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of them remarked that was the first time he ever saw a river run up stream. On Sunday, May 21st, the entire division marched through Washington to a camp near the historic village of Bladensburg, six miles from the capital. While passing through the city General Sheridan was oh- served standing on the verandah of a house, and was warmly greeted by the troopers, but while passing down Pennsyl- vania avenue Gen. Custer viewed the column from Willard's Hotel, and at sight of him, such cheers were given by each passing squadron, as fully demonstrated the love and admira- tion with which the Third Cavalry Division regarded their commander. Mrs. Custer stood nearthe general and no doubt very properly thought that some of the cheers were in- tended for her. Before the review the division was twiee more marched through the eity and back again; of course this was done for display, but by whose orders it does not appear. In camp great preparations were being made for the grand review. The red neck-ties had been secured, clothing was carefully cleaned for the occasion, arms and equipments brightened, and above all, the horses had been given the best of care. The event, it was believed, would be the crowning affair in our soldier lives, for after that we expected to be mustered out. The only thing needed to give the troopers the freedom of the eity was a pair of shoulder straps. And as these were quite cheap, the like of the number of second lieutenants of cavalry was never seen on the streets of Washington. No more nobler or kinder man than Lt. Col. Allen ever lived, and, as it was said of Caesar, "He knew all his _jen." When the Colonel would meet dozens of lientenants of his own regiment whom he knew had not been promoted, he could do nothing less than smile and pass on.
Preparations for the review were going forward on a grand seale within the city. The most beautiful arrange- ments were the stands arranged for the states. Seats were erected wherever space would admit. Pennsylvania av- enne was one mass of bunting. At length the eventful day (the 23d) arrived and our division was honored by
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being placed at the head of the column. It was not later than nine o'clock, when, with bands playing and colors flying, we marched down Capital Hill in close column, by platoons, and filing up Pennsylvania avenue, the beauty and grandeur of the scene was revealed in all its splendor. Every inch of standing room on the sidewalks and cross streets were packed with people. Verandas and house- tops were at a premium. Two miles of police and patrols were necessary to keep the crowd back. Flags and hand- kerchiefs were waved, clapping of hands, cheering and other demonstrations of the excited throng greeted us on every side. Custer's division of three thousand men, with their crimson ties, received quite an ovation all along the line, and more particularly at the Treasury building and at the Ohio stand, where beautiful flowers were showered into the ranks by fair maidens and children. The review- ing stand was located in front of the president's mansion, and here the crowd was the greatest and the most demon- strative. After passing in review, the cavalry galloped back G street, went to camp, divested themselves of arms and accoutrements, walked back to the city and helped swell 6 the crowd. In the afternoon the army of the Potomac passed in review and the solid tramp of infantry and the rumble of artillery ocenpied the entire afternoon. This army showed their splendid discipline, by their regular and steady marching, and their straight and compact lines elicited the admiration of all.
On the 24th General Sherman's army of veterans passed in review, and as this was their first appearance in the city, their coming was looked to with much interest. This army more fully exemplified to the people, an army on a march in an enemy's country, as they were accom- panied by the usual accessories, viz: led horses with camp equipage, negroes leading dilapidated mules with their camp goods on their backs, all of which afforded great amusement for the people. A few days after the review- which has gone down in history as one of the grandest affairs of the kind the country ever witnessed-the third
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cavalry division was called in line to bid farewell to Gen- eral Custer, who had been ordered to Texas. The general and his wife rode along the front of the line at a gallop, the general waving his hat in token of farewell.
That was the last we ever saw of General Custer, the golden-haired trooper, and one of the most dashing, dar- ing and gallant cavalry leaders, whose genius had been de- veloped by the war. After the great review, and after our leader had left us, we looked anxiously forward to the time when we would be mustered out of service. The enter- prising news boys on coming into camp would cry out, "here's your daily, all about mustering out the troops. " This announcement would generally sell the papers,-and "sell" the troopers also. But all things finally come to an end; and when the first few days of balmy June had been added to our term of service, an orde was issued for the first Second and Third West Virginia Cavalry, to proceed by the B. & O. R. R. to Wheeling, West Virginia, for the purpose of being mustered out. It was with joyful hearts that the third brigade marched into the capital city and formed on Maryland Avenue, squadron front.
It was late in the evening of the 17th when our horses were all on board, after which another section of train, with a mixture of passengers and box cars, held the men. In due time all arrived safely in Wheeling, horses were sad- dled, and all marched over the bridge and went into camp on Wheeling Island. Hardly had the command pitched camp when squads were seen going over to Bridgeport, and experienced the proud satisfaction of standing on the soil of our own beloved state of Ohio, or God's country as the boys commonly termed it. While in camp here the writer received from a lady the following poem, which had been clipped from the Pittsburgh Dispatch :
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"THE HEROES OF THE CUSTER TIE."
[Dedicated to the Third Cavalry Division.]
The heroes of the "Custer Tie," The lads who love the crimson dye, In all Columbia's glorious land, Where all are brave, there's not one band Like those who wear the "Custer Tie."
When the fierce charge the trumpets tell, Their eyes flash fire, their bosoms swell- With rifles cocked and gleaming sword, Like rivers through its outhanks poured, Rush Custer's lads with deafening yell.
No pause for them when bullets fly, And battle's clouds obscures the sky ; Some slain, some wounded, fill the dust ;
The rest are maddened-onward burst -- And startled foemen fall or fly.
The rider's valor gives new force In battle's shock to his swift horse- Like eagles sweoping on their prey, Or like the vivid lightning's ray ; The squadron dashes on its course.
The banners were by proud foes borne, The guns from field and fortress torn, Where are those flags which once waved high? Where is that dread artillery? They now those heroes camps adorn.
Well may they shout-well may they brag, Who never lost one gun, or flag. Who never heard a hostile gun, But quick surrounded, seized and won, The piece within their lines they drag.
For gallant Custer's boys a cheer, For honor, will and daring fear, They rushed the bravest, and the first, When at the foemen's ranks they burst, And spread before them flight and fear.
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Famed warriors of the Custer tie, The time of peace and home is nigh, Wont the dear ones you left at home With joy and pride around you come And clasp those with the crimson tic?
Give those for rank and wealth who wear The pile of gold, the glittering star, We'll wear our badge of bravery, Our brave divisions crimson tie, In peace, in war, at home, afar.
And should our country d'er demand For other wars your veteran band, The heroes of the "Custer Tie" Prepared to conquer, or to die, Around the stars and stripes they'll stand.
I had three hundred copies of this poem printed, and sold them over camp. I would usually get a squad around me, read the poem aloud, then offer them for sale. On one occasion when reading it to a squad of the First Vir- ginia, I noticed one man near me who listened to the read- ing, with interest until I came to the line,
"And should our country e'er demand For other wars our veteran band" --
when with a disgusted look he turned to leave, at the same time remarking,-"I'll be d -- d ifthey get this veteran?" The Jew clothiers of Wheeling reaped quite a harvest in sell ing clothing to the inen. The boys would buy entire suits pack them in a valise, put their names on the valise, and leave them with the merchants until pay day.
These' enterprising and grasping people kept open stores all day on one Sabbath, which was contrary to law. For this they gladly paid fifty dollars fine cach. They could well afford to do so.
At last, on the fourth day of July, 1865, at 10 o'clock a. m., in one of the streets of Wheeling, our freedom papers were placed in our hand, together with what Uncle Sam owed us, in the way of erisp, new and bright greenbacks. It was very amusing to see the boys walk up to the win- dow as their names were called and receive their final dis-
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charges. Several hundred citizens and soldiers were spec- tators, and as the veterans, who had faced death hundreds of times, realized that they were once more free men, they were so overcome with emotion that many of them, by their ludicrous actions, kept the audience in roars of laugh- ter.
Here let us pause. Near twenty-eight years have passed, with their summers and winters. Dear nature has kissed alike the graves of Union and Confederate, and her robes of verdure or of snow, are the proofs of loving im- partiality. But memories live. The boys came home again-but alas ! not all of them. As Francis A. Durivage so simply and pathetically sings:
"There hangs a sabre, and there a rein, With rusty buckle and green curb chain; A pair of spurs on the old gray wall, And a moldy saddle-well, that is all.
Come out to the stable, it is not far,
The moss-grown door is hanging ajar;
Look within ! there's an empty stall,
Where once stood a charger-and that is all.
The good blaek steed came riderless home,
Flecked with blood-drops, as well as foam, Do you see that mound where the dead leaves fall? The good black horse pined to death-that's all.
All? O, God ! it is all I can speak ; Question me not-I am old and weak, His saddle and sabre hang on the wall, And his horse pined to death-I have told you all.
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A PARTIAL LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS PARTICI- PATED IN BY THE REGIMENT.
Operated against guerrillras in the Guyandotte and Mud River valleys, December 16th, 1861 to April 28th, 1862; Huntersville, January 4th ; Paintsville, Kentucky, January 7th ; Dry Fork, January 8th, 1862; Lewisburg, May 10th ; near White Sulphur, May 12th ; Callahan's Station, May 16th ; destruction of bridge over Cow Pas- ture River, May 17th ; Battle Lewisburg, May 23rd. Many minor engagements in the counties of Greenbriar. Fayette, Mercer, Raleigh and Wyoming, during the months of June, July and August, 1862; Barboursville, West Virginia, September 8th ; expedition to Greenbriar county, November 9th to 13th ; Sinking Creek, November 26th.
1863.
Third action at Lewisburg, May 2nd ; Summerville, May 12th ; Loup Creek, June 27th ; Raleigh C. H., July 4th ; Coal River Glades, July 5th ; Shady Springs, July 14th ; Abbs Valley, July 17th; Wytheville, July 18th ; Fayetteville, July 28th ; Rocky Gap, August 25th ; Mill- point, November 5th ; Big Sewell Mountain, December 12th. 18644.
Grassy Lick, May 7th; Abbs Valley, May 8th ; Cove Mountain Gap, May 10th ; Dublin, May $12th; Jenkins River, May 14th ; Salt Pond Mountain Gap, May 18th ; Muddy Creek, May 29th ; Buffalo Gap, June 9th ; New- port, June 10th ; near Lexington, June 11th, Buchanan, June 13th ; Otter Gap, June 15th; New London, June 16th ; Diamond Hill, June 17th a. m. ; Lynchburg, June 17th and 18th ; Campbell C. H., June 19th ; Liberty, June 20th ; Bonsack, June 21st; Salem, June 22nd ; Mountain Cove on Catawba Creek, June 22nd (evening) ; near White Sulphur Springs June 23d. Transferred to Shenandoah Valley-Stephenson's Depot, July 20th; New- town, July 22nd; Kearnstown, July 23rd; Winchester,
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July 24th; Bunker Hill, July 25th; Martinsburg, July 25th; Chambersburg, July 30th; Moorefield, August 7th; Williamsport, August 27th: Martinsburg, August 31st; Bucklestown, September 2nd; Bunker Hill, September 3d and 4th; Carter's Farm, September 5th; on Valley Pike each day of September 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18tl; Opequan or Winchester, September 19th; between Winchester and Fisher's Hill, September 21st; Fisher's Hill, September 22nd; Mount Jackson, September 23rd; Timberville or Broadway, September 24th; Forrest Hill, September 24th p. m .; Weyer's Cave, September 26th and 27th; Cedar Creek, October 19th; Milford, Luray Valley, October 26th; Ninevah, Front Royal Pike, October 12th; Rude's Hill, November 23rd; Liberty Mills, December 22; near Gordonsville, December 23rd.
1865.
Mount Crawford, March 1st; Waynesboro, March 2nd, Dinwiddie C. H., March 31st: Five Forks, April 1st; Deep Creek, April 3rd; Sailor's Creek, April 6th; Appo- mattox Station, April 8th; APPOMATTOX, APRIL 9TH.
DEATH ROLL.
List of deaths of enlisted men of the Second West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers from the date of organization to the date of muster out, June 30th, 1865 :
Edward A. Thomas, Sergeant Major, killed in action at Winchester, Virginia, July 26th, 1864. John R. James, Hospital Stewatt, died September 4th, 1862, at Gauley Bridge, Virginia.
COMPANY A.
Theodore Dunbar, Corporal, killed in action at Deep Creek, Virginia, April 3rd, 1865. Thomas A. Singer, Bugler, killed at Bunker Hill, September, 1864. David C. Bailey, Private, died October, 1863, while undergoing sentence of G. C. M. at Camp Chase, Ohio. Summer F. Chase, Private, killed at Cove Mountain, May 10th, 1864. Thomas B. King, Private, died July, 1864, at Gallipolis, Ohio. J. W. MeCormick, Private, killed at Cove Moun- tain, May 10, 1864. Thomas MeMasters, Private, died April 28th, 1865, at Ft. Monroe, Virginia, of wounds re- ceived at Five Forks. Charles R. Russell, Private, killed at Deep Creek, April 3rd, 1865. John W. Robertson, Private, killed Front Royal, Nov. 26, '64; Wm. M. Rey- nolds, Private, killed Shenandoah, Aug. 1864; Joseph Radford, Private, killed by pistol shot at hands of W. H. Crouser, Dec. 28, 1862; Thomas C. Skiles, Private, died Sept. 28, 1862, consumption.
COMPANY B.
John N. Stewart, Commissary Sergeant, died while prisoner of war at Belle Isle, date unknown; Martin Van Every, Sergeant, died April 20, 1862, Charleston, W. Va .; Braxton P. Reeves, Sergeant, killed at Barboursville, W. Va., September 8, 1863; Irwin R. Hailey, Corporal, killed September 5, 1864;
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Edward Mitchell, blacksmith, died April 30, 1863, Hos- pital, Fayetteville, Va .; Thos. H. Tomlinson, Musician, found dead Sept. 1863, Camp Piatt; James H. Butler, Private, drowned, Oct. 11, 1863, Ohio river; E. Blanken- ship, Private, died Oct. 7, 1862, at Gallipolis, O; Lewis Conway, Private, died Jan. 16, 1864, home of pneumonia; Edmond Davis, Private, died, June 16, 1863, Iront on, O .; Henry H. Henshaw, Private, died from wounds received at Wytheville, Va., July 18, 1863; George Hoffman, Priv- ate, died from wounds received at Lewisburg, Va., May 18, 1863; Henry Jones, Private, died from wounds, Sept. 10, 1864; Amos McKee, Private, killed in action at Hag- er's Hill, Ky., Jan. 7, 1862; Elias Spencer, Private, killed at Deep Creek, Va., April 3, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Enoch L. Dye, Sergeant, killed near Raleigh C, H., July 14, 1863; John W. Swallow, Corporal, died, Jan. 4, 1864, Charleston, W. Va., of typhoid fever; Baldwin Cox, Private, died March 27, 1862 at home of consumption; B. S. Hamilton, Private, died July 15, 1863 of wounds re- ceived at Raleigh C. H., July 14, 1863; Hudson Hoskins, Private, killed, Newport, Va. June 20, 1864; Albert W. Leonard, Private, killed on Jennies Creek, Ky, Jan. 7, 1862; Marion McMillin, Private, killed Mountain Cove Va., June 22, 1864; Levi J. Mercer, Private, died April 9, 1865, Frederick, Md .; Saml. M. Stypes, Private, died Dec. 2, 1864, Annapolis, Md .; James H. Shreves, Private, died Sept. 20, 1862, Gallipolis, O .; William Smith, Private, died JJan. 27, 1863, Guyandotte, Va .; Stephen Ullum, Pri- vate, died Nov. 14, 1862, Point Pleasant, Va .; Jeremiah M. Boyd, Ist Lieutenant, killed near Carters Farm, Sept. 1864.
COMPANY D.
John Nunnemaker, Sergeant, killed at Peters- burg, Va., March 28, 1865; David C. Lowry, Cor- poral, died March 28, 1863, Camp Piatt, Va .; George F. Black, Private, died July 28, 1862, Vinton coun- ty, O) .; Granville C. Bobo, Private, died March 23
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1863, Charleston, W. Va .; Wm. F. Burgess, Private, died Feb. 15, 1864, Charleston. W. Va .; John Hanning, Pri- vate, died of wounds received at Cove Gap, Va., May 10, 1864; Chas. P. Herald, died of wounds received at Cove Gap, Va., May 10, 1864; Granville Jones, Private, died at Andersonville, Ga .; John J. Jackson, killed in action at Branson's Farm, Va., Sept. 5, 1864; Courtney Lowry, Pri- vate, died August 12, 1863, Vinton Co. O., of typhoid fever: William Remy, Private, died June 28, 1864 at Loup Creek, Va., of typhoid fever; Benjamin Stephens, Pri- vate, died Dec. 9, 1864, at Pleasant Valley, Md., of inter- mittent fever; Daniel T. Wills, Private, died of wounds re- eeived at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865.
COMPANY E.
John D. Barber, 1st Lieutenant, killed at Winchester, July 27, 1864; Thomas Lunsford, Sergeant, died January 18, 1865, in hospital at Winchester, Va., from wounds re- ceived at the hands of Quince Christian; Alexander Kin- neer, Corporal, died January 23, 1865, while prisoner of war at Salsbury, N. C .; William Smith, Corporal, died July 16, 1864, in hospital at Gallipolis, O .; Edward Hemp- field, Bugler, died Sept. 9, 1864, from wounds received in action; Silas A. Burdett, Private, died Oct. 15, 1863, at Charleston, W. Va .; John L. Chaplin, Private, died Feb. 1862, Guyandotte, W. Va .; James Cochran, Private, died April 25, 1865, of wounds received in action; Samuel A. Durbin, Private, died July 17, 1862, in hospital at Ganley Bridge, West Virginia; Jackson Elder- kin, died November 9, 1864, Washington, D. C .; Wm. IT. Filkill, Private, died Sept. 15, 1862, Gallipolis, O .; John Goodfellow. Private, died April 11, 1865, Harper's Ferry; William MI. Hartford, Private, killed by bushwhackers on Coal river, July 5, 1863: Justice Irwin, Private, died Belle Isle (prisoner) date un- known; Joho W. Mullen. Private, died March 20, 1865, White House, Va .; William W. Orr, Private, died of wounds received at Lewisburg, Va., May 2, 1863; George Phillips, Private, killed near Winchester, Va., July 27,
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1864; Dennis Sullivan, Private, died April 27, 1865 from wounds received in action, Washington, D. C .; Franklin Worman, Private, died March 1862, Guyandotte, Va.
COMPANY F.
Joseph N. Bolen, Private, reported killed near Giles C. H., May 2, 1863; John Fitzpatrick, Private, died from wounds received at Summerville, date unknown; Isaac Howell, Private, date, cause and place unknown; Alphens T. Martin, Private, died January 22nd, 1865, Pine Grove, O .; George D. Pyle, Private, killed at Appomattox, April 8, 1865; James W. Perry, Private, date, cause and place unknown; Charles J. Pathers, Private, date, cause and place unknown; Freeman Scott, Private, date, cause and place unknown; Joseph P. Taylor, Private, died May 9th, 1862, lung fever, at Charleston, W. Va.
COMPANY G.
Pressly Lunsford, Sergeant, killed in action at Win- chester, Va., July 24, 1864; John Dundan, Sergeant, drowned in Kanawha river, February 26, 1864; James McConnell, Corporal, died August 25, 1864, Cumberland, Md .; Jacob Claybaugh, Bugler, killed at Camp Piatt, June 5, 1864; John Collard, Private, died April 10, 1865 in hospital at City Point, Va., of wounds received in action; George Dunfield, Private, died December 11, 1863, in Libby Prison, Va .; Edward Doran, Private, died March 24, 1862, hospital, Guyandotte, Va .; William Daw- son, Private, died April 26, 1865, at Fort Monroe of wounds received in action; W. B. Hutchison, Private, killed at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865; Alberto Harvey, Private, killed at Lewisburg, Vir- ginia, May 2, 1863; Matthew Miller, Private, died June 1, 1863, at Camp Piatt, Virginia; E. N. J. More- land, Private, died May 26, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee; Griff Zinn, Private, killed at Five Forks, Virginia, April 1, 1865.
COMPANY H.
George W. Shoemaker, Second Lieutenant, killed May 2, 1863, at Lewisburg, Virginia; Wm. H. Burn-
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side, Sergeant, died September 4, 1862, at Gallipolis, Ohio; Scott Gard, Corporal, killed June 22, 1864, near Salem, Virginia; Joseph M. Baxter, Private, died of wounds received in action July 24, 1864; William Brooks, Private, died October 3, 1862, at Gallipolis, Ohio; Samuel Clare, Private, died April 10, 1863, at Charleston, of typhoid fever; Cyrenus B. Faires, Private, died April 6, 1863, at Camp Piatt, Virginia: William Garvin, Private, killed June 22, 1864, near Salem, Virginia; Peter God- dard, Private, died October 1, 1862, at Gallipolis, Ohio; George W. Hale, Private, killed at Lewisburg, Virginia, May 2, 1863; Joseph J. Harding, Private, killed at Brush Mountain, Virginia, June 26, 1864; John R. James, Pri- vate, died September 10, 1862; Jacob P. Milhoff, Private, died February 2, 1862, at Guyandotte, Virginia; Thomas T. Morton, Private, died of wounds received July 24, 1864; Isaac Moore, Private, killed near Salem, Virginia, June 22, 1864; Benjamin Prim, Private, killed near Salem, Virginia, June 22, 1864; George W. Simpson, Private, killed at Fisher's Hill, September 21, 1864; James H. Smith, Private, killed at Lewisburg, Virginia, May 2, 1863; Andrew J. Weed, Private, died from wounds received in action July 22, 1864; Cornelius Worman, Private, died September 30, 1863, at Gallipolis, Ohio; James Woodram, Private, killed at Lynchburg, Virginia, June 17, 1864; COMPANY I.
George K. Weir, First Lieutenant, killed at Fayetts- ville, September 12, 1862; John W. Hoover, Corporal, died May 1, 1862, at Charleston, W. Va .; Thomas O'Brien, Corporal, drowned in New river, Va. May 11, 1864: My- ron Packard, Corporal, died March 12, 1864, in rebel prison; Michael Crantz, Private, died March 12, 1862, at Camp Piatt, Va; David Dill, Private, died May 1, 1863, Camp Piatt, Va; Isaac Eggers, Private, died December 4, 1863, in Libby Prison; Cyrus Harris, Private, died Feb- ruary, 1862, Guyandotte, Va .; Casper Hewitt, Private, died from wounds accidentally received at Meadow Bluff, July 1862; W. E. M. Roberts, Private, died February,
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1864, Tenn; Bryon Roberts, Private, killed at Win- chester, September 19, 1864; William Robinson, Private, killed at Wytheville, July 18, 1863; David Sluder, Private, died December 12, 1863, Libby Prison.
COMPANY K.
Jacob A. Myers, Sergeant, killed at Fayetteville, Va., July 4, 1863; Rufus Chamberlain, Private, died, date un- known; John Irwin, Private, died, date unknown; John Javens, Private, died, date unknown; Edward Martin, Private, died, date unknown; Daniel O'Donald, Private, killed on B. & O. R. R., July 19, 1864; James Sweeny, Private, killed at Fayetteville, Va., July 4, 1864.
COMPANY L. (attached)
James W. Nicholson, Quartermaster Sergeant, died Summerville, Virginia, November 7, 1863; Alex. H. Bixler, Sergeant, killed near Raleigh C. H. Va., July 14, 1863; Thomas V. Rush, Corporal, killed at Wytheville, Va., July 18, 1863; John H. Debolt, Private, killed near Bulltown, Va., Aug. 21, 1861; John Elliott, Private, killed at Frederick, Md., Sept. 12, 1862; Daniel G. Higby, Private, died Feb. 19, 1862, at Fayetteville, Va; Jacob McCamm, Private, died of wounds received in action at Raleigh, Va., March 19, 1862; James Noble, Private, killed near Raleigh, Va., March 14, 1862; John Shafer, Private, killed at Wythesville, Va., July 18, 1863; John R. Summers, Private, died Oct. 28, 1861, Summers- ville, Va .; N. R. Walker, Private, died July 21, 1863, Gallipolis, O.
Total-Deaths, 146;discharges for disability, 109; total deaths and discharges, 255.
The first man killed in the regiment was Amos McKee, of Company B, at Jennies Creek, Kentucky, Jan. 7th, 1862. The last man killed in the regiment was George D. Pyle, of Company F, at Appomattox Station, April 8th, 1865.
It has been found impossible to obtain a full and cor- rect list of the wounded.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE REGIMENT WHO DIED IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON.
No. of grave Co. Date Disease
2712 John Golden, G July 1, 1864,
diarrhœa 4738 Sam'l Gardner, G Aug. 4, 1864, scorbutus
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