred and Fifth regiment. The Round Heads were then brigaded with the Eighth Michi- gan and the Fiftieth Pennsylvania, and Colonel Leasure made brigade commander. The brigade as thus formed was soon after strengthened by the addition of the Seventy-ninth New York Highlanders, and was ordered into active service as a part of the land and naval forces sent against Port Royal, South Carolina. Its first engagements were the battles of Port Royal, November 7, 1861, and of Port Royal Ferry, January 1, 1862. In June the regiment formed a part of the forces that made the unsuccessful attempt to capture Charleston. The Round Heads were ordered to Virginia in July, 1862, and subsequently was attached to the Ninth corps. While with the Army of the Potomac the regiment participated in the following battles : Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. In March, 1863, the Round Heads were transferred to the Department of the Ohio, and in the following June were ordered to Vicksburg, in the siege and capture of which they participated. While in the western army the regiment also participated in the battles of Jackson, Mississippi : Blue Spring. Campbell Station and the siege of Knoxville, in Ten- nessee. January 1, 1861, all of the regiment except twenty-seven men re-enlisted for a second term of three years, and were granted a veteran furlough. Upon re- turn to active service, the Round Heads were again assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the following battles : Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Cold Harbor. Petersburg, Mine Explosion, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Grove Church, Hatcher's Run, Fort Steadman and the final assault on Petersburg. The history of the regiment is a record of valiant service and brilliant achievement, officers and men alike distinguishing themselves by great personal bravery. After serving with honor for nearly four years, the regi- ment was mustered out of service July 24, 1865.
Company C of this regiment was recruited in Butler county by Capt. James E. Cornelius. Its roster is as follows :
Captains : James E. Cornelius1, afterwards promoted to colonel, David Critchlow and George W. Fisher.
Lieutenants : Philo S. Morton, Robert W. Weller, Matthew Stewart, Isaac W. Corneliust, and William Smiley.
Sergeants : Joseph .1. Craig, Henry W. Watson, Henry Ribb, Hiram Gill, Oli- ver Tebay, Iliram N. Kelly, John P. Wilson, Phineas Bird, Elisha J. Bracken*, Samuel L. Moore*, James McCasky*, Ilugh Morrison, William F. Monroe and Addison Cleeland.
Corporals : William J. Redick, Robert J. Brown, John C. Marshall, Charles Schwing, Andrew Leary, John Glenn, William W. McQuistion, Samuel F. Mil- ler, Samuel A. White, Loyal C. Greaves, John C. Moore, Frederick Pettit*, John J. Hoguet, Jacob Ake, Findley Brandon and John S. Watson *.
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