SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ITINERARY
of the
Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1861-1864
With Roster, Portraits and Biographies
Edited and Compiled by
LAWRENCE WILSON
First Sergeant Company D
Assisted by
THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
of the
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
New York and Washington
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1907
0.
Copyright, 1907, by
LAWRENCE WILSON
CONTENTS
Pages.
INTRODUCTORY, 13
I. The Opening Gun, 17
II. The First Call for Troops, 23
III. Camp Taylor, 26
IV. Camp Dennison, 32
V. From Camp Dennison to Weston, 38
VI. Army Correspondence, 41
VII. Going to Glenville, Bulltown, Button and Sum-
merville, 50
VIII. Cross Lanes, 60
IX. Report of the Battle of Cross Lanes, 70
X. More About Cross Lanes, 90
XL At Charleston, 102
XII. The Cotton Hill and Loop Creek Campaign, 107
XIII. Romney and Blue's Gap, 114
XIV. Leaving Romney, 1 18
XV. From Pawpaw to Winchester, 124
XVI. The Battle of Kernstown, or Winchester, 128
XVII. From Kernstown and New Market to Fredericks-
burg and Back to Front Royal, 144
XVIII. From Front Royal to Port Republic, 156
XIX. The Battle of Port Republic, 164
XX. From Luray to Alexandria and Around to Cul-
peper Court House, 172
XXI. The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 177
XXII. The Second Bull Run Campaign, 195
XXIII. Antietam, 202
XXIV. On Loudoun and Bolivar Heights and the Fight
at Dumfries, 215
XXV. From Dumfries to Chancellorsville, 228
XXVI. The Battle of Chancellorsville, 231
XXVII. The Gettysburg Campaign, 248
XXVIII. The Return from Gettysburg, 259
XXIX. The Sea Voyage to New York City and Back, ... 261
XXX. From the Rapidan to Wauhatchie Valley, 265
XXXI. The Battle of Lookout Mountain, 269
XXXII. Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold, 281
XXXIII. Back to Wauhatchie and Bridgeport, 290
XXXIV. The Atlanta Campaign, Dug Gap, and Resaca, . . 295
XXXV. Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, and New Hope
Church, 300
XXXVI. Going Home to be Mustered Out, 311
XXXVII. "A Year With the Rebels," 316
XXXVIII. Prison Life, 330
XXXIX. Sketch of Prison Life and the Bone-Dust Trade, 344
XL. An Episode of the Battle of Cross Lanes, 347
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Pages.
GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE, 359
TRIBUTE OF COLONEL WILLIAM F. FOX TO THE SEVENTH OHIO, 360
BIOGRAPHIES.
Field and Staff-
Tyler, Erastus B., Colonel, 365
Creighton, William R., Colonel, 366
Asper, Joel F., Lieut-Colonel, 368
Crane, Orrin J., Lieut-Colonel, 370
McClelland, Samuel M., Lieut-Colonel, 371
Casement, John S., Major, 372
DeForest, Louis Germain, Adjutant, 374
Brown, Frederick Thomas, Chaplain, 376
Morris, John, Quartermaster, 377
Hubbard, Newton K., Sergeant-Major, 379
Coe, H. H., Leader Band, 381
Clark, Martin VanBuren, Musician, 383
Company A —
Molyneaux, Joseph B., Captain, 384
Howe, William A., Captain, 387
McKay, George A., Captain, 389
Claflin, Jeremiah Getchel, First Sergeant, 39i
Austin, Lewis, Corporal, 393
Sweet, Samuel, Corporal, 394
Rockefeller, Frank, Private, 395
Smith, Charles H., Private, 396
Company B —
Clark, Mervin, Captain, '. 398
Bohm, E. H., First Lieutenant, 4°°
Bauder, Levi F., First Sergeant, 4°3
Schmidt, Gustav, Sergeant, 4°5
Gasser, Joseph M., Private, 4°6
Walker, Thomas, Private, 4°8
Company C —
Shurtleff, Giles W., Captain, 41°
Davis, Llewellyn R., Captain, 412
Andrews, Martin M., First Sergeant, 4J4
Day, Selden Allen, Sergeant and Colonel, 410
Bowler, Charles Pendleton, Sergeant, 420
Orton, Robert G., Sergeant, 4^3
Condit, Edgar Mantelbert, Sergeant, 4^5
Buxton, Charles Hall, Sergeant, 4^8
Death of Sergeant O. C. Trembley, 43O
Guinn, James Miller, Corporal, 431
Raymond, James Warner, Corporal, 432
Cheney, James Wilson, Private, 433
Cleverdon, Joseph S., Private, 435
CONTENTS 7
Pages.
Grigsby, Philip, Private, 436
Kingsbury, Selden Bingham, Private, 438
Stone, Marvin C., Private, 440
Ward, David A., Private, 442
Company D —
Wood, George L., Captain, 443
Williams, A. J., Second Lieutenant, 444
Tisdel, Willard P., First Sergeant, . . . 446
Wilson, Lawrence, First Sergeant, 448
Force, Emory Warren, Sergeant, 450
Cain, William, Sergeant, 452
Colwell, Albert, Private, 453
Rhodes, Henry H., Private, 454
Company E —
Sprague, John Wilson, Captain, 455
Weed, Charles A., Captain, 457
Wilcox, Arthur T., Captain, 458
Clarke, Joseph S., Private, 460
Wickham, John Wanton, Private, 462
Company F —
Spencer, Harlow Nathaniel, Captain, 463
Davis, George H., Private, 465
Morley, Alfred Watson, Private, 466
Company G —
Braden, William D., Captain, 467
Dean, Harry M., First Lieutenant, 468
Hartzell, James N., Corporal, 469
Owen, Humphrey B., Corporal, 470
Horner, Anthony Wayne, Private, 471
Company H —
Nesper, Christian W., Captain, 472
Cavannah, Arthur Albion, Private, 474
Garrard, Charles T., Private, 475
Murray, Robert Drake, Private, 477
Oliver, George W., Private, 479
White, Addison, Private, 480
White, Riley, Private, 482
Company K —
Krieger, Ernst J., Captain, 483
MONUMENTS.
Seventh Regiment Monument at Cleveland, Ohio, 485
The Monument at Antietam, Maryland, 487
The Regimental Monument at Gettysburg, 488
Candy's Brigade Marker, 494
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Pages.
HISTORY OF THE WHITE BANNER, 496
OUR FIRST REUNION, 503
POEMS.
Antietam, 512
The Days of Sixty-three, 513
The Phantom Regiment, 514
Dirge for One Who Bell in Battle, 516
Somebody's Darling, 517
The Bivouac of the Dead, 518
REGIMENTAI, ROSTER, 5^1
CASUALTY LIST, 629
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Facing page
Adams, T. E. W., 429
Andrews, M. M., 4T4
Antietam Monumentj 487
Asper, Joel F., 368
Austin, Lewis, 393
Bauder, Levi F., 4°3
Baxter, Morris, 37^
Bellows, Curtis J., 373
Bohm, Edward H., 4°°
Bowler, Charles P., 420
Braden, William D., 467
Brand, Frederick, W., 397
Brigade Marker near Little Round Top, 404
Brooks, Charles A., 376
Brown, Frederick T., 376
Brown, Dwight H., 39°
Buxton, Charles H., 428
Cain, William, 452
Camp Dennison, Frontispiece
Casement, John S., 372
Cavannah, Arthur T., 474
Cedar Mountain Map, 180
Chancellorsville Map, 231
Cheney, James W., 433
Claflin, Jere G., 391
Clark, Mervin, 398
Clark, M. V., 383
Clarke, Joseph S., 460
Cleverdon, Joseph S., 435
Coe, Henry H., 381
Colwell, Albert, 453
Condit, Edgar M., 425
Crane, Orrin J., 370
Creighton, W. R., 366
Cross Lanes Map, 80
Cryne, Joseph, 482
Davis, Llewellyn R., 412
Davis, George H., 465
Day, Selden A., 416
Day, Colonel Selden A 419
Dean, Harry M., 468
DeForest, Louis G., -. 374
Dickson, Thomas P., 434
Dyer, John N., 444
Eaton, Henry Z., 473
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Facing page
Fisher, S. $., -.. 472
Force, Emory W., 450
Garrard, Charles T., 475
Gasser, James M., 406
Geanr's Division Flag, 275
Gettysburg Monument, 490
Green, Edwin, 454
Green, Isaiah B., 472
Grigsby, Philip, 436
Guinn, J. M., 431
Hartzel, James N., 469
Hicks, Owen, 437
Hime, Jacob E., 407
Hine, Reuben R., 476
Hopkins, Marcus S., 464
Homer, Anthony W., 471
Howe, William A., 387
Hubbard, Newton K., 379
Hughes, Morris R., 380
Jones, Isaac C., 414
Jones, John D., 409
Keller, Charles A., 398
Kingsbury, Selden B., 438
Krieger, E. J., 483
Lawrence, D. B., 398
Lockwood, George D., 445
Loomis, Stephen T., 378
McClelland, Samuel, 371
McKay, George A., 389
Miller, E. C, 451
Molyneaux, J. B., 384
Morey, E. W., 427
Morley, A. W., 466
Morris, John, 377
Murray, Robert D., 477
Nesper, Christian W., 472
Off for Dixie, 38
Oliver, Geo. W., 479
Orton, Hobart G., 423
Owen, D. D., 380
Owen, Humphrey B., 470
Paine, Frank, Jr., 413
Pelton, S. S., 478
Port Republic Map, 164
Quayle, George L., 410
Raymond, James M., 432
Regimental Monument at Cleveland, 485
Rhodes, Henry H., 454
Rockefeller, Frank, 395
Ross, Joseph H., 414
Schmidt, Gustav, 405
ILLUSTRATIONS 1 1
Facing page
Schmidt, Fred H., 4&4-
Schutte, John F., 484
Shepherd, William D.3 375
Shurtleff, Giles W., 4™
Smith, Carlos A 392
Smith, Charles H., 396
Smith, Ephraim J., 461
Spencer, Harlon N., 463
Sprague, John W., 455
Stebbms, Edward E., 4™
Stone, M. C., 44^
Sweet, Samuel, 394
The End,
Tisdel, Willard P., 446
Trembley, O. C., 430
Trotier, Joseph, 4°4
Tyler, Erastus B., 365
Walker, Thomas 408
Walworth, Warren F., 441
Ward, David A., 442
Weed, Charles A., 457
White, Addison, 480
White, Riley, 482
White Banner, 496
White Star Badge, 230
Wickham, John W., 462
Wilcox, Arthur T., 458
Williams, Andrew J., 444
Wilson, Lawrence, 448
Winchester (Kernstown) Map, 129
Winzenried, Rudolph, 466
Wood, George L., 443
Woodward, Joshua S-, 382
"IN FRATERNITY, CHARITY AND LOYALTY"
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORIAN
INTRODUCTORY
If any explanation as to how the undersigned became in
terested in the preparation of this itinerary be necessary, it
can be found in an earnest desire to have a more extended
and correct account of our marches, campaigns, and battles
written than that contained in Major Wood's "Record,"
and in the following communication :
"CLEVELAND, O., July 9, 1904.
"DR. LAWRENCE WILSON,
"Med. Div. Pension Office,
"Washington, D. C.
"DEAR SIR AND COMRADE: We the undersigned com
rades of the Seventh Reg. Association, realizing your
ability, and the fact that you have opportunity to obtain
official information from the records now on file in Wash
ington, as well as your personal knowledge and familiarity
with all the engagements, marches, and experiences of the
regiment, make this request, that you permit us to present
your name at our reunion to be held in Cleveland, O., Sep
tember 8, 1904, as the Regimental Historian, and pledge
ourselves to furnish you with all the material in our power
to help you give us as satisfactory an account of the ser
vice of our regiment, as is possible.
"WM. A. HOWE.
"E. H. BOHM.
"M. R. HUGHES.
"J. B. MoivYNEAUX.
"LEvi F. BAUDER.
"J. G. CLAFIJN.
"GEORGE A. MCKAY."
Having been notified of my election as Historian the
collection of data from every available source at once began.
To assist in the preparation of this book a committee
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consisting of Captains E. H. Bohm, George A. McKay, J.
B. Molyneaux, and Levi F. Bauder was appointed by the
Regimental Association in August, 1905, to which Captain
W. A. Howe was added and then elected Treasurer.
The first great shock and irreparable loss was expe
rienced in the sudden and unexpected death of Captain
Bohm, who had with his usual force and zeal taken hold of
this project with a zest and will presaging certain success.
His strength of character, physical and mental force, zeal
and enthusiasm were sadly missed by his associates and his
untimely death deeply mourned.
With a view to creating a general interest in this work
and of obtaining specific and general information from
comrades generally, some hundreds of postal cards were
prepared and sent out inviting written articles about the
various marches and campaigns, as well as incidents, both
humorous and pathetic, connected with our service, but I
regret to say that these brought very few responses, as not
many of our number now seem inclined to engage in such
work.
There were comrades, however, who appreciating the im
portance of the occasion, gave cordial assistance and co
operation from beginning to end, whose names a strong
sense of appreciation and gratitude bids me mention. First
upon this list is Capt. J. B. Molyneaux, who not only
promptly volunteered to prepare the splendid Roster found
upon these pages, but has also, during the more than two
years devoted to this work, searched and found and copied
invaluable data and information from the retained files of
the Cleveland papers, and in addition thereto contracted for
and carefully superintended the preparation and printing of
all the portraits, cuts and maps for the entire regiment, and
his efficiency in this line is clearly indicated by the character
of the work so well illustrated herein. In fact, the days
have neither been too long, nor the nights too tedious to
deter him from doing something for the success of this
cause — for all of which most cordial and grateful acknowl
edgment is hereby made.
INTRODUCTORY 1$
The next comrade in this class is Capt. George A. Mc
Kay, who with his marked ability as a military critic and
writer is peculiarly well qualified to write of the days
when we marched and fought and successfully bore the
Stars and Stripes through many States, as witness his
highly interesting articles covering Pope's retreat from
Culpeper, Second Bull Run, and Antietam, as well as the
transfer of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from the Rapi-
dan to Chattanooga, and the eminently successful battles of
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold, where
this gallant officer was torn and mangled upon the field of
battle and made a cripple for life. He also compiled many
of the personal sketches of officers and men found herein,
and has shown himself to be as efficient and helpful in time
of peace, as he was faithful, brave and true in time of war.
That the services of Capt. Levi F. Bauder as secretary,
and of Capt. W. A. Howe as treasurer, have been cheer
fully given and every duty well performed, goes without
saying, yet are hereby noted and gratefully acknowledged.
As a company, Company C has, under the thoughtful and
skilful management of Capt. M. M. Andrews, given much
literary and financial assistance, for all of which it is sin
cerely hoped that they will find herein some measure of
reward.
Finally, to all who have contributed of their means or
talent to the success of this undertaking, I beg to subscribe
myself, most gratefully yours,
LAWRENCE WILSON,
Regimental Historian.
CHAPTER I.
THE OPENING GUN.
The first hostile gun in the great war for the preserva
tion of the Union was fired at the steamer Star of the West
on the 9th day of January, 1861, while it was seeking to
extend relief to the garrison at Fort Sumter, in Charleston
Harbor, and the following correspondence indicates what
occurred there later on :
"HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S. A.,
"CHARLESTON, S. C., April n, 1861.
"SiR: The Government of the Confederate States has
hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against
Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Government of the
United States, with a view to the amicable adjustment of
all questions between the two Governments, and to avert
the calamities of war, would voluntarily evacuate it. There
was reason at one time to believe that such would be the
course pursued by the Government of the United States,
and under that impression my Government has refrained
from making any demand for the surrender of the fort.
But the Confederate States can no longer delay assuming
actual possession of a fortification commanding the entrance
to one of their harbors and necessary to its defense and
security. I am ordered by the Government of the Confed
erate States to demand the evacuation of Fort Sumter. My
aides, Colonel Chestnut and Captain Lee, are authorized to
make such demand of you. All proper facilities will be
afforded for the removal of yourself and command, to
gether with the company arms and property, and all private
property, to any post in the United States which you may
select. The flag which you have upheld so long and with
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so much fortitude, under the most trying circumstances,
may be saluted by you on taking it down. Colonel Chest
nut and Captain Lee will, for a reasonable time, await your
answer.
"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"G. T. BEAUREGARD,
"Brigadier-General Commanding.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C."
"FoRT SUMTER, S. C., April n, 1861.
"GENERA^: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your communication demanding the evacuation of this
fort, and to say, in reply thereto, that it is a demand with
which I regret that my sense of honor, and of my obliga
tions to my Government, prevent my compliance.
"Thanking you for the fair, manly, and courteous terms
proposed, and for the high compliment paid me,
"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
"Brig.-Gen. BEAUREGARD,
"Commanding Provisional Army."
"HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S. A.,
"CHARLESTON, S. C., April n, 1861.
"MAJOR : In consequence of the verbal observations
made by you to my aides, Messrs. Chestnut and Lee, in re
lation to the condition of your supplies, and that you would
in a few days be starved out if our guns did not batter you
to pieces, or words to that effect, and desiring no useless ef
fusion of blood, I communicated both the verbal observa
tions, and your written answer to my communications, to
my Government. If you will state the time at which you
will evacuate Fort Sumter, and agree that in the meantime
you will not use your guns against us unless ours shall be
employed against Fort Sumter, we will abstain from open-
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ing fire upon you. Colonel Chestnut and Captain Lee are
authorized by me to enter into such an agreement with you.
You are, therefore, requested to communicate to them an
open answer.
"I remain, major, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant,
"G. T. BEAUREGARD,
"Brigadier-General, Commanding.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C."
"FoRT SUMTER, S. C., April 12, 1861.
"GENERAL : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
by Colonel Chestnut of your second communication of the
nth instant, and to state in reply that, cordially uniting
with you in the desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood,
I will, if provided with the proper and necessary means of
transportation, evacuate Fort Sumter by noon on the I5th
instant, and that I will not in the mean time open my fires
upon your forces unless compelled to do so by some hostile
act against this fort or flag of my Government by the
forces under your command, or by some portion of them,
or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile inten
tion on your part against this fort or the flag it bears,
should I not receive prior to that time controlling instruc
tions from my Government or additional supplies.
"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
"Brig.-Gen. BEAUREGARD, Commanding."
"FoRT SUMTER, S. C., April 12, 1861. — 3.20 A. M.
"SiR: By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard,
Commanding the Provisional Forces of the Confederate
States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open
the fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from
this time.
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"We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedi
ent servants,
"JAMES CHESTNUT, Jr.,
"Aide-de-Camp,
"STEPHEN D. LEE,
"Captain, C. S. Army, Aide-de-Camp.
"Major ROBERT ANDERSON,
"U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Sumter."
General Beauregard said in his official report :
"In consequence of some circumstance of delay the bom
bardment was not begun precisely at the appointed moment,
but at 4.30 o'clock the signal gun was fired and within
twenty minutes all our batteries were in full play. There
was no response from Fort Sumter until about 7 o'clock,
when the first shot from the enemy was discharged against
our batteries on Cummings Point.
"By 8 o'clock the action became general, and throughout
the day was maintained with spirit on both sides. Our
guns were served with skill and energy. The effect was
visible in the impressions made on the walls of Fort Sumter.
From our mortar batteries shells were thrown with such
precision and rapidity that it soon became impossible for
the enemy to employ his guns en barbette, of which several
were dismounted. The engagement was continued without
any circumstance of special note until nightfall, before
which time the fire from Sumter had evidently slackened.
Operations on our side were sustained throughout the night,
provoking, however, only feeble response.
"On the morning of the I3th the action was prosecuted
with renewed vigor, and about 7^ o'clock it was discovered
our shells had set fire to the barracks in the fort. Speedily
volumes of smoke indicated an extensive conflagration,
and apprehending some terrible calamity to the garrison I
immediately dispatched an offer of assistance to Major An
derson, which, however, with grateful acknowledgments,
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he declined. Meanwhile, being informed about 2 o'clock
that a white flag was displayed from Sumter, I dispatched
two of my aides to Major Anderson with terms of evacua
tion. In recognition of the gallantry exhibited by the gar
rison I cheerfully agreed that on surrendering the fort the
commanding officer might salute his flag.
By 8 o'clock the terms of evacuation were definitely ac
cepted. Major Anderson having expressed a desire to com
municate with the United States vessels lying off the har
bor, with a view to arrange for the transportation of his
command to some port in the United States, one of his
officers, accompanied by Captain Hartstene and three of my
aides, was permitted to visit the officer in command of the
squadron to make provision for that object. Because of
unavoidable delay the formal transfer of the fort to our
possession did not take place until 4 o'clock in the afternoon
of the 1 4th instant. At that hour, the place having been
evacuated by the United States garrison, our troops occu
pied it, and the Confederate flag was hoisted on the ram
parts of Sumter with a salute from the various batteries."
The following official report indicates briefly why
Fort Sumter was evacuated :
"STEAMSHIP 'BAI/TIC,' OFF SANDY HOOK,
"April 18, 1861, — 10.30 A. M. — via New York.
"Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours,
until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates de
stroyed by fire, the gorge walls seriously injured, the maga
zine surrounded by flames, and its doors closed from the
effects of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder
only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork,
I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beaure-
gard, being the same offered by him on the nth instant,
prior to the commencement of hostilities, and marched out
of the fort on Sunday afternoon, the I4th instant, with
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colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company
and private property, and saluting my flag with fifty guns.
"ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
"Hon. S. CAMERON,
"Secretary of War, Washington."
(Series I, Vol. I, War of the Rebellion Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Armies, pages 13, 14, et
seq.)
CHAPTER II.
THE: FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS.
Fort Sumter having been fired upon on April 12, 1861,
surrendered on the I3th and evacuated on the I4th, and all
hope of arriving at a peaceable solution of the great ques
tions then engaging the public mind having by this action
been submitted to the arbitrament of the sword, the follow
ing call for troops was made :
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
"By the President of the United States:
"A PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas, The laws of the United States have been for
some time past and now are opposed, and the execution
thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the pow
ers vested in the Marshals by law;
"Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of
the United States, in virtue of the power vested in me by
the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth,
and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of
the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to
suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be
duly executed. The details for this object will be immedi
ately communicated to the State authorities through the
War Department.
"I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid
this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the ex
istence of our national Union and the perpetuity of popu
lar government, and to redress wrongs already long enough
endured.
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"I deem it proper to say, that the first service assigned
to the force hereby called forth, will probably be to repos
sess the forts, places, and property which have been seized
from the Union, and in every event the utmost care will
be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid
any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with
property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any
part of the country; and I hereby command the persons
composing the combinations aforesaid, to disperse and re
tire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days
from this date.
"Deeming that the present condition of public affairs
presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby in virtue
of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both
Houses of Congress. The Senators and Representatives
are therefore summoned to assemble at their respective
chambers at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth
day of July next, then and there to consider and determine
such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and in
terest may seem to demand.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, and of the independence of the United
States the eighty-fifth.
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
"By the President.
"WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."
(Note — Under this call 91,816 men were accepted.)
Notwithstanding all that had been said in reference to
secession and the establishing of a Southern Confederacy,
many people were loth to believe that actual war would
ensue, hence the attack upon Fort Sumter and President
Lincoln's call for troops came like an electric shock to the
nation. Both North and South sprang up like tigers in
their lair. In cities, towns, and country places, business of
FIRST CAU, FOR TROOPS 25
every character was generally suspended, and public meet
ings were held where volunteers by thousands enrolled for
the conflict. The State of Ohio was called upon for less
than 13,000 men. In less than two weeks more than 75,000
of her loyal sons tendered their services, when Governor
Dennison persuaded the Secretary of War to accept twenty-
one instead of thirteen regiments and informed the Presi
dent that if the State of Kentucky declined to furnish her
quota, the State of Ohio would do it for her.
As might have been expected, the hardy sons of northern
Ohio, whose ancestors fought at Lexington and Bunker
Hill, encamped at Valley Forge and crossed the Delaware,
responded promptly and enthusiastically to the call and
were early prepared to leave for camp. And what of the
leave taking when these volunteers left their respective
home towns? Marching in a body to the depot where a
great throng had gathered, some well-known citizen said a
few words of parting, while the favorite pastor offered an
earnest prayer for the success of the cause, their protection
and safe return; then for a few moments these warriors,
in miniature, were left in the hands of those most dear.
While many were already in tears at the thought of perhaps
a final parting, others whose hearts were equally stirred,
endeavored to smile and be cheery, yet a spirit of the
utmost sadness prevailed until the cars came to bear them
away.
Then parents and others embraced and kissed their
soldier boys with all the tenderness known to loving human
hearts; said a fond good-by, and amid cheers, tears, and
the waving of flags, hats, hands, and handkerchiefs, the
train departed.
CHAPTER III.
CAMP TAYLOR.
On April 18, 1861, Mr. A. A. Jewett, of Cleveland, presi
dent of the Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society, ten
dered Governor Dennison the use of their Fair Grounds on
Kinsman street, as a camp ground, whereupon the follow
ing orders were issued :
"GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
"ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
"COLUMBUS, O., April 18, 1861.
"GENERAL ORDER
No. 5.
"Camp Taylor will be organized at Cleveland forthwith
and will be the rendezvous for all troops raised in the
Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Divisions, as lately organized,
and also the Third Brigade of the Eighth Division.
"Assistant Commissary-General George B. Senter is de
tailed to make all necessary provision for the camp grounds,
supplies, etc., and Brig.-Gen. J. W. Fitch will assume com
mand of Camp Taylor, and will report by telegraph to
headquarters of troops, daily, for orders and also of all
arrivals.
"The organization will be by companies until they report
to camp, when such regimental organization will be effected
as may be deemed best for the service.
"H. B. CARRINGTON,
"Adjutant-General.
"By order of the
"Commander-in-chief."
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"HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE,
"FOURTH DIVISION, OHIO VOLUNTEER MILITIA,
"CLEVELAND, O., April 20, 1861.
"BRIGADE ORDER
No. i.
"The following organized companies will report at Bri
gade Headquarters, Lyman Block, Monday, April 22, 1861,
at 10 o'clock A. M., to receive orders to march into Camp
Taylor :
Hibernian Guards, Captain Kinney;
Sprague Cadets, Captain De Villiers;
Cleveland Light Guards, Captain Creighton;
National Guards, Captain Wiseman.
"Colonel Barnett of Cleveland Regiment of Light Artil
lery, will detail two companies of his command for guard
duty and police regulation in camp.
"Camp Taylor will be organized at the Cuyahoga County
Fair Grounds, corner of Kinsman and Hudson streets, in
the city of Cleveland, Monday, April 22d, 1861, at n
o'clock, at which time Brigade Headquarters at Lyman's
Block will be discontinued.
"All companies ordered into Camp Taylor after Monday,
10 o'clock A. M., will report to Brigade Headquarters at
camp.
"By order of
"J. W. FITCH,
"Brigadier-General.
"W. F. CAREY,
"Brigade Major."
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEERS.
While the "Sprague Cadets," "Cleveland Light Guards,"
and "National Guards" had all been organized in the city
of Cleveland since the fall of Sumter, there had also been
formed at Oberlin, the "Monroe Rifles;" at Painesville,
the "Painesville Union Guards;" at Huron, the "Huron
Infantry;" at Franklin Mills, the "Franklin Rifles;" at
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Ravenna, the "Tyler Guards;" at Warren, "Company A
of Warren," and at Youngstown, the "Union Guards," all
of which came trooping into Camp Taylor from April 22,
and having been duly mustered were on the 28th of April,
1 86 1, designated as follows:
Zouave Light Guards, Capt. Creighton, Co. A
Sprague Zouave Cadets, " De Villiers, " B
Monroe Rifles, " Shurtleff, " C
Painesville Union Guards, " Dyer, " D
Huron Infantry, " Sprague, " E
Franklin Rifles, " Morris, " F
Tyler Guards, " Seymour, " G
Company A of Warren, " Asper, " H
Union Guards, " Sterling, " I
National Guards, " Wiseman, " K
and denominated the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers.
The following extracts from the Cleveland Leader it is
believed will be of interest :
Cleveland Leader, April 18, 1861.
"The Light Guards organization was completed and of
ficers elected as follows: W. R. Creighton, captain; O. J.
Crane, first lieutenant; A. C. Burgess, second lieutenant;
Dudley Kimball, first sergeant; George A. McKay, second
sergeant; Frank Lynch, third sergeant; Dwight H.
Brown, fourth sergeant; J. P. Mcllrath, first corporal;
William J. Morgan, second corporal; Alexander Ewart,
third corporal; William A. Howe, fourth corporal; C. L.
Smith, commissary."
Cleveland Leader, April 22, 1861.
"The Sprague Zouave Corps elected the following of
ficers : C. A. De Villiers, captain ; James T. Sterling, first
lieutenant; T. T. Sweeny, second lieutenant; H. Z. Eaton,
ensign; Louis G. De Forest, orderly sergeant; Joseph B.
Molyneaux, first sergeant; George Whitehead, second
sergeant; Merwin Clark, third sergeant; Frank M.
Thomas, fourth sergeant; E. B. Thomas, first corporal;
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William R. McChesney, second corporal ; Ed. Gibson, third
corporal, and William Walworth, fourth corporal."
Cleveland Leader, April 25, 1861.
"We learn that 75,000 troops, the full number called for
by the President's Proclamation, have been tendered from
this State alone, and that 100,000 are probably prepared to
do military duty. Our people are alive with patriotism
and honest bravery."
Same date :
"The Union Guards, a fine company numbering 104 men,
arrived at camp yesterday afternoon. They are from
Painesville and were accompanied by the Painesville Brass
Band, who discoursed sweet music as they marched through
the streets."
Cleveland Leader, April 26, 1861.
"Shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday a company from
Huron, numbering 80 men, came in, commanded by Cap
tain Sprague."
Same date:
"Portage County has sent 71 of her noble sons from
Ravenna. The Company is named the 'Tyler Guards' in
honor of Brigadier-General E. B. Tyler. The Company es
corted General Tyler to Camp Taylor, and after reporting
themselves at headquarters, returned to the Weddel House
for the night."
Same date :
"Eighty-four men came in on the C. & P. road last night
from Franklin Mills, commanded by Captain John Morris."
April 27, 1861 :
"Company A, Second Brigade, Ninth Division Ohio
Volunteer Militia, came to town last night from Warren,
under command of Capt. Joel F. Asper. They marched to
Camp Taylor this morning, where quarters were provided
for them."
Before any adequate preparation and provision could be
made for their comfort, some 5,000 volunteers rendez-
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voused at Camp Taylor, and while the accommodations
there were necessarily scant and crude, by the use of the
Agricultural Society's buildings reinforced by hastily con
structed barracks, some eighty feet in length and sixteen
wide, with aisles through the center and tiers of bunks on
either side, like shelves in an apple bin, and packed to over
flowing, shelter was provided for the assembling patriots.
As for uniforms, arms, or army rations, there were none.
Meals were supplied by contract, while even blankets were
scarce, and largely contributed by generous and loyal
people.
Everywhere the sound of martial music filled the air, and
whenever a new organization came into camp with fifes
screaming, drums beating, and colors flying, it was greeted
with enthusiastic cheers and given a most cordial welcome.
And what a motley crew !
In the absence of regulation uniforms every sort of cos
tume prevailed. Each volunteer wore the garb he donned
when he left home for camp, yet this did not detract from
his desire to learn the evolutions of a soldier and qualify
himself for the proper discharge of his duties as such;
hence each day was given to drill with all the zeal and
earnestness of young men preparing to do battle for their
country.
ONE OF THE FIRST LETTERS FROM CAMP.
"CAMP TAYLOR, CLEVELAND, O., April 27, 1861.
"We left Painesville at 12.40 Wednesday, and arrived
in camp about 3 o'clock. Headed by the Cornet Band we
were marched on to the parade grounds and rested until
supper time, when we were called together and marched to
supper, which consisted of bread, coffee and cold meat.
After this we were marched near headquarters and received
a good heavy blanket, thence to the barracks, where we
stopped for the night.
"After a night's rest on Uncle Sam's feathers (straw)
we were called by the reveille. Orderly Weed called the
roll, and we broke ranks to prepare for breakfast, after
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which we were marched to the parade grounds, where we
drilled until dinner. Our dinner consisted of meat and
potatoes, bread and beans and water. From 2 until 6
o'clock visitors are allowed on the grounds. At 5 o'clock
we all assemble around the center stand for prayer. The
boys are all enjoying themselves first rate. There are be
tween four and five thousand men in camp at present. Re
spects to all.
"W. P. TISDEI,.
"To Painesville Telegraph."
On April 28, 1861, the Sprague Zouave Cadets (Co.
B) were presented with a handsome flag by their lady
friends, Mrs. A. Stone making the presentation address.
CHAPTER IV.
CAMP DENNISON.
Camp Dennison, named after the then Governor of the
State of Ohio, was conveniently located on the Little Miami
River and railroad, seventeen miles north of Cincinnati, in
what had been a huge corn-field of more than five hundred
acres, then seeded to wheat, and existed as a camp of or
ganization and instruction for infantry, cavalry, and artil
lery, all through the war of which we write, as well as a
vast hospital where thousands of sick and wounded and
convalescent soldiers found shelter and medical treatment.
In the early days of 1861 Camp Dennison was under the
command of Brig.-Gen. Jacob D. Cox.*
"COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 2, 1861.
"SPECIAL ORDER
No. 135.
"The Seventh and Eighth Regiments Infantry, will leave
Camp Taylor, May the 3d, instant, en route for Camp
Dennison, by the C. C. & C. Railroad, and will be at the
depot to leave at 5 o'clock in the morning without fail.
"They will supply themselves with an army ration of
cooked provisions. H. B. CARRINGTON,
"Adjutant-General.
"By order of Commander-in-Chief:
"To Brig.-Gen. J. W. FITCH,
"Camp Taylor."
"SPECIAL ORDER "COLUMBUS, O, May 3, 1861.
No. 146.
"The Seventh Regiment on arrival at Columbus will
march into Camp Jackson until further orders.
"H. B. CARRINGTON,
"Adjutant-General.
"By order of Commander-in-Chief:
"To Brig.-Gen. J. W. FITCH,
"Camp Taylor."
*See frontispiece.
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On May 3, 1861, George B. McClellan, who had been
appointed major-general of the Ohio Militia by Governor
Dennison, visited Camp Taylor and ordered that a detail of
ten men from each of the ten companies, destined to become
the Seventh Ohio Infantry, proceed the next day to Camp
Dennison to construct barracks for the regiment. This
detail of 100 men, under the command of Lieut. Orrin J.
Crane, left the city of Cleveland on May 4, at 6 A. M.,
reaching Camp Dennison about 5 p. M. to find that the lum
ber for the construction of barracks had not yet arrived.
In the absence of any provision of quarters for this de
tail, Lieutenant Crane and his men sought shelter for the
night in the already crowded barracks of the Eighth Ohio
Infantry and in abandoned buildings near by.
On the morning of May 5, Lieutenant Crane and his
detail went forth in the midst of a severe rain storm, to
learn that while the lumber had reached its destination, but
one mule and one ox team had been provided to haul it
from the railroad to the building sites, a quarter of a mile
distant.
As some seventy barracks were to be hastily constructed,
the absolute inadequacy of the transportation mentioned
was at once apparent; but nothing daunted, those sturdy
patriots at once began carrying the heavy, rough, water-
soaked lumber through mud and mire, until energy, pluck,
and endurance were well-nigh vanquished, and yet that
night they rested well.
The next morning Lieutenant Crane and his men again
awoke to find the rain falling as in the days of Noah, yet
they went to work with renewed vigor and determination,
again carrying lumber through mud and mire now almost
knee deep, yet thinner than the day before because of more
water mixed with it, and by 5 p. M. had succeeded so well
in the construction of. the seventy barracks as to have many
of them enclosed so as to afford partial shelter to the rest
of their comrades when they arrived.
These barracks were built of rough boards, like railroad
34 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
shanties, 12 by 18 feet, six to a company, three on each side
of a street 25 feet wide, facing each other, with a cook
house of same size in the rear.
LEAVING CAMP TAYLOR.
On May 5, 1861, a beautiful Sabbath morning, the Sev
enth Ohio Infantry left Camp Taylor, under command of
Capt. William R. Creighton, and marching to the Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, embarked in eighteen
cars for Columbus. The following is an extract from the
Cleveland Leader of May 6, 1861 :
"Both sides of the street were lined with people and the
number grew larger momentarily, a large portion of them
women, and waving handkerchiefs and tearful eyes bore
witness to the sympathy which was felt for those young
men who were going forth to do battle in behalf of that
which is equally dear to us all. Never did the several com
panies march better or look better.
"At the depot and along the track there were gathered
from 5,000 to 8,000 people; among them were many of our
most respectable citizens and several ministers of the
gospel. Some of the farewells were most affecting, and
indeed there were at any time few dry eyes among those
who were near the cars. The soldiers were cheerful and
endeavored to console those whom they were leaving with
promise of a safe and speedy return.
"At length the train began to move, and as it rolled out
of the depot there was silence for a moment and then cheer
after cheer arose, which those on board returned, and in the
midst of a thousand cries of 'God bless you!' the noble
Seventh, the pride of Ohio, departed."
While en route to Columbus the people everywhere
greeted the soldiers with every demonstration of enthusi
astic and patriotic approval, and at Grafton the ladies
served a liberal basket lunch, which was greatly enjoyed by
the boys who had for a few days been deprived of "mother's
cooking." Comrade N. K. Hubbard said in a letter:
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"Following this, about 2 o'clock, we had dinner while the
cars were in motion, which consisted of cold meat, bread
and butter, crackers and cheese. All were well satisfied."
Columbus was reached about 5 p. M., and the regiment
marched to Camp Jackson about one-half mile out, where
supper was at once announced.
After supper it was found that the entire regiment could
not be accommodated in the barracks at Camp Jackson,
when the Sprague Cadets and Monroe Rifles marched to
the State-House, where the Cadets were quartered in the
basement, while the Rifles took possession of the Senate
Chamber.
As early as 3.30 A. M. on May 6 the Seventh was astir,
and embarking again on early trains, reached Camp Denni-
son that afternoon in the midst of heavy rain and a sea of
mud, making the entry into this new camp singularly dreary
and forbidding.
Within a few days, however, with the completion of the
barracks and fair weather, which speedily eliminated the
mud, Camp Dennison became a habitable and desirable
place.
THE ELECTION OF FIELD OFFICERS.
"COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 6, 1861.
"SPECIAL ORDER
No. 150.
"The Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, called out
under requisition of the President of the United States,
will elect field officers, the 7th instant, at 3 o'clock p. M.
"Officers and men all voting by ballot.
"Return to be made at this office.
" H. B. CARRINGTON,
" Ad j utant-Gener al .
"By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
"To Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox,
"Camp Dennison."
The candidates for the colonelcy of the Seventh Regi
ment were Erastus B. Tyler, of Ravenna, a former briga-
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dier-general of militia, and State Senator James A. Gar-
field. The former was elected, while Capt. William R.
Creighton of Company A was the unanimous choice for
lieutenant-colonel, and John S. Casement, of Painesville,
"Lake County, for major.
The regimental staff was completed by the appointment
of Dr. Henry K. Gushing, surgeon; Dr. Francis Salter,
asst. surgeon ; Rev. Frederick T. Brown, chaplain ; Louis
G. DeForest, adjutant; John Morris, R. Q. M. ; Leicester
King, sergeant major; Marcus S. Hopkins, quartermaster
sergeant; John L. Woodard, drum major; and Harry
Wood, fife major.
On May 3, 1861, President Lincoln issued his first call
for volunteers to serve for a period of three years, and on
May 24, Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox, then in command of
Camp Dennison, announced his desire to know how many
of the Seventh Regiment would enlist for that period. The
officers were practically unanimous in favor of a reorgani
zation on the three-year basis, and the subject being
brought before the men, about three- fourths of them en
listed.
As soon as possible these three-year volunteers were uni
formed and given a ten-day furlough, while the various
company officers went to their respective homes in search
of recruits to take the place of the men who did not re-
enlist, and by the middle of June the quota of the regiment
was full.
On June 14 the members of the regiment who did not
reenlist left Camp Dennison on leave, until regularly mus
tered out of service, which occurred at Columbus on Au
gust 1 8, 1 86 1.
On June 19, 1861, the field officers were reelected, and
on that day and on the 2Oth, the entire regiment was regu
larly mustered into the military service of the United States
by a Regular Army officer, to serve for the full period of
three years.
On June 21 at a meeting of the officers the following
action was taken :
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"We the undersigned, commandants of the several com
panies composing the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Volun
teers and field officers belonging thereto, called into service
of the President of the United States, being advised of the
fact that our honored colonel, E. B. Tyler, is about to leave
his little daughter, Mary, to the care of strangers and go to
the defense of his country, do hereby agree that in case any
unforeseen casualty should deprive our regiment of its colo
nel and his child of a protector, we will adopt the said Mary
A. Tyler as the 'Daughter of the Seventh Regiment,' and
we further pledge ourselves to extend over her the care and
protection of this regiment until she shall arrive at the age
of maturity.
"Given under our hands at Camp Dennison, O., this 2ist
day of June, A. D. 1861.
W. R. CREIGHTON, Lieut. Col.
J. S. CASEMENT, Major.
O. J. CRANE), Captain of Co. A.
JAMES T. STERLING, Captain of Co. B.
J. W. SHURTLEFF, Captain of Co. C.
JOHN N. DYER, Captain of Co. D.
J. W. SPRAGUE, Captain of Co. E.
D. B. CLAYTON, Captain of Co. F.
W. H. ROBINSON, Lieut. Commanding, Co. G.
J. F. ASPER, Captain of Co. H.
W. R. STERLING, Captain of Co. I.
JOHN J. WISEMAN, Captain of Co. K."
On June 22 arms, accouterments, and uniforms were
drawn and issued, and the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Vol
unteer Infantry was placed upon a war footing.
Our guns consisted of old flint lock muskets converted
into percussion locks, and destined t6 carry "buck and
ball," which proved to be very effective in battle at short
range. For the space of three days the regiment drilled
almost incessantly in the manual of arms, learning how to
handle their pieces and "load in nine times."
CHAPTER V.
FROM CAMP DENNISON TO WKSTON.
On June 25, to the great joy of every member of the
organization, orders came to cook rations and be prepared
to leave camp the next day.
What glorious news was this ! Whither going or what
we were to do, we cared not, so that we left camp in peace
ful Ohio and were placed upon active duty in the enemy's
country.
At a very early hour on June 26 the members of the
Seventh were astir and taking their first lesson in packing
knapsacks. It is needless to state that the capacity of our
knapsacks seemed disgustingly small when we attempted to
store therein our modest supply of clothing and numerous
keepsakes which we did not see how we could part with.
We experienced our first great disappointment, however,
when we had to wait all day until 6 P. M. before the train,
in sections, rolled away, but we subsequently learned that
it was frequently military to fall in promptly and then wait
and keep on waiting, until tired out and thoroughly dis
gusted, before the column moved. Going by Columbus,
camp equipage and ammunition were taken on board, and
with a train of 45 cars, running in sections, and accom
panied by extra locomotives, the regiment reached Bellaire,
on the Ohio River, some four miles below Wheeling, on
June 27, about 3 P. M., having been given an ovation along
the entire route.
The command at once crossed over to Benwood and
stood upon Virginia soil. Ammunition was issued and
muskets loaded, so as to be prepared for any emergency.
At dusk for the first time the regiment bivouacked in the
open, under the starry canopy.
Just after midnight we were aroused to embark in box
cars, and about 2 o'clock A. M. of June 28 left for Grafton.
FROM CAMP DENNISON TO WESTON 39
This branch of the B. & O. R. R. passes through a very
rough and hilly country, generally following along the
course of streams, now and then plunging through tunnels
of less or greater length, making our journey in the dark
ness, with a prospect of a possible attack while en route,
strangely weird and uninviting.
After a brief pause at Grafton the trains proceeded to
Clarksburg, where about 3 P. M. the entire command dis
embarked, pitched tents, and established camp in the
enemy's country.
The next day the Seventh was called out by Colonel
Tyler, who delivered an address exhorting faithfulness,
steadiness, and strict obedience to orders. A stand of
colors was also presented on behalf of the German Turners
of Cleveland, Ohio, and when dismissed it was under in
structions to be ready to march at 3 p. M. upon an impor
tant mission.
At 4 P. M. the regiment, newly armed, uniformed, and
equipped, and led by a splendid instrumental band, under a
German professor, marched out of Clarksburg with drums
beating and colors flying and took the pike for Weston, 25
miles distant. At first how jolly we all were, although
loaded down with large and well-packed knapsacks, haver
sacks, canteens, guns, and cartridge-boxes.
The weight of our entire equipment was not for a time
noticed, but as the miles and the hours wore on hilarity
gradually ceased, and by dark we began to feel somewhat
fatigued. An occasional brief halt was made, and as the
night and distance drew on, our fatigue, thirst and hunger,
and loss of sleep began to be more and more apparent.
Tender and unused feet in stiff and unused army shoes
began to chafe and blister; the straps on our knapsacks
began to cut into our shoulders, while those across our
chest became irksome and confining.
About midnight we reached a little town strung out
along the main road, called Jane Lew, which was illumi
nated with many tallow candles, and looked cheerful and
inviting.
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At early dawn, after what seemed an almost endless all-
night march, we were yet some distance from Weston,
when orders were given to lengthen step, which caused
some to drop out of ranks, completely exhausted. How
ever, as the goal must be reached, our officers still urged us
on, and finally gave the order to double quick. At this
many more fell out by the wayside, while others, who
could not keep up with their heavy load, threw off their
knapsacks, struck out at a lively trot, determined to be "in
at the death," and held on valiantly until the town was
reached.
Upon entering the town about 5 A. M. on June 30, (a
lovely Sunday morning) the regiment divided, and deploy
ing through the streets had possession before the citizens
knew of our presence.
The Union people gave us breakfast, and when the
baggage arrived "Camp Tyler" was established across the
river, the west fork of the Monongahela.
CHAPTER VI.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
"WESTON, VA., July 4, 1861.
"Leaving Grafton on Friday last, at about 8 A. MV we
came on the North Western Virginia R. R. to Clarksburg,
and there encamped. Saturday afternoon Colonel Tyler
drew the regiment up in the form of a square, and ad
dressed us in substance as follows :
" 'Soldiers of the Seventh Regiment — You are now in the
midst of the enemy's country, surrounded by secessionists,
and it becomes us to be on the alert against their move
ments. Your conduct as soldiers, from the time of your
arrival at Camp Dennison, has been made known to the
commander-in-chief, and in return for your uniform pa
triotism and prompt obedience, he has assigned to you, in
preference to any other regiment, the important position
you at present occupy.
" 'In all your actions, act as gentlemen, and show to the
people in whose presence you are that the Ohio boys as
gentlemen and soldiers are one. I am, by your choice, to
lead you. I am .but a machine in your hands. Gentlemen,
it is in your power to go on to complete victory or complete
defeat. If you see fit to place confidence in me, obey my
commands, and follow me where I may lead, I shall feel
proud of the command of the Seventh Regiment. The
country in which we are situated, I am probably better ac
quainted with than any other man in the world — and with
my knowledge of the country, and your obedience to com
mands, we can accomplish everything. Will you follow
where I will lead? [Universal Yes! Yes! Yes! Hurrah
for Colonel Tyler!] Soldiers — we have received marching
orders. To-morrow morning by 3 o'clock we wish to
reach a certain point; be ready; obey orders implicitly,
and all will be well/
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"The point which the Colonel wished to reach, I ascer
tained privately, was Weston — a town 23 miles south of us,
over the hills, and there he wished to capture fifteen of the
most noted secessionists and take possession of a secession
bank. At 4 p. M. on Saturday we packed up our traps, and
with our knapsacks on our backs, haversacks slung at our
sides with one day's rations, belts around our waist with
cartridge-box containing twenty rounds of cartridges, cap-
box, bayonet and scabbard, revolver and knife, and musket
on the shoulder, we started at quick time from Clarksburg.
"The latter part of the march, with such a load to carry,
was very fatiguing; and when within one mile and a half
from the town the order was given for double quick, many
of the men were so fatigued that they fell out of the
ranks — others threw away their knapsacks. Perhaps there
were one hundred in all who from fatigue did not march
into town with the regiment. Entering and surrounding
the town, taking possession of the bank, was done in good
order, in a short time, without any opposition whatever.
"I had almost forgotten to mention that when within a
quarter of a mile of the town, a man was seen running up
the hillside to the left of us. He was supposed to be a spy,
and accordingly was called on to halt! Failing to do so,
he was fired on, but at such a distance without effect. He
was seen to fall, however, and hide in the bushes. Several
of the boys ran up, but it was the good luck of one of Com
pany D's boys to capture him, more frightened than hurt.
William L. Wurts, of our company, captured the first of
the secessionists taken by the Seventh Regiment in Vir
ginia. Good for him ! Several of our boys arrested rebels
in the town. Captain Dyer arrested a great many. Lieu
tenants Weed and Williams each got one or two. Ser
geant French took three, one of whom was armed with a
'76 musket. Your correspondent had the pleasure of ar
resting three seccsh — one of whom purported to be a Meth
odist minister, who has one son in the rebel army and
another acting as scout.
"The people of the town were taken by surprise, not
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knowing at first whether we were Union men or secession
ists ; but finding out what we were, for the most part they
were overjoyed to see us. The buttery and larder were
emptied of their contents for the benefit of the soldiers ;
each, apparently, vied with the other to see who should feed
the most of us. One lady, a Mrs. Osborne, provided break
fast for sixty-four hungry soldiers, and almost that num
ber for dinner and supper. Another lady, a Mrs. Dins-
more, satisfied the craving appetites of dozens of hungry
soldiers. Numbers of others, whose names I do not know,
feasted the boys liberally. Ever since we came here the
Union loving folks of Weston have proven their generosity
and patriotism by their conduct to the soldiers.
"On Tuesday last the men folks went out and got a pole
on which to raise a flag made by the ladies. A great crowd
gathered at the flag raising, and some speech-making being
desired, Lieut A. J. Williams was called on to act as the
orator of the day — and in a very appropriate impromptu
speech, regarding our country, nationality, and glorious
banner, showed himself just the man for the occasion.
The glowing words fell from his lips hot with patriotic de
votion ; and when he spoke of the insults offered to our
nation's flag — that flag which for ninety years has floated
proudly in our land — and how we had come here to protect
that flag, and maintain the rights of Union people, peace
ably if we could, forcibly if we must — it seemed as if a
weird-like incantation had been thrown over the crowd,
such death-like silence prevailed. After the speech, a
young lady, — Miss Dinsmore, — stepped forward, and
handsomely drew the Stars and Stripes to their position,
amid the cheers of the assembled multitude. The Stars and
Stripes, long may they wave in the village of Weston.
"To-day is the Fourth. What memories it brings up.
To-day the good folks of this town are going to give the
Seventh a Fourth of July dinner. Ain't that good ? Hur
rah for the people of Weston !
"Already I have written too much, but two items of in-
44 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
terest more and I close. We took possession of a secession
printing-office, and our boys are printing a paper there
to-day, called The Ohio Seventh. The bank we have pos
session of here contains as near as I can ascertain,
$125,000 — a pretty good haul to start on, ain't it? Just
one word more. All communications to the Seventh Regi
ment should be directed as follows — Company — Seventh
O. V., Grafton, N. W. Virginia. Pardon length— still for
the war,
"W. D. SHEPHERD."
WHO MADE THE FLAG AT WESTON
"DES MOINES, IOWA, February 19, 1906.
"DR. WILSON,
"Washington, D. C.
"I will tell you about the flag making. I think it was
made at Mrs. Joe Osborn's, who kept the jail. A home
where all of that kind of work was done. I think Rebecca
and Maggie Densmore, two loyal sisters, and the two Moore
sisters, Susan and Nannie, helped make the flag. There
were five of us raised the flag, those four girls and myself.
Not that it took all of us, but we wanted the honor of raising
that flag, for it was the flag that we all loved. It was
hoisted just opposite the Bailey Hotel on the corner. We
were all dressed in patriotic collars and aprons.
"I will always remember the Seventh Ohio boys. The
Sunday morning they came into Weston we gave seven of
them a good warm breakfast. Mother could have fed more
if they had come. It seemed as though they had breakfast
all over the town that morning.
"Respectfully,
"MRS. J. S. WILKINSON,
"Formerly Sallie McBride, of Weston. Lewis County,
West Va."
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"WESTON, VA., July n, 1861.
"Friend Merrill: The 4th was a joyful day at Camp
Tyler. I told you the ladies of Weston were going to give
the Seventh Ohio boys a dinner, and they did. Chick
ens, — weren't they good? — pies, cakes, biscuit, bread, but
ter, and everything else that was eatable, almost. In the
afternoon the regiment paraded through the streets, and
assisted in raising a large and beautiful flag, made by the
good folks here. On the morning of the Fourth, Colonel
Tyler received a dispatch from a small village 18 miles
from here, to the effect that small parties of secessionists
were committing outrages and depredations on the Union
ists in that section. Immediately he sent six men from
each company, under the command of Captain Dyer, to the
assistance of the Union men. On arriving at Bennett's
Mills, however, he found the parties scattered to the moun
tains.
"The evening of the 5th, at about 8 o'clock, the Colonel
came to our tents, and asked the lieutenants if their com
pany was ready to march. 'Certainly, Colonel, always
ready,' was the prompt reply. 'Well,' said he, 'get ready to
go and join your captain.' At 10 o'clock p. M. we left
Weston for an 1 8-mile march through a mountainous coun
try. I was sent ahead with an advance guard, and from
some information given us by a man at whose house we
halted to get a drink, we were not to be surprised if we
should be fired into from the hillsides before we got
through. Carefully, silently, and with measured tread we
wound our way over the hills, down into deep, dark ra
vines, and gullies so dark — (Lieutenant Williams said it
was- as dark as a black nigger hunting for a black cat in a
dark cellar) that we could not see one yard in advance of
us. Scarcely a word was spoken the entire night, and
then only in suppressed whispers. Forward we went ; bay
onets fixed, and at a charge; fingers on the triggers, ready
to fire; but not a soul appeared nor a sound heard. I tell
you, friend Merrill, it was rather ticklish marching, and we
were not very sorry when daylight appeared.
46 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
"At 6 A. M. of the 6th inst. we reached Camp Dyer (so
called in honor of our captain), and soon after the Captain
came in with some prisoners, having been out scouting the
night previous. Several secessionists were taken, who, on
taking the oath of allegiance, were allowed to go. Scout
ing parties went out by day and night; and usually brought
in one or more prisoners. Lieutenant Weed, with a party,
brought in eight at one time. Last Sunday night I went
out with a party and brought in five, and two awful long
rifles.
"Monday morning a dispatch was sent to Captain Dyer
to return immediately to Weston. In just one hour from
the time the dispatch came, everything was packed up, and
we were on the road. Part of the time the heat was in
tense, and several of our boys fell from the ranks, unable to
stand the march and heat. A heavy thunder storm provi
dentially arose, and the rain came down in torrents, wetting
us, almost instantly, to the skin — but so cooling and refresh
ing that the rest of the march was made with considerable
ease.
"At 7 o'clock in the evening we again entered Weston,
and found that the regiment had gone to Glenville, expect
ing to have a fight there.
"I forgot to mention that a scouting party from the
Seventh went out the other night and seized fifteen men
and eight horses.
"In my last I wrote that the amount of money taken pos
session of at the bank here was about $75,000. Colonel
Tyler sent away of the amount taken $27,000 in specie, the
principal part of the balance being in paper and not worth
anything.
"From actual observation I am convinced that a great
majority of the secessionists in this section are so from
policy more than principle. For instance, Bennett, the
auditor of this State, is a strong secessionist. He owns a
large tract of land around here, and numbers of people are
living on his land — have lived there for years — it is their
home; the alternative is to leave their homes or be seces-
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sionists; policy says, stay, — therefore, they are seces
sionists.
"Our prospects for a fight are good, and we hope soon to
have one. Direct to us now at Clarksburg, Virginia.
Excuse haste — all well.
"W. D. SHEPHERD."
WHY THE SEVENTH WAS SENT TO WESTON.
In June, 1861, there was deposited in the bank at Wes
ton, Virginia, State funds to the credit of the insane asy
lum, the sum of $30,000 in gold, and during the excitement
of the days of secession and beginning of hostilities this
money seemed to have been overlooked by the authorities
at Richmond. While the secessionists at Weston were
hoping that this gold would be saved to the Confederacy,
the loyal men there took steps to prevent it.
A secret meeting was held and one of their sturdiest
members, Joshua C. Wilkinson, was selected to start that
night on foot for Wheeling, to lay the matter before the
Governor. Wilkinson stepped off 25 miles to Clarksburg,
caught an early train to Wheeling, and at an early hour the
next day had an audience with the Governor, who was
equal to the emergency. Getting in touch with the au
thorities at Washington, he urged that at least a regiment
of infantry be at once sent to Weston, with the result that
the Seventh Ohio Infantry was at once ordered from Camp
Dennison and reached the town in time to get the gold,.
NOTE. — This information was furnished by Comrade
Daniel Ford of the Thirteenth West Virginia Infantry,
then a boy living near Weston.
"THE OHIO SEVENTH."
At a meeting of the lieutenants of the Seventh Ohio
Regiment the following officers were chosen to publish a
Union paper at Weston:
Proprietor, Lieutenant A. C. Burgess, Co. A.
Leading Editor, Lieutenant J. N. Cross, Co. C.
Assistant Editor, Lieutenant A. J. Williams, Co. D.
48 S£V£NTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Publishers, J. F. Harmon and E. F. Grabill, Co. C.
The office of the Weston Herald was taken possession of
and the first copy of the Ohio Seventh was issued on July
4, 1 86 1, from a defunct secession newspaper office with
material left in great confusion.
It was announced that the Ohio Seventh would be issued
as long as the regiment remained at Camp Tyler, and that
it was hoped copies would be issued in Richmond, Charles
ton, and New Orleans, and always from defunct secession
newspaper offices. This little sheet was cordially greeted
by soldiers and citizens and greatly enjoyed by all who
saw it.
The following marriage notices were announced :
"In Cleveland, May 2, 1861, Lieut-Col. W. R. Creigh-
ton of the Seventh Ohio Infantry and Miss Elenor N.
Quirk, both of Cleveland. The Colonel's wife spent sev
eral days at Camp Dennison before the regiment left. It
was hard to tell who had the most friends, the Colonel or
his bride. Long live the Colonel with his bride — the bride-
in-chief of the Seventh.
"In Lyme, Huron County, Ohio, June 12, 1861, Lieut.
A. T. Wilcox of Company E to Julia L. Morehouse. God
bless you, Wilcox.
"In Streetsboro, Ohio, June 12, 1861, Lieut. A. H. Day
of Company F to Miss Tillie E. Shurtleff. We will take
the cake after the war.
"In Mentor, Ohio, June 9, 1861, E. S. Sackett of Com
pany C to Miss Nellie L. Webster. Sackett invites the
Seventh to the infair, after the war.*
"In Oberlin, Ohio, April 22, 1861, E. B. Hayes of Com
pany C to Miss Julina Barter. Success, Hayes, with war
and wife."
TH£ FIRST MILITARY FUNERAL.
While at Weston there was an epidemic of measles and
a member of the Seventh Regiment died. The troops fell
*Sackett died March 29, 1862, from wounds received in battle at Win
chester, Va., March 23, 1862, and never saw wife or home again.
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in under arms, and led by our instrumental band marched
to the hospital. An ambulance served as a hearse. When
all was ready the band led off, playing the saddest of all
tunes, "The Dead March." With arms reversed and at
slow time the solemn cortege moved to the cemetery, where
the body was placed in the open grave. The chaplain's ad
dress, tender and sympathetic, drew tears from many eyes ;
then with an earnest prayer, not forgetting the dead sol
dier's loved ones far away in the Northern home who
should never look upon his face again, the firing squad took
position — three sharp volleys, and all was over.
The command "Attention!" was given; the band struck
up "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and the command re
turned to camp to awake to the realization of the fact, not
before considered, that although enlisting to do battle for
their country, they might die of a simple distemper like
measles, and never, as in this case, see an enemy.
CHAPTER VII.
GOING TO GIvENVIUvE, BULLTOWN, SUTTON, AND SUMMKR-
On July 7, 1 86 1, Companies B and H were ordered to
march to Glenville,, 28 miles distant, to the relief of Union
troops stationed there, and Comrade M. M. Andrews
states :
"The next morning the regiment broke camp at Wes-
ton and marched 18 miles toward Glenville and went into
bivouac, but hearing that the companies which had pre
ceded us the day before needed help, Colonel Tyler directed
Company C to push on that night. We marched most of
the night through darkness and mud, reaching Glenville in
the early morning, and occupied a large residence from
which the rebel owners had departed. In the afternoon
the regiment came up and we all camped in a vacant lot
near the village, where we stayed fifteen days. It was
there that Corporal Adams of Company C was shot by a
bushwhacker."
Comrade Adams has written of this affair as follows :
"On Sunday morning the 2ist of July, 1861, I was sent
out in command of a squad of men to picket and guard a
ford across the Little Kanawha about two miles down the
river from Glenville, W. Va., with instructions to relieve
and send in the old guard. On arriving at the place
described we found no picket present. There was no
mistaking the place — so I left the men and went to a house
near by to make inquiry as to the reason of the absence of
the guard. The people told me that the picket post was
about forty rods beyond at the next house (which was not
in sight because of a bend in the road which followed the
crooks in the river).
"When I got back to the men they had already taken off
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their blankets and made themselves ready to stay, and as
the distance was so short I went on alone to notify the old
picket of our presence. Just beyond the bend in the road
there was a ledge of rocks with brush and trees growing
up to its edge running along the road and three or four rods
distant from the center of the road. At the highest part
of the ledge was a large boulder. Suddenly, without the
least warning, while utterly unconscious of danger, I re
ceived a shot from a rifle which struck me just to the right
of the spine and passed through a space of about five inches.
It was aimed at my heart and had missed killing me be
cause the rebel had miscalculated my forward movement.
I suppose a half an inch farther ahead and it would have
killed me, as it would then have passed through the spine.
On recovering from the partial fall I looked and saw the
smoke coming from over the boulder, and raised my gun
and was about to fire, but the thought struck me that as I
saw no one, I should hit no one, and it would leave me with
an empty gun at the mercy of the rebel, so I reserved my
fire until such time as I would have something to aim at.
In an interview shortly after with Colonel Creighton, I told
him the particulars as above, and he commended me for my
coolness in reserving my fire. I have always been proud
of getting the commendation and approval of such a man
as Colonel Creighton. And I have always been proud of
being the first man wounded by a rebel in the glorious old
Seventh Ohio, which afterward suffered so heavily in
wounded and killed. I sent one of the men to camp with
the news. The whole regiment came out, but failed to dis
cover the rebel, after diligent search. The next morning
I was sent by ambulance to Weston. At the same time the
regiment left Glenville, going by the place where I was
wounded, and I have been told that Captain Shurtleff had
his horse killed on that occasion, while passing that place.
It (my wounding) proved a final parting with many a
dear friend, for before I recovered, "Cross Lanes" battle
had taken place, where Company C lost 35 men killed,
wounded, and prisoners."
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Corporal T. E. W. Adams of Company C therefore bears
the honorable distinction of having been the first man in the
regiment to shed his blood in defense of his country.
Captain Dyer with his scouting party to Walkersville,
reached Weston the afternoon of July 8, when all the rest
of the regiment, excepting Company A, had gone to rein
force the troops at Glenville.
While at Glenville, Colonel Tyler, wishing to open com
munication with Gen. J. D. Cox, supposed to be operating
in the Big Kanawha Valley below Charleston, requested
Chaplain Brown of the Seventh to attempt this most
hazardous journey.
After brief preparation this courageous and well-beloved
little man, about noon on Thursday, July 18, 1861, bade
his comrades good-by and departed. The following is his
own account of the affair :
From Cleveland Herald, July 27th, 1861.
"From the Chaplain of the Seventh,
"Mouth of Pocotalico (Poco),
"17 Miles below Charleston.
"Monday, July 22, 1861.
"You see I am still here, though in the note I sent you
yesterday I told you I should leave in the afternoon. I am
here by advice of General Cox, who thinks I will reach the
Seventh about as soon by remaining with him as by return
ing the way I came, and by a much shorter route. I was
reluctant to see it in this light. But as the object which
brought me here has been secured, and my only reason for
returning was to relieve the anxiety of Colonel Tyler and
others for my safety, I thought it best to take the advice
and remain, and especially as from dispatches received by
General Cox from General McClellan a few hours before by
way of Point Pleasant, to which place they had been tele
graphed, I learned that Colonel Tyler was, or very soon
would be, on the move south to join us here, by way of
Sutton and Summerville. Take your map of Virginia and
you will see that with the Seventh on the move south-east,
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to join it by the way I came would make me travel nearly
one hundred and fifty miles, and that by waiting and going
across, I can join it in forty or fifty miles, reaching it per
haps as soon as by starting north at once. For this reason,
and because of the dangers to which I would needlessly ex
pose myself by returning, I have remained.
"Of course the trip I took did not lie immediately in the
line of my prescribed duties. But in this world a man must
do many things, if he will live well, not immediately pre
scribed to him in his profession. Colonel Tyler was very
anxious to get into communication with General Cox, from
whom none of us in the North had heard anything for
weeks, because of the secession belt between us, and our
movements depended much on his. I was present in the
council when it was determined to send some one to try to
open communication. I did not offer my services, nor say
a word. I heard the officers talking among themselves
that it would be difficult and dangerous, that whoever went
must disguise his connection with the army, and that he
must seem to have business elsewhere in the neighborhood
of Charleston, etc., etc. All of them wished to go. But the
Colonel told them he could not well spare any of them. He
then turned to me and asked if I would and could go. I
told him I could and would, provided nothing was de
manded of me inconsistent with my character as a Chris
tian — that I could not say that I had business at Gauley
Bridge nor elsewhere, etc., but that if the manner of it were
left to me, I thought I could go safely through. I saw that
he wished me to go, and that he was willing to trust to my
own skill. So it was settled. As soon as possible — in two
hours — I had all my things packed ready to be carried
along with the regiment in case it moved during my ab
sence, was metamorphosed into a quiet-looking citizen, and
was on horseback ready to start. The officers and Dr.
Gushing were all very kind, and were around me in a crowd
when I started, Dr. Gushing going with me a mile or two.
A Union man of the neighborhood went with me some dis
tance to see me well off. My course lay for forty miles
54 SEVENTH RSGIMSNT OHIO VOUJNT33R INFANTRY
almost due west, tending a little to the south, through the
counties of Gilmer, Calhoun, and Roane to California, the
county-seat of Roane County. I started at n and reached
California at 9 that night. The road was comparatively
safe but very lonely. At Arnoldsburg, the county-seat of
Calhoun County, there had been a rebel force of 100 the
day before, who had blocked the road with trees cut down
across, but becoming frightened, they had fled, leaving the
way clear. At California I found parts of two regiments,
Ohio and Indiana troops, the Indiana troops just leaving
for Parkersburg. The Ohio troops were under the com
mand of Colonel Gilmer of Chillicothe, who received me
and treated me very courteously.
"There I stumbled upon Dr. Schenck, from Cleveland,
whom I did not know, but who knew me, and was very
kind in his attentions. To my inquiries of Colonel Gil
mer concerning General Cox, he could only say, 'I know
nothing, and can learn nothing; Charleston may be taken,
or General Cox may be routed for all I know.' 'What
about getting to him?' 'I do not think you can do it.'
'But I must try to get to him.' 'Well,' — with a shrug —
'if you must I must help you all I can.' I told him all the
help I wished was to get me a trusty man if he could
to take me south fifteen miles and put me in communication
with some Union man on the headwaters of the Pocotalico.
After some search such a man was found, and we started.
There were no incidents along the road, and the road itself
was simply wild, mountainous, and rough. Before twelve,
we were at Walton, a place of half a dozen houses, where I
was going. There I found a motley, excited crowd of Union
men, some with guns, some without, dirty, ragged and un
shaven, under the command of a Captain Paxton. In an
instant the whole crowd was around me, agape for news.
Going inside with the Captain, I told him what I wished.
He knew nothing of General Cox, didn't know where he
was, didn't know even if he were anywhere on the Kanawha.
I told him I thought he was at the mouth of Coal River,
12 miles lower down at the mouth of the Toco' — and that
GOING TO GIv£NVIUv3 AND SUMMER VI U,£ 55
I wished to get there. It was impossible, he said. Wise's
light horse was scouring the country within a radius of
thirty miles; held Sissonville, near or through which I
must pass; and were guarding the pike leading from
Charleston to Ripley with regular patrols, which I must
cross. The case did seem pretty nearly desperate, but I
told him I must try to find me a safe scout with whom I
could go in any disguise that was necessary, on foot and
by night. In a little while he brought me the scout, whose
overdress was a ragged, dirty shirt, looking as if it had
never been washed, a pair of trousers in still worse condi
tion, especially behind, and a pair of moccasins. This man,
I afterward learned, lived on his own farm of over two
hundred acres, which was well stocked and well cultivated.
The scout told me for the present to go as I was. If it
became necessary for me to change my clothes or to walk,
I could do so when we got farther on.
"We had gone several miles along a horse path through
the woods when we met a number of men fleeing for dear
life from Wise's light horse, who had driven in their guards
and were ravaging the country. While we were talking
with them, a messenger came up in hot haste from behind
the way we came. He, I afterward learned, was the
wealthiest man in the country, the owner of a thousand
acres of land, much of it in good cultivation and well
stocked, though he was dressed on this occasion only in a
coarse linen shirt and linsey woolsey trousers. He had a
message from Captain Paxton to the effect that for my own
sake, I must return. Back, then, but reluctantly enough,
I rode. Captain Paxton met me on the road and told me
that it was absolutely too dangerous for me to proceed;
that since I left he had received such intelligence that made
it nearly certain that if I went on I would be captured or
killed. Of course there was nothing to do but to remain.
I told him I would remain there until the next morning —
it was then 3 — and if no way opened by that time, I would
return. Half an hour later a man came riding in with the
news that 500 of Federal forces had marched down from
56 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Ripley the day before, and had taken Sissonville, now
held it, and that the road was clear. The rejoicing was
immense. Men who had been driven away from their
homes in that direction seemed to rise out of the ground
until there were about a hundred of them, most of them
armed with rifles, and eager to be off toward home. As
soon as I could saddle my horse, we started, three other
horsemen and myself heading the procession, and such a
procession of seemingly half-drunk ragamuffins you never
saw. The distance was 23 miles across the mountains, by
the blindest, roughest, rockiest, darkest, deepest and highest
of horse paths I ever traveled or saw, I think. I cannot
recall anything amongst the Alps or White Mountains ex
celling them. Now we were in the heights, and now in the
depths, winding along the sides and over the tops of the
mountains, and from one mountain to another.
"Just at dark, when we had traveled thus, dropping one
and another along the way until we numbered only about
thirty — 15 miles, a scout called to us suddenly from out of
the woods to halt; and gave us the astounding news — the
men themselves, with profane expletives which I will not
give, called it 'bad egg' news — that over 500 men had been
driven out of Sissonville by 1,000 of Wise's men and had
retreated toward Ripley, leaving the whole country at the
mercy of the rebels. This was a 'bad egg,' and we were
in a fair way to have it served up to us. We called a halt,
and concluded to stop for the night at a good Union house
near by. And stop we did, the whole of us. Such eating !
Such sleeping! These western Virginians eat and sleep
like pigs. In the room in which I was were three beds,
besides all the loose household furniture of the family.
The room was about 8 feet by 12 in size, one bed across
each end and one between them against the wall. In one
bed one of the men and I were put. In that at the other
end, the old man and his wife slept, and in the bed between
the two grown daughters and a little girl slept so near that
I could have laid my hands on them. Shortly after I laid
down, the fleas and bed bugs made such a ferocious attack
GOING TO GLKNVIUvS AND SUMM£RVIIJ,3 57
upon me that I turned crow and surrendered; lying down
on the floor of the next room, with many others, and where
I slept at least in peace. The next day such was the alarm
and excitement that I could not get off before n o'clock,
when two mounted scouts took me in charge, and by fol
lowing a blind path almost north for 15 miles until we
were only n miles south of Ripley, brought me into the
pike, clear of Wise's horsemen. There, by some finesse, I
got a fresh scout, who started with me after supper for a
night ride of 30 miles through the woods to this place.
We came through safely, losing our way only two or three
times, lying down in the woods once for a three-hour sleep,
and reaching here just at sunup.
"So my ride ended, leaving me neither sore nor fatigued.
I think I can safely say that I have forded a hundred
streams and crossed or ridden around two hundred fallen
trees, and all without injury, scarce a small scratch on the
face. The horse I rode was taken from a secessionist at
Weston and rather easy to ride. I brought him in as fresh
as when I started and without a scratch. The whole dis
tance was 1 20 miles, from noon Thursday till Sunday morn
ing. I think there are preparations going on here for a
fight of some sort to-day or to-morrow. I am writing this
at the table of Colonel Whittlesey, of Cleveland, who is en
gineering for General Cox.
"General Cox's headquarters are on a steamboat at the
landing — a stern wheeler and very dirty. My old friends,
the mosquitoes, are annoying me to-night.
"F. T. B."
While at Glenville some difficulty was experienced in
provisioning the forces there, when fresh beef and the prod
uct of a flouring mill were resorted to until they were bet
ter supplied.
On July 23, 1861, Companies A and D at Weston, and
the rest of the regiment at Glenville, marched away, reach
ing Bulltown the next evening, when all were again re
united. At this point other troops had concentrated, the
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entire force numbering some 1,500 men, commanded by
Colonel Tyler.
On the 25th the command moved to Salt Lick Bridge,
where "Camp Casement" was established in honor of our
worthy major, John S. Casement.
The next clay a citizen, who was reported to have threat
ened the life of Colonel Tyler, was halted near an outpost,
and attempting to escape, was shot. This alarmed the
camp, the long roll was beaten, and the entire force fell in
under some excitement, anticipating an attack, until the
facts became known, when all returned to camp. Here also
occurred the only serious accident of the war in Company
D, when Charles H. Johnson was shot by the accidental
discharge of a revolver, in the hands of a comrade, and died
at Sutton on August 20, 1861.
On July 27 the command moved to Flatwood, where a
small force of the enemy had been encamped, and the next
day reached Sutton, the county-seat of Braxton County.
The weather was very warm, many of the men suffering
greatly from overheat, and while the Seventh was getting
into position on Sutton Heights, Sergeant Theodore Le-
Comte, of Company A, suddenly expired. His death was
deeply deplored. Here at Sutton the Seventh took its first
lessons in building earthworks and for the first time saw a
battery at target practice.
However, our stop at Sutton was brief, as we left there
on August 22, on a very hot day, and only marched 6 miles
to Little Birch River.
The next day we crossed Little Birch Mountain to Big
Birch River, where Chaplain Brown rejoined the regiment
via Gauley Bridge, where Gen. J. D. Cox was in command.
On August 5 a part of the 23d Ohio Infantry came up.
The next day we crossed Powell Mountain and on the 7th
reached Summerville. Because of the excellent water privi
leges there, West Virginia was an ideal country to cam
paign in, while the scenery from lofty elevations was en
chanting. On August 10 our supply train went to Gauley
Bridge, our new base of supplies.
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While at Summerville, Capt. John W. Sprague, of Com
pany E, started home on leave via Button, but on August 1 1
was captured at Big Birch River (two of the party of five
having been killed by cavalry under Lieut. -Col. St. George
Croghan of the Second Georgia Cavalry, scouting in our
rear). By reason of his promotion to the colonelcy of the
Sixty-third Regiment of Ohio Infantry, when exchanged,
Captain Sprague was not again on duty with the Seventh.
He was, however, promoted to brigadier-general on July
30, 1864.
Colonel Tyler learned of the capture of Captain Sprague
and others on the i2th, and at once sent Company E under
command of Captain Dyer, and Captain Baggs with his
famous scouts, "The Snake Hunters," in pursuit, but with
out success. On August 15, 1861, General Wise of the C.
S. A. said, "Colonel Croghan of my cavalry penetrated to
Birch Mountain and captured this mail ; killed two and cap
tured three — a captain, a corporal and a private," which un
doubtedly referred to Captain Sprague, the mail carrier and
their escort.
In a letter to General Rosecrans, from Colonel Tyler at
Summerville, the latter signed himself "E. B. Tyler, Sev
enth Ohio Vols., U. S. Army, Commanding Column."
This "column" was operating upon the enemy's flank
with a view to forcing him from the Big Kanawha Valley.
CHAPTER VIII.
CROSS RANI'S.
On August 15, 1 86 1, the forces operating under Colonel
Tyler marched to Cross Lanes, where the Summerville and
Gauley Bridge road intersected with one from Carnifax
Ferry on Gauley River, two and a half miles away. Col
onel Tyler was instructed to picket and guard the crossings
of Gauley River in that section; keep informed as to the
force and position of the enemy, and if driven away was to
fall back to Twenty Mile Creek and then to Hughes Creek,
while at the same time General Cox was given discretionary
authority to order Colonel Tyler to his support should he
deem it necessary.
The next day Capt. John F. Schutte, of Company K,
with his company, was placed on duty at Carnifax Ferry,
and on the ijth the troops under Colonel Tyler, at Cross
Lanes, excepting his own regiment, were ordered awray by
General Rosecrans, then commanding that military district,
with his headquarters at Clarksburg, many miles to the
rear.
The Seventh was thus left as the extreme advance of the
army in that section. However, all went well until August
20, when Captain Schutte, with a sergeant, two corporals,
and sixteen men crossed Gauley River in search of the
enemy and found him.
The following interesting account of this affair is from
the pen of Capt. Edward H. Bohm, now deceased, then the
sergeant with the scouting party :
"MY CAPTURE AND THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
"Company K of the Seventh had been sent to guard
Carnifax Ferry on the upper Gauley River, W. Va., not far
from Cross Lanes on the i6th, and on the forenoon of the
2Oth an order came from regimental headquarters to have
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Capt. John F. Schutte send out a reconnaissance to locate
the enemy if possible. The Captain selected me to com
mand that little force, numbering, myself included, 19 men.
We crossed the river on an old ferry-boat found at the
ferry, meandered slowly up the opposite hill, past a little,
old-fashioned country flour-mill, and proceeded along a
country road some distance until we reached the so-called
'Sunday' road, following that until its intersection with the
so-called 'Saturday' road, along which Corporal Schinkel
with five men was ordered to proceed.
"Captain Schutte had accompanied the expedition, — sup
posedly out of curiosity or impelled with the desire to 'get
next' the enemy as soon as possible, in an unofficial capac
ity, — dressed in citizen's garb; viz., a black sack coat, black
and white checked trousers tucked in his boots, and a black
hat.
"Not very long after crossing the Saturday road we dis
covered some 'secesh' cavalry who on seeing us scampered
off at a gallop, and we thirteen geese or goslings, with our
captain, galloped after them. Coming out of the woods
we struck a well-cultivated little valley ; on the right of the
road a house built of hewn logs, the inhabitants of which
we advised to seek shelter in a culvert under the road right
in front of their home, 'as we anticipated some shooting.'
Proceeding a short distance up the hill, on the opposite side
of the valley, we were at once surprised, shocked and scared
(no use denying that fact) by a shot out of a mass of
bushes and foliage fringing a fence on top of the hill ahead
of us.
"A moment later a perfect cloud of white smoke envel
oped that fringe of bushes, the sound of more than one
hundred exploding shooting-irons struck our ears, and a
million of bees seemed to swarm above and about our de
voted heads. No mistake now, we had found and heard
from the enemy in a number very, very much larger than
our own. Little Corporal 'Hanky' Straehle and myself
pulled our muskets to our faces and 'bang' went both. We
had at least not surrendered, nor fled without firing a shot.
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But 'Right about, double quick !' was the order now. More
guns in our rear exploded, bees sang and hummed, and we
could now distinguish the roar of the smooth-bores, also the
sharp, cutting sound of rifles. I was running alongside of
Captain Schutte in the middle of the road, bullets zipping
all around and about us. My canteen fell, its string cut by
a bullet ; my cap fell off my head a little ahead of me, with
a bullet through it. Poor old Private Charles Rich, to the
right, a little ahead of me, dropped with a yell of pain and
crawled into a fence corner. All at once Captain Schutte
groaned, 'I am shot/ Stopping a moment, I saw a bullet
hole back and front. I took the Captain's arm to steady
him, and yelled to the boys, 'Get into the house!' meaning
the house we had passed a few minutes before. We all got
into it; I cannot tell how. I at once told the boys to bar
ricade the doors and windows with such furniture and husk-
mattresses we could find. While they did this I looked for
the Captain's wound, and found that a rifle ball had struck
him to the right of the spine and came to the left a little be
low the navel — an absolutely deadly wound. During all
this time Captain Schutte had begged, prayed, and com
manded all of us to leave him to his fate, as he was a
doomed man. Most of them went through the back door,
then throwing themselves on the ground crawled to the
nearby corn-field in the rear and through that made off in
the woods. I told the Captain that I would stay by and see
him through to the end ; but in this case I could not make a
defense but would have to surrender with him. I then be
gan to remove obstructions from the door and windows,
and when I turned the Captain was gone. Just then the
rebel cavalry approached the house cautiously. I told them
that only myself and a mortally wounded man were in the
house, they might approach safely. Then they came with
a rush, with shotguns ready to raise and pistols drawn. A
private shoved his pistol so hard against my forehead as to
leave a red mark which stayed several days. An officer
beat down the pistol and inquired of me where and who the
wounded man was. I told him he was my Captain; but
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I could not tell him where he had gone to in the last five
minutes. Traces of blood pointed the way to an attic — and
there Captain Schutte was dying upon a pile of corn-husks.
After a long-winded inquiry the commanding officer or
dered Private Rich brought to the house and sent two men
off to procure a buggy from some farmer three or four
miles off, to carry Captain Schutte and Private Rich. Just
then some 'reb' came in the rear with Private Henry Weis-
senbach, whom I had believed to have escaped safely. All
that he could say in explanation was, 'If you can stay with
the Captain I can stay with you.' Finally the buggy came,
and the Captain and Rich were placed on the seat with a reb
to drive the horse. Myself and Weissenbach had our elbows
tied at our backs with ropes long enough to lead up to the
pommel of the 'cavalier' riding each side of each of us.
Then off we went, most of the time at a trot, sometimes, to
give us a breathing spell, at a walk. Finally, it must have
been 6.30 p. M., we struck the Great Virginia pike near a
tavern, where the two wounded men were taken. I did not
even have a chance, for all I had risked, to say good-by to
Schutte. Pretty soon a little old brigadier-general ap
proached me and my companion and tried to pump us, but
got so little satisfaction that after a somewhat disgusted ex
pression of mine he threatened to have me hung on the
spreading limb of a large, fine oak that stood at one side of
the tavern.
"The upshot of the matter was an order from Brig.-Gen.
Henry A. Wise, C. S. A. (which in fact he was, as my rebel
escort told me) to carry us back to General Floyd's camp —
wherever that might be — and the special injunction to 'take
good care of the d — d Dutch rascal,' which meant me.
"Well, we took up our line of march, and it must have
been fully 9 p. M., if not more, when we reached our desti
nation. General Floyd not being in camp we were taken
to headquarters and a staff officer roused. As he stepped
out of the tent in partial dishabille in the bright light of the
moon, I was pleasantly surprised to see a tall, handsome,
blond-haired and bearded, blue-eyed German. Quick as a
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flash it came to me that this must be the redoubtable Colonel
Hennings of Walker-Nicaragua fame, of whom I had
heard as being Floyd's chief-of-staff, and before any one
had a chance to speak I addressed the officer in my choicest
German and as Colonel Hennings. His blank astonishment
proved that I had called the correct term. He answered me
in my own vernacular and very politely. Result : removal
of the ropes that bound us and a request to one of the ser
geants of the guard of his own command to provide for
us as comfortable as he could. A deep layer of weeds in
a fence corner and a blanket for each was a heaven to both
of us. To cite the old saw, 'Sleep, heavenly sleep, tired na
ture's sweet restorer,' soon wiped all recollections of this
afternoon's strenuous experiences from our minds.
"And we slept! oh, how sweet and deep! until the mel
low sounds of reveille blown on a key bugle by a master
waked us to a most beautiful morning, a bright sun just
peeping over the hills where the road cut the woods. A
horse-bucket full of water and a couple of rags enabled us
to wash off the dust and grime of yesterday. The sergeant
of night before brought us a platter of corn-dodger and
sow-belly, with some rye coffee. There were plenty when
we began, but we licked the platter clean. It was a very
kindly act upon the part of the sergeant to offer me his pipe,
and climbing the top rail of our fence corner I sat there
hunched up farmer-fashion, feet on the lower rail, and I
must confess that I felt physically as good and jolly as a
prisoner of war possibly could be expected to feel. Pres
ently a cloud of dust appeared upon the road in the direction
whence we had come. When it approached us I made out
a colonel of C. S. cavalry and probably ten or twelve men
in uniform of our captors of the day before and a number
of led-horses. The cavalcade passed by us and halted on
the road opposite headquarters. I saw Colonel Hennings
go out to the road, greeting the cavalry colonel very
friendly, and shake hands. Their conversation lasted
probably ten or fifteen minutes, when an orderly asked me
and my companion to step out into the road and go up
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toward the Colonel. This officer was almost an exact
double of Colonel Hennings, and just as pleasant and polite.
A few questions and a few answers caused a couple of
horses to be brought forward out of the train, and we
mounted. I, to show my horsemanship, and disdaining
stirrups, vaulted into the saddle, which brought the remark
from the Colonel, 'Ain't you really a cavalryman instead of
an infantry sergeant ?' I only smiled a tickled smile, think
ing, 'This ice is broken.' After about a half hour's ride
the Colonel waved me to his side, which I approached from
the left and remained about two feet on his left rear. This
brought forth another approving smile from him. I was
then asked my name, company, regiment, nativity, and
country, and then the Colonel said, 'My name is Croghan,
of the First Virginia Cavalry.' I had never forgotten my
United States history and therefore plumped at him the
question, 'Is it possible, Colonel, that you are a relative or
even a descendant of that gallant young Kentucky officer,
Major Croghan, who in September, 1813, so valiantly de
fended Fort Croghan on the Sandusky River, in my home
State?' I lack words to describe the expression of pleasure
and pride that flitted over Colonel Croghan's features on my
establishing so quickly his glorious descent. I saw that
henceforth I was persona grata with him. While almost
every word of the conversation thenceforth is indeli
bly stamped on my memory, it is too long to reproduce here.
"About 9 A. M. we were the Colonel's guests at a late
breakfast he had ordered at a farmhouse. After that a
steady tramp till about i p. MV when we reached the tavern
at Meadow Bluffs at which were the headquarters of the
First Virginia Cavalry.
"A wash, a snooze, quiet and undisturbed in the saddle-
room — then a good old-fashioned Virginia dinner and a
little nigger back of each chair to wave 'off the flies with
asparagus shoots. About 7 p. M. we started under heavy
escort on the beautiful pike under a beautiful moon toward
Lewisburg, reaching there about IIP. M. to find a room in
66 S£V£NTH RSGIMSNT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
the hotel, in the rear and under the stairs, all ready with
mattresses and blankets to be our sleeping quarters. I must
not forget to state that during the afternoon two more pris
oners of war from the Eleventh O. V. I. had been brought
in, who with our guards enjoyed these accommodations.
"Breakfast bell sounded sweet and we would have been
ready and willing to charge either front or flank of a good
breakfast; but Colonel Croghan told us to wait for the
second table, so as to not be exposed to the idle curiosity and
possibly offensive conduct of a lot of 'stay at homes.' So
the Colonel and we four 'Yankees' and the escort waited —
not to our sorrow.
"The forenoon passed rapidly in our backstairs room,
helped along by a couple of bottles of wine, a box of cigars,
and several decks of cards left with us by our host the Col
onel. Dinner again at the second table and then we
were conducted through the gate in the rear fence into an
alley, here the bulk of the escort and all the horses awaited
us. I took notice that the Colonel mounted a different
horse — a big, powerful gray ; while to me was assigned the
same beautiful little black mare I had ridden so far, but this
time fully shod. A ride through alleys only brought us
again to the beautiful pike and outside of the city. A short
distance away the Colonel told me that he had the horse he
was then bestriding offered to him to buy and he wanted to
give her a try out alongside his own little mare that I rode.
He dismounted, unbuckled his left spur and caused me to
buckle it on, advising me how little and how much to use
it. On our approaching a straight stretch of road, appar
ently one mile long, he gave the word 'go,' and away we
went like shot out of a gun. This was repeated once more
before we came near to White Sulphur Springs, our destina
tion — when reaching another straight stretch of road, 'go'
was again the word, and before either one of us was well
aware of it we were within 60 to 80 feet of a five-bar gate in
the fence that enclosed all the White Sulphur Springs estate.
A short question, 'Can you take it ?' a nod and a 'yes' from
me and at it and over it we went as leaves blown on the
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wind. Our horses' hoofs had scarcely touched the road
inside of the enclosure, when a terrific yell, like an Indian
warwhoop, burst from the Colonel's throat, seconded a
second later by a like blast from my own, and up the road
we went side by side, whooping and laughing, like a couple
of striplings riding on a pasture lot. It took some effort
to slacken our pace to a final stop in front of a big crowd of
rebel officers and soldiers gathered in front of a building,
the guard quarters of the post.
"Apparently the Colonel was well and favorably known
to all that crowd, who sought to outdo one another in greet
ing and questioning him, and when he finally said, Tve
brought you the first Yanks,' and pointing to me; 'this is
one of them,' there was 'not a soul who would believe him
until their persistent questioning brought affirmation from
me and conviction to them. The arrival some fifteen
minutes later of the escort and three more 'Yanks' set all
doubts at rest.
"The Colonel's friendship for me not only proved invalu
able in making my prison life at the Springs as pleasant as
could be — all but the lack of liberty — but went so far as to
result in two efforts on his part with Gen. R. E. Lee, their
commander-in-chief in West Virginia, to have me and my
companions released on parole, and upon his bringing word
of his final failure and the order for us to be sent to Rich
mond, he tried to force on me five $5 gold pieces, saying,
'From all reports I hear the place you are going to is a hell.
This little from a friend might prove very helpful to you.'
Useless to say I could not and did not accept this last gift
of friendship. When later, and while in Salisbury Prison,
in March, 1862, I learned the fact that this brave, kindly,
generous soul of a man had suffered the fate of war —
death — by bullets, one will readily understand that I could
only pray for his soul and weep for his fate. God bless
him to-day as in eternity! He was the finest man I ever
knew in a long sixty-nine years."
The enemy under Generals Floyd and Wise having been
driven out of the Big Kanawha Valley, General Floyd ar-
68 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ranged to cross Gauley River at Carnifax Ferry, intending
to move on Summerville and beyond, with a view of forcing
General Cox to retire from Gauley Bridge and perhaps from
the entire Kanawha Valley as well. To this end he moved
as if to cross Gauley River near the mouth of Twenty Mile
Creek, some six miles from Gauley Bridge, where General
Cox was posted. This feint had the desired effect, and
General Cox ordered Colonel Tyler to hasten to his relief.
When this order was received about 9 p. M. on the 2Oth, the
long roll was beaten, and before n p. M. the Seventh was
off on an all-night march to meet the supposed emergency,
arriving at its destination in the early morning of the 2ist.
This movement uncovered Carnifax Ferry, and General
Floyd crossing at that point on the 22nd, took up a strong
position on the bluffs above the right bank of Gauley River.
On this date General Cox said in a message to General
Rosecrans: "Colonel Tyler's Regiment marched sixteen
miles this way on the 2Oth to be at the point to command
the Rich Creek and Twenty Mile Creek roads when the
advance of Floyd was first known. He will immediately
return to Cross Lanes. That point commands the different
roads better than the village of Summerville and is much
easier held."
LETTER FROM CHAPLAIN FREDERICK T. BROWN.
"In camp at mouth of 20 mile creek,
"6 miles above Gauley Bridge,
"August 23, 1 86 1.
"We came down here in obedience to an order from Gen
eral Cox ; and came down rather hastily, leaving Cross
Lanes on the 2Oth at n p. M. and arriving here at 6 A. M.,
distance 18 miles, as the order was to be here by that time.
It was a severe forced march over the worst road that we
had ever gone over in Virginia, and made doubly so because
some of the men had been on duty all day. But they bore
it heroically, and came in 'on time' vigorous and cheerful.
"The reason for this march was, because of the rapid
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concentration of the enemy under Floyd in the neighbor
hood of Gauley Bridge, it seemed to be necessary for our
safety to effect a connection with General Cox, as also we
might be in position to give efficient help where help was
most needed. We expected a battle that morning. Floyd
was said to be within eight miles on the New River Road
with a force of from seven to ten thousand men and abun
dantly supplied with artillery, but there was no fight nor has
there been yet. We do not understand the position of
things. If Floyd is not in force to the extent he is said to
be, why is he here menacing us ? If he is, why does he not
attack us? One thing is certain, that if he intends attack
ing us, every day, every hour diminishes his chance of suc
cess.
"The day we left Cross Lanes, Captain Schutte of Com
pany K (Captain Wiseman's old company) was out scout
ing on the Saturday road leading from the Gauley River
over to the New River pike, with 19 men, and was sur
prised by the Richmond Blues, who killed Privates John
Reile and John Shissler, wounded and took prisoner the
Captain himself, and Sergeant Bohm and privates Henry
Taubel, Geo. Weissenback, and F. Bruckelman. Corporal
Greble, Geo. Drusel, Louis Demil, and Andrew Malchus
were also wounded, but not severely, and made their escape.
They are here in the hospital and doing well. Captain
Schutte is said to be mortally wounded. This is a sad loss
for Company K and the whole regiment. No means will
be spared to avenge them.
"After a long consultation yesterday between General
Cox and Colonel Tyler it was concluded best that the Sev
enth return to Cross Lanes. We expect to move to-mor
row. If there is any fighting to be done we can come in
the rear of the enemy by way of the Saturday road and do
as good service that way doubtless as in any other. And
besides it is important to hold the ferries over Gauley
bridge in that neighborhood."*
*General Floyd had already crossed at Carnifax Ferry on August 22,
but General Cox was not then aware of it.
CHAPTER IX.
REPORT OF THE BATTLE) OF CROSS LANES.
BRIDGE, VA., August 27, 1861.
"To Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox.
"SiR : On receipt of your order of the 24th instant I put
my regiment on the march from the mouth of the Twenty
Mile Creek to Cross Lanes, but on reaching Peter's Creek
Ford five miles from Cross Lanes the information I re
ceived induced me to countermarch the column and train
two miles, to forks of road, to prevent a surprise. Your
dispatch of the 24th inst. 10 o'clock p. M. in answer to mine
of the same date at 6 o'clock p. M. was received at i o'clock
A. M.
"On the morning of the 25th at 6 o'clock we moved on
again with nine companies, leaving one company, with the
Snake Hunters, to guard the train.
"I spent the entire day moving the seven miles, reconnoi-
tering with the utmost caution, reaching Cross Lanes at 5
o'clock p. M., driving in the enemy's pickets. After a thor
ough reconnaisance, my whole force was put on duty for the
night.
"At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, while at break
fast, wre were attacked by a large force of the enemy and
nearly the whole of our line was fired upon in less than five
minutes after the first signal given from our pickets, much
of the enemy's force being under cover of the woods and
crests of surrounding hills. Our men were soon ready to
receive them, and for about three-quarters of an hour held
the enemy in check, at which time I ordered a retreat under
cover of the woods.
"Six of the companies were on one side of the road and
three on the other. The officers ^and men conducted them
selves, so far as I could observe, with the utmost coolness
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and bravery, contending with at least four times their num
ber of infantry, a considerable force of cavalry, and three
pieces of artillery. On the following day I sent Chaplain
Brown and Surgeon Gushing with a flag of truce, request
ing the enemy to permit them to bury the dead and care for
the wounded. They were not allowed to go nearer than
three miles of the field, but were informed by General Floyd
that the dead were decently interred and the wounded
properly cared for, giving our loss at 15 killed and from 30
to 50 wounded.* It is with regret that I have to mention the
loss of Captain Dyer among the killed. A more faithful
officer or a truer patriot does not belong to the service.
''Captain Shurtleff was made a prisoner in the act of
leading off his men.
"While I have to say that all did their duty well, I shall
take occasion in a future report to mention specific acts of
companies that were in the hottest of the fight.
"All of which is respectfully submitted.
"Your obedient servant,
"E. B. TYLER,
"Col. Seventh Ohio Inf."
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM GENERAL £l/)YD, c. S. A.
"CAMP GAULEY, HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE KANAWHA,
"August 24, 1 86 1.
"Brig.-Gen. HENRY A. WISE.
"SiR : I have this evening received information that 500
of the enemy are encamped within five miles of this place.
Send me at once your strongest regiment.
"JOHN B. FLOYD,
"Brigadier-General C. S. A.,
"Commanding Army of the Kanawha."
On August 25 General Floyd said to General Wise :
*See Casualty List, p. 629.
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"The enemy is very near us. Their advance guard is
within three miles. Send me your strongest regiment.
"P. $.—3.30 P. M.
"Enemy advancing in battle array.
"JOHN B. FLOYD."
"CAMP GAULEY AT CARNIFAX FERRY, VA.,
"August 26, 1 86 1.
"General ROBERT E. 1,$$.
"SiR : I ascertained late yesterday evening that the com
mand of Tyler had taken position within three miles of me
here, and I determined immediately to engage him. I ac
cordingly put my force in motion about 5 o'clock this morn
ing, met the enemy, completely routed them, and pursued
them seven miles. My own loss was very inconsiderable —
5 or 6 wounded and 3 killed.
"The number of the enemy killed and wounded I have not
been able to ascertain with certainty. Thirty-eight were
captured.
"Enemy dispersed for miles around. Scouting parties
are in pursuit.
"Tyler's command is said to be of their best troops.
They were certainly brave men.
"JOHN B. FLOYD,
"Brig.-Gen. Commanding Army of the Kanawha."
From Cleveland Herald, September 3, 1861.
"GAULEY BRIDGE:, August 29, 1861.
"EoiTOR HERALD: I should have written you immedi
ately after the battle of Cross Lanes on the 26th, but that
the results were so uncertain — and have continued to be to
this time — that I knew I should only confuse and alarm the
friends of those in the Seventh who were engaged in it,
without giving them any real satisfaction. For the same
reason I sent you no telegraphic dispatch. And even now,
I cannot give you as full information as I wish I could.
"In my last letter from the mouth of Twenty Mile Creek,
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I told you of our being ordered back there in consequence
of a threatened attack on General Cox. But the enemy
retired after a brisk skirmish in which their advance guard
was severely repulsed, and in a day or two we were ordered
back again to Cross Lanes to guard the ferries in that neigh
borhood, and prevent the enemy crossing over Gauley River,
in accordance with the general plan as arranged by General
Rosecrans. We moved on Saturday, and by 4 o'clock p.
M. were at Peters Creek within 5 miles of Cross Lanes,
where we learned that General Floyd, with a large force,
had already crossed the river, and was in possession of our
old camping ground at the Lanes. Believing it to be unsafe
to move forward that evening, we retired 2 miles to a more
protected place, and there remained for the night. In the
morning — Sunday morning — a counsel of war was held, at
which time it was determined to leave the baggage-train
there in charge of one company, and advance with the re
mainder of the regiment, numbering in all about 750 men,
against the enemy. As no company was willing to volun
teer to remain behind, and as the Colonel did not like to
make the selection himself where all were anxious to go,
lots were cast. The lot fell on Company F, Captain Clay
ton's, commanded by Lieutenant Kimball.
"About 9 o'clock, the other nine companies, and a com
pany of Independent Virginians, Captain Bagg, called
Snake Hunters, began the march. We moved slowly and
cautiously, sending out scouts and waiting for their reports.
At Peters Creek the road to Summerville divides, the north
ern branch running direct, the southern leading southward,
and being 2 miles longer in consequence. Half way along
them, and where they are separated some 5 miles they are
crossed by the road leading up from Car ni fax Ferry. The
crossing of the southern branch is called Cross Lanes.
Thither we were bound. One company, however, was sent
to reconnoiter up the northern branch, five were left at the
ford, and three were ordered forward up the southern
branch to make a forced reconnaissance. With these three
companies, under command of Lieut. -Col. Creighton, Col-
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onel Tyler also accompanying part of the way, I went. No
opposition was met with, and no enemy seen, until we
arrived at Cross Lanes, where were 40 of the enemy's cav
alry, whom Captain Crane attacked and dispersed like a
flock of sheep. Floyd himself, with the body of his forces,
was encamped two miles and a half down the cross-road
leading to the ferry. Immediately word was sent back and
our whole force was moved up to the Lanes, leaving the
Snake Hunters in charge of the ford and watching the north
road.
"It was now dark, and we encamped for the night. But
as we had no tents nor blankets with us, and were not
allowed fires to cook food or warm ourselves, our company
was disagreeable enough. For myself, I slept with many
others on a bundle of hay in the middle of the road. We
were not all together, but dispersed, all the companies being
on picket guard. Company A, Captain Crane, on the road
out toward Summerville, but near the crossing; Company
C, Captain Shurtleff, at the crossing ; Company K, Lieuten
ant Nitchelm, some distance down the road toward the
enemy; and Companies B, D, E, G, H and I, commanded
by Captains Jas. Sterling, Dyer, Lieutenants Wilcox, Rob
inson, Captains Asper and Wm. Sterling, in the order
named, along the road we had come, and on side roads lead
ing into it within a short distance. The orders were in
case of an attack, for Companies A, C and K to fall back
on the others, and contest the road to the ford, along which,
if compelled to give way, we must retreat toward Gauley
Bridge.
"All these arrangements made, except those in each com
pany actually on guard, we lay down and tried to sleep.
Colonel Tyler and Adjutant DeForest had their quarters in
a little church on the road to the ford, in the midst of the
companies in charge of it, about 200 yards from the cross
ing. Lieut.-Col. Creighton, Major Casement, Sergt.-Maj.
King, Dr. Salter and I were at the crossing with Company
C. Those of us who had horses kept them saddled all night
and at hand. The night passed away without any alarm,
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and the morning broke cold and misty. As soon as pos
sible, fires were kindled. I am told that toward midnight
many fires were kindled in the different companies by the
men who were suffering from the cold, and were kept burn
ing brightly all night; but excepting one fire at the cross
ing, where it was thought a fire would do no harm, being
at the center and distant from the pickets, I saw none ; none
were burning when I went to sleep — and I know that Colo
nel Tyler ordered that there should be none — and the men
busied themselves roasting green corn gathered from the
fields about for breakfast. While thus engaged at some of
the fires, some eating, the pickets down the road toward the
ferry commenced firing. Instantly the word was given to
'fall in.' In one minute the companies were in line and
ready to march. Colonel Tyler took command of the men
on the road to the ford. Lieut.-Col. Creighton, assisted by
Major Casement and Sergt.-Maj. King, of Companies A, C,
and K. These last were started down the road to the ferry
to meet the enemy; the others were formed in line along
the road to the ford. I accompanied Major Casement.
But before we advanced one-fourth of a mile, we saw the
enemy deploying out of the woods into the field on our left,
and already in advance of our front. They were quite near,
and the firing began rapid and severe.
"Almost with the discharge of the first gun at us, the
firing commenced on our extreme right and behind us,
where Colonel Tyler was. Meanwhile, the enemy were
pouring out from the woods, and outflanking us on the left.
We saw we were surrounded, or nearly so, and by a force
greatly superior to our own. Leaving Company K to hold
the enemy in check as far as possible, Major Casement or
dered Companies A and C into the fields on the right to
make a stand on some hills, and rode back to bring up rein
forcements to oppose the enemy now flanking us on the left.
Having no command of my own, I kept close along by him.
The cross firing and the whistle of the Minie bullets about
us and over us was not the most pleasant music I have
heard, and our horses evidently thought the same, for they
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were nearly frantic and unmanageable with fright. It was
impossible to get reinforcements. In fact, the men under
Colonel Tyler could not maintain their own positions, but
were falling back, and brave men though they were, needed
urgent commands to keep them from a disastrous panic.
With a word here and there, we galloped along the lines.
But the battle was evidently against us. Company K was
driven in. The enemy was closing on A and C and pour
ing deadly volleys into them. They fought desperately and
bravely, but the odds were too heavy. Against Captain
Crane's and ShurtlefFs companies on a little hill the heaviest
fire seemed to be directed. We trembled for them, knowing
how heroically they would fight, and fearing they would be
annihilated. Still on and on in increasing numbers and
cheering as they came, the enemy pressed, and our brave
fellows silently retired before them. Company K was dis
persed. Companies A and C were driven into the woods,
and the other companies under Colonel Tyler had given
away from the road and church into a field and wood on the
other side. Just then Captain Dyer was struck by a bullet
in the breast and killed. And still on in front and on the
right and left the enemy was pressing. We were driven
from all our positions and were nearly surrounded. Our
destruction, or the capture of the entire regiment seemed
inevitable. I have seen much of Major Casement, and seen
him in many moods, but I never saw such an expression as
his face then wore — pale, fierce, determined, but cool and
self-collected. I felt I could follo\v him anywhere, and
follow him I did. We rode down toward the head of the
advancing column of the enemy on the right, calling to
some of the companies of our men to follow us. But they
did not move. Colonel Tyler tells me he ordered them to
remain there. Perhaps it is better they did not follow us.
No good could have come of it.
"Just then my mare plunged into a wet ditch covered with
grass from sight, fell, and then threw me, escaping from
me. The Major caught her for me, and we started to some
of our men farther up on the extreme left. To do this it
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was necessary to pass through some corn-fields, and a piece
of woods in which was a deep, rocky gorge, filled with
fallen logs and brush. Crossing this gorge we got separ
ated, and I saw the Major no more. When I emerged from
the woods, the battle seemed to be over. None of our men
was visible save Colonel Tyler, sitting on his horse close
to the point of a hill overlooking the battlefield, indeed in
it. I rode up to him along the border of another piece of
woods. In it were a number of our men standing in order
to repel an attack, who called to me as I rode along to come
in and save myself. I continued on, however, feeling that
the chances of doing that were small, and the time for try
ing it had not yet come. The coldest heart would have been
touched for Colonel Tyler in that hour. His proud and pet
regiment seemed to be annihilated ; all who had come on the
field with him killed, wounded, or captured. He turned to
me as I rode up and quietly said, 'All is lost. Is there no
way by which we can escape?' I told him that I thought
there was, and we rode off together. Presently Colonel
Creighton joined us. And we three slowly and most re
luctantly entered the woods, I, having more knowledge
than either of them of that part of the country, acting as
guide. On our way we were joined by one fugitive after
another, including Dr. Salter and John and Charlie, the
Major's and Colonel's black servants, till we numbered fifty
or sixty persons. We threaded our way through the woods
and across fields and came out at length on the road a mile
and a half below Cross Lanes toward the ford. We ex
pected at every turn to be cut off, but were not. When
once sure that we were safe, Colonel Creighton and I rode
rapidly forward to camp and started our baggage-train, and
not a moment too soon, as we afterward learned. Colonel
Tyler and those with him came along more slowly and
barely reached the camp, when the enemy's cavalry rode up
in hot pursuit, the Captain of it taking deliberate aim at the
Colonel, but missed him by a few inches. Finding the prize
gone, and fearing an ambuscade, they returned, cursing the
'damned Yankees' as they rode off.
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"There we were with our baggage-train, one company of
men and fifty fugitives, all that seemed to be left of the
Seventh Regiment. Our return to Gauley Bridge was any
thing but a triumph. But just after dark, Captain Crane
and Lieutenant Burgess came in bringing with them sixty
of their men and a secession flag Company A had captured.
This was the first ray of hope. In the morning Dr. Cush-
ing and I went back with a flag of truce to look after our
dead and wounded, and though we were not permitted to go
nearer than within 3 miles of Cross Lanes, we were treated
very courteously, and were told that our dead, which
amounted to but 15, were decently buried, and over 30
wounded were receiving kind medical treatment. How
many prisoners they had we were not told, and did not ask,
for fear they, learning from our ignorance of the missing,
might go in pursuit of them. We inferred, however, that
the number was small. Who our dead were, we do not yet
know, save Captain Dyer, nor who their prisoners, save
Captain Shurtleff. Since then the missing have been com
ing in one by one, and in little squads, till now there are
nearly 200. And yesterday evening General Cox received
a message from Major Casement from Charleston that he
was there zvith over 400. How he got there, who they are,
who are with him, and the events of the journey we do not
know. We believe, however, that Captains James and
Wm. Sterling and Asper are safe.
"The footing up seems about this : Killed, 15 ; wounded,
30, half of them severely; prisoners, 75 or 100; missing,
very few. These results are most surprising to all of us.
Two days ago we thought, and with good reason, that the
Seventh was nearly annihilated. Now we know that it is
nearly as strong as it ever was. How so many escaped,
surrounded as we were by a force three times our own, com
posed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, we cannot conceive.
"Of course in this account of the battle, I am compelled to
speak chiefly of what I saw with my own eyes. Others can
and will speak of what they saw, or was done.
"When I learn more of the details of the fight, and the
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names of the killed and wounded, you shall hear from me
again. General Cox's pickets and those of the enemy are
skirmishing daily, making it extremely difficult to obtain
information from within their lines.
"With my heartiest sympathies for those who have been
bereaved or afflicted by this fight, and gratitude to God for
my own escape and the escape of so many others, and love
to all,
"I am, as ever, yours truly,
"FREDERICK T. BROWN."
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The map of the battlefield of Cross Lanes was drawn by
Lieut. T. T. Sweeney.
The following explanation will assist in reading the map :
F. R. — Ferry road on which the firing first commenced,
and on which Companies A, C, and K rallied, eventually
taking position on hill I.
M. H. — Meeting-House — Colonel Tyler's headquarters,
and pathway nearly opposite on which and in the woods 5
,the firing next commenced on our extreme left.
2 — Our former camp-ground and hill on which the enemy
next appeared in overwhelming force at "A," formed in line
of battle at "b," and subsequently worked their way around
to "c."
3 — Hill on which the companies in the road attempted to
rally, but were driven off to the woods 4 by the rebel artil
lery, which had come up the Ferry road (F. R.) and
formed at the crossing of the roads.
4 — Woods through which Chaplain Brown, Colonel Ty
ler, and Lieut. -Col. Creighton escaped, and where Major
Casement collected the scattered forces, and carried them in
safety across the country.
6 — Rebel company which Company A cut to pieces, tak
ing their standard bearer prisoner and capturing his flag.
The position of the different companies in the roads pre
vious to the fight are marked by the company letters A, B.
C, etc. Their positions after retiring and rallying are
shown by the letters and figures A I, B I, C I, etc.
THE FIGHT AT CROSS LANES.
Rebel Cavalry
n Infantry
4* «• Artillery
BATTLEFIELD OF CROSS LANES, VA.
August 26th, 1861
REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 8 1
COMPANY C AT CROSS LANES.
(From private Journal.)
"Monday morning, August 26th, 1861.
"While preparing breakfast, shots were heard in the
direction of the Ferry road. The long roll was sounded.
Every man left his untasted breakfast, and at the command
'Fall in/ took his place in the ranks — Floyd's army was
upon us. Company K, which had been on the river road,
was driven in. When Company C, on double quick,
reached the road crossings, where the main body of the
regiment was, the enemy, in line of battle, was seen by us,
advancing over our old camp ground.
"Company C was ordered to take position on a hill to the
right of the road leading to Carnifax Ferry. In doing this
we had to go toward the enemy and climb a rail fence under
their fire. A volley from the rebs splintered the rails about
me as I went over the fence. Some of our boys were down.
We gained the hill, and facing about in good order, began
to load and fire. This we kept up for twenty minutes or so,
when the enemy's advance was checked ; but it soon devel
oped that Company C and parts of Companies A and K
were cut off from the balance of the regiment. Cross,
Orton, Jeakins, and Collins were badly wounded and fell
into the hands of the Confederates.
"Captain Shurtleff, seeing that we were being flanked,
gave the order to fall back into the woods. We scattered in
the dense thickets between the open field and the Gauley
River, at first each man for himself. There was much con
fusion for a time. I crawled through the thick laurel
bushes, got behind a tree and loaded my gun. The enemy
followed us to the edge of the woods, but apparently did
not enter the thickets, keeping up a sharp firing on us from
the fields. The company soon got into a semblance of order
and the Captain led us toward the river. The first thought
seemed to be to find the banks of the Gauley and follow that
down. It was plain that we were cut off from the rest of
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82 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
the regiment, and that our only safety from capture was to
keep away from the public road.
"We proceeded cautiously, in single file, over the very
roughest places I ever saw — through dense forest, under
growth of laurel and brier, up and down rough wooded
hills, down and up rough rocky banks and cliffs, overhang
ing deep ravines. At intervals of time the column halted at
the silent signal passed down from the Captain while scouts
were sent in advance to guard against surprise. We had
proceeded in this manner, making slow progress, for per
haps two or three hours, when it was decided to reach the
public road where traveling would be faster. Some ob
jections were urged to this course, but the officers believed
that we were far enough away from the scene of the morn
ing's fight now to make the venture safe. About 1 1 o'clock
A. M. we approached a clearing. We were ordered to lie
down, while the Captain reconnoitered in front. Again the
order to advance, but we had hardly gone a quarter of a
mile when a ringing command to 'Halt' came from the
enemy — a body of cavalry on the road we were approach
ing. Those of us who were far enough away to be out of
sight each quickly prepared to fight, but the boys at the head
of the column were already in the power of the rebs and
fifteen, including the Captain, were captured at once.
Lieutenant Baker called out, 'Skedaddle!' which command
the enemy did not seem to understand, and by the time they
were ready to fire on us, those of us who were not prisoners
were scattered again in the thickets.
"This time we seemed to be hopelessly separated, and for
some time I was alone. The enemy kept firing into the
woods, and, pursuing on every road and bridle path, picked
up a number of our men. I secreted myself in a dense
thicket while the confusion lasted, and when, finally, all was
quiet, I made my way again toward the river. During the
afternoon I fell in with two others of my company, fugitives
like myself, so that when, three hours later, we reached the
bank of the Gauley, three miserable hungry fellows were
together under a cliff of rocks overhanging the river which
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swept by half a mile below us. We had now been without
food since the evening before, and this, with our exciting
brush with the enemy and subsequent rough traveling, had
nearly exhausted us. We rested awhile and discussed ways
and means. We must go on, for it was clearly out of the
question to travel in this rough, unknown wilderness after
dark. Two others of Company C joined us, and we five
determined to make the best time we could while daylight
lasted. I was chosen leader and we started out, avoiding
every road or mountain path. It was indeed a weary tramp
and our progress was slow. We dare not get out of sight
or hearing of the river.
"That night, August 26, we rested, the best we could,
supperless and miserable, under a huge cliff of rock over
hanging the Gauley. The night was cold. We had no
blankets but, by lying close, we managed to get some sleep.
Next morning (without waiting to cook breakfast) we
pushed on, foot-sore and weak with hunger. About 9
o'clock we approached an open place, and soon discovered
that we were near a farm. We determined that we would
try to get something to eat here. It was taking chances, for
every road was patrolled by the enemy; but hunger had
made us desperate. We halted in the bushes, where we
could not be seen from the farm buildings, and fixed on a
plan.
"One of the boys, Thresher, said he would go to the
house, and if possible get some food. He soon came back,
reporting that he had seen a woman and boy leave the house
with baskets and go back into the woods. We concluded
that they may have been taking food to the rebel pickets or
perhaps to their own men-folks, who were probably hiding
away from the soldiers. I decided, however, to go myself
to the house. Approaching through an orchard, I was near
to the back door of the dwelling before I saw any sign of
life. A middle-aged woman came to the door, and, seeing
me, looked quickly back into the room in a manner that led
me at first to think I was about to be easily entrapped. But
her first words reassured me. I asked her if Floyd's pick-
84 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ets were near. She said they were, and at the house often.
She asked me if I was one of the company that was under
the cliff; said they had just sent food to a party of our boys
down there, and advised me to go to them at once for fear
of being seen by the patrol. She told me that they were
loyal to the Union, and that they had been feeding our boys
as they came that way from the battle. I found that we
were only about five miles from Cross Lanes. It had
seemed to us that we were much farther away, for we had
certainly traveled twenty miles or more. I explained to the
good lady that there were others with me and that we were
nearly famished. She sent a boy with me to conduct us to
the cliff, when she said she would send us food. We found
at the hiding-place thirteen of the Seventh, nearly all Com
pany A men. It was a happy meeting. Soon hot coffee,
bread, and apples were brought to us, and we made a hearty
meal. Never food tasted more delicious. Never were
hungry boys more thankful.
"We learned afterward that these good people, whose
name was Ross, furnished food to nearly a hundred of our
men. Thanking the woman again and again, we started
out toward the river. Having found that we were still
within the enemy's lines we could not trust to the public
road yet. About 3 P. M., while resting in the bushes, we
were joined by several more of the regiment. This gave us
quite a force, large enough, we thought, to warrant us tak
ing the public road. A steady rain all the afternoon had
drenched us. Our guns were in poor condition and our
courage was not strong. Night compelled us to halt, and
we made the best of it in the thick brush on the side of a
mountain near the river. Next morning, August 28, we
started at daybreak, rain still falling, and plodded on for
hours, over high hills and deep ravines, finding nothing to
eat but wintergreens and a few berries.
"About noon, believing that we must be beyond the ene
my's lines, we determined to find the road and some habita
tion where we could get food. Two hours more brought
us out to a clearing. Before us lay a rolling farm country,
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with a stream and mill near, and beyond them, farm build
ings. Two comrades (of Company A, I think) volunteered
to go to the house while we waited developments. We saw
the boys approach the house, and soon after a company of
rebel cavalry surrounded the buildings. Our fellows were
prisoners. Our first thought was to attempt their rescue,
but the uncertainty of the strength of the enemy, and the
fact that we were in no condition to fight, compelled us to
consider discretion the better part of valor in this case. So
keeping in the shelter of the forest we crossed the stream
and ascended the side of the mountain in order to get an
other view of the premises, hoping to see our way clear to
take the road. Here we were joined by J. M. Guinn of my
company, who had been alone since the battle.
"We decided to go farther up the mountain, and con
tinued on to the summit. From there we could see on one
side the cultivated country and squads of rebel cavalry on
the roads. In the other direction nothing could be seen but
a vast forest toward the Gauley. We were completely lost,
desperately hungry, and half dead with fatigue. It must
have been about 4 p. M. when we decided to descend a cer
tain ravine toward the river, and soon came upon cattle
paths, and easier walking. But our progress was slow, for
the men were footsore and weak. Soon the trail became
plainer as we proceeded, but it was nearly dark before we
came out into an open country near the Gauley. Pressing
on down the river, — again wet through by rain which had
been falling all the afternoon, — we soon found a log cabin
inhabited, and on inquiry found that we were outside the
enemy's pickets, and within a few miles of our own out
posts. It was after dark when we finally reached our
pickets and were heartily greeted and supplied with the best
they had, plenty of hardtack; but no fires were allowed.
We were glad to lie down for the night without shelter or
covering.
"The next day, near noon, we reached our camp at Gau
ley Bridge, and were met by the Colonel with tears in his
eyes, and a hurrah welcome from everybody.
"M. M. ANDREWS."
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"On the morning of the 26th of August, 1861, Companies
A and C were on the Summerville pike near to the cross
road that led down to Carnifax Ferry, and Company K was
on the picket out on the road toward the ferry. I do not
remember just how the other companies were located, ex
cept that Company F was left back on the road to Gauley
as a guard to the wagon-train.
"Very early in the morning, while we were cooking our
coffee, firing was heard in the direction of the picket post
and we were ordered to fall in at once, and Companies A
and C started down the road toward Carnifax Ferry on
double quick time. We soon found that Company K was
being driven in, and we were ordered by Captain Crane to
take to the hill on our right. After we had gone partly up
the hill we turned and gave the rebels, who were then filing
across our old camp ground, a few volleys. We did not
linger long, however, but made for the top of the hill and
into the woods, where we soon met a rebel color-bearer, and
Corporal L,. R. Davis demanded of him the colors, which he
took and placed under his blouse; and it is my recollection
that we did not bother much with the rebel sergeant, as we
had about all we could do to take care of ourselves, and I
think we let him go. Captain Crane and most of the com
pany took to the hills and kept away from the road. Some
of the company went to houses for something to eat and
were gobbled up by the rebels. Most of us, however,
avoided the road, and arrived at Gauley about 9 o'clock in
the evening, and were so tired that we lay down on the
ground and slept for the night. The next day quite a num
ber came in, and we went into camp again, and wondered
what had become of Major Casement and the other com
panies.
"We did ordinary camp and picket duty, and every day a
detail was made to go down to the landing at Kanawha
Falls, a few miles from camp, to unload boats and get ra
tions. I do not remember just how long, but it was sev
eral days before we heard that Major Casement and the
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balance of the regiment were at Charleston, and after a
while we were ordered to join them.
"W. A. HOWE."
"5539 MONTE VISTA STREET, Los ANGELES, CAL.
"It was the third day after the fight that 'You-uns' found
me in that corn-field. When Company C came up to Colonel
Thompkins's cavalry in the woods, I was well to the head
of the company, but not close enough to be included in the
surrender. Several of us broke on the run for the laurel
thicket. After running a distance we came to a halt. Rap-
pi eye, Magary, Cooper, and some one else besides myself
took position behind a big pine, intending to fight; but
when we heard the order given by the rebels, 'Fifty of you
deploy to the right and surround them!' we broke away
again.
"Two Johnnies took after me. One long-legged fellow
was tearing after me, calling 'Halt,' etc. I kept running,
until I threw myself under a large bunch of laurel, cocked
my musket ready to shoot, when one rebel and then the
other went by as hard as they could run, thinking me yet
in their front. I lay there and went to sleep until awakened
by a fox smelling around, then roused up and moved toward
Gauley River. Slept in bushes and under shelving rocks.
Finally starved out, and went into the corn-field where you
found me.
"J. M. GUINN."
"SUNDAY MORNING, August 25, 1861.
"After breakfast the regiment advanced to the ford again,
leaving one company with the wagon-train. After halting
a short time we crossed the creek (Peters Creek) and ad
vanced about two miles ; here Company C was stationed in
ambush to cover the retreat if it should be necessary.
"Three other companies advanced to Cross Lanes, and
finding no enemy there, the rest of the regiment, with the
exception of two companies, was ordered forward. Com
pany C took a position on a hill, where it remained until
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dark, and then took up its quarters in a little house near the
four corners. Company A was stationed in a little house
near by. Company K was farther to the right. The other
five companies were stationed along the Gauley road.
"We slept in a road, around a fire, without blankets.
Monday morning, August 26, just as we were eating our
breakfast of roast beef and corn, we were aroused by a
brisk firing in the direction of Company K. Company C
was ordered to take position on a hill about half a mile dis
tant and a little to the right of the road where the enemy
were advancing. Company A was ordered to occupy a posi
tion to the right of Company C. Our company ascended
the hill and formed under a heavy fire of musketry, by
which several of the men were wounded before we had
gained the brow of the hill. One shot struck the sole of my
shoe. Our company (C) maintained its position until we
had fired eight or ten rounds; when seeing that we were
overpowered by the numbers of the enemy, and they having
nearly gained both our flanks, the Captain gave the order to
retreat ; which was done in good order, considering the cir
cumstances. Eight of our men were left wounded on the
field ; three more slightly wounded, retreated with the com
pany, myself among the number. I was hit by a musket
ball on the head, the ball just grazing the skull. The wound
bled profusely, but I suffered little inconvenience from it.
We struck into the woods, and made our way as best we
could over hills, across streams, through thick underbrush,
crawling over rocks, etc., trying to keep out of the way of
the enemy until night, when we could get into the Gauley
road and make our way to Gauley Bridge.
"We had proceeded in this way until afternoon, when
the company having halted, the Captain and two of the men
went ahead to pick out the way. A little in advance of
where the company halted was a road, and as luck would
have it, about 500 of the enemy, under command of Colonel
Thompkins, came up and were right upon us before we dis
covered them. The Colonel ordered the Captain to halt and
demanded a surrender. The Captain stepped out into the
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road, and seeing the force of the enemy, immediately deliv
ered up his sword and ordered the company to surrender as
prisoners. But most of the men had broken and scattered
in the woods when they first saw the enemy. The rest of
us were standing with our guns drawn, ready to fire if the
Captain should give the order, but being surrounded we
gave up our arms. Only fourteen were taken besides the
Captain. We found that we were about five miles from
Cross Lanes. A doctor in the regiment dressed my wounds
and we marched under guard to the camp of the enemy
about four miles beyond Cross Lanes.
"E. W. MOREY."
On the morning of August 25, when the Seventh left
Peter's Creek, Seymour T. Gill, a fifer, and his brother,
Louis C. Gill, a drummer, both in Company D, were noti
fied by Colonel Tyler that, as non-combatants, they were to
remain with the wagon-train; but not wishing to be thus
left in the rear, they obtained arms and accouterments from
the ordnance sergeant and followed after.
That night, being without rations they decided to re
turn to the train for supplies, when they met their brother,
Benjamin F. Gill, of Company E, who divided the contents
of his haversack with them and advised them to remain,
which they did. The next morning, when the enemy at
tacked promptly and vigorously all along the line, Seymour
and Louis, while moving toward our colors, as a rallying
point, were fired upon and ordered to halt. A bullet struck
Seymour's gun, thus saving his life, but admonished him
to respect the challenge of his enemy, who took him pris
oner and carried him "away down South in Dixie," while
Louis escaped.
CHAPTER X.
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"CAMP AT CHARLESTON, VA.,
"Saturday, August 31, 1861.
"FRIEND MERRII^ : Long ere you receive this you will
have heard of the defeat of the Ohio Seventh, at Cross
Lanes on Monday, August 26. I will give you, as plainly
as my weary nature will permit, the particulars of the occur
rence. Previous to the 2Oth inst., we had been stationed at
Cross Lanes for the purpose of guarding the ferry across
Gauley River, about 4 miles distant. At 10 o'clock p. M.
the long roll called us from our rest, and orders were given
to 'pack up for marching.' At 11.30 we were on our way
to Gauley Bridge. At 10 A. M. next day arrived at the
mouth of Twenty Mile Creek, distant 20 miles from Cross
Lanes and six from Gauley Bridge. Here we encamped
and remained until Saturday morning, the 24th inst., when
we received 'marching orders' ; and at noon were off again,
retracing our steps to Cross Lanes. When at the crossing
of Peters Creek, within five miles of Cross Lanes, we were
met by Captain Bagg, of the Snake Hunters, who had re
ceived information, which was credited, that a large body
of the rebels had crossed the river and would make a stand.
It was then sundown. We immediately countermarched
and returned 3 miles to a road leading from the ferry to
the Gauley road. This was to prevent their cutting off our
retreat to Gauley Bridge, if it should be necessary. After
taking a cup of coffee, hastily prepared, we spread our blan
kets on the grass, and all not on picket guard enjoyed a
good sleep. A friendly corn-field furnished us a breakfast.
"At about six in the morning we 'fell in,' and moved on
again toward Cross Lanes. The main body of the regiment
halted at the creek (from where we countermarched the
night before) , Company K was sent on in advance to Cross
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Lanes, and detachments from other companies were sent as
pickets on roads leading north and south. At ten the
pickets were called in. Soon a messenger returned with the
information that Company K had come suddenly upon a
body of the enemy's cavalry at the meeting-house, and fired
upon them. This was perhaps one-half mile from the cor
ners, and on the same ground where we had the battle.
Company A was immediately sent on to their assistance.
At 3J o'clock p. M. the remainder of the regiment advanced,
with the exception of Company F, who remained to guard
the wagons, and by 5 o'clock were near the meeting-house.
We halted in the road, and remained until dark. Compan
ies K and A were then to the right of us on the ferry road,
and one-half mile distant. Perhaps as many as five shots
were fired by Company K, just before dark, and then all
was quiet. Most of the companies laid on the road all night,
without blankets or covering. Company H occupied the
meeting-house, and Company D on the opposite side of the
road, under the thick foliage of the woods. Our garments
were perfectly wet through with perspiration, and the night
air was unusually cool. We suffered very much ; many of
the men shivered as in winter. At about midnight consent
was given to build up fires, and the boys immediately im
proved the opportunity, and then laid down again and slept
until daylight, when they visited a neighboring corn-field for
ears for their breakfast. A wagon with crackers now came
up, and they were distributed.
"Before the men had finished cooking their corn, shots
were fired. Everything was now dropped, and guns
grasped, and we formed into line instantly. The firing in
creasing, orders were given for an advance down the road.
We went 'double quick/ Company H following. Imme
diately upon clearing the covering of the woods we were
saluted by a volley from the rebels. We countermarched,
and by order of Captain Dyer took cover under a fence-
Captain Dyer and Lieutenant Weed all the time standing in
the road and constantly exposed to the raking showers of
bullets from the enemy, who were concealed under cover of
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the woods on our right. Soon on our left and center were
seen company after company, and I might perhaps truth
fully say, regiment after regiment, coming on and endeavor
ing to flank us on that side; they were mostly under cover
and not in range of our guns. Company K was at this time
retreating toward us across an open field, but as they were
'deployed as skirmishers,' and therefore not in a compact
body, shots upon them were not as effective as they other
wise would have been. As soon as Company K reached
the road, we commenced the retreat. Escape from annihila
tion seemed almost impossible. After getting over the fence
we jumped into long grass — an unmown meadow. Com
pany H was above us at the same time, but not having as
far to go to reach the woods was not so long exposed to the
fire. It was in this long grass that our brave Captain fell.
He was shot in the left side just above the belt, by a musket
ball, and probably lived but a few moments. A part of the
meadow was planted with corn; through this we passed;
then up a hillside until we reached the woods. At this place
by the time Company D had arrived (it being the last com
pany), was gathered that fragment of the Seventh which
came safe through to Charleston under Major Casement.
It was at first supposed that we would make a stand here.
We were drawn up about twenty feet from the fence. In
front of us in the open meadow was the provision and am
munition wagons, one each, and a small ambulance. Near
these were planted our regimental colors, and by the side of
it were Colonels Tyler and Creighton, and Major Casement.
We all now stood watching the enemy. Fighting such odds
with no artillery or cavalry was suicidal, for they were ten
to our one. We then commenced our retreat, in a northerly
direction, led by Major Casement.
"Colonels Tyler and Creighton, Surgeon Salter and
Chaplain Brown now dashed up the Gauley road, and made
their escape to the bridge. The retreat of the Seventh,
which occupied three and one-half days (from Monday at
sunrise until Thursday noon), was, perhaps, and ever will
be the greatest event in the lives of many if not all engaged
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in it. I have neither language nor time to give you a cor
rect idea of it. Roads in the mountainous country are neces
sarily built at great expense. Those connecting main points
and county-seats are built at the mutual expense of State
and county. There are many good farms lying back hid
among the hills, which are reached only by bridle paths or
on foot. We left the battlefield and took a northerly course,
just between the Gauley road and one running almost di
rectly north. There was not even a path, nor had we a
guide. Heavy forests, entangled underbrush, long, steep
declivities, rocks and creeks beset our way; still, we has
tened on. Major Casement, Adjutant DeForest, and Sergt.-
Maj. King had each their horses with them, and got them
through to Charleston. The perseverance of the Major,
and the sagacity of his fine animal, surmounted all difficul
ties, and the other animals followed.
"I have not time to give details of our entire march. The
first day we were obliged to cross a turnpike leading from
Summerville to Gauley Bridge, at a place not more than
three miles from Cross Lanes. It was now 3 p. M., and we
had been since sunrise in making it ; which shows the diffi
culties we encountered. When we reached the pike we
found it covered with horse tracks. We knew that the ene
my's cavalry had just passed over it. On, on we hurried,
and by 10 at night, after clambering an almost insurmount
able mountainside, thought it safe to stop till daylight. Af
ter roasting corn, we lay down on some fresh hay in the
road for rest until daylight, when we were off again with
out breakfast. At 10 A. M. Tuesday we halted at a corn
field and made a hasty meal. At 4 p. M., after crossing a
mountain, we reached a ford on Elk River — to be upon the
other side was comparative safety. It was a novel sight to
see 400 men wading the broad, swift and rocky river, car
rying their guns and much of their clothing. On the oppo
site bank was a saw-mill. On every side were high moun
tains covered with the richest foliage. All crossed safely,
and after a short rest went on again until dark ; lay on the
grass again until daylight; then on again without break-
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fast. We saved 6 miles of our journey by crossing a very
high mountain, and again by twice fording the Elk 10 more
were saved.
"At the house of Mr. D. Smith, a good Union man, we
got some bacon, corn, and wheat bread, and plenty of boiled
corn — all well cooked. He had heard of our coming, and
was preparing for us. It now commenced raining and we
had miles to go before we rested for the night. Some men
not being able to keep up were put into a canoe and sent
down the river; and in the course of the day other canoes
were taken and used in the same manner. Our path was
along the Elk. In the afternoon it rained almost inces
santly; crossed the Big Sandy, near its junction with the
Elk, twenty miles from Charleston, at which place is a seces
sion settlement.
"Three miles beyond we met the teams sent up from
Charleston with provisions. They were hailed with nine
and a tiger. The rain continued all night, and was to us
the hardest of the march. At 3 A. M. the men were called
up for marching again. They rose stiffer, and less inclined
to move than ever before. The heavy rain and darkness,
slippery clay roads, and stiff joints had the effect to make a
most gloomy march. However, as daylight dawned, cheer
fulness increased, and we marched into Charleston with
light hearts.
"The troops stationed here (a part of the Twenty-sixth
O. V. and part of the First Kentucky Regiment), turned
out to receive us, escorting us to their camp ground, and im
mediately set to work providing us food and shelter. Our
baggage being at Gauley Bridge, of course we had no tents,
cooking apparatus, or change of clothing. Charleston is a
very pretty place of about 3,000 inhabitants, who, to almost
a man, are of secession sentiments, and, therefore, not our
friends, and do not receive from them favors or courtesies
as were bestowed upon us at Weston and all other small
places through which we have passed — although the same
respectful deportment is shown and observance of their pro
prietorship of property.
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"For the reason that a full and accurate list cannot now
be made out of the men, I will not attempt to give it par
tially — within a few days it will be furnished entire. I hope
our friends at home will not anticipate.
"A few words more and I will close. Had it not been for
the cool intrepidity of Major Casement, the Seventh Regi
ment would this day be among the regiments that were.
'Boys/ said he, when we had assembled on the hill in retreat,
'stand by me, and I will take you through!' And he did
take us through; over mountains, down almost precipice
descents, through ravines, fording streams, undaunted he
went. During the entire retreat not a mouthful would he
eat till he knew that every man under his command was sup
plied with such as could be had. Thanks to our gallant
Major! His noble bearing, his firm conduct, his unwearied
exertions in behalf of his men, and his uniform kindness,
will never be forgotten by the 400 whose lives this day are
due to him. Still for the war,
"W. D. SHEPHERD."
FROM THE CHAPLAIN OF THE SEVENTH.
(Correspondence of the Cleveland Herald.)
"GAuivKv BRIDGE, August 31, 1861.
"I sent you a dispatch yesterday evening telling you of
the safety of all the commissioned officers of the regiment,
save Captain Dyer, known to be killed ; Captain Shurtleff,
known to be a prisoner, and Lieutenants Wilcox and Lock-
wood, missing. I regret exceedingly that I cannot give you
the names of the privates and non-commissioned officers
killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing. But this cannot be
done until we hear more fully from Major Casement con
cerning the men with him, over 400, at Charleston, 38 miles
below us. The only way even then that we could approxi
mate to a correct list would be to give the names of all -who
have escaped, those with him and those with us. One of
the objects I aimed to secure under the flag of truce the
other day, was information upon this very thing, for the
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sake mainly of the relatives and friends of those we have
lost. I did not succeed. But the history of the attempt may
interest them and your readers generally.
"After riding 18 miles, the last 7 keeping our flag
constantly displayed, we came to their first picket, a strong
cavalry one, 7 miles this side of Cross Lanes. We were
received civilly, and stated our business, showing the com
mission we had from Colonel Tyler. The officer in com
mand said he had no authority to permit us to pass, but
kindly offered to send for information to the next picket, 2
miles farther on at the ford over Peters Creek, where
Colonel Finny was. We were two hours there, and allowed
full liberty to walk about as we pleased. There we found
five of our men, who had just been taken, all from Cleve
land but one, viz : Frank Williams, Andrew Scovill (whose
brother is here wounded in the hip), a Mr. Burt, a Mr. Ban-
dell, and one whose name I do not remember, a German.
Poor fellows, weary and hungry, they had come in from the
woods to get something to eat, and were captured. I could
but sympathize especially with Williams, as he has a wife
and two children. The brave fellow had but little to say,
but I saw that a word would bring the tears into his eyes.
Before we left we saw them seated at a bountiful table
which their captors had kindly provided for them; and we
saw that in all other respects they were kindly and respect
fully treated.
"After a delay of two hours, word came that we could
proceed to the next encampment. A squad of cavalry took
us in charge, blindfolding us and leading our horses. In
this fashion we rode 2 miles. At the ford we were received
by Colonel Finny in a closed room, and the bandages taken
from our eyes. We found the Colonel a courteous gentle
man of eastern Virginia, and were informed by him that
our dead had already been decently buried, with the excep
tion of Captain Dyer, who had been recognized on the bat
tlefield before he was quite dead by Major Thomburg of
their army, who had served with him in Mexico, whose
body they were intending to send down to us under a flag
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of truce, to be forwarded to his friends (it had not been
done, however), and that our wounded were receiving the
care of their most skilful surgeons. I then asked for Dr.
Gushing and myself the privilege of visiting our wounded
and prisoners, to see them, and to receive messages from
them to their friends. He replied that General Floyd's or
ders were that no one should pass from us beyond that
point; but added that if we were willing to remain where
we were till an answer could be received, he would send a
messenger to the General with our request. We told him
we were. I then addressed to General Floyd the following
note, viz:
" 'PETERS CREEK, August 27, 1861.
" 'BRIG.-GEN. JOHN B. FLOYD.
" 'GENERAL : I am here under a flag of truce, with Dr.
Gushing of the Seventh Regiment O. V. L, to look after
our dead and wounded in the late battle at Cross Lanes.
We are informed by Colonel Finney, as we knew would be,
that our dead have been decently buried, and that our
wounded have received the skilful attention of the gentle
men of your medical staff. Here, then, our mission might
end. But, General, the Seventh Regiment is mainly com
posed of men from and in the vicinity of Cleveland, and as
we both expect to return there shortly on furloughs, for the
sake of the relatives and friends of the wounded and pris
oners, we very much wish to see them and be the bearers
of any messages they may wish to send. If, therefore,
under our flag of truce, you will permit us to do so, we will
accept it as a very high favor, and we promise you on our
honor as gentlemen to take no advantage of it prejudicial
to your service.
" 'Respectfully, your obedient servant,
" 'FREDERICK T. BROWN,
" 'Chaplain of the Seventh,
" 'Minister in Presbyterian Church O. S.'
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"To this note, some five hours after, I received the fol
lowing reply, viz :
" 'HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA,
" 'August 27, 1 86 1.
" 'REv. FREDERICK T. BROWN,
" 'Chaplain of Seventh Regiment O. V.
" 'DEAR SIR : Your note requesting to be permitted to
visit the prisoners and wounded at present in my charge, of
the Seventh Regiment O. V., and conveying information of
them has been received. In reply I have to say that in this,
as in all other cases, the dead shall not be neglected by me.
Your dead have all been decently interred. Your prisoners
are and shall be humanely and kindly treated, shall not be
the recipients of any indignity by language or otherwise.
Your wounded are beyond Gauley River, and under the
treatment of my best surgeons. Your request to visit them
I cannot concede, persuaded that to do so would be at
tended with some risk of detriment to the service in which
I am engaged. I regret then that my sense of duty prompts
me to adopt a course which under other circumstances would
afford me a pleasure, and which may I fear seem to you un
gracious. Permit me to add that one of the captains of your
regiment is here and on parole. He will be able, as he has
already done, to visit the prisoners and wounded and give
them his personal attention.
" 'Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" 'JOHN B. FtovD,
" 'Brig.-Gen. Commanding Army of Kanawha.'
"Of course nothing further could be done. I will only
add that while waiting for this note, I — I say 'I,' for Dr.
Cushing was in one of his silent moods — had long conversa
tions with Colonel Finney and Major Honnsel, on a variety
of topics, not ignoring the one great topic at issue, and
found them both accomplished, cultivated, and courteous
gentlemen. Before the note came it grew dark, when
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Colonel Finney took us to his headquarters, two miles far
ther up toward Cross Lanes, without having us blindfolded.
There he gave us a sumptuous supper, and lodged us until
3 o'clock A. M., when we were sent out of the lines back,
not blindfolded. I must also say that in all our intercourse
with the rebel officers and men, I did not hear one abusive
or taunting word. We could not have been treated with
more kindness or consideration.
"The messenger is just leaving.
"Yours truly,
"FREDERICK T. BROWN.
A LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT EATON.
"CHARLESTON, W. VA., September 7, 1861.
" * * * The march in retreat was commenced about
7 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, and continued with
scarcely ten minutes' rest, over the mountains which to our
unaccustomed eyes seemed impassable, and through woods
thick with undergrowth of laurel and vine, until late at
night, without path, and nearly all the way without a guide.
A man was obtained late in the afternoon who conducted
us to a mountain path, leading to Elk River, but he could
be induced to go no farther. He lived upon the road which
we had to cross, within two or three miles of our starting
place, and we afterward learned that a thousand of the
enemy were within half a mile of where we crossed it,
watching for us to come out of the woods. We camped that
night on a little improvement on the summit of a mountain
in the midst of the woods, 'forty miles from no place.'
"The march was resumed at an early hour the next morn
ing, without breakfast, and upon a supper the night previous
of a small allowance of corn-bread. At noon we halted to
dine on green corn at a point where the pass we had been
following struck the Lily Fork of Buffalo Creek. Follow
ing it up, after our luncheon, we struck the Elk River at
about 6 P. M. of the 27th, after fording it through water
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nearly waist deep, encamped four or five miles below. Here,
for the first time, we had a little variety in the subsistence
line. Some sheep were killed, and these with green corn,
after our fatiguing march, gave us a relish for sleep on the
ground with a small allowance of hay for bed. In the morn
ing, Capt. W. R. Sterling having gone ahead to provide
subsistence for the day, our journey was resumed, and at 10
o'clock we were fed at a point 28 miles from Charleston, on
boiled corn, bacon, and a little coffee, and a very small al
lowance of bread. At a distance of 14 miles from this
place we encamped that night (following), during which
and the next day until we arrived here, a shower of rain fell
without cessation, aggravating to an indescribable degree
the sore feet and weary limbs of the wanderers. Rations
from Charleston met us here and we fared sumptuously.
Reached Charleston noon next day, August 29.
"I cannot possibly give an account of all we went through
during that fight and retreat. That so large a number sur
vived the heavy fire of the superior number of the enemy,
and a forced march, estimated at not less than 80 miles, and
that we escaped from an entire cutting up and capture, sur
rounded on almost every side, as we were, seems a little
short of a miracle to me.
"NoTAE."
The following message from Captain Sterling, who was
the advance guard of the forces marching to Charleston
under Major Casement, gave to General Cox and Colonel
Tyler the first information they had that 404 more of the
Seventh had escaped from the enemy at Cross Lanes:
"CHARLESTON, August 28, 1861.
"GENERAL Cox.
"DEAR SIR: I have arrived here and started three
wagons to meet the Seventh Regiment at the mouth of the
Big Sandy, 20 miles from this place, where the Seventh will
camp to-night. The men are in fine spirits, but a little leg-
weary and "footsore. Several Union men have followed us.
They say that the main body of the enemy is at Cross Lanes.
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"I learn that Colonel Tyler came into Gauley with some
200 men with the train.
"If that be so, we have made a glorious retreat.
"Yours respectfully,
"W. R. STERUNG,
"Capt. Co. I, Seventh Ohio Inf."
General Cox commended the action of Major Casement
to General Rosecrans as follows :
BRIDGE, August 28, 1861, 9 P. M.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
"Clarksburg, Va. :
"Major Casement has carried over 400 of the Seventh
into Charleston handsomely. He went by Big Sandy and
down Elk.
"There are so many practicable routes for cavalry and
infantry without trains that his presence in Charleston may
prove very fortunate. The enemy still continues in princi
pal force near Cross Lanes.
"J. D. Cox."
CHAPTER XL
AT CHARLESTON.
During the month of September, 1861, the companies un
der Major Casement remained at Charleston, performing
very active guard duty, scouting after the enemy, unloading
steamboats, etc., while those at Gauley Bridge performed
like service there.
Capt. John N. Dyer having been killed at Cross Lanes,
and Lieut. Andrew J. Williams having resigned because of
ill-health, Company D on September 25, 1861, held an elec
tion, when Lieut. Charles A. Weed was chosen captain;
Sergeant William D. Shepherd, first lieutenant, and Ser
geant Frank Payne, Jr., second lieutenant.
On or about the 26th rain began falling in torrents and
continued until the 28th, when the greatest flood ever known
in that section occurred. The Big Kanawha River rose
more than 50 feet, overflowing the town and rendering the
rescue of families in boats necessary. The Seventh moved
camp to the highest ground available, and then kept a steam
boat near on which to embark if necessary.
Floating down the river could be seen small buildings,
haystacks, rail fences, shocks of corn and every sort of
debris, completing a very picture of waste and desolation.
On October i, Company D, under the command of Lieu
tenants Shepherd and Paine, took boat for Point Pleasant,
65 miles below Charleston, from which place it was to guard
and protect a body of workmen while they constructed a
telegraph line to Charleston.
Sending off the sick to Gallipolis this duty was at once
entered upon, and on the 2ist Company D marched into
camp at Charleston, its duty having been well performed.
On October u, when this telegraph expedition had passed
Buffalo on the right bank of the river, the steamer Izetta,
loaded to the guards with Government stores, was seen with
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full head of steam puffing, sputtering, and groaning on her
way to Charleston ; but in a very short time she came back
fairly flying as she went with the current, while the Cap
tain shouted to the nearby shore, "Rebels up at Red House!"
Now as there had been rumors of rebel cavalry scouting
about we were at once on the qui vive. The citizen work
men were wild from fear, lest they should be captured and
carried off South, and could not be controlled.
Throwing out everything that would impede their prog
ress, they sprang into the wagons, and away they flew to
the Ohio River, 30 miles distant. Company D, not to be
outdone, fell back with alacrity and dispatch on Buffalo;
took refuge in the court-house, getting in water and rations,
determined to hold the fort if it came to a state of siege.
Early the next morning, however, no enemy having ap
peared, Company D went on board of a steamboat which
ran up to Red House, where Colonel Guthrie, then com
manding post at Charleston, had also come down with some
of the Piatt Zouaves to meet the enemy ; but they had long
since retreated. The Izetta was hailed and ordered to come
ashore; slowed down and swung about as if to do so, but
instead of landing kept on swinging, put on all possible
steam, and pulled away down stream, thus escaping cap
ture, although some 200 rifle shots were fired into her with
out material harm.
This was the only exciting incident of the telegraph line
expedition.
On October 16 the members of the Seventh at Gauley
Bridge came to Charleston, and on the igth Colonel Tyler
assumed command of the post there, so that when Company
D came into Camp Warren on the 2ist, the regiment, which
had not been together since the battle of Cross Lanes, was
again reunited.
The unusual exposure and hardships immediately follow
ing the affair at Cross Lanes, assisted by the damp, chilly
mountain air (the result of fogs, dew, and frequent show
ers), plainly told upon the health of the members of the
Seventh at Gauley Bridge and Charleston, causing diarrhoea,
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typhoid and malarial fevers, sending many of them home
on sick furloughs, to the hospitals, and the cemetery. Dur
ing the balance of October some effort at company and
regimental drill was made, but guard duty and scouting
after the enemy, up and down and across- the river, ren
dered this inoperative. However, everything went along in
the usual way until General Floyd advanced to Cotton Hill,
opposite Gauley Bridge, and threatened attack.
CARNIFAX FERRY.
Although not engaged in this battle the Seventh was
greatly interested therein because of the fact that General
Floyd's force engaged there was the same as that which
fought at Cross Lanes.
The engagement at Cross Lanes called the attention of
General Rosecrans in that direction, causing him to take
the field in person. Reaching Button about September i,
1 86 1, with Benham's, McCook's, and Scammon's bri
gades and three batteries, he advanced over the same route
covered by the Seventh, reaching the vicinity of Carnifax
Ferry on the loth about 3 p. M. Disposition was at once
made for battle and a spirited attack and fusillade was kept
up until dusk, without any perceptible advantage gained by
the Union forces, when they were withdrawn, with a loss
of 17 killed and 143 wounded. During the night the enemy
withdrew across Gauley River, having suffered a loss of but
20 wounded.
PRESENTATION.
About the middle of October, Prof. H. E. Peck of Ober-
lin made a visit to the regiment, but more especially to Com
pany C, at Gauley Bridge, bringing with him, as a token of
remembrance from the loyal people at home, a beautiful silk
flag, of the presentation of which he wrote as follows :
"The morning was bright with sunshine and the wild
Virginia landscape glowed with richest splendor. At guard
mounting after breakfast the 400 of the Seventh then at
Gauley were drawn up to receive the colors I was com-
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missioned to present to them. In presenting my charge I
took occasion to express the affection which the people of
the Western Reserve have always felt for the regiment, and
which was deepened many fold by the occurrence at Cross
Lanes.
"Colonel Tyler replied with great emotion and equal pro
priety. His manner and that of the whole regiment de
cisively proved that the gift from home was appreciated and
well bestowed. It was a glad scene. The gentle air un
furled just enough the graceful colors ; the joyous sun
illuminated the blazon so that it shone as if a glory was
upon it; the men were happy, and far off among the hills
rolled the swelling notes of the 'Star Spangled Banner/ with
which the band made its first salute."
The Professor said that the men in the Seventh were well-
clothed ; looked clean ; were in good spirits ; respected
their officers and each other ; that the right sort of fraternal
spirit existed among them, and he nowhere saw soldiers in
Virginia who seemed to be in as good physical condition as
they did.
He closed with, "On the whole, the people of the Reserve
may well cherish, as they have done, their noble representa
tives in the Seventh Ohio Volunteers."
"CAUSEY, VA., nth Sept., 1861.
"MRS. JOHN N. DYER,
"Paineville, Ohio.
"MY DEAR MADAM : Permit me to intrude myself upon
you in this hour of your terrible trial and affliction as a
friend to him who now, within the lines of our enemy's
camp, 'sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.' As a friend
to him who must have been to you what all else on earth
cannot replace, allow me to intrude upon you and for a mo
ment mingle my sorrow with your tears for one we loved
and esteemed.
"While you, madam, and those little ones around you
mourn the loss of a beloved husband and father, our regi-
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ment joined you in your sorrow for the loss of one of our
country's bravest and truest defenders, and we an esteemed
friend and officer whose counsels and assistance we have
ever appreciated.
"I saw him fall while leading on his brave men in obe
dience to my orders. His latest words were when I asked
him if he could turn the enemy's advancing column and pre
vent them outflanking us, 'I will try, sir. Company forward
by file left, march !' His order to fire soon followed. A mo
ment after he was struck with a musket ball and Captain
Dyer's earthly career was closed.
"Yet while we deeply mourn his death, it is some satis
faction to know the enemy paid dearly for his loss. Their
disordered ranks and halting column showed clearly that
his efforts were successful, although it cost his life and that
of some of his men.
"No officer in line commanded more universal respect
and had more of my confidence than Captain Dyer, and we
mourn his loss as deeply as can any one save you and the
little flock, made fatherless by his sudden death.
"My prayer is that He who holds the destinies of the
universe in His hand may be your protector and a father to
your orphaned children. If I can serve you in any way, you
have only to command me.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"E. B. TYLER,
"Col. Seventh O. V., U. S. A."
CHAPTER XII.
THE: COTTON HIU, AND IXDOP CRDEK CAMPAIGN.
On the 29th of October, 1861, the rebels chased our out
posts on the Fayette road, down near the mouth of Great
Falls Creek, and on November i appeared on the heights
of Cotton Hill, opposite Gauley Bridge, with a 6-pounder
rifled piece, and, with another opposite Montgomery's
Ferry, opened fire with shot and shell. General Cox was
directed to put pieces in position, which replied to their fire.
The running of the ferry was discontinued during the
day, for fear it might be struck, and the supply trains were
passed during the night, to avoid exposure. Generals
Schenck, McCook, and Benham were up New River, where
they had gone into camp after the battle of Carnifax Ferry,
while General Cox was at Gauley Bridge.
General Rosecrans planned to send General Benham up
Loop Creek, to get in position on General Floyd's flank and
rear, and when General Schenck had crossed New River,
Benham was to cooperate, and together attack Floyd's flank
and rear and ruin his command.
On November 2 orders were issued to General Benham
to move by the mouth of Loop Creek, 7 miles below Gauley
Bridge, and Colonel Tyler at Charleston was directed to
send 500 picked men to join his command. On November
4 the detachment of the Seventh Ohio, under command of
Lieut-Col. William R. Creighton, left Charleston by boat
and reached the vicinity of Loop Creek that night. The
only mishap during this movement was the loss overboard
of Corporal John D. Dicks of Company I, Seventh Ohio,
who was never again heard from. On the 6th the Seventh
crossed to the mouth of Loop Creek under General Benham.
On the 7th the regiment marched up Loop Creek by a
mountain path, frequently crossing the stream until it
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reached the forks of the creek some 8 or 10 miles up, and
halted at Taylor's farm.
Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton was in command, and pick
eting and scouting (Lew. R. Davis of Company A, Edwin
Hart of Company D, and Joseph E. Clarke of Company E,
scouted and met with hairbreadth escapes) well toward
General Floyd's camp, made report to General Benham.
(On the 8th General Rosecrans mentioned the receipt of a
report from Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton from up Loop
Creek.)
On the Qth General Schenck had small boats ready to
cross his troops over New River, but the incessant and se
vere rain storms had filled the river, bank full, which made
the current so strong that the boats were useless.
General Benham having been ordered to place 1,000 men
at Cassidy's Mill, only three miles from General Floyd's
camp, the Seventh and Forty-fourth Ohio marched by a
mountain path over a very high range (which suggested
Bonaparte crossing the Alps) and reached that point on the
night of the I2th. At 4 p. M. of the I3th General Benham
advanced to Dickerson's farm, where he was joined at n
p. M. by the troops from Cassidy's Mill and pushed on
through darkness, rain, and mud, in pursuit of General
Floyd's retreating army.
Also on this date, General Schenck having been unable
to cross New River to operate upon General Floyd's right
flank, moved down to Gauley Bridge, and crossed over the
Kanawha River, but instead of joining in the pursuit, went
into bivouac on Cotton Hill.
At 4 A. M. of November 14 General Benham's force of
some 2,700 men reached Hawkin's farm, 5 miles beyond
Fayetteville, made a brief halt for breakfast upon two hard
tack per man, then pushed on after the retreating foe.
The Thirteenth Ohio had the advance, and about 9.30
A. M. came up with some rebel cavalry, when a skirmish
ensued. A little later the enemy made a brief halt near
McCoy's Mill to cover the escape of their train, when Cap
tain Schneider's rifled pieces came up and opened, while the
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Seventh and Thirty-seventh Ohio Regiments, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton, advanced along
a ridge, opened fire, and sent the enemy flying toward their
main column. Again the pursuers gave chase, and at 4 p.
M. reached Kenton's farm,, 15 miles from Fayette toward
Raleigh, where a halt was made, and a message sent to
General Schenck to come up and join in the pursuit. Gen
eral Schenck consulted General Rosecrans, who replied that
"he feared that his men would suffer/' and ordered General
Benham to return.
The order to return reached the head of the pursuing col
umn at ii P. M. of the 1 4th, in the midst of another down
pour of rain. After some delay, in hope that the storm
might cease, at i A. M. of the I5th this wet, mud-be-drag-
gled, hungry and exhausted force began the return march,
over a road which, for depth of mud, was never again wit
nessed by the men who participated in it.
At 4 A. M. a halt was made at McCoy's Mill for a couple
of hours, and then, with an almost uninterrupted march, the
column moved on to and through Fayette, out some, three
miles toward Cotton Hill, where a halt was made for the
night. A small supply of rations was drawn, which, with
the fresh pork contributed by comrades who had remained
behind, made an enjoyable feast. That night, wrapped in
wet clothing and blankets, the Seventh bunked down to
sleep on the wet ground, in chill air and under a cloudy
sky, and in the morning awoke to find that a kind Provi
dence had, during the night, added a blanket of about four
inches of snow, to keep them warm.
General Rosecrans intended and expected that General
Benham would provide well for his command. He in
structed him to establish himself firmly up Loop Creek, see
that his men were supplied with rations from three to five
days ahead, and make them comfortable. He also sug
gested that while every other man carried a canteen filled
with coffee, there should also be a good supply of whiskey
and quinine bitters, to keep off malaria and mountain fever.
However, the absence of anything like a road up Loop
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Creek, the incessant rain and raging floods rendered even
the few pack-mules we had almost unserviceable.
General Rosecrans was astounded when General Benham
mentioned lack of tents, exposure, and absence of rations,
and suggested that such of his force as lacked shelter and
rations be withdrawn until provision could be made for
sheltering and feeding them, little knowing that this meant
the withdrawal of his entire command. Although General
Rosecrans found fault with General Benham because he did
not perform impossibilities, and even went so far as to order
him in arrest for not obeying, and executing orders, he said
at the close: "The troops have suffered from the climate
severely. They have submitted to many privations with
cheerfulness and performed their duties with alacrity."
He also made the following report :
"CAMP GAULEY, VA., November 15, 1861.
"I have to report that General Benham pursued the rebels
15 miles beyond Fayette, overtook a rear guard of infantry
and cavalry; and having no train or provisions to enable
him to go farther, desisted from pursuit, and is returning to
Fayette.
"ROSECRANS."
General Benham said of the skirmish at McCoy's Mill :
"I however soon discovered a ridge, that made out from
our rear to the right, that commanded, at close range, the
left of the enemy. I sent my aide to direct Lieutenant-
Colonel Creighton with the Seventh and half of the Thirty-
seventh Ohio Regiments to pass down this ridge to attack
their left. When this attack was made it was entirely suc
cessful, and, with the first concentrated volleys of this com
mand of about 750 men, uniting with the fire of the Thir
teenth Ohio, the whole force of the enemy retreated in con
fusion with the last of their wagon-train."
General Benham thus wrote of the condition of his men
when ordered to return from the pursuit :
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"As the men were still, or more than nine-tenths of
them, without any shelter in a most drenching rain or suc
cession of violent thunder showers, many without their
blankets, which had been thrown off in the ardor of the
chase, and as they were still standing around their fires,
unable to sleep in the rain, upon the open ground, the
greater part of the command, though most unwilling to
give up the pursuit, felt that if it was so ordered that it
would be best for themselves, after a few hours' halt (it
could not be called rest), to retrace their steps that very
night rather than remain standing in the cold and wet until
morning, with only the prospect of their return. We ac
cordingly commenced our return (from Keton's farm, 15
miles out from Fayette, on the road to Raleigh) soon after
i o'clock A. M., and reaching McCoy's Mill about 4 A. M.,
we rested until 6 A. M. of the I5th, when we moved onward,
and with a single halt the command reached this place
(Fayette) soon after noon, being still in excellent spirits,
their main disappointment being in not having been per-,
mitted to continue the pursuit of the rebels. We are at
this hour partly in houses, but a great number are out in
the open air in the village, where it is now snowing upon
them in their bivouac, which, added to their really great ex
posure, will, I fear, half annihilate their effective strength.
"I have now but to report the noble conduct of the forces
during the most toilsome march, where through all their
great exposure in the storm, upon the route, and in bivouac,
without shelter against the rain or snow that fell in each of
the last three nights, not a murmur was heard by me, but
every duty was performed with the greatest cheerfulness
and alacrity, and the principal officers of the command were
worthy of the men they lead.
"Lieut-Col. Creighton, of the Seventh Ohio, exe
cuted the maneuver from our right flank which decided
the rout at McCoy's Mill, in the most gallant style."
"H. W. BSNHAM,
"Brig.-Gen. U. S. Vols."
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KILLING OF COLONEL CROGHAN.
Report of Col. William S. Smith, Thirteenth Ohio In
fantry :
"We had proceeded but about 4 miles, when my skir
mishing company, under command of Captain Gardner,
came suddenly upon a scouting party of the enemy's cav
alry, numbering 40 men. A sharp skirmish ensued, during
which Colonel Croghan was mortally wounded. Several
of his men, as he stated, were also wounded, though they
escaped, leaving their horses to the number of five.
"The Colonel was left at a farmhouse by his men, and
treated with the utmost kindness by our assistant surgeon,
Dr. Chase, up to near the time of his death, which took
place at 2 p. M. on November 14, 1861."
Gen. John B. Floyd said :
"Near this point [McCoy's Mill] a skirmish occurred be
tween scouting parties, in which I am grieved to inform the
Department, Lieut.-Col. St. George Croghan was killed.
"Colonel Croghan was one of the most gallant officers in
the service. His bravery and gentlemanly demeanor, which
characterized him to his latest breath, rendered him dear to
all who knew him.
"His death has cast a gloom over the spirits of the entire
army. In this no one shares more sincerely than I do.
"JOHN B. FLOYD,
"Brigadier-General, C. S.A.,
"Commanding Army of the Kanawha."
UP LOOP CREEK.
(Chicago Inter-Ocean.)
"General Benham was severely censured once upon a
time because he did not go up Loop Creek, according to
orders, and cut off Floyd's retreat from Cotton Mountain.
People no doubt imagined that it was a very easy thing to
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go up Loop Creek, but then the people never had any ex
perience in that direction.
"Very early in the first Kanawha campaign a strong de
tachment of troops made a reconnaissance up Loop Creek
Valley. The march commenced at dark and was conducted
so quietly as to give it an air of mystery.
"The stream comes into the Kanawha through a little
gap that is very deceiving. The boys moved along for a
few hundred yards in high spirits. Then there was a
stream to cross. This was Loop Creek, and shoes and
stockings were taken off, and barefooted the men waded
through the cold water in not the best of humor. A quick
march of a few hundred yards brought them to another
barrier of water. This was Loop Creek. The boys made
jokes about the 'loop/ and stripping off shoes and stock
ings waded the stream again. A short walk and then there
was a halt in front. What now? 'That durned old Loop
Creek again,' said a man in front, and then the heaviest
swearers went into action in a very spirited manner.
"As the men stopped to take off their shoes, a Virginian
acting as guide said, 'I would not do it, men. The creek
will be in your way all night,' and so it was. It was crossed
thirty-six times before morning, the men wading recklessly
through without removing shoes or stockings; but as the
high lands were reached the stream became smaller and
less troublesome."
On the 1 6th, marching over Cotton Hill to the Kanawha
River, that night the Seventh slept upon the steamboat
Marmora, which carried them to Charleston the next day,
and the Cotton Hill and Loop Creek campaign was over.
CHAPTER XIII.
ROMNBY AND BWE'S GAP.
Upon returning to Charleston the usual routine of camp
life was resumed until November 28 and 29, when the
regiment received its first visit from the paymaster, and
was paid off. With the retreat of General Floyd toward
Raleigh, the forces under General Rosecrans at Gauley
Bridge were mainly sent to other military departments,
and on December 6 Brig.-Gen. Jacob D. Cox came to
Charleston and assumed command.
On the 9th the Seventh was ordered to prepare to move,
and on the next day, embarking upon the steamers Port
Wayne and Stephen Decatur, ran down the Kanawha and
up the Ohio River, reaching Parkersburg on the nth, about
noon. That evening the regiment took cars over the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad, and after an all-night ride dropped
off at Oakland, Md., for breakfast, then moved on to Cum
berland, passed Patterson Creek to Green Spring Run, and
disembarked.
On the 1 6th Sibley tents were drawn in lieu of the smaller
ones we had been accustomed to, and were much enjoyed.
ROMNSY.
On the 1 7th the Seventh marched to Romney, 16
miles away, on the South Branch of the Potomac, carrying
knapsacks, and that night were in good condition to ap
preciate and enjoy the thoughtful comradeship of the mem
bers of the Fifth Ohio Infantry when they invited us to
coffee.
This was Colonel Dunning's regiment from Cincinnati,
and it was the beginning of an attachment between these
organizations, which grew and strengthened day by day
during the more than two years that they were brigaded
together. They marched and fought and shed their patri-
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otic blood together at Kernstown, Port Republic, Cedar
Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettys
burg, and on the Atlanta campaign, and together were wel
comed by the city of Cincinnati when they returned from
the front in June, 1864. Better comrades and truer soldiers
than the members of the Fifth Ohio Infantry never went to
battle.
Colonel Dunning was commander of the post at Romney
with some 8,000 men of General Kelly's command, but this
point was important only as tending to protect the B. & O.
R. R. and threatening Winchester.
Camp Tyler was established, and some of the severest
picket guard duty of the war engaged in, where infantry
men were sent out on post, in a rough and rugged country,
from 5 to 7 miles from camp. The men were on duty every
other day, and so far out that when relieved they were
unable to reach camp until the afternoon.
Romney is surrounded by mountain ranges where wild
game abounded, as was demonstrated on the 22d, when
James Kelly of Company E killed a fine buck while on picket,
regardless of consequences.
THE SKIRMISH AT BLUE'S GAP.
All was quiet and serene on the South Branch of the
Potomac until January 6, 1862, when Colonel Dunning was
directed with a part of his command to move upon the
enemy.
A part of the Seventh Ohio, undter command of Maj.
John S. Casement, left camp a little before midnight, and
proceeded with the rest of the force in the direction of Win
chester, but as other regiments had the advance and did all
the • maneuvering and fighting, the Seventh merely went
along as company and did not fire a gun. Colonel Dun
ning made the following official report of this affair :
"ROMNEY, VA., January 9, 1862.
"GENERAL : In obedience to your orders by telegraph re
ceived at these headquarters January 6, directing me to
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make a detail of six companies from each of the following
regiments, Fifth Ohio, Fourth Ohio, Seventh Ohio, First
West Virginia, Fourteenth Indiana, and by special request
of Colonel Carroll, six companies of the Eighth Ohio, with
one section of Baker's Parrott guns, Daum's battery; the
Ringgold Cavalry, the Washington Cavalry, and three com
panies of the First West Virginia Cavalry. Owing to sick
ness and large number on picket duty the response was small
and this whole force did not exceed 2,000 men. The com
mand assembled about IIP. M. and by 12.30 o'clock the
column was in motion for its destination at Blue's Gap.
"The fall of snow with the disagreeable and cold night
rendered it difficult for the troops to march, but by 7 o'clock
in the morning we reached a hill within about a mile of the
Gap. On this hill the Parrott guns were planted, and from
it the enemy could be seen preparing to burn the bridge. I
then ordered the Fifth Ohio to advance by double quick.
The order was responded to with a shout, and in a few
minutes the advance of the regiment was on a bluff near the
bridge, and with a few shots compelled the rebel force to
retire from the bridge to the Gap. The column was then
ordered to advance rapidly on and over the bridge, and the
Fifth Ohio was deployed; up the mountain to the left and
the Fourth Ohio to the right.
"A sharp action then ensued, first on the left of the Gap
and then on the right.
"Our force pressed on, driving the enemy from the rocks
and trees, behind which they had taken position, and to the
top of the mountain to the left, where they were found in
rifle-pits. A charge was ordered, but before bayonets
could be fixed the rebels had left the rifle pits and were
fleeing down the mountain in haste to the back of the Gap.
"At this time the remaining detachments of infantry
pressed through the Gap and the victory was complete.
The cavalry was then ordered to charge, which was done
promptly, but the enemy had by this time scattered to the
mountains, rendering the charge of little avail.
"The enemy left behind them 2 pieces of artillery
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(i6-pounders, one a rifle gun), their caisson, ammunition,
wagons, and 10 horses; also their tents, camp equipage,
provisions, and correspondence. Seven prisoners were
taken and 7 dead bodies were found on the field. Not one
of my men was either killed or wounded.
"I take pleasure in stating that our officers and men
seemed to vie with each other in the promptness with which
they obeyed orders, and all advanced with the bravery
of veteran soldiers.
"Finding the mill and hotel in the Gap were used for
soldiers' quarters, I ordered them to be burned, which was
done; but I am sorry to say that some straggling soldiers
burned other unoccupied houses on the return march.
"The force of the rebels was stated by the negroes and
citizens at from 800 to 1,000, but their papers show that
rations were drawn for 1,000 men.
"We marched to the Gap, fought the battle, and returned
to camp, (a distance of 32 miles) within 15 hours, bringing
with us prisoners, cannon, and other captured articles.
"Respectfully submitted,
"S. H. DUNNING,
"Colonel Fifth Ohio Infantry,
"Commanding post of Romney.
"To Brig.-Gen. KEU«Y,
"at Cumberland, Md."
It may be proper to remark that Blue's Gap and Hanging
Rock Pass was one and the same place, the former taking
the name from Colonel Blue, who resided there, and the
latter from an immense volume of rock which jutted out
into the narrow pass, some feet above the ground, much
like an immense bay window.
By reason of the all-night march and broken rest, the
distance traveled, the muscular effort necessary to enable
one to walk over the frozen, snow-covered and very slip
pery road, this march to Hanging Rock Pass and back was
so disabling to many of the soldiers who engaged in it that
they were unable to return, and were brought into camp
during the next 48 hours upon sleds, drawn by horses, im
pressed along the route for that purpose.
CHAPTER XIV.
LEAVING ROMN3Y.
On January 10, 1862, the troops at Romney were ordered
to prepare to move, and that night, in the midst of a severe
rain and sleet storm, they marched down the river until
early morn, then, after a brief halt, passed through Spring
field to Frankfort, where coffee was made, then on to Pat
terson's Creek near Cumberland, and went into camp.
This camp was located on low ground saturated with
water, and not only became very muddy but materially im
paired the health of the command. Brig.-Gen. F. W.
Lander had been given command of the troops recently
operating at Romney and charged with the repairing and
protection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His com
mand was also increased by the addition of new regiments
just arriving at the seat of war, and among them the
Twenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, with which
the Seventh was brigaded and camped, marched, and fought
for more than two years, in some of the most important
campaigns and battles of that great war. The usual rou
tine of camp life prevailed until January 28, when part of
the Seventh Ohio and Seventh Indiana Regiments ran down
by rail to the South Branch of the Potomac and confiscated
and brought back one thousand bushels of corn.
On February 5 the Third Brigade of Lander's division,
under command of Col. E. B. Tyler, moved by rail some
twelve miles to French's store, disembarked, and went into
bivouac as if to remain during the night, but after dark was
again set in motion, the Seventh having the advance, and
marching by a mountain road, then up the Little Cacapon
River a distance of 15 miles, after daylight halted near the
Winchester turnpike, while the cavalry scouted toward
Romney, to learn that General Jackson's forces had evacu
ated that place some days before and retired to Winchester.
U3AVING ROMNEY
While waiting for the cavalry to return, many of the sol
diers were so worn and exhausted by the all-night march
that, regardless of the sleet storm then prevailing, they sank
down upon the ground and slept for hours, until their cloth
ing froze to the earth, requiring some effort to get the same
loosened, when the brigade resumed the return march.
General Lander on this date (February 6) said:
"Romney is ours again. Advance guard at Little
Cacapon. Colonel Gavin of the Seventh Indiana and Act
ing Brig.-Gen. Tyler, of the Third Brigade, are entitled to
commendation for energy and vigor. A cold sleet storm is
prevailing."
This fruitless raid being over, this force moved down
Little Cacapon until night, then bivouacked upon a farm in
the little valley, where a couple of good-sized ricks of
unthreshed wheat, yet in sheaf, provided excellent material
for dry warm beds that were luxurious.
The next day this command moved on until it reached a
large plateau with various names, such as Pine Levels,
Philip's Cross-Roads, Breezy Heights, Camp Starvation,
etc., where the Third Brigade bivouacked in the open for
the space of 6 days, exposed to snow, extreme cold and
high winds, without the semblance of any shelter whatever
save roughly arranged sheds made of poles and covered
with pine and cedar boughs, before which immense pine-
wood fires were kept blazing all night long in order that
some sleep might be obtained. With the exception of picket
duty the entire command gave its time during the day to
the collection of fuel for the night, and it would now be
interesting to know how many acres of pine forest the
Third Brigade burned while stationed there.
Great was our joy when orders came on the I3th to
march to Pawpaw on the railroad, where the brigade
halted that night.
On this date also General Lander decided to surprise an
outpost of the enemy at Bloomery Gap, between Pawpaw
and Winchester, and that night, bridging and crossing the
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Big Cacapon River at early daylight, he closed in upon
Bloomery, when, fearing that his infantry would not get up
before the enemy escaped, away he went at the head of his
staff and escort, making the most gallant sort of an attack
with almost miraculous success. It is proper to state here
that Lieut. J. B. Molyneaux of the Seventh went along upon
this occasion at the request of the General, as a volunteer
aide, and participated in the lively proceedings.
General Lander made the following report of this affair
on the date of its occurrence :
"PAWPAW, February 14, 1862, 8 P. M.
"Had an important forced reconnaissance last night,
completed to-day. Broke up the rebel nest at Bloomery
Gap. Ran down and caught 17 commissioned officers,
among them colonels, lieutenant-colonel, captain, etc. En
gaged them with 400 cavalry. Infantry not near enough to
support, and enemy retiring. In all, 65 prisoners; killed,
13. Lost 2 men and 6 horses at their first fire. Led the
charge in person.
"It was a complete surprise.
"Major Frothingham is entitled to credit for building,
under my direction, in four hours, in the dead of night, a
complete bridge of wagons across the Great Cacapon at an
unfrequented road. Two columns of 2,000 men marched
32, one column 43 miles since 4 P. M. yesterday, besides
bridging the river.
"As the work entrusted to me may be regarded done and
the enemy out of this department, I most earnestly request
to be relieved. If not relieved, I must resign. My health
is too much broken to do any severe work.
"F. W. LANDER,
"Brig.-Gen.
"To Maj.-Gen.
PAWPAW.
On the 1 4th camp equipage arrived, when tents were
pitched and camp established.
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On the 1 9th General Lander, in a message to Secretary
of War Stanton, said :
"I congratulate you on the earnestness and energy of the
Western troops under my command. They have suffered
every hardship and made no complaints. God bless them!
If I could evade the army rules and furnish them with a set
of cooking utensils such as men can carry upon their backs,
which I have so extensively used in the Rocky Mountains,
we should have fewer sick men and dispense with lumber
ing trains.
"Beef cattle, sugar and coffee, and three tablespoons of
flour to a man are all that is required for a ten days' march.
Nothing but my experience in mountain life has caused this
army to move in the way it has. Neither the roads nor the
enemy have been an obstacle. Give me, sir, men and means
and orders to go on, and hold me strictly responsible for
failure. I am never so sick as when I cannot move."
With a view to ordering General Lander to move from
Pawpaw through Bloomery Gap to Winchester, he was re
quested to state how many additional troops he would re
quire, when, in his characteristic and gallant way, he re
plied: "I would like 4,000 infantry; but, if you cannot
spare them, order me to take Winchester and burn it. I am
confident I can do it with what I have."
On the 22d General Lander reviewed his command at
Pawpaw, while his batteries fired a national salute.
On the 26th General Marcy, chief of staff to General
McClellan, said to General Lander : "The present intention
of the General commanding is for you to march by Bloom
ery, and I would think it advisable for you to make all your
preliminary arrangements accordingly."
Because of this message, on March ist, Colonel Tyler
was ordered to move his brigade to Bloomery Gap, and left
camp that afternoon, crossing the Big Cacapon River and
going into bivouac in a pine forest upon the slope of Shen-
andoah Mountain, from whence he was, the next day, or
dered back to Pawpaw, in a snowstorm.
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The following reports are self-explanatory :
"CAMP CHASE), PAWPAW, VA., March 2, 1862.
"GENERAL McCivEUvAN : General Lander is very ill. It
is the opinion of the brigade surgeons, Bryant and Robin
son, his attending physicians, that he is unfit to lead an army
in the field to-day ; that he may be unfit to do so for many
days. By his command I ordered General Tyler's brigade
of five regiments to advance and hold Bloomery Gap by a
road leading up grade 4 miles from here, and crossing Great
Cacapon by a bridge laid on wagons 7 miles from here, and
Colonel Mason, chief of artillery, to move with his support
of two regiments; Tyler's train, with eight companies of
cavalry to Bloomery Gap by the grade, crossing the ford
near Bloomery, and report to General Tyler. They started
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at 1 1 last night, when,
from the report of the physicians, I was assured that General
Lander could not move with the main body to-day, I or
dered a halt.
"This order found General Tyler at the wagon bridge,
Colonel Mason 10 miles from this on the Pawpaw grade.
The advance moved with tents and knapsacks. They had
rubber shirts, three days' subsistence in haversacks and ten
on wagons, 100 rounds of ammunition to the infantry, 200
to the artillery.
"The main body was to have moved to-day in the same
way. I can carry out General Lander's plan of moving on
Martinsburg, and from reconnaissances, spies, and deserters
am satisfied we shall meet no enemy worth notice, nor an
advance from Winchester ; but there is no one here capable
of filling in any respect Lander's place, and I have read your
two dispatches of yesterday, and would respectfully ask
whether Lander's proposed plan is to be carried out or
whether the movement is to be by railroad, for which we
have sufficient transportation. Lander has so much deter
mination and energy that he may rise from his sick bed to-
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day and take command, but I feel it my duty to lay these
facts before you and abide the consequences.
"S. F. BARSTOW,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
"CAMP CHASE, PAWPAW, VA., March 2, 1862 — i p. M.
"GENERAL McCLEUvAN : General Lander has been sleep
ing under the influence of morphine for twenty hours. A
heavy snowstorm has set in and if I do not receive orders
for the contrary, from Washington by 2 p. M. on this day,
I shall order Tyler and Mason back to camp, that their com
mands may not be exposed to storms.
"S. F. BARSTOW,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
"PAWPAW, March 2, 1862.
"GOVERNOR CHASE,
"Secretary of the Treasury :
"General Lander died at 5 o'clock this afternoon without
suffering.
"I should regret that so firm and valiant a friend heard
of the sad news from any one but
"S. F. BARSTOW."
On March 3 the Seventh Ohio Infantry had the post of
honor in escorting the remains of General Lander to the
train which bore them to Washington.
Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan, as commander-in-chief
of the Army of the Potomac, paid the following tribute to
the memory of General Lander:
"The operations of Brig.-Gen. F. W. Lander on the upper
Potomac during the months of January and February,
1862, frustrated the attempts of General Jackson against
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Cumberland, etc., and
obliged him to fall back to Winchester. His constitution
was impaired by the hardships he had experienced, and on
the second of March the fearless General Lander expired,
a victim to the excessive fatigue of the campaign."
CHAPTER XV.
FROM PAWPAW TO WINCHESTER.
General McClellan having decided to take additional
measures to secure the reopening of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, crossed General Banks's division at Harper's
Ferry on February 26, sending a strong reconnaissance to
Charlestown the next day, and, under its protection, went
there himself.
On the 28th he sent orders to General Lander at Pawpaw,
to move at once to Martinsburg, but there must have been
some confusion at General Lander's headquarters, because
we have seen how a part of his force, as late as March i,
was ordered to move to Bloomery Gap, in quite another
direction. However, as soon as General McClellan, on the
2d, learned of the serious illness of General Lander, the
emergency being great, he assigned Brig.-Gen. James
Shields to the command of Lander's division, and the next
day instructed Col. Nathan Kimball of the Fourteenth In
fantry to move the command to Martinsburg without un
necessary delay, where General Shields would join him.
At Pawpaw, on March 6, the Seventh was again paid
off, and on the 7th "ponchos" (oil-cloth pieces from which
shelter-tents could be constructed) were drawn. On March
8th President Lincoln issued War Order No. 2, providing
for the formation of Army Corps, by which Banks's
and Shields's divisions were to constitute the Fifth Army
Corps, to be commanded by Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks. On
that date also, the Seventh went by rail to Sleepy Run and
the next day to Cherry Run and Back Creek, where the
railroad bridges had been destroyed by the enemy in Jan
uary, 1862, and were being rebuilt.
On the nth the whole command, carrying knapsacks,
marched) on the railroad track to Martinsburg, arriving
about 3 p. M., where the wreckage of many locomotives and
FROM PAWPAW TO WINCHESTER 125
cars attracted attention. To those who looked upon that
destructive scene the following extract from Major Dab-
ney's "Life of Stonewall Jackson" will be of interest :
"On June 19, 1861, Colonel Jackson moved north of
Martinsburg to observe the movements of General Patter
son. On this expedition he was ordered by General John
ston to destroy the locomotives and cars of the Baltimore
Railroad at Martinsburg. At this village there were vast
workshops and depots for the construction and repair of
these cars; and more than forty of the finest locomotives,
with three hundred burden cars, were now destroyed. A
number of locomotives and cars were drawn along the
turnpike roads by long trains of horses to Winchester and
thence to the Central Virginia Railroad. Colonel Jackson
said: 'It was a sad work; but I had my orders, and my
duty was to obey.' '
Lieut-Col. Creighton, who always took pride in his
regiment, never omitted an opportunity to parade the
streets with band playing and colors flying, and this was
done at Martinsburg, with fine effect, when the Seventh
passed through and took the pike for Winchester, bivouack
ing two miles out at Big Spring.
The crossing of the Union troops at Harper's Ferry and
their advance to Charlestown was regarded by Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston, in command of the Southern army about Cen-
terville and Manassas, as a great flanking movement against
his position, instead of a simple movement for the protec
tion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and on the 8th and
9th he gathered up his entire command of many thousands
of men, needlessly destroyed quantities of accumulated sup
plies, and hastened toward Culpeper, taking post behind the
Rappahannock. General Jackson, at Winchester, with
more deliberation, yet with the liveliest regret, also prepared
to fall back to Mount Jackson, and upon the approach of
General Banks's division left the gateway to the Shenan-
doah Valley, on the nth, after having been compelled by
the adverse judgment of his officers to forego a night at-
126 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
tack upon General Hamilton's brigade, which occupied the
town the next day.
On the 1 2th Shields's division, under its new commander,
moved up to within three miles of Winchester and
bivouacked until the baggage arrived, in what became Camp
Shields, and the next day the General made the following
report to Washington :
"I beg leave to report that I was able to bring 7,000 men
here yesterday, and have upwards of 4,000 more en route
to this point. The command is an efficient one and is able
to do efficient service. I reported as ordered, to Maj.-Gen.
Banks."
The following is the roster of Shields's division of the
Fifth Army Corps at that time :
"HEADQUARTERS SHIELDS'S DIVISION, FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
"NEAR WINCHESTER, VA., March 17, 1862.
"BRIG.-GEN. S. WILLIAMS,
"Assistant Adjutant-General :
"I have the honor to report the following as the present
strength and condition of my command:
FIRST BRIGADE.
COLONEL NATHAN KIMBALL, Commanding.
For Aggre-
Duty. gate.
I4th Indiana Infantry, Lieut-Col. Harrow, 744 908
4th Ohio Infantry, Colonel John S. Mason, 397 992
8th Ohio Infantry, Colonel S. S. Carroll, 476 852
7th West Virginia Infantry, Colonel Evans, * 861
67th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Bustenbinder, 587 896
84th Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Murray, 503 1,023
2,707 5,532
SECOND BRIGADE.
COLONEL J. C. SULLIVAN, Commanding.
For Aggre-
Duty. gate.
5th Ohio Infantry, Lieut. -Col. Patrick, 821 918
62nd Ohio Infantry, Colonel F. B. Pond, 854 948
*On duty as Railroad Guard.
FROM PAWPAW TO WINCHESTER 127
For Aggre-
Duty gate.
66th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Charles Candy, ............ 730 892
I3th Indiana Infantry, Lieut-Col. Foster, .............. 632 848
39th Illinois Infantry, Colonel T. O. Osborn, ............ 550 788
3,587 4,394
THIRD BRIGADE.
- 1 I . x
E. B. TYI,ER, Commanding.
For Aggre-
Duty. gate.
7th Ohio Infantry, Lieut-Col. Creighton, ............. 659 886
29th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Buckley, .................. 696 893
7th Indiana, Colonel Gavin, .......................... 716 961
ist West Virginia Infantry, Colonel Thpburn, ........ 674 891
noth Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Lewis, ............ 462 670
Andrew's Sharp-Shooters, .............................. 48 96
3,255 4,397
ARTILLERY CORPS.
, Commanding.
For Aggrc-
Duty. gate.
Battery E, 4th U. S. Light Art., Captain Clark, (6 guns,
lo-pounder, Parrotts.), .............................. 109 121
Battery H, ist Ohio Light Art., Captain Huntington, (6
guns, 6-pounder rifled. ) , ...... . ....................... 124 144
Battery L, ist Ohio Light Art, Captain Robinson, (6 guns,
4 6-pounder smooth-bore; 2 12-pounder, howitzers.), .. 128 150
Battery A, ist Va. Light Art, Lieutenant Jenks, (6 guns,
4 lo-pounder Parrotts; 2 6-pounder brass.), .......... 119 132
Battery B, ist Va. Light Art, Captain Davey, (2 guns,
lo-pounder Parrotts ; i gun 4th Ohio Inf., 12-pounder
brass, smooth-bore. ) , ................................. 128 148
Total, 27 guns.
608 695
CAVALRY CORPS.
For Aggre-
Duty. gate.
ist Virginia Cavalry, Major Chamberlain, .............. 484 636
ist Battalion Penna. Cav.» ) ^ , . T ^
ist Squadron Ohio Cav., / Captam J' Keys' ........... 2I4 469
698 1,105
Total for duty, 10,855 and 27 guns.
Total aggregate, 16,123.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER.
On March 18, 1862, under orders from Brig.-Gen. Al-
pheus S. Williams, commander of the First Division, and
temporarily in command of the Fifth Army Corps, Shields's
division moved through Winchester on the road to Stras-
burg. Out near Middletown, some 13 miles distant, the
advance encountered Ashby's cavalry, who fled, and burned
behind them the fine bridge across Cedar Creek 3 miles
north of Strasburg, where the command bivouacked for
the night. The next morning, a temporary bridge having
been constructed, this force moved on to Strasburg, where
the entire day 'was actively spent in scouting, skirmishing,
and artillery practice, without serious results. Here the
Seventh drew the fire of Ashby's guns, and was introduced
to screaming shot and bursting shell, with which they were
to become more familiar later on.
That night the division went to rest in and about the
town and the next day, in the midst of rain and mud, step
ped back 21 miles to Camp Shields again. Although the
elements were against us upon this return march, Lieut. -
Col. Creighton caused the band to play lively airs, and when
he reached Winchester the Seventh paraded through the
streets as if in holiday attire, much to the surprise of the
men of the First Division on duty there, who greeted us
with shouts of approval and generous applause. The next
day all was serene, and General Banks reported to General
McClellan as follows:
"General Shields has driven the enemy to Mount Jackson,
20 miles south of Strasburg. He fled before our troops,
burning the bridges in his march."
However, on the 22d Col. Turner S. Ashby, who com
manded the cavalry then serving under Stonewall Jackson,
f
Infantry
* Infantry
jRe&clJoss. TlfUleel. troitnclett and
ou* /2Q0.
t Joss;
and misting.
BATTLEFIELD OF WINCHESTER, VA.
March 23d, 1862
BATTLE: OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 129
reappeared, and made an attack upon the outposts below
Winchester, of which General Shields said :
"On the 22d about 5 o'clock p. M., Ashby's cavalry at
tacked and drove in some of our pickets. By order of Gen
eral Banks I put my command under arms and pushed for
ward one brigade and two batteries of artillery to drive back
the enemy, but to keep him deceived as to our strength, only
let him see two regiments of infantry, a small body of cav
alry, and part of our artillery. While directing one of our
batteries to its position, I was struck by a fragment of shell
which fractured my left arm above the elbow, bruised my
shoulder, and injured my side. The enemy being driven
from his position, we withdrew to Winchester."
As a precautionary measure, however, the First and Sec
ond Brigades with Daum's artillery were pushed forward
nearly three miles, on the Strasburg pike, making the re
quisite dispositions, while the Third Brigade was held in
reserve in the suburbs of Winchester.
On Sunday morning, the 23d, this brigade returned to
camp but under instructions to be ready to fall in at a mo
ment's notice. Some of the men, "scenting the battle from
afar," were busy writing brief messages to their loved ones,
when the sound of Ashby's guns again fell upon their ears.
Near n o'clock A. M. the bugler sounded "Fall in," the
five regiments were soon in readiness, and with the Seventh
Ohio leading, Colonel Tyler's brigade moved to the front.
In passing through Winchester the windows, porches, and
even trees and housetops were seen occupied by the citizens
(whose sympathies were strongly with the attacking force),
with their anxious faces turned toward Kernstown, from
whence the sullen boom of distant artillery was now fre
quently heard.
Upon reaching the field the brigade halted some distance
in the rear of Colonel Daum's batteries, posted along a
ridge, from which they were replying to the enemy's guns.
Here the Seventh Ohio and Seventh Indiana Regiments
9
130 SKVKNTH RE;GIM£NT 01110 VOIAJNTKER INFANTRY
were detached as the artillery support. Colonel Nathan
Kimball, who assumed command when General Shields was
wounded, said :
"We had succeeded in driving the enemy from both
flanks and the front until about 4 o'clock p. M., when Tack-
son, with the whole of his infantry, supported by artillery
and cavalry, took possession of the hill on the right, and
planted his batteries in commanding position, and opened a
heavy and well-directed fire upon our batteries and their
supports, attracting our attention whilst he attempted to
gain our right flank with his infantry.
"At this juncture I ordered the Third Brigade, Col. E.
B. Tyler, Seventh Ohio, commanding, to move to the right
to gain the flank of the enemy, and charge through the wood
to their batteries posted on a hill. This brigade moved for
ward steadily and gallantly, opening a galling fire on the
enemy's infantry."
Colonel Tyler said :
"At about 4 o'clock Colonel Kimball ordered me to pro
ceed with my command down a ravine to the rear of a piece
of woods on our right, and thence along the woods to the
rear of a point on the enemy's left flank, where he had a
battery of two pieces planted. I succeeded in reaching the
enemy's rear unperceived by him, but found him in large
force, and on the eve of attempting a flank movement simi
lar to ours to capture Robinson's battery.
"Our front was within musket range of him when he
opened on us, and with such force that I immediately or
dered up my reserve. His position was a strong one, and
stubbornly maintained for a time, but he was at length
forced to fall back before the incessant and well-directed
fire of our men. He was protected in front by a stone fence
while our only breastworks were the scattered trees of the
woods, and a small natural embankment, and the fact that
all of his killed and wounded in that locality were struck in
the head speaks in stronger terms than I can use of the skill
of our men as marksmen.
BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 131
'"After my brigade had thus bravely stood their ground
for at least an hour, other regiments came up, when the
complete rout of the enemy was effected, he leaving for me
2 pieces of artillery (i iron 12-pounder and i brass
6-pounder) with caissons, and all his dead and wounded.
Both men and officers of my command fought with most
commendable bravery and determination, and are entitled
to special mention. The colors of the Seventh Ohio were
struck by 28 balls, one carrying away the crescent of the
spearhead, another breaking the staff. To Acting Assistant
Adj. -Gen. E. S. Quay and Aide-de-camp Henry Z. Eaton,
of my staff, I am greatly indebted for the prompt perform
ance of their respective duties."
The Seventh Ohio had the right and led the Third Bri
gade in this battle, where its losses were quite perceptibly
heavier than that of any other regiment in it.
As we approached the enemy Sergeant Llew. R. Davis of
Company A was sent forward as a scout to locate the
enemy, and did so gallantly and effectively, for which he
was given a commission.
Lieut. -Col. Creighton's horse was struck by a bullet, and
becoming unmanageable dashed toward the enemy, when
his rider dexterously sprang from the saddle, thereby avoid
ing capture. He then picked up the gun of a disabled sol
dier and fought in the ranks until the order came to charge,
when away he went abreast of the liveliest and best of his
men.
Major Casement sat his horse like a statue, several bul
lets passing through his clothing, but doing no harm, while
Colonel Tyler, although commanding the brigade, took posi
tion near his regiment regardless of danger.
Wilder of Company C, said :
"In the course of the action, Day, Dickinson, and
Worcester [of that company], to secure good shots, made
their way around nearly to the rear of the enemy. Here
Worcester received his mortal wound. Lieutenant Junkins
of General Jackson's staff, losing his way, Sergeant Day
132 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
and an Indiana corporal beckoned him hitherward, captured
and delivered him up as a prisoner of war. Orderly Dan-
forth was killed in the first volley."
At dusk the battle of Kernstown ended, and the victors
bivouacked upon the field, in the midst of the dead and
dying and suffering, where great fires were built and
around which the wounded were gathered, and made as
comfortable as possible, in the open, on a damp frosty night
in March.
Stonewall Jackson having been misled by the statements
of his cavalry commander, Colonel Ashby, in reference to
the number of Union troops at Winchester, hastened with
all dispatch to return to make the attack at Kernstown,
where, after a determined struggle from behind stone walls,
favorably located, he was signally defeated, and pursued
the next day, to beyond Strasburg, made the following re
port:
"As the enemy had been sending off troops and from
what I could learn were still doing so, and having a pros
pect of success, I engaged him yesterday about 3 p. M. near
Winchester, and fought until dusk; but his forces were so
superior to mine that he repulsed me with the loss of valu
able officers and men killed and wounded; but from the
obstinacy with wrhich our troops fought and from their ad
vantageous position I am of the opinion that his loss was
greater than mine in troops, but I lost i piece of artillery
and 3 caissons. Shields appears to have had 17 regiments
of infantry. I heard he had much less when I made the
attack."
When General Johnston, then commanding the Depart
ment of Northern Virginia, read the above, he said : "He
evidently attacked the enemy under a misapprehension as to
his force."
In his initial report of the battle of Kernstown, General
Shields estimated the force of the enemy at about 15,000,
under Jackson, Smith and Longstreet ; but as neither Smith
OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 133
nor Longstreet was present, it is found, according to the
official reports, that General Jackson had, in this engage
ment, but 2,742 men, and 18 pieces of artillery, while ac
cording to General Shields his own force amounted to 8,000
men, with about the same number of cannon as were used
by the enemy.
The casualties reported in the Seventh Ohio were 20
killed, 62 wounded, and 10 missing; but as 9 of the missing
reported for duty, there was but I man captured, making
the total loss 83.* Sergt.-Maj. Webb was among the killed.
The total loss in Shields's division was 118 killed, 450
wounded, and 13 missing; total, 581. General Jackson re
ported 80 killed, 375 wounded, and 263 missing; total, 718.
The following is self-explanatory :
" Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of
America, That the thanks of Congress are due, and they
are hereby tendered, to Maj.-Gen. T. J. Jackson and the
officers and men under his command for their gallant and
meritorious service in the successful engagement with a
greatly superior force of the enemy, near Kernstown,
Frederick County, Virginia, on the 23d day of March,
1862." — Published in General Orders No. 37 by Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Department of Northern
Virginia.
Such is history.
The following is an account, as nearly as possible in his
own words, of the first battle of Winchester, as it was seen
and participated in by Corpl. Selden A. Day, of Co. C. It is
also a record of the capture of Lieutenant Junkin, brother-
in-law and staff officer of Stonewall Jackson. For this
achievement, coupled with Corporal Day's gallantry at
Cedar Mountain and Port Republic (where he was wounded
in both legs), he was recommended for promotion and ap
pointed by President Lincoln to be second lieutenant of
artillery in the Regular Army. He did credit and honor to
the selection, was wounded a number of times, but remained
*See Casualty List, p. 632.
134 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
continuously on duty through the civil and Spanish wars.
He was retired after nearly 42 years' active service as lieu
tenant-colonel, afterward being raised by law to the rank of
colonel.
"THE; BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, MARCH 22, 23, 1862.
"Shields's division had been left by Banks at Winchester,
Va., to hold the place. Stonewall Jackson, learning that
Banks had gone east, came down the valley from Strasburg
and made the attack on Shields, south of the town of Win
chester, so that the battle is spoken of by Virginians and
known in Southern history as the battle of Kernstown, while
by the Northern soldiers and writers it is always spoken of
as the first battle of Winchester, which fact has caused some
historical confusion.
"This was the only fight in which Stonewall Jackson was
ever worsted. He was killed accidentally by his own men,
the following year, during his brilliant operations at Chan-
cellorsville.
"On March 22, our regiment, the Seventh Ohio Infantry,
moved out of camp with the brigade into position to cover
the town. There was some cavalry skirmishing and an ar
tillery duello going on at the time, which ceased at sun
down, and we bivouacked in position on the field that night,
which I remember was very cold, from which we suffered
greatly, the ground being frozen under us.
"Sunday morning, the 23d, the fighting was renewed
with frequent lulls and ominous silences which plainly indi
cated maneuvering — perhaps on both sides — for advantage
in position. The artillery firing was resumed along a road
near a church to the left of where our brigade waited in
position. After a time we moved over to the left to support
a battery there engaged. This duty was the most trying of
all that day's hard work.
"As we stood in line behind the hill on which the battery
was posted, frequent shots would come over and cut through
our ranks. Colonel Tyler of the Seventh Ohio, command
ing the brigade, sat on his horse waiting for developments
OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 135
and further orders. He was calm, cool, and patient. I
noticed, however, that he was pale, and that he too was feel
ing the strain of inaction under the trying circumstances.
After a while an aide rode up to him from the left and front
and evidently delivered an order. The Colonel, when the
staff-officer had ridden away, turned to his command, and
in a low but far-reaching voice said, 'Boys, put on your
bayonets ;' adding, 'you will need them.'
"The answer to this command must have been gratifying
to the leader who gave it, as mingled with the clatter of fix
ing bayonets a shout of exultation went up from every man
in the ranks. The terrible strain of inaction and waiting
under fire was over. Column was quickly formed to tlivj
right and we marched over in that direction, where double
column on the center was afterward formed facing the
front, and the advance taken up.
"The invisible guns in front of us were still firing to our
left at the batteries we had been supporting. Steadily and
in silence the brigade moved forward in double column for
some distance as if upon the drill-ground. Then coming
into a patch of woods, and commencing the descent of a
gentle slope, we saw the smoke of the guns through the
trees in front of us, on an elevation beyond a stone wall,
over which the fire of musketry began to flash. Instantly
the artillery was also turned upon us and we got the order,
clear and distinct, from our commander, 'Charge bayonets !'
A rush forward down the slope amongst the trees followed.
As the musketry from the wall in front and the canister and
shells from the elevation beyond began to tell in our ranks,
they were soon broken up and the advance ceased. All be
gan firing without orders, and after that very few orders
could be heard at all. C and F of the Seventh Ohio being
the right and left center companies, formed the first or
leading division of the regiment and brigade, and I, being a
corporal in Company C, was of course in the front rank.
"When the advance ceased I found myself near the bot
tom of the hill, but could still see the top of the stone wall
ahead of us, on the slope of the opposite elevation, above
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which were bobbing heads and flashing rifles. More Con
federates were running up to it through the grove beyond.
Conspicuous amongst these was an officer on a white horse
gallantly directing the movements. Some of us singled
him out as a target and he was soon brought down.
"Men were falling all around me, and glancing backward
I saw that the slope of the hill was barely sufficient to en
able the men in the rear to fire safely over the heads of those
of us in the front. A sergeant of Company H fell near me,
shot through the neck, and I was quite sure it was done
from the rear. After my second or third shot at the row
of heads above the wall in front of us, as I threw up my rifle
to reload, the bayonet went spinning away over my head,
shot off near the shank. I replaced it quickly, taking the
one from the musket of the sergeant who lay gasping at my
feet, and replacing the stub of my own in its scabbard as
far as it would go. I thought, even then, what a nice
souvenir it \vould be when the war was over. It dropped
out, however, later, and was lost.
"Standing on the slope of the hill down which we had
come and firing as fast as I could, having loaded my mus
ket, I was holding it at the balance, in my left hand, while
feeling for a cap in the little wool-lined cap-box on my belt
(we were using the old Harper's Ferry muzzleloaders at
that time), and something struck me on the left arm near
the shoulder. My gun dropped from the paralyzed hand and
I saw that the overcoat was torn and blackened. As I
grasped the injured arm with my available hand, Sterry, of
Company C, who was standing beside me and firing away,
said with a smile, as if it were a good joke, 'You have got
it, haven't you?' 'Yes,' I said, and finding that the place
was scarcely bleeding, only bruised, added, 'but not very
bad/ This souvenir, however, was destined to stay with
me.
"Just then an order came to 'deploy,' and though I be
longed in the center with my company had there remained
any ranks or formation, in which case I should have stood
fast, something was shouted about 'the left' and I picked up
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my gun from the ground and ran in that direction. At a
short distance a few of us climbed over a fence into an open
field, but as no more came over I went back to the hollow
in the woods, from the bottom of which I could see nothing
of the enemy. The air above our heads in the hollow
seemed full of projectiles going in opposite directions. I
crept cautiously up the hill until I could see well over the
brow, and at one place the slope of the hill beyond, over
which more of the enemy were hurrying to the front to re
inforce those at the wall and be themselves sheltered as
well.
"I fired quickly into the advancing men and fell forward
on to the slope for shelter while I reloaded. This maneuver
I repeated several times, advancing a little before each
shot, until I was near the wall, a little below the brow of
the hill. At the last advance — on hands and knees — I
noticed a short distance farther on and close to the wall,
fifteen or twenty feet from it perhaps, a low ledge of rock
jutting from the ground, ten or twelve inches above the
surface. It had a shallow gully washed out along the side
diagonally, next to me, which I thought would afford some
shelter from the enemy could I reach it. A brier-bush grew
near one end of the rock, which would also serve to screen
me from the sight of those behind the wall. Accordingly,
I crept carefully forward and got into this natural rifle-pit.
Though the height of the rock and the depth of the depres
sion were scarcely sufficient to shelter my body when lying
flat, the friendly brier-bush screened me from view from the
front, and here, with comparative safety, I emptied
my cartridge-box, enfilading the line behind the wall
clown the hill to the right of my position. While
doing this my greatest danger seemed to be from the
rear, as the jutting rock only afforded some little shelter
from the front, while the depression gave almost none from
the opposite direction. Bullets from the rear tore up the
ground all around me.
"While firing down the line, turning on my back to re
load each time, I noticed that a fine-looking young fellow
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whom I did not know, from some other company, had
crawled up as near to me as he could get, within arm's
length, but not so well sheltered as I. He was firing away
as fast as he could. I looked at him as he was loading his
gun and preparing for another shot, when he said to me,
'Isn't it fun?' I did not reply, and when I looked at him
next he was dead.
"Having emptied my cartridge-box and put the last load
in my gun, I crawled feet foremost into the depression
where Colonel Tyler and some of the other officers were try
ing to form a line to renew the charge. Here I replenished
my cartridges from the boxes of the dead lying about, but
before falling in, as I was ordered to do, I ran up the hill
until I could see over the brow as before, and then noticed
that the enemy down to the right were breaking away from
their position.
Previously, while lying on the hill, I had witnessed two
distinct charges on that part of the field, our men endeavor
ing to carry the wall. They were now making a third at
tempt. A few had gotten over, others were running up
cheering, and the enemy were leaving, dodging behind wood
piles, that part of the field having been mostly cleared of
its trees, and getting away as best they could, firing as they
ran. Seeing this, instead of lying down after firing or go
ing back to tlie ranks, as I should perhaps have done, I
waved my cap to those behind and shouted, 'We have got
them started ! Come on, come on !' and those of us nearest
made a rush for the wall.
"As soon as I was over the wall I fired at some men a
few yards to the right, who were still hugging it for shelter.
While reloading, immediately after, Dixon and Worcester,
of Company C, came up and we all hastily shook hands,
swearing that we would 'stick together' as we started on
following up the retreating enemy, who singly and in
squads were firing at us while dodging behind the wood
piles or running to a fence at the bottom of another wooded
hill, some two or three hundred yards away, on which the
battery was posted.
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"While crossing the open field, Major Casement of the
Seventh Ohio rode up from the right along the line. He
had crossed the wall clown there, and, outstripping the nim
blest of his men on his beautiful little sorrel mare, he dashed
up in front of us, and full of fire and enthusiasm, waving
his sword, he shouted, 'Who will go with me into that bat
tery?' 'We will!' was the reply. 'Come on, then, said
the Major, as he urged his horse off to the front and left,
taking the battery in flank as he entered the grove and rode
up the hill.
"He was not wounded in that fight, that I remember, but
as he spoke to us I noticed the wadding of the cape he wore
was sticking out of several bullet holes.
"Following the Major as fast as we could toward the
flank of the battery, when I reached the fence at the edge
of the grove toward which some of the enemy had retreated,
I discovered that Dixon and Worcester were not with me,
nor did I see them again until the fight was over. It seems
that in the rush across the open field Worcester was shot,
his leg being shattered, and Dixon hearing him cry out had
stopped to help him.
"When I got up to the battery in the grove I found the
Major there taking a survey of the dead and dying men
and horses, the crippled guns and overturned caissons. His
command to us as we came up was, 'Keep them going!
Follow them up !' or something to that effect, which we en
deavored to obey.
"Our few scattered men, after passing through the cap
tured battery, dodged along through the grove, firing at
such of the retreating enemy as we could see running from
tree to tree and firing back as they went.
"In this way my attention was engaged when I suddenly
came upon a party of three or four of the enemy in a fence
corner at the edge of the grove. They were quite near me
and on my left. I fired quickly into the party and dodged
behind a tree for shelter and to reload. I felt quite confi
dent that my shot was effective, especially as all but one
jumped over the fence and disappeared, running along the
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other side. The other was lying upon the ground. Having
reloaded, with cocked musket, I cautiously approached the
prostrate form, and when I stood over him I saw that he
was an officer and was dying. He gasped for breath, and
in his delirium muttered, 'Don't, don't.' Strange as it may
seem, I did not feel at that moment in the least like a mur
derer looking upon his victim. But as I knelt down to un
buckle his belt 1 discovered evidence that the wounded man
had been perhaps carried to this spot, and with feelings of
the intensest horror it dawned upon me that I had fired
into a party carrying away a wounded comrade. I was
completely overcome for the time, and the tears ran down
my face.
"The battle was now nearly over, dusk was coming on.
There was still some little firing over to the right where the
cavalry were following a few fleeing men along a road near
a house. I climbed over the fence into an open field and
looked about me, my enthusiasm much diminished. Some
of our men were near the fence and others in the wood be
yond and on my right.
"To the left a column of troops was crossing the field,
marching rapidly. I took them to be our left, advancing.
As the twilight deepened the musketry off to the right to
gether with the carbines of the cavalry began to show more
of fire than smoke, in that respect differing from the ap
pearance of firing in good daylight, especially in the times
before the invention of smokeless powder.
"As I approached the column, now some two or three
hundred yards away, I noticed a troop of horsemen, fifteen
or twenty perhaps, marching alongside of the infantry, and
between us. My object in approaching what I supposed to
be our own troops was to inquire as to the whereabouts of
my regiment. They turned out, however, to be the enemy's
right wing, falling back in good order, and the horsemen
Jackson and his staff with their couriers. As I drew nearer,
one of the horsemen rode out in front of me, crossing the
field toward the right, where some little firing was still go
ing on. He seemed to be an officer being followed by an
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orderly. As he got nearly in front of me I shouted, 'Hold
on ! Hold on, please/ and added, 'I want to speak to you.'
He stopped, and I walked on toward him. When I got
quite close, as he sat on his horse, waiting to hear what I
had to say, I discovered to my great fright that he was a
Confederate, and it flashed on me at once that all those on
my left must be the same and that I was a prisoner, unless,
indeed, I could get him away, or away from him, to the
woods behind, without undue commotion. So instinctively
and quickly stepping to the left of the horse's head, I placed
the muzzle of my cocked musket close to his breast and said
(in a frightened voice, I have no doubt), 'Get down, or I'll
shoot!' A more astonished man one can hardly imagine.
At this moment a couple of our men were coming up to see
what was going on, knowing no more than I had that we
were virtually in the enemy's lines.
"The officer looked hastily and somewhat nervously, per
haps, first to one side and then on the other, and as he hesi
tated I repeated, 'Get down ! Surrender, or I'll pull !' See
ing that I doubtless meant business and that I had the drop
on him, he got down beside his horse.* Turning toward us
he said, 'I want you all to understand I did not come up here
to surrender. I thought you were some of our men.'
'Won't surrender, eh?' said one of our men. 'Shoot him!'
'Stick him,' said the other. 'Damn him, let me stick him,'
said the first, and tried to elbow me aside to make room.
"At this I said, as 1 faced the men, my back to the pris
oner:
" 'Look here, this man is my prisoner, and the one who
shoots or sticks him has got first to shoot or stick me.'
" 'He says he won't surrender/ said one of the men.
" 'But he has/ said I ; and turning to the prisoner I
nsked, 'Haven't you surrendered ?'
*It is undoubtedly true that the old, dirty, faded and torn overcoat
worn by Corporal Day helped greatly to deceive Lieutenant Junkin.
Even in the daytime it was no longer blue, and in the twilight it must
have looked like a perfectly orthodox Confederate garment — holes and
all.
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" 'Yes/ said he ; and straightening himself up, folding
his arms on his breast, turning very pale, he said in a dry,
hard voice, 'But let them shoot and be damned!'
"It occurred to me at the time that if ever a man pro
nounced his own death sentence, this one thought he was
doing it then.
" 'Well, that's plucky/ said one.
" 'He's all right/ admitted the other, and they turned
their attention to the orderly, who all this time had been
sitting his horse a few yards away without the least sus
picion that anything was wrong.
" 'Come away from here/ said I and we went up into the
woods, followed by a couple of men with the orderly.
Noticing the crossed silver arrows on the cap of the orderly,
I asked him what he belonged to. 'Ashby's cavalry/ was
the jaunty reply, with a wag of his head and a laugh, as if
it were all a huge joke. Whatever became of him, or who
he was, I never knew.
"As we walked along I asked the prisoner his name and
regiment. I understood him to say he was Lieutenant Dun-
ken of General Jackson's staff.
When we had got into the woods it was nearly dark, and
many men had come through, all in disorder. The man
with me, who seemed to be one of the Indianians, said, 'Oh,
there is our doctor.' I said, 'Doctor, we have got a prisoner
here. What shall we do with him?'
" 'Go to hell with him! I have got men dying all over
this field/ was the reply.
"This was anything but encouraging, but we went along
with our prisoner up the hill. Seeing an officer on horse
back giving orders to some men, my companion said to
me, 'Thafs our Colonel/ We approached him, and I said:
'Colonel, we have a prisoner here and don't know what to
do with him. He is a staff officer/ I added.
" 'Indeed !' said he. 'What is his name?'
" Lieutenant Dunken/ said I, 'of Jackson's staff/
" 'Jimkin,' the prisoner corrected, and then spelled it out
for me in a disgusted, emphatic manner, 'J-u-n-ki-n/
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" 'Well, take him up the hill,' said the Colonel, and turned
to shout some orders to the men who were coming around.
"We went along up the hill until we reached the top near
the captured battery, I think, and while standing there
wondering what next to do and feeling that we had an ele
phant on our hands, Dixon came up and said, 'Oh, Day, 1
have been looking for you! Come with me to bring in
Worcester ; he is wounded. His leg is broken and we must
carry him/
"I told him what I was doing, but that I would go with
him, and turning the prisoner over to my companion I went
with Dixon to where Worcester was lying on the field.
"He was later carried to the straw stack where some of
the wounded were cared for. But our loved comrade lost
much blood and died in the hospital at Winchester a few
days later.
"The night was spent by both sides in caring for their
wounded, and sometimes we met thus peacefully on the field.
"In the morning Jackson had disappeared from our
front."
CHAPTER XVII.
FROM KERNSTOWN AND NEW MARKET TO FREDERICKSBURG
AND BACK TO FRONT ROYAL.
On March 16, 1862, General Banks was directed by Gen
eral McClellan to leave General Shields in the Shenandoah
Valley, while he, with his First Division, commanded by
Gen. A. S. Williams, crossed the Shenandoah River at
Castleman's Ferry and the Blue Ridge Mountains through
Snicker's Gap, to the vicinity of Centerville, where he would
be more directly in position to protect Washington, while
General McClellan moved his army to the Peninsula to enter
upon his campaign for the capture of Richmond.
In compliance with this order the last of General Wil
liams' s division left Winchester on the 22d, General Banks
himself leaving the next day for Washington, but had not
passed Harper's Ferry when he learned of the battle at
Kernstown, and not only ordered General Williams to re
turn but did so himself, reaching Winchester in time to as
sume command of the entire force, and conduct the pursuit
of the enemy on the 24th, to Cedar Creek, where he halted
for the night. Early on the next morning General Banks
crossed Cedar Creek upon another temporary bridge and
pursued Stonewall Jackson's defeated and sorely disap
pointed little army some miles beyond Strasburg, then
bivouacked until the baggage-train arrived, when camps
were established until April ist, and then another advance
was made to and beyond Woodstock, the enemy falling back
and destroying bridges wherever practicable, in order to
delay pursuit and worry the pursuers.
Colonel Ashby was the moving spirit on the other side,
and while he conducted the backward movement with great
skill and energy his force was not sufficient to make it ef
fective.
On the 4th camp was again established at and beyond
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Edenburg, where General Shields came up on the I2th, rid
ing in an ordinary top buggy, with his arm in a sling, and
was most cordially and enthusiastically greeted and wel
comed by his command, much to his evident gratification
and satisfaction.
While infantry skirmishing and artillery duelling was the
order of the day, few casualties occurred until the i6th,
when an entire company of Ashby's cavalry, including all
the officers except the captain, was trapped at Columbia
Furnace, about 7 miles from Mount Jackson. The
next day the command advanced to New Market, the
enemy retreating after having destroyed railroad and other
property in large quantities at Mount Jackson.
Inasmuch as General Jackson, by reason of lack of force,
bad made no determined resistance to the advance of the
Union forces from the battlefield of Kernstown to New
Market, the authorities at Washington concluded that Gen
eral Shields's division could be spared to strengthen the
command of General McDowell at Fredericksburg, there
fore as early as April 26 Secretary of War Stanton notified
General Banks that it was possible that events might make
it necessary to transfer General Shields to the Department
of the Rappahannock, and that he was advised to act ac
cordingly, while on May i he was informed that Shields
was to be ordered away, and instructed him to fall back to
Strasburg. On this date the following order was issued :
"WAR DEPARTMENT, May i, 1862.
"Maj.-Gen. McDowELL: The President has directed the
transfer of General Shields, with his division, to your de
partment. You will transmit an order to General Shields,
addressed to Woodstock, to move to such point within your
department as you may designate, the President preferring
Catlett's Station, having in view the instruction hitherto
received by you with respect to this capital, communicating
a copy of your order in the case to this Department.
"EDWIN M. STANTON,
"Secretary of War."
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In compliance with this order from the Secretary of War,
General McDowell addressed General Shields as follows :
" HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT THE RAPPAHANNOCK,
"AQUIA, May 2, 1862.
"Maj.-Gen. SHIELDS,
"Commanding Division, Woodstock, Va. :
"We are delighted in this department that the President
should have done me the honor to place your gallant di
vision under my command. I am instructed by the Sec
retary of War, under date of May i, to transmit you an
order to move to such place within this department as I
may designate. Accordingly, I wish you to repair at the
earliest moment practicable, and by such route as you may
find best, to Catlett's Station, on the Orange & Alexandria
Railroad, and where that road crosses Cedar Run. This
point is about two miles from the junction of the Orange
& Alexandria Railroad with the Warrenton Branch Rail
road. So far as my knowledge of the country goes, this
point may be best reached by way of Front Royal, Chester
Gap, and the town of Warrenton. What the distance is
and the condition of the road, I do not know nor do I know
your means of transportation. Let me know when you can
take up your line of march ; by what road you are coming ;
what are your means of transportation and what the com
position and strength of your command.
"!RVIN McDowELL,
"Major-General, Commanding Department."
On May 3 General Banks said to the Secretary of War :
"I do not think it possible to divide our forces at this time
with safety. The enemy is largely reinforced by Ewell's
division." On this date an advance was made to Harrison-
burg but nothing but Ashby's cavalry encountered, while
on the 5th the command dropped back to New Market,
where on the Qth General Shields announced to General
McDowell that he could move with 10,000 men, 356 wagons
and 2,500 horses, including cavalry and artillery.
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On the nth, in a message to Assistant Secretary of War
Watson, General Shields said: "I leave to-morrow at 6
A. M. with a division of 10,000 men equal to any in the
United States, by Luray, Front Royal, through Chester Gap
to Warrenton." And he did so.
Before starting upon this march a most thorough inspec
tion of Shields' s entire division had been made, when not
only all weaklings were eliminated, but our Sibley tents
taken from us and the little shelter tents substituted, which
then seemed so unreasonable and cruel that our officers con
templated sending in their resignations as a protest against
such treatment of their men; but better counsel prevailed
and we marched away with our baggage-train greatly re
lieved both in bulk and weight.
Crossing the Massanutton Range, and the South Branch
of the Shenandoah River at White House Bridge toward
Luray on the I2th, a distance of 16 miles was covered; the
next clay 12 miles, and on the I4th, 15 miles, when Front
Royal was reached.
The next day the column moved through Chester Gap 10
miles, and discovered rebel cavalry. On the i6th, Flint
Hill and Gaines Cross-Roads were passed but not with
out incident. Comrade J. M. Guinn of Company C wrote
as follows :
"On the fifth day of our march, at a place called Gaines
Cross-Roads, we had a brilliant little skirmish with some
rebel cavalry, who had been hovering around us for a day
or two. We had halted to rest and thrown out our pickets.
A squad of rebel cavalry made a dash upon them and came
near capturing them. A squad of cavalry and a company
of infantry went out to reconnoiter. Our cavalry found a
force of two or three hundred drawn up in the woods.
Being too many to engage they fired and wheeled. The
rebels gave chase. I was engaged at the General's head
quarters and had a fine view of the skirmish. The in
fantry, seeing them coming, lay down on their faces. Down
thundered the rebel cavalry, and when within short range,
up sprang the infantry and poured a volley into them.
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They about-faced and double-quicked for cooler latitudes.
Shortly afterward the whole body, some five or six hundred,
disappeared over a hill just in time to save themselves from
our artillery. We had only about thirty or forty cavalry
with us. We killed and wounded three or four, took five or
six horses and two prisoners, and badly scared the rest. We
had two men slightly wounded."
"WASHINGTON, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VA.,
"May 1 6, 1862 — 7 p. M.
"GENERAL : I have the honor to report to you that about
2 o'clock my picket made a dash at a foraging party near
Gaines Cross-Roads with a very small party. My men
were driven back. I soon reinforced them and dismounted
30 men behind a stone wall. When the enemy came up the
dismounted men emptied seven saddles, and I then charged
down the road until I met an infantry regiment, who opened
on us in fine style. The skirmish was the briskest affair I
have seen for many a day. The whole army were drawn
up to receive us, and by constant firing I kept them in check
the whole day. I occupied a commanding hill and could
have used a piece of artillery with splendid effect. The
enemy are still between Flint Hill and Gaines Cross-Roads.
They have a heavy train of wagons. I am certain we
killed 3 and wounded 4 others. The infantry pressed me
too closely to catch the loose horses, though I got one saber
and carbine and one six-shooter. I had 2 men slightly
wounded, but lost no horses. I have used up all of my
small stock of ammunition. Think of a whole army drawn
up in line of battle and kept so six hours by 250 half-armed
cavalry. I send you a letter taken from the Yankee mail.
Their wagon trains were hurrying along at a furious rate
toward Warrenton and are evidently expecting an attack
from you. Where shall I join you at?
"THOMAS. J. MUMFORD,
"Col. Second Va. Cav., C. S. A.
"Maj.-Gen. EwELL, Comdg."
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On the 1 7th, crossing one of the tributaries of the Rappa-
hannock River at Waterloo Bridge, the division bivouacked
at Warren ton, resting over Sunday. On the I7th Secre
tary Stanton said to General McDowell :
"GENERAL: Upon being joined by General Shields's di
vision, you will move upon Richmond by the general route
of the Richmond & Fredericksburg Railroad, cooperating
with the force under General McClellan now threatening
Richmond from the line of the Pamunky and York Rivers."
On the i Qth the march was resumed to Warrenton Junc
tion, and to Catlett's Station the next day, where orders
awaited General Shields to march to Fredericksburg, which
point was reached on the 22d.
General McDowell's force when joined by Shields con
sisted of 40,000 men, 100 guns, and 11,000 animals.
The next day, after some attempt to brush our travel-
stained garments, blacken our mud-covered shoes and
burnish our rusty muskets, we paraded in a grand review of
General McDowell's entire command before President Lin
coln, Secretary of War Stanton, Secretary of Treasury S.
P. Chase, and General McDowell, returning to our camp
after dark. The next day we rested, but learned that Gen
eral Jackson had advanced against General Banks at Stras-
burg and had him in rapid retreat to Winchester. There
was also a casualty in the Seventh Ohio on this date, when
Louis Shraeder ("Big Louis") of Company A was
drowned in the Rappahannock.
President Lincoln said to General McClellan this date
(May 24) : "I left General McDowell's camp at dark last
evening. Shields's command is there, but is so worn that
he cannot move before Monday morning, the 26th." His
kindly eyes had not overlooked the effects of our almost
continuous campaign from Camp Dennison and especially
during the last five months from Romney to Fredericks
burg, including our exposure and hardship at "Camp Star
vation" and our losses at the battle of Kernstown. That
afternoon, as late as 5 o'clock, President Lincoln most re
luctantly issued the following order :
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McDowELL : You are instructed, laying aside
for the present the movement on Richmond, to put 20,000
men in motion at once for the Shenandoah, moving on the
line or in advance of the line of the Manassas Gap Railroad.
Your object will be to capture the forces of Jackson and
Ewell, either in cooperation with General Fremont or, in
case want of supplies or of transportation interferes with
his movements, it is believed that the force with which you
move will be sufficient to accomplish this object alone."
To this General McDowell replied : "I beg to say that
cooperation between General Fremont and myself to cut
Jackson and Ewell there is not to be counted upon, even if
it is not a practical impossibility," yet he at once had the
following order issued :
"HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK,
"OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, VA., May 24, 1862.
"Maj.-Gen. JAMES SHIELDS, Commanding Division.
"GENERAL: Maj.-Gen. McDowell directs that you take
up your line of march with your division under your com
mand to Catlett's, commencing the movement to-morrow
morning.
"ED. SCHRIVER,
"Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff."
The reason assigned for this order was that having served
in the Shenandoah Valley, Shields was most familiar with
that section, hence could be most serviceable, which was en
tirely correct.
On the 25th Gen. E. B. Tyler having received his com
mission as a brigadier-general to date May 14, 1862, and
by a special order from the War Department, dated May
20, been assigned to duty in Shields's Division, his old
Third Brigade was reorganized so as to consist of the Fifth,
Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiments.
The Seventh suffered severe loss on this date in the resigna
tion of Maj. John S. Casement, who left the regiment here.
When Shields's division, after its all-winter campaign at
KERNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — FREDERICKSBURG 151
and from Romney, through the battle of Kernstown, the
march up the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisonburg and then
across to Fredericksburg, reached the Department of
the Rappahannock under the command of Maj.-Gen.
McDowell, it found a body of 30,000 men who had been
quartered in large tents, in perfectly arranged camps, with
neat, clean uniforms and guns and accouterments upon
which no storm ever beat, the very picture of a perfect sol
diery, in comparison with which Shields's "brave boys"
(as he called them) cut a sorry figure. In fact, the con
trast was so great that Shields's boys were inclined to blame
themselves for their weather-beaten and worn condition,
until McDowell's men began to ridicule them, calling them
"Shields's Foot Cavalry," "Shields's Bushwhackers,"
"Shields's Conscripts," "Shields's Guerrillas," etc., causing
a feeling of resentment and many pugilistic encounters.
On May 25, drawing such clothing and new equipment as
could be obtained, about noon the return march began.
Marched 14 miles toward Catlett's Station, reaching that
point the next night, when General Shields (who had gone
from Fredericksburg to Washington to consult with the
President and Secretary of War in reference to the cam
paign after Jackson, and had reached Manassas by rail)
wished the Third Brigade to make a night march t'o Manas
sas Junction, but his men demurred and did not go. Gen-
eral Nathan Kimball, commanding the First Brigade,
Shields's division, had the advance, and as he moved along
~~T josci Ohio. 'Iroad and noted the evidence of a very
National Tribune: Please lie Union troops formerly stationed
sion that a large force of the enemy
^OM oh,T^7o"r^^";n-th. i May 27, he said: from Haymarket:
tate-at-large in August and Septem-
,er, 1862, and mustered out June I-,
865. It was commanded by coi.
ohn S. Casement, resigned April 30
865 and at the time of muster-out
Jeut.-Col. Philip C. Hayes wa
-.ommand. Col. Casement was brevet
ed a Brigadier-General Jan. 25,
rhe regiment belonged to Cox s
sion, Twenty-third Corps, and lost .39
dlled and 109 from disease, etc. — Ed
itor National Tribune.
y. Roads good. Rifles, carbines,
ed. This is the all-firedest scare I
'General Shields characterized the
ceful panic. On May 30, at u A.
rigade, preceded by four companies
and Cavalry under Major Nelson,
id after a sharp encounter in which
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"GENERAL McDowEUv : You are instructed, laying aside
for the present the movement on Richmond, to put 20,000
men in motion at once for the Shenandoah, moving on the
line or in advance of the line of the Manassas Gap Railroad.
Your object will be to capture the forces of Jackson and
Ewell, either in cooperation with General Fremont or, in
case want of supplies or of transportation interferes with
his movements, it is believed that the force with which you
move will be sufficient to accomplish this object alone."
To this General McDowell replied : "I beg to say that
cooperation between General Fremont and myself to cut
Jackson and Ewell there is not to be counted upon, even if
it is not a practical impossibility," yet he at once had the
following order issued :
"HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT o£ THE RAPPAHANNOCK,
"OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, VA., May 24, 1862.
"Maj.-Gen. JAMES SHIELDS, Commanding Division.
"GENERAL: Maj.-Gen. McDowell directs that you take
up your line of march with your division under your com
mand to Catlett's? commencing the movement to-morrow
morning.
"Eo. SCHRIVER,
"Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff."
The reason assigned for this order was that having served
in the Shenandoah Valley, Shields was most^farmliar with
that section, hence could be most serviceable moking\%i
tirely correct. man- * * *
On the 25th Gen. E. B. Tyler having re Dear old Lunnon caw
mission as a brigadier-general to date Ma*£* SnleLordrju"sticeiCwi
by a special order from the War Departs ing over the Appeal coi
20, been assigned to duty in Shields's t^&JSSKSHW
Third Brigade was reorganized so as to co* and his coat, and presi
Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and Sixty-sixth jSi^gg^fSwi
The Seventh suffered severe loss on this da| here in little old wasi
.' r -iv/r • T 1 r* r* 1 1 t^ ,ii little old five-cent s
tion of Maj. John S. Casement, who left tl;i]luminated sign star
When Shields's division, after its „.« „„. nder the
Ijiggly moving pictures a
' gentleman will alwavs i
K^RNSTOWN — NE)W MARKET — FR^DERICKSBURG 151
and from Romney, through the battle of Kernstown, the
march up the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisonburg and then
across to Fredericksburg, reached the Department of
the Rappahannock under the command of Maj.-Gen.
McDowell, it found a body of 30,000 men who had been
quartered in large tents, in perfectly arranged camps, with
neat, clean uniforms and guns and accouterments upon
which no storm ever beat, the very picture of a perfect sol
diery, in comparison with which Shields's "brave boys"
(as he called them) cut a sorry figure. In fact, the con
trast was so great that Shields's boys were inclined to blame
themselves for their weather-beaten and worn condition,
until McDowell's men began to ridicule them, calling them
"Shields's Foot Cavalry," "Shields's Bushwhackers,"
"Shields's Conscripts," "Shields's Guerrillas," etc., causing
a feeling of resentment and many pugilistic encounters.
On May 25, drawing such clothing and new equipment as
could be obtained, about noon the return march began.
Marched 14 miles toward Catlett's Station, reaching that
point the next night, when General Shields (who had gone
from Fredericksburg to Washington to consult with the
President and Secretary of War in reference to the cam
paign after Jackson, and had reached Manassas by rail)
wished the Third Brigade to make a night march t'o Manas
sas Junction, but his men demurred and did not go. Gen
eral Nathan Kimball, commanding the First Brigade,
Shields's division, had the advance, and as he moved along
the Manassas Gap Railroad and noted the evidence of a very
hasty evacuation by the Union troops formerly stationed
there, under the impression that a large force of the enemy
was close upon them, on May 27, he said from Haymarket :
"We are moving finely. Roads good. Rifles, carbines,
tents and clothing burned. This is the all-firedest scare I
ever heard of;" while General Shields characterized the
whole affair as a disgraceful panic. On May 30, at n A.
M., General Kimball' s brigade, preceded by four companies
of the First Rhode Island Cavalry under Major Nelson,
reached Front Royal, and after a sharp encounter in which
152 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
8 cavalrymen were killed and 5 wounded, the enemy hastily
evacuated, leaving over 150 prisoners in our hands. Gen
eral Tyler's brigade came up at 3 p. M. and bivouacked.
The next day Colonel Carroll's Fourth Brigade of Shields's
division pushed forward to Middletown, met the enemy's
infantry and cavalry and drove them in the direction of
Winchester, and nothing having as yet been heard of Gen
eral Fremont, who was to have been at Strasburg at that
time, he returned to Front Royal. General Jackson learn
ing of this movement of the Union forces to Front Royal
some 40 miles in his rear, while he was near Charlestown,
marched with all possible speed to Winchester and Stras
burg, making his escape on June i, before the commands of
McDowell and Fremont closed the passageway, and con
tinued his march to beyond Harrisonburg in the direction
of Port Republic. And what had become of Stonewall
Jackson after the battle of Kernstown? Falling back leis
urely before the Union forces, passing Harrisonburg, he
had on or about April 19 crossed the South Branch of the
Shenandoah River to Elk Run Valley, where he remained
until the arrival of General E well's division from toward
Culpeper, on or about April 30, then, leaving Ewell to
watch Banks, he hastened over the same route that Carroll
and Tylef traveled later on, to Port Republic, then on to
and beyond Staunton, where he united forces with General
Edward Johnson and moved upon General Milroy at
McDowell, where he made an attack on May 8, defeating
the Union forces under Milroy reinforced by Schenck, after
a spirited affair, in which Jackson's loss was 75 killed and
423 wounded. Having cleared that section of his adver
saries, however, on May 15 he moved toward New Market,
united with Ewell on the 2ist, bringing General Edward
Johnson's command along, thus increasing this force to
more than 16,000 effective men. General Banks had about
5,000 men at Strasburg and Front Royal. When General
Shields was ordered away General Banks predicted that
nothing but disaster awaited his command, as soon as the
enemy, largely reinforced, should advance. Making pre-
KSRNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — FR£D£RICKSBURG 153
text of attack upon Strasburg from the direction of New
Market with a part of Ashby's cavalry, General Jackson
crossed over to Luray, reached Front Royal on May 23,
and drove off and captured the Union troops there, but,
fortunately for General Banks, did not, with his usual
energy, press on to Middletown until General Banks's main
force, then in retreat from Strasburg, had passed that point.
On May 24 and 25, however, General Banks' s com
mand was sorely pressed while it fell back, not only to
Winchester, but through Martinsburg and across the
Potomac, to Williamsport by the 26th, leaving Stonewall
Jackson in peaceable possession of the entire Shenandoah
Valley. On the 28th, 2Qth and 3Oth General Jackson sent
his troops to Charlestown, Halltown, and across to Lou-
doun Heights, to alarm the authorities in Washington for
the safety of the nation's capital, and how well this whole
movement on his part checkmated the proposed movement
of McDowell toward Richmond has already been fully
shown. On June 2, 1862, General Shields said in a mes
sage to Secretary Stanton : "We would have occupied
Strasburg, but dared not interfere with what was designed
for Fremont. His failure has saved Jackson." Fearing
lest some of Fremont's troops might intercept him at Stras
burg, Jackson sent a small force out to meet them, which,
by maintaining a bold front, succeeded in keeping his line
of retreat open until his troops had passed that point in
safety.
It is estimated that this movement of General Jackson
against General Banks not only disconcerted and prevented
the execution of important and almost vital plans and move
ments looking to the capture of Richmond, but employed
not less than 50,000 troops for at least thirty days.
On May 31 there was at Front Royal a large flouring
mill well filled with sacks of flour, and as the paymaster had
paid the troops not long before, many of the soldiers in
Tyler's Third Brigade, and the Seventh Ohio in particular,
sought to purchase some flour as a luxurious change in
their bill of fare; but when approached, the party at the
154 SE}VE)NTH RKGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
mill declined to accept "damned Yankee money," and true
to his principles and his faith in the ultimate success of his
cause, demanded Confederate scrip or no trade. Now it so
happened that some enterprising Yankee had conceived the
idea that such individuals as this mill man might exist,
when it would be altogether convenient for the Union sol
diers to be armed with a supply of Confederate money, as
well as greenbacks, hence he had printed several train-loads
of facsimile five and ten dollar Confederate notes and
flooded the entire army with this "currency" at one cent on
the dollar, hence they were in condition to oblige this loyal
Virginian, and a very lively traffic with the boys in Shields's
division at once began. But soon General Tyler's attention
was called to the line of his men with sacks of flour upon
their shoulders, much like a stream of ants, wending their
way from mill to camps, and always anxious for the pro
tection of private property in the early part of the war, he
mounted and in some haste galloped to the mill, went in,
saw the deal going on, heard the miller declare his prefer
ence for Confederate scrip, smiled "child-like and bland"
and went his way, while his soldier boys fared sumptuously
upon griddle cakes, thickened soup and dumplings ere they
marched away on the morrow.
D. A. Ward, of Company C, writes of this march. His
experience fitly illustrates the hardships of this campaign:
"The boys of Shields's division will not soon forget that
forced march from Fredericksburg, the last of May, 1862,
to the support of Fremont on the upper Shenandoah. It
was day and night without let up; about the most trying
experience I ever had. In crossing Manassas Gap, it will
be remembered, the column jerked along, with short halts
and starts, all night long ; a manner of marching that often
tested the endurance, and even the patriotism, of the weary
soldier more than fierce battle. At every short stop the
men would throw themselves on the ground for what rest
they could snatch. In my case, late that night, when the
column halted for a few moments, exhausted nature sue-
KEJRNSTOWN — N£\V MARKET FR£D£RICK$BURG 155
cumbed to sleep, and not even the moving troops awakened
me. When I opened my eyes it was broad daylight and the
column miles in advance. It was double forced march for
me then till I came up with the command at Front Royal.
"Before leaving Fredericksburg Uncle Sam had pre
sented me with a nice looking pair of brogans (charged to
my account on the pay-roll). On this march to Port Re
public these same brogans parted company with their soles
and left me to make the balance of the march on the rough
pike in bare feet. The soles of those shoes consisted of
wood, covered with welts of leather which peeled off, leav
ing me to walk many weary miles, a la Valley Forge, with
bleeding feet, and, I must say, lacerated sentiments toward
the rascally contractor who furnished such stock to the
Government."
CHAPTER XVIII.
FROM FRONT ROYAL TO PORT REPUBLIC.
Failing to intercept Jackson in his march by Strasburg,
the combined forces of Fremont and Shields broke away in
pursuit, and while Fremont followed by New Market and
Harrisonburg, Shields moved up the Luray Valley in a des
perate effort to prevent the enemy from crossing the South
Fork of the Shenandoah River, while Fremont thundered
down in his rear.
On the night of June i Shields' s division camped 10
miles out toward Luray and the next night near that place.
There had been three bridges across the South Fork of
the Shenandoah not far from Luray; one known as the
White House Bridge, on the route from Luray to New
Market; one as Columbia Bridge 4 miles above, and one
near Conrad's Store, 10 miles above Luray, and when Gen
eral Shields left Front Royal he supposed that all of these
bridges were yet intact. Imagine his surprise, however,
when he learned that Stonewall Jackson, fearing lest just
such a movement as was then taking place might occur, and
with that sagacity for which he was famous, had some time
before dispatched a mounted force to destroy them all.
Finding it impossible, therefore, to cross the river to take
Jackson in flank, and feeling that he would yet escape by
crossing the river higher up, Colonel Carroll of the Fourth
Brigade was commissioned with cavalry and two guns,
without caissons, to push on to Port Republic. The heavy
and continuous rainfall had rendered the roads well-nigh
impassable, while at certain points along the Blue Ridge
such raging torrents swept by as to be unfordable at times
even by horsemen until they had to some degree subsided.
While Carroll with his cavalry and guns moved on, his in
fantry closely followed, and on June 7 Tyler's Third Bri
gade stripped for the race at Luray and camped 15 miles
away that night, joining Colonel Carroll the next clay.
FRONT ROYAiv TO PORT RSPUBUC 157
At early dawn on Sunday, June 8, Colonel Carroll
reached Port Republic, to the great surprise of Stonewall
Tackson and his staff, who anticipated spending a quiet Sab
bath there, and who by the narrowest margin escaped cap
ture.
Colonel Samuel S. Carroll said :
"I reached the vicinity of Port Republic about 6 A. M. of
Sunday, the 8th instant, with about 150 of the First Vir
ginia Cavalry and four pieces of Battery L, First Ohio Ar
tillery. I found the enemy's train parked on the other side
of the North Branch of the Shenandoah, with a large
quantity of beef cattle herded near by, and the town held
by a small force of cavalry only. I chose the most com
manding position I could find, about half a mile from the
bridge, and planted there two pieces of artillery to com
mand the ends of the same. I then ordered Major Cham
berlain, commanding the cavalry, to rush down and take
possession of the bridge.
"Finding that he had been injured by a fall from his
horse, that his command in consequence were in confusion,
and hesitated as they came to the South River, and that a
body of the enemy's cavalry were assembling at this end of
the bridge, giving me fears that they would fire it, I ordered
the artillery to open fire upon them, and sent Captain Good
rich to urge the cavalry forward immediately, which he did,
and took possession of the bridge, driving part of the
enemy's cavalry across it and part of them out of town by
the road leading to the left.
"I then went into the town myself, and took with me two
pieces of artillery, one of which I planted at the end of the
bridge and the other at the corner of the street commanding
the road by which part of the enemy's cavalry had fled.
"While occupying a position between these, and devising
some method by which I could hold the town until my
infantry came up, I suddenly perceived the enemy's in
fantry emerging from the woods a short distance from the
bridge and dashing down upon it at a run in considerable
force.
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"As soon as my cavalry, which was now under charge of
its own officers, perceived them, they broke and ran in every
direction by which they could secure a retreat.
" Seeing that I could not hold that position, I ordered the
two pieces of artillery to be withdrawn. The enemy's in
fantry fired so heavily into the limber horses of the piece
at the bridge that they ran away with the limber, and that
piece had to be abandoned.
"The other piece was brought away from its position by
Captain Robinson, but instead of taking the road, he fol
lowed by mistake some of the flying cavalry into the woods,
and not being able to extricate it, concealed and abandoned
it. In the mean time, my infantry had almost reached the
position where I had left two pieces of artillery planted,
and they were opened upon by eighteen pieces of the
enemy's artillery from the hills on the opposite side of the
river, and partially catching the contagion from the panic-
stricken cavalry, were retreating amid a heavy shower of
shot and shell. The two pieces which I had left upon the
hill, superintended by Captain Keily, had been withdrawn
from their position, and one of them abandoned in the mud
by its cannoneers, while the other was also abandoned, with
the pole of the limber broken.
"By the indomitable energy and courage of Colonel
Daum and Captain Keily those pieces were saved, and I
managed to fall back with my force to a better position out
of the range of the enemy's guns. At this juncture General
Tyler, with his brigade, joined me."
General Jackson said :
"The main body of my command had now reached the
vicinity of Port Republic. This village is situated in the
angle formed by the junction of the North and South rivers,
tributaries of the South Fork of the Shenandoah. Over
the larger and deeper of these two streams, the North River,
there was a wooden bridge connecting the town with the
road leading to Harrisonburg. Over the South River there
was a passable ford. The troops were immediately under
FRONT ROYAL TO PORT REPUBLIC 159
my own eye, and were encamped on the high ground north
of the village, about a mile from the river. General Ewell
was some 4 miles distant near the road leading from Har-
risonburg to Port Republic. General Fremont had arrived
with his forces in the vicinity of Harrisonburg, and General
Shields was moving up the east side of the South Fork of
the Shenandoah, and was then at Conrad's Store, some 15
miles below Port Republic. My position being about equal
distance from both hostile armies. To prevent the junction
of the two Federal armies I had caused the bridge over the
South Fork of the Shenandoah at Conrad's Store to be
destroyed. Intelligence having been received that General
Shields was advancing farther up the river, Captain Sipe
with a small cavalry force was sent down during the night
of the 7th to verify the report and gain such additional in
formation respecting the enemy as he could. Capt. G. W.
Myers, of the cavalry, was subsequently directed to move
with his company in the same direction, for the purpose of
supporting Captain Sipe, if necessary.
"The next morning (the 8th) Captain Myers's company
came rushing back in disgraceful disorder, announcing that
the Federal forces were in close pursuit.
" Captain Chipley and his company of cavalry, which was
in town, also shamefully fled. By this time the Federal
cavalry, accompanied by artillery, were in sight, and after
directing a few shots toward the bridge they crossed the
South River, and dashing into the village they planted one
of their pieces at the southern entrance of the bridge. In
the mean time, the batteries of Wooding, Poague, and Car
penter were being placed in position, and General Talia-
ferro's brigade, having reached the vicinity of the bridge,
was ordered to charge across, capture the piece, and occupy
the town. Colonel Fulkerson's regiment, the Fifty-seventh
Virginia, delivered its fire and then gallantly charged over
the bridge, captured the gun, and, followed by the other
regiments of the brigade, entered the town and dispersed
and drove back the Federal cavalry.
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"About this time a considerable body of infantry was
seen advancing up the same road.
"Our batteries opened with marked effect upon the re
treating cavalry and advancing infantry. In a short time
the infantry followed the cavalry, falling back to Lewis, 3
miles down the river, pursued for a mile by our batteries on
the opposite bank, when the enemy disappeared in the wood
around a bend in the road."
This attack of Carroll had hardly been repulsed before
Ewell was seriously engaged with Fremont, moving on the
opposite side of the river, at Cross Keys.
Ever since this affair occurred there has been much spec
ulation among the members of Shields's division in refer
ence to the instructions given Colonel Carroll by the Gen
eral, concerning the bridge at Port Republic, one contend
ing that he was directed to destroy, while the other asserted
that he was to save it. -
The official records as published show that on June 4,
1862, General Shields in a message to Colonel Carroll said,
"You must go forward at once with cavalry and guns to
save the bridge at Port Republic," yet in an official report
Shields stated that Carroll reported to him that the bridge
there had been destroyed some weeks before. There is also
found in the official records the following:
"HEADQUARTERS SHIELD'S DIVISION,
"FRONT ROYAL, VA., June 4, 1862.
"Captain E. B. OLMSTEAD.
"SiR : You are hereby directed to send a detail of forty
pioneers with a lieutenant to accompany the command
under Colonel Carroll to Port Republic. Be particular to
instruct your men to burn the bridge at that place.
"I am, very respectfully,
"J. B. SWIGART,
"Lieutenant of Volunteers and
"Acting Assistant Adjutant-General."
FRONT ROYAL TO PORT REPUBLIC 161
All of which at least indicates some confusion.
In this affair Colonel Carroll's forces lost 9 killed, 30
wounded, and one lieutenant missing ; total, 40.
During the afternoon of June 8, while near Lewiston,
below Port Republic, Tyler's and Carroll's brigades listened
to the artillery duel going on at Cross Keys, across the river
toward Harrisonburg, between the Union forces under Fre
mont and Ewell's division of Stonewall Jackson's com
mand, where, after a spirited encounter, both sides with
drew until the morrow.
Francis M. Cunningham, sergeant, first sergeant, and
first lieutenant, Company H, First West Virginia Cavalry,
Ohiopyle, Penna., granted a medal of honor for the cap
ture of the battleflag of the Twelfth Virginia Infantry, C.
S. A., at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, writing of the
advance upon Port Republic, said :
"We came in sight of the town about sunrise on the
morning of June 8, 1862. About seventy-five of my regi
ment, the First West Virginia Cavalry, had been detailed
as Carroll's escort, and had been feeling our way along
through the mud and darkness with him all night. When
daylight came and the fog cleared away a little, one of
Shields's staff officers came galloping up and asked for two
men to ride with him up the road toward the town. Myself
and one of the other boys were ordered to go with him and
the command ordered to stand fast until we returned. We
dashed up the road at a lively gallop almost up to the town,
and wheeled quickly about and back again without seeing
any force or anything else. Then Carroll ordered Major
Chamberlain, who was in command of the cavalry, to
charge and take the town, which we did, but not until we
had some trouble in crossing the South River, which was
booming high.
"There was no bridge there and nobody seemed to want
to be the first fellow over. In fact, it looked for a little
while as though nobody was going over to call on Stone
wall Jackson, who I afterward learned was in the town
ii
162 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
when we charged up the river. We could see rebels run
ning out of town and across the bridge over North River,
but not a shot was fired at us that I remember. I happened
to be mounted upon a big brown stallion that I had bor
rowed from a rebel major in a little brush we had had with
the rebels a few weeks before this. Sergeant Ebichousen
was mounted on a fine mare that was a good swimmer.
We two volunteered to try the water, and as good luck
would have it, we got over without much trouble. The
other boys soon pitched in and all got over, and entered the
town by the main, and I think, the only street that ran
through it. About this time Carroll came dashing in and
ordered Captain Kerr to send four men across the bridge to
the top of the hill, to make an observation, and return as
soon as possible.
"I was ordered to take three men and go. I took Ser
geant Sutton, and Corporals Charles Winter and Walton
Williams, and went on what would seem to be a foolhardy
piece of business, as any one could see that there were lots
of rebels over on the other side of North River. But we
obeyed the order, crossed the bridge, went to the top of the
hill ; but how we got back, I suppose the good Lord knows,
but I don't. Williams and Sutton were both wounded,
while Winter's horse was shot. I was not touched, but I
was scared when the bullets were flying thick about me.
When we advanced to the top of the hill no one seemed to
pay any attention to us. We blazed away at four fellows
sitting under a tree. Three of them ran away, the fourth
surrendered. My three comrades wheeled and rushed for
the bridge, and while I was trying to force my prisoner to
mount behind me I was almost surrounded; then leaving
my "J°hnny Reb," I tested the speed of my stallion — laying
flat upon his back — and reached the bridge safely. My
cohirades had already reported to Carroll that the rebel
army was near, when he ordered Captain Kerr to 'charge
and give them hell!' but as a column of rebel infantry ap
peared, coming down the hill on the double-quick to the
bridge, he changed his mind and disappeared. The rebels
FRONT ROYAL TO PORT REPUBLIC 163
charged through the bridge and captured the gun stationed
there.
"Our cavalry soon left town. Batteries lined up across
the North River and shelled Carroll's forces out of range.
"We had plenty of time to burn the bridge, and should
have done so, but I think Carroll was just about enthusi
astic enough to believe that he could just lick Jackson and
hold the bridge. Shields was surely right when he said
Carroll lacked the good sense to burn the bridge when it
was impossible to hold it.
"Did we have time to burn the bridge? Yes, plenty of
time. As near as I remember we held the town about 30
minutes. A big Dutch sergeant (Ebichousen) and myself
were the first to cross the South River and enter the town
only a few rods from the bridge. There was a blacksmith
shop near by, and a fire burning to heat a wagon tire, also
the remnant of an old strawstack near by, from which there
could have been a fire kindled upon that bridge that Jack
son's whole army could not have extinguished."
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BATTLE OF PORT REPUBLIC.
General Jackson said that as Shields did not renew the
attack on the 8th, he decided to take the initiative in the
morning. With Fremont up against his rear and Shields
threatening in front, the condition of affairs required vigor
ous action and Maj. R. S. Dabney of Jackson's staff is
authority for the statement that Jackson expected to brush
Shields's troops away and get back to fight Fremont by 10
o'clock A. M. on the Qth.
Leaving Trimble's brigade mainly to hold Fremont in
check, Jackson ordered the rest of his command to move to
Port Republic. He said :
"Before 5 o'clock in the morning General Winder's bri
gade was in Port Republic, and having crossed the South
Fork by a temporary wagon bridge placed there for the
purpose, was moving down the river-road to attack the
union forces." (This was the famous "Stonewall" Bri
gade, and had the advance, but soon came to grief.)
"Advancing one and a half miles he encountered the
Federal pickets and drove them in. The enemy had judi
ciously selected his position for defense. Upon a rising
ground near the Lewis house he had planted six guns,
which commanded the road from Port Republic and swept
the plateau for a considerable distance in front. As
Winder moved forward his brigade, a rapid and severe fire
of shell was opened upon it. Captain Poague with two
Parrott guns was promptly placed in position on the left of
the road, to engage, and if possible dislodge the Federal
battery.
"Captain Carpenter was sent to the right to select a posi
tion for his guns, but finding it impracticable to drag them
through the dense undergrowth, they were brought back
and part of them placed near Poague. The artillery fire
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was well sustained by our batteries, but found unequal to
that of the enemy. In the mean time, Winder being now
reinforced by the Seventh Louisiana, seeing no mode of
silencing the Federal battery or escaping its destructive
missiles but by a rapid charge and the capture of it, ad
vanced with great boldness for some distance, but en
countered such a heavy fire of artillery and small arms as
greatly to disorganize his command, which fell back in dis
order.
"The enemy advanced across the field, and by heavy
musketry fire forced back our infantry supports, in conse
quence of which our guns had to retire. The enemy's ad
vance was checked by a spirited attack upon their flank by
the Forty-fourth and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments,
directed by General Ewell and led by Colonel Scott,
although his command was afterward driven back to the
woods with severe loss.
"The batteries were all safely withdrawn, except one of
Captain Poague's, which was carried off by the enemy."
(A member of the Fifth Ohio Infantry was granted a medal
of honor for capturing this gun.)
"While Winder's command was in this critical condi
tion, the gallant and successful attack of General Taylor on
the Federal left and rear diverted attention from the front,
and led to a concentration of their forre upon him. Mov
ing to the right, along the mountain acclivity through a
rough and tangled forest, and much disordered by the rapid
ity and obstructions of the march, Taylor emerged with his
command from the wood just as the loud cheers of the
enemy had proclaimed their success in front, and, although
assailed by a superior force in front and flank, with their
guns in position, within point-blank range, the charge was
gallantly made, and the battery, consisting of six guns, fell
into our hands. Three times was this battery lost and won
in the desperate and determined efforts to recover it."
General Tyler stated that a heavy picket was kept well to
his front during the night to observe any movement of the
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enemy, and at 4 o'clock A. M. Colonel Carroll and himself
went to the outer videttes, who reported not having dis
covered any movement of the enemy during the night.
In a short time, however, General Tyler learned that the
enemy was advancing in force into the woods with a view
to outflanking him upon the left. The General said:
"Captains Clark and Robinson opened their batteries
upon them with effect. Two companies as skirmishers and
two regiments of infantry were ordered into the woods to
counteract this movement of the enemy. The fire of our
skirmishers was soon heard, and I ordered two more regi
ments to their support. A sharp fire was kept up until the
enemy retired, crossing to our right. The enemy opened
two guns on our right. The Seventh Indiana was now sent
to the extreme right, next to the river. A section of
Clark's battery also took position well to the right. The
Seventh Indiana having been forced to retire a short dis
tance, the Twenty-ninth Ohio went to their assistance,
which moved forward in splendid style on the double quick.
The Seventh Ohio was now sent to support Clark's guns,
while the Fifth Ohio was sent to care for Huntington's.
Regiment after regiment of the enemy moved upon the right
and the engagement became very warm.
"The First Virginia Infantry was ordered to the right,
entering the open field with a loud shout. By my direction,
Colonel Carroll took charge of the right wing. My entire
force was now in position.
"Seven guns were yet on the left at the Coal pits, the
Sixty-sixth Ohio in support. Under cover of the engage
ment on our right, the enemy had thrown another force into
the woods, and pressed down upon our batteries on the left,
so rapidly as to pass the Eighty-fourth and One Hundred
and Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry unobserved, and making
a charge so sudden and vigorous as to compel the cannon
eers to abandon their pieces. Colonel Candy met the enemy
with great coolness, his men fighting with commendable
bravery."
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Col. Henry B. Kelley of the Eighth Louisiana Infantry,
who fought for our guns at the Coal pits, said in an ac
count of this battle :
"While this exultant crowd were rejoicing and shouting
over their victory, suddenly a scathing fire of canister was
poured into them by a section of Clark's battery, which had
been rapidly brought over from the Federal right to within
two hundred yards of the position of the captured: guns.
At the same time the Fifth and Seventh Ohio, which, when
the battery fell, had retired from their advanced position in
the field in good order, changed front to their left and rear,
and formed line of battle within a few hundred yards of the
Confederate mass about the guns.
"A conspicuous figure in the battle scene at this stage was
a field officer on a gray charger, directing and leading the
advance of the Federal line. Referring to an earlier stage
of the battle, on the right near the river, the commanding
officer of the Fifth Virginia, in his report, makes mention
of a Federal officer upon a gray steed, who there rode in
front of his men, waving his hat and cheering them on, but
this officer he says was soon picked off by Confederate
sharpshooters. As to this he must have been mistaken, for
it was doubtless the same intrepid officer who led the last
charge of the Federal forces on that field, with a gallantry
so conspicuous as to win the admiration of both armies.
Whoever he was there is not a Confederate survivor of that
fierce fight who would not be proud to salute him. (Car
roll and Creighton each rode a white horse.)
"The disorganized mass of Confederates about the cap
tured guns were not only subjected to a fire of canister at
short range from a section of Clark's battery, and musketry
from the line of the Fifth and Seventh Ohio, but from other
regiments as well, who, like so many hornets, swarmed
about the Confederates around their lost battery. At the
outset of the attempt of the Federals to retake their guns,
Lieut. -Col. Peck of the Ninth Louisiana, called out to his
men to shoot the horses, which was done.
"When therefore the Federal forces retook and held for
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a time, as they did', the ground upon which the guns stood,
they were unable, when they fell back, to carry more than
one of the guns with them, for want of horses. Under the
galling fire so promptly brought to bear upon the Con
federates it was impossible to reform, or reorganize, or to
hold the ground they occupied, and they fell away to the
wooded hills."
Major Wood said that while the Seventh was moving
upon the enemy about the guns at the Coal Pits—
"Five color-bearers had now been shot down, while ad
vancing as many rods. Lieut. Leicester King seized the
colors and pressed forward, followed by the regiment, which
sent volley after volley after the fugitives, the firing ceasing
only when the rebels were covered by a friendly hill."
General Tyler stated :
' 'The enemy had given way along the whole line, but I
saw heavy reinforcements crossing from the town that
would have been impossible for us successfully to resist.
After consulting Colonel Carroll I ordered the troops to fall
back under his direction. Colonel Carroll took command
of the covering of the retreat, which was mack in perfect
order. Aide-de-camp Eaton was the only officer of my
staff present. Captain Quay being too ill to take the field,
Chaplain D. C. Wright of the Seventh Ohio volunteered to
serve me. The duties these gentlemen were called upon to
perform were arduous, and led them almost constantly
under fire of the enemy, yet they executed their duties with
commendable coolness and energy, meriting my warmest
thanks."
General Jackson had intended to get back to Fremont by
10 A. M. but says: "Finding the resistance more obstinate
than I anticipated, orders were sent to Trimble to join the
main body." Trimble said: "Receiving from General
Jackson two messages, in quick succession, to hasten to the
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battlefield where he had engaged Shields's army, I marched
rapidly to obey his orders, crossed the bridge and burned
it at 10.15 A. M.""
Our line of battle, extending from the hills on our left to
the river on our right, nearly a mile in length, occupied the
attention of our entire force, and having no reserves, when
ever one point was strengthened it was at the expense of
another, and this constant shifting wearied the troops ; yet
although confronted and largely outnumbered by the ac
knowledged champion fighters of their day, our little com
mand, for four and a half hours, held them in fierce, steady,
and persistent battle, and made a record for gallant fighting
in the open not excelled in any contest of that great war.
Jackson said he "found the resistance more obstinate than
he anticipated." Shields said: "Our men fought like
devils." Said Tyler: "The Seventh and Fifth Ohio moved
forward and engaged the enemy in a style that commanded
the admiration of every beholder," and that they "were sup
porting the Sixty-sixth Ohio, driving the enemy from their
position and retaking the battery;" while a gallant soldier
in gray who lost a leg in battle said we were Western men
whose forefathers moved from Virginia and "foemen
worthy of their steel."
Lieut.-Col. William R. Creighton, who commanded the
Seventh Ohio at Port Republic, stated that he was ordered
to the right in support of a section of artillery ; enemy ad
vanced at charge bayonet; gave order to fire; enemy fell
back ; advanced in line with Fifth Ohio ; line of battle well
kept ; enemy broke and ran ; was attacked on left flank ;
drove enemy off, then retired and retook guns at Coal Pits.
He then said :
"I cannot too highly praise the conduct and gallant bear
ing of the officers. Adjutant Molyneaux, Captains Crane,
Seymour, Wood and Weed ; Lieutenants McClelland, Krie-
ger, Brisbane, King, Day, Reed, Howe, Johnson, Davis and
Ross deserve the highest praise and commendation. Every
officer and man without exception, was in his place doing
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his duty. Captain Wood was wounded in leg and Lieuten
ant Day in shoulder. Lost n killed, 56 wounded, and 7
missing; was obliged to leave 5 wounded on the field.
Took into the fight nine companies, numbering in all 327
men. Company B was on detached duty — was obliged to
leave some men behind because of lack of shoes and cloth
ing. My men were worn out by constant marching and
lack of rations, and in no condition to fight." (Many of
the men who participated in this altogether active and
strenuous battle were bareheaded and barefooted, yet never
fought better.)*
As an indication of the mettle of some of the men after
the retreat began, we note the following incident: The
driver of the horses attached to the only gun that was res
cued at the Coal Pits, struck soft ground, mired down, and
must have assistance or abandon the gun to the enemy, who
were already near enough to command a halt, when Sergt.
Charles King of Company G, who had been shot plump
through his face, and Henry H. Rhodes of Company D,
who had gone into this battle barefooted and bareheaded,
were leaving the field deliberately, each grasped a wheel and
lifted to such purpose as to materially assist the horses in
again starting the gun and thus saved it from capture.
Comrade Rhodes states that when Sergeant King was in
the act of lifting at the artillery wheel, his exertion was so
great as to force the blood out of the openings in his cheeks
in distinct spurting streams.
The writer distinctly recalls having seen Sergeant King
the next day, in an ambulance, with his face so swollen as
to be beyond all recognition from his features alone. For
this gallant and heroic act both of these comrades should
have been granted medals of honor.
Not long after General Tyler and his command had left
the battlefield of Port Republic, the forces under General
Fremont came up, and opened their batteries upon the
enemy and drove them off.
General Jackson said :
*See Casualty List, p. 634.
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"While the forces of Shields were in full retreat and our
troops in pursuit, Fremont appeared on the opposite bank of
the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with his army,
and opened his artillery upon our ambulances and parties
engaged in the humane labors of attending to our dead and
wounded, and the dead and wounded of the enemy."
Toward nightfall General Jackson withdrew his troops
into the mountains by a road leading up the ravine of Deep
Run into Brown's Gap in the Blue Ridge, while the forces
under General Tyler halted at the Shenandoah Iron Works
for the night, having met General Shields, with the First
and Second Brigades, en route.
CHAPTER XX.
FROM LURAY TO ALEXANDRIA AND AROUND TO CULPEPER
COURT HOUSE.
On June 7, 1862, in a message to Colonel Carroll then en
route to Port Republic, General Shields stated that while
his command was in position to throw itself upon Jackson's
flank, he was pestered about shoes and stockings and cloth
ing, and added : "Why, if the clothing was here, there is
no time to get it. Push on and take 5,000 of the enemy
prisoners ; then there will be time to clothe you."
As early as the 8th, General McDowell, then in Washing
ton, directed his chief of staff, then at Front Royal, to send
orders to Shields to cease pursuit and withdraw his com
mand to Luray, from whence he was to march to Warren-
ton and Fredericksburg, to resume operations against Rich
mond, but they were not received in time to avert the battle
at Port Republic.
On June 10 the march was resumed, and at 5.30 p. M.
Shields sent a message stating that he was then about 12
miles from Columbia Bridge, en route to Luray; that he
would be unable to reach that point that night, and that by
reason of his troops having been over-worked and about
one-third of them barefooted, and all exhausted, he would
be obliged to remain there two or three days to rest up.
Reaching Luray on the nth he remained there until the
1 5th, then moved to Front Royal, arriving on the :6th; the
pay-rolls were signed on the I7th, troops paid on the igth,
and on the 2ist "Shields's Foot Cavalry" were again on the
march along the Manassas Gap Railroad, en route to Bris-
tow Station, where they arrived on the 23d and went into
camp along Broad Run.
Lieut. Frank Paine, who by reason of continued ill health
was unable to endure the severe marching and inclement
weather to which Shields's division continued to be sub-
FROM LURAY To ALEXANDRIA 173
jected, and whose resignation in consequence had been
accepted on June 10, 1862, relates that while returning on
foot from Luray to Front Royal he obtained a glass of
milk at a farmhouse near by, which soon produced severe
nausea and vomiting, leading him to fear and believe that
he had been poisoned. After walking a short distance, and
while experiencing great agony, he threw himself under a
tree to die, when Comrade W. P. Tisdel came along in
charge of the supply train, gathered him up and conveyed
him to Front Royal, where medical attendance was soon
had, and his life saved. Both of these comrades yet sur
vive.
As an indication of the condition of Shields's division
when it reached Bristow Station, it can be shown that a
close inspection revealed the fact that during the past month
and a half he had, including the casualties in two brigades
on the expedition to Port Republic, lost 4,000 men, three-
fourths of whom had been placed hors de combat by the
vicissitudes of the march, inclement weather, exposure, and
insufficient rations.
In his memorandum furnished in order that his men
might be reclothed, he mentioned 4,000 blankets, 12,000
shoes, 20,000 stockings, 12,000 pants, 10,000 blouses, 12,-
ooo shirts, 12,000 drawers, and 3,500 rubber blankets, which
indicates that his "brave boys" were at that time a little
light on wardrobes.
On the 25th the Seventh was called out to witness the
presentation of a handsome and spirited horse, fully capari
soned, with sword, shoulder straps (denoting the rank of
colonel), sash, spur and field-glasses — a present from the
officers and men to Col. William R. Creighton. The pre
sentation address was made by Capt. James T. Sterling of
Company B, and Colonel Creighton having been so over
come by emotion that he could not make suitable reply, Gen
eral Tyler did so for him.
General Shields was relieved of his command on June 26
and did not again appear in the theater of war. On June
27 the Third Brigade took cars for Alexandria, arriving on
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the 28th, and embarked upon the steamer North America
for the Peninsula, but on the morrow went ashore and en
camped on the heights beyond Alexandria. On July 4 the
brigade assembled at General Tyler's headquarters, located
in a house surrounded by trees, where Sergt. Charles P.
Bowler of Company C read the Declaration of Independ
ence, and addresses were delivered by General Tyler, Chap
lain Wright, and Hon. A. G. Riddle of Cleveland. On the
5th the regiment surrendered the old converted flint-lock
muskets, which it drew at Camp Dennison, for Springfield
rifles, probably one of the best guns then in use. This was
a welcome and agreeable change.
On the 9th the brigade was again at General Tyler's
headquarters to listen to addresses, as the General had a
fondness for exhibiting his brigade to any and all of his
friends who came from Ohio and elsewhere to visit him.
However, this pleasing diversion, with now and then a
day on grand review, was about all the duty the brigade
performed during the four weeks it was stationed there.
Mrs. Creighton and Mrs. Crane came to camp on July u
and remained a couple of weeks, which proved a pleasure to
the members of the entire regiment, who were pleased to
look upon their happy faces once more.
With light duty and liberal passes to Washington, Alex
andria, and Mount Vernon, the members of the Seventh
Ohio yet remember the four weeks spent in camp near
Alexandria in July, 1862, as the only "soft snap" of its en
tire service.
On June 26, 1862, President Lincoln issued an order
creating the "Army of Virginia," which was to consist of
Fremont's, Banks's, and McDowell's corps, as well as the
troops in the defenses of Washington under General Stur-
gis (changing the number of Banks's corps from the Fifth
to the Second), and assigning Ma j. -Gen. John Pope to its
command.
General Tyler's brigade was ordered to report to General
Banks, then near Little Washington, west of Culpeper Court
House. Taking cars over the Orange & Alexandria Rail-
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road on July 25 it reached Warrenton the next day;
marched out near Gaines's Cross-Roads on the 3ist, joining
General Banks's corps the next d;ay near Little Washington,
in a beautiful country occupied by a large force, which ap
peared grand and war-like.
On Sunday, August 3, Maj.-Gen. Pope arrived, and re
viewed and inspected the entire corps.
The strength of the Second Corps was then reported as
consisting of 15,962 men, while Sigel (formerly Fremont)
had 14,310 and General McDowell 25,607, total 55,879,
composing the "Army of Virginia," in the field under Gen
eral Pope. The following is self-explanatory :
"HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA,
"CAMP NEAR SPERRYVIU^E, VA., August 2, 1862.
"Special orders
No. 32.
"Section n. The brigade brought to this place yesterday
by General Tyler will be consolidated with the brigade un
der General Geary, which will be known as the First Bri
gade, General Augur's division.
"General Tyler will return to Washington and report to
General Sturgis to organize a new brigade.
"By command of Maj.-Gen. Pope.
"R. O. SEivFRiDGE,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
With this order in his possession General Tyler regret
fully bade his old regiment and brigade an affectionate
good-by, his moistened eyes plainly indicating the depth of
his feelings.
The so-called brigade of General Geary was found to con
sist of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, composed
of some i, 800 men, and Knap's Pennsylvania Battery, just
needing the four Ohio regiments to make it what it should
be, not only in the number of regiments, but its numerical
strength as well.
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This organization served together until June, 1864, and
made its mark upon many gory fields.
On August 6 the main body of the Second Corps, under
command of Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks, marched beyond
Woodville; on the next day to Hazel River, and on the
night of the 8th encamped about that pretty county-seat,
Culpeper Court House.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.
General Pope stated, in an official report, that when he
assumed command of the Army of Virginia it was the wish
of the Government that he should cover the city of Wash
ington from any attacks from the direction of Richmond;
make such dispositions as were necessary to assure the
safety of the Valley of the Shenandoah; and at the same
time so operate upon the lines of communication in the di
rection of Gordonsville and Charlottesville as to draw off, if
possible, a considerable force of the enemy from Richmond,
and thus relieve the operations against the city of the Army
of the Potomac.
To this end early in July he ordered General Sigel to take
post at Sperryville ; Banks at from six to ten miles east of
that point, while Ricketts's division of McDowell's corps
moved to Waterloo Bridge on the upper Rappahannock,
with King's division, also of that corps, at Fredericksburg,
and all of his cavalry scouting well to the front.
Crawford's brigade of Williams's division of Banks's
corps was soon advanced to Culpeper Court House, while
his cavalry pushed forward to the Rapidan, in the direction
of Gordonsville.
On July 14, while the troops under the command of Gen
eral Pope were in position as above indicated, he ordered a
substantial cavalry raid to be made upon the railroad near
Gordonsville and Charlottesville, but this movement failed
miserably with no good results.
On July 29, more than a month after he had assumed
command of the Army of Virginia, General Pope left Wash
ington to join his troops in the field, and on August 7 there
were assembled along the turnpike from Sperryville to Cul
peper 28,500 men, with King's division yet on the lower
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Rappahannock, while his cavalry was guarding his front
along the Rapidan, Robertson's River, and at Madison
Court House.
Soon after the battle of Port Republic on June 9, Stone
wall Jackson hastened to Richmond and the Peninsula;
helped defeat the Army of the Potomac, and on July 13
was ordered to Gordonsville to watch the movements of the
Army of Virginia, when, learning of the strong force under
General Pope he requested General Lee to reinforce him,
which was done by sending A. P. Hill's division, so that
while the Union forces were concentrating in the direction
of Culpeper, Stonewall Jackson was on the qui vlve below
the Rapidan with a force of some 20,000 men, seeking an
opportunity to engage them.
On August 7 Rickett's division reached Culpeper Court
House, and Jackson, learning that only a part of Pope's
forces were there, and hoping to arrive in time to defeat
them in detail, also marched for that point.
While at Sperryville on the afternoon of the 7th, Pope
learned of the enemy crossing the Rapidan, and reached
Culpeper the next morning. Here he again learned of the
advance of the enemy, and pushed Crawford's brigade in
the direction of Cedar Mountain, to support his cavalry un
der General Bayard, then slowly retiring in that direction.
He also ordered Banks and Sigel to move promptly to join
him at Culpeper.
General Pope said:
"To my surprise I received after night on the 8th, a note
from General Sigel, dated Sperryville at 6.30 that afternoon,
asking me by what road he should march to Culpeper Court
House. As there was but one road between these two
points, and that a broad stone turnpike, I was at a loss to
understand how General Sigel could entertain any doubt
as to the road by which he should march. This doubt, how
ever, delayed the arrival of his corps at Culpeper Court
House several hours, and rendered it impracticable for that
corps to be pushed to the front, as I had designed, on the
afternoon of the next day."
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Early on the morning of the Qth General Banks, whose
corps by reason of regiments on detached duty, etc., then
numbered about 8,000 men, was directed to move forward
to Cedar Mountain to join the brigade of General Crawford
sent out the day before.
He was to take up a strong position at or near the point
occupied by Crawford's brigade; push his skirmishers well
to the front; and if the enemy advanced to the attack, to
check and delay him; determine his force and intentions,
and notify the commanding general, 7 miles away at Cul-
peper, at once.
From General Pope's standpoint all this appears to have
been a simple matter for General Banks to accomplish, but
then General Pope had never had any personal experience
in handling Stonewall Jackson, and probably did not then
appreciate some things as well as he did later on.
The march to what became the field of battle, by reason
of the extreme heat, was necessarily very slow and tedious,
affecting friend and foe alike, and was thus aptly described
by Gen. John W. Geary :
"At about 8 A. M. August 9, the brigade took up the line
of march, taking the road toward Orange Court House.
The extreme heat of the day caused many cases of sun
stroke, and the scarcity of water immense suffering among
the men ; in fact, after a march of five or six miles the road
on each side was full of men who had been compelled to fall
out from sheer exhaustion, and many cases of sunstroke
terminated fatally."
This condition is further emphasized by the fact that it
required 6 hours in which to march 7 miles.
The batteries took position on high ground, where they
unlimbered and prepared for action, while the troops were
near by in ready support. The public highway leading from
Culpeper to Orange Court House, and upon which the
enemy was expected to approach, was the dividing line be
tween the divisions of Williams and Augur — the former be
ing upon the right and the latter upon the left.
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Immediately in front of Williams's left, where the main
battle was joined was timber, then a wheat-field in which
the shocks of grain were standing, then timber beyond,
while in front of Augur was an open field — pasture, corn
field and meadow — with Cedar Mountain a mile to the left
oblique, as we faced to the front. The road from Madison
Court House intersected the road to Culpeper at Colvin's
Tavern, some three miles in rear of Banks, where Ricketts's
division of 10,000 men was posted to guard against any
force which might threaten from that direction. Before
General Banks reached the field at Cedar Mountain in per
son, General Bayard, commanding the cavalry at that point,
said in a message to General McDowell : "The enemy are
advancing in force; artillery, cavalry and infantry wagons
in sight. They advance confidently, more than a thousand
cavalry in sight. They arc attempting to flank us on the
left." And yet when General Banks came up and looked the
situation over he sent the following message to General
Pope:
"August 9, 1862 — 2.25 p. M.
"The enemy shows his cavalry (which is strong) osten
tatiously. No infantry seen and not much artillery. Woods
on left said to be full of troops. A visit to the front does
not impress that the enemy intends immediate attack; he
seems, however, to be taking positions.
"N. P. BANKS,
"Major-General."
The woods on the left referred to the slope of Slaughter
Mountain, where a part of General Ewell's division had
gone under cover.
Shortly after General Banks sent this message the enemy
opened up with six batteries and poured a constant shower
of solid shot and shell into our batteries and troops, in plain
view in the open fields, while the indication of a desperate
struggle became more and more apparent until 4.50 p. M.,
when General Banks, in another message to General Pope,
yet at Culpeper, said :
CEDAR MOUNTAIN
August 9 "• 1862.
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"About 4 o'clock shots were exchanged by the skirmish
ers. Artillery opened on both sides in a few minutes. One
regiment of rebel infantry advancing now deployed in front
as skirmishers.
"I have ordered a regiment on the right (Williams's di
vision) to meet them, and one from the left; Augur to ad
vance on the left and in front.
"5 P. M. — They are now approaching each other.
"N. P. BANKS,
"Major-General."
And what of Stonewall Jackson ?
On August 9, when at Locust Dale, twelve miles from
Culpeper, and five below Cedar Mountain, he said in a mes
sage to Gen. R. E. Lee :
"General : I am not making much progress. The ene
my's cavalry yesterday and last night also, threatened my
train. Hill, though at Orange Court House yesterday
morning, having encamped in a mile of the town on the
other side, reported last night that he was not more than a
mile on this side, thus making only two miles yesterday.
Ewell's division, which is near this point, marched about
eight miles. Yesterday was oppressively hot; several men
had sunstrokes. To-day I do not expect much more than to
close up and clear the country around my train of the ene
my's cavalry. I fear that the expedition will, in consequence
of my tardy movements, be productive of but little good.
My plan was to have been at Culpeper Court House this
forenoon. The enemy's infantry, from reports brought in
last night, is about five miles in front; his cavalry near
From the foregoing it appears that while he was in
formed as to the location of Crawford's brigade near Cedar
Mountain, he had not as yet learned of the advance of the
rest of Banks's corps to that point, and that nothing was
farther from his expectation than that of fighting that after
noon one of the most destructive battles of the war.
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In his official report of the battle, after stating that the
Federal cavalry displayed unusual activity, endangering his
train, and rendering it necessary to detach a brigade of in
fantry to guard it, he said :
"On the Qth, as we arrived within about eight miles of
Culpeper Court House we found the enemy in our front,
near Cedar Run, and a short distance west and north of
Slaughter Mountain. When first seen his cavalry in large
force occupied a ridge to the right of the road.
"A battery opened upon the cavalry, which soon forced it
to retire. Our fire was responded to by some guns beyond
the ridge from which the Federal advance had just been
driven. Soon after this the enemy's cavalry returned to the
position where it was first seen. General Early was ordered
forward, keeping near the Culpeper road, while General
Ewell, with his two remaining brigades, diverged from the
road to the right, advancing along the western slope of
Slaughter Mountain. General Early pushed forward, driv
ing the Federal cavalry before him to the crest of a hill
which overlooked the ground between his troops and the
opposite hill, along which the enemy's batteries were posted.
In his front the country was for some distance open and
broken. A corn-field, and to the left of it a wheat-field
upon which the shocks were yet standing, extended to the
opposite hill, which was covered with timber. So soon as
Early reached the eminence described, the Federal batteries
were opened upon him. Large bodies of cavalry were seen
in the wheat-field to the left. General Early having retired
his troops under the protection of the hill, Captain Brown
with one piece, and Captain Dement with three pieces of
artillery, planted their guns in advance of his right, and
opened a rapid and well-directed fire upon the Federal bat
teries.
"By this time General Winder, with Jackson's division,
had arrived, and after having disposed Campbell's brigade
under cover of the wood, near the wheat-field ; Taliaferro's
brigade parallel to the road, in the rear of the batteries of
Poague, Carpenter, and Caskie, then being placed near the
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road, and Winder's brigade as a reserve, he was proceeding
to direct with his usual skill and coolness, the movements of
these batteries, when he was struck by a shell from which
he expired in a few hours. Latimer's guns were planted
upon an elevated spot on the northwest termination of
Slaughter Mountain about two hundred feet above the val
ley below, which opened with marked effect upon the ene
my's batteries. For some two hours a rapid and continuous
fire of artillery was kept up on both sides.
"Our batteries were well served and damaged the enemy
seriously.
"About 5 o'clock the enemy threw forward his skirmish
ers through the corn-field and advanced his infantry until
then concealed in the woods, to the rear and left of his bat
teries. Another body of infantry apparently debouching
from one of those valleys, hid from view by the undulating
character of the country, moved upon Early's right, which
rested near a clump of cedars where the guns of Brown and
Dement were posted."
General Banks said he had ordered Augur to advance on
the left and in front. General Augur said :
"I caused Geary's brigade to advance, which it did stead
ily and quickly, and when within range opened a regular
and well-directed fire upon the enemy. I then caused
Prince's brigade to advance in like manner upon the left,
which it did under its gallant leader, handsomely and in
good order, and when in position opened its fire."
The Seventh Ohio had the right and front of Geary's
brigade, with its right resting upon the road to Orange
Court House, and had the honor of opening the fierce in
fantry fighting which ensued.
The Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, of Early's brigade,
was directly opposed to the Seventh in front, and gave us a
warm reception, while a part of Taliaferro's brigade, in line
of battle to Early's left and beyond the road to Orange, also
poured destructive volleys in a right oblique fire into our
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right wing, rapidly reducing our ranks, while the concen
trated artillery fire of the batteries then but a short distance
away rapidly insured our complete annihilation.
General Geary said :
"The Seventh and Sixty-sixth Ohio, under the destructive
fire of at least five times their number, were being terribly
cut up, but retained their ground, closing up their deci
mated ranks and still pressing toward the enemy. Seeing
their condition I ordered the Fifth and Twenty-ninth Ohio
to their support. They promptly answered the command,
the Twenty-ninth passing immediately to the support of
the Seventh, and the Fifth to the left of the Sixty-sixth."
General Williams, whose troops were on the right of
Geary, said :
"About 5 o'clock, by direction of the major-general com
manding corps, I ordered Crawford's brigade to occupy the
woods in front, preparatory to a movement which it was
thought might relieve the left wing severely pressed by the
enemy, especially by a heavy cross-fire of artillery, one bat
tery of which would be exposed to our infantry fire from
the new position."
General Crawford estimated the wheat-field in his front
as being 300 yards wide, which he must cross in plain view
of the brigades of Jackson's old division and the batteries
already in position to receive him. He said :
"My regiments were immediately formed, the Forty-
sixth Pennsylvania on the right and the Twenty-eighth New
York and Fifth Connecticut on the left. The Tenth Maine
was advanced through the woods on my extreme left under
the immediate direction of a staff officer of the major-gen
eral commanding corps, and was some distance from the
other regiments.
"I then gave the order to advance to the edge of the
woods, to fix bayonets and to charge upon the enemy's posi
tion. Steadily in line my command advanced, crossed the
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fence which skirted the woods, and with one loud cheer
charged across the open space in the face of a fatal and
murderous fire from the masses of the enemy's infantry who
lay concealed in the bushes and woods in our front and
flank. Onward these regiments charged, driving the ene
my's infantry back through the woods beyond.
"The Twenty-eighth New York, Fifth Connecticut, and
part of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania entered the woods and
engaged in a hand-to-hand contest with vastly superior
numbers of the enemy, reaching the battery at the heart of
the position, but the reserves of the enemy were at once
brought up and thrown upon our broken ranks.
"The field officers had all been killed, wounded, or cap
tured ; the support I looked for did not arrive, and my gal
lant men, broken, decimated by that fearful fire, that une
qual contest, fell back again across the space, leaving most
of their number upon the field.
"The slaughter was fearful. Most of the officers had
fallen by the side of their men, and the color guards had
been shot down in detail as they attempted to sustain and
carry forward the colors of their regiment."
The battle had been joined in earnest and the grim mon
ster was reaping a bountiful harvest. The courage and dash
exhibited by Crawford's troops in the gallant and heroic
charge so vividly described by their commander was of the
highest order, and should be recorded high up on the Tablet
of Fame.
Resuming what Stonewall Jackson said :
"The infantry fight soon extended to the left and center.
Early became warmly engaged with the enemy on his right
and front. He had previously called for reinforcements.
"Thomas's brigade was sent to him and formed on his
right. While the attack upon Early was in progress the
main body of the Federal infantry moved down from the
wood, through the corn and wheat-fields, and fell with
great vigor upon the extreme left, and by force of superior
numbers, bearing down all opposition, turned it and poured
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a destructive fire into its rear. Campbell's brigade fell back
in disorder. The enemy pushing forward, and the left flank
of Taliaferro's brigade being by these movements exposed
to a flank fire, fell back, as did also the left of Early's line.
During the advance of the enemy the rear of the guns of
Jackson's division became exposed and were withdrawn.
"At this critical moment Branch's brigade of Hill's divi
sion, with Winder's brigade farther to the left, met the Fed
eral forces, flushed with their temporary triumph, and drove
them back with terrible slaughter through the woods."
It was said of Colonel Garnett's brigade that the bayo
net was freely used and a hand-to-hand fight with superior
numbers ensued before the right of the brigade fell back.
General Jackson restored his line of battle and won the
day by ordering up the brigades of Branch, Archer, and
Fender, which, with the return of some of the troops which
"ran off in disorder," soon swept the field of the remaining
fragments of Banks's corps, then unable to stem the vic
torious advance.
An extract from the journal of General Branch reads as
follows :
"The battle commenced and raged for a short time, when
General Jackson came to me and told me his left was beaten
and broken, and the enemy were turning him and he wished
me to advance. I was already in line of battle and instantly
gave the order to forward march. I had not gone 100 yards
through the woods before we met the celebrated Stonewall
Brigade, utterly routed and fleeing as fast as they could run.
After proceeding a short distance farther we met the enemy
pursuing. My brigade opened upon them and quickly drove
them back from the woods into a large field. Following up
to the edge of the field, I came in view of large bodies of
the enemy, and having a very fine position I opened upon
them with great effect."
When the charge of Crawford's regiments broke up
and put to flight Jackson's line of battle on the left, the
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Twenty-ninth Ohio advanced and relieved the Seventh,
which moved back to a place of safety across Cedar Run.
As the enemy advanced! in pursuit of the Union forces
now falling back across the wheat-field, the Tenth Maine,
of Crawford's brigade, which had been held in reserve to
his left, was advanced, but soon met the fate of the other
regiments, and was swept from the field. At this time Gor
don's brigade of Williams's division, consisting of the Sec
ond Massachusetts, Third Wisconsin, and the Twenty-sev
enth Indiana, which had been holding the extreme right,
nearly a mile to the right rear of the point of severest battle,
was hurried across Cedar Run, to and up the decided slope
of a hill covered with brush and trees, and in an exhausted
condition brought up on the verge of the famous wheat-field,
now fully occupied and covered by the enemy, to be, like
their predecessors, cut to pieces and forced to retire.
At this time a remarkable incident occurred. With a
view to delaying the advance of the brigades of infantry in
and about the wheat-field, moving in the direction of a bat
tery without support, Maj. Richard I. Falls of the First
Pennsylvania Cavalry was ordered to charge the foe, and
the following is, in part, his official report of the affair :
"I was directed by Brig.-Gen. Bayard to charge through
the enemy's lines at a point where they were supposed to be
forming for a charge on our batteries, my command con
sisting of Companies A, B, C, and D ; Companies A and B
forming the first squadron, commanded by Capt. William
Litzenberg of Company B ; Companies C and D comprising
the second squadron, commanded by Capt. John P. Taylor
of Company C.
"After getting in front of the point designated, and being
in column of fours, I immediately formed squadron, my
command being already under fire. I moved forward at a
rapid gait until within fifty yards of the enemy's lines, which
I found in great force and three in number, when I gave the
command 'charge,' when with loud and terrific cheering
my command charged through the enemy's lines, cutting and
running down and scattering them in every direction, caus-
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ing sad havoc and discomfiture in their ranks, as a view of
the field and prisoners can testify. After charging back
and reforming, I found my command reduced from 164 to
71, the remainder having been killed, wounded, or other
wise placed hors de combat, by their horses falling over
others killed or wounded."
Major Falls and Captain Taylor had their horses shot
from under them, while Stonewall Jackson said of this cav
alry charge :
"At this time the Federal cavalry charged Taliaferro's
brigade with impetuous valor, but was met with such deter
mined resistance by his brigade in front, and Branch's bri
gade in flank, that it was forced rapidly from the field with
loss and in disorder."
The official records show that some three brigades of in
fantry and a battery took credit for firing upon Major Falls
and his immortal little band, and the wonder is that a single
man escaped to tell the story.
General Pope, in referring to the battle of Cedar Moun
tain, said he had continued to receive reports from General
Banks during the day that no attack was apprehended, and
that no considerable infantry force of the enemy had come
forward ; but toward evening the increase in artillery firing
satisfied him that an engagement might be at hand, though
the lateness of the hour rendered it unlikely, and he ordered
McDowell to advance Ricketts's division to support Banks,
and directed Sigel (who had reached Culpeper that after
noon, but could not move until his command was fed out
of McDowell's wagons) to bring his men upon the ground
as soon as possible.
General Pope then said :
"I arrived personally on the field at 7 p. M. and found
the action raging furiously. The infantry fire was inces
sant and severe. I found Banks holding the position he
took up early in the morning. The slaughter was severe on
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both sides, much of the fighting being hand-to-hand. The
dead bodies of both armies were found mingled together in
masses over the whole ground of the conflict.
"The behavior of Banks's corps during the action was
very fine. No greater gallantry and daring could be ex
hibited by any troops. I cannot speak too highly of the in
trepidity and coolness of General Banks himself during the
whole engagement.
"He was in the front and exposed as much as any man
in his command."
General Pope's criticism of General Banks :
"He left the strong position which he had taken up and
had advanced at least a mile to assault the enemy, believing
that they were not in considerable force, and that he would
be able to crush the advance, before the main body could
come up from the direction of the Rapidan. He accord
ingly threw forward his whole corps into action against su
perior forces of the enemy, strongly posted and sheltered
by woods and ridges. His advance led him over the open
ground, which was everywhere swept by the fire of the
enemy concealed in the woods and ravines beyond.
"Notwithstanding these disadvantages his corps gallantly
responded to his orders and assaulted the enemy with great
fury and determination."
Just before the battle opened Lieut. Llewellyn R. Davis,
then in command of Company D of the Seventh Ohio, was
detailed to serve upon the staff of Brig.-Gen. John W.
Geary, and Lieut. Henry Z. Eaton of Company B, who had
been serving as aide-de-camp on the staff of Brig.-Gen. E.
B. Tyler, was detailed to command Company D in that bat
tle, where he was severely wounded and carried out of the
service by it.
On the night of August 9, when Banks's corps had re
tired behind Cedar Run, Jackson still wishing to reach Cul-
peper, ordered an advance, which had proceeded but a short
distance beyond Cedar Run, however, when it came up
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against Rickett's division, and after a brief yet severe and
destructive artillery duel was forced to retire.
General Pope said the next day was exceedingly hot and
the troops on both sides were too much fatigued to renew
the action, so the whole day was given by both armies to
burying the dead and gathering and caring for their
wounded, while on the nth there was a regular flag of
truce under which the troops of Pope and Jackson frater
nized upon the battlefield, where the burial of the dead and
caring for the wounded was mutually carried on.
As early as August 8 General Pope had ordered General
King, on the lower Rappahannock, to march to him near
Culpeper, and then by reason of the battle on the Qth, in
other messages, had urged King to hasten, which brought
this reinforcement near Cedar Mountain on the nth. This
was probably known to Jackson, as on that night he with
drew across the Rapidan, to which line General Pope
promptly advanced the next day, but did not cross.
He also issued Special Order No. 41, dated August 12,
1862, directing Brig.-Gen. A. S. Williams, then temporarily
commanding the Second (Banks's) Army Corps, to estab
lish his command in camp at or near Culpeper, which was
done, and this corps was for a few days General Pope's re
serve corps.
On the 1 3th General Halleck directed Pope not to ad
vance across the Rapidan, and to guard well against a flank
movement, while on the i6th he suggested that it would be
far better if he were in rear of the Rappahannock and that
he look well to his left. By this time it having been decided
to withdraw the Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula,
and General Pope having learned from dispatches captured
by his cavalry and from other sources that Gen. Robert E.
Lee, who with his entire force had now reached the Rapi
dan, intended to flank him on his left and cut him off from
the Rappahannock, issued orders on the i8th for his entire
command to prepare to retire, and by the night of the
his trains and infantry were safely behind that river.
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CASUALTIES AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN.
Command: Brigadier-General Geary's Brigade.
Staff, wounded (the General himself), i
Fifth Ohio: Killed, 14; wounded, 104; missing, 4, . . 122
Seventh Ohio: Killed, 31; wounded, 149; missing, 2, 182
Twenty-ninth Ohio: Killed, 6; wounded, 50; miss
ing, 2, ..... 66
Sixty-sixth Ohio: Killed, 10; wounded, 81 ; miss
ing, 3, 94
Total: Killed, 61 ; wounded, 385 ; missing, 19, .. 465
NOTE. — The 2 missing in Seventh Ohio were later on
found to have been killed. The entire loss in said battle in
Pope's command is given as follows : Killed, 314; wounded,
1,445; missing, 622; total, 2,381 — Jackson's loss: Killed,
229; wounded, 1,047; total, 1,276, making total casual
ties, 3,657.
(Casualty list in Geary's brigade as found in the Rebel
lion Records.)
REPORT OF COL. WILLIAM R. CRElGHTON, SEVENTH OHIO IN
FANTRY.
"HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY,
"IN THE FIELD NEAR CULPEPER COURT HOUSE,
"August 9th, 1862.
"SiR : I would respectfully submit the following report
of the part taken by the Seventh Ohio Infantry in the battle
of Cedar Mountain, Saturday, August 9, 1862 :
"At about 8 o'clock A. M. we moved forward, by order of
Brig.-Gen. Geary, commanding the brigade, a distance of
eight miles, suffering greatly from the scarcity of water
and the intense heat, from the effect of which a number of
men were fatally sunstruck. We took position in rear of
Knap's battery, on the west side of Cedar Run, forming a
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line of battle due north and south, and remained there until
3.30 P. M., when we changed position by the right flank to
support the right center battery. In that position we re
mained about an hour, when we received orders to advance
in line of battle. We moved forward about 200 yards, and
were ordered to halt and await further orders. In the mean
time, we were exposed to a terrible cross-fire from rebel
batteries, when we lost several men killed and wounded.
"We remained there about an hour, when we advanced to
support the line of skirmishers thrown out by the Twelfth
Regular Infantry, who were retreating under the fire of the
enemy, then advancing in force in line of battle. We were
soon in range of their infantry, and became hotly engaged.
We held our position until relieved by the Twenty-ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, when, closing my decimated ranks
I moved off the field by the right of column to the rear, and
halted on the summit of a hill on the east side of Cedar
Run. Having been wounded in the left side and arm, I was
compelled to retire and leave the regiment to the senior offi
cer in the field. At about 9 o'clock p. M. the regiment
moved forward toward Cedar Run, being detailed for picket
duty. When within a short distance of the creek our ad
vance was challenged, but giving no answer, it was fired
into from right, left, and front, compelling it to retire under
cover of the woods, and falling back one mile it bivouacked
for the night.
"I cannot speak too highly of the officers and men.
Every one was at his post, and nobly did each one do his
duty.
"Number of field, line, and staff officers wounded, 2;
line officers killed, 3 ; wounded, 5 ; enlisted men killed, 34 ;
wounded, 146. Total killed, 37; wounded, 153. Total
loss, 190 out of 307.*
"W. R. CREIGHTON,
7th o. v. ir
The Seventh Ohio lost more men in killed and wounded
*See Casualty List, p. 636.
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in this battle than any other regiment engaged therein on
either side.
Comrade M. M. Andrews contributes the following:
"Not a braver nor nobler life was sacrificed on the altar
of patriotism during the civil war than that of Charles P.
Bowler, of my company. I was at his side when he fell. It
was in the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. The
Confederates were strongly posted on a ridge and in woods
in our front, and we, without protection or support, were
facing them in an open field. The battle had raged furiously
for several hours. Our ranks were being rapidly thinned.
Colonel Creighton was wounded, but continued to ride along
the line, urging the men to renewed efforts. Lieutenant
Ross, in temporary command of Company C, was killed, and
many officers and men were down.
"In that terrible furnace of fire in the meadow, below the
corn-field, our line had begun to yield stubbornly before the
murderous guns of Stonewall Jackson's veterans, when Ser
geant Bowler, cheering on his comrades, was hit by a hostile
bullet which passed through his heart, and he fell to instant
death. At this moment it seemed plain that we would have
to fall back. I thought at once of making an effort to help
my comrade if, possibly, he was still alive. For this purpose
I dropped on my knee at his side and endeavored to unloose
his cartridge belt. This left me about twenty feet in advance
of our front line, which had begun to recede. Of course I
was a good mark for the enemy's sharpshooters, and was
myself hit by a shot from their left center, the ball entering
the cartridge-box at my side. Fortunately my body was not
pierced, but, being off my balance, I fell over. Just then a
shout arose from our boys, and looking up, I saw the rebel
line moving rapidly by flank. This movement of the
enemy's front gave us the impression that we were driving
them, and our men pressed forward again. I sprang up
and, advancing with our line, began firing once more. The
rebel front had indeed given away, but only to give place to
fresh troops, who poured into our ranks a most deadly storm
of bullets.
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"The confusion of battle carried me away from Bowler's
body, so that when, some time afterward, I went to the rear
with a disabling bullet through my hand, I had no further
opportunity to care for my fallen comrade.
"That evening, when night fell, the enemy had possession
of the meadow, the scene of our terrific struggle. The next
day when a detail, under a flag of truce, went through our
lines to bury the dead, they found the bodies unrecognizable,
black and swollen in the August sun; their pockets turned
out and robbed of their contents.
"Bowler, with many of his noble comrades, sleeps in an
unknown grave, honored in memory as he was beloved by all
who knew him in life."
CHAPTER XXII.
THE; SECOND BULJ, RUN CAMPAIGN.
BY CAP?. GEO. A. McKAY.
The Fifth Army Corps, commanded by Maj.-Gen. N. P.
Banks, was changed by order of the President to that of the
Second Corps, Army of Virginia; the First Division re
mained under the command of Brig.-Gen. Alpheus S. Wil
liams, and the Second Division was placed under Brig.-Gen.
C. C. Augur, the brigade commanders being S. W. Craw
ford, First Brigade, and George H. Gordon, Third Brigade,
both in the First Division, and John W. Geary, First Bri
gade.; Henry Prince, Second Brigade, and George S.
Greene, Third Brigade of the Second Division.
Augur and Geary were both wounded severely at the
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862, and the
senior officers present assumed command of the division and
brigades till they returned to duty.
The First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps,
was composed of the Fifth, Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and
Sixty-sixth Ohio, and the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Vol
unteer Infantry.
General Pope reports :
"That under the changed conditions of things brought
about by General McClellan's retreat to James River, and
the purpose to withdraw his army and unite it with that
under my command, the campaign of the Army of Virginia
was limited to the following objects.
"ist. To cover the approaches to Washington from any
enemy advancing from the direction of Richmond, and to
oppose and delay its advance to the last extremity, so as to
give all the time possible for its withdrawal of the Army of
the Potomac from the James River.
"2d. If no heavy forces of the enemy moved north, to
operate on their lines of communication with Gordonsville
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and Charlottesville, so as to force Lee to make heavy de
tachments from his force at Richmond and facilitate to that
extent the withdrawal of the Army of the Potomac."
Halleck was of the opinion that the junction of the two
armies could be made on the line of the Rappahannock. but
the enemy moved north with the bulk of his army so
promptly, that the line of the Rappahannock was too far to
the front and had to be modified to suit the movements as
they developed. To meet one of them, Pope ordered his
army from near the Rapidan and Culpeper Court House on
August 1 8 to the north side of the Rappahannock River to
escape being flanked on his left, crossing on the I9th.
August 21 Pope's headquarters were at Rappahannock
Station on the north side of the river facing south, with
the following commands in position awaiting the onset of
Lee and his cohorts: McDowell's, Sigel's, and Banks's
corps, the latter-named being at and near Beverly's Ford,
leaving his cavalry in observation on the south side.
The Seventh Regiment O. V. I., being in Banks's corps in
the Second Division, it is with that division mainly that I
will deal. The enemy on the 2Oth advanced with their
whole army in pursuit of a vanquished foe as they thought,
the right wing to the vicinity of Kelly's Ford on the Rappa
hannock River, the left to the railroad bridge and fords
above, believing it was possible to force a crossing at the
ford ; but after a careful reconnaissance they found the
upper crossings too well defended and their left wing
marched to reach some point on the river not so well de
fended, closely followed by their right wing.
The Union troops made a clash across the river and en
gaged the enemy, but their main body pursued; the even
tenor of its way and the Union troops retired to the north
side of the river, the casualties on both sides being slight.
At Beverly's Ford, where the Seventh Ohio was sta
tioned, General Rosser's brigade of Stuart's cavalry crossed
and made a lodgment on the east bank, but being unsup
ported by infantry, after a brisk skirmish it was forced to
SECOND BUU< RUN CAMPAIGN
retire. The Union troops countered by crossing at Free
man's Ford and attacked General Trimble, who had been
left as rearguard by Jackson in his advance to the upper
crossings. Hood's and Whiting's brigades from Long-
street's corps reinforced Trimble and the Union troops were
forced to retire.
The position on the east bank of the river was higher than
that of the west, making it possible for the artillery of the
Union troops to overlook and enfilade the lines of the
enemy.
When Jackson's corps left Rappahannock Bridge, a
strong force of the Union troops passed over to the west
bank of the river under cover of several batteries stationed
on the east side. In this movement the Second Division of
Banks's corps was in reserve.
General Longstreet put nearly the whole of his artillery
into position to drive them back, but the Union troops
fought so stoutly that they did not retire until the evening
of the 23d, when they recrossed the river.
General Stuart crossed at Waterloo and Hunt's Mill with
1,500 cavalry and a battery of horse artillery of the Con
federates, and rode to Catlett's Station via Warrenton, cap
turing several prisoners, a large amount of United States
currency, several dispatches, and part of General Pope's
equipments. He returned to Sulphur Springs on the 23d,
going into position outside of General Lee's left. The dis
patches captured were valuable to Lee, giving the different
positions of Pope's army.
General Jackson crossed over to the east bank of the river
at Sulphur Springs, but being pressed by Pope he was
forced to retreat to an upper crossing, where he could move
to the west bank again.
The whole of the 23d and 24th was spent in severe artil
lery fire, infantry in support. The Second Division of the
Second Corps had its share of the peril and losses.
Pope was reinforced by the divisions of Kearny and
Reynolds on the 24th. On the 25th Jackson crossed the
fords of the upper streams and reached Salem. On the
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26th he passed through Thoroughfare Gap to Gainesville,
where Stuart joined him with all of his cavalry, and the
combined command reached Bristow Station soon after
sunset. Two trains and a number of prisoners were cap
tured. General Banks's corps was concentrated on this day
at Sulphur Springs, near Waterloo, and marched on War-
renton in pursuit of Jackson. On the 2/th Jackson marched
to Manassas Junction with the divisions of Taliaferro and
A. P. Hill, leaving Ewell at Bristow Station. On the march
he was attacked by a regiment of cavalry, a brigade of in
fantry and a battery of artillery, with part of Scammon's
division in reserve, but brushed them aside and reached the
junction where the captures, an eight-gun battery complete
and an immense quantity of army supplies, were divided,
such as could be consumed or hauled off, where he was
joined by the divisions of A. P. Hill and Ewell after hood
winking Pope by false marching, and went into bivouac
under the cuts and embankments of an unfinished railroad.
On the evening of the 2/th Pope had concentrated his
troops at Warrenton, McDowell's corps and Reynolds's di
vision, 15,000; Sigel's corps, 9,000; Banks's, 5,000; Reno's,
7,000; Heintzelman's and Porter's corps, 18,000 — in all,
54,500 men with 4,000 cavalry. In his rear was Jackson,
20,000. On the Rappahannock, Longstreet, 25,000, and
R. H. Anderson's division in reserve, 5,000 — total, 50,000,
with 3,000 cavalry under Stuart.
On the 26th Longstreet crossed at Hinson's Mill Ford,
leaving Anderson's division on the Warrenton Sulphur
Spring route.
Longstreet marched over the route of Jackson via White
Plains and Thoroughfare Gap, crossing two brigades above
the Gap and three brigades crossing at Hopewell Pass, and
forcing Ricketts, who was on the east side of the Gap, to
withdraw to prevent being attacked on flanks and rear.
On the 28th General Pope ordered McDowell with his
own corps and Reynolds's division and Sigel's corps to be
at Gainesville at nightfall, Reno's corps and Kearney's divi
sion to Greenwich to support McDowell, and ordered Por-
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ter's corps to remain at Warrenton Junction till relieved by
Banks's corps, then to push on to Gainesville, Banks to fol
low by the railroad route.
There was some heavy skirmishing between Jackson and
Hatch's division, in which two of his brigades lost 751 offi
cers and men.
On the 29th Pope ordered Hooker's and Kearny's divi
sions and Reno's corps to reinforce Sigel's corps and Rey-
nolds's division, the troops in front of Jackson, and that
McDowell's and Porter's corps march to Gainesville, Banks
to remain at Kettle Run with his corps, making it the ex
treme left of the line.
At 2 o'clock Kearny attacked Jackson, supported by
Stevens, and tried to escalade the railroad cut and embank
ment behind which was Jackson's corps. He made charge
after charge, but did not succeed. Generals Hooker and
Sigel did some desperate fighting, but without any result
whatever except in one place in the line, where one brigade
broke through, cutting off the extreme left brigade; but
the enemy reinforcing the broken line, they were driven
back after losing heavily.
Longstreet marched in the direction of Gainesville at
daylight. The firing of the attacking force operating
against Jackson became deadly in the extreme, the battery
on the extreme left of the Union line partially turning Jack
son's right. Longstreet's men were thrown forward;
Hood's two brigades were deployed across the turnpike at
right angles, supported by the brigade under Evans ; Kem-
per deployed two of his brigades, supported by the Third,
on the right of Hood.
The three brigades of Wilcox were posted in the rear of
Hood and Evans and in close supporting distance. Between
Hood's left and Jackson's right was an open field. Colonel
Walton of the Washington Artillery occupied it at once, it
being a commanding position.
The division under D. R. Jones deployed in the same
order as the others, with a crochet to the rear across the
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Manassas Gap Railroad to guard against the forces of the
enemy from Manassas and Bristow.
R. H. Anderson's reserve division marched for Gaines
ville at daylight along the Warrenton turnpike.
On the 30th the Union forces were in line — Kearny,
Ricketts, Hooker, Stevens, Reno, Sigel, King, Porter,
Sykes, Reynolds, Schenck, Milroy, with Banks on the ex
treme left at Kettle Run. Numerous changes were made in
the position of these troops after they became engaged,
moving from position to position so as to reinforce certain
parts of the line which had become weakened by the fierce
firing.
The positions of the different commanders of the Con
federates remained as stated previously, the only difference
being that when they advanced they made a half left wheel
of Longstreet's corps, the different divisions retaining their
positions in line.
When Pope was driven back by the terrible onslaught of
the enemy, Banks's corps was isolated and cut off, as well as
the wagon-trains and cars loaded with ammunition and sup
plies.
Setting fire to the trains while on the west side of the
railroad, Banks was forced to march his corps through the
blazing trains and exploding ammunition, where it was as
dangerous, if not more so, than in a pitched battle, so as to
gain the east side of the railroad.
There was one notable exception as regards the burning.
Sergt. Levi F. Bauder in command of the ammunition train
of the First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps,
did not burn his, but escaped to Manassas with eighteen
wagons loaded with ammunition and took with him sev
enty or eighty stragglers.
As soon as all of his troops had passed the obstacle, Banks
made a forced march via Brentsville to Bull Run, reaching
there at Blackburn's Ford on the 3ist of August. On our
arrival there the first officer we met was General Kearny.
September i, we marched on a parallel road with Kearny
(to the east of his column), bound for Fairfax Court
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House. There was a heavy rain storm, and officers and
men, thoroughly tired out with marching and fighting,
straggled somewhat. A sharp rattle of musketry to our left,
and our men closed upon the double-quick on our advance.
The firing still continuing we formed in line of battle and
moved to our left so as to join hands with Kearny's division
as a reserve to his force.
Generals Kearny and Stevens were killed, and nearly
2,000 officers and men killed and wounded in a very few
minutes, as it appeared to us. As soon as we could after the
battle (which we called Chantilly), we continued our march
to Fairfax Court House.
September 2, our command marched for Alexandria, and
was halted near Fort Worth, where we were informed that
General McClellan had been reappointed to the command
of the army.
During the retreat from Cedar Mountain the Seventh
Regiment O. V. I. was continually hearing artillery and
musketry firing, and was in dangerous proximity to moving
cannon and musket balls.
The losses on both sides during Pope's retreat from the
Rappahannock aggregated 15,000 for the Union and 10,000
for the Confederate troops. But the loss in weight on ac
count of shortage in rations could not be computed, nearly
every soldier in the command subsisting on green corn for
several days. Cooking the corn over the embers in this
campaign was the general and accepted way.
September 3, we marched to the rear of Fort Richardson,
situated beyond Alexandria, Va.
General Banks's health having failed on this campaign,
he was relieved from the command of the corps and placed
in command of the military defenses around Washington.
General A. S. Williams was assigned to temporary com
mand of the corps.
CHAPTER XXIII.
ANTIETAM.
BY CAPT. GEO A. MCKAY.
September 4, the corps moved to Georgetown, and cross
ing the Potomac on the Aqueduct Bridge marched to Tenal-
lytown, near Washington, D. C., where they found their
wagon-train waiting their arrival.
September 5, the corps moved to Rockville, Maryland,
situated about sixteen miles from Washington.
September 6, it was ascertained by reconnaissances of cav
alry and infantry that Lee's army had crossed into Mary
land. An invasion of the North was threatened, Washing
ton and Baltimore were in danger. Our corps moved up in
line two and one-half miles from Rockville.
In his advance through Maryland, in pursuit of the
enemy, General McClellan moved his army in three parallel
columns, the two corps of Sumner and Williams having the
central line of march.
September 9, moved to Middlebrook.
September 10, moved to within 2 miles of Damascus.
September n, moved to Damascus.
September 12. In General Orders, No. 129, the Presi
dent directed that the Second Corps of the Army of Virginia
should become the Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac.
The corps moved to Ijamsville.
September 13, moved from Ijamsville to Frederick, ford
ing the Monocacy River on the way. It arrived in the same
fields that were occupied the previous clay by the Confeder
ate division of Gen. D. H. Hill. Corporal B. W. Mitchell,
of Company F of the Twenty-seventh Indiana, picked up
an order written at Confederate headquarters, which was
at once transmitted through the ordinary medium of com
munication to McClellan's headquarters, where it was found
to be a general order signed by Lee's adjutant-general, giv-
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mg directions for the movements of the entire Confederate
army, thus revealing the plans of the enemy.*
Fully informed now as to the location and movement of
each column of the Confederate army, McClellan gave im
mediate orders for an advance, overtaking their rear in the
passes of the South Mountain. Here the enemy had made
a determined stand, but was defeated and driven out with
severe loss.
September 14, moved forward, passing through Fred
erick, where we did not see "Barbara Frietchie or her gray
head." The troops pushed on to the front, where the fight
ing had already commenced, as the marching troops could
hear the boom of artillery at South Mountain and Harper's
Ferry. It was past midnight when the head of the column
reached the field and went into position in reserve. The
enemy retreated during the night, leaving their dead un-
buried on the field.
September 15, Maj.-Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, who
had been assigned to the command of the Twelfth Army
Corps, joined us while on the march, General Williams re
suming charge of the First Division. Resuming the march
the corps passed over the battlefield, and through Boons-
boro. The hospitals were filled with Confederate wounded,
while along the roadside lay many of their dead. That
night the corps bivouacked in the fields near Keedysville,
not far from the Antietam Creek.
September 16, received orders to move and line of battle
was formed. Just over the low ridge of hills that skirted
the stream a lively cannonade was in progress that sounded
as if it were close by. Hooker was shelling the enemy's
lines on the farther side of the creek; at times a brisk
skirmish fire was heard, but the corps did no fighting.
*The gratification expressed at McClellan's headquarters over this
event was so pronounced that it was noised about, and coming to the
ears of a citizen of Frederick, who was a Southern sympathizer, he
carried the news of it after dark on the night of the I3th to General
J. E. B. Stuart, who transmitted it to General Lee, who was then at
Hagerstown. — John Bresnahan, Twenty-seventh Indiana.
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Everywhere the brigades and divisions of the other corps
were going into position. As far as the view extended were
regiments on regiments, many of them closed en masse on
close column by division that looked like solid squares, with
their colors in the center. It was a grand, a memorable
sight. The hours passed quickly, and in the fading light of
a generous sunset the men prepared their evening meal.
Then while the bugles were sounding sweet and clear from
distant camps they made their simple bivouac under the
starlight and lay down to sleep. But their rest was short.
At ii o'clock the men were awakened and ordered to fall
in quietly ; they were instructed to make no noise. Silently
and half asleep the column moved off in the darkness, and
crossing the Antietam on one of the upper bridges arrived
at their designated position after a three-hour march. The
corps was now on the farm of J. Poffenberger, at the right
of the Union army, and in the rear and partly to the left of
Hooker's corps, which was in camp on a farm belonging to
another J. Poffenberger and about one mile distant from
the Twelfth Corps. A heavy dew was falling, but the men
threw themselves down in the wet grass for a few hours'
sleep. They were soon startled from their heavy slumbers
by a volley of musketry that rang out noisily on the night
air from a piece of woods close by. It was an accidental
collision between the Confederate pickets of Hood's division
and a regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves attached to
the division commanded by Maj.-Gen. Meade. Nothing
came of it and soon all was quiet again.
When day broke on Wednesday morning, the I7th,
Hooker, looking south from the J. Poffenberger farm along
the turnpike, saw a gently rolling landscape of which the
commanding point was the Dunker Church, whose white
brick walls appeared on the west side of the road backed by
the West Wood, which sloped toward him, filling a slight
hollow which ran parallel to the turnpike, with a single row
of fields between. Beyond the Miller house and barns the
grounds dipped into a little depression. Beyond this was
seen a large corn-field between the East Wood and the
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turnpike, rising again to the highest level. There was, how
ever, another small dip beyond, which could not be seen
from Hooker's position, and the second ridge, near the
church, and extending across the turnpike. Eastward into
the East Wood could be seen the Confederate line of gray,
partly sheltered by piles of rails taken from the fences.
They seemed to Hooker to be at the farther side of the
corn-field and at the top of the first rise of ground beyond
Miller's. It was plain that the high ground about the little
white church was the key to the enemy's position, and if that
could be carried Hooker's task would be well done.
The Confederates opened the engagement by a rapid fire
from a battery near the East Wood as soon as it was light,
and Hooker answered the challenge by an immediate order
for his line to advance. Doubleday's division was in two
lines, Gibbon's and Phelps's brigades in front supported by
Patrick and Hofmann. Gibbon had the right and guided
upon the turnpike. Patrick held a small wood in his rear,
which is upon both sides of the road a little north of Miller's
house. Some of Meade's men were supposed to be in the
northwest extension of the West Wood, and thus to cover
Gibbon's right flank as he advanced. Part of Battery B,
Fourth United States Artillery, was run forward to Miller's
barn and stack-yard on the right of the road, and fired over
the heads of the advancing regiments. Other batteries
were similarly placed more to the left. The line moved
swiftly forward through Miller's orchard and kitchen gar
den, breaking through a stout picket fence on the near side,
down into the moist ground of the hollow, and up through
the corn, which was higher than their heads and shut out
everything from view. At the southern side of the field
they came to a low fence, beyond which was an open field,
at the farther side of which was the enemy's line. But Gib
bon's right, covered by the corn, had outmarched the left,
which had been exposed to a terrible fire, and the direction
taken had been a little oblique, so that the right wing of the
Sixth Wisconsin, the flanking regiment, had crossed the
turnpike and was suddenly assailed by a sharp fire from the
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West Wood in flank. They swung back into the road, lying
down along the high, stout post-and-rail fence, keeping up
their fire by shooting between the rails. Leaving this little
band to protect their right, the main line, which had come
up on the left, leaped the fence at the south edge of the
corn-field and charged across the open at the enemy in front.
But the concentrated fire of artillery and musketry was
more than they could bear. Men fell by the hundreds, and
the thinned ranks gave way and ran for the shelter of the
corn. They were rallied in the hollow on the north side of
the field.
The enemy had rapidly extended his left under cover of
the West Wood, and now made a dash at the right flank
and Gibbon's exposed guns. The gunners double charged
the cannon with canister, and under a terrible fire of both
artillery and rifles the enemy broke and sought shelter.
Patrick moved up in support of Gibbon and was sent across
the turnpike into the West Wood to cover that flank.
The Confederates advanced again, forcing Patrick to re
sume his original line of front and to retire to the cover of
a ledge at right angles to the road near Gibbon's guns.
Farther to the left Phelps's and Hofmann's brigades had
had similar experiences, pushing forward nearly to the
Confederate lines, and being driven back with great loss
when they charged over open ground against the enemy.
Ricketts's division entered the edge of the East Wood, but
here, at the salient angle, where D. H. Hill and Lawton
joined, the enemy held the position stubbornly, and the re
pulse of Doubleday's division made Ricketts glad to hold
even the edge of the East Wood as the right of the line was
driven back.
It was about 7 o'clock, and Mansfield's corps (the
Twelfth) was approaching, for that officer had called his
men to arms at the first sound of Hooker's battle and had
moved to his support. The corps consisted of two divisions,
Williams's and Greene's, and were marched to the field in
columns of battalions en masse. Proper intervals for de
ployment had not been preserved and time was necessarily
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lost before the troops could be placed in line. General
Mansfield fell mortally wounded before the deployment was
complete, and the command devolved on General Williams.
Williams had only time to take the most general directions
from Hooker, when the latter also was wounded. The
Twelfth Corps' attack seems to have been made obliquely
to that of Hooker, and -facing more to the westward, for
General Williams speaks of the post-and-rail fences along,
the turnpike being a great obstruction to their front.
Greene's division on the left moved along the ridge leading
to the East Wood, taking as the guide for his extreme left
the line of the burning house of Mumma, which had been
set on fire by D. H. Hill's men.
In Greene's division was the First Brigade, Second
Division, Twelfth Army Corps, consisting of the Fifth,
Seventh, Twenty-ninth, Sixty-sixth Ohio and Twenty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The writer was a
member of the Seventh Regiment and in future will confine
himself mainly as to what that regiment, brigade, and di
vision did in the battle of Antietam, giving full credit to
others for what they did so far as lies in his power, with
malice to none, as the rank and file of every corps present
and in action did their duty well. Some of the most des
perate fighting done during the war took place in its im
mediate front.
Doubleday in his report notices the change of direction as
indicated above of Williams's division, which had relieved
him, and says Williams's brigades were swept away by a
fire from their left and front, from behind rocky ledges
they could not see. Our officers were deceived in part as to
the extent and direction of the enemy's line by the fact that
the Confederate cavalry commander, Stuart, had occupied
a commanding hill west of the pike and beyond our right
flank, and from this position, which in fact was considerably
detached from the Confederate line, he used his batteries
with such effect as to produce the belief that a continuous
line extended from this point to the Bunker Church. Our
two lines of attack were convergent ones, the right sweeping
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southward along the pike and through the narrow strip of
the West Wood, while the division which drove the enemy
from the East Wood moved upon the commanding ground
around the church. This error of direction was repeated
with disastrous effect a little later, when Sumner came on
the ground with Sedgwick's division.
When Mansfield's corps came on the field, Meade, who
succeeded Hooker, withdrew the First Corps to the ridge
north of Poffenberger's, where it had bivouacked the night
before. It had suffered severely, having lost 2,470 in killed
and wounded, but it was still further depleted by straggling,
so that Meade reported less than 7,000 men with the colors
that evening. Its organization was preserved, however.
Greene's, division, on the left of the Twelfth Corps,
profited by the hard fighting of those who had preceded it,
and was able to drive the enemy quite out of the East Wood
and across the open fields between it and the Dunker
Church. It was here that Adj. J. B. Molyneaux, of the
Seventh Regiment O. V. L, disarmed an officer of the
Confederate army in a hand-to-hand sword combat.
Just as we emerged from the East Wood Sergt. Jere G.
Claflin, of Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. L, was
wounded, being hit on the shin-bone as he was crossing a
fallen tree, and for a few minutes the air was blue with ex
pletives from him on account of the severe pain occasioned
by the wound.
Greene succeeded, about the time of Sumner's advance,
in getting a footing about the Dunker Church itself, but
only after desperate fighting, the enemy lying in windrows
over the corn-field. This position was held for some time.
The fighting of Hooker's and Mansfield's men, though
lacking unity of force and purpose, had cost the enemy dear.
J. R. Jones, who commanded Jackson's division, had been
wounded ; Starke, who succeeded Jones, was killed ; Law-
ten, who followed Starke, was wounded. Ewell's division,
commanded by Early, had suffered hardly less. Hood was
sent back into the fight to relieve Lawton, and had been re
inforced by the brigades of Ripley, Colquitt, and McRae
(Garland's) from D. H. Hill's division.
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When Greene reached the Dunker Church with his divi
sion, consisting of the Seventh O. V. I. and other regiments,
the Confederates on that wing had suffered more fearfully
than our own men. Nearly half their number were killed
and wounded, and Jackson's famous "Stonewall" Division
was so completely disorganized that only a handful of men
under Colonels Grigsby and Stafford remained and attached
themselves to Early 's command.
Of the division under Early, his own brigade was all that
retained much strength, and this, posted among the rocks in
the West Wood and vigorously supported by Stuart's horse
artillery on the flank, was all that covered the left of Lee's
army.
Sumner's Second Corps was now approaching the scene
of action, or rather two divisions of it — Sedgwick's and
French's — Richardson's being still delayed till his place
could be filled by Porter's troops, the strange tardiness in
sending orders being noticeable in regard to every part of
the army. Sumner met Hooker, who was being carried
from the field.
Both Sedgwick and French marched their divisions by
the right flank, in three columns, a brigade in each column,
Sedgwick leading. They crossed the Antietam by Hooker's
route, but did not march as far to the northwest as Hooker
had done. When the center of the corps was opposite the
Dunker Church, and nearly east of it, the change of direc
tion was given ; the troops faced to their proper front and
advanced in line of battle in three lines, fully deployed, and
60 or 70 yards apart. Sumner himself being in rear of
Sedgwick's line, and near its left. When they approached
the position held by Greene's division at Dunker Church,
French kept on so as to form on Greene's left, while Sedg
wick, under Sumner's immediate lead, diverged to the right,
passing through the East Wood, crossing the turnpike on
the right of Greene and of the Dunker Church, and plunged
into the West Wood. At this point there were no Confed
erates in front of them.
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Early was farther to the right, opposing Williams's di
vision of the Twelfth Corps, and now made haste under
cover of the woods to pass around Sedgwick's right and to
get in front of him to oppose his progress. This led to
heavy skirmishing until McLaws's and Walker's divisions
came upon the field, marching rapidly from Harper's Ferry.
Walker charged upon the left flank of Sedgwick's lines,
which were soon thrown into confusion, and McLaws, pass
ing by Walker's left, threw his division diagonally upon the
already broken and retreating line of Sumner.
All of the troops were rallied at the ridge on the Poffen-
berger farm, where Hooker's corps had already taken posi
tion, supported by thirty pieces of artillery.
Every effort of Jackson and Stuart to resume the aggres
sive or to pass between them and the Potomac was rendered
abortive.
The enemy now concentrated upon Greene at the Bunker
Church, and after a stubborn resistance he, too, was driven
back, with his division, upon the turnpike and the open
ground to the edge of the East Wood. Here, bv the aid of
several batteries gallantly handled, he defeated the subse
quent effort to dislodge him.
It was here that Capt. Wm. A. Howe, of the Seventh
Regiment O. V. L, while flourishing his sword over his
head and leading on his men, had the blade of it snapped
off by a shot from the enemy. The shock from the blow
temporarily paralyzed his right arm, all that was left of the
sword being the hilt.
The battle on the extreme right was thus ended before
10 o'clock in the morning, and there was no more serious
fighting north of the Dunker Church.
French advanced on Greene's left, over the open farm
lands, and after a fierce combat about the Roulette and' Clipp
farm buildings drove D. H. Hill's division from them.
Richardson's division came up on French's left soon
after, having been relieved by Porter's corps, and the enemy
were pressed back, till after several hours of fighting the
sunken road, since known as the "Bloody Lane," was in
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our hands, piled full of Confederate dead who had defended
it with their lives. Richardson was mortally and Barlow
desperately wounded and Hancock transferred to command
the division.
The Confederates during this movement ran out of am
munition, but securing enough powder for their artillery,
they seized a blacksmith shop, and soon its contents, con
sisting of wagon chains, hammers, tongs, etc., were sent
howling over our heads, the noise being simply horrible.
The head of Franklin's corps (the Sixth) had arrived
about 10 o'clock and taken position near the Sharpsburg
Bridge, which Sumner had occupied. Smith's and Slocum's
divisions were ordered to Sumner's assistance, and early in
the afternoon Irwin and Brooks, of Smith's, advanced to
the charge and relieved Greene's division and part of
French's, whose guns were foul, the men out of ammuni
tion and suffering for want of water. Greene's division
had been engaged in battle for about seven hours con
tinuously, losing heavily. Just before the division was re
lieved the writer was severely wounded and taken to the
brick hospital, together with Sergt. Jere G. Claflin.
In the battle the Second Division (Greene's) was supplied
twice with forty rounds per man, from their ammunition-
train, by Sergt. Levi F. Bauder in charge. When it entered
the battle each man had sixty rounds, making a total of 140
rounds per man expended by it.
Where you read Greene's division, read Seventh Regi
ment O. V. I., as they were the advance in all of the move
ments on the battlefield of the division that day, and held
on to their position in the East Wood tenaciously from the
time it was captured until relieved by Franklin, who with
Greene held the position until the retreat of Lee to Vir
ginia.
About 5.30 P. M. Greene's division was ordered to form
in rear of Franklin's corps, in support, by General McClel-
lan in person. The movement was done promptly and we
lay on our arms all night.
Lieut. -Col. Tyndale, Twenty-eighth Penn. V. I., com
manding the First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army
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Corps, was severely wounded, and Lieut.-Col. Orrin J.
Crane assumed command.
At 10 o'clock A. M.J as a diversion, McClellan gave orders
for Burnside's corps and Cox's division to try to cross the
Antietam and attack the enemy. This was done by moving
Rodman's division to a ford below the bridge, and Sturgis's
over the bridge, strongly supported by Cox's division in
reserve, although at times it became the front in the dif
ferent movements. They were confronted by D. R. Jones's
division of four brigades deployed on the neighboring hills.
The advance of the Union troops was supported by
numerous batteries well posted in commanding positions,
but inferior to that of the enemy, who appeared to be
stronger in that arm of the service. Jones's division was
driven back and the Union troops had partially occupied
Sharpsburg, when they were confronted by a heavy rein
forcement consisting of six brigades under Gen. A. P. Hill,
who had marched from Harper's Ferry, arriving at noon at
Sharpsburg. The Union troops were forced to retire, but
remained in position on the west side of Antietam Creek
until the Confederates crossed into Virginia on the morn
ing of the i Qth.
The losses of the Union troops in this battle were 12,400
men. Those of the Confederates, as reported by Longstreet
in his Memoirs, were 13,687. The losses in the Twelfth
Corps were 1,746, the Seventh O. V. I. losing nearly one-
half of the number taken into action.*
September 18, the Twelfth Corps remained on the battle
field in line of battle, with arms stacked.
September 19, marched over the battlefield toward Har
per's Ferry, reaching Sandy Hook, Maryland, about 3 p. M.
September 20, after marching all night.
September 22, occupied Loudoun Heights, Va., and went
into camp.
"HDQRS. FIRST BRIG. SECOND Div. BANKS'S ARMY CORPS,
"LOUDOUN HEIGHTS, VA., Sept. 25, 1862.
"SiR : I have the honor to submit the following report of
the part taken by the First Brigade, Second Division, in the
battle of Antietam, on the I7th September, 1862. The bri-
*See Casualty List, p. 640.
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gade was composed of the Twenty-eighth Pa. Vols., Maj.
Ario Pardee, commanding; Fifth Ohio Vols., Maj. John
Collins, commanding; Seventh Ohio Vols., Maj. O. J.
Crane, commanding, and the Sixty-sixth Ohio Vols., Lieut. -
Col. Eugene Powell, commanding. The brigade under com
mand of Lieut.-Col. H. Tyndale, Twenty-eighth Pa. Vols.,
was formed at 5.30 A. M. in column of divisions, right in
front. It was then marched in column about one mile to a
point of woods, where the enemy were in force and had
engaged our right, holding them in check. At this point
the order came to deploy column into line of battle, which
was promptly executed. We then advanced a short dis
tance into the woods, where the enemy were formed under
cover of a fence. The action then commenced. After ex
changing a few shots the engagement became general, which
continued for an hour and a half of severe fighting with
great slaughter to the enemy, when the enemy gave way in
confusion and disorder before the furious onset of our
troops. We pursued them rapidly, capturing many prison
ers, and strewing the ground with their dead and wounded.
After pressing them closely for a distance of one-half mile,
we were obliged to slacken our fire, as our. ammunition had
given out, when, receiving a supply, we changed our line by
the right flank and marched to an elevation, where we
awaited the advance of the enemy, who was advancing in
column of regiments.
"We then received orders to fall back under cover of the
hill, and awaited the advance of the enemy. When within
a short range, our troops were quickly thrown forward to
the top of the hill, where we poured into their advancing
columns volley after volley. So terrific was the fire of our
men that the enemy fell like grass before the mower; so
deadly was the fire that the enemy retired in great disorder,
they not being able to rally their retreating forces.
"We charged them in a heavy piece of woods, driving
them out of it, capturing a large number of prisoners
(among them was a lieutenant-colonel and a lieutenant),
and made terrible havoc in their ranks, covering the ground
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with their slain, many of them officers. We gained the
woods, and held our position for two hours. We were then
ordered to retire and be relieved by other troops, under com
mand of General Smith.
"It is impossible at this time to speak of individual
bravery, but I can say, without flattery, that all, both officers
and men of the different regiments of the brigade, nobly
stood by their colors, and did their duty well on that event
ful day. Lieut. -Col. Tyndale, while nobly doing his duty,
was severely wounded.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"ORRIN J. CRANE,
"Major, Commanding Brigade.
"Brig.-Gen. GREENE,
"Commanding Second Division."
CHAPTER XXIV.
ON I.OUDOUN AND BOLIVAR HEIGHTS AND THE) FIGHT AT
DUMFRIES.
While encamped upon Loudoun Heights near Harper's
Ferry, the Seventh Ohio, whose ranks by reason of its al
most continuous active service in the field since leaving
Camp Dennison, and the casualties of battle, had become
very much depleted, was materially strengthened on the Qth
of October by the arrival of Lieut. William D. Shepherd in
charge of 150 recruits, besides a number of the regiment
who were returning from hospitals where they had been on
account of wounds received at the battles of Kernstown,
Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain.
These recruits had enlisted just after the news of the snug
fighting and heavy losses at Cedar Mountain had reached
northern Ohio, for the distinct purpose of joining the
Seventh to fill its ranks and strengthen its battle line, and it
can be most truthfully stated that the subsequent service of
that organization amply proved that a better class of young
men than the recruits who came to us at Loudoun Heights
could not have been found. Above the average in educa
tion and intelligence, apt in drill and in learning the duties
of a soldier, they readily adapted themselves to their sur
roundings; were brave, gallant, and true, and in fact
measured up to the highest standard of American volun
teers.
General Mansfield having been killed at the battle of
Antietam, Gen. A. S. Williams commanded the Twelfth
Corps until October 20, when Ma j. -Gen. Henry W. Slocum
assumed command. General Slocum was a graduate of
West Point who resigned as early as 1857 to follow civil
pursuits, but when the call for troops was made early in
1 86 1 he tendered his services, and on May 21 became colo
nel of the Twenty-seventh New York Infantry. With his
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regiment he participated in the battle of Bull Run on July
21, 1 86 1, where he was severely wounded. He was pro
moted to brigadier-general to date August 9, 1861, and
when able for duty was given command of a brigade in
Franklin's division of the Army of the Potomac.
He went to the Peninsula, where after participating in
the battles there he was, on the 4th of July, 1862, promoted
to major-general and given command of a division in Gen
eral Franklin's corps. On September 14, 1862, with his
division, he captured Crampton's Gap in the Catoctin
Range, and on the lyth took an active part in the battle of
Antietam. He was modest, quiet, and unassuming, yet
always measured up to the best standard and was greatly
beloved by his men.
On October 21, at 2.30 o'clock A. M., the Second Division
of the Twelfth Corps, under the command of Gen. John W.
Geary, who had returned to duty and been given command
of a division, moved up Loudoun Valley some fifteen miles
to Lovetsville, where a number of prisoners were taken, the
command returning to camp the next day. On the 3Oth
the Second Division moved camp to Bolivar Heights, across
the Shenandoah River, where it was more comfortably sit
uated. On the 3 ist Colonel Creighton rejoined his regi
ment, having been absent since August 9, on account of a
severe wound received at Cedar Mountain.
During the month of November the Second Division
almost daily performed herculean guard duty some miles
out toward Charlestown, where General Geary had a corps
of pioneers cutting all the timber in sight to give clear range
to his artillery. On October i President Lincoln visited
General McClellan's army, remaining some days, during
which he rode over the battlefield of South Mountain and
Antietam, and also reviewed the troops. Upon his return
to Washington, President Lincoln issued an order on Octo
ber 7 directing General McClellan to cross the Potomac and
give battle to the enemy, but he did not begin to comply
with this order until the 26th, ancl did not get his army
across until November 3d, which reluctantly compelled his
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removal from the command of the Army of the Potomac,
and as it subsequently proved, from further military duty
during that war. The order relieving Maj.-Gen. George
B. McClellan from his position as the commanding general
of the Army of the Potomac was dated November 5, 1862,
and was received by him on the 7th, while at Rectortown on
the Manassas Gap Railroad. He was relieved by Maj.-
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
On December 2 General Geary, under orders from Gen
eral Slocum, moved with his division on a scout, which has
been very ably handled by Sergeant M. M. Andrews of
Company C, as follows :
"RECONNAISSANCE TO WINCHESTER.
"Our stay at Harper's Ferry, from September 2Oth to
December loth, 1862, was characterized by the most severe
guard duty in the experience of the regiment, and much of
the romance of war. Our picket lines extended several
miles through the rough mountains about and toward Win
chester in the Valley, which was occupied by the enemy.
From our first camp on the rocky side of Loudoun Heights
we looked down upon a splendid panorama of varied
scenery — the beautiful Potomac and the dashing Shenan-
cloah rivers, joining their waters at the village of Harper's
Ferry with its quaint buildings and the U. S. Arsenal in
ruins, and everywhere camps of infantry, artillery and cav
alry; while beyond, as far as the vision could reach, were
picturesque forest and mountain. Almost daily the great
military balloon "Constitution" floated over the white tents
below us.
"The last of October Geary's division moved down and
camped on Bolivar Heights, relieving Sumner's corps, and
for a month, with other troops, was busy strengthening the
defenses of our position. Heavy details of choppers
slashed down the trees in our front, our brigade acting as
pioneer guard between them and the enemy.
"On December 2, General Geary, under orders from the
commanding general, began a reconnaissance toward Win-
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Chester, for the purpose of locating the enemy and to ascer
tain his strength in the Valley. Our force consisted of
about 3,000 picked men, 12 pieces of artillery from the dif
ferent batteries of the division, and 50 mounts from the
Maryland cavalry. With well-filled cartridge-boxes and
haversacks the column started at 6.30 A. M. The boys were
in fine spirits, with the prospect of active service, and swung
along in the crisp, frosty air of the early morning, with joke
and song.
"Approaching Charlestown (where John Brown was
tried and hung) our advance had a sharp skirmish with the
rebel cavalry, resulting in the wounding of four or five of
their men and several horses killed. They fell back beyond
Charlestown, where we arrived at 8.30 A. M.
"As our fellows entered the one street of the village some
one struck up 'John Brown's Body/ and the rousing song
was taken up with a volume of sound by the whole column.
In front of the court-house we halted, and, stacking arms
for a brief rest, every one was curious to inspect the court
room where the old hero was tried, and the field near by,
where he was executed.
"Taking up the line of march on the Berryville Pike, we
soon encountered more rebel cavalry, who retreated before
our advance to near the hamlet of Berryville, where we
discovered the enemy in some force on a hill. Knap's
boys dropped a few shells amongst them, when they with
drew toward Winchester. Our advance took possession
of the hill, and General Geary at once disposed his force in
order of battle.
"The Seventh Ohio, with two pieces of Knap's battery,
took the lead, and our squadron of cavalry was sent for
ward in advance. The writer, who was in command of
Company C, was directed to deploy the company as skir
mishers to the right of the road and advance through the
field to the woods beyond, from which rifle shots were com
ing. Just as this movement began our cavalry squad was
seen galloping back, followed by a large force of rebel
horsemen — the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry — on a furious
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charge against our front. Knap's guns swung into posi
tion in the road and received the rebs with grape; and the
regiment poured into their ranks a volley of musketry.
This broke their impetuous charge and turned them back
in great confusion. They left on the field 4 men mortally
wounded, who died soon after, and about 20 horses killed
and disabled. Company C advanced into the woods, where
we came up against a line of the enemy's skirmishers, and
drove them steadily before us.
"When the firing had ceased, an incident of personal in
terest occurred which is perhaps worth mention. The
writer saw a Confederate soldier raise his gun to fire at one
of the company, but he got the first shot and winged the reb,
who ran back, holding his arm. Advancing at once to the
spot, the writer found the reb's rifle and knapsack by the
tree which had partially protected him. The fresh blood
on his knapsack told the story of his sudden decision to part
with it.
"About dusk our troops bivouacked in line of battle
behind temporary barricades of fallen trees. The next
morning, December 3, the march was resumed toward Win
chester. Crossing Opequon Creek we came upon a camp
recently vacated by the rebel Gen. A. P. Hill's corps. The
whole force was brought up and bivouacked that night on
the rebel camp-ground.
"Early Thursday morning we proceeded cautiously to
Winchester. General Geary sent Dr. Ball, medical director
of the division, under a flag of truce, into the town to de
mand its surrender. The commanding officer replied that
no resistance would be made; but, learning that there ex
isted in the place an epidemic of smallpox, General Geary
decided not to go in.
"Gathering up a lot of prisoners, 118 in all, and recap
turing some of our own men who had been taken prisoners,
our column took up the line of march at about 3 p. M. on
the Martinsburg turn-pike toward Harper's Ferry.
Camped that night about six miles from Winchester, and
next day, December 4, proceeded via Bunker Hill and
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Smithfield on our return march. The night of the 5th of
December, we bivouacked in a snowstorm, without shelter,
or adequate covering to protect us from the severe cold, but
got some rest ; and; next day arrived at Bolivar in excellent
condition, having made the entire scout without a single
casualty on the Union side."
M. M. ANDREWS,
On December 10 the Twelfth Corps marched away to
Hillsboro, Leesburg, Fairfax Court House and Station,
across the Occoquan, reaching Dumfries Court House on
the 1 8th, where the Fifth, Seventh, and Sixty-sixth Ohio
Infantry and a section of McGilvery's Sixth Maine Battery,
under command of Colonel Charles Candy, were left to
guard and help keep open a line of communication in the
rear of the Army of the Potomac then mainly stationed
about Falmouth on the Rappahannock. Between excessive
picket duty in many directions and all sorts of rumors with
reference to possible attack from J. E. B. Stuart's raiders
by day, and Mosby's Guerrillas by night, the little garrison
at Dumfries had a strenuous time until the 27th, when
something occurred, of which Comrade Condit of Company
C has written as follows :
"THE DUMFRIES 'SCRAP/
"In point of magnitude the Dumfries fight was a robust
skirmish, not to dignify it as one of the smaller conflicts of
the war. We who were wounded, and our friends, prefer
to think of that engagement as a battle rather than a skirm
ish. Our first fight is always spoken of as the 'battle of
Cross Lanes,' and although attended by far more disastrous
results to the regiment, it lasted scarcely 30 minutes, while
the conflict at Dumfries, with three times the Union troops
engaged, raged almost continuously from 12.30 p. M. until
dark.
"But let us go back a little. The great battle of Antietam
had been fought on the ifth of September, 1862. Follow
ing up the advantage gained, our army slowly felt its way
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down the river to Harper's Ferry, and the Seventh Regi
ment, after wading- both the Potomac and the Shenandoah
rivers, went into camp on Loudoun Heights for a 'breath
ing spell.' From this and the surrounding heights our
army was reviewed by President Lincoln, and the holler this
writer gave him as he passed along the line he feels sure is
still reverberating somewhere around Maryland Heights.
Here the Potomac army took its final leave of 'Little
Mac,' — its old commander — a most unwelcome parting to
most of us. If there had been giants in those days I am
sure the regiment would have detailed a large squad of them
as water-carriers on Loudoun Heights. Carrying water up
that mountainside was really one of the hardships of the
war. Some favoring providence coming our way, after a
few weeks, permitted us to change our base to Bolivar
Heights, where we later prepared and went into winter
quarters. From this height the writer was elevated from
the ranks to that of a corporal — a bit of military history not
likely to add greatly to the renown of this mountain top
which Miles and Jackson had just previously made famous.
"Early December snows had begun to fall upon our
cabins, and now, alas ! our cozy winter quarters must be
abandoned. Lee had fallen back and the greater part of
our army was nearing the Rappahannock hard by Freder-
icksburg, and on December 10 we too were ordered for
ward. It was a cross-country march to the south with little
or no halting until we reached the village of Dumfries on
Ouantico Creek near where it puts into the Potomac. Here
the 'Ohio Brigade,' consisting of the Fifth, Seventh and
Sixth-sixth Regiments, was detached and went into camp
on the 1 8th of December. To this force must be added a
section of the Sixth Maine Battery and a company of the
Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, altogether a miniature army con
stituting a part of the reserve to and rear protection for
Burnside's command which was about to strike Lee at
Fredericksburg.
"Dumfries was one of those sleepy old towns that one
would hardly undertake to wake up with a cannon, though
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Gen. Wade Hampton did make the effort on the I2th inst.
previous to our arrival. Happening that way with some
thing over 500 of his cavalry and a field battery, he opened
on the town just at daybreak. After firing a couple of can
non shot he made a dash into the village, capturing the 50
odd Union troops that garrisoned the place, together with
24 wagons loaded with sutler's supplies; but this incident
must have passed from the memory of the then remaining
villagers after a day or two, for I can not recall its mention
at the time, nor did I know of the circumstance until 44
years afterward. But this raid of the I2th of December
seems to have had its influence. The sutler's goods cap
tured had found a responsive welcome on the part of the
Confederates, whose stomachs were rarely surprised with
such delicate 'liquids' and 'solids' as our sutler used to hand
out to us at seven-story prices. The holidays were now
upon Confederate and Unionist alike, and the said 'liquids'
and 'solids' of sutler and army supplies may have had more
to do with this Confederate move on Dumfries than we sus
pected at the time.
"It was 12 o'clock noon, December 27th, 1862, when
Orderly Sergeant Andrews of Company C and this writer
threw down a dressed Confederate sheep in front of Joe's
kitchen. (Joe was our private colored cook.) We had
killed and dressed this sheep about a mile from camp, tied
its legs together, through which we ran a pole, and then
hustled) it into camp on our shoulders. We had killed the
sheep partly in 'self-defense' and partly because we did not
have the wealth to put up for a 'sutler's layout' on New
Year's Day. By the time we had gotten our breath and
given Joe his orders about a fry for dinner, a cannon ball
came shrieking over our heads; then another and another
passed over the camp close enough to be hair-lifting.
Plainly it was time to 'get busy.' Our supply of fresh mut
ton was a forgotten incident. Everybody was yelling 'fall
in !' and soon the three regiments and battery were on the
move to meet the enemy who, as yet, had not disclosed him
self to our vision. Our camp lay on the north side of the
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village. Immediately on the south side of the town was a
worn-out open field of considerable proportions. This field
on its far side to us was skirted with a thicket of second-
growth pine timber, through which was deployed this Con
federate force who had not only 'called' for us who were in
the ranks, but were there to demand any delicacies Uncle
Sam and the sutlers had that would be suitable for holiday
consumption. The reader is already familiar with the Union
troops under command of Col. Charles Candy, the ranking
officer of the Post — a command numbering ten to twelve
hundred soldiers able for duty. But who were these Con
federates in front of us? Burnside had been driven back
at Fredericksburg, in more or less confusion, only two or
three days before, and this released a part of J. E. B.
Stuart's cavalry for a raid in the rear of our main army.
Confederate history establishes the fact that this particular
force confronting us at Dumfries was made up of select de
tachments from the cavalry brigades of Fitz Hugh and W.
H. F. Lee, with Wade Hampton's division not far away on
a side mission — all under the personal command of General
Stuart himself, who admits he had about 1800 men with
him besides 4 pieces of artillery. There is a question
whether Wade Hampton with his command of 870 men
were actually present and engaged our forces. Colonel
Creighton of the Seventh had been detailed that morning as
the general officer of the day, and thus the picket forces
along the outer defenses fell to his command, while the com
mand of the regiment itself devolved upon Major Crane,
who moved forward with the Seventh in splendid order and
with marked coolness under a galling fire of grape and solid
shot as we crossed the old field and met the enemy's skir
mishers (dismounted), driving them in and holding the
thicket of pines — a position they stubbornly resisted, for
now it was our cover and protection as well as theirs.
"At this point, and just as I was congratulating myself
that we were to have this thick woods for protection, I re
ceived a severe gun-shot wound in the left thigh, and so I
must turn to the official reports covering the balance of the
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engagement. Quoting from Colonel Creighton's official re
port of the battle: 'We now changed position by the right
flank to the crest of a hill on our right, and soon orders
were received to fall back to the support of the Fifth O. V.
I., which was supporting the battery in the open field. *
* After remaining in this position about an hour,
we were ordered to support our left with part of the regi
ment, moving the right wing about 200 yards to the right.
With the right wing we opened fire by volley on the enemy
who were opposing the left center of the main force and
quickly silenced them. We then received orders to throw
out heavy pickets to the front and bivouac for the night.'
This refers, of course, only to the movement of the Seventh.
The Colonel seems to have been too modest to make any
mention of the part he bore in this fight as commander of
the picket forces. Colonel Candy, commanding, in his
official report says : 'About 3 p. M. the enemy moved to the
right, where they were met by the Sixty-sixth Ohio and a
part of the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry. Enemy made re
peated charges upon this force only to be repulsed. During
this part of the engagement Colonel Creighton of the Sev
enth Ohio, general officer of the day, and Lieutenant Clark
of the Sixty-sixth, officer in charge of the pickets, displayed
great coolness and bravery in discharge of their duties/
While, of course, no official mention would be made of our
brave Colonel's enthusiastic reception of the enemy, at this
time, as he repeatedly rode forward in the open, calling at
the top of his voice, 'Come on, you devils ! Come on !'
"The Fifth Ohio, assigned to the support of the battery,
seems not to have suffered equally with the other two regi
ments. During the engagement the battery itself fired 185
rounds and came off the field without loss of a man or
horse. During the night the Confederates withdrew from
the field, and if not roundly defeated they were completely
foiled in their plans for our capture and the much-coveted
army and sutlers' supplies.
"The Seventh went into the engagement with 312 men
and returned to camp with 293. The casualties — omitting
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the 'missing' — were as follows : Sylvester Carter, private
Company B, wounded in head ; John Gordon, private Com
pany B, taken prisoner; Andrew Atloff, private, Company
B, taken prisoner; E. M. Condit, corporal, Company C,
wounded in left thigh; Philip Grigsby, private, Company
C, left ankle crushed; Thomas Roff, private, Company D,
wounded in left leg by grape-shot; Wm. P. Root, private,
Company D, wounded in shoulder ; Wm. H. Kibbe, private,
Company F, wounded in breast; Wm. M. Perry, private,
Company F, wounded in ankle; Austin Bull, corporal,
Company G, killed ; Stephen Willock, corporal, Company I,
wounded in ankle. Eight others are reported 'missing,'
presumably taken prisoners, or may have suffered a worse
fate.
"The writer was put out of business so early in the fight
that he had no opportunity for observation of interesting
incidents which never find their way into official reports.
His own experience he regarded as thrilling at the time.
While I was lying in a depression waiting the hospital
stretcher which was to bear me to the rear for surgical oper
ation, a shell struck into the ground perhaps forty feet back
of me and then kindly bounded over my head, lighting a few
rods beyond; but it left a 'cloud burst' of gravel and red
clay behind it which kept falling upon me till I felt sure I
was to be buried alive. Loaded on to the stretcher I
passed my gun to a third soldier to carry, remarking to him
that I would not exchange that gun for any 160 acres of
land, for the wood of its stock had received and retained a
bullet at Antietam that would have otherwise hit me in the
face. We had not proceeded far when a shell came scream
ing along our way. The man with my gun did not do the
natural thing, drop it and run, but striking the posture of
an athlete, threw the gun fifty to seventy-five feet from him,
and then got down and ran. That was my army farewell
to my trusty gun. The ambulance eventually landed me
in a thicket of brush near the banks of the Potomac, where
other soldiers were lying on the ground receiving attention
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from the surgeons. When my turn came I blandly waived
the anesthetic offered and boldly told the surgeon to 'sail in
and find that rebel bullet.' After he had slashed into me
ad libitum he nailed the infernal thing where it was deeply
imbedded amid arteries and ligaments, that made me howl
with pain; but the instant I recovered my breath and the
surgeon handed me the bullet, I exclaimed with deep elo
quence, 'Doctor, you're mine for ninety days !' though why
I should have thus limited my great admiration for this
servant of Uncle Sam has never been quite clear to my
mind.
"Mixed in with memories of fresh mutton, screaming
shells, wounds and agonizing yells, Dumfries has still
another memory which your honored historian — Dr. Wil
son — shares with this writer, viz : that we were both made
sergeants from this headquarters of the Seventh O. V. I.
"E. M. CONDIT."
"HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.,
"DUMFRIES, VA., Dec. 27, 1862.
"Col. CHAS. CANDY,
"Candy's Ohio Brigade.
"SiR: I would respectfully submit the following report
of the part taken by the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. in the
skirmish at Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862 :
"Orders were received at these Headquarters about i P.
M. to 'form the regiment into line, awaiting further orders,
which was promptly done. Soon we were ordered to 'move
to the front.' Moved off by the right flank to the crest of
a hill in the right center of the town, where, forming in line
of battle, we moved forward to within one hundred ( 100)
yards of a pine grove south of the town. The First Mary
land Cavalry being in front and falling back under the first
fire of the enemy, we fixed bayonets and walked promptly
forward to the edge of the grove, our left resting on the
Telegraph road, at which point the rebels opened fire upon
us with a few shots which were quickly responded to,
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though after the loss of two wounded men. We now
changed position by the right flank to the crest of a hill on
our right, and soon ordiers were received to fall back to the
support of the Fifth O. V. I., which was supporting the bat
tery in the open field. In pursuance of which orders we
took position with our right resting on the wood road which
runs parallel with the Telegraph road. After remaining in
this position about one hour, we were ordered to support our
left with part of the regiment, moving the right wing about
the distance of two hundred (200) yards to the right.
With the right wing we opened fire by volley on the enemy
who were opposing the left center of the main force, and
quickly silenced them. We then received orders to throw
out heavy pickets to the front and bivouac for the night.
"I have the honor to further report as follows :
Number present in action, ........... ,(. . 312
Number killed, .......... ... . ., i
Number wounded, 8
Number missing (i of whom is prisoner), . ... ... 6
Number prisoners, ...,...,..., 2
Number stragglers, 2
19
* Total returned from battle, . . 293
"I have the honor to be
"Your most obedient servant,
"WM. R. CREIGHTON,
"Col. Comdg. Regt."
'See Casualty List, p. 642.
CHAPTER XXV.
FROM DUMFRIES TO CHANCElvU)RSVIIvLE
From December 27, 1862, to April 20, 1863, the troops
at Dumfries devoted much time to the strict performance
of picket duty with a view to being prepared for every
emergency, but they were not again disturbed by the enemy.
Although this command was isolated and small, offering
a tempting bait to Stuart's raiders, yet it passed the winter
pleasantly, as it was, as a rule, not only supplied with ordi
nary hardtack, beans, coffee and bacon, and occasionally
treated to soft bread and dessicated potatoes and vegetables,
but frequently feasted upon Potomac oysters, on the side,
while in addition to all this liberal furloughs were granted
and taken advantage of by many to visit home and friends
once more.
All this, with the return of many who had been • absent
sick, and wounded, and in prison, reinforced and encour
aged the membership of all their regiments, giving new
tone and animation to the entire command.
While at Dumfries, however, the Seventh met with heavy
loss in the resignation of Lieut. -Col. Joel F. Asper, Capt.
Charles A. Weed, Capt. J. B. Molyneaux, and First Lieuten
ant and Adjutant William D. Shepherd, all of whom had
served faithfully since the organization of the regiment at
Camp Dennison, and been repeatedly tried in the fire of
battle.
While there, Colonel Creighton was for a time in com
mand, as witness the following :
"DUMFRIES COURT-HOUSE, VIRGINIA,
"February 25, 1863.
"Lieut.-Col. H. C. ROGERS,
"Assistant Adjutant General :
"Our scout brought in information this evening that he
was told by a citizen that the enemy's cavalry intended
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making a raid on this place, to capture the commissary
stores, etc., supposing that the new picket line established
last Sunday was simply a ruse, and supposing that we have
left.
"From what information he could get in regard to posi
tion of cavalry, the Prince William Cavalry was at White
Sulphur Springs, with five light pieces of artillery; the
Black Horse Cavalry are at Warrenton. We will be on the
alert, and are able to repel any attack of their cavalry.
"W. R. CRKIGHTON,
"Colonel, Commanding Brigade and Post."
On March 20 many of the Seventh who were captured
at Cross Lanes on August 26, 1861, and had been in prison
in Richmond, New Orleans, and Salisbury, having been
duly exchanged, rejoined their companies and were given
a cordial welcome.
On January 25, 1863, Maj.-Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
was relieved by order of President Lincoln and Maj.-Gen.
Joseph Hooker was assigned to the command of the Army
of the Potomac, then mainly in the vicinity of Fredericks-
burg, where it had recently met a most signal defeat.
The new commanding general had had large experience
as a brigade, division and corps commander in the army he
was now called upon to lead to victory, and was far and
near favorably known as a ready and steady fighter, having
been dubbed by his admirers as "Fighting Joe Hooker."
He at once set to work to restore tone and confidence to
his men, and to bring back to their places at the front the
more than 85,000 officers and men then "absent without
leave."
In this he was cordially assisted by President Lincoln,
who issued a proclamation extending clemency to every
officer and soldier, then so absent, who would report for
duty within the next thirty days. On March 21 General
Hooker issued an order establishing corps badges, to be
worn by officers and men to indicate the corps and division
to which they belonged. The Twelfth Corps badge was a
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five-pointed star. First Division, red; Second Division,
white; Third Division, blue.
As early as April n the commanding general informed
President Lincoln that he intended to move against General
Lee to the right, and the cavalry under General Stoneman
was directed to move to the enemy's rear on the I3th.
On April 19 orders came for the troops stationed at Dum
fries to be ready to march at 6 A. M. on the morrow.
The next day a short march to the front was made;
Hartwood Church reached on the 2ist; Stafford Court
House passed on the 22d ; paid off on the 27th ; near Kel
ly's Ford on the 28th; crossed the Rappahannock at Kel
ly's Ford and the Rapidan at Germanna Ford on the 29th,
and reached Chancellorsville at 2 p. M. on the 3<Dth.
The troops then up were the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth
Corps, with Pleasonton's cavalry; and all under the com
mand of Ma j. -Gen. Henry W. Slocum, the commander of
the Twelfth Corps.
BADGE OF THE SECOND DIVISION
12th and 20th Army Corps
of the 1^-JKr^ May 2 anJ3,
of PIT !.& •Pip^
BATTLEFIELD OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, VA
May 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE; BATIXK OF
As a place, Chancellorsville consisted of one stately man
sion with out-buildings, and a blacksmith shop, located
twelve miles west of Fredericksburg at the intersection of
the Plank and Wilderness roads leading to that point, and
in the midst of a densely wooded country.
The cavalry attached to the Fifth Corps, which was com
manded by Gen. George G. Meade, crossed the Rapidan at
Ely's Ford, reaching Chancellorsville as early as u A. M.
of April 30, while his infantry came up at i p. M. ahead
of the Twelfth Corps, which arrived at 2 p. M.
The Twelfth Corps at once took position in the woods,
on a line nearly parallel to the Plank road, with the left rest
ing near the Chancellor house and the right near a church
about one and a half miles therefrom.
The Eleventh Corps joined the right of the Twelfth,
with its right resting on Hunting Creek. The Fifth Corps
extended from the left of Geary's division of the Twelfth
Corps toward the United States Ford on the Rappahannock.
Knap's and Hampton's batteries were posted at a point
about two hundred and fifty yards in front and slightly to
the left of the Chancellor house, commanding the approach
by the Plank and Wilderness roads, and were supported by
the Seventh Ohio and the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania In
fantry, who thus composed the extreme left of Geary's line,
the remainder of the First Brigade forming on the right of
the Plank road, the Second on the right of the First, the
Third on the extreme right of the division.
In accordance with his usual custom as a careful com
mander, no sooner had his division formed line than Gen
eral Geary ordered his pioneer corps to construct abatis by
cutting down the brushwood and trees in front, and in ad-
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dition barricaded the Plank road by placing large timbers
across it.
In this position, with strong pickets out, the command
rested during the night, and General Hooker's expressed
desire that not a moment be lost until his advance troops
were established at Chancellorsville, where he was then in
person and in command of the Second, Fifth, Eleventh and
Twelfth Corps, had been realized.
On May i, by 9 A. M., General Sickles reported the cross
ing of his Third Corps, which was then temporarily posted
to strengthen and extend the right of the line, at and beyond
the right of the Eleventh Corps.
At ii A. M. a general order was issued for an advance
toward Fredericksburg, and after the troops had, with
great effort, pushed out through the almost impenetrable
thickets, a distance of a mile and a half, they were ordered
back to their original position.
By way of explanation of this movement it may be stated
that in a message to his Chief of Staff, who had been left in
charge of general headquarters near Fredericksburg, the
Commanding General said :
"CHANCEI^ORSVIU.E, VA., May i, 1863.
"Maj.-Gen. B UTTER FIELD :
"After having ordered an attack at 2 p. M., and most of
the troops in position, I suspended the attack on the receipt
of news from the other side of the river.
"Hope the enemy will be emboldened to attack me. I
did feel certain of success. If his communications are cut
he must attack me.
"I have a strong position.
"JOSEPH HOOKER,
"Major-General."
He also, at 6 p. M., instructed his corps commanders to
set their pioneers to work in their front to make abatis and
clearing for their artillery, and to keep them at work during
the entire night.
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At about 7.30 p. M. there was supposed to have been a
sudden advance of the enemy directly in front of Knap's
and Hampton's batteries, reinforced by two sections of
Bruen's New York battery and a section of Battery F,
Fourth U. S. Regulars, under lieutenant Muhlenberg,
which for a time caused the most spirited artillery and in
fantry firing by the batteries named, supported by the Sev
enth Ohio and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania. Captain
Knap reported that some 300 rounds were fired. During
this affair and while the Seventh Ohio was lying down in
front of the guns, shots were fired so low by the Regulars
as to kill Cheney of Company A and wound several others.
This most lamentable carelessness on the part of the gun
ners caused great sorrow and indignation and nearly caused
a riot.
On the morning of May 2 the men of the First Brigade
were greatly surprised to see a column of rebel infantry ap
proaching on the Plank road, entirely oblivious of danger,
until fired into by infantry and artillery. The following
explanation is found in an extract from the official report
of Brig.-Gen. Alfred Iverson, C. S. A.
"Immediately after daylight on the morning of May 2 I
was directed by General Rodes to relieve the brigade of
General Ramseur, then posted in front and to the right of
the Plank road leading into Chancellorsville. I passed the
point occupied by General Ramseur without perceiving it,
owing to his being posted in dense woods and the courier
who had been directed to show me the position not being on
the spot where I expected to find him, and came in sight of
the enemy about 400 yards distant, whom I mistook for
General Ramseur's troops till they saluted me with a shower
of Minie balls, followed by canister, wounding four or five
men of the Twenty-third North Carolina troops. The bri
gade was moved by the right flank into the woods, and by
the rear of column back to the position of General Ram
seur."
The comrades present will readily recall the spirited duel
234 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
which also took place in the early morning of that date
between a rebel battery which attempted to locate in an open
space more than a mile distant but was greeted with such a
warm reception by the expert gunners of Knap's battery, as
to cause it to hurriedly move out of range. Captain Knap
said :
"On the morning of the 2d a battery was brought to bear
on our flank, and four guns of Knap's were placed in posi
tion, which in about forty-five minutes succeeded in
silencing the enemy, exploding two of his caissons and dis
mounting one of his pieces. Two hundred rounds were
fired, and three men and three horses of Knap's wounded."
Early on the morning of May 2d General Hooker rode
the line, when he was greeted most enthusiastically by his
troops, and upon his return to the Chancellorsville house the
following order was issued :
, VA., May 2, 1863 — 9.30 A. M.
"Major-Generals HOWARD and SLOCUM :
"I am directed by the Major-General commanding to say
that the disposition you have made of your corps has been
with a view to a front attack by the enemy. If he should
throw himself upon your flank, he wishes you to examine
the ground and determine upon the positions you would take
in that event, in order that you may be prepared for him in
whatever direction he advances. He suggests that you
have heavy reserves well in hand to meet this contingency.
The right of your line does not appear to be strong enough.
No artificial defenses worth naming have been thrown up,
and there appears to be a scarcity of troops at that point,
and not, in the General's opinion, as favorably posted as
might be. We have good reason to suppose that the enemy
is moving to our right. Please advance your pickets for
purposes of observation as far as may be safe, in order to
obtain timely information of their approach.
"J. H. VAN ALAN,
"Brigadier-General and Aide-de-Camp."
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With such a correct and comprehensive view of the situ
ation on the right of his line at that early hour, without ex
planation it seems utterly impossible that within a few hours
Stonewall Jackson could appear unheralded with 25,000
men and without any semblance of serious opposition sweep
every vestige of the right of Hooker's line from the field.
But to go back a little. As early as April n, in a message
from General Hooker to President Lincoln, he said in
reference to this Chancellorsville movement :
"I am apprehensive that the enemy will retire from before
me the moment I should succeed in crossing the river, and
over the shortest line to Richmond, and thus escape being
seriously crippled. I hope however that when the cavalry
have established themselves on the line between him and
Richmond, they will be able to hold him and check his re
treat till I can fall on his rear, or if not that, I will compel
him to fall back by the way of Culpeper and Gordonsville,
over a longer line than my own, with his supplies cut off."
So here we find General Hooker, with all his experience
in fighting the troops under General Lee and Stonewall
Jackson, on the Peninsula, under General Pope, and at
Antietam and Fredericksburg, stating to his chief he feared
that as soon as he crossed the Rappahannock they would in-
gloriously fly the field and hasten to Richmond, without
stopping to measure swords with him, unless his little hand
ful of cavalry could head them off and hold them up until
he could "fall upon their rear."
It therefore appears that when in the afternoon of May
2 the troops in Sickles's corps (which had been brought up
from the extreme right and placed between the Eleventh
and Twelfth corps) discovered the enemy in the distance
crossing their front in the direction of Culpeper, this hal
lucination of the Commanding General took possession of
other prominent officers until it was noised about, and by
some believed, that the enemy was in full retreat.
Nor was this all ; with the consent of General Hooker,
General Sickles with the Third Corps, supported by Wil-
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Harris's division of the Twelfth, and Barlow's brigade (the
only reserve which General Howard had) of the Eleventh
Corps, moved out of line toward the supposed retreating foe
and were in that position at about 6 p. M., when Stonewall
Jackson, having during the day passed his command from
the Plank road to the left front of Chancellorsville, to and
beyond the extreme right of the Eleventh Corps, bore down
upon the thin and unsupported line, like an avalanche, where
blind panic and great confusion reigned supreme. Officers
were hastily sent to recall Generals Sickles, Williams, and
Barlow, who were so much needed to stem the tide of bat
tle going against the Union forces, but of little avail that
night, as the enemy virtually had their own way until Stone
wall Jackson was wounded at about 9 p. M.
At about 5 P. M. of the 2d, when General Williams moved
out of line in support of General Sickles, General Slocum
directed General Geary to advance his division and feel the
enemy. General Geary said : "I was ordered by the Gen
eral Commanding to move out on the Plank road with a por
tion of the command, for the purpose of cutting off the train
of the enemy, who was supposed to be retreating toward
Gordonsville." The Seventh Ohio and Twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania Regiments moved out along the Plank road,
where they found the enemy in force, and while advancing
to the attack were fired into by troops in their rear, it was
believed, with fatal effect, to members of the Seventh, who
were on the right of the Plank road.
Orders were sent for these regiments to fall back, but
failing to reach them, they held on hotly engaged until their
ammunition became exhausted. That night, when the en
tire force which had been occupying the Eleventh Corps
line had been swept away and rapidly pursued some miles by
Stonewall Jackson's noisy and defiant fighters, Geary's di
vision was sorely tried by the fleeing host, who in many in
stances plunged through their line of battle regardless of en
treaty or command.
At early dawn on the 3d Stonewall Jackson's troops, then
marshaled under that famous cavalry commander, Gen. J.
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E. B. Stuart, made prompt and vigorous attack upon the
Third Corps and Williams's division of the Twelfth Corps,
now lined up on the right, and were most successfully held
at bay until about 8.30 A. M., when, having exhausted their
ammunition and no response having been made to their
urgent calls for both ammunition and reinforcements, they
reluctantly yielded the field and took position near the
Chancellor house. Geary's division, still holding its line
from the Chancellor house to the right, had been hotly en
gaged, holding its own, but when that sturdy fighter Gen
eral Williams with his gallant men retired, with loud shouts
the enemy came bearing down, to close the contest. Gen
eral Geary said :
"About 8 o'clock the division was in the trenches, ex
posed to a terribly raking and enfilading fire from the enemy,
who had succeeded in turning the right flank of the army,
leaving us exposed to the full fury of his artillery, while at
the same time attacks were made upon us in front and flank
by his infantry.
"Thus hemmed in, and apparently in danger of being cut
off, I obeyed an order to retire and form my command at
right angles with the former line of battle, the right rest
ing at or near the brick house, the headquarters of General
Hooker.
"While in the execution of this order, and having with
drawn the command and in the act of forming my new
front, General Hooker came up and in person directed me
to resume my original position and hold it at all hazards.
"I accordingly advanced again into the trenches with the
First Brigade, Greene's and Kane's having, in the confusion
of the moment and conflict of orders, become separated from
the command and retired to a line of defense in a woods to
the north of the Chancellor house. Upon regaining the
breastworks I found that the Sixtieth and One Hundred and
Second New York Volunteers, of Greene's brigade, had been
left behind when the command had retired, and were now
hotly engaged with the enemy, who were attempting
breaches throughout the whole length of my line, and in
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many places actually occupied it. These two regiments
had captured some thirty prisoners and a battle-flag of the
enemy, the One Hundred and Second having captured that
of the Twelfth Georgia.
"Our men here, after a fierce struggle, took a number of
prisoners, who had advanced into our works under the im
pression that we had abandoned them.
"The fire upon our lines was now of the most terrific
character I ever remember to have witnessed. Knap's and
Hampton's batteries had been ordered to take part in the en
gagement in another part of the field. Two brigades of my
command were separated from me, and, had I even known
their locality, could not hope to have them reach my posi
tion. I was thus left with but Candy's brigade and two
regiments of Greene's, and Lieutenant Muhlenberg with
two sections of Bruen's battery and one of Best's. Against
this comparatively small body the whole fury and force of
the enemy's fire seemed to be concentrated. Three of his
batteries engaged Lieutenant Muhlenberg in direct fire at
about one mile range. A heavy battery completely enfi
laded our works from the right ; while one in front played
upon us at short range with destructive effect, and under
cover of these guns the infantry, becoming emboldened by
the near approach of what seemed to them our utter and
total annihilation, charged upon us repeatedly and were as
often repulsed.
"At this stage of the action the enemy suffered severely
at our hands.
"Candy's brigade seemed animated by a desire to contest
single-handed the possession of the field, and before the
deadly aim of our rifles rank after rank of the rebel in
fantry went down, never to rise again.
"This brigade had been in many well-fought actions, and
their coolness and courage were conspicuous on this occa
sion, and told with fearful effect on the rebel lines. When
the order was given by me to retire by the left flank, the
movement was executed in excellent order, and even at that
time the parting volleys of this brigade were given with an
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE 239
earnestness of will and purpose that showed their deter
mination to avenge the death of their comrades if they
could not avert the issue of the day; but the odds against
us were too fearful to render the contest one of long dura
tion, and, finally, after suffering very severe loss, and find
ing the enemy almost entirely enveloping my front, right,
and rear, the order of General Slocum to retire was obeyed
in a soldierly and masterly manner."
No better illustration of the condition of affairs upon
that part of the field can be given than that shown in Gen
eral Geary's report, wherein he admits having left two regi
ments to their fate when his division first retired, and then
lost two brigades out of three, without knowing whither
they had gone. Pandemonium and wild panic reigned su
preme and the wonder is that any of Candy's brigade and
the two New York regiments escaped utter annihilation and
capture. While in the midst of all this seething fire of
battle, Colonel Candy paid the Seventh Ohio a high com
pliment. Wishing to retire his brigade gradually and in
good order, he said :
"I immediately placed the Seventh Ohio in position to
support the remainder of the brigade, and cover them until
such time as they could reform, which was done gallantly."
The withdrawal of the Seventh from the trenches and
placing it in the open where it was to not only stand fast
but do all it could to hold back the enemy then advancing
in many directions, was indeed a crucial test, but their
brigade commander said that this "was done gallantly."
Colonel Creighton's official report of this battle is as fol
lows :
"HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH REGT. OHIO VOLUNTEERS,
"NEAR AQUIA LANDING, VA., May Qth, 1863.
"CoL. CHAS. CANDY,
"Comdg. ist Brig., 2d Div., I2th A. C.
"COLONEL : I have the honor to submit the following re
port of the part taken by the Seventh Regiment O. V. L,
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in the late engagement at Chancellorsville, Va. The regi
ment arrived at Chancellorsville Thursday p. M., April 30,
and camped for the night on the road leading southeast
from Chancellorsville to the south of Fredericksburg Plank
road. Friday, the ist inst., the regiment was unemployed
until ii A. M. when it advanced with the brigade
out on the south and east roads and formed part of the sec
ond line of battle in the open wood-lot facing southeast.
From this point it moved east with the brigade through
the woods about half a mile, remaining there until or
dered back. It returned to camp about 4 p. M. and in a
short time was ordered farther back and formed the second
line of battle facing south at the edge of the wood directly
south of the large brick house called the Chancellorsville
place. Just before dark the regiment was ordered by Gen
eral Geary to move to the left to support Knap's Pennsyl
vania battery against an attack coming from the woods
bordering on the southeast road. At this point, while ly
ing on the ground, one man was killed and two severely
wounded from Company A, by the carelessness of Battery
F, Fourth U. S. Artillery, which was in our rear. The
regiment remained near this point during the night and
forenoon of the following day, the 2d inst., supporting
Knap's battery, but was not actively engaged.
"About noon of this day we were ordered to move out on
each side of the woods leading southeast to support skir
mishers from the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and to clear the woods of the enemy's skirmishers and
sharpshooters. * * * During the early part of this en
gagement some of the regiments in our rear, believed to be
from General Kane's brigade, commenced firing over us and
to our right and left, supposing that we were outflanked, and
thereby creating some confusion, but which was soon
remedied. On the right wing several men were believed to
have been killed by this fire. The Twenty-eighth Pennsyl
vania skirmishers soon fell back and our regiment took the
advance, moving steadily forward on both sides of the road,
with flankers out, and driving the enemy back and holding
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him for two hours. We then retired without confusion,
and when clear of the woods halted until ordered back to the
entrenchments. During this engagement the loss in the left
wing was very slight, a few being wounded only, but the
right wing lost severely considering the nature of the en
gagements. After arriving at camp the regiment again
formed part of the second line of battle in its old position
at the edge of the woods opposite the brick house, and re
mained there during the night. At daylight, Sunday morn
ing, May 3, we were ordered to the left of Best's battery,
situated at the left of the old rifle-pit, which is south of the
Fredericksburg road, and remained there until 8 o'clock.
At this time the regiment was sent to occupy the rifle-pit
and remained in it while the troops were falling back across
the cleared field south of the Plank road. It then left the
pit, formed under the fire of the batteries at the west end of
the field, and moved back to the left and rear of Best's bat
tery and lay there while the brigade occupied the breast
works and wood opposite the brick house. During all this
time the regiment was under a severe fire from both front
and rear, and a portion of the time receiving also musketry
fire of the enemy with whom the brigade was engaged.
The brigade finally being forced from the woods, passed
over the regiment and formed in its rear, and the order was
then given to advance and if possible clear the woods. The
order was obeyed with alacrity, and the Seventh Ohio led
the way, supported by the other regiments to the left and
rear and driving back the enemy for a considerable distance,
until seeing no support for the brigade it fell back to the left
of the battery again, lying down in the road until the shell
ing became too heavy. At about 1 1 o'clock A. M. the regi
ment and the brigade withdrew across the cleared field east
of the brick house, turning % through the woods on the north
side of the road and losing a number of men from the
enemy's guns shelling the woods as we retired. About two
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242 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
miles from the battlefield on the road to the U. S. Ford, the
regiment was halted and rested some time in the afternoon,
when it moved up the road a mile. Here it remained until
ii o'clock at night, when it was ordered back down the
road, where it occupied a rifle-pit on the left of the line and
about one-half mile from the river. It remained here
through the night and until 4 p. M. of Monday the 4th inst.,
when it was relieved by the Fifth Ohio, and ordered to
move by a circuit to the left, where it encamped for the
night in the ravine near the river. During the afternoon
of the 5th inst. it was employed in the entrenchments on the
left until dark. At half past ten o'clock Tuesday night the
order to be ready to move was received, but the regiment
did not leave its position until twenty minutes before four
Wednesday morning, the 6th inst. At a quarter before five
the same morning it crossed the pontoon at U. S. Ford to
the north side of the Rappahannock and arrived at its old
camp near Aquia Landing, Va., early Thursday afternoon,
the 7th inst.
"I cannot close this report without mentioning the offi
cers under my command. Lieut.-Col. O. J. Crane, Capt.
Samuel McClelland (the bravest of the brave), Captains
Kreiger and Wilcox, Adjutant Lock wood, Lieutenants
Clark, Howe, Braden, McKay, Spencer, Bohm, Dean, and
Cryne, all exhibited the most daring bravery, obeying every
order promptly. The same can be said of privates as well
as officers ; not a man wavered, but all performed their du
ties bravely.
"I remain, Colonel, very respectfully your obedient ser
vant,
"WIUJAM R. CREIGHTON,
"Col. Comdg. Seventh Ohio."
The Rebellion Records accredit the Seventh Ohio with
the capture of a flag at the battle of Chancellorsville, as
shown by the following:
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"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
"CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., June i, 1863.
"Circular.
"But five only of the fifteen colors captured during the
recent battles have been received, to wit, those taken by the
Forty-ninth, Seventy-seventh, and One Hundred and Sec
ond New York, the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsyl
vania, and the Seventh Ohio Regiments. Corps and other
independent commanders will forward forthwith to these
headquarters any flags captured by their respective com
mands not already sent in.
"By command of Maj.-Gen. Hooker.
"S. WIUJAMS,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
(Series i, Vol. XXV, Part n, Correspondence, etc., Re
bellion Official Records.)
On the night of May 3 Geary's division formed along the
new line of battle back toward the Rappahannock, where it
remained without further incident until the morning of the
6th, when it crossed the river at the U. S. Ford, and on the
7th again encamped near Aquia Creek, where it was before
the battle.
General Hooker's losses in the Chancellorsville campaign
are placed at 17,287, while those of General Lee were 10,-
281. The loss in the Seventh Ohio is given in the Official
Records as 16 killed, 62 wounded, and 21 missing; total,
99. Its loss in killed and wounded exceeded that of any
other regiment in the First Brigade, and was only excelled
by one regiment in the division.*
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
While the Seventh Ohio was at Dumfries, Sergt. Wil-
lard P. Tisdel of Company D obtained a furlough and vis
ited his relatives and friends in Painesville, Ohio, but when
*See Casualty List, p. 642.
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he returned the Chancellorsville campaign was on, with his
regiment south of the Rappahannock, and its exact location
not definitely known at Aquia Creek, where he could with
every propriety have remained in safety; but disdaining to
do so while his comrades were exposed to danger, he ob
tained permission to go to the front and joined them while
in line of battle near the Chancellor house. His appear
ance and jovial and breezy greeting caused a shout to go up,
while he proceeded to distribute the small packages, letters,
and verbal messages he had brought with him.
This manly exhibition >of true courage and high sense of
duty won for Sergeant Tisdel the soldierly regard and re
spect of all his associates. That night, however, he ap
peared in something of a comical role. When the Eleventh
Corps had passed to a place of safety and Stonewall Jack
son had been placed hors dc combat and matters had quieted
down for the night, a few men at a time were permitted to
go to the rear, where fires would not draw the shots of the
enemy, to make coffee, and among them Sergeant Tisdel.
Stepping back some distance he came near a cheerful and
inviting camp-fire, and at once proceeded to hold his little
coffee pail over the flames, but had not been long thus en
gaged when a somewhat distinguished individual ap
proached and said, "Who you vos ?" Now in those days if
Sergeant Tisdel lacked anything, it was not a spirit of inde
pendence and assurance, so he promptly replied, "I am Ser
geant Tisdel, of the Seventh Ohio Infantry." The other
party observed him for a moment, until the little coffee pail
began to simmer, and then drawing himself up to fullest
regulation height, he said in tones of suppressed emotion,
"Veil, Sergeant Tisdel of der Sevent Ohio, I vos Prigadier-
Sheneral Von Steinwehr of der Eleventh Corps, und I nitz
vont you to make coffee mit my headquarters." At this
positive and emphatic announcement, notwithstanding his
independence, Sergeant Tisdel deemed it expedient to heed
the General's remonstrance, and at once proceeded to find
a camp-fire where a more democratic spirit prevailed, where
he finished the preparation of his frugal meal ; but was not
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long in telling of this occurrence, and expressing his private
opinion of brigadier-generals, and this one in particular,
when he rejoined the company.
ORDERS FOR THE) CHANClXl,OR$VIUvP; CAMPAIGN.
"CAMP NDAR FAIVMOUTPI, VA.,
"April 13, 1863.
"Circular.
"The Major-General Commanding directs that your com
mand have packed in their knapsacks, by to-morrow night,
five days' rations of hard bread, coffee, sugar, and salt.
"That you have in readiness, so that it may be issued and
cooked at short notice, three days' rations of pork or bacon,
with hard bread, coffee, and sugar, to be placed in the hav
ersacks.
"That your command have drawn and ready for move
ment, five days' fresh beef on the hoof, making complete
eight days' rations to be carried with the troops.
"That each officer, by the use of his servant and his hav
ersack, provide himself with eight days' rations.
"That the small-arm ammunition to be carried will be
1 50 rounds, 60 rounds on the person, the full complement of
the pack-train, and the balance to be in the train, ready to
start first when the trains move.
"The supply-trains will be in readiness for such move
ments as may be ordered. Each teamster must have with
him the forage for his own team. The batteries will carry
eight days' subsistence for the troops and their full capacity
of forage, at least six days' grain, as much as possible on
the guns.
"The general hospital for those unable to move will be
designated by the medical director, who will give all the
necessary directions in the premises.
"The surplus clothing of the troops, beyond the extra
shirt, pair of socks and drawers, should be stored under the
supervision of the Quartermaster's department.
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"Corps commanders will require every serviceable man
to march with the column.
"By command of Maj.-Gen. Hooker.
"S. WILLIAMS,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
THE ONLY REPORT GENERA^ HOOKER EVER MADE OF THE
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
"(1.15 p. M. by Orderly to United States Ford; thence by
telegraph.)
"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
"May 3, 1863—3.30 P. M.
"His EXCELLENCY ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
"President of the United States :
"We have had a desperate fight yesterday and to-day,
which has resulted in no success to us, having lost a position
of two lines, which had been selected for our defense. It is
now 1.30 o'clock, and there is still some firing of artillery.
"We may have another turn at it this p. M. I do not
despair of success. If Sedgwick could have gotten up, there
could have been but one result. As it is impossible for me
to know the exact position of Sedgwick as regards his abil
ity to advance and take part in the engagement, I cannot tell
when it will end. We will endeavor to do our best. My
troops are in good spirits. We have fought desperately to
day.
"No general ever commanded a more devoted army.
"JOSEPH HOOKER,
"Major-General."
GENERAL R. E. LEE'S INITIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF
CHANCELLORSVILLE.
"MILFORD, May 3, 1863.
"PRESIDENT DAVIS:
"Yesterday General Jackson, with three of his divisions,
penetrated to the rear of the enemy, and drove him from all
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his positions from the Wilderness to within one mile of
Chancellorsville. He was engaged at the same time in front
by two of Longstreet's divisions. This morning the battle
was renewed. He was dislodged from all his positions
around Chancellorsville, and driven back toward the Rap-
pahannock, over which he is now retreating. Many prison
ers were taken, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded
large.
"We have again to thank Almighty God for a great vic
tory.
"I regret to state that General Paxton was killed, Gen
eral Jackson severely wounded, and Generals Heth and A.
P. Hill slightly wounded.
"R. E. LEE,
"General Commanding."
The following is self-explanatory :
"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
"May 3, 1863.
"GEN. THOMAS J. JACKSON,
"Commanding Corps.
"GENERAL ; I have just received your note informing me
that you were wounded.
"I cannot express my regret at the occurrence.
"Could I have directed events, I should have chosen for
the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. I
congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill
and energy.
"Very respectfully,
"R. E. LEE,
"General."
On May n, 1863, in a message to General Stuart, Gen
eral Lee said :
"I regret to inform you that the great and good Jackson
is no more. He died yesterday at 3.15 p. M. of pneumonia :
calm, serene, and happy. May his spirit pervade our whole
army : Our country will then be secure.
"R. E. LEE,
"General."
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN.
After the battle of Chancellorsville, until June 13, the
Seventh Ohio remained in camp near Aquia Creek perform
ing light duty, the most important occurrence having taken
place on the 6th, when again paid off.
The usual camp rumors as to the probable movements of
the enemy prevailed until June 3, when the following com
munication came to General Hooker's headquarters :
"WASHINGTON, D. C., June i, 1863.
"GENERAL PLEASONTON.
"DEAR SIR : There is one thi«g that looks very apparent
to me, and that is, that this movement of General Lee's is
not intended to menace Washington, but to try his hand
again toward Maryland, or to call off your attention while
General Stuart goes there. I have every reason for believ
ing that Stuart is on his way toward Maryland. I do not
positively know it, but there is the best of reasons for be
lieving it.
"Very respectfully,
"G. S. SMITH."
So much credence was attached to this statement that the
Commanding General as late as 10.15 p. M. of June 3 issued
orders to his entire command to be prepared with rations
and ammunition to move at a moment's notice, which was
well, as this was in fact the date upon which Gen. Robert
E. Lee began to withdraw his troops from about Fredericks-
burg and set the Army of Northern Virginia in motion for
the Gettysburg campaign. This was detected in his evac
uated camps the next morning, when General Hooker or
dered pontoon bridges thrown across the Rappahannock be
low Fredericksburg and crossed a part of the Sixth Corps
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 249
under General Sedgwick, to make a demonstration, but
found the enemy in such force as to cause him to withhold
aggressive action.
On June 5, 1863, 11.30 A. M., General Hooker in a mes
sage to President Lincoln in reference to the probable in
tention of General Lee to cross the upper Potomac, or throw
his army between the Army of the Potomac and Washing
ton, said in part :
"After giving the subject my best reflection, I am of the
opinion that it is my duty to pitch into his rear, although in
so doing the head of his column may reach Warrenton be
fore I can return. Will it be within the spirit of my in
structions to do so?"
To this he received the following characteristic reply :
"WASHINGTON, June 5, 1863 — 4 p. M.
"MAJ.-GEN. HOOKER : Yours of to-day was received an
hour ago. So much of professional skill is requisite to an^
swer it, that I have turned the task over to General Halleck.
He promises to perform it with his utmost care. I have but
one idea which I think worth suggesting to you, and that is,
in case you find Lee coming to the north of the Rappahan-
nock, I would by no means cross to the south of it. If he
should leave a rear force at Fredericksburg, tempting you
to fall upon it, it would fight you in entrenchments and have
you at disadvantage, and so, man for man, worst you at
that point, while his main force would in some way be get
ting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would
not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an
ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs
front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or
kick the other.
"If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep
on the same side, and fight him or act on the defense, ac
cording as my estimate of his strength relatively to my
own.
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"But these are mere suggestions, which I desire to be
controlled by the judgment of yourself and General 1 1'allcck.
"A. LINCOLN."
On the Qth, with a view to securing information as to the
designs of General Lee, General Pleasonton, then in com
mand of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, crossed
the Rappahannock at Kelly's and Beverly Fords with his
cavalry, supported by some 2,500 picked infantry, and mov
ing in the direction of Culpeper, engaged the enemy's cav
alry under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart about Brandy Station, Ste-
vensburg, and Fleetwood, in one of the most memorable
cavalry contests of the war. The battle lasted nearly the
whole day, and although forced back across the river, with
his dead and severely wounded left in the hands of the
enemy. General Pleasonton captured despatches which
clearly indicated plans for a Northern invasion, and to this
extent, at least, he was successful.
On the loth General Ewell left Culpeper with his corps,
for the Shenandoah Valley, via Front Royal, to be followed
later on by Longstreet and Hill, while on the nth General
Hooker strongly picketed the Rappahannock as far up as
Beverly's Ford with infantry, while his cavalry kept a sharp
lookout beyond.
On the 1 3th a part of Swell's corps invested Winchester
and the last of Hill's corps left Fredcricksburg, while Gen
eral Hooker, maneuvering to protect Washington, ordered
the First, Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Corps to move toward
Manassas, and the Second, Sixth and Twelfth to Dumfries.
The Seventh Ohio left camp on the I3th at 8 p. M., and
after an all-night march readied Dumfries early the next
morning and remained during the day. Getting off very
early on the morning of the I5th, the coqxs marched to Fair
fax Court House, a long, hot,vand exhaustive march, as was
shown by the death of fifteen men of Geary's division alone,
having died along the road from fatigue and sunstroke.
Rested on the i6th.
On the 1 7th the Twelfth Corps marched to Dranesville.
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 251
Also on June I7th General Pleasonton successfully engaged
the enemy's cavalry under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee at Aldie, and
Capt. William R. Sterling of Company I, Seventh Ohio,
then on staff duty at General Hooker's headquarters at
Fairfax Court House, with a Captain Fisher of the Signal
Corps, .-UK] an orderly, were sent with despatches to General
Pleasonton, but were captured while en route, by Mosby's
guerrillas. It is said that when they learned into whose
hands they had fallen Captain Sterling said :
"We have laughed so much at our men for being gob
bled up by Mosby, that we cannot help laughing at being
caught ourselves."
The following report is self-explanatory :
"HEADQUARTERS PICKET RESERVE,
"June 18, 1863 — 12 M.
"LiEuT. JOHN M. CLARK, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen
eral.
"LIEUTENANT : In accordance with directions from the
commanding officer of the brigade, I report the facts in re
gard to the capture of Maj. William R. Sterling and Cap
tain Fisher, as related to me by the people of the house
where they were taken. Major Sterling and Captain Fisher
were on their way to communicate with General Pleasonton,
when they halted at the residence of Mr. Almond Birch for
supper and to inquire how far it was to Aldie. Having fin
ished their supper, they started for their horses, which were
left with their orderly at the yard gate. The horses and
orderly had been removed, and before Major Sterling and
Captain Fisher had reached the gate, 10 or 12 cavalrymen
seized them, and hurriedly mounted them and bore them
off. This took place last evening at 10 o'clock about 400
yards from the picket outpost, at the house of Mr. Birch on
the Little River turnpike. Mr. Birch and family are from
Clifton Park, Saratoga County, N. Y. They are Union
people, known to some of the officers of our regiment. I
am satisfied that these people had no complicity with this
252 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
affair, and had no knowledge of the enemy being anywhere
near their house.
"The capture of these officers appears to have been as
unexpected to the enemy as it was to the officers captured,
since the enemy was unaware of our forces being so near.
"I also report that I have reestablished the picket line, in
some respects, since coming on duty this morning, so as
among other points to include the house of Mr. Birch.
"All is quiet upon the line.
"I am most respectfully, your obedient servant,
"JAMES C. RICE,
"Colonel, Commanding Outposts."
On the 1 8th the command reached Leesburg. As early
as June 15 a part of EwelFs infantry crossed the Potomac
at Williamsport, while his cavalry were as far north as
Chambersburg. It was about this time that President Lin
coln said to General Hooker:
"If the head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail
of it on the Plank road between Fredericksburg and Chan-
cellorsville, the animal must be very thin somewhere.
Could you not break him?"
On the i Qth the Twelfth Corps was ordered out to wit
ness the execution of three soldiers who had been tried by
military court martial, convicted, and sentenced to be shot
to death, by musketry, for desertion, and then marched
past their lifeless bodies, in order that the enormity of their
crime might be more emphatically and indelibly stamped
upon our minds and consciences.
On June 24 Longstreet and Hill crossed the Potomac at
Shepherdstown and Williamsport, and reached Chambers-
burg on the 27th.
On the 26th the Twelfth Corps crossed the Potomac at
Edward's Ferry. The Seventh marched through Pooles-
ville to the Monocacy; on the 27th by Point of Rocks to
Petersville, and on the 28th to near Frederick City. As the
regiment filed off the pike into a field to bivouac for the
THE: GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 253
night, Colonel Creighton announced to his men that Maj.-
Gen. Joseph Hooker had been relieved of the command of
the Army of the Potomac, and had been succeeded by Maj.-
Gen. George Gordon Meade, which to many suggested that
this was like swapping horses while crossing a river. On
the 29th the Twelfth Corps moved through Frederick,
Walkersville, Woodsboro, and Bruceville, toward Taney-
town, and passed that point the next day, reaching Littles-
town that afternoon while J. E. B. Stuart's raiders were
hurrying by on the road to York.
On July i, under instructions from the Commanding
General, General Slocum moved his corps from Littlestown
to Two Taverns, there to await further orders, and was at
this point about i o'clock when informed by a civilian pass
ing that way that a battle was in progress beyond Gettys
burg. Major Guindon, of his staff, with an escort of
mounted orderlies, was sent to ascertain the truth of the
story, but before he returned a message from General How
ard confirmed the report, when orders were given to push
forward. General Geary having the advance reached Ceme
tery Hill in person by 4 p. M., when he was ordered by Gen
eral Hancock to take position on the extreme left, to the
right of and near Little Round Top, and General Geary
states this movement was consummated at 5 p. M., and that
night Little Round Top was occupied by the Fifth Ohio
and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania of Can
dy's brigade while the other regiments bivouacked near by.
Early on the morning of the 2cl Geary's division was re
lieved by Birney's division of the Third Corps, and crossing
to the right, went into position on Gulp's Hill, where sub
stantial breastworks were constructed during the day. At
6 P. M. the Twelfth Corps, excepting Greene's brigade, was
ordered to the left to assist in the repulse of Longstreet's
corps, which had made successful aggressive battle against
all the troops on that part of the line. Here General Geary
mistook direction and moved back along the Baltimore pike
across Rock Creek, where he remained until after midnight,
when ordered to return to his former position, which had
been occupied and was then held by the enemy.
254' SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
At early dawn the battle opened strong, about Gulp's Hill,
and did not end until well on to n o'clock A. M., when the
Twelfth Corps was again in full possession of its original
line. That afternoon the attack of the troops under General
Longstreet, in what is known as "Pickett's charge," was
made against the center of the Union line, where after des
perate lighting the enemy was repulsed with heavy loss and
the battle of Gettysburg had ended.
It is said that upon no part of the field were more men
killed than about Gulp's Hill, where repeated charges were
made, and repulsed by Geary's division and others engaged
there.
On July 4, 1863, by mutual consent the whole day was
given to the burial of the dead and care of the wounded,
while on the 5th it was learned that the Army of Northern
Virgina had retreated.
General Longstreet said :
"The armies rested on the Fourth of July, one under the
bright laurels secured by brave work of the day before, but
in profound sorrow over the silent forms of the host of
comrades who had fallen during those three fateful days,
whose blood bathed the thirsty fields of Gettysburg, made
classic by the most stupendous clash of conflict of that long
and sanguinary war; while gentle rain came to mellow the
sod that marked the honored rest of friend and foe: the
other with broken spirits turned from fallen comrades to
find safety away from the fields that had been so promising.
"The Union forces had cast their lines on grounds too
strong for lead and steel, and, exhausted alike of aggres
sive force and means of protracted defense, there was
nothing left for the vanquished but to march for distant
homeward lines."
"HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH REGIMENT Q. V. I.,
"July 6, 1863.
"LiEuT. A. H. W. CREIGH,
"A. A. A. General ist Brigade, 2d Division, I2th A. C.
"SiR : I have the honor to submit the following report
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN -255
of the part taken by the Seventh Ohio Volunteers in the
engagement of July 2 and 3, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pa.
On Thursday morning, July 2, we were encamped on the
left side of the Gettysburg and Taneytown pike. At 6
o'clock A. M. we received marching orders, and at 6.30
moved out in line, changing our position on the hill at the
right of the road. In obedience to your orders I sent for
ward Company H, under command of Capt. Samuel Mc
Clelland, to picket our front. They were posted along the
stream which runs through the hollow at our left and re
mained there until 6 o'clock p. M., when they rejoined my
regiment. At this time the 'fall in' was sounded and my
regiment, in company with the remainder of the brigade,
moved by the right flank to the right and rear of the posi
tion which we had held during the former part of the day.
I formed my regiment in the open field in the rear of the
stone wall at the left of and near the turnpike. At this
place I allowed my men to sleep, having their arms and
accouterments in perfect readiness to fall in at any moment.
My regiment had not during any part of the day been ex
posed to musketry fire, but for some time in the afternoon
we were exposed to quite a brisk fire of artillery, although
not suffering any serious loss from it. At half past n p.
M., July 2, I was ordered to form my command. It was
then moved under your directions out on to the pike and
advancing toward Gettysburg, but turned from the pike to
our right at the same place which we had in the morning
when first advancing. My line was formed in the hollow at
the right and in the rear of General Greene's brigade. At
this place we received a volley of musketry from the ene
my's guns, wounding one man from Company I. In a few
moments we were ordered to move by the right flank back-
to the open field, forming our line in the rear of a stone wall
which runs parallel with the road leading to the pike. In a
few moments, by order of General Geary, I moved my com
mand over the wall into the road, throwing out to the front
twenty men under charge of Sergeant Stratton to act as
skirmishers. At this place Sergeant Stratton received a
256 - SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
severe if not a mortal wound.* Soon after daylight on the
morning of the 3d, in compliance with your order, I drew
in my skirmishers, and in a few moments moved my regi
ment by the left flank back near the position which we oc
cupied the morning previous. When in the edge of the
woods, I formed my command in line of battle, and in com
pliance with orders I moved forward 'double-quick' and re
lieved the Sixtieth New York Volunteers. My regiment
remained in the entrenchments until near 8 o'clock, when it
was relieved by the Sixtieth New York Volunteers. When
relieved I formed my regiment in the rear of the breast
works, remaining until 9.30 o'clock, when I was again or
dered forward to relieve a regiment. I was not again re
lieved until 9.30 P. M., having been under fire of musketry
most of the day. When relieved I again formed my line in
the hollow and remained there until 1.30 A. M. on the
morning of July 4th, when my command was again ordered
forward to the entrenchments, which position we held until
the brigade moved out on the pike preparatory to returning
to Littlestown. About n o'clock on July 3, I observed a
white flag thrown out from the rocks in front of our en
trenchments and immediately ordered my men to cease fir
ing, when 78 men of the enemy advanced and surrendered,
including three captains, two first lieutenants and two sec
ond lieutenants. At the time the white flag was raised a
mounted officer, rebel, Maj. B. W. Leigh, General Edward
Johnson's chief of staff, was seen to come forward and en
deavor to stop the surrender, when he was fired upon by my
men and immediately killed, t Early in the morning of July
*A bullet tore an eye from its socket, but Sergeant Stratton re
covered, rejoined his company, reenlisted as a veteran, and was killed
in battle May 25, 1864, at New Hope Church, Georgia.
fMajor Benjamin Watkins Leigh not only had the reputation of being
one of the bravest and most fearless officers in Stonewall Jackson's
command, but it is stated that at the battle of Chancellorsville, on May
2, 1863, when his chief was severely wounded and yet in the immediate
presence of the Union forces, he used his own body as a shield to pro
tect him from further harm. That he died gloriously in the battle
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 257
4 Corpl. John Pollock of Company H, of my regiment, ad
vanced over the entrenchments and captured the rebel flag
belonging to the Fourth Virginia Regiment, Infantry,
which, in compliance with orders received, was delivered to
your headquarters. I went into the action with 265 enlisted
men, and came out with 247, losing i man killed and 17
wounded.*
"I feel it my duty to mention the officers and men under
my command, but when each and every man went forward
to the contest without any exceptions whatever, I will
merely say that every officer and man performed his duty
manfully, every order being obeyed promptly.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON,
"Colonel Commanding Regiment."
The Seventh Ohio had the honor of being selected to
scout our front in search of the enemy, as indicated by the
following report :
"CAMP NEAR GETTYSBURG,
"July 5, 1863 — ii A. M.
"GENERAL GEARY : I have the honor to report that, in
pursuance of your order, I have this morning, with the
Seventh Ohio Volunteers, under Colonel Crefghton, recon-
noitered the country and roads for 2^ miles from the town
in the directions of Hanover, Oxford, and Hunterstown. I
proceeded as far toward Oxford as a house which the ene
my's picket retired from early this morning, when I received
your order to return to camp. I found citizens on the roads
who had come this morning from Oxford and Hunters-
town.
"They report no enemy in sight along either of the roads.
The general impression among the inhabitants in that vicin-
front at Gulp's Hill on July 3, 1863, is shown by Colonel Creighton's
official report.
*See Casualty List, p. 645.
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ity is that Lee's army has moved off by the Chambersburg
route.
"His cavalry rearguard left a house on the Hanover
turnpike, i^ miles from Gettysburg, at 9 A. M., yesterday,
after removing all their wounded who could be moved on
horses and in ambulances.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"W. T. FORBES,
"Acting Assistant Inspector-General."
A FORCED MARCH TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
"As we hurried along, the booming of cannon, at first
scarcely heard, gradually became more distinct. Quicken
ing our pace we pushed on through clouds of thick dust
which continually rolled back, enveloped and almost choked
us, while the terrible rays of the sun seemed momentarily to
grow more intense. Soon strong men began to stagger
from the ranks and fall fainting by the wayside, but our
pace was not slackened. Louder and fiercer boomed the yet
distant guns, and 'Forward, men ; forward !' shouted the
officers. Every piece of woods we passed through was left
almost filled with gasping, prostrate men ; and all along the
road, with no one to care for them, lay the dying, and in not
a few instances the dead, who had fallen from the column
ahead of us. But forward, forward ! was the cry, and on,
on we pushed. Blankets, tents, clothing, and even food,
guns, and cartridge-boxes, lay strewn along the line of
march. Two-thirds of the time our field and staff officers
were dismounted, and their horses loaded down with the
guns of men who had become too weak to carry them, and
when at length we reached the high ground just south of
Gettysburg, and the order to halt for the night was received,
not over one hundred men, and but five or six officers, ap
peared in our regimental line." (Col. Charles H. Weygant,
One Hundred1 and Twenty-fourth N. Y. Infantry, Second
Brigade, First Division, Third Corps.)
CHAPTER XXVIII.
i i •
I, /-':.
THE RETURN FROM GETTYSBURG.
On July 5, when it became known that the enemy had
withdrawn from about Gettysburg in the direction of Ha-
gerstown, the Army of the Potomac at once started in pur
suit. The Twelfth Corps moved back along the Baltimore
pike to Littlestown, where it remained during the next day,
but getting off on the 7th, at 4.30 A. M., it covered 27 miles
in the direction of Frederick City, over the same route by
which it had advanced, passing that point on the 8th, to
Jefferson, having seen the body of a spy hanging to the limb
of a tree where he had been executed by our troops while
en route.
On the Qth the command moved through Burkettsville
and Crampton's Gap toward Boonesboro; camped upon the
battlefield of Antietam on the loth, and on the night of the
nth bivouacked in line of battle in front of the Army of
Northern Virginia, toward Williamsport, where the Poto
mac River was bank full and General Lee unable to cross.
On the 1 2th moved up about a mile and on the I3th fell
back some distance and began to entrench. A general ad
vance was ordered on the morning of the I4th, when it was
discovered that the main force of the enemy had crossed the
Potomac during the night, and that all prospect of doing
him serious harm had vanished.
Pursuit was at once ordered, and on the night of the
1 5th the Twelfth Corps bivouacked near Harper's Ferry;
crossed the Potomac at that point the next day; reached
Hillsboro on the igth; Snicker's Gap on the 2Oth; Ashby's
Gap and beyond on the 23d ; Manassas Gap and then along
the Manassas Gap Railroad on the 24th ; then through
Thoroughfare Gap, Haymarket, Gainesville, and to Catlett's
Station by the 26th, making camp near Warrenton Junc
tion on the 27th, where a brief rest was had.
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On the 3 ist Candy's brigade moved to Kelly's Ford on
the Rappahannock, where the Sixty-sixth Ohio crossed the
river in boats and guarded the front until a pontoon bridge
was laid, when the Seventh went to their support and was
on picket duty that night. When General Lee crossed the
Potomac near Williamsport on the night of July 13 he was
prevented by the prompt movements of General Meade,
along the eastern side of the Blue Ridge, from resting and
refreshing his exhausted and defeated army in the land of
plenty, the beautiful and productive Shenandoah Valley,
and was compelled to hasten Longstreet's corps to prevent
a serious attack in flank near Front Royal while en route to
Culpeper through Chester Gap, while a part of his army
was forced to march by Strasburg, New Market, L,uray,
and Thornton's Gap, ere it could take position behind the
Rappahannock, toward the Rapidan.
On August i the Seventh recrossed the Rappahannock
at Kelly's Ford, and on the 2cl moved some four miles
toward Hartwood Church. On the 5th all sick and dis
abled soldiers were ordered to be sent to the rear. Al
though the armies under Generals Grant and Meade had
won great victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg on or
about July 4, 1863, causing universal joy among all who
believed in battling for the preservation of the Union of
States, yet many loyal people were greatly alarmed about
this time at the development and strength of the anti-prose
cution of the war spirit in the great State of New York,
where threatened opposition to the enforcement of the draft
was openly made, and mob spirit prevailed in places to such
an extent as to be uncontrollable by the civil authorities,
hence it became necessary, as a matter of reasonable pre
caution, to send armed troops from the Army of the Po
tomac to maintain peace and order and see that the law, in
reference to drafting, be duly executed.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE SEA VOYAGE TO NEW YORK CITY AND BACK.
With the foregoing explanation, the following orders are
self-explanatory:
"HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
"August 15, 1863 — 9.15 P. M.
"MAj.-GEN. H. W. SLOCUM,
"Commanding Twelfth Army Corps:
"The Commanding General directs that the following
regiments of your command proceed to Alexandria to
morrow, under the command of Brig.-Gen. T. H. Ruger,
for service, with the nature of which you are acquainted,
viz : Second Massachusetts, Third Wisconsin, Twenty-
seventh Indiana, and Fifth, Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and
Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiments. You will please send the One
Hundred and Seventh New York Regiment if you think it
advisable to do so.
"The regiments will march to Rappahannock Station,
where railroad transportation will be furnished them. No
supplies will be taken. The transportation now with the
regiments will be turned over to Captain Pierce,, Assistant
Quartermaster, at his depot near these headquarters.
"S. WIUJAMS,
"Assistant Adjutant-General."
"HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
"August 16, 1863 — 10.30 A. M.
"MAj.-GEN. H. W. HAI^ECK,
"General-in-Chief :
"The following regiments will proceed to Alexandria
to-day under the command of Brig.-Gen. T. H. Ruger, viz :
Second Massachusetts, Third Wisconsin, Twenty-seventh
Indiana, Fifth Ohio, Seventh Ohio, Twenty-ninth Ohio,
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Sixth-sixth Ohio, Fourth Ohio, Fourteenth Indiana, Fifth
Michigan, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio. Aggre
gate strength of these regiments is about 3,800. General
Ruger has been directed to report to you by telegraph on
arriving at Alexandria, for further instructions, and also
by telegraph to the Quartermaster-General for transporta
tion.
"The number of men already detached and who have left
are as follows : August 14, Regulars and Vermont brigade,
under General Ayers, 4,000; August 15, regiments, 1,800;
August 16, Ruger's command, 3,800; making in all 9,200,
which, when swollen by convalescents and men detached on
extra duty (who will be sent as soon as possible), will
make the aggregate force fully up to and over 10,000. I do
not propose, without further orders, to send any more. I
have sent you my best troops and some of my best officers.
"GEORGE G. MEADE,
"Major-General Commanding."
On August 1 5th the Seventh was ordered to be ready to
move on the morrow.
On the 1 6th left camp and marched to Rappahannock
Station, where it took cars for Alexandria, arriving at 6
p. M. We were paid off on the I7th, and on the 22d em
barked upon the great ocean steamer Baltic, with other regi
ments, which was novel and interesting to the great mass
of the soldiers, who had never before seen a boat of such
huge dimensions. On the 23d the Baltic left Alexandria
under seemingly favorable auspices, but had proceeded
but a few miles when she ran aground off Aquia Creek,
where, despite the frantic efforts of tugs, scows, high tide,
etc., she remained until i P. M. of the 27th, and then pro
ceeded on her way down the Potomac, through the Chesa
peake Bay, past Fortress Monroe, into Old Ocean, and
headed for New York City. This was to the majority of
those on board a delightful ride, which was only marred in
some instances by exceeding nausea and paying tribute to
Old Neptune.
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On the morning of the 29th this great vessel approached
New York Harbor, was boarded by a pilot, and safely pass
ing through the Narrows and past Forts Columbus and
Hamilton, anchored off Governors Island, whither the
Seventh and others encamped.
"HEADQUARTERS, U. S. TROOPS IN CITY AND HARBOR,
"New York, August 29, 1863.
"Special Orders,
No. 40.
"The Fifth Michigan Infantry, and the Fifth, Seventh,
Twenty-ninth and Sixty-Sixth Ohio Infantry, now on
board the steamer Baltic, expected to arrive in course of the
afternoon, will be attached to the Second Brigade, Brig.-
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger commanding, and will, for the
present, be stationed on Governors Island.
"Requisitions will be made as soon as practicable for
such camp and garrison equipage as these regiments may
need.
"By order of Brig.-Gen. Canby.
"C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
"A. A. G."
The entire Second Brigade, under command of Brig.-
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger in the Department of the East, in
August, 1863, consisted of the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, •
Eighth, Twenty-ninth, Sixty-sixth, One Hundred and
Tenth, One Hundred and Twenty-second, and One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth Ohio; Fourteenth and Twenty-
seventh Indiana; Third, Fifth, and Seventh Michigan;
Second Massachusetts; Third Wisconsin, and First Min
nesota Infantry, and Second Connecticut Battery.
The draft took place in New York City on August 3ist,
and in some parts of the State, on September 7th, peaceably.
On September 8th the Seventh, after a pleasant week on
Governors Island, reembarked upon the steamer Baltic and
on the nth reached Alexandria, Virginia, once more, and
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bivouacked in the suburbs, the return trip from New York
City having been made without any unusual incident.
On the 1 3th the return march to the front began.
Marched only 8 miles.
On the 1 4th passed Fairfax Court House and Centerville
toward Manassas.
On the 1 5th passed Manassas, Broad Run, and Bristow,
to Catlett's; the i6th to Brandy Station beyond the Rappa-
hannock, and on the I7th rejoined Geary's division near
Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan.
The next day the entire corps fell in to witness the execu
tion of a couple of deserters. This was a most unpleasant
and trying ordeal under any circumstances, but when the
execution, as in this case, was conducted in a bungling and
unnecessarily cruel manner, it was horrible in the extreme.
On the 1 9th the entire army in that section was seriously
startled and alarmed by extended firing of small arms to
our left rear, indicating for the time being a flank attack.
Bugles sounded from various headquarters, aides dashed
hither and thither to get troops in line of battle, when it
was learned that a division of cavalry, just in from a scout,
were unloading their carbines. It is to be hoped that the
Recording Angel has long since torn out and destroyed for
ever and ever his record of the extremely warm and positive
oaths that he must have been obliged to record that evening
against many of the bravest and best soldiers that ever went
to war.
CHAPTER XXX.
FROM THE RAPIDAN TO WAUHATCHIK
BY CAPT. GEO. A. McKAY.
While lying near the Rapidan River, Virginia, September
20, 1863, the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
was inspected by Lieut. George A. McKay, A. A. I. G.,
First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, who
found ordnance and camp and garrison equipage in first-
class order and so reported. The inspection was prepara
tory to a movement to the Southwest on account of the de
feat of General Rosecrans at Chickamauga, Tennessee, and
had been ordered by Col. Chas. Candy, Commanding Bri
gade. The Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, commanded re
spectively by Major-Generals Howard and Slocum, were
ordered to reinforce the defeated army at Chattanooga, both
corps being placed under Maj.-Gen. Joe. Hooker.
September 21 to 23, the regiment remained in camp. Oc
casionally one or more of the command would stroll down
to the river to view the landscape over, and were not inter
fered with by the Southerners, providing they did not try
to cross the stream.
September 24 marched to Brandy Station, Virginia. The
march was a disagreeable one.
September 25, the regiment was paid off, the men receiv
ing such amounts as were left after the sutler got his share,
as his bills against the soldier were always paid by the pay
master before the soldier received anything.
September 26, marched to Bealton Station, Virginia, at
which place, September 27, the regiment was loaded on cars
ready for a movement West. After being loaded on the
cars the military superintendent would not allow the cars
to go forward, as he had not been consulted as to how equi
page and troops should be loaded. He spoke to the A. A. I.
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G. of the brigade, who had, pursuant to orders from his
commanding officer, loaded the troops and paraphernalia,
ordering him to unload everything and everybody. Instead
of doing as requested, he asked the irate railroader if the
loading was not satisfactory. The answer was yes, but
that no orders had been given by him and whatever had
been done in consequence \vas wrong. The A. A. I. G. po
litely declined to do what was required and referred the
worthy superintendent to his superior officer. After a while
the railroader cooled off and the train was allowed to pro
ceed on its way to Washington, where there was a delay of
about an hour, and the soldiers left the cars in skirmishing
order after wet and dry goods. What they wanted they got.
The regiment remained on the train, occasionally stop
ping for coffee and provisions, until the 3Oth, when they
arrived at Benwood, Virginia, and immediately crossed the
Ohio River to Bellaire, Ohio, where they encountered for
the first time a so-called "copperhead." The officers, hav
ing no regular rations distributed to them, were to a certain
extent dependent on the different stoppages in transit for
provisions, and went up to the hotel where several of Gen
eral Morgan's cavalry officers were on parole, and ordered
breakfast. The proprietor of the hotel said that he would
not feed any of Lincoln's hirelings. Colonel Creighton, who
was one of the party, gave him ten minutes to get the
breakfast on the table or have his house ripped up from top
to bottom. Before the time allowance expired everything
necessary was on the table and no blood shed or property
destroyed. I do not suppose that proprietor did any more
bluffing for that day, as it came very near being an ex
pensive one for him.
The regiment left for Columbus, Ohio, arriving there at
6 o'clock A. M., October i, leaving there inside of half an
hour for Indianapolis, Indiana, reaching there at 6 P. M.
October 2, where a great many officers and soldiers visited
the County Fair Grounds and other places where liquids
were the principal product.
October 3, reached Jeffersonville, Indiana, crossing the
FROM THE) RAPIDAN TO WAUHATCHIE VAU,3Y 267
river at once for Louisville, Kentucky. Part of the officers
stopped off at the latter-named place and went to the Gault
House for a square meal. They got it all right, and at the
same time got left, as the train for the regiment was made
up and left for Nashville, Tennessee, at i p. M., arriving
there on the 4th, the missing officers putting in an appear
ance when they could get there, as on October 5 we received
notice that Generals Forrest and Wheeler were on a raid in
our rear, destroying property, bridges, etc. When at Tulla-
homa, seeing a great cloud of dust, we imagined that they
had struck us, but found out on a careful reconnaissance
that it was occasioned by a drove of beef cattle for our
army plodding along the road in our rear.
On the 6th were loaded on cars at 3 p. M. and ran down
to Duck River, where we found; the bridge destroyed and
the Southern troops hovering all around us.
On the 7th marched to Wartrace, and were engaged in
scouting in various directions until the nth, when we re
turned to Wartrace Bridge.
On the 1 3th an election was held for Governor, and
Brough received the unanimous vote of the regiment.
On the 1 4th returned to Wartrace, where we remained
until the 27th, when we were relieved by the Third Wis
consin.
On the 28th the regiment was loaded on cars for Bridge
port, Alabama. While in transit had an accident, the en
gine and cars being ditched at Decherd, but no one injured.
While stopping at Stevenson a train consisting of wagons
and mules came over the mountains from Chattanoog'a with
loo guards. They had been on quarter rations for about
three months, and looked fearfully weak and emaciated.
The brother of the writer was in command and he wanted
to borrow money enough to take the boys up to the hotel
and give them a square meal and incidentally get one him
self. He was told to get his men together and march them
to the hotel. When they arrived there they were formed in
columns of two and marched in, and were supplied with all
the pork, hard tack, pickles and coffee which they could eat,
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at a cost of one dollar and fifty cents each. The writer paid
the bill with the greatest of pleasure in the world, and it was
worth the money to see the boys eat. Incidentally I would
remark that the brother did not whack up, nor was it ex
pected either.
On the 3Oth we marched to Shell Mound in a heavy rain
storm, reaching there cold, wet, and hungry.
On the 3 ist we marched to Wauhatchie, reaching there
during the night, and went into camp near Gen. John W.
Geary's headquarters.
November i and 2, part of the regiment were engaged in
scouting under command of Lieut-Col. Orrin J. Crane.
November 4 to 16, mostly engaged in trading coffee and
hardtack for bacon and tobacco with L,ongstreet's men from
the Rapidan.
November 17, Gen. W. T. Sherman's troops arrived
from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
On the 22d regiments ordered to fall in and occupy the
position of the Eleventh Army Corps, which had been or
dered to Chattanooga.
November 23, division partially inspected, everything
found in good order.
The only casualty in the Seventh now recalled as having
occurred while being transferred from Virginia to Ten
nessee happened at Grafton, West Virginia, on the 2Qth of
September, when St. Onge Mitchell (familiarly known
throughout the regiment as "Santa") of Company B, fell
under the cars and had a leg crushed.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
BY CAPT. GEO. A. McKAY.
Our division from the time they arrived in the Wau-
hatchie Valley had gazed in astonishment on the rocky face
of Lookout Mountain, and if they had been asked the
question as to the practicability of carrying it by storm
would have scouted at the idea. Some of our generals
thought otherwise, notably Grant and Hooker. The latter
stated often, that in his opinion it could be carried by a
rapid movement by assaulting columns.
General Grant was also imbued with the same idea, and
when all of his plans were made and >the troops for which
he had called for were well in hand he ordered' it to be car
ried into effect.
From the time our division arrived in the valley our main
duties had been scouting and picket duty. While on picket
duty our men were stationed on one side of Lookout Creek
and the rebels on the other, being only a short distance
apart, and became quite friendly with each other, trading
coffee and hardtack for bacon, corn-pone, and tobacco.
While on picket duty, unless there was an advance of skir
mishers, it was very seldom that pickets fired on each other ;
but if there was an advance that was a different proposi
tion.
This deadlock continued until 3 o'clock on the morning
of the 24th of November, 1863, when Gen. John W. Geary,
commanding the Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps,
received orders from Maj.-Gen. Joe. Hooker to cross Look
out Creek and to assault Lookout Mountain, marching
down the valley, and to sweep every rebel from it. At that
time the line of the division extended from the confluence of
Lookout Creek and the Tennessee River on the left to the
top of Raccoon Mountain on the right, and consisted of 141
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officers and 2,216 men present for duty. One day's rations
and the usual 100 rounds of ammunition were issued to the
men, when in light marching order they moved to Wau-
hatchie Railroad Junction and were joined by General
Whittaker, of Thomas's corps, with his brigade, consisting
of no officers and 1,355 enlisted men, making the total ef
fective force at that point 251 officers and 3,573 men.
Crossing the railroad at Wauhatchie Junction the troops
named above were marched under cover of the trees to a
point back of an old mill situated about two and one-half
miles from the mouth of the creek and were massed behind
a hill. Drifting clouds enveloped the mountain top, heavy
mists and fogs obscured the slope from lengthened vision
until we reached the summit.
The creek being too deep to ford, it was bridged and skir
mishers sent across and engaged the enemy, driving them
back, capturing 42 prisoners. The bridge was crossed at
8.30 A. M. Moving rapidly by a flank up the mountainside
in a direct lirie for the palisades, arriving there, line of battle
was formed by the left flank, facing the front.
The report made by Gen. John W. Geary officially to
Maj.-Gen. Hooker gave the following as the formation of
his division and supports :
"Cobham on the right with two regiments, Ireland in the
center with four regiments, Candy on the left, in echelon,
at about 30 paces' interval to the troops on the right, with
the Sixty-sixth Ohio and three companies of the Fifth Ohio,
in echelon, as reserve. Constituting the front line, covering
the slopes from the mound of the crest to Lookout Creek.
There was a supporting line 350 yards in the rear of the
front line, consisting of General Whitaker's brigade, the
right resting opposite Cobham's center. About 100 yards
in rear of the supporting line were placed the Ninety-sixth
Illinois and Fifty-first Ohio as a support of both lines.
"This formation was observed throughout the movement
to the farthest point gained on the mountain, with the ex
ception of necessary changes in Candy's movements on the
left."
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The artillery under supervision of Maj. J. A. Reynolds,
chief of artillery for Geary's division, supported the move
ment of the infantry columns, and consisted of Knap's
Pennsylvania Battery; Battery K, First Ohio Regiment;
Fourth Ohio Battery; Battery I, New York Artillery, and
First Iowa Battery, the batteries being well posted in
numerous commanding positions west of Lookout Creek,
and when required opened on the enemy's entrenchments,
shelling continuously the skirmishers and lines of battle of
the enemy, doing good work, which assisted in every way
the advance of the infantry.
It is with Candy's brigade (which consisted of the Fifth,
Seventh, Twenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Ohio, and Twenty-
eighth and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Penn
sylvania, although the Fifth and Twenty-ninth were not en
gaged in all of the movements, being on picket duty, and
guarding prisoners) that I will have to do mostly, as the
Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry belonged to
this brigade, of which I was an officer, and I can only
answer for what I saw myself.
The inclination of the mountain is from north by east to
south by west. We swept the westerly slope from this
point, about three miles south of the dividing ridge between
the east and west sides of the mountain, known as Point
Lookout. A heavy line of skirmishers advanced, covering
the whole front of the line of battle. The flanks were pro
tected on the right by the palisade and on the left by Look
out Creek, and they could not be turned.
Shortly after 9 o'clock the whole line moved forward, the
right keeping in close contact with the rugged precipice of
the summit, gradually swerving our advance in an oblique
direction from the creek, lengthening the line for cover on
the left, changing Candy's formation from echelon to two
lines.
General Geary ordered the left brigade to govern its
movements by those of the front line on the right, the ex
treme left resting near the creek, the guide being the upper
curvature of the mountain.
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The right, center, and right of the left brigade made a
rapid advance over the steep sides of the mountain, which,
breaking into numerous ravines varying from 50 to 100
feet in depth, were overcome by clambering with hands as
well as feet in many places.
The enemy's rifle-pits at the base of the mountain, not far
from the mouth of Lookout Creek, were carried with a
rush and hurrah, uncovering the fords and allowing rein
forcements to cross, consisting of Grose's brigade of Cruft's
division, Thomas's corps, and Osterhaus's division of Sher
man's corps, numbering 5,857 effectives, including officers.
This reinforcement brought up the total effectives to 9,681
men.
After uncovering the fords, and the reserves gaining a
footing, General Geary ordered Candy's brigade to execute
a "half wheel" converging on the objective point, sweeping
up the mountain at an oblique angle to the main line, head
ing for Point Lookout. After progressing about one and
one-fourth miles the enemy's pickets were encountered by
the fight and center. Our skirmishers engaging them, they
were driven on their main body within a camp covering the
whole plateau in front of the left of our right and center,
formidable in natural defense and seemingly impregnable
with rocks, stone and earthworks, surrounded with tangled
slashings. These were the advanced works of a continuous
network of fortifications — rugged, natural, and artificial ir
regular polygons — within which was WalthalFs brigade of
Mississippians, in line of battle. Our whole line, with bayo
nets fixed, charged on the double-quick.
Regardless of the sharpshooters in the gorges and from
the crest and the heavy firing in front, the men of the First,
Second and Third Brigades made a vigorous assault, carry
ing the enemy's entrenchments, and the brigade laid down
its arms and surrendered, along with four battle-flags.
The prisoners were despatched to the rear. As soon as this
was done the line pressed forward in its original formation.
The obstructions met at every step showed how a small, de
termined force could have resisted a vastly superior one.
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The sharpshooters of the enemy in the gorges, trees, and on
the cliffs were especially venomous, and many were killed
and wounded.
The fortified approaches toward us and on a line with
the overhanging ledge of the point above were occupied by
a brigade of Alabamians and Georgians under command of
General Moore.
Before reaching their position our right encountered the
almost perpendicular pyramid of Lookout Point. As we
rounded the curvature between the lower and uppermost
ridges the line obliqued to the right continuously but stead
ily, as became veterans. The movement brought us to the
most elevated accessible point of the mountain, short of the
crest itself. While making the curve a rebel regiment was
encountered and captured. Then our troops, with a yell,
charged the fortifications held by the Alabamians and
Georgians, killing, wounding, and capturing nearly the
whole of the brigade.
During this fight the enemy opened with artillery fire
from the crest, trying to enfilade our line, but could not de
press their pieces enough, although their shells and solid
shot tore through the tops of the trees, the limbs and
branches of which were hurled down the ravines. Shells
with very short fuses were fired, but burst with trivial effect
over the heads of Candy's brigade, which, unseen by the
enemy, was sweeping up the steep declivity just below the
palisades. Shells and hand grenades were hurled from the
cliffs among the troops in the front line and their support,
but were mainly ineffective.
The front line of the enemy wavered and then broke into
flight, our men following with a fierce hurrah. Clouds and
mists hovered over us and fogs darkened the hills below.
Our troops breasted the dividing point, swept around the
slope of the mountain upon the double-quick, charging the
retreating foe. The completion of this movement rendered
each of the long lines of works and rifle-pits of the enemy
untenable.
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Peters's brigade, standing behind a stone wall, engaged
our troops, making things lively for us, but a sudden dash of
our division carried the wall, capturing two pieces of artil
lery and hundreds of prisoners, near the Craven house.
About 500 yards beyond Craven's house, in front of the
Mountain road, the enemy appeared in heavy force, consist
ing of troops from Walker's and Stevenson's divisions, and
upon this column the retreating rebels rallied. Our troops
engaged them at once. The enemy made several charges,
but were repulsed. While so engaged the fog settled down
until it was almost impossible to see or to be seen, and it
continued the balance of the day.
Our troops were still striving for the old road leading
from the mountain into Chattanooga Valley, with every
prospect of securing it, when orders were received at 12.30
p. M. to halt and strengthen our position.
The Seventh Regiment Ohio and One Hundred and
Forty-seventh Pennsylvania of Candy's brigade were
thrown to the front to support and relieve the brigade on
our right, they being completely out of ammunition. While
here the right of the Seventh was at the palisades, and the
rebel sharpshooters made it very warm for the two regi
ments for a while until they could reciprocate. At this time
Col. W. R. Creighton, of the Seventh Ohio, was in com
mand of the brigade, Candy having been injured by a fall
on the rocks.
Creighton's brigade relieved Ireland's brigade, and while
so relieving they received several heavy volleys from the
enemy, which were returned with interest. An irregular
and desultory fire was kept up by the enemy during the
afternoon, without any serious loss.
At 3 o'clock the rebels massed a heavy force under the
cliff on our extreme right, but this was routed by tlv;
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania. At 3.30 o'clock Creighton's
brigade was relieved by the Thirteenth Illinois and Fourth
Iowa, and at different times during the night brigades re
lieved each other.
No fires were allowed on the front line during the night,
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and the troops suffered severely from the cold. During the
night provisions and ammunition were distributed to the
troops.
After dark Osterhaus's division and Grose's brigade
formed a junction with Geary's command near the Craven
house, having captured several hundred troops while march
ing up the mountain.
Our colors were planted on Point Lookout in the morn
ing of November 25, the enemy having evacuated their posi
tion during the night, leaving camps, equipage, arms, and
stores in profusion. Many stragglers from the ranks of the
enemy wandered into our lines, having lost their commands
during the fog.
General Geary's report shows the different positions
around Lookout Mountain as follows :
"The position of the enemy on the western slope of the
mountain was Walthall's and Moore's brigades of Walker's
division of Folk's old corps, commanded by Hardee, the
former in fortifications on the side of the mountain, about
one and one-half miles from our point of crossing, the lat
ter in works, under and around the peak.
"On the eastern slope, near the old Mountain road, were
two of Walker's brigades, strengthened by a portion of
Stewart's command of Breckinridge's corps. One brigade
of Stevenson's division was stationed in the works on top
to the rear of the point.
"Brown's and Cumming's brigades of the same division
were fortified about one and one-half miles from the poiiv
high up on the mountain overlooking Chattanooga and near
Summerville, another of Stevenson's brigades was on the
descent of the Nickajack trace."
! ' " i
General Geary reported the capture of 2 pieces of artil
lery and 1,940 men by his command. The official report of
the rebels shows a loss of 1,281 men.
"And the red field was won."*
*See Casualty List, p. 645.
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The following piece of poetry, written by Comrade Levi
F. Bauder, of Company B, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., on
the storming of Lookout, properly becomes a part of this
history.
THE RIGHT FLANK AT LOOKOUT.
Chattanooga sent northward a cry of distress,
For the men of the Cumberland, famished and gaunt,
Worn with fighting and vigils and tattered in dress,
Manned their guns in the trenches in peril and want ;
For the foe closely pressed them in hostile array,
And their guns shrieked and thundered in demon-like
glee,
While old Lookout's rock front, lined with soldiers in rra
Threw its shadows of death o'er the blue Tennessee.
But on wings of the lightning that cry for help flew,
To Sherman, to Meade, and from captain to man ;
And from Vicksburg marched Sherman's long column in
blue ;
And grim Hooker's tried corps, from the swift Rapidan,
Came with bread for the famished, with lead for the foe.
Gleamed Wauhatchie's sweet vale with their bayonets
bright ;
Torn and bleeding, the ferry guards reeled at their blow,
And dismayed up the mountain side fled in affright.
But the Bar flag still flaunted on Lookout's high peak,
In defiance above the bright stripes in the vale ;
And the iron shells hurtling with insolent shriek
Scarred the great antlered oaks in that beautiful dale.
In the night, lines of watch-fires on Lookout's sides,
Gleamed like comets bespangling the eastern sky,
While the shouts from the heights in derision defied
The threatened assault for the mastery.
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Through the fog shroud no bugle call echoed that morn
From the hills in the vale, or the mount's rocky side,
But swift couriers silently mounted to ride,
In the darkness, through thicket and stubble of corn,
To the camps ; and battalions, in whispering tones,
Heard, and fell into ranks with accouterments bright;
And the strapping of knapsacks, and loading of guns,
Spoke of marching and battle at dawn of the light.
Through the mist moves the long, silent column, now
Like a giant snake nearing its dreaming prey
Fast asleep in their huts on the mountain's brow,
And no glitter or sound does the peril betray.
Hear ye that ? On the left flank the signal guns crash,
Now the picket shots patter, the batteries boom !
On the right, the troops over the mill-dam dash,
Unseen and unheard in the mountainside's gloom.
Forward the right flank ! but fire not a gun,
Double-quick, double-quick, now on the run !
Gibraltar is ours if we first reach the top ;
A year more of war if they force us to stop !
On, on, for your comrades famish for bread ;
Forward, for Knoxville still trembles with dread !
Up — over brushwood and rock and ravine,
Routing the pickets from watch-fire and screen,
Hindered by laurel-bush, cane-brake and log,
Still firing no shot, but through the dense fog,
Breathless, but desperate, upward we climb,
For victory hinges on moments of time.
Up, to the precipice guarding the top,
Not till they reach the great wall do they stop ;
Then, forming in battle line, onward they sweep
Along the great slope of the mountain's scarred steep.
Still onward, like fox hounds freed from the leash,
Though the quick bullets thud in the quivering flesh —
Onward they fight — till a glance of the sun
Bathes with glory the flags on a battlefield won.
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And the Cumberland army, in breathless suspense,
Heard the battle's fierce roar in the fog-cloud dense ;
Now clearer — now fainter — no waver — now stop,
Repulsed ? Or held Hooker,- in triumph, the top ?
Weak yet with fasting, but with eyes flashing fight,
They watched long in vain that mist-mantled height,
Till a rift in the cloud showed the mountain top's crag,
And like Constantine's cross, in the sky gleamed a flag !
But which ? Ah, the shout that along the line flew,
As it showed first the Stripes, then the Star-sprinkled
blue!
'Twas a tale of sweet love that torn banner there told,
Like the star in the east in Bethlehem Old ;
'Twas an emblem of hope to that suffering host,
Like the star of the North to the mariner lost ;
'Twas a signal of faith, like the beacon's bright light,
Safely guiding the ship to the harbor at night ;
'Twas a scepter of power ; as upheld on the heights,
It unfurled its silk folds in the sight of six States ;
A forerunner of vengeance to enemies all,
Like the writing of old on the King's palace wall ;
And from that day to this, that dear Flag of the Free,
To the walls of Atlanta, and thence to the sea,
To the fields where surrendered the columns of Lee,
Ever fluttered in triumph. May God in His might
Ever keep the old Flag in the pathway of right.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
BY WM.
Forward ! up the mountain, rugged and steep
Our columns unfaltering, fearlessly sweep
Higher and higher;
Up from the valleys gloaming beneath,
Up to the batteries freighted with death,
Onward they dash,
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And the mist on the mountain grows dark and thick
With the battle's wild breath, and loud and quick
Rifles and cannon crash,
While the lines of their fire
Show the struggle grows fiercer apace.
Charge ! Men of the East there, and men of the West,
Charge shoulder to shoulder, and breast square with breast,
And shout deep and wild as the Ocean's loud roar,
When he strikes his grand hymn from the keys of the shore,
To the order replies ; and streaming on high
L,ike God's bow of promise set in the sky,
Floats the flag of the free.
Brave men are swept down as forest leaves strewn ;
The harvest is ripe which the demon had sown,
Death revels in glee.
Each brow's firmly knit, not a dastard is there,
For the blood of the slain went up in the air,
And they felt the proud words of the old Scottish chief,
"To-day for revenge and to-morrow for grief."
They are lost to the sight, and the pitying cloud
Covers foeman and friend in its mantling shroud,
As though God from the eyes of His children would hide
The hell which they make through their passion and pride.
Still the roar of the battle,
The musketry's rattle,
The blast of the bugle, the peals of the drum,
O'er the din of the strife, crying, "Come, come, come !"
Sweep down wild and loud,
Yet seem higher and higher.
The conflict has ended. May Heaven guard the right.
May we see the dawn clear from this tempest's dark night ;
From fortress and camp an army's stern gaze
Strives vainly to pierce the still deepening haze.
No answer comes back on the crisp frosty air
To the anguishing cry, "Is our banner still there?"
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But silent and grim as a giant at rest,
With the sun on his brow and the clouds on his breast,
The mountain stands lone,
From base unto crest.
Now grandly the cloud-drifts are lifted on high,
And Lookout stands crowned with the smiles of the sky.
What means the wild cheer from the legions beneath ?
Look on high, and be answered — thou man of weak faith.
See from the highest peak proudly unfurled
Waves our "star-flowering banner — the hope of the
world"—
There where the eagles their eyries have made,
There where the lightning and Storm King have played,
It waveth forever.
Its glory is shed o'er the living and slain,
Who baptized it anew in life's ruby rain,
Deserted it never.
And while for these heroes sculpture and song
The tale of their valor through the ages prolong,
That river, their poet, in its waters sings by,
That mountain, their monument, points to the sky
Forever and ever.
Louisville, March i, 1864.
CHAPTER XXXII.
MISSIONARY RIDGS.
BY CAPT. GEO. A. McKAY.
Shortly after 10 o'clock on the morning of the 25th, our
division, preceded by Osterhaus's and Cruft's divisions,
marched down the mountain toward Missionary Ridge,
upon the left of which the rebel troops withdrawn from
Lookout and Chattanooga valleys during the night were
posted, extending the Southern lines, their left resting on
the ridge, within 6 miles of Lookout Mountain.
Moving into Chattanooga Valley, the divisions took the
route of the rebel retreat on the road to Rossville, crossing
Chattanooga Creek, after being delayed nearly three hours
in repairing the bridge partially destroyed by the enemy.
Our advance was disputed by artillery fire from the gap,
but the enemy were driven back and one gun captured.
When near Rossville our column turned to the left and
followed the base of Missionary Ridge in a northeasterly
direction, the ridge running northeast and southwest. The
roar of cannon and musketry was continuous where the left
of our army was engaged.
General Geary reports :
"Cruft advanced to reach the crest and sweep its line,
Osterhaus moved down the eastern base, and our division
and five batteries under Major Reynolds advanced along
the western base, parallel to the enemy's front, and toward
their right so rapidly that there was considerable of a gap
between Cruft's advance and ours, as his movements were
bitterly contested.
"Creighton's and Cobham's brigades were sent forward
along the base in columns of regiments. Ireland supported
the artillery which had opened upon the flank and rear of
the enemy's lines, forcing them back, pressed by Cruft on
the ridge and Osterhaus on the eastern line.
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"The artillery pouring in a heavy fire our division was
formed in a column of brigades, with the Seventh deployed
as skirmishers, Creighton in front, and Cobham in the sec
ond line, and scaled the craggy side of the ridge, moving
obliquely to effect a junction with Palmer's right, just gain
ing the top half a mile north of us and two miles from the
gap."
The troops of our division were filled with enthusiasm at
the sight of the rebels retreating and the sound of inces
sant cannonading and musketry, and had to be held in leash
to keep their movements in touch with other commands.
The lines on the top of the ridge rushed madly forward,
cheering wildly. The echoes from below exceeded in vol
ume those above, but all pressed forward gallantly.
On all sides were found arms and equipments abandoned
by the fleeing enemy, now on the run, occasioned by the
pressure from our division on their flank and in the rear by
our artillery. Our skirmishers advanced, firing rapidly,
followed by Creighton and Cobham up the steep and
cragged sides of the ridge.
The ascent was steep and difficult to overcome, but it was
done at last. Our division gained the summit, Johnson's
division of the Fourteenth Corps the adjoining cliff on our
left. Our division holding at bay a rebel brigade trying to
escape, the junction was completed. We held the left of the
ridge at 6 p. M., together with Stuart's brigade of Breckin-
ridge's corps. The whole army was successful and Mission
ary Ridge was ours.
General Geary reports :
"The combined movements on the left gave us many
prisoners and several pieces of artillery. Maj.-Gen. Hooker
was personally present and he was greeted with prolonged
cheering by his victorious troops. Pursuant to his orders
we descended to the western base of the ridge and
bivouacked in the enemy's winter quarters. Several hun
dred prisoners were captured during the night, besides those
captured during the day."
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At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 26th, our division
marched through Rossville Gap in a southeasterly direction.
We were in rear of Osterhaus's division and were followed
by Cruft's division of the Fourth Corps. West Chicka-
mauga Creek was crossed, the infantry on a foot bridge, the
horses swimming. The artillery, unable to cross, w'as
forced to wait for a pontoon bridge on the way.
The panic of the enemy was evidenced by burnt and burn
ing trains and supplies on all of the routes over which the
troops were marching. Abandoned caissons, limbers filled
with ammunition, broken wagons, arms and equipments
were visible on all sides. All the bridges had been destroyed
by the enemy as they retreated, although pressed closely by
our cavalry and infantry. Hundreds of stragglers from the
enemy's rearguard were captured.
General Geary reports:
"About dusk we arrived at Graysville. While waiting
for the construction of a foot bridge over Pea Vine Creek,
our advance struck the rearguard of Breckinridge's com
mand. Our division formed in line of battle on both sides
of the road. Advancing, we captured three guns of Fer
guson's battery, all artillerists, and a portion of the infantry
supports, making four guns of this battery captured on the
retreat. The main body retreated in panic."
We passed Pea Vine Creek and Chickamauga Swamp at
10 P. M., when it was ascertained that the enemy were in
force on Pigeon Hills and skirmishing with Osterhaus's ad
vance. Creighton's brigade was moved to the front, doub
ling on Osterhaus's troops, forming line on a road on the
level below the hills, at right angle with the Ringgold road,
their right resting on the latter.
Cobham's brigade was in line 300 yards to the rear. Our
skirmishers were thrown to the front, scaled the hills, and
drove the rebel rearguard from the ridges. We bivouacked
for the night at the foot of Pigeon Hills, 4 miles from Ring-
gold.
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THE BATTLE OF RINGGOLD.
BY CAPT. GEO. A. McKAY.
At daylight of the 27th, Osterhaus's division on the right,
our division in the center and Cruft's division on the left,
marched by a flank over Pigeon Hills and other ranges cap
turing many prisoners while advancing.
Osterhaus's division commenced skirmishing with the
enemy's rearguard in the town of Ringgold as we ap
proached the creek. With accelerated pulse and pace we
followed the creek down and crossed it upon the toll bridge
northwest of the town. At 8 o'clock we passed through
the town, under a heavy fire of musketry from the bridge
beyond. Several of our men were wounded. Just beyond,
the Western & Atlantic Railroad ran through a gap in Tay
lor's Ridge, running in the same general direction (north
and south) as Missionary Ridge, but much higher and more
precipitous, and well covered with timber upon its summit.
Before our arrival the whole of Bragg's army had passed
through the gap, leaving Cleburne's division of Hardee's
corps as rearguard upon the ridge, supported by General
Gist's division, to dispute our advance and enable their
trains and artillery to escape. General Cleburne extended
his lines both ways from the gap. General Osterhaus at
7.30 formed his lines at the foot of the ridge, and covered
by lines of skirmishers he assaulted the enemy under a heavy
fire.
Shortly after 8 o'clock, Osterhaus being warmly engaged,
General Geary ordered Creighton's brigade past Osterhaus's
left, which it unmasked about a quarter of a mile, and it
was formed about three-quarters of a mile from the gap
parallel with the railroad, in echelon ; the Sixty-sixth Ohio,
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, Seventh Ohio, and One Hun
dred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania "with orders to scale
the mountain, gain the summit and if possible attack the
enemy in flank, and to charge with vigor along the ridge."
As soon as Creighton's command moved under orders to
the left, Cobham's brigade was brought up and massed be-
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hind a large stone depot on the confines of the town toward
the ridge, and held in that position for an emergency. Ire
land was halted in reserve 400 yards back in the main street
of Ringgold.
Creighton, pursuant to orders, moved rapidly, marching
in echelon across a large open field to the foot of the ridge
under a severe fire from the summit. The echelon move
ment was here abandoned, the regiments advancing until
the brigade formed a single line — Sixty-sixth Ohio on the
right, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania on their left, Seventh
Ohio on their left, and the One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Pennsylvania on the extreme left.
Under a galling fire from the heights 500 feet above,
Creighton steadily ascended the steep sides of the hill, de
termined to carry the ridge at all hazards. By his orders
the men advanced with fixed bayonets until within close
range, when the whole line was ordered to fire upon the
enemy on the summit. Volley after volley was poured into
the hosts above, and their return fire was deadly in the ex
treme.
The fatigue of climbing was fearful and the assault was
slow. General Geary ordered "Creighton to make a final
attempt to carry the ridge, sheltering his troops as much as
possible. While so doing, he continued the assault, his men
delivering their fire with precision as they advanced."
The Seventh Ohio, on the right of the One Hundred
and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania on the extreme left, was
compelled in its advance to move through a ravine, through
which it was rapidly ascending, when a terrific enfilading
fire from the enemy opened upon them. Unflinchingly the
regiment moved forward toward the top of the mountain,
firing steadily, some of the men being killed on the summit,
the regiment as a unit being within 25 yards of it.
Colonel Creighton in this movement of the brigade
marched with his regiment, Lieut. -Col. Orrin J. Crane, com
manding. Crane was killed near the top of the ridge, and
the men forced to retire.
Creighton rallied the regiment and tried to reach the body
of Crane, crying out that they must carry off the body, even
286 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
if the charge failed; but it was impossible, the men had
done all that men could do, and they were ordered to retire,
which they did slowly and sullenly. While retiring the
writer was shot and Creighton mortally wounded, and they
were borne off the field together, Creighton dying within
six hours thereafter.
The loss to the regiment in this charge was 12 officers
killed and wounded out of 13 present for duty, and 74 non
commissioned officers and privates, being one-half of those
present in the battle.
The One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania re
tired at the same time with the Seventh, and both regiments
were halted about half way down the mountain, where they
were joined by the Sixty-sixth Ohio and Twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania. The brigade retained its position until the
enemy were routed.
This veteran brigade, the heroes of many well-fought
fields, had for two hours and a half done all that brave men
could do, sustaining the concentrated fury of battle against
an enemy overwhelmingly superior in numbers and in an
almost impregnable position.
During the action Carlin's brigade of Palmer's corps
arrived and formed on the railroad in rear of the First Bri
gade, in reserve.
Osterhaus's division became heavily engaged, and Cob-
ham's brigade was sent to his support. Double-quicking,
they crossed the railroad under a severe fire, taking position
on a mound on the left of the gap and railroad, and the
enemy were checked.
The sharpshooters of the enemy were very active, and
our skirmishers were sent out to meet them, the main line
lying down.
Ireland's brigade was ordered to the front, formed in
echelon of regiments, en masse, behind the stone depot.
The battle on the front line was desperate, and at 10.40
A. M., under a concentrated fire of artillery and infantry,
Osterhaus on the extreme right was forced to give way.
Ireland was ordered to reinforce him on the right. He did
so magnificently, although his line was swept by grape,
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canister and musketry. Crossing an open field he moved
to the left along the Catoosa Creek toward the gap, form
ing line in the gap bottom, his right resting on an old barn,
and the left on the railroad, joining Cobham's right. The
ridge on both sides of the gap was lined with sharpshooters
of the enemy, assisted by artillery.
Ireland was a first-class officer and handled his men well,
repulsing the enemy, and retained his position until the
arrival of our batteries at noon under command of Major
Reynolds, who wheeled one section of Knap's battery into
position on Ireland's right and one section of Landgraeber's
to the right of that. Opening fire, they silenced the rebel
guns and drove back the infantry.
General Geary states in his report that "another section
of Knap's battery, under his immediate orders, opened fire,
near our left, upon the enemy massed in front of Creigh-
ton's brigade, compelling them to retire."
Several regiments of Osterhaus's division scaled the
mountain, flanked on their left by Creighton's brigade.
Ireland advanced into the gap, capturing two flags, one
the guidon of the enemy's battery; and a great number of
prisoners were captured when the ridge was carried.
Detachments were sent out to bury the dead and collect
together the wounded. Quite a number of rebel dead were
found in front of Creighton's position, showing that his
brigade had attended strictly to business while engaged in
fighting the enemy.
All prisoners, as well as our wounded, were sent to Chat
tanooga November 28.
Our division remained at Ringgold until December i at
2.30 A. M., when they marched to Lookout Valley, arriving
there the same day.
General Geary in his official report wrote in the highest
terms in regard to Col. W. R. Creighton and Lieut. -Col.
Orrin J. Crane, stating that they were two as brave men
and thorough veterans as ever commanded in the field, and
to speak of Creighton and Crane was at once to personify
all that was gallant, brave and daring.
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In the face of the guns every officer and soldier who
marched up the mountainside, toward the ridge, in that
charge of Creighton's brigade was a hero.
Oh ! the wild charge they made,
Not a man dismayed.
Into the valley of death,
Into the mouth of hell,
Marched the First Brigade.
It is now evident that if Cobham's and Ireland's brigades
had been formed in line of battle with Creighton's, the ridge
would have been carried with a rush. We would have out
flanked them, not they us. Or if the charge had been held
in abeyance until the arrival of our artillery there would
not have been so much blood shed.
General Geary reported that 119 officers and 1,870 en
listed men were present for duty in his division at Ring-
gold, and his casualties as 24 officers and 179 enlisted men.
Of which loss the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers lost
12 officers and 74 men, being nearly one-half of the total
loss of the division, and the heaviest loss of any regiment
there.*
The effectives in Osterhaus's and Cruft's divisions
amounted to 5,670 officers and enlisted men. The loss in
killed and wounded I am unable to state, as I have had no
way of ascertaining; but in certain regiments of Oster
haus's division they suffered severely.
Carlin's brigade of Palmer's corps was present with
others, but what their numerical strength and loss were I
am unable to state, although I have every reason to believe
the loss was slight on account of being on the reserve.
Every soldier present did his duty well, no matter where
placed by his superior officers.
A HEROIC INCIDENT.
When the Seventh Ohio left its camp in Wauhatchie Val
ley to engage in what became the Lookout Mountain, Mis-
*See Casualty List, p. 646.
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sionary Ridge and Ringgold campaign, two men from each
company were detailed to remain behind to guard the
camp equipage, and it so happened in Company C
that Charles F. King and Joseph S. Cleverdon were
selected, much to their dissatisfaction, as they preferred to
go with the regiment. However, some time after the regi
ment had left camp, comrades who, on account of illness,
had been permitted to return came in, when King and Clev
erdon left the property in their charge and pushed out hur
riedly to get into the ranks ere the battle opened. When
they reached their company Lieutenant Jones severely cen
sured them for leaving camp without his permission, and
contemplated ordering them back, but their entreaties pre
vailed and they were permitted to remain. These comrades
fought together and escaped injury until the regiment
reached Ringgold, where, well abreast with the advance
they had almost reached the crest of Taylor's Ridge in the
midst of the foe secreted behind trees and rocks, when King
said, "Boys, let's fix bayonets and charge them !" and while
in the act fell dead, while the bullet intended as Cleverdon's
death warrant shattered his right arm near the shoulder,
and he too was placed hors de combat, becoming a cripple
for life.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
BACK TO WAUHATCHIE) AND BRIDGEPORT.
Although there was no fighting about Ringgold after
November 27th, Hooker's command remained in that vicin
ity until December ist, when the return march to the camps
in Wauhatchie Valley was made.
The severe losses at Ringgold had so depleted the ranks
of the Seventh that great depression fell upon the few re
maining officers and men, which never again seemed to be
fully obliterated.
Captain E. J. Krieger, one of the most fortunate officers,
so far as casualties went, having escaped injury in the mael
strom of battle during the Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge, and Ringgold campaign, assumed command of the
regiment and led it back to camp, where he was later on re
lieved by former Capt. Fred A. Seymour, who had resigned
on April 17, 1863, but who, when he heard of the death of
Colonel Creighton and Lieut. -Col. Crane, obtained a com
mission as major and at once came to the front and as
sumed command. However, in so doing he became very
unpopular with a majority of his officers and men, who
made it very unpleasant for him until he resigned.
The Seventh remained in camp in Wauhatchie Valley
until January 4, 1864, when, with the rest of the brigade, it
marched for Bridgeport, Alabama, reaching that point the
next day, where it remained until the opening of the great
Atlanta campaign. At that time Bridgeport, by reason of
the uncompleted railroad bridge across the Tennessee River
there, was the terminus of the railroad route and a place of
some military importance. With good quarters, sufficient
supplies and light duty, the stay of the Seventh while there
was altogether pleasant and enjoyable.
On or about February 22 Capt. Samuel McClelland, one
Q£ the oldest, bravest, and best captains of the regiment,
BACK TO WAUHATCHIE AND BRIDGEPORT 29!
who had been severely wounded in battle at Ringgold, was
commissioned lieutenant-colonel, much to the gratification
of his men, and assumed command, when the following or
ders of the day were issued :
"HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOL. INF.,
"BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA, February 24, 1864.
"GENERAL ORDERS
No. 2.
"Until further orders the following orders of the day
will be strictly observed :
Reveille and Roll Call, 6 A. M.
Surgeon's Call and Police duty, 7 A. M.
First call for Guard Mounting, 8.45 A. M.
Guard Mounting, 9 A. M.
Company Drill, . . . 10 A. M.
Recall, ii A. M.
Dinner, 12 M.
Adjutant's Call, ,. .4.30 P. M.
Dress Parade, ,...., 5 P. M.
Retreat and Roll Call, 6 p. M.
Tattoo, 8 P. M.
Taps, 8.30 P. M.
"By order of
"SAMUEL MCCLELLAND,
"Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Regiment.
"Official : GEORGE D. LOCKWOOD,
"First Lieut, and Acting Adjutant."
About this time many of the volunteer organizations were
veteranizing, /. e., having served two of the three years for
which they had enlisted, they were offered $402 bounty and
a thirty-day furlough to reenlist for a term of three years,
or the war, and many of them did so. The members of the
Seventh however, as a rule, although importuned by Gen
erals Slocum and Geary and others, declined, expressing a
preference to serving out their original three-year term,
before contracting for another, although quite a number of
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the members of Company F, with now and then a member
of other companies, did so. These comrades left Bridge
port for home on or about March 6, and returned on April
6, after having most thoroughly enjoyed their bounty and
leave of absence. On April 4, 1864, under orders from the
War Department, the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were
consolidated, to be known as the First Corps, but was sub
sequently changed at the request of General Grant to the
Twentieth Corps.
This corps consisted of four divisions commanded by
Generals Williams, Geary, Butterfield, and Rousseau. The
latter being on detached duty, never joined the command.
The corps badge was that of the Twelfth, a five-pointed
star, the color of the three divisions being red, white and
blue. Requests made by Generals Hooker, Howard, and
others that the new corps be known as the Twelfth Corps
were unheeded. On April i2th, although under orders, yet
with a view to recreation and adventure, General Geary with
a picked command — of which the Seventh Ohio was a
part — embarked upon the steamer Chickamauga at Bridge
port, for an expedition down the Tennessee River, of
which he made the following report :
"HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION,
"TWELFTH ARMY CORPS,
"BRIDGEPORT, ALA., April 16, 1864.
"GENERAL: I have the honor to report progress and
results of an expedition down the Tennessee River, made
in pursuance of orders of the Major-General Commanding,
under date of April loth instant. We steamed from
Bridgeport at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the I2th, hav
ing on board and in two scows alongside, the Seventh and
Sixty-sixth Ohio ; detachments of the Twenty-eighth and
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania, and one sec
tion of Knap's Pennsylvania battery, in all about 800 men,
with ample supply of ammunition, and ten days' rations.
"I manned a 12-pounder howitzer and a small mountain
howitzer upon the boat. These additional pieces proved
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very serviceable. We passed down the river by Island and
Widow's Creeks and Caperton's Ferry, Coon Island, and
Coon and Mud Creeks, Bellefonte Islands and Riley's
Creek. At 8.15 P. M. we arrived at Larkin's Landing,
when we halted for the night. I here found the Fifty-fifth
Illinois and two sections of artillery, and the post com
manded by Lieut. -Col. D. C. Coleman, Eighth Missouri,
with whom I communicated, and learned that the rebels had
a continuous chain of pickets from Lebanon to Guntersville,
where Captain Smith's force of 100 men picketed. Start
ing at 6.50 A. M. on the I3th, we passed through the pon
toon below Larkin's Ferry. Reached Seven-Mile Island
at 7.40 A. M. and found a mail route across the head of it.
We broke up the line by sinking the boat used for it, moored
in the bushes. Ran up Town Creek and Short Creek, find
ing two scows and a canoe. Then proceeded to Gunters
ville, where we arrived at 10 A. M. Rebel pickets fell back.
I opened artillery from the three decks of the boat upon
main force, which took refuge in town. We occupied the
town, captured mail and boats, one a large ferry-boat.
Enemy fled. At 11.30 A. M. we passed Port Deposit, and
Paint Rock at 12.15.
"When passing Flint River, where the enemy had a post,
they discharged several volleys at us from places so shel
tered that they could not be seen. Some of their balls
passed over the heads of the officers on the upper deck, and
several entirely through the boat. Two men of the Sev
enth Ohio were wounded, one through the face and one in
the head. Two of the rebels were picked! off by my sharp
shooters. We put in at Whitesburg at 2.30 p. M. opposite
two rebel forts, which offered no molestation.
"Post garrisoned by Fifty-sixth Illinois, Fifth Ohio Cav
alry and section of Sixth Wisconsin Battery.
"At 4.30 P. M. we left Whitesburg, and discovered, a
short distance above Indian Creek, a column of in
fantry, about two strong regiments, moving rapidly in a
small vale on the south side toward a high rocky bluff, well
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fortified by nature, presenting a precipitous wall to the
river, evidently intending to dispute our passage.
"We halted the boat and opened a warm fire upon them
from the four pieces for fifteen minutes, and shelled a party
which was already on the bluffs, and then ran past. Recon-
noitered no miles down to within 14 miles of Decatur, re
solved to regain Guntersville before morning. Therefore
directed boat up stream, reaching Whitesburg shortly after
dark. Again got under way. Halted short time opposite
Guntersville at 2 A. M. of the I4th, then passed to Roman's
Ferry. Troops under arms going and coming. Reached
Bridgeport April 16, 1864, at 2 A. M.
"Upon the expedition we destroyed forty-seven boats.
Our casualties are: Private James B. Auxer, Company F,
Seventh Ohio, gunshot wound through face; Private Wil
liam H. Poor, Company F, Seventh Ohio, gunshot wound
in head; Private Martin T. Britton, Company D, bruised
right hand.
"Captured 4 prisoners with arms, and 17 $1,000 R. R.
bonds, taken at Guntersville.
"JOHN W. GEARY,
"Brigadier-General, Commanding/'
Gen. George H. Thomas, in forwarding General Geary's
report to General Sherman, did so "with expressions of
satisfaction at the manner in which Brig.-Gen. John W.
Geary conducted his expedition and the results which fol
lowed."
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE) ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, DUG GAP, AND RE}SACA.
At Bridgeport the Tennessee River, some hundreds of
yards in width, was spanned by a substantial pontoon
bridge, over which, on May i, a large herd of beeves, in
tended for use during the then approaching Atlanta cam
paign, essayed to cross. The river was not only wide and
deep but the current was very rapid, and when the leaders
of this herd reached the middle of the stream the great ex
panse of boiling, whirling, and rapidly moving water
seemed to terrify them, causing them to halt, as if to turn
about and retreat ; but this was prevented by the press from
behind, resulting in such a concentration of weight as to
sink the pontoon boats, break up the bridge, and precipitate
many fine cattle into the river.
However, they all seemed to be expert swimmers, and
while some at once started for the shore, others held on
mid-stream and went floating down out of sight. How
many cattle were actually lost to the Government by this
incident we never knew.
Preparatory to entering upon -what is known as the At
lanta campaign, Ma j. -Gen. William T. Sherman, during
the early part of the year 1864, exhausted every effort in
bringing to Chattanooga sufficient supplies to enable every
arm of the service under his command to start out with a
plenty and to spare, in all of which he was eminently suc
cessful, and early in May the great army then concentrated
under the command of Major-Generals Thomas, McPher-
son, Hooker, Schofield and Howard, — all under command
of "Uncle Billy," of whom it was said, "Sherman will move
if he has to eat his mules,"— marched away for Atlanta,
while General Grant, in command of the Army of the
Potomac, moved from about Culpeper toward Richmond.
On May 3, 1864, Geary's division left Bridgeport and
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marched to Shell Mound, while the next day it again
marched through Wauhatchie Valley, along the west side
of Lookout Mountain, crossing over its nose near the Ten
nessee River, and halting on the Chattanooga side for the
night. Here we saw every indication of a great military
campaign, in the great bodies of infantry, cavalry, and
artillery, filling and crowding the roads in every direction,
while the supply trains of wagons, in almost endless num
ber, were parked in the fields until the troops should lead
off and get under way.
On the 5th, passing through Rossville Gap across the
Chickamauga battlefield toward Ringgold, it kept to the
right to Post Oak Church, and the next day reached Pea
Vine Church.
On the 7th it crossed Taylor's Ridge, passing Gordon's
Springs to Nuckles, and to Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge
on the 8th, where Geary's division made vigorous attack by
way of a diversion, while other troops passed through Snake
Creek Gap lower down the range.
In this affair at Dug Gap the Twenty-ninth Ohio In
fantry was very roughly handled, something after the style
of the Seventh at Ringgold, while the Seventh, by order of
General Geary, who remembered Ringgold, was held in re
serve and not exposed or engaged in any way. That night,
however, the Seventh was on picket and well to the front
at that point until the I2th, when the command moved
through Snake Creek Gap and toward Resaca, where the
enemy had halted for battle. On the i3th we drew closer
to Resaca; on the I4th moved to the extreme left of the
line on the left of Williams's division, while on the I5th the
battle of Resaca was fought.
General Geary said : "Owing to the extremely rough and
hilly nature of the ground, and the small compass within
which the entire corps was to operate in the first charge, the
only formation by which my command could be handled to
advantage was that of column by regiments," — which sug
gested to the members of the Seventh the battle of Kerns-
town, where the Third Brigade went to battle in column of
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divisions. Parts of Geary's and Butterfield's divisions
raced for the capture of a 4-gun battery, posted in pits dug
upon the brow of a modest elevation, and well guarded by
infantry in trenches near by, and while they succeeded in
silencing the guns, they could not bring them off. Between
3 and 4 p. M., by order of General Hooker, General Geary
relieved General Butterfield's division and kept close guard
over the silenced guns until nightfall, when General Geary
instructed Colonel Cobham of the One Hundred and Elev
enth Pennsylvania to dig through the works in front of the
guns and bring them off with drag-ropes during the night.
The necessary tools and ropes were supplied to do this
work, which was accomplished successfully by the Fifth
Ohio and a detail from the Thirty-third New Jersey, drag
ging the guns out from under the very nose of the enemy,
despite all the resistance they could make — the Seventh
being near by to join in the shooting when the dragging out
took place, but suffering little loss. Corp. George W. Tyr
rell of the Fifth Ohio brought off a rebel flag and was sub
sequently given a medal of honor therefor.
General Butterfield claimed credit for capturing this bat
tery, but as General Geary had possession of the guns, he
held on to them. On the morning of the i6th the enemy
had evacuated and General Sherman ordered pursuit.
Geary's division crossed the Connesauga and Coosa-
wattee Creeks and encamped. On the I7th it marched
toward Calhoun; on the iSth to Gravelly Plateau on the
Cassville road; while on the iQth the Fifth Ohio led on the
skirmish line, to near Cassville, where a halt was made for
three days.
"HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
"BIVOUAC, NEAR CASSVILLE, GA., May 21, 1864.
"SiR : I have the honor to submit the following report
of the movements of my command since May 12, 1864, and
participation in the late engagement near Resaca, Ga. :
"At about 7 A. M. Thursday, May 12, 1864, my command
moved from its position near Mill Creek Gap in a southerly
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direction, and at sundown arrived at Snake (Creek) Gap,
where we bivouacked for the night. May 13, at about 12
M., moved forward in a southeasterly direction until about
5 P. M., when we came upon our outer lines, which were
skirmishing with the enemy. The regiment was ordered to
take a position on a hill, where it remained during the night
and until 4 p. M. the next day, May 14, when my command
was ordered to the extreme left of our line of battle. We
arrived after dark, formed in line and threw out pickets in
front; remained here until 10 A. M. May 15, when the regi
ment was ordered to the right to the support of the Third
Division, then heavily engaged in resisting the charge of the
enemy. The regiment in line of battle advanced to within
a few paces of the rest of the hill, in front of which were
two lines of battle, and rested upon the ground. While
lying in this position 5 men of my regiment were struck
with the enemy's balls.* None was dangerously wounded.
After lying here about an hour I was ordered to support the
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran
Volunteers. We moved to the immediate front and formed
on the right of that regiment, the regiment being in a ravine.
Forty men were sent to the crest of the hill in advance as
sharpshooters, their position being protected by piles of
rails, breastworks having been built and artillery got into
position on a commanding hill a few paces in our rear. At
about 10 p. M. the regiment was ordered to join the re
mainder of the brigade, then lying in a ravine to our right
and near the road running east and west. Here arms were
stacked and the men laid down to rest. I was aroused at
about 1 1 P. M. by rapid discharges of musketry, and caused
the regiment to fall in and be in readiness for any emer
gency. By order of General Geary three companies of my
regiment were deployed on the crest of the hill to stop the
retreat of stragglers from the front. The firing soon
ceased, and the regiment rested undisturbed until daylight.
At about 9 A. M. we were ordered to fall in, and moved off
by the road toward the east, crossing the railroad a mile
*See Casualty List, p. 648.
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north of Resaca at noon; crossed Connesauga Creek at 5
p. M. ; arrived at Coosawattee Creek ; found the cavalry
had discovered a body of the enemy in a piece of woods on
the opposite bank. I was ordered to take my command a
half mile to the left to support a section of artillery in posi
tion on commanding ground near the bank of the creek,
our troops having crossed the creek without opposition.
At 9 P. M. received orders to rejoin the brigade, then in
camp on the opposite bank. May 17, again moved forward
at about 12 M. After marching about eight miles halted
for the night near Calhoun. May 18, fell in at 4 A. M., and
after a very fatiguing march, principally across fields and
over mountains, went into camp soon after sunset. May
19, moved off soon after sunrise in an easterly direction,
scarcely any of the time being on a beaten path. At about
4 p. M., when approaching the town of Cassville, found that
we were in the vicinity of the enemy. The regiment was
ordered to take position behind some breastworks of rails
hastily thrown up. After remaining here something like
two hours my command was again moved forward about
a mile and formed in line of battle on a retreating piece of
ground in the rear of a piece of woods, where the regiment
remains.
"Respectfully submitted.
"Lieut.-Col., Comdg. Seventh Regt. Ohio Vol. Infty.
"Lieut. A. H. W. CREIGH,
"A. A. A. G., ist Brig., 2d Div., 2Oth Army Corps."
CHAPTER XXXV.
PUMPKIN VINE CREEK, DALLAS, AND NEW HOPE CHURCH.
On the 231^1, moved to and across Etowah River and the
next day to Burnt Hickory. Colonel Charles Candy, com
manding First Brigade, said :
"On May 25 marched at 6 A. M., this brigade in advance
of the division, and moved to Pumpkin Vine Creek, where
the advance met the enemy's cavalry pickets. Skirmishers
were thrown across the stream, the Seventh Ohio perform
ing this duty, when we advanced about three miles, where
we met the advance of the enemy in force, composed of in
fantry and cavalry. The brigade was formed in line of
battle. The Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania was ordered to
advance as skirmishers to assist the Seventh Ohio, who
were warmly engaged with the enemy, and were making a
stubborn resistance. The enemy's skirmishers were com
pelled to fall back to their main line, one and a half miles.
The enemy then advanced in force and poured a heavy and
galling fire into the entire line. It fell most heavily on the
Fifth Ohio, who lost 7 killed and 51 wounded."
Colonel Patrick of the Fifth Ohio and Lieutenant Hitt of
Colonel Candy's staff were killed in this battle, and Capt.
Lew. R. Davis of General Geary's staff captured, while Ser
geants McClelland and Strattan of the Seventh, and
others, were killed, and some wounded, still further deci
mating the already greatly depleted ranks.
Following is an extract from the official report of Brig.-
Gen. John W. Geary.
"NEW HOPE CHURCH.
"May 25, at 7 A. M., I marched with my command, tak
ing the road to Dallas via bridge across Pumpkin Vine
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Creek at Owen's Mill. Williams's and Butterfield's divis
ions, moving, respectively, by roads on my right and left,
were to cross the creek by other bridges. The point of con
centration ordered was to be Dallas (see order of march
for May 25, dated May 24, headquarters Department of the
Cumberland). The Major-General Commanding corps
and myself, with our staffs and escort, preceded the troops
to the bridge at Owen's Mill, which we found burning, hav
ing just been fired. While engaged in extinguishing the
flames and repairing the bridge we were fired upon from
the hill opposite, proving that the enemy were here in our
front. A portion of Maj.-Gen. Hooker's cavalry escort
fording the creek, deployed and advanced on the opposite
side through the woods, driving before them a short dis
tance what proved to be an outpost of 25 cavalrymen. My
infantry soon came up, and the repairs to the bridge being
finished by the pioneer corps, the entire division crossed ;
the Seventh Ohio Volunteers preceding, deployed as skir
mishers, advanced rapidly in the direction of New Hope
Church, Candy's brigade leading. Near Hawkins's house,
one and a half miles from the bridge, our skirmishers be
came heavily engaged with those of the enemy, and
almost immediately a furious charge was made upon us.
Our skirmishers resisted. Candy's brigade wras deployed
into line on the double-quick, and after a sharp engagement
the charge was repulsed. The skirmish line was now rein
forced, and extended to the length of a mile by the Twenty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The remaining four
legiments of Candy's brigade were deployed in line of
battle, and, supported by my other two brigades, moved
forward, attacking and driving steadily for half a mile a
heavy force of Hood's corps, which opposed us. From
prisoners captured we learned that Hood's entire corps was
in our front, and Hardee's not far off, in the direction of
Dallas. My division was isolated, at least five miles from
the nearest supporting troops, and had been sustaining a
sharp conflict with the enemy for four hours. Close in my
front was an overwhelming force. My command was, by
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order of the Major-General Commanding the corps (who
was with me), halted and formed on a ridge in the woods,
advantageous for defense, and a slight barricade of logs
hastily thrown up. My skirmish lines were deployed to a
still greater extent than before, and ordered to keep up an
aggressive fire, the object being to deceive the enemy as to
our weakness by a show of strength. During this halt a
charge made by a brigade of the enemy in column upon that
part of my skirmish line occupied by the Seventh Ohio Vol
unteers was handsomely repulsed. The skirmish line there
formed nearly a right angle toward the enemy, who charged
upon the center line, not seeing that upon their flank.
When the three regiments neared the angle they were met
by a sharp fire in front and a heavy enfilading fire from
their left flank, and retreated in hasty disorder and with
considerable loss. Orders had been sent, as soon as the
enemy was found in force in my front, by the Major-Gen
eral Commanding corps, to Generals Butterfield and Wil
liams to march their divisions to the point where mine was
engaged. By 5 p. M. both had come up and massed, Wil
liams on my right and Butterfield on my left and rear.
Each division was quickly formed for attack in columns by
brigades, Williams leading, Butterfield next, my division as
a reserve, and the corps advanced upon the enemy. In the
advance Butterfield's brigades moved toward the flanks,
leaving me in support of Williams, who had been heavily
engaged, driving the enemy some distance. I received
orders to push forward and relieve his troops. This was
between 6 and 7 p. M. The movement ordered for my
division was made with great rapidity, through a dense
woods, swept by a very heavy artillery and musketry fire.
The discharges of canister and shell from the enemy were
heavier than in any other battle of the campaign in which
my command was engaged. The troops of General Wil-
liams's division were relieved by this movement, and Cob-
ham's brigade and portions of Candy's brigade engaged the
enemy furiously at short range, driving him again until
after dark, when my command was halted close under the
PUMPKIN VINE: CRE)E;K — N£W HOPE: CHURCH 303
enemy's batteries and entrenchments near New Hope
Church. The night was intensely dark, and a very severe
thunder-storm, with cold, pelting rain, added to the gloom.
It was, therefore, impossible to form a regular line with the
troops, and all the dispositions of them we could make was
by the fitful flashes of lightning. Breastworks were thrown
up as fast as possible during the night, and the dead and
wounded were all cared for before morning.
"May 26, when dawn came I found the position held by
my troops to be a ridge of considerable natural strength
confronting another ridge at a distance of from 80 yards on
the left to 300 yards on the right, on which were the
enemy's main lines. Around us in every direction were
thick woods. The road to New Hope Church passed
through my lines occupied by Candy's brigade, the flank of
which, on the left of the road, was not in connection with
any other troops. At this point near the road my lines
were closest to those opposing us, and sharpshooters from
Candy's brigade were so posted as to command a battery in
his front, preventing the enemy from working his guns,
excepting now and then to deliver an occasional shot.
Another battery in Cobham's front was similarly com
manded by sharpshooters from his brigade. Strong skir
mish lines were posted along our front and drove the ene
my's skirmishers into their main line of entrenchments and
kept them there for the most part during the succeeding days
that we remained in this position. The battle of the 25th
was altogether in the woods, affording no opportunity for
the use of artillery on our side. In my front this clay I
ascertained that the enemy had seventeen pieces of artillery
well entrenched in their second line of works on top of the
ridge occupied by them. This line of \vorks was very
strong, with re-entering angles. From my skirmish line
it could be closely reconnoiterecl, being distant only about
100 yards. In addition to this they occupied in strong
force a line of breastworks nearer us at the foot of the
ridge. To this work their skirmishers were all driven, and
my skirmishers, advanced to the farthest point possible,
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were ordered to hold them there and to cover with their
own fire, if possible, every piece of artillery posted in our
front. Directions were also given when night came for
the construction of log rifle-pits of the V pattern for the
protection of my skirmishers and sharpshooters, the num
ber of casualties among them being quite large during the
day. At noon troops of General Stanley's division, Fourth
Corps, came up and connected on my left by a refused line,
and by order of Maj.-Gen. Thomas relieved five regiments
of Candy's brigade, which had held the left of the road since
the evening of yesterday. My entire division was now
formed on the right of the road from left to right, in the
following order : Candy's brigade, Lockman's, then Co-
burn's brigade of Butterfield's division, and on his right
Cobham's brigade, of my division. Two-thirds of each
brigade formed the front line. The remainder was placed
in reserve near the foot of the ridge. Under protection of
our sharpshooters breastworks were erected during the day,
and, wherever possible, the timber in front was slashed,
forming an abatis. All of my artillery, twelve pieces, was
placed in position along my line during the day and night.
The enemy made frequent sorties, attempting to drive in my
skirmishers, establish their own line, and prevent our
throwing up works, but in every case they were driven back
with severe loss. Their artillery was rendered almost en
tirely inefficient by the constant watchfulness of our sharp
shooters, and our works progressed rapidly. After dusk,
Cobham's brigade, being relieved by 'Ward's, of Butterfield's
division, took the place Held in line by Coburn, thus bring
ing my entire command into a connected line.
"My losses during yesterday and to-day were 376 killed,
wounded, and missing. A full statement of them will be
found hereto appended. I have to enumerate among the
dead, fallen in the battle of New Hope Church, Col. John
H. Patrick, Fifth Ohio Volunteers, a brave officer, who had
served with his regiment since April, 1861, and here fell
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mortally wounded by a canister shot, and Lieut. Joseph W.
Hitt, of Colonel Candy's staff, a promising young officer.
My three brigade commanders, Colonels Candy, Lockman,
and Cobham, all displayed personal gallantry and performed
their whole duty in the most efficient manner. The behavior
of the officers and men under their command was excellent
throughout. For twenty-four hours they were actively en
gaged with the enemy without opportunity to cook a single
meal or make a cup of coffee. I sustained a personal loss
in the capture of Capt. L. R. Davis of the Seventh Ohio
Volunteers, who had served as aide-de-camp on my staff
for two years and had earned a wide-spread reputation for
his extreme gallantry and personal daring.
"May 27, lively skirmishing all day, our sharpshooters
preventing the enemy from free use of their guns (artil
lery). The enemy made occasional attempts to drive in
our skirmishers, but were each time driven back to their en
trenchments with heavy loss. My artillery kept up a de
structive fire, enfilading portions of the enemy's works. In
this constant, watchful war between skirmishers, kept up
night and day, here as elsewhere in similar positions during
this campaign, my troops thoroughly proved their superior
ity over the enemy as sharpshooters, invariably driving them
from their post. During the 28th, 29th, 3Oth, and 3ist
days of May our position and general daily routine of
artillery practice and sharpshooting were unchanged.
Small out-works for the protection of skirmishers were
thrown up at every available point, thus diminishing my
daily returns of casualties. From the 25th of May until
the ist of June, my entire division was under fire, without
an hour of relief. Owing to the proximity of the lines, and
the nature of the ground, no one, whether in front or rear,
could rest quietly with any assurance of safety. No op
portunity being afforded for proper shelter, rest, and diet,
the necessary result of this series of operations was a large
increase of sickness.
20
306 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
"CASUALTIES IN BATTLE AT NEW HOPE CHURCH, GA.
Killed.
Wounded.
Missing.
Aggregate.
Commissioned officers, . .
Kn listed men, . . .
3
4Q
17
422
i
17
21
488
Total,
52
439
18
509
"June i, being relieved by Harrow's division, of the
Fifteenth Corps, I withdrew my command from the works
and, forming in the Dallas road, marched to the rear of the
left of Johnson's division, of the Fourteenth Corps, where
the division encamped, with Butterfield on the right and
Williams on the left. June 2, moved still farther to the
left in the direction of Allatoona Church, within about two
and a half miles of which I placed my command in position
on a thickly wooded ridge in the rear and in support of the
Twenty-third Corps. During the day heavy storms of rain
and hail prevailed, making the ground heavy, and swelling
the creeks so as to render them almost impassable. Ac
tive artillery and musketry fire in the front, during which
many shots passed through my camp, in which also several
shells exploded. June 3, 4, and 5, remained in same posi
tion. On the 3d the Third Brigade was detached, and at 4
p. M. proceeded to the bridge on the Acworth road over
Allatoona Creek, with orders to hold the bridge and the
ford. It found the bridge in a shattered condition, but
placed it in good order, remaining at this point during the
4th and 5th. June 6, the enemy having evacuated the
works in the immediate front of the army, the division
marched to the Marietta road, encamping on Hull's farm,
near the junction of the roads leading to Big Shanty and to
Lost Mountain, Butterfield and Williams on the right, the
Fourth Corps upon the left. June 7, 8, 9, 10, n, and 12,
remained in same position, having thrown up breastworks
to cover the roads approaching my front, advancing my
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skirmishers and feeling the enemy, who were found fortify
ing the ridges connecting Lost Mountain and Pine Hill.
On the 7th, Colonel P. H. Jones, One Hundred and Fifty-
fourth New York Volunteers, having reported for duty,
and being the senior officer, was assigned to the command
of the Second Brigade. On the loth orders were received
to move on the Marietta road toward Kenesaw Station, but
the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps, occupying the road with
troops and trains, prevented any movement on the part of
my command. On the nth, the term of service of the
Seventh Ohio Volunteers, Lieut.-Col. McClelland, having
expired, the regiment departed for the North. During its
long connection with my division, this regiment, by gallant
service upon many fields, on which it lost heavily, earned
for itself a reputation of which Ohio may well be proud."
"HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEERS..
"NEAR ALI,ATOONA, GA., June 9, 1864.
"SiR : I have the honor to submit the following report of
the movements of my command since May 17, 1864, to the
present date:
"May 17, my command, then in camp on the south bank
of the Coosawattee Creek, at about 1 1 A. M. moved forward
in line a southerly direction, and at sundown halted for the
night near Calhoun. May 18, moved on at 4 A. M., and
after a very fatiguing march, most of the way over moun
tains and across fields, halted for the night just after sunset.
May 19, moved forward in an easterly direction. Scarcely
any of our line of march was in a beaten path or traveled
road. At about 4 p. M., when approaching the town of
Cassville, found the enemy in our immediate front. My
command was ordered to take a position under cover of
some hastily constructed breastworks, and after remaining
there about two hours, was ordered forward about a mile,
and then formed in line of battle in the rear of the One
Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers and
on the left of the Fifth Ohio Volunteers. Here it remained
until about 10 A. M. on the 2ist instant, when it was re-
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moved about one mile to the rear in a piece of woods, where
it remained until the morning of the 23rd instant, when,
with the division, it moved off, passing through Cassville
and Cass Station, crossing the railroad and taking a south
westerly course ; at about 4 p. M. crossed the Etowah River
and halted for the night two miles beyond. May 24, at an
early hour, the regiment was ordered forward, and at sunset
was halted for the night on Hickory Ridge. May 25, re
ceived orders to take the advance of the brigade, which had
the advance of the division and entire column; moved off
at 7 A. M. At about a mile from camp, by order of General
Geary, I deployed seven companies as skirmishers, three on
the right and four on the left of the road. Owing to the
density of the underbrush and rank growth of weeds, which
were very wet with rain, the advance of the skirmishers was
very slow and toilsome. At about three miles from the
previous night's camp, and when approaching Pumpkin
Vine Creek, our advance was fired upon by the enemy's
pickets, who were stationed at the bridge; the extreme right
of my skirmishers was also fired upon by cavalry pickets
from the opposite bank of the creek. The enemy had
made an attempt to destroy the bridge by tearing up the
planking and setting it on fire in several places. With some
delay my command crossed and advanced to the hill on the
opposite bank. After resting half an hour they again
moved forward. Generals Hooker and Geary, with their
staffs and body-guard, were well up with, and at times in
advance of, the skirmish line. At about 10 A. M., when
about two miles beyond the creek, some of General Hook
er's body-guard, then in advance, were fired upon by the
enemy. General Geary immediately ordered me to deploy
my reserve to the right and left of the road and move for
ward on the enemy to relieve General Hooker's body-guard,
then being driven back. I did so, deploying my three re
maining companies, consisting of about sixty-five men, who
immediately engaged the enemy and held them at bay until
the other regiments of the brigade were advanced in line of
battle, pushing the enemy before them something like a
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mile. During this skirmish I had i man killed and 8
wounded. Here we were ordered to remain and throw up
breastworks, which was done very hastily. At about 6 p.
M. my command was ordered into line, the Fifth Ohio Vol
unteers on my right and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers on
my left, and advanced to the support of the Second and
Third Brigades. On getting within range of the enemy's
fire while advancing, 3 men were killed and 15 were
wounded. One shell from the enemy's guns exploded in
the ranks, killing 2 men and wounding 6 others. My com
mand lay in position in the front line until 1 1 o'clock on the
26th instant, when it was relieved by a regiment from the
Fourth Corps, and retired to a ravine a hundred yards in
the rear, where it remained until the evening of the 27th
instant, when it was ordered to relieve the Sixty-sixth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry in the first line of entrenchments. Dur
ing the night and following day our skirmishers, stationed
about fifty yards in advance of the breastworks, were con
stantly skirmishing with the enemy. At about 8 A. M. on
the 28th instant the enemy opened upon us three pieces of
artillery, but with no effect. The pieces were soon silenced
by the Thirteenth New York Battery and our skirmishers
in front. The regiment was relieved by the Fifth Ohio
Volunteers, and retired to the ravine in the rear, where it
remained until the evening of the 3<Dth instant, when it was
ordered to relieve the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
in the first line of entrenchments. During the succeeding
twenty-four hours our skirmishers were constantly firing,
but nothing unusual occurred. One man of my command
was severely wounded in the face by a musket ball. May
31, at sunset, the regiment was relieved by the Fifth Ohio
Volunteers, and retired to the second line of entrenchments.
"June i, at 12 M. my command was relieved by troops
from the Fifteenth Army Corps, and was removed to the
extreme left of our line of battle, where it bivouacked for the
night. June 2, at 1 1 A. M. I received orders to move, and,
with the division, moved forward toward the advanced line
and halted at about a thousand yards in its rear. By orders
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formed in column by divisions, and here remained until
the morning of the 6th instant, when the regiment was
moved in an easterly direction for about four miles, when
it was halted, and I was ordered to stack arms and imme
diately set about building breastworks. My command was
very actively engaged at this until sunset, when it was re
lieved by a detail from the One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and since that time has remained
in camp upon the same ground.*
"Respectfully, your obedient servant,
"Lieut. -Col., Comdg. Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
"Lieut. A. H. W. CRKIGH,
"A. A. A. G., ist Brig., 2d Div., 2Oth Army Corps."
Sergeant-Major Hubbard states that while at Burnt
Hickory, New Hope Church, and Dallas, where the regi
ment was under fire almost constantly day and night from
May 25 to June i, on one occasion Colonel McClelland's
cook brought something to eat, when, realizing the constant
danger, the Colonel said, "Hubbard, sit behind that tree,
where you will be safe; but the Sergeant demurred, insist
ing that as the Colonel's life was the more valuable he
should sit there himself, and finally prevailed upon him to
do so; but he had hardly seated himself when a bullet
struck the limb of a tree, glanced, and hit the Colonel in the
breast with such force that for a time his life was despaired
of; but rallying, he commenced to breathe, and soon re
covered from the effects of this almost knock-out blow near
his heart. They went on with their meal, as if nothing had
happened, but later, on examining the Colonel's chest, a flat
tened bullet was found, and preserved, as the cause of this
almost fatal catastrophe.
*See Casualty List, p. 648.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
GOING HOME TO BE) MUSTERED OUT.
The recruits who enlisted in August, 1862, with the
understanding that they were to be assigned to the Seventh
to serve for the unexpired term of the regiment, and as
sured that they would be permitted to return home when the
original members did, expected to be allowed to do so.
Imagine their great disappointment, however, when in
formed that they were, under the terms of their muster, .to
be held another year, and that the original members were
going home without them. Sergt.-Maj. Hubbard states that
the order to relieve the Seventh reached Colonel McClelland
about 9 A. M., June n, 1864, with instructions that all re
cruits and veterans were to report to the Fifth Ohio. The
Colonel, with tears in his eyes, told the sergeant-major that
he must rely on him to go down the line and make the an
nouncement. This was almost if not quite as difficult a
task for Sergeant Hubbard as for the Colonel, but he
obeyed orders. At first there was a great shout, and caps
went high in the air until the information concerning the
recruits became known, when sadness and sorrow reigned
supreme. However, the entire regiment fell in in two lines
facing each other, one consisting of the original members,
the other of the recruits and veterans.
The Colonel commanded, "Attention ! Present arms !
Shoulder arms! Original members, right face; forward,
march!" and away~they went, amid sobs and tears, the like
of which is seldom heard or witnessed. Sergeant Hubbard
says if tears ever fell from mortal eyes they did then.
These Seventh Ohio recruits and veterans formed a de
tachment which was attached to the Fifth Ohio Infantry,
and after passing through the rest of the Atlanta Campaign,
fighting in the great battles at Pine Knob, Kenesaw Moun
tain, and Peach Tree Creek, as well as in many minor en-
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gagements, where some of them were killed and wounded,
those remaining were, on the 3ist of October, 1864, re§"u-
larly merged into that regiment, and after marching with
Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, and up through the Caro-
linas to Washington, D. C., they there participated in May,
1865, in that Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and
Sherman, the finest military pageant ever seen in this coun
try. Here, at last, seemed to be some compensation for all
the disappointment that had the year before been theirs, and
when the original members of the regiment really envied
them because all this additional service and honor had so
worthily come to them. Some effort has been made to ob
tain data concerning the deaths, wounds and promotions
among these men, after June n, 1864, but with only par
tial success however, as indicated in our roster.
Going to Big Shanty Station the Seventh was delayed
for transportation, but finally got off for Chattanooga,
arriving there in the night of the I5th of June, 1864. Left
for Nashville on the I7th, arriving the next day at 6 P. M.
On the 1 9th embarked on steamer Mercury, leaving next
morning at 4 o'clock, going down the Cumberland River
past Fort Donelson, where only modest earthworks could
be seen.
At Canton, Kentucky, two companies of the Seventh
went ashore in search of guerrillas who had fired into a
boat ahead of us. None was found.
On the 2 ist, reached mouth of the Cumberland at 5 A. M.
When our boat had passed Preston, Kentucky, a volley was
fired at us from a rocky ledge on the Kentucky shore, which
was promptly responded to, and this was the last shooting
that the Seventh Ohio engaged in. (Two of the Seventh
are said to have been wounded.) Reached Evansville, In
diana, on the 22d, New Albany on the 23d, and Madison on
the 24th. Sergeant Trembly of Company C fell overboard
and was lost to us. Comrades remained behind and found
his body, and it was conveyed to his parents.
On June 25, 1864, the Seventh reached Cincinnati at 3
A. M., where the citizens had arranged to welcome the
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original members of the Fifth Ohio who did not veteranize,
and were expected by rail at 9 A. M.
Colonel Dunning, learning of the arrival of the Seventh,
insisted that we should join in the welcome to the men we
had served with so long and be received with them, and
to this the officers and men of the Seventh consented.
When the train bearing some 235 of the Fifth Ohio came
to a stop, as they disembarked it was something to see those
bronzed and weatherbeaten veterans disappear in loving
embraces. However, in time they were disentangled, and
with the Seventh as their guests, after a short march they
reached Mozart Hall, where formal addresses of welcome
were made and then refreshments served. Each soldier had
at least one sweet girl at each elbow, while they were very
busy filling the soldier boys too full for utterance. Finally
the Seventh said good-by, and at 2.30 p. M. left on a special
train for Cleveland. The time of the home-coming of the
Seventh had become known throughout the cities, towns,
and country places from whence it came, hence not only
those near and dear by the ties of nature and affection, but
many hundreds of others came to meet, greet, and welcome
the soldiers who had not only seen more than three years'
active service in the greatest war of modern times, but had
shed their patriotic blood upon many battlefields and made
a record alike honorable to themselves and the great Com
monwealth from which they hailed.
On this glad Sabbath morning, June 26, 1864, as the fire
bells throughout the city and a battery, by agreement, an
nounced the near approach of the regiment, a great host of
people hastened to the depot, and as the train came to a
stop a mighty shout of welcome greeted it, and such an
eager throng pressed it as to make it almost impossible for
the soldiers to alight.
However, as the men disembarked, as a rule, each one
was captured by relatives and friends, when all the tender
scenes witnessed at Cincinnati, in the welcome to the Fifth
Ohio, were reenacted.
This cordial and affectionate greeting over, a substantial
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breakfast at the depot followed, then marching up to the
post-office building, Prosecuting-Attorney Grannis, in the
absence of Mayor Senter, welcomed the regiment in behalf
of the city. Mr. Grannis was followed by his excellency
Governor John Brough, for whom the great majority of
the regiment had voted, at an election held at Duck River,
Tennessee, under the law permitting soldiers who were un
avoidably absent from their State, to vote. (Note from
diary: "October 13, 1863 — We held our election to-day.
I was chosen one of the clerks. Co. D polled 30 votes for
Brough. None for Vallandigham.")
In the course of his remarks the Governor said :
"Men of the Seventh Ohio: On behalf of the State I
am here to give you a cordial greeting on your return. We
welcome you back, not only because you are back, but be
cause you have reflected honor on your State. Standing,
as I do, in the position of father of all the regiments of the
State, it will not do for me to discriminate; but I will say
that no regiment has returned to the bosom of the State,
and none remains to come after it, that will bring back a
more glorious record than the gallant old Seventh."
The regiment then marched to Cleveland Heights, where
it made its final camp, where the preparation of reports,
pay-rolls and discharges were made out by officers and first
sergeants, assisted by comrades who wielded a ready pen,
while the great mass of the membership went to their homes
near by, to return for muster out. On Sunday, July 3,
1864, the members of the regiment then present marched to
Erie Cemetery, where the remains of Colonels Creighton
and Crane were in a vault, and escorted the same to Wood
land Cemetery, where the Seventh Ohio Infantry monu
ment was subsequently erected and where the remains of
these beloved commanders yet remain.
Seven companies were discharged on the 6th and three
on the 7th of July, 1864, and all services terminated on
those dates, although not paid off until the next day.
On July 8, 1864, therefore, the members of the Seventh
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Ohio Infantry separated with heart-felt regrets, many to
never greet each other again, causing a feeling of peculiar
sadness, as well as of real joy at being once more honorably
free from military rule and discipline; yet a goodly num
ber of both officers and men went out again ere the close of
the war, adding new rank and honor to their already gallant
military record.
(NoTE. — On Sunday morning, May 5, 1861, the Seventh left Camp
Taylor for Camp Dennison; on Sunday morning, December 6, 1863,
the bodies of Colonels Creighton and Crane reached Cleveland from
the battlefield of Ringgold, Georgia, while on Sunday morning, June
26th, 1864, the Seventh reached Cleveland, to be mustered out of ser
vice.)
GREETING THE SEVENTH.
Oh ! warriors true and tried,
From weary wand'rings wide,
Welcome ye home !
With joy your friends to meet,
Our hearts go forth to greet
The coming of your feet,
No more to roam.
Come to the fireside dear,
Come to the homes so drear
While ye were gone;
From far-off battle plain,
From days of toil and pain,
To the home-hearth again,
Wanderer return.
And they, the sainted brave,
From many a distant grave,
In spirit come!
They join us in the cry —
They swell the song on high, —
Its echoes fill the sky, —
Welcome ye home !
From the Sandusky Register.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
"A Y£AR WITH THE
By G. W.
Late Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers.
At the outbreak of the Rebellion I was a tutor in Oberlin
College and a student in its Theological Seminary. When
Sumter was fired on and troops were called for, the young
men were ready for the fight. Professor Monroe, who was
in the State Senate, came to Oberlin and addressed a mass-
meeting and called for volunteers. A company was at once
filled and many offered themselves who could not be re
ceived. The Seventh Ohio Regiment, to which our com
pany was assigned, had two candidates for the colonelcy,
E. B. Tyler and James A. Garfield. Garfield was a prominent
member of the State Legislature, and already gave promise
of the greatness which he afterward achieved. Tyler was
a man of little prominence, but an active politician. He
was also a brigadier-general of the Ohio State Militia, and
appeared in camp in military uniform, and this won him the
election. Three months after the organization of the regi
ment, it was surrounded in the mountains of West Vir
ginia and a large portion of it captured. The Oberlin
company held an outpost long enough to allow the main
body of the regiment to retreat, but too long for its own
safety. Thirty-five of the company were captured and six
wounded, two of them mortally. One, a talented member
of the freshman class, died the next day in the hands of the
enemy. It was my privilege to be at his side during his
last hours and receive his dying message.
After two days we started over the mountains for Rich
mond. The enlisted men were tied together with a rope
like a gang of slaves. After marching from daylight until
dark, dry flour was issued and two skillets in which to cook
supper for more than a hundred men. A few of them built
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a fire, wet up the flour with water, and without salt, and
cooked it. The process was slow and the result so unsatis
factory that most of the men went to sleep supperless.
Lieutenant Wilcox and myself, the only commissioned
officers among the prisoners, having given our parole of
honor not to escape, were permitted to go ahead of the
marching column. On the second day we learned where the
night was to be passed and hastened on hoping to make
some provision to prevent starvation. All we could do was
to heat water in a large kettle ready to boil the flour when it
came. After four days we reached Jackson River, where
we took the cars for Richmond.
We had marched more than one hundred miles, and were
so weary and starved that many were scarcely able to stand.
Upon arriving at the depot in Richmond, Lieutenant Wil
cox and I started to walk into the city, and were arrested by
a rebel sergeant and taken to the tobacco warehouse which
was used as a military prison at that time. This sergeant
proved to be Wirz, afterward so infamous for the cruelty he
practiced upon prisoners at Andersonville. The commis
sioned officers were placed on the first floor and the enlisted
men on the second and third.
Our room was about forty by sixty feet, and one-half of
this space was occupied by the machinery connected with the
factory. There were more than eighty officers. Our food
was wheat bread and boiled fresh beef for breakfast and
dinner, and bread alone for supper. Those who had money
bought other articles — tea at four dollars a pound, coffee at
one dollar, butter, sixty cents. Confederate money and
greenbacks were at this time on a par in the South. No
beds or bedding of any sort were furnished. A few officers
had purchased blankets and mattresses but most of us slept
en the bare floor with a block of wood for a pillow. I sold
my watch to a rebel officer and used the proceeds to purchase
Thiers's "Consulate and Empire," two of Thackeray's
novels, and copies of Livy and Virgil.
Orders prohibiting a near approach to the windows were
rigidly enforced. On the floor above us a New York ser-
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geant thoughtlessly stood nearer the window than was
pleasing to the guard below and was shot through the head
without warning. Roll was called at 9 in the morning by
a young rebel, Lieutenant Withers. He was very small,
wore a long sword that dragged on the floor, and was a
dude generally. He came in one morning and gave the
usual order to "fall in for roll-call." We arranged our
selves, according to custom, by standing with our backs to
the wall in an irregular line reaching the whole length of
the room. I happened to be sitting on the block which I
used for a pillow, reading "Pendennis," and when the order
to fall in came, I stood up, leaned my back against the wall
and kept on reading. The Lieutenant was directly in front
of me, and when I responded to my name without lifting
my eyes from my book, he asked with an oath of execration
why I did not get into line. The question seemed ludicrous
and I glanced up and down the room and asked what line
he referred to. My fellow prisoners laughed and the Lieu
tenant was enraged, and left the room in great haste and
returned with a corporal and two private soldiers with
fixed bayonets, halted them before me, and with his own
hands put handcuffs upon my wrists. His triumph, how
ever, was of short duration. The officers of the prison
association wrote a note to the commanding officer asking
him to come in and investigate. He did so, apologized to
me and required Withers to remove the irons.
All the officers were searched immediately after this, and
we learned that Withers believed that there was a conspiracy
among the prisoners to mutiny, kill the guards, and get
away, and that we had in some way obtained pistols.
Early in September. an order came to transfer thirty offi
cers to Charleston, South Carolina, to be placed in Castle
Pinckney, a dismantled fort in the harbor. Major Potter,
one of our number, was well acquainted in Charleston, and
represented the fort as a delightful place. We started on
the journey with hopes of better quarters. Reaching
Petersburg, we had to march through the city from one
depot to another. A crowd of citizens followed us, using
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abusive epithets and appealing to the guards to shoot us.
Women shook their fists at us from windows. The trip
lasted twenty-four hours and no food was furnished us.
Reaching Charleston early in the morning, we were kept
waiting for hours, that our march through the city might
be witnessed by the people. When we finally moved we
were escorted by a brass band, a troop of cavalry in gala
attire, and thousands of citizens, men, women, and children.
We were paraded through the streets of the city, and when
we finally came to a halt, it was not at Castle Pinckney, but
in front of the city jail. We filed into the jail, climbed the
dark and dirty stairs, and passed along a dingy hall with
grated cells on either side. Five of us were thrown into
one of these cells. The first sight that caught our eye
through the only window was a huge gallows, and I said to
Major Potter, "There's our castle, and it is a veritable
'castle in the air/ '
The rebel officers in charge of us knew that we had been
twenty-four hours without food and yet several hours more
passed before anything was brought us, and when it came
consisted of raw coffee in the kernel, sea biscuit, and salt
pork full of maggots. Our cell had a small open grate and
our cooking utensils consisted of a single skillet. We suc
ceeded in borrowing from the guard a kettle to cook our
raw coffee in, and boiled it unground and unburned, fried
our bacon over the coals, and had our dinner at 2 o'clock.
And so we settled down to life in cells for four months.
Some features of our life here are too shocking to relate.
The ration issued to us was this same maggoty pork and
sea biscuit. No coffee, ground or unground, after the first
day. We resorted to various methods of serving up sea bis
cuit. One day we boiled it until soft and served it with
fat as a dressing. This we called lobscouse. The next day
we softened it in hot water and fried it in fat. This we
called dunderfunk. Occasionally we took up a collection
and sent out for sweet potatoes and white bread. The rebel
officers told us we were only temporarily in jail, until Castle
Pinckney could be put in order. After about a month we
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were sent to Castle Pinckney. At first this seemed a great
improvement.
We had a large court-yard for outdoor exercise. We
soon found, however, that our rooms were so damp as to
make them exceedingly unwholesome. The fort was built
on the shore of an island in the midst of the bay which con
stitutes Charleston Harbor. When the tide was out the
island was bare, but when the tide was in it was covered \vith
five or six feet of water. The outside walls of the fort were
solid masonry and we occupied the casemates, which are
nothing more than great recesses in the walls, arched at the
top and opening into the central court. Bunks had been
built up on the walls and blankets were furnished us. But
this solid masonry was full of water that had been gathering
for generations, and we soon began to have coughs and
rheumatism and fevers — and after a few days were glad to
be moved back to the stifling cells of the jail. In the early
part of the winter there came an exciting episode to break
the monotony of our prison life. This was the great
Charleston fire, which swept away one-half of the entire city.
It commenced in the night at a point quite distant from us,
burned all the next day, and kept coming steadily toward
us. It seemed as if the whole city was doomed. We
learned from one of the guards who was friendly to us that
it was the purpose of the officers in charge to leave us
locked in our cells if the jail burned.
We managed to smuggle an ax into our cell, through the
aid of a guard, determined to make at least a vigorous effort
before surrendering ourselves to the flames. During that
terrible night all the buildings in the neighborhood of the
jail burned. Our cell was brilliantly lighted, so that one
could read without difficulty, and for some hours the grat
ings of the windows were so hot as to burn the hands that
touched them. Great fire-brands were driven against the
windows, but the jail escaped.
Soon after this fire we were removed from Charleston
to Columbia, and placed in the city jail, the officers in a
large room and the enlisted men in barracks adjacent. Our
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quarters were better than we had had before. Each officer
had a bed, consisting of a plain pine bedstead with straw
mattress, and our Government sent us warm clothing and
army blankets.
Among the enlisted men were several members of a New
York company which was made up of skilled engravers.
Every night they manufactured Confederate money suffi
cient to furnish all our tables comfortably the next day.
I have sometimes feared when I have related this circum
stance that I should be regarded as drawing on my imagina
tion, but it is, nevertheless, true.
One of the methods for passing time was to make trinkets
from bones. The rebels were surprised at our skill, and
eagerly purchased every article made. These engravers
managed to buy necessary tools on the pretext of needing
them for working in bone. Some that they could not get
they made themselves. The officer in command of this
prison, Captain Shriver, was a Christian gentleman, and
treated us as honorable prisoners of war (which cannot be
said of the officers of any other prison in which I was con
fined).
The rector of the Episcopal Church came in one Sabbath,
and invited all who would like to attend divine service to
go into an adjoining room. Some forty or fifty officers and
soldiers went. Everything moved pleasantly until he
reached the prayer for the President, which he had changed
to a prayer for the "President of the Confederate States."
The moment those words were uttered, we all jumped to
our feet and shouted in confusion : "We are not Confeder
ates!" "We are not traitors!" "We are not praying for
Jeff Davis !" The poor rector seemed frightened, and
slipped out at the side door and gave us up as a hopeless lot.
Before winter was fairly over an order came to parole all
the prisoners at Columbia and send them to Richmond to be
exchanged. We were wild with excitement and delight, too
happy to sleep. Most of the night before starting was
spent in an extemporized banquet, with toasts and speeches.
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Reaching Richmond, we were told there was an interrup
tion in the negotiations for exchange. We took quarters
in Libby Prison and had full opportunity to experience that
deferring of hope that maketh the heart sick. We stayed
about three months in this famous prison, in many respects
the most trying period of my prison life. Libby Prison had
been occupied by a wholesale ship chandler and grocer. It
was three stories high with three rooms on each floor, ex
tending from one street to another. The officers occupied
the middle room on the first floor. The whole room was
about forty by one hundred feet, of which nearly one-third
was partitioned off from the front as quarters for the guard.
The only light and air came from the windows at one end.
In this space, perhaps forty by seventy feet, there were at
this time about one hundred and fifty officers. The air was
extremely foul, and the room filthy and infested with ver
min.
Our windows looked out upon James River and sloping
fields beyond, and as spring advanced the water and the
green fields were made beautiful by the bright southern sun,
and presented a marked contrast with the filth, the squalor,
and the stifling air of our prison.
Occasionally we could hear the distant boom of our can
non. We learned from the Richmond papers and from the
arrival of new prisoners that McClellan's army was ap
proaching Richmond.
Rebel troops were daily passing our window on their way
to the front. To get out of prison and get to work became
an absorbing passion. Lieutenant Wilcox of my own regi
ment, Lieutenant Kent of the Regular Army, and myself
made an elaborate plan for escape. We managed to ex
change our army clothing for citizen's dress, procured a
pocket compass, and made from the mainspring of an old-
fashioned watch a steel saw with which to cut the bars of
a window. The plan involved cutting a hole through the
floor, then through the brick partition beneath so as to pass
from our room to the basement of the adjoining room.
That room was occupied by loyal Southern men, and had a
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window that opened to a side street which was not guarded.
The floor had to be cut with an ordinary pocket knife. It
was hard oak plank two inches thick and thoroughly sea
soned. We worked on that hole in the floor two hundred
and twenty hours. It was cut under the head of my iron
bedstead, and the work had to be done lying flat on the floor
face down. After we had taken out some pieces of the
plank, I was lying there one day at work when a rebel offi
cer came into this unused basement directly under me. I
could have reached down and taken his hat from his head.
I held my breath during the few minutes he stood there, but
fortunately he did not look up, and went out without seeing
me.
The opening through the brick wall was made much more
speedily. I think we did the whole work on the wall in
three days. Now we were ready to move. But the night
before we were to start some loyal Southern men on the
upper floor cut a hole through the roof and let themselves
down by a rope to the street into which we were to escape.
A guard was immediately placed in this street ; and thus all
our plans came to naught.
Whenever any one was sent North we sent a large secret
mail with him. On the 2ist of May a large number of
private soldiers were sent from Salisbury. One of them
brought North a half dozen letters for me. Most of them
were put between the lining and the outside of the boot-leg.
One letter I sent by writing on tissue paper, taking the
cap from a brass button of the New York State Militia,
wadding my letter into it, adjusting the cap again upon its
base, and sewing the button on the coat. When the militia
man reached New York he cut the button off and sent it
to its destination. There was nothing important in these
letters, but there was diversion in the effort to get them
through. We were permitted to send short letters of six
lines, through the mail, but they were all read by a rebel
officer.
One of the hardest things we had to endure in Richmond
prison was the great number of visitors who came to see the
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"Yankees," and their unvarying assumption of superiority.
After the disaster at Ball's Bluff, Howell Cobb came in, and
with the greatest gusto told how many "Yankees" had been
killed and captured, and with cool nonchalance assured us
that one Southerner could whip ten "Yankees." The ab
surdity was only equaled by the meanness of the spirit which
could prompt such insults to prisoners of war.
A Presbyterian minister of Richmond, with the most inso
lent and overbearing tone, descanted upon the chivalry of the
South and the fanaticism of the North. There were some
Southerners who treated us with kindness and courtesy. I
have already spoken of Captain Shriver of Columbia.
Archbishop Hughes, of the Catholic Church, called several
times at our quarters while we were in Charleston, and
though he indorsed the doctrine of secession, he always
manifested a genuine Christian spirit and kindly disposition.
Early in May we were sent to Salisbury, North Carolina,
where there were already several thousand prisoners, and
among them were the members of my company who had
been sent from New Orleans before that city was captured
by General Butler. The prison at Salisbury consisted of a
brick factory, perhaps forty by one hundred feet, four
stories high, together with several small frame houses that
had been used as residences by those who ran the factory.
A stockade ten feet high had been built, enclosing these
buildings and four acres of ground. The dead line was ten
feet inside this stockade, and a line of sentinels with loaded
muskets and fixed bayonets traversed this line day and
night. The officers occupied the frame houses and had free
use of the yard. This was a great improvement upon pre
vious quarters. After the close confinement in filthy and
stifling pens for nine months, the privilege of moving about
in the free air and sunshine was an unspeakable blessing, and
it apparently came just in time to save the lives of some of
our members. We organized various kinds of outdoor
sports. Baseball had come into vogue in Oberlin two years
prior to the war, and I had played it. Many of the soldiers
from New York were expert players, We formed an asso
ciation and played every day.
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About the first of June a staff officer of Jeff Davis came
to our quarters with an order to select two captains, place
them in confinement, feeding them on bread and water only,
and treating them in every way like criminals condemned to
death, thus to be held as hostages and to be immediately
hanged in case our Government should hang a rebel captain
who had been condemned as a spy. There were ten of us
with the rank of captain. The method of selection was left
to us. We numbered ten slips of paper with the numbers
from one to ten, dropped them into a hat, shook them thor
oughly, placed the hat in the hands of Chaplain Eddy (one
of the prisoners), and agreed that we would one by one
draw out the numbers, and that the two who should draw
numbers nine and ten should be elected. The whole process
did not occupy more than twenty minutes, and two of our
number were placed in a dungeon, with every prospect of
speedy execution. Our Government decided not to hang
the rebel captain, and after two weeks our friends were re
turned to us, a little paler from the confinement and the star
vation, but no less loyal or determined.
There were about one hundred Southern loyalists in close
confinement in a small stockade within our prison-yard.
They were held simply because they were loyal. They
planned an escape, digging a tunnel under the interior
stockade and beyond the guard line which surrounded it.
They had provided themselves with rope ladders with which
to climb the outside stockade. To reach this they had to
cross an open field of about two hundred yards. We all
knew they were to make the effort at midnight and we were
on the watch to see how it would come out. We had not
much confidence in the success of the effort, as we were more
than two hundred miles from the Union lines. At the hour
agreed upon there was a terrific thunder storm in progress.
The night was utterly dark, except as it was lighted up by
flashes of lightning.
There was a rebel regiment encamped within the yard,
but without experience or discipline. Promptly at 12 o'clock
these loyal men rose up out of the ground, at the end of
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their tunnel, in the darkness, and started across the field.
The sentinels nearest yelled "Halt !" the long roll was beaten
at regimental quarters, and the soldiers of the regiment be
came an uncontrollable rabble. They evidently supposed
there was a general insurrection of prisoners. Our Union
friends ran across the yard, the guards continuing to shout
"Halt, halt!" and pursuing them, but apparently forgetting
to fire at them. It was a novel scene as the flashes of light
ning revealed it to us at frequent intervals. Every man
succeeded in getting out of the enclosure and escaping into
the woods. The rebel regiment succeeded in getting a line
formed about three-quarters of an hour after the prisoners
had escaped. Within a few days the escaped prisoners were
all brought back, some of them mangled by hounds.
As the Fourth of July approached we determined to have
an old-fashioned celebration. The commanding officer con
sented on condition that we would not abuse the Confed
erate Government or say anything about the war. In the
afternoon we read the Declaration of Independence, sang
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee," and had some spirited, pa
triotic addresses. The afternoon was given up to games,
among which were the greased pig, the sack race, wheel
barrow race, and some burlesque games, ending with a
grand match of baseball. We had a crowd of spectators
from the town. The players on both sides had been prac
ticing for a month. After playing two hours the score
stood five to six in favor of my club. We had had our last
chance at the bat and two were out on the other side, while
two men were on bases. My position was right field; the
ball was batted directly over my head and across the dead
line. The game depended upon catching the ball on the fly
or getting it in time to prevent a tally. Of course I ran
across the dead-line, caught the ball, and saved the game.
The guard cried "Halt !" but did not shoot, and after what
I had seen a few nights before, upon the occasion of the
escape of our Union friends, I did not believe he would
shoot.
The better treatment in Salisbury, of which I have
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spoken, did not include the private soldiers. They were
kept in close confinement in the great factory, when they
might just as well have had the use of the yard. Sickness
was very prevalent among them and there was no proper
provision for their care. The percentage of mortality
among these private soldiers was enormous. The dead-
house was near my quarters. Several dead bodies were
brought there every morning. Sometimes as many as a
dozen. About 10 o'clock a cart drawn by a mule was
backed up to the door and the dead were tumbled into it
with no show of feeling, hauled off to the woods, and
thrown indiscriminately into a ditch and covered up. Dur
ing the war the bodies of 12,000 soldiers were thus carted
from this dead-house, and less than one hundred of them
have any sign to mark the spot where they lie.
Early in August the order came to send all Union pris
oners in Salisbury to Richmond for exchange. Most of the
private soldiers had already been sent North. There were
several in the hospital who had been unable to move, but
they were all sufficiently recovered; now to go with the rest,
except one.
I had been visiting the hospital daily for more than a
month, leading in religious exercises, and giving such at
tention to the sick as I could. Our chaplain, Hiram Eddy,
and all the physicians among the prisoners had been ex
changed. As soon as this order came I went to the hospital
to aid the sick ones in getting ready to leave. One boy,
barely seventeen years of age, had typhoid fever and was not
fit to make the trip, but he insisted that he must go. His
entreaties were so earnest and so touching that Capt.
Thomas Cox, of Cincinnati, and myself, made the effort to
take him along. We carried him on a rude stretcher to the
depot. There the officer in charge refused to take him
aboard unless he could stand, as every foot of room was
occupied. A crowd gathered about us and our poor sick
boy fainted. The disappointment of finding that he could
not go had completely overcome him.
A lady came forward, and with the quiet dignity of one
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who has authority made her way through the throng and
asked the crowd to stand back and give him air ; sent a boy
for cold water, and tenderly lifted his head and bathed his
brow and nursed him back to consciousness. The train was
about to start. I said to Captain Cox : "What shall we do ?
He must not be left here alone," and the Captain answered :
"We must stay" — and so the train pulled out; the train that
was headed toward the North! toward the Stars and
Stripes ; toward home and friends and the stirring activity
that was so attractive to us; and we were left alone with
this poor dying comrade in the very center of rebellion and
treason.
On this good woman's invitation we took the lad to her
home, bathed his fevered body, exchanged his hard and
ragged clothing for clean, soft linen, furnished by Mrs.
Johnson, and laid him in a comfortable bed. (Mrs. Johnson
was warned by the rebel Major in command that manifesta
tion of such interest in a "Yankee" would bring her into
suspicion of being a Union woman, but this did not turn her
from the path of duty.) Tenderly she cared for that
stranger boy, and when he died the next day she wept
over him as if he had been her own child. Captain Cox and
I were not allowed to remain in her home during the night,
but had to go back to our prison. The next day we obtained
permission to go to the house and found that he was dead.
Mrs. Johnson went to the city authorities and asked per
mission to bury him in her own lot in the public cemetery,
but this was indignantly refused, with another coarse warn
ing against the interest she was, manifesting in a "Yankee."
She said to us : "He shall not be buried in the brutal way of
other prisoners." We placed him in a plain pine box, Cap
tain Cox and I dug the grave, and reverently laid him be
neath the sod in the garden of this Christian woman.
When our cavalry captured Salisbury near the end of the
war, Mrs. Johnson was still there, an object of hatred and
persecution. Our soldiers learned the story of her loyalty
and love, furnished her money with which to go North, and
erected a monument over that grave and inscribed upon it
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not only the name of the soldier, but the heroic deed of this
good Samaritan woman who soothed and comforted his last
hours and gave him Christian burial. Captain Cox and I
were allowed to start at once for Richmond, having given
our parole that we would not attempt to escape. We found
that our friends had not yet gone North, having again been
delayed by negotiations in the business of exchanging. And
so our staying with the dying soldier did not in the end de
lay us in the matter of our exchange.
While we were in Libby Prison a Federal officer was
brought in who had secreted on his person a small battle-
flag. We hid it and made daily pilgrimages to it and se
cretly feasted our eyes and comforted our hearts by looking
on its Stars and Stripes undimmed and untarnished. For
eight months we had not seen the national colors, had heard
only of defeat of our arms, and had been in the power of
those who expressed contempt for our Government and our
flag. Despondency and gloom had been slowly taking pos
session of us. These officers, fresh from the battlefield,
brought us tidings of the rallying thousands of the North
and the deep determination to clef end the flag ; and there in
the midst of the gloom and filth of Libby Prison we laid
our right hands upon the emblem of national authority, and
each for himself swore a solemn oath that he would use all
his powers and shed his last drop of blood in defense of the
national surpremacy.
It was just at sunset of a bright Sabbath day in August
that we stepped from rebel soil upon the flag of truce boat
on the James River and saw the Stars and Stripes waving
over our heads. We gathered beneath that flag, reverently
uncovered our heads, and sang "Praise God from whom all
blessings flow."
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
PRISON
By E. W. MOREY of Company C.
On the 26th clay of August, 1861, at Cross Lanes, near
Carnifax Ferry, West Virginia, the Seventh Regiment O.
V. I. met the enemy for the first time. As a result of the
engagement which followed, two commissioned officers —
Captain Shurtleff and Lieutenant Wilcox — and 115 enlisted
men were taken prisoners, besides 13 wounded men who
were left in the hospital at Carnifax Ferry, but were after
ward recaptured by Rosecrans when he drove Floyd back
across the Gauley River.
This was one of the exigencies of war which few, if any
of us, had counted on. Most of us had realized that we were
liable to be sick, wounded, or killed, but had not dreamed
of the possibility of being captured ; but here we were at the
very beginning of our term of service in the hands of the
rebels, deprived of arms, accouterments, and liberty itself.
We were gathered together near Floyd's camp at Carnifax
Ferry, hustled into a rail pen, surrounded by a guard and
most of the time by a motley crowd of civilians and soldiers,
eager to see and talk with the "blamed Yankees!" The
guards treated us like men, and soldiers, but some of those
in camp took every opportunity to show their contempt of
us, by taunting, insulting, and cursing us indiscriminately.
"What you'uns all come down here to fight we'uns for ?"
was a question so often repeated all along our route that it
became a by-word with us. The oft-repeated statement that
"one Southerner could whip a dozen Yanks" showed the
estimate they placed upon our fighting ability.
We were furnished with some beef, flour, a little coffee,
and two little skillets to cook our rations in. At night we
lay on the ground in a circle round the fire, and slept as best
we could, without covering of any kind.
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Wednesday afternoon, August 28, we were arranged in
four ranks, counted and recounted, to make sure we were all
there, our elbows tied with ropes behind our backs, and took
up our march — "on to Richmond."
After crossing the Gauley River, a few of us were allowed
to go into the hospital for a few minutes to see our wounded
comrades. It seemed hard to leave them there in the hands
of the enemy, with no friends to smooth their pillows or
alleviate their sufferings, but such is war. A feeling of sad
ness seemed to brood over us all, as we bade them adieu and
started on our long weary tramp to prison.
Our escort consisted of a company of infantry deployed
as skirmishers on each flank, and a company of cavalry in
front and another in our rear. We halted for the first night
about three miles from the river, and were again put into a
rail pen with a little straw on the ground; but as it rained
incessantly nearly all night, we stood around the fire most
of the time, trying to dry one side while the other was get
ting wet.
About midnight supper was announced, which consisted
of a small portion of flour and water, baked without any
salt or soda, and a piece of mutton about the size of an egg.
Here we were searched, and pocket-knives and all other
dangerous weapons were taken away from us, and appro
priated by the Confederates as "contraband of war."
The next day we had a hard march of twenty-seven miles.
It rained most of the time, and the mud was nearly knee-
deep, so that our army shoes were full of mud and water,
and our clothing soaked, so that we were verily "in heavy
marching order." Halted about sunset and took up our
quarters for the night in an old barn, with a haymow for a
bed, but were so wet and cold that we could sleep but little.
August 30, marched twenty-one miles — halted about six
o'clock. Had plenty to eat for the first time since we were
captured. Captain Shurtleff and Lieutenant Wilcox had
taken a parole not to attempt to escape, and were allowed
to go on ahead of us, and finding out where we were to stop
for the night, secured a large kettle and had water hot
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ready to cook our rations, so that we had our supper earlier.
After this men were detailed to cook all night, so that we
could have our breakfast and get started early in the morn
ing.
August 31, passed over a spur of the Allegheny Moun
tains and through Lewisburg — were in the midst of grand
and beautiful scenery all day, which revived our spirits and
relieved the tedium of the march. Made twenty-three miles
and camped on the bank of Greenbrier River. Here we had
an opportunity to bathe and cleanse ourselves, and many of
us improved it.
Sunday, September i, passed through White Sulphur
Springs, the noted Southern pleasure resort — a place we
probably would never have seen but for the courtesy of our
Confederate friends and the "fortunes of war." A great
crowd came out to greet us and bid us godspeed on our way
to Richmond. Among the rest was a Georgia regiment,
many of whom were the most insolent of any soldiers we
had yet met. Marched about twenty miles, and found com
fortable quarters for the night in a log house.
Monday, September 2, passed through Covington and ar
rived at Jacksonville, the terminus of the Virginia Central
R. R., at i P. M. There was great rejoicing when we came
in sight of the "iron horse." Many of the boys were nearly
played out after marching over a hundred miles within the
last four and one-half days ; with our arms pinioned behind
us, with very little sleep, with less than half rations of food,
much of which was absolutely indigestible, many of us suf
fering with diarrhoea brought on by such diet and expo
sure — it was no wonder that we hailed anything for a
change.
But every cloud has its silver lining. There were some
incidents in this weary march that reminded us that some of
our enemies had a soft spot in their hearts that could be
touched by our unfortunate condition.
During the second day's march Comrade Seymour
Gill, a fifer (who, by the way, had exchanged his fife
for a musket at Cross L,anes so as to take part in the fight
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instead of seeking safety in the rear with Colonel Tyler),
marched beside a guard all day and became quite well ac
quainted with him. On passing an orchard the guard left
his post and foraged some apples for Gill. That night he
called Gill out about 9 o'clock to eat roast pig and pot-pie
with him, and the next morning invited him to breakfast.
It can be readily imagined that such kindness, under such
circumstances, was highly appreciated.
At Staunton we stayed over night in a new freight depot.
Here we were happily surprised about 9 o'clock by a warm
supper of fried bacon, shortcake and coffee brought in to us
by a delegation from a Virginia regiment which was sta
tioned there, and who seemed to have a friendly feeling
for us.
While waiting on the platform here a crowd gathered
around as usual, and a little old man piped out, "I guess
you'uns would like to see your mammas about this time."
"Oh, we were weaned some time ago," quickly responded
one of our men. Then a big, lordly appearing Georgia ma
jor, who had been watching us, came forward with his
thumbs in his waistcoat and said : "You are a prisoner and
a Yankee. You want to understand that. We've had
enough of your damned insolence. Shut up and behave
yourself as a prisoner should, or I'll rope you. I have the
authority and I'll do it." Some one asked how a prisoner
ought to behave. "If I teach you it will not be at all to your
liking," he replied, and then went off to pick a quarrel with
Captain Shurtleff.
From Jacksonville we went by rail, via Staunton, Char-
lottesville and Gordonsville, passing over the Blue Ridge
Mountains, to Richmond, where we arrived about 5 p. M.,
September 2.
After dark we were conducted to a tobacco factory near
the James River, which was to be our abiding place for the
time being — how long, no one knew. We were shown to
our quarters on the lower floor of the building, the other
three being already occupied by Yankee prisoners captured
at Manassas. Nearly opposite was Libby Prison, which
was also full of prisoners.
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Our room was about forty by sixty feet, and was occu
pied by about one hundred men. Its furniture consisted of
tobacco presses and machinery, a hydrant and tank. We
slept on the bare floor, with a block of wood or a brick for
a pillow — no blankets. The room was filled with tobacco
smoke most of the clay, and by bedtime the floor was well
saturated with saliva. Only two were allowed to go to the
rear at a time, and we were obliged to form in line and wait
our turn, sometimes an hour or two. The cooking was done
by prisoners who volunteered to do it, and it was well done.
Our breakfast consisted of about six ounces of bread, a
small piece of meat, with water for drink. Our supper of
bread and a half-pint of soup. The dishes consisted of a
dozen tin plates and two dozen cups for a hundred men.
We could manage the bread and meat very well, but when
it came to soup it was rather difficult for each one to get his
proper ration. Some of the men suffered terribly from hun
ger. Lice soon made their appearance and stuck by us as
long as we were prisoners, in spite of every effort to get rid
of them. We were not allowed to write, or receive letters
or papers, but managed to smuggle in a daily paper occa
sionally, and to send letters home by some men who were
sent North.
Books were very scarce, but Captain Shurtleff came in
one day, before he was sent to Charleston, S. C., and gave
some of the Company C boys some money with which they
bought a French and German text-book, and a copy of
Shakespeare, which helped to pass away the time.
Sergeant Wirz, who had charge of the prisoners in our
building, was a heartless tyrant, who seemed to think that
the "damned Yankees" were beasts to be driven, and treated
us accordingly. He put one man in irons because he re
fused to go out and make barrels for the Confederacy.
Several were shot by his order for looking out of the
windows.
Saturday, September 21, the Sergeant called out eighty
of the Seventh Regiment and told them to be ready to leave
for New Orleans at noon. A detachment of about 250 took
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the train of open cars, about 4 o'clock, and reached Peters
burg soon after dark, where we were transferred to an
other train.
Our route to New Orleans was via Weldon, Goldsbor-
ough, and Atlanta to Montgomery, by rail ; from Mont
gomery to Mobile by steamboat; from Mobile by rail via
Jackson to New Orleans, where we arrived about 10 A. M.,
September 30.
Most of the time we rode in open cars, sometimes in
box-cars, with no windows except such as the boys made
with their jack-knives. Our rations during this trip con
sisted in general of hardtack and maggoty bacon, and was
very meager in quantity. At every important station we
were met by a crowd of men, women, and children, eager
to see the Yankee prisoners. At one place a man in the
cro\vd was heard to say that he had come a hundred miles
to see a live Yankee.
At Montgomery, Alabama, a man who had formerly lived
in Cleveland, Ohio, brought in a basketful of pipes, tobacco,
wine, etc., which he distributed among the prisoners. He
also gave some of the boys money with which to buy neces
saries for the sick and needy. The engineer of the steamer,
R. B. Taney, on which we went down the Alabama River,
was also from Cleveland, and treated the boys to a warm
supper. The captain was a Maine man.
Some of the prisoners concocted a scheme to throw the
guards overboard, run past Mobile in the night, and out to
our fleet. But the next day a company of cavalry came on
board and nothing more was heard of it.
On our arrival at New Orleans we were placed in charge
of General Palfrey, who was in command of the Confeder
ate forces there. Being the first Yankee prisoners seen in
the city, our arrival caused quite a sensation. All the avail
able space about the depot was packed with people; the
streets were so full that it was difficult to make way for us
to pass. All the military and police force of the city turned
out to escort us through the principal streets and around
Jackson Square to Parish Prison, which was to be our abid-
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ing place while there. We were a hard-looking set of men
when we reached New Orleans. Our clothing was badly
worn, some being almost destitute, and many barefooted.
Parish Prison is a massive stone structure, three stories
high, built by the French before Louisiana was ceded to the
United States, and used as a penitentiary in which crimi
nals of all classes were confined. A part of this building
had been vacated for our accommodation. Our quarters
were in cells arranged in rows along one side of the jail-
yard or court, which was an open space about forty by eighty
feet, with a stone pavement or floor. The walls of the build
ing formed three sides of this yard — the fourth was a stone
wall about twenty feet high. The large cells were twelve
by twenty feet, and these were made to accommodate
twenty-five men. The smaller ones, nine by twelve feet,
wrere occupied by sixteen men each. There was just room
for us to lie down on the floor on our sides, "spoon-fashion,"
and when we wanted to change our position some one would
give the order "Flop," and we would all turn at once.
The furniture consisted of a stick to hang our meat on to
boil, a bucket to get our soup in, a brick and broom with
which to clean the floors, and a water-closet in the shape of
a tub, set in the middle of the floor, for use during the night.
When the door was closed all the light and air we had found
its way in through a grating about twelve by eighteen
inches in diameter and a little ventilator over the door.
At 5 o'clock p. M. we were shut in our cells, and the doors
were bolted until 9 o'clock, when the guard came on, and
the doors were opened until 4 o'clock the next morning. No
one dared step over the threshold for fear of being shot.
The guard left at 4 and the doors were shut until 7 or 8,
after which we had the liberty of the yard until 5 p. M.
In this yard was a hydrant and tank which afforded
plenty of water for drinking, washing, and bathing. A
strong beam overhead, with a rope attached, indicated where
the scaffold was built when an execution took place. Our
daily rations consisted of a small loaf of baker's bread, a cup '
of herb tea, a piece of tough beef, and a cup of soup, made
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from the water in which the beef was boiled, with a little
rice added. Once a week we got a teaspoonful of salt,
about the same of vinegar, and a little piece of soap.
A Spaniard, Dominique O'Mea, who was serving a life
sentence for killing a Catholic priest (who had insulted
O'Mea's wife), acted as cook, turnkey, and overseer; and
although a criminal in the eyes of the law, the boys had
much more respect for him than they did for Sergeant
Wirz, of the C. S. A., who had charge of us in Richmond.
The beef bones, which formed the major part of the meat
ration, proved to be quite a source of revenue to some of
the prisoners. The "bone jewelry" made by the Yankees
was a great curiosity, and found; a ready sale among the
citizens and soldiers. Several hundred dollars' worth of
these articles were exchanged for Confederate scrip. Ladies
from the city would send in orders by the guards, or leave
them with Dominique, for rings, charms, etc., with their
initials cut in them. Besides jewelry, some made pen
holders, stilettoes, crochet hooks, napkin rings, etc. This
helped to pass away the time, and enabled them to get a
good many extras.
Every morning after breakfast we took turns in scrub
bing the floors with sand and a brick, then sweeping them,
so that they were kept quite clean.
Another duty which we were obliged to perform daily
was to examine our clothes (what we had left) and kill off
the "gray-backs;" and woe betide the one who neglected
this important duty, for he would have no peace day nor
night.
Among the prisoners were a number of theological
students from Oberlin College, and they organized a prayer-
meeting and Bible class which met two or three times a
week. In some cells they had religious exercises twice a
day for a while. Mr. Moore, a Presbyterian minister, came
in and preached to us nearly every Sabbath, and seemed to
be greatly interested in us.
Colonel Donovan of the Confederate Army gave us a
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good many religious books, Bibles and tracts. An Episco
pal minister came in and preached to us one day, but he felt
in duty bound to stick to his altered ritual, and when he
began to pray for the blessing of God upon Jeff Davis and
the Confederacy, most of his audience left him and he re
turned no more. An old gray-haired sugar-planter came in
one day, who said that he had been a prisoner himself, and
offered to furnish us all the molasses, tobacco, and rice we
wanted. He sent in fourteen barrels of molasses, a cask of
tobacco, and some rice ; but he was published in the papers
as a "sympathizer," and was not allowed to do anything
more for us.
Molasses was a great luxury and Comrade Rogers of
Company C, and N. K. Hubbard of Company D, used to
send out and buy a barrel at a time, and sell it out by the
pint or quart to the boys who were fortunate enough to
have the price.
One of the men had a sister in the city, whose husband
was a prominent business man. At first she was allowed to
come in, with an officer, to see her brother, but she was soon
deprived of that privilege.
We were not allowed to have any papers at all, but we
managed to smuggle one in quite often. Sometimes we
would get the criminals, who were confined in the cells ad
joining ours, on the opposite side of the building, to poke
one in through the ventilator. Sometimes the cooks would
bring them in; sometimes the boys in the hospital would
get one from the surgeon, so that we knew something ^of
what was going on outside. We watched with intense in
terest any "intimation of our release, and every new report
would be construed in the most fa\orable light. There was
great excitement among the prisoners (as well as outside)
when our fleet entered the Mississippi River and had some
skirmishing with the enemy below Fort Jackson. We were
obliged to "keep the papers concealed, for if one was found
the unfortunate possessor was promptly conducted to the
dungeon. The boys in one cell actually ate one to prevent
its being found by the officers.
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A lyceum was organized, which met once a week. The
exercises consisted of declamations, discussions, and the
reading of a paper called the "New Orleans Stars and
Stripes," the editor being chosen from among the members
once a month. All were invited to contribute to its columns.
These meetings were sustained with a good deal of interest,
and did much to relieve the monotony of prison life. After
our release, Comrade Bates of Boston, Massachusetts, had
the papers published under the title "The Stars and Stripes
in Rebeldom," and many of the members obtained copies
of it, which they highly prize.
A great deal of time was spent in playing cards, chess,
checkers, backgammon, etc. Some tried to study French,
German, etc., but it was up-hill business in such a crowd,
there being about five hundred who had the privilege of the
yard in the daytime.
Christmas and New Year's were celebrated with patriotic
songs and processions. Those who could afford it procured
an extra loaf of bread and a pint of molasses, and had a
Christmas dinner.
About the middle of January, 1862, we received a bounti
ful supply of clothing which the U. S. Government
had sent, and was distributed under the supervision of Gen
eral Palfrey. Every one got a full suit of army blue, and
underclothing, so that we were in a better condition to stay,
or go North.
Some of the Confederate officers tried to get hold of as
much as possible of this clothing for the use of their own
men. They authorized the guards and criminals to buy of
the prisoners all they could. When this scheme was found
out a meeting was called, and a committee was appointed,
of which Sergeant Bohm of the Seventh was a member, to
report to our Government any one who should sell clothing
to the enemy.
With the new clothing the men began to be inspired with
the military spirit once more, and organized the "First
Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers." The company organiza
tions were completed, with the full quota of officers; and
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such drill as the limited space would admit of was prac
ticed daily. This was called the advance guard of the
Union Army in New Orleans.
The sanitary arrangements of the prison were very un
satisfactory. Close confinement in the dark and crowded
cells for sixteen hours out of the twenty-four, with scant
ventilation, added to a constant diet of bread and beef, with
very little chance for exercise, soon told on the physical
condition of the men. Scurvy soon made its appearance,
and by the advice of the surgeon in charge, we were given
a small portion of raw potatoes and cabbage with a little
salt and vinegar occasionally, and some sour oranges were
distributed as a preventative ; so that we did not suffer very
much from this pest while in New Orleans.
In the prison hospital there was lack of room, lack of
nurses, and lack of medicine. Six men of the Seventh
Regiment died while there. Briggs and Parmenter of
Company C, James M. Butler of Company E, Alexander
Dodge of Company D, Adolphus Kohlman, Company K,
and another man, name not knowrn.
Some of the prisoners, who did not understand the posi
tion of the Government in regard to exchanging prisoners,
would sometimes get impatient at the long delay and would
curse the President, the Administration, and the Congress
indiscriminately; but the general sentiment was that the
Government would have us released as soon as it could con
sistently, and that we would patiently bide our time. At
one time a petition was gotten up to forward to the Secre
tary of War, asking for our release, but it was so unpopu
lar that the idea was abandoned.
On the first of February General Palfrey came in, got
the prisoners together in the yard, and told us that we would
leave for the North in a few days and advised us to get
rid of our "shin-plasters" (Confederate scrip). This an
nouncement was greeted with such a roar of applause as
was never heard before in Parish Prison. For the next
few days the excitement was intense. The demand for
bread and molasses was unprecedented. Haversacks, can-
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teens, and pockets were filled to their utmost capacity.
Nothing else could be thought of but preparation for our
journey to the "promised land."
February 6, we emerged from Parish Prison and saw
old Mother Earth for the first time in four months —
breathed the pure air of Heaven and bathed in the sunlight.
Our trip to Salisbury, North Carolina, was by the same
route we passed over before, as far as Kingsville, South
Carolina — thence via Columbia and Charlotte, reaching
Salisbury about midnight, February 14.
Our accommodations were even worse than on our pre
vious trip. We were crowded into hog and cattle-cars, so
that rest or sleep was out of the question. We suffered from
the cold, but had the satisfaction of seeing our escorts suffer
still more, as they were not as well provided with clothing
as we were. We had provided extra rations for our journey,
so that we fared very well in that respect. The ration of
rotten fat pork which was dealt out to us was used for fuel
instead of fodder, as it was much better fitted for that
purpose.
We noticed a great change in our reception along the
route. Very few came out to see us, and they had little to
say — did not seem inclined to discuss the prospects of the
war. Their respect for the Yankee had developed wonder
fully. We heard none of that bragging and nagging which
greeted us on our way South.
Salisbury was a little village in the western part of North
Carolina, in a very retired spot, entirely removed from
water communication, and well adapted for use as a depot
for prisoners of war. The main building had been used as
a cotton factory, and was made to accommodate about a
thousand men, while several other smaller buildings in the
same yard contained as many more. Our quarters here were
an improvement on those of New Orleans and Richmond.
We had bunks with straw ticks to sleep on, and were not
so crowded. A part of the time we had the privilege of the
yard to exercise in. We had plenty of light and could see
some of the outside world from the windows.
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At the first the food was more plentiful and of better
quality, but the supply was soon exhausted, and what we
did get was so miserably poor that it was unfit to eat. Dur
ing the first month there we were constantly in a fever of
excitement about going home, so that nothing else could be
thought of ; but finally, when it became evident that we were
to stay for some time, various ways of whiling away the
time were devised. Among these were theatricals.
On each of the three floors of the main building, contain
ing about two hundred and fifty prisoners each, a stage was
erected, with curtains, footlights, etc. Carpenters and
decorators were in great demand, and the "corps
dramatique" astonished the natives with their performances
of "high tragedy" and "low comedy," interspersed with
songs and dances. The rebel officers used to come in to
see the plays, and seemed to be highly entertained. The
officers who occupied some of the smaller buildings and had
the privilege of the yard for exercise, organized a baseball
team, and had some lively games.
The sanitary conditions here were worse than in Parish
Prison. The rooms were cold and damp, with no fires, and
the floors were filthy, and no means provided for cleaning
them. The surgeon (or butcher, as the boys called him)
was a blockhead, and the only reason why he did not kill
more of us was that he had no medicine. Most of the men
were afflicted with rheumatism, and many of them with
scurvy. Every day several corpses were taken to the dead-
house, which was near Captain ShurtlefFs quarters. About
10 o'clock in the morning a cart drawn by a mule was
backed up to the door, the bodies tumbled in and hauled
off to the woods, dumped into a ditch, and covered with dirt.
It is said that during the war 12,000 Union soldiers were
carted away from this dead-house and disposed of in that
way.
On the 1 7th day of May we began to sign paroles. We
signed three separate paroles before they got one that was
satisfactory. We would have signed fifty rather than stay
there another week. It was finally arranged that we should
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go in squads of two hundred, each day, by rail to Tarboro,
down the Tar River, under flag of truce, on scows, to
Little Washington, North Carolina, where we were de
livered up to officers of Burnside's command, May 29.
When we came in sight of the Federal gunboat and saw
Old Glory floating from its flagstaff the long-repressed en
thusiasm of the prisoners burst forth. Several small edi
tions of the "Stars and Stripes," which had been carefully
preserved during our nine months' imprisonment, suddenly
made their appearance among us, and cheer upon cheer
arose from hundreds of loyal throats, and were answered by
our fellow-soldiers and sailors on the gunboat and on shore.
Our rebel escort looked astonished and chagrined, but hung
their heads and said not a word. This was our adieu to
rebel rule and rebeldom.
We were immediately transferred to a transport and taken
to Newbern, where we were welcomed by General Bum-
side who was in command of the Union forces there. The
next day we proceeded on our way to New York, where we
arrived June i. Here we separated, and hastened to our
homes in different parts of the country. Quite a number of
the prisoners were examined by a surgeon in New York,
and were discharged for disability. Some were discharged
later on, and the remainder were declared exchanged and
returned to the regiment at Dumfries in March, 1863.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
SKETCH OF PRISON LIFE) AND THE) BOND-DUST TRADE).
By lyBROY WA.RRKN of Company C.
The branch of industry chiefly followed by the war-
prisoners in New Orleans was the so-called "bone-dust
trade." It consisted of the manufacture of all manner of
bone trinkets, such as rings, toothpicks, bodkins, crosses,
Bibles, and ornamental pins. This business grew up gradu
ally until it came to be the all-engrossing employment of
most of the prisoners.
It was natural that those of us who had been able to re
tain our pocket-knives should take to whittling. At first
the whittlers made elaborately carved wooden boxes, finger-
rings from knots and pieces of hard coal, little baskets from
almond shells and peach pits. In the growing scarcity of
other materials some genius whittled a bone into something
useful or ornamental; and it soon became apparent that
bone was of more value for the purposes of art than any
other material we could obtain. Bone, too, was plentiful,
owing to the highly osseous character of our Texas beef.
Indeed, the bone came to be the most valuable part of the
ration. A fine shinbone was sometimes sold to makers of
bone works for twenty-five cents, a sum of far more im
portance to one of us prisoners than five dollars under ordi
nary circumstances. It was discovered that raw bone was
clearer and tougher, and would take a better polish than
after it had been boiled ; so the bone was taken out before
boiling.
The rascals who dealt out beef to us, finding how much
value was attached to bones, stole the bones and sold them
to the men. The manufacturers gradually attained great
skill. There were professional engravers and watch-makers
who did the finer work, and employed others to saw and do
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the coarser work. Some of the chased rings and embossed
pins were really elegant. Red, blue, and green sealing wax
were used in lettering and in the insertion of figured work
and flowers. The making of bone-work would not have
become so all-absorbing nor have attained such perfection
had it not been a paying occupation, and the only means by
which money could be earned. The citizens of New Or
leans who came to visit us bought rings and other articles
of bone-\vork, as mementoes of the Yankees. It got into
the papers that we were making a variety of fanciful and
ingenious articles, and the demand for bone-work increased.
Men came into the prison to buy on speculation or to fill
little commissions for female friends. The guards who were
placed over us at night, though forbidden to hold any com
munication with us, traded for bone- work with eagerness.
The sentry would order a ring to be made and engraved
with his sweetheart's name or his own initials, or he would
buy a quantity to sell again outside.
Our boys did not hesitate to engrave on their work the
Confederate flag or the legend "C. S. A." The rings rep
resenting a good "poker" hand were, however, more in de
mand than those engraved with the rebel flag. Saws and
files and other forbidden tools were brought in by the sen
tries.
The men contrived lathes and drills and made the most
ingenious use of the tools they possessed. The bone busi
ness became the great business of the prison. Many men
worked incessantly at this money-making and time-killing
employment. Bone rings sold at various prices from twelve
and a half cents to two dollars, according to quality of
material and beauty of workmanship. A beautifully
wrought penholder sold for two dollars. The currency re
ceived for these articles, and the only currency circulated in
the prison, was shin plasters of various sorts, chiefly omni
bus tickets on the various city lines.
These tickets passed for five cents and constituted the
small change of New Orleans. Gold and silver passed out
of circulation in rebeldom much sooner than among us. The
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scarcity of silver was one of the standing editorial jokes
among Southern newspapers that winter.
I regret that I have few statistics of the amount of bone-
work made by the prisoners. One man sold forty dollars'
worth in prison, besides a still larger quantity which he kept
to bring home and to sell on the road.
Sixteen men in one of the smaller cells sold bone-work to
the value of over two hundred dollars. With the currency
received for the work, the men bought bread, cornmeal,
potatoes, onions, oranges, tobacco, and molasses. Molasses
was used by all the prisoners in large quantities. It was
found to be the cheapest article of food we could buy. The
finest golden syrup could be bought for twenty-eight cents
per gallon, and a good article of molasses for twenty cents.
A bone ring of ordinary pretensions was thus worth a gal
lon of molasses. Many of the men ate molasses at the rate
of a pint a day; the majority, however, did not vise more
than one-half of this quantity.
I have no doubt that this free use of molasses contributed
to prevent fevers and scurvy. It was certainly of great ser
vice in eking out our scanty rations. Sometimes three or
four barrels of molasses would be bought by various men
in the prison in a single day. I think that toward the latter
part of our stay in New Orleans we did not use less than a
barrel daily.
General Palfrey was kind enough to act as our agent, ex
pending our money advantageously and sending the molas
ses in to us. He also made efforts at one time to establish a
market in the city for bone-work, but with little success —
the demand for bone-work having subsided.
This manufacture and sale of bone-work contributed in
many ways to the welfare of all the men in prison, and was
,~>ne of the most notable things in our experience of prison
life.
CHAPTER XL.
AN EPISODE; OF THD BATTI^E; OF CROSS
By EDGAR M. CONDIT of Company C.
Immediately following the battle, Company C hurriedly
left the field, taking to the near-by woods, in a more or less
demoralized condition. However, our real confusion and
flight followed several hours later, when we suddenly found
ourselves almost entirely surrounded by Colonel Tompkins's
regiment. The first we knew of their presence was their
demand for our surrender. This happened at a time when
most of the company were sitting on the ground resting,
while the Captain and some of the sergeants had begun a
conference as to the direction we should take. The enemy
had also been resting, but quickly rising up,, their guns
were fairly in our faces. In a sorrowful tone of voice Cap
tain Shurtleff gave the order, "Fall in, boys, I shall have to
give you ap." The company was somewhat "strung out,"
and while those nearest the Captain began forming for sur
render the larger part of the company ran pell mell into a
laurel thicket which, providentially, was only about three
jumps away. No two could make the same time through
this breastworks of laurel. They all seemed to have better
wind than I, and so it transpired that this was the last I saw
of any of my company for sixteen days. There was some
shooting and much yelling "Surrender!" behind me.
Reaching the channel of a small stream, I took to that, and
spying a ledge of rock, reaching far out over the bank, I
crawled back to its farthest recess and lay there for several
hours.
In the mean time, two of Company A's boys joined me
under this rock, — Hoffman and Evans, — who had in the
flight come off the battlefield with us instead of their own
company. While we lay there a number of Confederates
ran over our heads, and even fired at retreating soldiers
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making their way through the brush. After all had been
quiet for some time we ventured out of our hiding-place
and again resumed our retreat of twenty-five miles through
the mountains to Gauley Bridge. We had not gone far
before we came up to a fallen tree whose butt was hollow
and out of which was protruding a pair of shoes and socks.
We felt sure they were U. S. goods, but we were in no
frame of mind to take any chances, and so passed quietly by.
(If that soldier is still living and ever reads this item I
want him to write me.) Wearily pulling ourselves up the
sid!e of mountains, sometimes crossing deep ravines, always
keeping within hearing of the roaring Gauley, we con
tinued our wanderings until almost nightfall, when we sup
posed we must be nearly fifteen miles from the battlefield —
as a matter of fact we were only three; but by this time we
were the victims of sharp hunger and fatigue. Coming to
an opeiiing we could see no house or road, but did frequently
hear the barking of a dog near by. We decided to wait till
dark and investigate, and during this halt we coiled around
the rcots of a spreading laurel bush. While lying there
three men passed within a dozen feet of us, presumably
members of our own company; but the foliage about us
was so dense we could not tell whether they were friends or
enemies. At length darkness and hunger screwed up our
courage to go to the cabin home we felt sure the barking
dog was defending, and here our real story begins.
With fixed bayonets and capped guns we dashed across
an open field and a mountain road to the front door of a
very modest log house. A mother, somewhat startled, met
us p.t the door. Recognizing our uniforms she bade us come
in quickly. In crossing the street we had noticed a fire in
the road, perhaps 200 yards from this home, and this was
in part the cause of her excitement, for this was the enemy's
picket post for the night.
Her welcome was all the assurance we needed that we
had fallen into the hands of Union friends. Quicker than I
can tell you she had our army equipment hidden away. We
occupied a small back room while she prepared us a warm
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supper of biscuits, honey, meat, and several kind's of sauce.
No banquet menu since ever touched my palate as did that
supper. For three months we had been subsisting on "hard
tack and sow-belly," and by comparison this supper was a
royal feast. The "banquet" over we were shown up into
the "loft," where we slept on feather beds — to be sure, a
doubtful luxury in these days, during the month of August ;
but after sleeping on the ground for three months with th-
soft side of a cartridge-box for a pillow, we thought the
feather beds were great. The night wasn't long enough,
for about half past three the next morning this mother
came to our bedside and woke us, saying that if we were
discovered in the house the Confederates would burn the
home and otherwise destroy their property. We dressed
while she filled our haversacks, and her oldest boy, then
twelve years of age, led us to a hillside, less than a quarter
of a mile from the house, where we hid in a deep excava
tion made by a large tree which had blown down. This
was our home for two days, and it did not do a thing but
pour doivn for about thirty-six hours of that time. We
fairly floated in this small cellar. Between the rain and
the Confeds in the dooryard and about the house, none of
the family could get to us for two days. The storm finally
let up, and after dusk of the second day the oldest daugh
ter — eighteen years of age — and the little brother, before
mentioned, got to us with a pot of hot coffee, biscuits,
boiled corn, and honey. Do you wonder that we thought an
angel had dropped down from heaven to succor us? The
biscuits and the coffee were the first warm thing that had
touched our stomachs for those two days of drenching
storm. If there had been a preacher handy there would
have been a three-corner duel to determine which of us
should marry the girl.
In the mean time, our hiding-place had become a mudhole
and our clothing saturated and stiff with mud. Encouraged
by this young woman, we determined to get to the house
under cover of the darkness. She led off some little distance
ahead of us. Nearing the house we lay down on an "elder
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patch," while she reconnoitered about the house and
grounds. The way was clear, and in a moment more we
were in the old log cabin again, sitting around a smoulder
ing fire-place, trying to dry our clothes. By this time the
reader is entitled to a more formal introduction to our
hostess, Mrs. James A. Renick — whose good and loyal hus
band had "to skip the country" to avoid being pressed into
the Confederate service. To do this he had to leave this
noble woman and a large family of children — the daughter
mentioned being the oldest — unprotected and at the mercy
of Floyd's soldiers.
But to proceed with our experience. This lady found
three of her husband's shirts, and we were ordered back to
the feather beds in the "loft" while she — and her deeds, like
those of Mary Magdalene, should be told throughout the
world — sat up the livelong night cleaning and drying our
clothes around the fire-place. Before daylight the next
morning our haversacks were again filled, and with the
"kid," scarcely awake, for our leader, we were piloted to a
small cave — a sort of chamber in the rocks along a creek
bank, some eighty rods distant from the home. We had to
cross the road, but the rest of our way was through a woods
and laurel thicket. Here, in the dry, we made our home for
nearly two weeks, while the daughter kept us provisioned
as opportunity occurred. Every day or two came a large
pail full of bread, meat, honey, boiled "roasting ears" and
ripe peaches. Often she came to us soaking wet to her
shoulders from the dripping laurel brush, for it still rained
much of the time. She kept us posted on what the Confeds
were doing about the premises.
While we lay in the cave sharing this family's hospitality,
these Southern soldiers confiscated every horse on the farm,
seven in all, helped themselves to the corn on the place for
army fodder, and either carried into camp or made up into
cider the entire apple crop of a large orchard. Ten bushels
of wheat were left them. This was in a large dry-goods
box and stood by the front door on the porch, and thereby
hangs a tale. About the middle of our stay the flour barrel
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ran empty. The daughter, though only eighteen, was
utterly without fear, and withal a good diplomat. She
stated the case to a couple of visiting Confederate soldiers
who were connected with Floyd's wagon-train, and pre
vailed upon them to load these last ten bushels of wheat into
one of their army wagons and take the grist to a small
flouring-mill some three miles away, while she sat on the
top-most bag going and coming. It was a spectacle, indeed,
to a Union soldier who was depending upon the return of
that flour for his next day's hot biscuit.
After we had shared such hospitality for eight days we
were chafing under not only our confinement in this cave,
but the appalling fact began to stare us in the face that we
were really eating the last bread of this mother and her
seven or eight children. We decided to take the chances of
escape through the Confederate lines. The mother advised
against this undertaking, but we insisted. Our haversacks
were filled early, and the little boy was sent, just as day was
breaking, to guide us to the top of Panther Mountain, from
which we had Mrs. Renick's careful instruction as to the
course to pursue. Bidding the boy an affectionate and hearty
good-by, we struck a bee-line — as we supposed — for Gauley
Bridge, more than twenty miles away. It was a long fore
noon, and after walking a dozen or fifteen miles through the
mountains we halted for lunch. Thus refreshed, we again
took up the march, and by 3 o'clock we were momentarily
expecting to sight Twenty Mile Creek. A little later we
came out. to an opening in which there was a log cabin in
the little valley below us. We crawled along the fence for
the distance of a couple of blocks, keeping ourselves well
screened in the brush. We got within the distance of a city
block from this cabin and then lay down in a fence corner
for further observation. We had been there some minutes
before the real situation dawned upon us. We had come
back to the home of Mrs. Renick ! Waiting till dark we
made our way softly to the back yard, and when we knew
all was clear, walked into the house, to the great astonish
ment of the family. This episode impressed us as the lead-
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ing of Providence, and we again took up our old quarters in
the cave.
At the end of another week General Rosecrans was draw
ing his lines around Carnifax Ferry. This caused Floyd to
draw in all his outposts, and though we were wholly igno
rant at the time of what was going on, it opened the way to
our escape. Scarcely any Southern soldiers were now pass
ing the house or stopping to visit the family. We spent our
last day (Sunday) in the house with several invited guests-
Union women of the neighborhood. The afternoon turned
into a general "smoker," in the very midst of which a squad
of twenty-five or thirty of Floyd's cavalry rode up near the
door, and a dozen of them dismounted, and were coming
through the front gate before they were discovered. Two
of the largest women at once stepped into the front door,
completely filling that opening, while we ran across the front
room on our hands and knees (to keep below the windows),
and thus made our escape to the cabin "loft" of feather-bed
experiences. These cavalrymen were not invited in, but
stood at the door some time and visited with the ladies. We
heard the whole conversation through the more or less open
"chinks" of the cabin. The inquiry of one was, "Have you
seen any more Yankees since the Cross Lanes fight?"
There was a prompt chorus of noes, at which, for the first
time, my heart went up to Heaven in gratitude for a well-
emphasized lie; it was a close call ! Before leaving that eve
ning, Mrs. Renick brought to me her youngest daughter — a
tot of two or three summers, for whom no name had yet
been agreed upon (they called her "Sis"), and asked me
to give her a Yankee name. As soon as my embarrassment
was fairly off, I began running over a long list of early
loves, and hit upon Leonora — for short, Nora — and that's
her name to-day.
As darkness closed down we took another farewell of all
the family, with an audible "God bless you !" and struck out,
the second time, to reach Gauley Bridge. The daughter
who had already risked so much for us piloted us some two
miles d'own the Gauley River to a cousin of hers, who had
EPISODE OF BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 353
slipped back home on the quiet to see his bride of but a few
weeks. Here we stayed all night, and our ranks were in
creased by a member of Company K who had been lying
under the "puncheon" floor of this cabin for two weeks.
His name has gone from me. This young man, cousin of
Miss Renick, started with us before sunrise the next morn
ing, and that night we slept at Twenty Mile Creek. The
next morning, being the sixteenth day after the battle, we
joined what was left of the Seventh Regiment at Gauley
Bridge. We were sent for at once by the Colonel, who
called for all the details of our "outing;" indeed, we did
little else for several days but compare experiences with the
other members of the regiment who had braved dangers and
endured hardships in getting back to Gauley Bridge after
this most unfortunate battle.
If my story should stop here a very interesting part of it
would remain untold. By this time most of my readers
would say, "Of course this writer afterward married the
girl." That is the way the novelist would have it, but I did
not. Had she been agreeable to any such proposition, I
could not have done so without breaking faith with an
earlier young lady acquaintance; however, the deeds and
heroism of this young lady and her mother were not allowed
to perish from memory. To have forgotten them I would
have been an ingrate, indeed. My first effort to show my
gratitude for what they had done for me was not what
might be called a roaring success. We had not yet received
our first payment in the service. Ten to fifty cents was
about the average amount of specie per capita in our com
pany at this time. I borrowed from most everybody in the
company, till I got together sixteen dollars — the price of the
only silk dress pattern in the little store at the bridge pier.
This I purchased and sent to the young lady by — as I sup
posed — a trusted acquaintance of hers. He did not return
to Cross Lanes immediately, but followed our army down to
Charleston. Here he sold the dress pattern to a merchant
and took Miss Renick one of a cheap delaine, a trick I found
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354 S^V^NTH R£GIM£NT OHIO VOUJNTE^R INIANTRY
out seventeen years afterward. Perhaps it served me
right, for as I now look back upon the incident it seems to
me I was a "blooming chump" not to have sent them six-
teeen dollars' worth of flour or corn-meal instead of this
silk dress pattern. With nothing but -starvation before
them in their mountain home the family, a few weeks later,
followed the father to eastern Ohio, where he had taken the
lease of a farm for five years. At the expiration of this
lease they returned to the old homestead, where they now
still live. The years went by, but never without a letter or
two passing between Miss Renick (long since Mrs. Geo. G.
Malcolm) and myself. Then living in Iowa, in 1878 my
wife and I went to West Virginia to make this mother and
daughter a visit.
Mrs. Malcolm's husband met us at Gauley Bridge, the
nearest railway station, with a conveyance to take us to
Cross Lanes via the identical road over which we had
marched seventeen years before. The husband of Mrs.
Renick (the mother) did not wait for our arrival, but met
us on horseback five miles in advance of our destination. If
General Grant had been passing through the country this
family could not have paid him greater honor than they did
us.
Between the two families — the mother and daughter —
we spent about two weeks, feasting on ripe peaches, fresh
cider, fresh eggs, young chickens, etc. We spent the seven
teenth anniversary of the Cross Lanes battle with the
mother, and we slept in the identical "loft" of the old log
cabin I had occupied when a soldier. I say "we," but there
were six of us — two young ladies, two gentlemen, my wife
and I — all in this one room "loft," without so much as a
sheet for a partition. They had a number of invited guests
because of our visit, hence this "summer resort" method of
sleeping us. On the anniversary day of the battle the
family and invited guests held a picnic at the cave. During
the afternoon we carefully removed the debris within this
stone chamber to see what we could find. This recess in the
rock was not of such dimensions as to attract neighborhood
EPISODE OF BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 355
visitors, and probably had not received a guest outside of
the Renick family since our occupancy. We swept out all
the leaves and other debris that had drifted in during- the
previous seventeen years. In protected; places that had been
entirely free from moisture we found a number of peach
pits and corn cobs in a perfect state of preservation. These
were plainly souvenirs of our life in this cave, and I brought
them home and placed them with my other war relics, which
I greatly prize. We also found a U. S. bullet, which I re
membered stripping the powder from to mix with water and
earth in order to paint our initials on the ceiling of this rock
chamber. The girl whom I had named Nora seventeen
years before had married rather young, and of course she
was present at this picnic, and in her arms was her first
born — a chubby, frisky boy. Standing in the cave amid
many other guests, she brought this child to me to christen.
I had not been advised that any such request was to be made.
Without children myself it was a novel duty. I was em
barrassed. The crowd insisted that as I had named the
mother I must also name her first baby. After several
efforts to swallow the "lump in my throat," and running
over the names of some of my boy acquaintances, I blessed
the kid and named him Eugene Carlton. Everybody was
happy over the selection, and to-day he still bears that
name — a man twenty-seven years old.
Then I put in two or three hours with hammer and cold
chisel cutting into the face rock of that cave the following
legend: "1861.— E. M. €.—1878." Another seventeen
years had rolled away, but during their flight the occasional
friendly letter had passed between this family and myself.
Thirty-four years after this first episode in the cave, Mrs.
Condit and I were again on our way to West Virginia to
visit this family. Perhaps I should have remarked earlier
that the daughter who used to bring us food to the cave had
married well — a Republican, and a real hustler. Though
his county was strongly Democratic he was several times
elected to the best office within its gift. He became rich for
that section of the country, owning many thousands of acres
356 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
of coal and timber lands along the Gauley. His home farm
right at Cross Lanes contains 700 acres, and includes the
little spring brook and meadow valley on which the Seventh
Regiment camped for a week or more on the occasion of our
first march through that country. They have reared, and
liberally educated, a fine family, two of whom are now
leading physicians in West Virginia, and one of the daugh
ters married a physician of leading practice in an adjoining
county. This second visit, thirty-four years after the battle
of Cross Lanes, was made of greater interest by the presence
of my old "bunk-mate" of Company C, M. M. Andrews,
whom the whole regiment has learned to love more and
more as the years go by. We spent something over a week
rambling over the early scenes of our knapsack days, and
wound up with a picnic at the cave, on the thirty-fourth an
niversary of that battle. The old log cabin on the Renick
farm, which hid us in its "loft" the first night after the
battle, is gone. I still have a good splinter of it among my
war mementoes.
Mr. and Mrs. Renick, in their old age, had built across
the street from the old cabin, a small frame house. Stand
ing in that valley, under a broiling August sun, without the
shade of a porch, I could not bear to think of that mother,
who had done so much for me in a critical moment of my
life, waiting another year for the luxury of a front porch
in that hot climate. I requested Mr. Renick to have his
carpenter estimate the cost of the proposed porch, for which
I left the necessary funds.
Back a little from the time I am writing about, the
World's Fair of Chicago occurred. Living in Chicago at
the time, it gave me an opportunity to remember these two
benefactresses. I sent a check covering all their expenses
both ways, and invited this mother and daughter to share
our hospitality as long as they would stay in Chicago. For
ten days either myself or wife gave them our whole time
at the Fair or showing them about the city. On their ar
rival Mrs. Renick remarked, as I met her at the front door,
"I have come all the way to Chicago to see a man that can
EPISODE: OF BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 357
be grateful for thirty-three years" The daughter had
traveled considerably, and had seen as much of the United
States as the average citizen ; but what a revelation to this
mother! Born in the county in which she still lives (shejs
eighty-two years old), she had never seen a railway train
till the one she boarded for Chicago, twenty-six miles dis
tant from her mountain home. She had never seen a church
organ, a modern bath-tub, gas, or electric light. She had
me count the latter in my house that she might be able to tell
her grandchildren about it when she got home. Of course
the Fair itself was a new world, a world peopled with mar
vels for her. They arrived the day before ''Chicago day."
Only the daughter and myself daredi to brave such a crowd.
I asked her the largest crowd she had ever been in before.
She thought she had been to political meetings where there
were three or four hundred people, but she seemed to ex
perience no more trouble that day than did I in fighting my
way through that 762,000 of humanity.
We afterward had the pleasure of entertaining nearly all
of the daughter's children, and her husband, during their
"Fair" visits.
And now a word personal:
In 1904 Mrs. Condit and myself finished a leisurely two
years' tour through all parts of Europe, much of Asia, and
part of Africa. My impressions, experiences, and observa
tions during this eventful journey were written up from
week to week and published by one of my home newspapers.
On my return, with some emendations, this correspondence
was published in book form by the Fleming H. Revell Com
pany of Chicago, making a volume of 626 pages, besides the
illustrations, and is dedicated in the following language, to
wit : "Out of a grateful memory the Author desires to dedi
cate this volume to two friends who materially assisted
Providence in saving his life during the civil war, viz : To
Mrs. James A. Renick of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, who
secreted and fed him in a cave for two weeks, and thus saved
him from the horrors of a Confederate prison, and to his
comrade and "bunk-mate" M. M. Andrews, now of Bay
SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
City, Michigan, who, at a later period, gave to him not less
than a mother's care and love, during a long siege of typhoid
fever in an army hospital." And now this volume, next to
her Bible, is making this clear old mother happy in her West
Virginia home.
Daytona, Florida, May 22, 1905.
GEN. GRANT TO GEN. LEE.
"!N THE
"April 7, 1865.
"The result of the last week must convince you of the
hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army
of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so,
and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsi
bility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the
surrender of that portion of the Confederate States Army
known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
"U. S. GRANT,
"Lieut.-General.
"General R. E.
This letter was carried by Gen. Robert Nugent, accom
panied by Capt. John Oldershaw, one of his aides, to a Con
federate commissioned officer in front of the "Irish Brigade"
composed of the Sixty-third, Sixty-ninth, and Eighty-eighth
New York Infantry, and General Lee surrendered two days
later, at Appomattox.
TRIBUTE OF COL. WILLIAM F. FOX.
Colonel William F. Fox, the author of "Slocum and his
Men," says :
"The Seventh Ohio Infantry was relieved June n, 1864,
and ordered home to be mustered out of service, its term
of enlistment having expired. This regiment had made a
brilliant record in the war, and was highly regarded
throughout the entire corps."
He also, in his volume entitled "Regimental Losses in the
Civil War," makes repeated reference to this regiment, while
under the caption of "Three Hundred Fighting Regiments"
he has compiled the following record :
SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
Candy's Brigade — Geary's Division — Twelfth Corps.
(i) Col. Erastus B. Tyler, Bvt Major-Gen. (2) Col. William R.
Creighton (killed). (3) Lieut.-Col. Samuel McClelland.
Killed and Died of
Died of Disease, Acci
Wounds.
dents, in Prison, &c.
Total
COMPANIES.
Officers.
Men.
Total.
Officers.
Men.
Total.
ment.
Field and Staff
3
i
4
i
i
18
Company A
21
21
8
8
154
B
,
13
13
7
7
117
C
2
2;
28
7
7
148
D
I
15
16
ii
ii
158
E
I
10
ii
10
10
122
F
I
13
14
9
9
138
G
.
19
19
i
9
10
128
H
I
I
15
17
11
10
10
10
10
139
114
K
I
24
25
6
6
129
Totals . . .
10
174
184
2
87
89
1,365
184 killed — 13.4 per cent.
TRIBUTE} OF COLONEL FOX TO SEVENTH OHIO 361
Total of killed and wounded, 682 ; died in Confederate prisons (pre
viously included), 15.
Battles. *K. & M. W. Battles. *K. & M. W.
w' Va'' Dumfries> Va-> ........... '
Cross Lanes, W. Va., Au- Chancellorsville, Va., ..... 22
Port Republic, Va., ....... 19 Ringgold, Ga., ............ 25
Cedar Mountain, Va., ..... 55 RPoaro -Pa
Snicker's Gap, Va., ....... i
Antietam, Md., ........... 8 New Hope Church, Ga., ... 6
Present, also, at Lookout Mountain, Tenn. ; Missionary Ridge,
Tenn.; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga.
"NOTES. — One of the finest regiments in the service. It
was raised in northern Ohio, with rendezvous at Cleveland,
and was composed of exceptionally good material. Its
ranks included men of culture and good social position,
clergymen, students, teachers, bankers, farmers and me
chanics. They enlisted promptly at first news of war, the
regiment organizing in April for the three months' service,
but entering the three years' service, almost to a man, when
the second call for troops was made. It left the State June
26, 1 86 1, and proceeded to West Virginia. While en
camped by itself at Cross Lanes, W. Va., it was attacked by
a large force under General Floyd; the regiment mad,e an
obstinate defense, but was driven from the field with a se
vere loss, many of the men being captured. The principal
losses of the Seventh were — at Kernstown, 20 killed, 62
wounded, and 10 missing; at Port Republic, 10 killed, 55
wounded, and 10 missing; at Cedar Mountain, 31 killed,
149 wounded, and 2 missing, out of 307 present; at Antie
tam, 5 killed and 33 wounded; at Chancellorsville, 16
killed, 62 wounded, and 21 missing; and at Ringgold, Ga.,
1 6 killed, and 58 wounded, out of 206 present. At Ring-
gold, Colonel Creighton, Lieut. -Col. Orrin J. Crane, Adju
tant Baxter, and two lieutenants were killed, while the re
maining officers, with one exception, were all wounded. At
*Killed and mortally wounded.
362 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Kernstown the Seventh was in Shields's division; General
Augur commanded the division at Cedar Mountain, General
Greene at Antietam, and General Geary in its subsequent
battles. While on the Atlanta campaign, on June n, 1864,
the Seventh received notice that its enlistment had expired
and was ordered home. The recruits were transferred to
the Fifth Ohio."
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
PARTLY COMPILED BY
CAPT. GEORGE A. McKAY.
MAJOR GENERAL ERASTUS B. TYLER
(Colonel 7th O. V. I.— Maj. Gen. Vols. — Died Jan. 9th, 1891.)
FIELD AND STAFF.
COL. ERASTUS B. TYLER.
Col. Erastus B. Tyler was born at Beaconsfielcl, Ontario
County, New York, April 24, 1819. When eight years of
age his parents removed to Ravenna, Ohio. He was edu
cated in the common schools of that city and at Granville
College. In the year 1845 ne entered the service of the
American Fur Company and while in its employ traveled
extensively in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Virginia.
He joined the militia of his native State, and was pro
moted rapidly to the position of brigadier-general, which he
was holding at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion:
He was elected colonel of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I.,
May 7, 1861, and in June his regiment was ordered to West
Virginia, where he captured $40,000 at Weston.
He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia ;
Winchester, Virginia; Port Republic, Virginia; Antietam,
Maryland; Fredericksburg, Virginia ; Chancellors ville, Va.,
and Monocacy, Maryland.
He was promoted to brigadier-general of Volunteers, May
14, 1862, and was brevetted major-general in 1865, and as
signed to the military defenses at Baltimore, Maryland, as
commander. He was mustered out of the service of the
United States at the close of the war in 1865.
He settled in Baltimore, Maryland, after the war, and was
appointed postmaster of that city by the President, and re
tained that position for several years.
He died January 9, 1891, at Baltimore, Maryland, and is
interred there. The body is to be transferred to Arlington
Cemetery and buried next to General Sheridan.
(365)
WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON.
Colonel William R. Creighton was born at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, in June, 1837. When the war commenced in
the year 1861 he was a compositor on the Cleveland Herald.
He had from boyhood up taken great pride in military mat
ters, and at the time of the firing on Fort Sumter was first
lieutenant of the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves. On
April 17 he recruited a company, which was filled in one
day, under the call of the President for 75,000 troops.
April 19, he reported for duty at Camp Taylor, Cleveland,
Ohio, and being an exceptionally good drillmaster he re
ceived numerous encomiums from visitors on account of
the excellent drill and discipline of his company, which was
mustered into the service of the United States as Company
A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
May 2, he was married to Miss Eleanor L. Quirk, a very
estimable lady, who still remains his widow.
May 5, the company was transferred to Camp Dennison,
near Cincinnati, Ohio, for continuance of drill and to learn
all military duties under the Army Regulations. While there
he was elected as lieutenant-colonel of his regiment on ac
count of his soldierly qualities, and became its drillmaster.
After the battle of Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862,
he was promoted to the rank of colonel for brave and meri
torious service. He participated in the following battles
during the war: Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic,
Cedar Mountain, Dumfries, and Chancellorsville, Virginia;
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Mountain and Mission
ary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia.
Colonel Creighton was noted from the first as an excel
lent officer, cool and recklessly brave in action, a true and
patriotic soldier, revered by his fellow officers and beloved
by soldiers serving under him. There was no braver sol
dier during the war than he.
He was severely wounded in the left shoulder at the battle
of Cedar Mountain and did not rejoin his command until
COLONEL WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON
(Killed at Battle of Ringgold, Gsi., Nov. 27th, 1863.)
AND STAF $ $67
after Antietam, Maryland, consequently missing the whole
of the second Bull Run campaign. He was mortally
wounded at the battle of Ringgold, Georgia, November 27,
1863, while commanding the First Brigade, Second Divi
sion, Twelfth Army Corps, comprising the Fifth, Seventh,
Twenty-ninth, and Sixty-sixth Ohio, and Twenty-eighth
and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volun
teer Regiments, and died within six hours thereafter.
Being ordered by Gen. John W. Geary, commanding the
division, to form his brigade and storm Taylor's Ridge, he
formed his brigade pursuant to orders, in echelon. Ad
dressing his brigade, he said, "We are ordered to take those
heights, and I expect to see you roosters walk right over
them!" The charge was pressed to a finish, but failed on
account of the weakness in numbers of the assaulting col
umn, part of his regiment being killed on the summit of the
ridge. Just before he was wounded one of his friends and
comrades was wounded through both legs, the main artery
of his left leg being lacerated fearfully. Colonel Creighton
bound up the leg with his handkerchief, and borrowing a
bayonet from one of the soldiers formed a tourniquet and
stopped the flowing of blood. He was himself shot imme
diately thereafter, through the muscular coating of the
heart, the wound bleeding internally instead of outwardly.
Both were carried off the field together.
Colonel Creighton had been recommended for the posi
tion of brigadier-general previously, but death intervened
before he reached the goal of his desires. His remains were
embalmed and sent home, where he was given all honors,
the body lying in state at the City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio,
guarded by the National Guard, then transferred to the city
vault, where it remained until the return of his regiment at
the expiration of their term of service, when it was escorted
to Woodland Cemetery. His old regiment acted as pall
bearers and chief mourners, followed by the tears of thou
sands.
As a special mark of honor to the memory of Colonel
Creighton, the name of Fort Wood at Chattanooga, Tennes
see, was changed by military orders to Fort Creighton.
JOEL F. ASPER.
Joel F. Asper was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania,
April 20, 1822, and when but five years of age his father
removed to Farmington, Ohio, by the slow process of a
four-horse team. Until eighteen years old he assisted his
father in clearing a farm in the Ohio forest, at the same
time attending a district school in winter. Having a pas
sion for reading and writing he was led to study law,
and in August, 1844, was admitted to the bar; while in
October following he opened a law office in Warren, Ohio.
In 1846 he was elected a justice of the peace and on Decem
ber 1 5th of the same year was married in Farmington to
Miss Elizabeth Brown. Three children — two daughters
and a son — were born to them. In 1850 he moved to Char-
don, Ohio, where he edited a Free-Soil paper. He returned
to Warren in 1852 and resumed the practice of law, which
continued until the breaking out of the war in 1861.
Colonel Asper was among the first to tender the services
of a company to Governor Dennison, and on the 26th of
pany A of Warren, which became Company H of the Sev
enth Ohio Infantry, and he its captain. He was promoted to
lieutenant-colonel May 20, 1862, and served in this regiment
until March 2, 1863, when he resigned after having partici
pated in the battles of Cross Lanes and Winchester, in
which last engagement he was severely wounded. He as
sisted in the organization of the One Hundred and Seventy-
first Regiment of Ohio National Guards, to serve for the
period of 100 days, and served therein as its colonel from
April 27 to August 20, 1864. This regiment was ordered
to Kentucky, where in a spirited engagement with Morgan's
cavalry at Keller's Bridge, on June n, 1864, it lost 13 killed,
54 wounded, and many prisoners. In 1864 Colonel Asper
removed to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he practiced law
successfully and in 1866 began the publication of the Spec
tator, in which he advocated the election of General Grant
FACING
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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOEL F. ASPER.
GENERAL OFFICER OF THE DAY,
DECEMBER 2, 1862.
AND STAFF 369
for President. He was a delegate to the Chicago Conven
tion and State Convention, and after a spirited contest was
elected to Congress as a radical Republican.
He was active and energetic ; a brave and capable officer,
who had the respect of his men. He died in Chillicothe,
Missouri, October i, 1872, and was buried in Edgewood
cemetery in that city.
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ORRIN J. CRANE.
Lieut.-Col. Orrin J. Crane was born at Troy, New York,
in the year 1828. Hiis education was limited in the lines
generally adopted in civil life, but he learned the science of
war through his superior officer, Col. William R. Creighton,
who was a natural-born soldier.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion in the
year 1861 he was connected with the ship building business
as a carpenter in the building of vessels for the Great Lakes.
After the firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in
the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves April 17, 1861, and was
elected to the position of first lieutenant in the company
which was mustered into the service of the United States
as Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He was pro
moted to captain when Creighton was elected lieutenant-
colonel.
He reenlisted for three years June 19, 1861. He partici
pated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Repub
lic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettys
burg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and was killed
at Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863, while in com
mand of his regiment.
Crane was a good mechanic through his early training,
and his talent in that line was utilized by his superior officers
in the building of bridges, barracks and corduroy roads,
whenever necessary, and the work performed by him was
always well done.
He commanded his brigade for a while at Antietam,
Maryland, after General Tyndall was severely wounded.
Crane was well liked by the men under him on account of
his careful attention to their comforts while in camp and on
the march. He was a cool and brave officer in battle, and
was promoted to the position of lieutenant-colonel for meri
torious services in the face of the enemy.
(370)
LIEUTENANT COLONEL ORRIN J. CRANE
(Killed at Battle of Ringgold, Gn., Nov. 27th, 1863.)
LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAMUEL McCLELLAND
(Died 1872.)
SAMUEL M. MCCLELLAND.
Lieut. -Col. Samuel M. McClelland was born in the year
1833. He removed to Youngstown, Ohio, when a young
man, and was educated in the common schools.
He enlisted as a private in a company raised for three
months, and was elected first lieutenant. When mustered
into the service of the United States it became Company I,
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He reenlisted in the three
years' service June 19, 1861 ; became captain of Company
H May i, 1862, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel De
cember i, 1863, for bravery in action.
He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes,
Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Dumfries,
Chancellorsville, Virginia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania;
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; Ringgold, Dalton, Rocky
Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas, or New Hope Church,
Georgia. At the battle of Ringgold he was severely
wounded in the wrist and face, and in the head at Winches
ter.
He was mustered out of the service on expiration of the
term of his regiment July 6, 1864.
After his muster out of the service he entered the service
of Brown, Bonnell & Co. (engaged in the iron manufactur
ing business at Youngstown) as a puddler in one of their
mills, he having been engaged in that business before the
war.
McClelland was an exceptionally brave man while in the
service. He died at Youngstown in the year 1872.
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JOHN S. CASEMENT.
Major John S. Casement was born in the year 1831. He
was educated in the common schools, but improved himself
by constant reading. At the breaking out of the war of
the rebellion he was engaged in the construction business
on railroads and had been for several years previous, his
chief assistants being Wells and Desby Clayton and his
brother Dan. It was like sunshine to see their happy faces
around the old C. C. C. & L, C. & T, and C. P. & A. Rail
ways.
After the firing on Fort Sumter, Casement volunteered,
and was elected major of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
for a period of three months, and was commissioned to
date from April 25, 1861. June 19, he reenlisted for a
period of three years and was re-commissioned accordingly.
The regiment was ordered to West Virginia and he par
ticipated in the battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26,
1 86 1, with it. The regiment was defeated with severe loss
and scattered, the right wing retreating to Gauley Bridge
and the left to Charleston, Virginia. Casement handled the
left wing on its retreat, with the greatest coolness and brav
ery, passing through the enemy's country, crossing rivers,
creeks, and mountain ranges without losing a man captured.
He also fought at Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862,
and rode forward with a squad of not over twenty men and
captured a twenty-pounder cannon from the enemy and held
on to it until the fighting was over. This battle was the
only one in which General "Stonewall" Jackson was de
feated by the Union troops, and driven back.
During his service with the Seventh he was engaged in
numerous skirmishes and marches, notably that of Blue's
Gap, where in the dead of winter the regiment marched all
night through the snow with the thermometer at or below
zero. He was always loved by the boys of the Seventh for
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN S. CASEMENT
(Major 7th O. V. I. — Col. 103d O. V. I. — Brig. Gen. Vols.)
SURGEON CURTISS J. BELLOWS
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his good nature and coolness and bravery in action, never
asking any one to go where he would not.
He tendered his resignation at Falmouth, Virginia, to
accept promotion. He was appointed colonel of the One
Hundred and Third Regiment O. V. I., to date from August
18, 1862.
He participated with this regiment in the battles of Knox-
ville, Tenn. ; Resaca, Georgia; and all of the flanking
marches and battles in Sherman's advance on Atlanta, los
ing 255 men in killed, wounded, and missing out of a force
of 450 when they started ; Franklin, Tennessee, and Nash
ville, Tennessee. He virtually saved the day at Franklin
by his daring valor and skill and by the courage of his
brigade.
The regiment was transferred under Maj.-Gen. Schofield
to Wilmington, N. C. In this movement Casement com
manded a brigade, as he had done for over a year previous.
The brigade remained in this department until the surrender
of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston with his command near Raleigh,
North Carolina.
The regiment was mustered out of the service June 23,
1865, on account of the end of the war. Casement, still
commanding the brigade of which the One Hundred and
Third was one of the units, had been brevetted brigadier-
general for brave and meritorious services in the face of the
enemy.
After the war ceased General Casement resumed his busi
ness of construction of railroads, he being the contractor
under whose supervision the track of the Union Pacific Rail
way was laid, some days laying seven miles of track per day.
He was engaged in building railroads in various States and
in Central America. He has been remarkably successful in
this line of business, and has helped to construct more miles
of railway than any man in the known world.
He married Miss Frances Marion Jennings in the year
1857. Two children were born to them, of whom one
survives.
LOUIS GERMAIN DE FOREST.
Louis Germain De Forest was born September 9, 1838,
at Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in the common
schools of his native city, where he received a good educa
tion in the days when frills did not count. In early life he
was attracted toward a military life, and joined the volun
teer organization called the Cleveland Light Guards.
When this company disbanded for reorganization he joined
the Sprague Cadets, an offshoot of it.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was
in the employ of N. E. Crittenden, the leading jewelry firm
of his native city. After the firing on Fort Sumter, filled
with martial ardor inherited from his paternal grandfather,
a soldier of the Revolution, he enlisted as a private in the
Sprague Cadets April 22, 1861, for three months, under the
call of President Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers. This com
pany on being mustered into the service of the United States
was assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Com
pany B. He was appointed orderly sergeant and was pro
moted to first lieutenant and adjutant for soldierly conduct,
May 17, 1 86 1. He reenlisted for three years June 19, 1861,
and was commissioned by the Governor of the State of Ohio
as first lieutenant and adjutant in the three years' service.
February i, 1862, he was transferred to the staff of Gen.
E. B. Tyler as acting assistant adjutant-general.
He participated in all of the marches, skirmishes, and
battles of his regiment until he resigned March 12, 1862, on
account of ill health, when he was honorably discharged
from the service on account of surgeon's certificate of disa
bility to take effect on that date. When to a certain extent
he had recovered he was commissioned as captain of Com
pany C, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment O. V.L,May 2,
1864, and was mustered out of the service August 23,
1864.
He married Miss Theresa Suydam, December 26, 1861,
CAPTAIN LOUIS G. DeFOREST
(1st Lieut. & Adjt. 7th O. V. I. — dipt. Co. C, 150th O. V. I.
— Died August 2d, 1870.)
CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. SHEPHERD
(1st Lieut. & Adjt. 7th O. V. I. — Capt. & C. S.
U. S. Vols. — Died July 3d, 1882.)
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at Cleveland, Ohio, and they had, three sons, two of whom,
Edward I. and Louis C., died in their youth, the surviving
son, Albert T., being now, in 1906, the general manager of
the American Steel and Wire Company on the Pacific coast
He with his mother, wife, and daughter reside at Palo Alto,
California.
Captain De Forest died at Cleveland, Ohio, August 2,
1870 from disease contracted while in the service. His re
mains lie in Lake View Cemetery, the burial being the first
one in those grounds.
He was a brave and patriotic soldier, which seemed to de
scend upon him from his military ancestors, and made of
him one of the best disciplined officers in the service of the
United States.
His bright, genial disposition, manly bearing, and noble
character made him a universal favorite, alike with his
comrades in arms and a host of friends in civil life.
Requiescat in pace.
FREDERICK THOMAS BROWN.
The Rev. Frederick Thomas Brown, D. D., was born in
West Carlisle, Coshocton County, Ohio, May 6, 1822. He
attended Washington and Jefferson College and was grad
uated at Princeton in 1845. His theological studies were
pursued at Princeton Seminary and at Geneva, Switzer
land, and he was ordained to preach by the Presbytery of
Logansport, Indiana.
After the breaking out of the war of the rebellion on the
firing at Fort Sumter he was appointed1 as chaplain of the
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. in 1861, and served in that ca
pacity until after the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., in which he
participated. He was always well liked by the soldiers and
he personally was a brave and patriotic man.
His ministerial life was spent in Dayton, Ohio ; Madison,
Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio; Georgetown, D. C. ; Chicago,
Illinois; St. Paul, Minnesota; Ann Arbor, Michigan, and
Manasquan, New Jersey.
He was married three times — first to Miss Harriet Little,
second to Charlotte Ann White, third to Anne Eliza Bates,
and had ten children born to them, of whom eight are living.
He died of apoplexy at Manasquan, New Jersey, January
1 1, 1893, and is buried at that place.
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CHAPLAIN FREDERICK T. BROWN
(Died J;m. llth, 1893.)
FIRST LIEUT. & ADJT. CHARLES A. BROOKS
(Killed in R. R. Accident, Aug. 13th, 1863.)
LIEUTENANT & ADJUTANT MORRIS BAXTER
(Mortally wounded &t Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27th, 1863
— Died Nov. 30th, 1863.)
CAPTAIN JOHN MORRIS
(1st Lieut. & R. Q. M. 7th O. V. I. — Capt. & A. Q. M. Vols.
— Died February 10th, 1903.)
JOHN MORRIS.
John Morris, the son of Henry and Susannah Morris, was
born at Crowland, England, on March 3, 1835. When one
year old his parents removed to the United States, and he
was reared near Franklin Mills (now Kent), Portage
County, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools
and took a course of bookkeeping at Folvour's Business Col
lege, graduating in 1854. He engaged in business at
Franklin Mills for two or three years. In the spring of
1 86 1 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Phila
delphia, Pennsylvania, and returning to his home formed
a partnership with Doctors Belding and Alcorn.
He enlisted a company April 13, 1861, for a period of
three months, and was assigned to the Second Brigade,
Ninth Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia. On June 19, 1861,
he was commissioned by the Governor as first lieutenant,
Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and assigned to it as
quartermaster. May 23, 1862, he was appointed captain of
Volunteers by President Lincoln. September 24, 1863, he
was honorably discharged, and was immediately thereafter
appointed Medical Inspector-General and placed in charge
of Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he remained
until the end of the war.
Reentering civil life he engaged for two years in the sale
of drugs at Annapolis, Maryland. In the fall of 1867 he
engaged in the practice of medicine at Chicago, one year
later going to Cincinnati, and in 1870 graduated from the
Cincinnati College of Law. Returning to Chicago, he
formed an office arrangement with Melville W. Fuller, at
present Chief Justice of the United States. Thenceforward
until the end of his life he was engaged in the practice of law
in that city.
He engaged in the stationery and printing business in the
year 1883 under the name of the John Morris Company,
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and introduced the letter filing device. In 1895 the com
pany retired from business.
After a long and painful illness Morris died on February
10, 1903, and his remains were cremated. His ashes now
rest in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
May 31, 1866, he married Susan C. Claude, of Annapolis,
Maryland, who still survives. Henry C. Morris, a practic
ing attorney of Chicago, and Mrs. Robert Catherwood are
his only children.
FIRST LIEJTENANT & R. Q. M. STEPHEN T. LOOMIS
SERGEANT MAJOR NEWTON K. HUBBARD
NEWTON K. HUBBARD.
Newton K. Hubbard was born in the year 1839, at West
Springfield, Massachusetts. He was educated in the com
mon schools of the State of Ohio, Wesleyan Academy, and
Providence Seminary, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, after the
firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted as a private, April 22,
1 86 1, in a company raised at Painesville, Ohio. When
mustered into the service of the United States it became
Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., the enlistment be
ing for three months. He reenlisted June 19, for a period
of three years, and was promoted to corporal. He was mus
tered out on the expiration of the term of service of his
regiment, July 6, 1864.
He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes,
Virginia, where he was captured by the enemy and confined
in the military prisons at Richmond, Virginia; New Or
leans, Louisiana, and Salisbury, North Carolina, nine
months and six days, rejoining his regiment January, 1863,
at Dumfries, Virginia, and fought again at Chancellorsville,
Virginia (hit on shoulder by a piece of shell) ; Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; Missionary
Ridge, Tennessee, Ringgold, Georgia; Dalton, Georgia;
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, and Dallas, or New Hope
Church, Georgia. He was appointed purveyor of Case
ment's brigade and remained at Raleigh, until after the war.
After the war he engaged in various businesses and was
always lucky in his ventures, amassing what was considered
in olden times quite a fortune.
He married Miss Elizabeth Clayton, of Painesville, Ohio,
and one daughter was born to them.
Hubbard was considered as one of the best soldiers in the
Seventh Regiment, and was promoted from sergeant in
Company D to the highest position in the non-commissioned
380 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
staff, that of sergeant-major of his regiment. It was un
fortunate that every one could not be an officer, but he
should have been commissioned anyway, for meritorious
service in the face of the enemy.
MORRIS R. HUGHES
(Hospital Steward.)
COMMISSARY SERGEANT DANIEL D. OWEN
HENRY H. COE
(Band Leader.)
H. H. COE.
H. H. Coe was leader of the band, Seventh O. V. I., July
10, 1 86 1. Joined the regiment at Weston, West Virginia,
Second Brigade Army of Occupation, West Virginia. Was
in battle at Cross Lanes, Summerville, August 24 and 25 ;
at Charleston till November i ; expedition to Loop Creek
and Fayetteville, November i to 17; skirmish at McCoy's
Mills, November 1 5 ; expedition to Blue's Gap, January 6
and 7, 1862; fight at Blue's Gap, January 7. In Third
Brigade, Lander's division, Army of the Potomac, at
Hampton's Heights and Pawpaw Tunnel, until March.
Transferred to Third Brigade, Shields's division, in March.
Advanced on Winchester, March 7 to 15. In battle of
Winchester, March 22 and 23. Transferred to Third Bri
gade, First Division, Department of Rappahannock, April
i. Monterey, April 12; New Market, April 17; McDow
ell, May 8; March to Fredericksburg, May 12 to 21;
march to Port Republic, May 25. In battle of Port Repub
lic, June 8 and 9. Transferred to Second Brigade, Third
Division, Second Corps, Army of Virginia. At Alexan
dria until July.
Mustered out with band at Washington, July 5, 1862.
Reentered service as leader of the band for Second Brigade,
Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of Ohio,
September 16, 1864. Joined brigade at Rome, Georgia, on
movement to Pulaski, Tennessee, via Chattanooga and
Nashville. Through Nashville campaign, November and
December, 1864; Columbia to Duck River, November 24
to 28; Springhill, November 29; Franklin, November 30;
occupation of Nashville during Hood's investment, Decem
ber i to 14; battle of Nashville, December 15, 16; pursuit
of Hood to the Tennessee River. Movement from Clifton,
Tennessee, via Tennessee River and Ohio River to Louis
ville, Kentucky, through the Northern States to Fortress
Monroe, Virginia, by steamer to Fort Fisher, North Caro-
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lina, January 16 to February 9, 1865. Capture of Fort
Anderson, February 18; of old Town Creek, February 20.
Capture of Wilmington, February 22. Forced march to
Kingston, March i to 14; Wise Forks, March 8 to 10;
Kingston, March 14. Capture of Goldsboro, March 21;
Bennett's house, April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his
army at Greensboro, North Carolina, March 11 to 20.
Duty at Greensboro until June. Discharged at Greensboro,
June 9, 1865, General Order No. n, A. G. O.
Since the war he has been engaged more or less in the
manufacturing business, and at the present time is the head
of the Coe Manufacturing Company at Painesville, Ohio.
DRUM MAJOR JOSHUA L. WOODARD
SERGEANT MARTIN V. CLARK
(Private Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Sergt. 8th Ind. Bat. O. L. A.)
MARTIN VAN BUREN CLARK.
Martin Van Buren Clark, son of David and Ximena
(Roberts) Clark, was born April 28, 1840, on a farm near
Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was educated in the
district schools and at Baldwin University, Ohio.
He enlisted June 20, 1861, in Company C, Seventh Regi
ment O. V. I., going to camp and front in Virginia with the
regiment. Transferred to the. band August 9, 1861, and
was discharged by order of the Adjutant-General, U. S. A.,
discharging all regimental bands July 5, 1862.
Reenlisted at Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1864, as a private
in the Eighth Independent Battery Light Artillery, O. N.
G., and was called into the service of the United States and
stationed at Johnson's Island, Ohio, to repel a threatened
invasion from Canada. Discharged as corporal gunner
October 17, 1864, and was appointed as a sergeant later in
the same battery.
He participated while in the Seventh Regiment in the
battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia.
He married Mary D. Henry at Parma, Ohio, July 4,
1865, and they have four daughters, Alice, Mamie, Edith,
and Ruth. He graduated from the College of Pharmacy,
Baldwin University, in the year 1867, with degree of M. B.
He graduated in medicine from the Western Reserve Uni
versity, Cleveland, Ohio, in the year 1869, with the degree
of M. D. and emigrated to Sutton, Nebraska, as a pioneer
druggist June i, 1872. Since the war he has been a profes
sor of colleges, physician and surgeon, member of the G.
A. R. and Masonic bodies.
COMPANY A.
JOSEPH B. MOLYNEAUX.
Capt. Joseph B. Molyneaux was born on his father's farm
near Ann Arbor, Michigan, January i, 1840. By reason of
the death of his mother in 1844 his father disposed of his
farm and removed with his children to Elmira, New York.
He had little opportunity to attend school, being employed
in providing for that support which ought to be guaranteed
to every child.
In 1852 he was a dispatch messenger on the New York
& Erie Railroad, operating between New York City and
Dunkirk. He spent one year with Professor Lowe (after
ward the famous army aeronaut), who was giving magical
performances about the country. Leaving the Professor at
Bellville, Ohio, he became acquainted with Dr. Whitcomb,
who was desirous of adopting him and educating him as a
physician. The position of a "bound boy" being repugnant
to his nature, he left the Doctor and went to Cleveland,
Ohio, where in October, 1855, he set about learning the
printer's trade in the office of Weeks & Williston, and was
with them and the old Herald until the breaking out of the
civil war.
On April 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sprague
Zouaves, which afterward became Company B, Seventh
Regiment O. V. I., for the first three months' service. He
was appointed as sergeant and drill-master of his company,
and upon reaching Camp Dennison was made drill-master of
the non-commissioned officers of the regiment.
Upon the reorganization of the regiment for three years'
service, he was unanimously elected first lieutenant of his
company, and served as such officer until after the battle of
Cross Lanes, when he was detached and assigned to the
command of Company E. In October, 1861, he was re-
CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. MOLYNEAUX
(Capt. Co. A, 7th 0. V. I. — Capt. Co. E, 150th O. V. I.)
COMPANY A 385
lisved and assigned to the command of a company in the
First Kentucky Infantry, when he was placed in command
of an expedition to recover a herd of cattle from rebel guer
rillas in the mountains across the Kanawha River, and was
successful. He then returned to the command of Company
E, which he held until February i, 1862, when he was ap
pointed adjutant of the regiment. Accepted an invitation
of General Lander to accompany him as an acting aide-de
camp on a raid on Bloomery Furnace. On the death of
General Lander, he commanded the escort to the body. By
order of General McClellan, he was detached on special duty
to gather convalescents from the hospitals at Alexandria,
Virginia, and vicinity, and return them to their respective
regiments. About October i, 1862, he was detached as
inspecting officer on the staff of General Geary to inspect
General Crawford's division on Maryland Heights. After
repeatedly waiving rank, was promoted to captain, to take
date and rank September i, 1862, and assigned to Company
A, Seventh O. V. I.
He participated in every battle and skirmish in which the
regiment was engaged until February 12, 1863, when, by
reason of disability arising from wounds in the head,
shoulder and leg, together with sunstroke, he was obliged to
resign. After returning home his recovery was rapid, and
on May 2, 1864, he again entered the service as captain of
Company E, One Hundred and Fiftieth O. V. I. This regi
ment was ordered to Washington, D. C., and Captain Moly-
neaux was assigned to the command of Fort Thayer, and
took part in the repulse of General Early's attack on the
capital, July n and 12, 1864. At the expiration of this
term of service he returned with his regiment to Cleveland,
Ohio, and was mustered out August 23, 1864.
On again returning to civil pursuits, he arranged a part
nership with G. S. Newcomb, and engaged in the printing
and printers' supply business, in which he continued until
January, 1883, when he received the appointment of deputy
county recorder. This office he filled until June i, 1886,
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when he was appointed assistant postmaster, serving until
relieved by the new administration in May, 1891. In May,
1892, he was appointed as member of the Board of Equali
zation and Assessment for the city of Cleveland, on which
board he served about seven years. He then established a
manufacturing business, and in June, 1902, he was ap
pointed by the State Board as a member of the City Board
of Review, for the term of three years, and in June, 1905,
was reappointed for the term of five years.
On May 26, 1863, he was married to Henrietta A. Lyon,
and his children are William V., Robert T., and Raymond
L. He is a veteran member of Iris Lodge F. & A. M.,
Webb Chapter R. A. M., Army and Navy Post G. A. R.,
Ohio Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
secretary of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors'
Monument Commission, and member of the National
Union.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. HOWE
WILLIAM A. HOWE.
Capt. William A. Howe was born in the city of Cleveland,
Ohio, March 4, 1839, an<^ educated in the public and high
schools of his native city. In the year 1852 he entered the
employ of S. Sargeant as an apprentice to learn the art of
picture-frame gilding and mounting, continuing in his
employ until the firing on Fort Sumter, when he enlisted,
April 17, 1 86 1, as a private in the service of the United
States for a period of three months, in what \vas known as
the Cleveland Light Guards Zouaves, and later as Company
A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. Promoted to corporal, April
30, 1 86 1. Reenlisted June 19, 1861, for a period of three
years, and was rapidly promoted to the position of captain
for gallant and meritorious service in the face of the enemy,
and was mustered out with his regiment, July 6, 1864, on
account of the expiration of its term of service.
He participated in the following battles during the war :
Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Vir
ginia, March 23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia, June 9,
1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Second
Bull Run campaign, August and September, 1862; Antie-
tam, Maryland, September 17, 1862; Dumfries, Virginia,
December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Va., May i, 2 and 3,
1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July I, 2, and 3, 1863;
Dalton, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia,
May n, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864, and
Dallas, or New Hope Church, Georgia, May 26, 1864.
He was in command of the picket guard when Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee, was. stormed, November 24, 1863,
and tried to get relieved to join the storming party, but was
unable to get the necessary permission from his superior
officers. He was always known as a brave and capable offi
cer while in the service and was beloved by the men serving
under him.
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After his regiment was mustered out of the service he
entered the employ of J. W. Sargeant, remaining with him
until the year 1878, when he opened a store for himself, con
tinuing in the same line of business. In the year 1895 ne m~
corporated The W. A. Howe Company for the purpose of
general finishers to printers and lithographers, and became
its president, retaining that office to the present time.
January 17, 1866, he married Miss Rachel Sage. Four
children were born to them, three sons and one daughter, of
whom Mrs. Elizabeth R. Farrand is the sole survivor.
He is a member of the following organizations and socie
ties : Euclid Avenue Baptist Church ; Masonic bodies, of
which he is a 32d degree Mason; charter member of Me
morial and Army and Navy Posts, G. A. R. ; Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion; Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and
Sailors' Monument Commission; Cleveland Chamber of
Commerce ; vice-president of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac; Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry As
sociation and its auxiliary, the Rooster Club.
In all of the above societies and organizations he has al
ways been an active member, his good sense and experience
in army life and business affairs qualifying him to be a valu
able counsellor. "Long may he live, may his shadow never
grow less," is what every old Seventh "boy" wishes him
from the bottom of his heart.
CAPTAIN GEORGE A. McKAY
GEORGE A. McKAY.
Capt. George A. McKay was born at Oswego, N. Y.,
June 1 6, 1841. He was educated in the grammar and high
schools, and also took a special collegiate course. Im
mediately thereafter he entered the service of what is now
the Big Four and L. S. and M. S. Railway, and continued in
their employ until the breaking out of the war of the re
bellion in 1 86 1, when, being a private in the Cleveland Light
Guard Zouaves, he enlisted in what afterward became Com
pany A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., for three months, and
was appointed second sergeant. Reenlisted for three years
at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was promoted to orderly ser
geant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in that
regiment, and was transferred to the staff as assistant in
spector-general, serving in that capacity until his muster out
of the service.
He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester,
Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run campaign,
Dumfries and Chancellorsville, Virginia; Antietam, Mary
land; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia, and
was wounded nine times in six of the engagements. He
was in every engagement, skirmish and march of the regi
ment until dangerously wounded through both legs at Ring-
gold, Georgia. He was the bearer of the order that took the
First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps in the
unfortunate charge on Taylor's Ridge. Col. W. R. Creigh-
ton, commanding the brigade, notified him that as he had
delivered the order he would have to see it executed. He
did so, and was wounded as stated above. Creighton, turn
ing to his brigade said, "I expect to see you roosters walk
right over that ridge," and was answered by Captain E. H.
Bohm, commanding Company I, "Colonel, we can but try."
They tried, but failed, although they did all that brave men
could do to succeed.
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McKay was mustered out of the service at the expiration
of his second term of enlistment July 6, 1864, although
unable to walk on account of his wounds. When they were
healed sufficiently so as to perform any work he reentered
the service of the railways he had been employed with at the
breaking out of the war, and continued in their service, cov
ering a period of nearly thirty years all told. Since March
5, 1890, he has been employed in the United States Custom
Service.
December 20, 1865, he married Miss Margaret A. Creech.
Five children were born to them of whom three are living —
Addison Hills, Edward Creighton, and John Howard
McKay.
He was considered by his comrades as a thoroughly
brave, energetic, and capable officer and soldier.
LIEUTENANT DWIGHT H. BROWN
LIEUTENANT JEREMIAH G. CLAFLIN
(1st Sergt. Co. A, 7th O. V. I.— 2d Lieut. Co. B, 177th O. V. I.)
JEREMIAH GETCHEL CLAFLIN.
Jeremiah Getchel Claflin was born at Thompsonville,
Connecticut, August 3, 1831. Soon after his birth his
parents removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he
was educated in the common schools of that city.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was
living in Cleveland, Ohio. After the firing on Fort Sumter
he enlisted April 17, 1861, in the Cleveland Light Guard
Zouaves for three months. This company became Com
pany A, Seventh Regiment O. V. L, after being mustered
into the service of the United States.
He reenlisted June 19, 1861, for a period of three years
and was appointed fourth sergeant on account of good sol
dierly conduct; afterward appointed first sergeant on ac
count of bravery in action.
He participated in the following battles with his regiment :
Cross Lanes, West Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester,
Virginia, March 23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia,
June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9,
1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 1862 — severely
wounded in the shin in the latter named battle; Dumfries,
Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia,
May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i,
2, and 3, 1863 (wounded) ; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee,
November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, Novem
ber 25, 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863;
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 5 to 9, 1864; Resaca,
Georgia, May 15, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 25 to 29,
1864.
Mustered out with his regiment on account of expiration
of term of service July 6, 1864. Reenlisted August, 1864,
in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment
O. V. I., as a private, and was rapidly promoted to the posi
tion of second lieutenant. He participated with this regi
ment in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; joined the
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Twenty-third Army Corps at Clifton, Tennessee, and moved
with it to North Carolina, arriving at Fort Fisher, February
7, 1865, participating in the taking of Fort Anderson, N. C.,
and battle of Town Creek; from thence moving to Wil
mington, N. C., where his corps was joined by the army of
Gen. W. T. Sherman. Then the united armies moved on
Raleigh, North Carolina, forcing Gen. Jos. E, Johnston to
surrender.
Mustered out with his regiment at Greensboro, North
Carolina, June 24, 1865.
He married Mary Frances Pierce, October 3, 1864, and
two children were born to them, of whom George O. Claflin
is the sole survivor.
Since the war he has been employed as a machinist until
the year 1894, when he was appointed custodian of the Sol
diers' and Sailors' Monument at Cleveland, Ohio, and is
employed in that capacity at the present time. When work
ing at his trade he was employed by the following leading
firms of this city: Lord, Bowler & Co., Cleveland Ship
Building Company, and Cummer Engine Company, all of
Cleveland, Ohio, and was considered by them a first-class
mechanic.
SERGEANT CARLOS A. SMITH
LEWIS AUSTIN
LEWIS AUSTIN.
Lewis Austin was born in England in the year 1838. His
father removed to the United States when Lewis was four
years old. He was educated in the common schools, and
until he was twenty-one years of age he worked on his
father's farm. He was one of the young men who had the
gold fever, and started for Pike's Peak, Colorado.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the
firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted, April 17, 1861, as a pri
vate in the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves, which company
when mustered into the service of the United States became
Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He participated
in the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia; Winchester, Vir
ginia; Port Republic, and numerous battles and skirmishes
during the war.
He was discharged from the service of the United States,
February 16, 1863, by order War Department.
Austin was utilized as a scout while in the service, and
was highly recommended by his superior officers for cool
ness and courage in the face of the enemy.
After the war he was engaged in farming with his father
until the year 1872, when he removed to Iowa, engaging in
the same business.
His present residence is Dumont, Iowa.
SAMUEL SWEET.
Samuel Sweet was born at Bristol, England, October 7,
1841. In the year 1855 his parents emigrated to Cleveland,
Ohio. He was" educated in the common schools in England
and the United States.
At the first firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out of
the war of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in the Cleve
land Light Guard Zouaves for three months. When mus
tered into the service of the United States this company be
came Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He reen-
listed in the three years' service, June 19, 1861, and was
promoted to corporal for soldierly conduct.
He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia,
August 26, 1 86 1, and Winchester, Virginia, March 23,
1862, and in numerous skirmishes and marches. At the
battle of Winchester he was wounded severely through the
right lung, and was discharged on surgeon's certificate of
disability, October 20, 1862.
He married Miss Regina Huber, January 9, 1865, at
Cleveland, Ohio, and they had three children, one son and
two daughters. Since the war he has been employed in the
manufacture of butter tubs at Falconer, New York, and in
a grocery store at Jamestown, New York. He resides at
present in Jamestown.
He was a thoroughly brave and patriotic soldier.
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CORPORAL SAMUEL SWEET
FRANK ROCKEFELLER
FRANK ROCKEFELLER.
Frank Rockefeller was born at Moravia, New York, in
1845. He was educated in the Cleveland schools, and has
resided in Cleveland ever since 1853. At the breaking out
of the rebellion he was too young to be accepted as a re
cruit by the United States Government, although he tried
repeatedly to enlist but was refused by the recruiting offi
cers.
After the Battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26,
1 86 1, he joined as a recruit in the month of September,
having been sworn in, giving his age as eighteen, when in
reality he was only sixteen. He was assigned to Company
A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., at Gauley Bridge, Virginia.
He participated in the battles of Winchester, Port Re
public, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, where he was
wounded by a grape shot in the head; Gettysburg, Look
out Mountain, and various other battles, including Sher
man's march to Atlanta. He was honorably discharged
from the service at the expiration of his enlistment in 1864.
Afterward he engaged in various commercial pursuits,
and in the eighties sold out his oil refining business to the
Standard Oil Company and became vice-president of that
company, which position he held for a good many years.
Leaving them, he engaged in other enterprises in Cleve
land, where he is now located.
For a great many years he has been largely interested in
Western ranching and properties and is still so engaged.
He married Miss Helen E. Scofield, a daughter of W. C.
Scofield, one of Cleveland's most prosperous manufac
turers. They have three daughters living — Misses Alice,
Anna and Helen.
Mr. Rockefeller was a good soldier and in all of his
commercial pursuits and citizenship has ranked among our
foremost men.
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CHARLES H. SMITH.
Charles H. Smith was born in Taunton, Massachusetts,
November 23, 1837. Was educated in common and private
schools and graduated from the Ohio State Law College.
April 15, 1 86 1, at Cleveland, he volunteered as a private
in Company A, Seventh Ohio Infantry. In the following
July aided in raising Company G, Twenty-seventh Ohio
Infantry. Promoted to sergeant, August 14, 1861 ; orderly
sergeant, May 12, 1862. For meritorious conduct in battle
of Corinth, October 4, 1862, in leading a charge and capture
of the enemy's flag was commissioned second lieutenant,
November 2, 1862; first lieutenant, May 9, 1864; captain,
November 3, 1864; major, May 31, 1865.
Marched and in battle to Lexington, Springfield, Sedalia,
St. Louis, siege and capture of New Madrid, Island Ten,
Tiptonville, expedition to Fort Pillow, siege and capture of
Corinth, battle of luka, second battle of Corinth, campaigns
through Cherokee Valley, central Mississippi, Parker's
Cross-Roads, Chattanooga, capture of Decatur. Atlanta
campaign — Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain,
charge at Nick-o-Jack Creek, battles around Atlanta, march
through Georgia, siege of Savannah. Through the Caro-
linas — battles of Beaufort, Pocotaligo, Whippy Swamp,
Rivers Bridge, North and South Edesto Rivers, Haywards,
Columbia, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro, Raleigh.
Was in command of the skirmish line in every battle in
which the regiment was engaged. Marched through Vir
ginia — Richmond, Fredericksburg to Washington, com
manding regiment in grand review.
Discharged at Camp Dennison, July 20, 1865, after four
years and three months' continuous service.
Major Smith was married November 26, 1868, to Louisa
E. Johnson. Their children were one son and three daugh
ters.
MAJOR CHARLES H. SMITH
(Private Co. A, 7th O. V. I.— Major 27th O. V. I.)
CHARLES A. KELLER
DAVID B. LAWRENCE
(Died August 26th, 1890.)
FREDERICK W. BRAND
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From 1866 he was a merchant at 170 Ontario street and
Woodland avenue. Is now a member of the Loyal Legion,
Army of the Tennessee, life president of Fuller's Ohio
Brigade, and 32d degree Mason. Resides in Cleveland,
Ohio.
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MERVIN CLARK.
Capt. Mervin Clark was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Novem
ber 5, 1843. When but three years of age his mother died,
and at the age of nine his father crossed the river and
camped on the other shore, leaving him an orphan. He was
taken into the family of Henry W. Clark, an uncle, where he
Lad all the benefits of a home and kind friends. He was
educated in the common schools of his native city.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he en
listed as a private in the Sprague Zouave Cadets, April 22,
1 86 1. When this company was mustered into the service
of the United States it was assigned to the Seventh Regi
ment O. V. I. as Company B, its term of service being for
three months. He reenlisted June 19, 1861, for a period of
three years. He was rapidly promoted to the position of
captain for meritorious service in the face of the enemy,
and was mustered out with his regiment on the expiration
of its term of service July 6, 1864.
He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March
23, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862;
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettys
burg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Moun
tain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge,
Tennessee, November 25, 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, No
vember 27, 1863; Dalton, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Rocky
Face Ridge, Georgia, May u, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May
15, 1864, and New Hope Church, or Dallas, Georgia, May
25, 1864.
He returned to Cleveland, Ohio, after his muster out of
the service. Before he had been home many weeks he en
listed as a private in the Regular Army. Governor Brough
LIEUTENANT COLONEL MERVIN CLARK
(Capt. Co. B, 7th O. V. I. — Lieut. Col. 183d O. V. I.
— Killed at Battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30th, 1864.)
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had already selected him for promotion, and upon learning
of this escapade procured an order for his discharge, and
appointed him lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and
Eighty-third Regiment O. V. I., November 12, 1864.
Three days later he left for the front. His regiment joined
the army of General Thomas on its retreat before the rebel
forces under General Hood.
On November 30, 1864, his regiment became engaged in
the terrible battle of Franklin, Tennessee. The color-bearer
having been shot down, Clark seized the colors, calling to his
men, "Who will follow me to take these works?" rushed
forward, scaled the parapet of the works and fell dead, a
bullet having passed through his head. Every effort was
made to carry his body from the field, but it was impossible,
and the boy officer was wrapped in his blanket and buried
on the field of his fame—
"No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
Nor in sheet or shroud we wound him,
But he lay like a warrior taking his rest
With his martial cloak around him."
He was a brave soldier, none better. Afterward his
body was removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and interred in
Woodland Cemetery.
Requiescat in pace.
E. H. BOHM.
E. H. Bohm was born February 7, 1837, at Altstedt,
Germany, son of a judicial officer of the Grand Duchy of
Saxe Weimar. Received schooling at a private boarding-
school and at the gymnasium at Weimar, the capital city.
His father, Judge Bernhard Bohm, having after several
years of cogitation resolved to emigrate to the United
States, the family landed at New York on August 28, 1851,
thence coming to Cleveland, Ohio, where the years were
spent on a near-by farm and in the employ of the Cleveland
& Toledo Railroad Company. Enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio,
on April 18, 1861, in the "National Guards,'7 an infantry
company then being recruited by old Capt. Geo. Arnold. A
few days later went into another company under Capt. J. J.
Wiseman, which company later became Company K, Sev
enth Regiment O. V. I.
In May, 1861, upon the reorganization of that regiment
for three years, reenlisted, and was made a sergeant, having
refused to be a candidate for the second lieutenancy. En
tered West Virginia July 23, 1861, and two months later,
on August 20, 1 86 1, was made a prisoner of war on a recon
naissance into the enemy's country, declining to leave his
mortally wounded Captain, John F. Schuette, who had
been shot through the body. The next and first three
weeks of his life as prisoner of war were spent at White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, very pleasantly, due to a
great liking Colonel Croghan of the First Virginia Cavalry,
C. S. A., had taken to him. The trip to Richmond, Vir
ginia, was equally pleasant; but the confinement at Libby
Prison was the opening of the portals of hell. Next came a
stay from about October 22, 1861, to February 6, 1862, at
the Parish Prison at New Orleans, Louisiana. A ten days'
trip, starting that day, ended at Salisbury, N. C., where
things were fairly bearable. Many episodes transpired here
that would be good stories, but no space here to tell them.
FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWARD H. BOHM
(Died May 7th, 1906.)
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On May 24, 1862, with about 300 more Yankee prisoners
were under parole delivered to the United States authorities
at Little Washington, North Carolina, and transported to
Newbern, North Carolina, and thence to New York. He
returned to Cleveland about June 7, 1862. Late in July,
1862, he was ordered to Columbus and there under authority
from the military commander, Capt. A. B. Dodd, Fifteenth
Infantry, U. S., organized the provost-guards, remain
ing in command till March, 1863. On January 5, 1863, com
missioned as second lieutenant, Company D, in which ca
pacity he. returned to the regiment on March 17, 1863. and
by order of Colonel Creighton assumed command of Com
pany D. With it he passed through the battles of Chancel-
lorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, 3, Company D having the
heaviest losses of any company in the regiment. In the bat
tle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, 3, 1863, Company
D had the only man in the whole regiment killed, viz : Corp.
Chas. Carroll. Went to Governors Island, New York, in
July, 1863, in consequence of draft riots. West to Tennes
see in October. Participated in battles of Lookout Moun
tain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Georgia, November 27,
where he was wounded in upper left arm. On January 7,
1864, commissioned first lieutenant Company B, to date
from November, 1863. On return to regiment (from treat
ment for wound) was assigned to command of Company I,
with which he participated in engagements of Rocky Face
Ridge, Georgia, May 3; Resaca, May 16-17; New Hope
Church, May 27, where two men of Company I were killed.
In June sent home with regiment, and with it mustered out
July 7, 1864. After that quite active in politics. April,
1870, elected member Board of Education for Fifteenth
ward, city of Cleveland, serving three years. September
3, nominated, and in November, 1870, elected County Re
corder. March 30, 1876, nominated, and in November
elected Presidential elector-at-large (Hayes' campaign). In
October, 1879, elected justice of the peace. In September,
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1882, renominated as such but defeated in an election land
slide. Again nominated and elected as justice in 1885, '88,
'91, '94, '97, 1900, 1903, and 1905. Originated or actively
participated in a number of civic and social affairs in Cleve
land, as well as in all movements for public honesty and
good government.
FIRST SERGEANT LEVI F. BAUDER
LEVI F. BAUDER.
Levi F. Bauder was born in Cleveland, January 28, 1840,
and graduated from Central High School in 1858; subse
quently attended Port Royal Academy, Virginia, and Ober-
lin College. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in
the Sprague Cadets, which was mustered in as Company B,
Seventh O. V. I. He reenlisted at Camp Dennison, June
20, 1 86 1, for three years and served until the regiment was
mustered out, July 6, 1864. He was continuously in service,
was never disabled by serious wounds or sickness, and never
had a furlough. He participated in all the engagements in
which the regiment took part, except Dumfries, Ringgold,
and Dallas, at which times he was on duty elsewhere. He
was promoted to sergeant June 20, 1861, and was detailed
August i, 1862, as ordnance sergeant of the regiment; was
made brigade ordnance sergeant and, subsequently, division
ordnance sergeant. He was promoted to first sergeant in
September, 1863, and served as such until the end of his
term of service.
After the war Bauder became a railroad clerk, and subse
quently bookkeeper for the Jackson Iron Company. In 1877
he was elected auditor of Cuyahoga County, and served
as such six years, after which he was elected a justice of the
peace of Cleveland and served fifteen years. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1891, and is now a practicing attorney,
and is a well-known expert in matters of disputed hand
writing. He was a member of the Cleveland Public Library
Board for five years and for many years was a curator of
the Western Reserve Historical Society. He is a member
of Memorial Post No. 141, G. A. R., was secretary of the
Cuyahoga County Soldiers' Monument Commission, and is
secretary of the Seventh O. V. I. Regimental Association.
He was married in 1864 to Elisabeth E. Page, daughter of
Gen. C. W. Page, of Clyde, Ohio. They had six children,
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of whom five survive. One of them, Capt. Walter S. Bau-
der, died from disease contracted during the Spanish-Amer
ican war.
He was known by his comrades as a brave and energetic
soldier, who could be depended on at all times and places
to do his duty as it should be done. He would have been
commissioned as an officer if it had not been for the paucity
in numbers of the regiment during its last eight months of
service in the field. No soldier being promoted during that
time by the Governor of the State of Ohio.
SERGEANT JOSEPH TROTIER
SERGEANT GUSTAV SCHMIDT
GUSTAV SCHMIDT.
Gustav Schmidt was born at Kichheim, Germany, in the
year 1841. He was educated in the common schools and
had also a collegiate education.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted
as a private in the Sprague Cadets, April 22, 1861, which
was mustered into the service of the United States as Com
pany B, Seventh Regiment O. V. L, for a period of three
months. He reenlisted June 20, 1861, in the same com
pany for three years. He was appointed sergeant for brave
and meritorious service in the face of the enemy.
He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March
23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Cedar
Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Antietam, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May I, 2,
and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3,
1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863;
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863; Ring-
gold, Georgia, November 27, 1863; Dalton, Georgia, May
8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May n, 1864; Re-
saca, Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864, and Dallas, or New
Hope Church, Georgia, May 26, 1864. He was mustered
out with his regiment on account of the expiration of its
term of service, July 6, 1864.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Assmus in the year
1868, at Cleveland, Ohio, and they had four children — three
boys and one girl. After the war he studied law and was
admitted to the bar. He entered into partnership as an at-
torney-at-law with the Hon. Jacob Mueller, afterward the
Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Ohio.
He became mayor of the city of West Cleveland, Ohio,
and died January 22, 1903.
He was a brave and patriotic soldier and a thoroughly
good-hearted man.
JOSEPH M. GASSER.
Joseph M. Gasser was born in Switzerland in the year
1842. His parents removed to Cleveland, Ohio, when he
was a child, arriving there in the year 1854. He was edu
cated in the common schools of his native and adopted coun
try, and through constant reading and application is con
sidered by his friends as quite a literary man, and as an ex
pert in such cases. Since the war he has been a great trav
eler and experimentalist in botany and horticulture, and is
considered as an authority in such matters in all sections of
the United States. He is in every sense of the word a self-
made man.
On the first firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out of
the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the three months' ser
vice as a private in the Sprague Zouave Cadets. When this
company was mustered into the service of the United States
it was assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Com
pany B, retaining that letter during its service in the
field. He reenlisted, June 19, 1861, for a period of
three years, and was mustered out of the service at the
expiration of the term of service of the regiment, July 6,
1864. He participated in the following battles: Cross
Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia,
March 23, 1862 (wounded severely in the left arm and side
in the latter-named battle, being incapacitated for service
until June 3, 1863); Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2,
and 3, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24,
1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863;
Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863; Dalton, Georgia,
May 8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May n, 1864;
Resaca, Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864, and Dallas, or New
Hope Church, Georgia, May 26, 1864.
He was married to Miss Katherine Fox, October 7, 1867,
and they have one daughter, Mrs. Rose Pettee.
In the year 1872 he made his first business venture on his
JOSEPH M. GASSER
JACOB E. HIME
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own responsibility, opening a stationery and candy store,
which he carried on for six years, gradually drifting into
that of a florist, to which he has devoted his entire attention
for more than a quarter of a century. By careful methods
and perseverance the business was developed and the range
of operations extended until the enterprise became one of the
most extensive of its kind in the State.
Gasser during the war was considered as a brave soldier
and was well liked and esteemed by his comrades.
THOMAS WALKER.
Thomas Walker was born in Shropshire, England, June
n, 1841, and emigrated with his parents in 1851, and re
sided in New Castle, Pennsylvania, until the breaking out of
the rebellion, when he went to Youngstown, Ohio, and en
listed in Capt. W. R. Sterling's Company I, Seventh O. V.
I., May 29, 1 86 1. June i, he went to Camp Dennison,
Ohio, and drilled with Company I until June 20, when he
joined and was mustered into Company B.
He was with his company through all its marches and
fights until May, 1862. May 22, he was detailed to take
some sick comrades from New Market, Virginia, to Win
chester, to be sent from there to the hospitals at Washing
ton, D. C. May 24, he with the rest of his party were cap
tured by the rebels near Middletown, and was a prisoner at
Lynchburg, Virginia, until about July 20, when he with
others was transferred to Belle Isle, near Richmond, Vir
ginia. September 15, he was paroled and sent to Camp
Parole at Alexandria, Virginia.
He joined his company at Harper's Ferry in November
and was with them until February 14, 1863, when he was
sent to Washington, as he was unfit for duty on account of
deafness, contracted while in line of duty. He was dis
charged at Trinity General Hospital, Washington, D. C.,
February 28, 1863. He reenlisted, July 19, 1864, in Capt.
J. C. Euwer's Company E, One Hundred and Ninety-third
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days,
and received a final discharge at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
November 9, 1864.
After leaving the army he worked at Alexander Scofield
& Co.'s oil refinery, Cleveland, Ohio, until November, 1865,
when he worked for Thomas W.. Phillips in New Castle,
Pennsylvania. In 1870 he went to work as fireman for the
Sharon Iron Co., Sharon, Pennsylvania, at their blast fur
nace. August, 1876, he took the entire management of the
THOMAS WALKER
GEORGE L. QUAYLE
EDWARD E. STEBBINS
JOHN D. JONES
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blast furnace and was very successful. He worked for the
Sharon Iron Company until they sold out to the United
States Steel Corporation in 1900, a period of thirty years.
In June, 1900, he went to work for the Aschman Steel Cast
ings Co. as core boss. In 1901 he was put on as private
watchman, and occupies that position at this writing, 1906.
He was married to Maria P. Kelty, July 15, 1868, by
whom he has had one son and three daughters.
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GILES W. SHURTLEFF.
Capt. Giles W. Shurtleff was born in the year 1831. He
received a fine collegiate education and was a cultured gen
tleman in every sense of the word.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was a
tutor of Oberlin College. After the firing on Fort Sumter
a company consisting wholly of students of the college was
formed, and he was elected captain, April 22, 1861, the en
listment being for three months. On being mustered into
the service of the United States it was assigned to the
Seventh Regiment O. V. I., as Company C. June
19 it reenlisted for three years. The regiment was
transferred to West Virginia, where it had several skir
mishes with the enemy previous to the battle of Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861, where the regiment was defeated
with severe loss, and Captain Shurtleff captured. He was
exchanged and returned to his regiment October 7, 1862.
He was detached therefrom on the staff of General Wilcox
until March 18, 1863, when he resigned on account of ill
ness, but recovering his health he again entered the service
as lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth U. S. C. T.
He was promoted to colonel September 29, 1864, and
brigadier-general U. S. V. March 15, 1865. He resigned
at the close of the war, June 12, 1865.
Through strict discipline and kindness combined, the
Fifth became one of the best colored regiments in the ser
vice. This regiment, then a part of the Army of the James,
captured a fort the first day of the long siege of Petersburg,
where it lay in trenches for many months, the danger being
great and constant from the mortar shells, cannon balls, and
rifle shots. Later the Fifth was ordered to the north bank
of the James, and shared in attacks on the defenses of Rich-
BRIGADIER GENERAL GILES W. SHURTLIFF
(Capt. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Brig. Gen. Vols.
— Died May 6th, 1904.)
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mond. The most severe was the battle of New Market
Heights. The Fifth took by storm at great loss of life an
outer line of defense from which a regiment in advance had
just received a bloody repulse. Colonel Shurtleff, boldly
leading the regiment, sword in hand, fell severely wounded
in hand and thigh. For special gallantry in the engagement
he was brevetted a brigadier-general.
When the Army of the James made its first trip to cap
ture Fort Fisher, under the command of General Butler, the
Fifth accompanied him. The attempt was a failure and the
troops reembarked in the face of a great storm. The Col
onel did not leave the supervision of embarking to officers
under him, but personally saw that every enlisted man had
embarked for the transport before he stepped into the small
boat that left the shore to battle with the roaring surf.
General ShurtlefT was a brave and gallant officer, worthy
of the highest encomiums.
He married Miss Mary E. Burton, at Austinburg, Ohio,
December 23, 1864, while on furlough after a severe wound
received in the battle of New Market Heights. Two daugh
ters were born to them, Laura E. (who married Mr. S. H.
Price, of Chicago,) and Mary G., who is unmarried.
After the close of the war he again entered the faculty of
Oberlin College, with which he was connected until 1887,
when he became its treasurer.
He died May 6, 1904, and was interred in the cemetery
at Oberlin, Ohio.
"Blessed are they who die in the Lord."
LLEWELLYN R. DAVIS.
Capt. Llewellyn R. Davis was born in Wales. He came
to Cleveland, Ohio, when quite young, and was educated in
the common schools in that city.
When Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,
issued his call for 75,000 troops at the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion, he enlisted as a private in the Cleveland
Light Guard Zouaves, in the three months' service, April
17, 1 86 1. This company when mustered into the service
became Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., and he was
appointed a corporal therein. He reenlisted June 19, 1861,
for a period of three years. For gallant and meritorious
service in the face of the enemy he was rapidly promoted
to the position of captain.
He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 (assisting in capturing a flag in
this battle); Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862; Port
Republic, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au
gust 9, 1862; Second Bull Run campaign, August 21 to
September 2, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17,
1862; Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chancel-
lorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Wauhatchie, Tennes
see, October 29, 1863 (wounded seriously in this engage
ment) ; Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, May 5
to 9, 1864; Dug Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Geor
gia, May 13 to 1 6, 1864; Cassville, Georgia, May 19 and 20,
1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 22 to 24, 1864; captured at
Pumpkin Vine Creek, Georgia, May 25, 1864. When cap
tured he was an aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. John W.
Geary, and had been for over a year. He was imprisoned
in Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, Charleston, South
Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina, until exchanged
December 29, 1864. He was discharged by order of the
War Department to date December 19, 1864.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL LLEWELLYN R. DAVIS
(Capt. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Lieut. Col. 187th O. V. I.)
LIEUTENANT FRANKLIN PAINE
(1st Lieut. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — 1st Lieut. Ohio
Independent Sharpshooters.)
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He was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel, One Hundred
and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on recom
mendation of Gen. Joseph Hooker, to rank from March 2,
1865, joined the regiment at Dalton, Georgia, March 16,
1865. In command of the regiment at Dalton, Georgia,
and Macon, Georgia, March, 1865, to January, 1866.
Mustered out with his regiment January 26, 1866.
Colonel Davis is mentioned in the official reports of Gen.
John W. Geary, upon whose staff he served from August 9,
1862, until May 25, 1864, for gallant and meritorious con
duct in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wau-
hatchie, Dug Gap, Resaca and New Hope Church, where he
was captured by mistaking direction and riding into the
enemy's line.
MARTIN M. ANDREWS.
On the day that Fort Sumter was fired on the subject of
this sketch celebrated his 22d anniversary. Born on a farm
near Flint, Michigan, he was, when the war began, a student
in Oberlin College. President Lincoln's call for volunteers
was issued April 15. In Oberlin, as everywhere in the
North, the most intensely patriotic feeling was aroused. A
full company composed of students was at once enrolled, and
became, in due course of the organization of the army, Com
pany C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
Young Andrews was among the first to enlist, and was
present with his company through the entire term of service.
He was promoted through the several grades of non-com
missioned officers to first sergeant, in which position, much
of the last year, he had command of his company.
He took part in the battles of Cross Lanes, Cedar Moun
tain (in which he was wounded in the hand), Dumfries,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Resaca,
and Dallas. At the close of this term of service he was ap
pointed first lieutenant and adjutant of the One Hundred
and Eighty-fifth Regiment O. V. I., and subsequently pro
moted to captain. In this regiment he served in Kentucky,
much of the time on detached duty, as A. D. C. on the staff
of Gen. J. F. Wade, with headquarters at Lexington, and
was frequently detailed on special duty connected with the
settlement of difficulties between citizens and soldiers, dur
ing the last year of the war. He was finally mustered out
July 26, 1865.
Located in business in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1866; and
on January 29, 1869, was married to Miss Mary E. Plum, of
Flint, Michigan. They have two daughters, Jessie I. and
Lora A., the latter now married to W. Carlton Janes. In
May, 1875, they removed to Bay City, Michigan, where he
entered the office of the Second National Bank, of which he
was, in 1877, elected assistant cashier.
CAPTAIN MARTIN M. ANDREWS
(1st Sergt. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Capt. 185th O. V. I.)
LIEUTENANT ISAAC C. JONES
(Mortally wounded at Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27th, 1863,
— Died Nov. 30th, 1863.)
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH H. ROSS
(Killed at Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9th, 1862.)
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In 1894 he was appointed cashier of the Old Second Na
tional Bank, which position he now holds. He served two
terms as a member of the Bay City School Board.
Captain Andrews and wife were charter members of the
First Congregational Church of Bay City, in which they
have always taken an active interest. He has been officially
identified with the Grand Army of the Republic many years,
having been elected commander of the local Post four dif
ferent terms, and was several times appointed to positions on
the staff of the Commander-in-Chief.
SELDEN ALLEN DAY.
Colonel Selden Allen Day's military career began when
lie raised a company of volunteers in Ohio at the first call
for troops in 1861. Owing to the excess of troops enrolled
under this call his company could not be mustered and was
disbanded. Captain Day then enlisted as private in Com
pany C, Seventh Ohio Infantry, June 20, 1861, and partici
pated in the campaign in West Virginia that year. After
the action of Cross Lanes, August 26, where his regiment
suffered heavy loss, he was made corporal. In the winter
of 1861-62 he was at Loop Creek, Pawpaw, Romney, etc.
He was promoted to sergeant and recommended for a
commission for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Vir
ginia, March 23, 1862, under General Shields, where he
was wounded, but remained at the front, and in a charge of
his brigade was one of the first over the stone wall forming
part of the defense of the enemy, and was one of a small
party following Major Casement of the Seventh Ohio into a
battery and capturing the guns. At the close of the fight,
with the aid of a comrade, he captured and brought in a
staff officer of General Jackson.
In the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, Sergeant
Day bore an active part, and, though again wounded,
formed one of the rear-guard in the retreat after the battle,
for which he was highly commended by General Carroll,
who commanded in that fight.
At the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, where
his regiment suffered terribly, Sergeant Day, though at one
time "between two fires," escaped unhurt, and at the close
of the action was in command of the remnant of three com
panies.
As a result of the fatigue and hardships of the campaign
of 1862, he was for some months in hospital at Frederick,
Maryland, where, having formerly studied medicine, while
convalescing he performed efficient service, assisting in the
SERGEANT SELDEN A. DAY
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care of the sick and wounded. Being given the option of a
discharge for disability or a transfer to the Regular Army as
hospital steward, he elected to be transferred in order that
he might remain in the service of his country, and was or
dered to Baltimore for duty. In the summer of 1863, when
that city was threatened, Steward Day, under the Mayor,
was instrumental in organizing and drilling for special ser
vice companies made up of members of the Union League
and convalescents in the hospital.
Upon recovering his health he applied for field service
and was appointed second lieutenant Fifth Artillery, and in
the spring of 1864 was ordered to the front. He joined
Battery A in the battle of Cold Harbor and was brevetted
first lieutenant for gallantry in that action. He served
continuously in the field until the close of the war ; entered
Richmond with Battery F, Fifth Artillery, April 3, 1865,
and was brevetted captain for "gallant and meritorious ser
vices during the war."
He was detailed in charge of cholera quarantine at Craney
Island, Virginia, and afterward to command Battery F,
Fifth Artillery, at Richmond, Virginia, 1866, in which year
he was promoted first lieutenant. He was made president of
Board of Registration and Elections, and military commis
sioner in Virginia under the Reconstruction Acts in 1867-68.
He was graduated from the Artillery School in 1874, and
from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina,
1880. He was recorder of Board on Magazine Guns,
1881-82; promoted captain Fifth Artillery, 1886, and com
manded Fort Wood, Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor,
March to June, 1887.
He traveled in Europe in 1888; was ordered to the Pa
cific Coast in 1890, and commanded Fort Mason, San Fran
cisco, California, for four years.
Colonel Day, then captain, was mentioned with others in
the general order from Headquarters of the Army in 1897
for gallantry displayed in the rescue of seventeen people
from a sinking steamer in a storm at Fort Canby, Washing-
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ton, February 28, 1896. The next year he spent traveling
in the Orient.
Colonel Day's record in the war with Spain was also
notably brilliant. At the opening of the war he became
major of the Fifth Artillery, and while in command at Gal-
veston, Texas, was ordered to Tampa, Florida. From there
he took out the siege train and reported to the commanding
general of the army then in Cuba. With this train he went
from Cuba to Porto Rico, being with a part of his command,
acting as infantry, in one of the first boats to land at Gua-
nica, July 25, 1898, and taking a prominent part in the cap
ture of the town. Three days later, his command furnish
ing the guard for "headquarters of the army in the field,"
he went with it to Ponce Playa, where he ran up a ship's flag
on the custom house, that being the first United States flag
ever hoisted over a public building in Porto Rico. After the
promulgation of the peace protocol, he, as commandant of
the artillery, took over the forts and armament, hoisted the
flag over El Morro Castle at San Juan, and fired the national
salute on the day of final occupation, October 18, 1898.
Colonel Day's unflagging efforts for the advancement of
the profession to which he has given his whole life are also
matters of record. It is believed that one of his inventions,
a projectile of peculiar construction, will undoubtedly some
day be adopted when further relief from excessive pressure
in heavy guns becomes imperative through the development
of smokeless powder. The "dum-dum," or soft-pointed
bullet for small arms, was invented by Colonel Day, and
patented by him in all prominent countries except the United
States. He has been frequently employed by the Govern
ment as well as by the City of New York and others in scien
tific work, for which his qualifications as a physician and
surgeon, an expert rifle shot, and his knowledge of explo
sives specially fit him.
While serving on the island of Porto Rico as commander
of artillery and ordnance officer, he took an active interest
in the development and Americanizing of our new posses
sions in that part of the world; experimenting in agricul-
Colonel Selden Allen Day,
UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED
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ture and stock raising, thus anticipating the efforts of the
Government in that line.
When the first battalion of the Porto Rican regiment was
authorized Colonel Day took an active interest in its organi
zation, believing the service to be the best possible school in
patriotism for the natives.
After a long term of duty in the tropics Colonel Day was
ordered home and placed in command at Fort Williams,
Portland, Maine.
He is now colonel, U. S. A., retired.
CHARLES PENDLETON BOWLER.
Charles Pendleton Bowler was born at Auburn, Geauga
County, Ohio, October 26, 1834, and was the son of George
Irish and Lucy Chesbrough Barber Bowler. Eis grand
parents were Charles Bowler and Rebecca Irish, on his
mother's side Nathan Barber and Mary Pendleton. His
predilection was for the Christian ministry and for several
years attended school at Hiram, Ohio, under James A. Gar-
field as teacher. In the year 1859 he was sent to Oberlin
College, at Oberlin, Ohio, to complete his education, and to
graduate therefrom fitted for the ministry, which he had se
lected as his life-work.
At the breaking out of the civil war, under the call of
President Abraham Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers, a com
pany was raised consisting wholly of the students of the
college, under command of three of its professors, and he
enlisted as a private therein, April 17, 1861, for a period of
three months. On arrival of the organization at Camp Tay
lor, Cleveland, Ohio, it was assigned to the Seventh Regi
ment O. V. I., as Company C, and was known as such there
after. He was promoted to sergeant and the regiment was
transferred to Camp Dennison, situated near Cincinnati,
Ohio, for drill and discipline and to receive its equipments.
June 19, Bowler reenlisted in the service of the United
States for a period of three years, and was reappointed
sergeant on account of good behavior and soldierly
conduct, and served in that capacity until killed in
action. After reenlistment the regiment was sent to West
Virginia, where he participated in the battles of Cross Lanes,
August 26, 1861; Winchester, March 23, 1862; Port Re
public, June 9, 1862, and numerous skirmishes and marches,
suffering from hunger, cold and wet for the future good of
his country, which was borne uncomplainingly by him. Af
ter the latter-named battle the regiment was sent to Alex
andria, Virginia, for recuperation. While there he sent the
SERGEANT CHARLES P. BOWLER
(Killed at Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9th, 1862.)
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following letter to the Cleveland Leader, which was pub
lished in their columns, and was probably one of the last
that was written by him.
"CAMP NEAR ALEXANDRIA, July 4, 1862.
"DEAR L^ADKR: If you had been in this neighborhood
last evening you would have thought from the lively ap
pearance of our camp that something was going on. As
soon as it was dark those who had provided themselves with
fireworks began to display them. Some of them were very
fine, the bands played lively airs, and the boys seemed to
enjoy themselves very much. This morning we were re
viewed by General Tyler and staff, many citizens of Wash
ington being present. After passing in review and being
formed in solid column, Sergeant Bowler of Company C,
Seventh Ohio, read the Declaration of Independence. Chap
lain Wright then delivered a short address and offered
prayer for the success of our arms. General Tyler then
made a short speech telling what had transpired during the
past year. He said when we left Ohio the brigade was four
thousand strong ; it now numbers a little more than a thou
sand. His remarks were appreciated by all and I could see
many tearful eyes around me. The General is a good man
and a fine officer, and is well worthy of the position he now
occupies.
"After returning to camp and partaking of dinner the
boys pitched upon the commissioned officers who have lately
been promoted and made them stand treat, which they did
willingly. General Tyler then 'treated the brigade/ which
caused a great deal of amusement. At 3 p. M. the order was
given for the Seventh to fall in, which we did, and marched
to front of Colonel Creighton's quarters, where General
Tyler introduced us to the Hon. A. G. Riddle, who made a
short and beautiful speech.
"On Wednesday I paid a visit to Fort Worth. It was
built last winter by the New Jersey boys, and mounts twelve
guns. In the fort there is a battery of steel guns presented
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to the U. S. Government by the loyal Americans in Eng
land.
"Our regiment is now resting and we are enjoying good
health. Our numbers are small but I think they are effec
tive. Since I wrote you last I have seen a portion of the Bull
Run battlefield.
"We expected to go to Richmond, but the order was
countermanded, so we are now camped about three miles
from Alexandria, and may move at any moment. Will
write you again when anything special turns up.
"Yours,
"CHARTS P.
Something special did turn up, and the regiment was or
dered to join General Sigel at Little Washington, Virginia,
but the order was changed later and it was assigned to the
corps of Major-General N. P. Banks. Taking the cars at
Alexandria it moved to Warrenton, Virginia, remaining in
camp there for a few days. Marched to Culpeper Court
House, Va., where it went into camp. Hardly was it estab
lished, before the boom of cannon was heard. The men
were ordered into ranks and marched in the direction of the
firing, and soon reached the neighborhood of Cedar Moun
tain, Virginia, where it went into action immediately, sup
porting artillery, and then passing it moved to the front line
of battle, where an enfilading fire on both flanks and front
tore the regiment to pieces.
Sergeant Bowler was killed in this battle, which was
fought August 9, 1862. He was known as a Christian gen
tleman and as a brave and patriotic soldier by his comrades.
"Blessed are they who die in the Lord." "Their ways are
ways of pleasantness and all their paths are peace."
SERGEANT HOBART G. ORTON
ROBERT G. ORTON.
Hobert G. Orton was born at Shelby, Richland County,
Ohio, in the year 1838, and is a son of Treat and Rozetta
(Du Bois) Orton, natives of the State of New York. His
father was of English and his mother of Holland descent.
His father was a pioneer settler of Ohio, having gone there
in 1822. He has one brother and two sisters — Angeline C.
(widow of Dr. William H. Bunker, deceased, late of Hamil
ton County, Ohio), E. Chase (of Williams County, Ohio),
Sarah A. (wife of Dr. Albert Wilber, of Williams County,
Ohio).
Hobert G. Orton was raised on a farm, and attended the
common schools of his neighborhood. At the age of seven
teen he commenced to teach school. His first school was
in the Swall District, in Crawford County, Ohio. While
teaching he "boarded round," as was the usual way at that
time. He received a liberal education at Oberlin College,
and was able to pay his way partly by manual labor and
teaching during the winter months.
While at college, in April, 1861, he enlisted as a private
in Company C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., for a period of
three months; reenlisted June 19 for three years, and
was with the regiment continuously until dangerously
wounded in the thigh, his right thigh bone being
broken near the hip joint by a gun shot, and he was cap
tured, and was confined with eight others in a small room
about nine by fifteen feet. On the floor was placed a small
quantity of hay, with a wagon cover spread over it. This
constituted their only bed and most of them were desper
ately wounded. After the battle of Carnifax Ferry, Vir
ginia, he was rescued by the Union troops under Gen. W.
S. Rosecrans, and taken to a field hospital near by, and from
there transferred to the St. John's Hospital at Cincinnati,
Ohio, his brother E. C. Orton superintending the transfer.
He was placed under the charge of Dr. Blackburn, a dis-
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tinguished surgeon of those times. While at this hospital
he underwent two severe surgical operations, from tin.;
effects of which he still suffers, and is often confined to his
bed for weeks at a time, and was discharged from thence
September 2, 1862.
While in the hospital he traded his army overcoat for two
old volumes of "Blackstone's Commentaries," which he
studied carefully during the weary months there. After
ward, he attended the Law University at Ann Arbor, Michi
gan, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1864.
In 1866 he located at Princeton, Missouri, and engaged
in the practice of his profession in partnership with Ira B.
Hyde, which existed to 1891. He is a man of good business
ability, and has been successful in the practice of his profes
sion.
December 6, 1865, he was married to Miss Angeline C.
Stewart, a native of Vermont, by whom he has three chil
dren living — Helen Du Bois, Ira D., and Elden C. Mrs.
Helen Du Bois (wife of J. C. Mounet), now resides in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts ; Ira D. is a lawyer in Nome, Alaska,
and his youngest son is a lawyer, now in business with his
father.
Orton has always been an ardent Republican, and since
his residence in Missouri has always taken an active part in
politics. He served eight years as probate judge of Mercer
County, and has been three times elected as its prosecuting
attorney. He still makes a very good showing, wrestling
with the infirmities of his wound and age.
SERGEANT EDGAR M. CONDIT
EDGAR MANTELBERT CONDIT.
Edgar Mantelbert Condit was born a farmer's boy Jan
uary 24, 1840, in Trenton Township, Delaware County,
Ohio. One morning early in May, 1856, he climbed into a
covered wagon loaded with household goods, to drive the
team to Anamosa, Iowa. It was one of nine wagons em
bracing his father's family and two of his sons-in-law.
This trip as it seemed to him at the time was likely to re
main the event of his lifetime. For three years he shared
the novelty as well as the hardships of a pioneer life on a
frontier prairie. At nineteen he had the choice of a college
education or to continue on the farm. He chose the former
and began his studies at Oberlin with the fall term of 1859,
teaching country district schools during the college winter
vacations, and pursuing his studies the balance of the year
until the war broke out in April, 1861. His was among the
first fifty names subscribed to the enlistment roll at that
memorable Saturday night — April 2Oth — meeting in the old
First Church. By Monday morning the allotment of one
hundred was overflowing, while some cried because there
was no room for them. A few days later this band of stu
dents became Company C of the Seventh O. V. I.
Following, and probably the result of long exposure in
mountains, after the battle of Cross Lanes he had a long
siege of typhoid fever accompanied by other ills, which cul
minated in his absence from the company from early No
vember, 1861, until August, 1862, joining his company
again at Culpeper a few days after the battle of Cedar
Mountain. He participated with his company in the battles
of Cross Lanes, Antietam, the skirmish at Berryville, Vir
ginia, and the fight at Dumfries, where he was severely
wounded in the left thigh. On account of this wound he
was discharged from the service at Alexandria, Virginia,
February n, 1863. He served in the ranks until Novem-
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her i, 1862, when he was made a corporal. January i,
1863, he was promoted to sergeant.
He reentered the service for the last year of the war with
Battery G, Second Illinois Light Artillery. He was at
once detailed to Sixteenth Army Corps headquarters, where
he served with the Chief of Artillery, John W. Lowell. He
participated in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely on the gulf, and later the capture of Mobile and
Montgomery, and was discharged at Springfield, Illinois,
September 4, 1865.
The war over, the old zeal to complete his college course
could not be summoned back, and so he fell into matrimony
with Miss Eliza Bell, whose acquaintance he had made while
they were both Oberlin students. She was the eldest daugh
ter of the Hon. James A. Bell, of Medina County, Ohio.
They were married February 8, 1866, but no children were
ever born to them. Following his marriage three years'
farming was enough. He plunged into the general insur
ance business with several Western States for his field. He
added the banking business, and a little later real estate
on his own account, first at Anamosa, then in Chicago after
1887.
In 1902 he was not rich as wealth is measured nowadays,
but he had sense enough to retire for a well-earned vacation.
Following this retirement from business he and his wife
visited all the countries of Europe, Northern Africa, and
much of Asia, including Palestine, Siberia, Japan, China,
Ceylon, and India. On his return to the United States in
1904 he published "Two Years in Three Continents" — a
book of over 600 pages and many illustrations covering their
observations, impressions, and experiences in many lands
and with many peoples. Its matter had been edited as they
journeyed, and not taken out of notes in "cold storage" on
their return. Now he and his wife live by the sea, at Day-
tona, Fla., with only the supervision of a large orange grove
for a business. Their Southern home is wholly modern,
with a wealth of semi-tropical growth about it, while their
deep verandas offer pleasant shade as he leisurely recalls
CAPTAIN ELIAS W. MOREY
(Sergt. Co. C, 7th O. V. I.— dipt. Co. D, 9th U. S. C. T.)
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the momentous events and developments of his country the
past fifty years, as well, also, the pleasing memories of his
soldier days, his busy life, his tour around the Old World,
his trip through New England, Alaska, California, and Old
Mexico, for these must contribute much of his pleasure as
old age comes on apace.
CHARLES HALL BUXTON.
Charles Hall Buxton was born in Batavia, Genesee
County, New York, September 7, 1836. In his youth he
attended the public school until fourteen years of age, then
assisted his father in business. In the fall of 1854, at the
age of eighteen, wishing to obtain a liberal education he went
to Oberlin, Ohio, and entered the Preparatory Department
of Oberlin College. In order to partly meet his expenses he
taught school winters, and worked two and three hours a
day during term time. He entered college in 1856, studied
three years, and then spent one year teaching school in La
Fayette, Indiana. He then returned to college and pursued
his studies until the spring of 1861, being then in the senior
class expecting to graduate in the month of August. When
the news reached the college that Fort Sumter had been fired
upon and war declared between the North and South, he,
with one hundred other students, after serious deliberation,
decided to take up arms in defense of their country.
He enlisted in the United States service for three months
at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, April 30, 1861, the organ
ization being designated as Company C, Seventh Regiment
O. V. I. After some time drilling in Camp Dennison the
call for three years was made and he responded by being
mustered in again June 19, 1861. He served as private,
corporal, and sergeant. He was engaged in several skir
mishes and battles, Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic
and Cedar Mountain. In the latter he was wounded in the
shoulder and forearm. While in the hospital at Alexandria,
Virginia, he was unanimously elected by the company in
October, 1862, to take its command, but the uncertainty of
his early recovery rendered it inexpedient to forward his
name to the Governor for a commission. After partial re
covery, served as clerk in the Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria; acting hospital steward from January, 1863, to
January, 1864, when he was detailed by the War Depart-
SERGEANT CHARLES H. BUXTON
CORPORAL THERON E. W. ADAMS
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ment as clerk to the Adjutant-General's Office, where he
remained until he was mustered out of service June 19,
1864, by Adjutant-General Samuel Breed, U. S. A., at
War Department, Washington, D. C. Immediately after
ward, on the recommendation of Senator B. F. Wade, he
received an appointment in the United States Treasurer's
Office, Washington, D. C.
In 1866 he entered Columbia Law College and was ad
mitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in 1869.
In October, 1866, he married a classmate, Miss Sarah P.
Jewell, and has now living one daughter and four sons.
In 1900 he married as his second wife Mrs. Helen Davis
Merriman. At the present time he is a bookkeeper in the
United States Treasurer's Office and resides at Falls Church,
Virginia, where he is enjoying his old age at the homestead
''Chestnut Hill" overlooking the capital of the nation.
DEATH OF SERGEANT O. C. TREMBLED.
One of the saddest incidents, resulting in the loss of life,
in our experience, was the death of Sergeant Oliver C.
Trembley, who was accidentally drowned in the Ohio River
on June 24, 1864, when the regiment was returning home
to be mustered out of service.
The old stern-wheel steamboat on which we were loaded
was passing up through a narrow rapid current, near the
Kentucky shore, a short distance above Rising Sun, Indiana,
when Trembley, in the act of passing along the unguarded
edge of the lower deck, slipped and fell overboard. The
alarm was at once given and the boat stopped. Prompt and
thorough effort was made to recover the body, but without
immediate success. Private Hiram Parsons was detailed to
remain and continue the search. After three days the body
arose to the surface, and Parsons brought it to Cleveland in
a metallic case, and it was sent, under an escort of four of
his comrades, to the home of his parents at North Fairfield,
Ohio.
The death of Sergeant Trembley at this time was pecu
liarly distressing. He had written to his mother from Geor
gia that his fighting was over and he would soon be home.
When the regiment was passing through Ohio the expectant
parents drove from the farm to meet their son at the rail
road station. Inquiring first of Company D, no one had the
courage to tell them the sad truth, but Orderly Sergeant
Lawrence Wilson directed them to Company C, where the
parents first learned of the death of their boy.
Oliver C. Trembley was born in Huron County, Ohio,
December 4, 1841, and at the beginning of the war was a
student in Oberlin College. He was present with his com
pany continuously and was one of the very few members of
the regiment who was not wounded in battle, though he par
ticipated in nearly every engagement in which the regiment
took part.
— Contributed by M. M. ANDREWS.
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SERGEANT OLIVER C. TREMBLY
(Drowned in Ohio River, June 24th, 1864, on way homo
for muster ont.)
CORPORAL JAMES M. GUINN
JAMES MILLER GUINN.
James Miller Guinn was born near Houston, Shelby
County, Ohio, November 27, 1834. He attended school a
short term each winter. At the age of nineteen he began
teaching. He is a graduate of Oberlin College.
April 20, 1 86 1, he enlisted at Oberlin, Ohio, in a student
company which later became Company C, Seventh Regiment
O. V. I. He reenlisted in the same company for three years.
A "History of Company C," written by one of his comrades
in 1866, gives this record of his military service: "Pro
moted to corporal, November i, 1862 ; present at the battles
of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Moun
tain, and Antietam ; on every march of the company till his
discharge, January 12, 1863."
In October, 1863, Governor Tod commissioned him cap
tain in a new regiment; but unfit for military duty, he was
compelled to decline the appointment, and in November,
1863, came to California, via Panama, to try to regain his
health. He engaged in teaching for a time. In 1864 he
joined the rush to the Idaho gold mines and for three years
worked at placer mining in Boise Basin. In 1867 he re
turned to California, taught school in Alameda County, and
in 1868 tried life insurance in San Francisco. In 1869 he
came to Los Angeles County, and for twelve years was su
perintendent of the Anaheim schools and also superintended
a ranch.
In 1874 he was married to Miss Dapsilea C. Marquis. To
them three children have been born — Mabel Elisabeth, Edna
Marquis, and Howard James.
From 1 88 1 to 1884 superintendent Los Angeles city
schools; 1884-86, merchant; 1886-89, broker; 1889-91,
orange grower; 1891-96, deputy county assessor; 1896-
1903, author of three volumes California history; 1903-05,
merchant; 1905-06, member Board of Education, Los An
geles City; 1906, broker. At present residing in Los An
geles, California.
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JAMES WARNER RAYMOND.
James Warner Raymond was born near the site of Fort
Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 1841. He was edu
cated in the common schools of his native city and at Ober-
lin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Enlisted August 6, 1862;
joined Company C October 9, 1862.
He participated in the following battles : Dumfries, Vir
ginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May
i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and
3, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24,
1863 ; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863,
and Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863, being severely
wounded in the thigh in the last-named battle, and captured
by the enemy, and retaken by the Union troops the same
day. He was mustered out of the service September 29,
1864.
Reenlisted and was appointed first lieutenant and regi
mental quartermaster of the One Hundred and Seventy-sev
enth Regiment O. V. I., and participated in the marches of
this regiment until mustered out June 24, 1865.
He married Miss Arabella Lessure, at Allegheny, Penn
sylvania, and they had one son.
After his return from the army he was engaged contin
uously in the mercantile and banking business in Dakota and
Minnesota.
He was elected as a companion in the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion, April 14, 1891, and was esteemed highly
in that order.
He died at Pasadena, California, February 21, 1905.
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LIEUTENANT JAMES W. RAYMOND
fCorp'l Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — 1st Lieut. & R. Q. M. 177th O. V. I.
—Died Feb. 21st, 1905.)
CAPTAIN JAMES W. CHENEY
(Private Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Captain 49th 111. Tnf.
— Died Feb. 8th, 1905.)
JAMES WILSON CHENEY.
James Wilson Cheney was born August 20, 1841, in
Royalston, Massachusetts. In 1855, with his parents,
moved to Shelbyville, Illinois. Attended public schools,
commercial college, Chicago, Illinois, and in 1860 entered
Oberlin College, Ohio, from which he enlisted as private
April, 1 86 1, in Company -C. He was taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, but escaping returned to camp after
three days in the mountains. Soon afterward he was sent,
sick with typhoid fever, to Charleston, Virginia, where
being given up to die by the surgeons, his father and com
rades nursed him back to strength sufficient to be removed
to his home in Illinois.
Later, having raised a company of men near Vandalia,
Illinois, he was commissioned first-lieutenant, Company D,
Forty-ninth Regiment I. V. I. Was promoted to captain
February 13, 1862, his commission reading, "Promoted for
meritorious service at battle of Fort Donelson, February 13,
14, 15, and 1 6, 1862." He lost just half of his men in the
battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6 and 7 ; was engaged in
siege of Corinth, Mississippi; Sherman's raid through
Mississippi ; capture of Fort De Russy, Louisiana, Pleasant
Hill and Clouterville, Louisiana ; fifty days in the Red River
campaign under General Banks; Chicot Lake and Little
Rock, Arkansas ; fight with Forrest at Memphis, Tennessee ;
campaign after Price in Missouri, and battles of Nashville,
Tennessee. Was mustered out of service March 22, 1865.
He married Armilla A. Perkins, May 27, 1868, to whom
one son, Edwin Henry, was born June 13, 1869. Moved
to Detroit, Michigan, in 1871, where he was engaged in
wholesale and retail millinery, and later in mechanical lines.
In 1895 moved to Oak Park, Illinois, and was connected
with the Chicago Edison Company.
*8 (433)
434 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Failing health necessitating the giving up of business,
with his wife, he went to California in 1903, and died of
heart failure February 8, 1905.
"Courageous and cheerful through years of suffering,
loved and respected by all who knew him."
THOMAS P. DICKSON
JOSEPH S. CLEVERDON
JOSEPH S. CLEVERDON.
Joseph S. Cleverdon, M. D., resides at 421 N. Pine ave
nue, Austin Station, Chicago, Illinois. He was born in
England, April 26, 1842, and was reared at Chagrin Falls,
Ohio. He was educated in the common schools and in the
Preparatory Department of Oberlin College.
He enlisted August 13, 1862, from Chagrin Falls, and
was assigned to Company C, Seventh O. V. L, where he
served until transferred to Company B, Fifth O. V. L, on
October 31, 1864. He participated in battle at Dumfries,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission
ary Ridge, and at Ringgold, Georgia, where he was severely
wounded in the right arm above the elbow and in chest, and
made a cripple for life, on November 27, 1863.
He was discharged on February 25, 1865, on account of
wounds. He was married on May n, 1868, to Miss Mary
Marsh, at Bainbridge, Ohio, and five sons and two daugh
ters were born to them. Since the war he has served as a
clerk in the Paymaster-General's Office, War Department,
at Washington, D. C., from 1866 to 1881 ; as postmaster at
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, from 1881 to 1886, and with the
Standard Oil Company until the present time, where he
occupies an important position of trust and responsibility
with this great company, in the city of Chicago, Illinois.
While in Washington he graduated in medicine in the
Medical Department of Georgetown College in the class of
1871.
Always faithful and true to every trust, he is as honorable
in time of peace as he was brave and fearless in time of
battle. A good citizen and valuable member of society;
an affectionate husband and father ; a valued friend, he can
be nothing but a considerate, Christian gentleman.
PHILIP GRIGSBY.
There is perhaps no pastime so pleasant as reading, no
reading equal to biography, and no biography so thrilling
as that of the "Boys in Blue." The subject of this sketch
was born in England, October 25, 1842. He came to this
country soon after the death of his parents, when a young
boy, and was educated in the common schools.
At the age of nineteen, when the call for volunteers came
in the early sixties, the land of his adoption had become so
dear to him that realizing the need of immediate action,
when the insults to the Stars and Stripes made such dire
consequences possible, he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio In
fantry, at Cleveland, Ohio, in Company C, as a private, Sep
tember n, 1862. He served the country faithfully and with
devotion until disabled by a bursting shell, at Dumfries
Landing, Virginia, making necessary the amputation of his
right leg.
He met this calamity as a boy of twenty, just as he did
every reverse in subsequent life, with unflinching courage
and quiet fortitude. He was honorably discharged at Wash
ington, D. C., August 12, 1863, crippled for life, and his
fondest hopes blighted. Notwithstanding the disadvan
tages under which he labored, nothing daunted, he applied
himself unaided to the study of the law, and after a few
years became proficient in his chosen profession and was
admitted to the bar. Here he applied himself as in his mili
tary career, with indomitable courage, and was ever true to
his highest ideals. His integrity of character was always
unquestioned, whether in the many public offices he held, or
in private life. He discharged every trust with fidelity and
ability, and his excellent qualities were appreciated by all
He was married to Miss Annette Davidson at Parkers,
Oregon. She died, February 20, 1879, leaving a son,. An-
dell, who was only eighteen months old. This son still re
sides at Parkers, Oregon.
PHILIP GRIGSBY
SERGEANT OWEN HICKS
(Private Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — 1st Sergt. Co. B, 5th O. V. I.)
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After a period of over six years he again married. His
second wife was Dr. Anna Colby, of Republic, Kansas, by
whom he had two children — a daughter, born and died Au
gust 5, 1887, and a son, Frederic C., born October 31, 1889,
who died at Concordia, Kansas, July 16, 1905.
Mr. Grigsby was a member of the G. A. R. from its ear
liest history, and thus aided in keeping alive the principles
for which he so earnestly contended when but a mere boy.
He answered to the final roll-call April 5, 1890, in Mercer
County, California, thus closing a life which left as a rich
heritage to his many friends the memory of a well-spent
probation, cheering and making happier all around him.
His life and death were worthy the soldier and gentleman he
surely was.
"You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,
But the scent of the roses will cling to it still."
SELDEN BINGHAM KINGSBURY.
Selden Bingham Kingsbury was born October 29, 1846,
at Camden, Lorain County, Ohio. His father, Charles B.
Kingsbury, was a farmer, and Selden was raised upon a
farm and attended the district school, and in 1857 entered
the Preparatory Department of Oberlin College. While in
this department he taught school winters. He entered Ober
lin College in 1860, after graduating from the Preparatory
Department. In the winter of 1860 he taught the village
school at Preedsville, Michigan, and returned to college in
March, 1861.
On or about the I7th day of April, 1861, and immedi
ately after the first call for 75,000 volunteers, Company C,
Seventh O. V. L, was organized. It was composed entirely
of students at Oberlin. He was one of those who organized
the company, enlisting as a member thereof. It was taken
to Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered into the
service of the United States, and transferred to Camp Den-
nison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where it remained until the
latter part of June, when it was transferred to West Vir
ginia, The regiment reenlisted June 19 for three years. Its
first march was a forced one from Clarksburg to Weston,
Virginia, at the latter city capturing some $57,000 of cash
belonging to the State of Virginia, which was turned over to
West Virginia, just then formed.
He participated in the battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia,
August 26, 1861, where he was captured, and incarcerated
in the Southern prisons at Libby, Richmond, Virginia, and
Parish/ New Orleans, Louisiana, the journey to them be
ing on freight and flat-cars. Afterward he was transferred
to Salisbury, North Carolina, and was exchanged on parole,
July, 1862, and taken to New York City, where he was fur-
loughed for sixty days and returned to his father's house
at Camden, Ohio. At the expiration of his furlough he went
to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, suffering from chronic
SELDEN B. KINGSBURY
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diarrhoea, which he had contracted in the Southern prisons,
and was discharged on account of disability in August, 1863,
and returned to his home and' afterward to college, grad
uating from thence in August, 1864.
He was appointed superintending principal of the high
school at Flint, Michigan, in September, and had been prin
cipal of the high school at Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, dur
ing the winter of 1863-64, while in college. He was en
gaged in teaching nearly fifteen years.
He married Miss Hulda Corning, at Mentor, Ohio, in
August, 1865, and five children were born to them, of whom
four are living — Nathan Corning, Fred, Charles, Helen,
and Ross Selden Kingsbury, and one died when three years
old, Lizzie Alice Kingsbury.
He practiced at Constantine, Michigan, until June, 1880,
when he removed to Idaho, and in 1905 to Honolulu, being
still engaged in the practice of law. He received the degree
of B. A. in 1864 and that of M. A. in 1871, at Oberlin
College. He is a Mason and Knight Templar. He is a
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, president of the National
Association of the Family of the name of Kingsbury. Has
been for many years treasurer of the Idaho State Bar Asso
ciation. Member of the School Board of Boise, Idaho.
Twice elected to the Common Council of Boise. Has been
Post Commander of Phil. Sheridan Post No. 4, at Boise,
Idaho. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United
States and to the Supreme Courts of Michigan, Idaho, and
Utah, to the Supreme Court of Hawaii, and to the U. S.
District Courts for Idaho and Hawaii. He has been success
ful in the practice of his profession, but since the death of
his wife August 26, 1901, he has been a wanderer. Of his
boys, two are lawyers in Columbus and the youngest is an
officer in the U. S. Marine Corps.
MARVIN C. STONE.
Marvin C. Stone was a son of Chester Stone, was born at
Rootstown, Ohio, April 4, 1842. Later he became a resi
dent of Ravenna, Ohio, where he acquired his high school
education. On August 30, 1862, he was mustered into ser
vice as a recruit in Company C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
For three years he served his country faithfully, sharing in
all the dangers and hardships of war. During one of the
forced marches the southern sun produced a blinding head
ache; being unable to proceed, he lay helpless by the way
until an acquaintance, recognizing him, placed him on his
horse, thus saving him from falling into the hands of the
enemy. He participated in the battles of Gettysburg and
Chancellorsville. At the battle of Lookout Mountain he re
ceived a wound that disabled him from active service, and
from which he never fully recovered. On October 31, 1864,
he was transferred to Company B, Fifth Ohio Infantry, and
December i, 1864, he was transferred to the "Veteran Re
serve Corps," and sent to Washington on special duty,
where he remained until mustered out, August 7, 1865.
He graduated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and took up
journalism.
On January 7, 1875, he was married to Miss Jennie E.
Platt, of Baltimore, Maryland, and made Washington his
home. He was an inventor of some note and had already
taken out several patents. Now he added to them lemonade
straws and cigar and cigarette holders, which he manufac
tured extensively, employing several hundred people, with
great success. His factory was a model, including a large
circulating library for the use of his employees, and in many
other ways he showed an interest in their welfare. His last
patent was a process for coloring fine china.
He found his greatest pleasure among his books and in
his home, which was a center of attraction to many others,
specially during the terms of Senator Lyman R. Casey, Mrs.
MARVIN C. STONE
(Died May 17th, 1899.)
WARREN F. WALWORTH
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Stone's brother-in-law, where the diplomatic and govern
ment officials were often entertained.
Mr. Stone died on May 17, 1899, and was buried in Bal
timore. Since then Mrs. Stone and their only child, Lester
Marvin Stone, have traveled extensively. The son is still
in Berlin, Germany, but Mrs. Stone has returned to her na
tive land.
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GEORGE L. WOOD.
George L. Wood was born in Chardon, Ohio, in 1837, and
was educated in the common schools. In his early man
hood he studied law in Warren and became the first mayor
of that now beautiful and wealthy county-seat.
He enlisted under the first call for troops in what was
then known as Company A, of Warren, which entered Camp
Taylor, April 26, 1861, and became Company H of the Sev
enth. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the company
and served therein until November 25, 1861, when he was
promoted to captain of Company D, from which he was hon
orably discharged, November 10, 1862, on account of disa
bility from a severe wound received in battle at Port Re
public, Virginia, June 9, 1862. He became major of the
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, on Septem
ber 1 6, 1862, and was discharged therefrom on April 20,
1863. He participated in the battles of Winchester and
Port Republic, Virginia.
He was married on October 9, 1862, to Miss Jane B. Tod,
of Warren, Ohio, to whom one daughter was born. His
wound left him in a delicate condition until the date of his
death on September 14, 1867, at Warren, where he was
buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Major Wood wrote what he termed a "Record of the Ser
vices of the Seventh Ohio Infantry," for which the members
of that organization have always been grateful. He was of
gentle and refined manners, a patriot who shed his blood
upon the field of battle and died too early to long enjoy the
fruits of victory.
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MAJOR GEORGE L. WOOD
(Capt. Co. I), 7th O. V. I. — Major 125th O. V. I.)
DAVID A. WARD
DAVID AUSTIN WARD.
David Austin Ward, of Tuscola, Illinois, was born Sep
tember 30, 1839, in Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio, where
his boyhood was spent in the common schools. He was at
tending Oberlin College when he enlisted April 25, 1861.
He reenlisted for three years at Camp Dennison, as a private
in Company C, and served through the war.
He was engaged in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winches
ter, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam with his
company. In December, 1862, he was detailed as teamster
in the ordnance train, and issued ammunition to the firing
line in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and in
the campaigns through Tennessee and Georgia. In the bat
tle of Winchester he was struck by a piece of shell and
stunned, but recovered in time to join in the pursuit of the
flying enemy. July, 1864, he was mustered out, at the ex
piration of the term of service, with the remnant of his com
pany, at Cleveland, Ohio. He afterward enlisted in the
Ninety-eighth Regiment P. V. I., and served to the end of
the war.
On March 26, 1867, he was married to Miss Sophia Bond
Watson, at Camargo, Illinois. Their only son, Guy War
ren, died July 22, 1903, in Tennessee, where he was engaged
in business. Their only daughter, Maud E., is a teacher in
the public schools of Chicago, Illinois.
After the war Comrade Ward conducted a general store
and harness shop in Camargo, Illinois, and there he served
his fellow-citizens twelve years as postmaster, and also as
justice of the peace, besides managing his farm. He is now
practically retired from active business, but looks after a
cotton plantation in west Tennessee, of which he is the
owner.
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A. J. WILLIAMS.
A. J. Williams was born at West Mendon, now Honeoye
Falls, New York, on February 8, 1829. In 1838 he moved
with his parents to Naples, New York, and with them, in
June, 1840, moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he re
mained until 1851, except while attending Allegheny Col
lege, at Meadville, Pennsylvania.
On October 10, 1849, ne married, at Perry, Ohio, Amelia
C. French, and they moved to Painesville, Ohio, in 1852,
where he entered the law office of Judge Bissel, as a student.
He was admitted to the bar in 1854.
Mr. Williams practiced law in Painesville until 1861,
when he enlisted in the Union Army and was made a second
lieutenant of Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
Leaving Camp Taylor in Cleveland early in May, he went to
Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, and there enlisted again,
for three years, and accompanied his regiment on the severe
marches from Clarksburg to Gauley Bridge, Virginia, where
he was compelled to resign his commission in September,
1 86 1, under the surgeon's certificate of disability. He then
returned home.
He was elected assistant clerk in the Ohio House of Rep
resentatives in the fifty-fifth General Assembly. In June,
1863, he accepted a clerkship under Maj. W. S. Kennon,
paymaster of the Army, and served in Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee until September, 1865. Then he returned to
Painesville, and in May, 1866, moved with his family to
Macon, Missouri, where he engaged in an extensive practice
in the State and Federal courts. In December of 1878 he
returned to Ohio, and on January i, 1879, settled in Cleve
land, where he resided until his death.
In 1883 he was elected State Senator from Cuyahoga
County, being the first Democratic Senator from this county
for thirty years. In 1885 Mr. Williams was admitted to
practice as an attorney before the Supreme Court of the
LIEUTENANT ANDREW J. WILLIAMS
(Died Aug. 30th, 1901.)
CAPTAIN JOHN N. DYER
(Killed at Battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26th, 1861.)
LIEUTENANT GEORGE D. LOCKWOOD
(Died Sept. 3d, 1874.)
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United States. He was United States Commissioner for
eight years, and was chairman of the executive committee of
the Early Settlers' Association of Cuyahoga County. He
had been a Royal Arch Mason since 1858, and was a mem
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Ohio
Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States.
Mr. Williams died in Cleveland, August 5, 1901, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Julia W. Janes. He was be
loved by all who knew him, and in his death the city of
Cleveland lost one of its most highly esteemed citizens.
WILLARD P. TISDEL.
Willard P. Tisdel was born in Lake County, Ohio, July
27, 1844, and was educated in the common schools of that
county, with a slight "finishing" at Poughkeepsie College,
through a commercial course.
He entered the military service at Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, on April 20, 1861. He served in Company
D, Seventh Ohio Infantry, as a private, corporal, sergeant,
first sergeant, and as sergeant-major of the regiment, and
participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Virginia;
Antietam, Maryland; Dumfries, Virginia; Chancellors-
ville, Virginia ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Moun
tain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Geor
gia. Was wounded in the head at Gettysburg. He was
discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on April 27, 1864, on ex
piration of his term of enlistment. He also served one year
in the U. S. Reserve (Hancock's) Corps — on detail in the
War Department entire time.
He was married in Washington, D. C., to Miss Sarah
Fenton Stone, and has three daughters. His eldest daugh
ter, Helen, is the wife of a Russian diplomat, Count Gre-
goire Alexandrovich De Wollant, now Minister to Mexico.
Since he left the Army Colonel Tisdel (as he is now best
known among his friends) has been principally engaged as
follows : he served in the U. S. Treasury Department from
• 1868 to 1870; as Assistant Marshal U. S. Supreme Court,
1871 to 1872; agent Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
Panama R. R. Company at New York, 1873 to 1874; agent
Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and Panama R. R. Co., 1874,
75, 76; superintendent U. S. and Brazil Mail S. S. Co. at
Rio de Janeiro, 1877 to 1884; U. S. Commercial Expert,
and U. S. Commissioner to the Berlin-Congo Conference,
1884, 85; superintendent Pacific Mail Steamship Co., west
coast of Mexico, Central and South America, 1885 to 1895 ;
assistant general manager Guatemala Central Railroad, at
WILLARD P. TISDEL
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Guatemala, 1886 to 1895; acting general manager and
general manager, Guatemala Central Railroad, 1896 to
1906. Colonel Tisdel is also largely interested in the pro
duction of coffee, cocoa and rubber, and all in all has a
promising outlook. He resides now in Guatemala City,
Central America.
LAWRENCE WILSON.
Lawrence Wilson was born September 2, 1842, in South-
ington, Trumbull County, Ohio. Farmer boy. Educated
in common schools, with exception of a term in Calkins's
Commercial College at Oberlin, Ohio.
He enlisted at Perry, Lake County, Ohio, on April 22,
1861 ; entered Camp Taylor at Cleveland in "Wright's
Guards," on the 25th, where the company disbanded April
30; services not accepted. Again enlisted' at Painesville,
Ohio, June 3, 1861, for a term of three years. Left for
Camp Dennison on the 5th ; arrived on the 6th ; assigned to
Company D, Seventh Regiment Ohio Infantry, on the 7th,
and mustered in on June 19, 1861. Served as private to
April i, 1862; as corporal to February 5, 1863; as sergeant
to October i, 1863, and as first sergeant to date of discharge.
He participated in battles at Cross Lanes, Virginia, Au
gust 26, 1 86 1 ; Kernstown, Virginia, March 23; Port Re
public, Virginia, June 9; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au
gust 9, and Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chan-
cellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2 and 3; Gettysburg, Penn
sylvania, July i, 2, and 3, and Lookout Mountain and Mis
sionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia, Novem
ber 24, 25, and 27, 1863; Resaca and Dallas, Georgia,
May 15 and 25, 1864. At battle of Port Republic was
struck by missile in right breast, causing a severe contusion ;
shot through left arm above elbow, in left breast, and right
foot at Cedar Mountain, and in right hand at Ringgold.
Pensioned for three gunshot wounds received in battle. He
was discharged with his company, July 7, 1864, at Cleve
land Ohio, on expiration of term of service.
He was married May 4, 1870, in Washington, D. C., to
Miss Mary L. Abbott, of Painesville, Ohio, and four
children, one son and three daughters, were born to them.
He was employed as a clerk in the U. S. Treasury De
partment from March 9, 1865, to June 30, 1870. Grad-
SERGEANT LAWRENCE WILSON
(May, 1863.)
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ttated in Medical Department of Georgetown College, D. C.,
class of 1870; practiced medicine and prosecuted claims
against the United States until May, 1877; moved to Kan
sas; located cattle ranch on Soldier Creek, Comanche
County, and was postmaster at Soldier Creek, and resided
there until January, 1884; was medical adviser and at
tendant for his neighbor ranchmen far and near ; located in
Larned, Kansas, in drug store until February, 1885 ; served
as agent of Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, until October, 1885 ; notary public and real
estate and livestock agent until elected mayor of the city of
Larned in the spring of 1887; to Glasco, Kansas; presi
dent of the Glasco Flouring Mill Company, and operated
flouring mill there from October, 1887, until October, 1888;
to Topeka, Kansas, and Assistant Adjutant-General, De
partment of Kansas (with Oklahoma and Indian Territories
attached), Grand Army of the Republic, until March, 1890;
to Washington, D. C., and reappointed in Treasury Depart
ment, May 30, 1890; transferred to the Department of the
Interior, September 26, 1890; promoted to medical exam
iner, June 19, 1897, where yet employed, in the Medical
Division of the U. S. Bureau of Pensions.
He is a Mason; a member of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Alliance, of Washington, D. C., and of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and was president of the Twentieth Army
Corps Association, and presided at the reunions of that or
ganization during the National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Saint Paul in 1896; at Buffalo, in
1897; at Cincinnati, in 1898, and at Philadelphia, in 1899,
when further election as president was declined. Resides at
Woodside, Maryland.
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EMORY WARREN FORCE.
Emory Warren Force was born at Morrisville, Madison
County, New York, December 25, 1840. His parents re
moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in the year 1849. HC was
educated in the common schools of both of those villages and
had a good education. At the breaking out of the war of
the rebellion and the firing on Fort Sumter he was the first
man to volunteer for three months at Chagrin Falls, Ohio,
under the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers.
He enlisted for a period of three years in Company D,
Seventh O. V. I., on June 19, 1861, and was promoted to
the position of sergeant of his company.
He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes and Win
chester and was in numerous skirmishes, until discharged
from the service of the United States Mav 10, 1862, on ac
count of surgeon's certificate of disability, he having been
ruptured during his service. On his return from the army
he settled again at Chagrin Falls, remaining there for sev
eral years engaged in commercial pursuits. In the year
[877 he was commissioned as captain of Company G, Fif
teenth Regiment O. N. G., which he retained for several
years, until obliged by physical infirmities to resign from the
service.
In the year 1893 he was appointed as cashier in the office
of the Collector of Internal Revenue at Cleveland, Ohio,
which he retained until appointed general agent for the
Standard Sewing Machine Company, with headquarters at
Cleveland, Ohio. Afterward he engaged in the insurance
and realty business for several years in that city.
He was a member of Memorial Post G. A. R., secretary
of the Seventh Regiment, Masonic bodies, etc.
He married Miss Emily Jane Chapman, April 9, 1864,
at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and they had three children — Wil
bur Charles, who died when nineteen months old, and Frank
COLONEL EMORY W. FORCE
(Sergt. Co. J), 7th O. V. T. — Col. 5th O. N. G.
— Died June 21st, 1904.)
EFHRAIM C. MILLER
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C. and Fred W. who are still living with their mother at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Colonel Force died June 21, 1904, from the effects of the
disability he received while in the service.
He was a good soldier, genial companion, and an all-
around good fellow.
Requiescat in pace.
WILLIAM CAIN.
William Cain was born in New York City, N. Y., June
13, 1842. His parents removed to Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, when he was quite young, and he was edu
cated in the common schools in that city.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, after the
firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted as a private in a company
raised at Painesville, Ohio, April 22, 1861, which when
mustered into the service of the United States for three
months became Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
June 19 he reenlisted in the same company for three years.
He was promoted to sergeant for gallant and meritorious
service in the face of the enemy.
He participated in the following battles during the war :
Blue's Gap, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dum
fries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, and Rocky Face
Ridge. He was a good soldier in every sense of the word.
He was discharged from the service on expiration of term
of enlistment of his regiment, July 6, 1864. Reenlisted
February 28, 1865, in Company D, Fourth United States
Veterans, and was mustered out of that regiment February
28, 1866, at Tod Barracks, Columbus, Ohio.
Comrade Cain never married, and has confined himself
strictly to the business of railroading and brokerage since
the war.
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SERGEANT WILLIAM CAIN
ALBERT C. COLWELL
ALBERT COLWELL.
Albert Colwell was born at Perry, Lake County, Ohio,
February 22, 1842, and was educated in the common schools
in that city.
After the breaking out of the war he enlisted as a private
in Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., June 7, 1861,
at Painesville, Ohio, and was mustered into the service of
the United States at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 19, 1861.
He states that he participated in all of the battles of the
regiment except Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861,
when he was back at Sutton, Virginia, sick. He was
wounded at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862, in
the left ankle.
He was mustered out with his regiment July 6, 1864, on
account of expiration of its term of service. Reenlisted
September 12, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Sev
enty-seventh Regiment O. V. I., and was discharged at
Greensboro, North Carolina, June 24, 1865.
February i, 1866, he married Miss Catherine E. Dramar
at Fairport Harbor, Ohio. They have no children. He
has been employed as an engineer since the war. His
record as a soldier was good.
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HENRY H. RHODES.
Henry H. Rhodes was born about two miles from the
city of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1846.
His parents were of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock and emi
grated to Painesville, Ohio, when he was five years of age.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the
firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in Company
D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. (at the age of fifteen, al
though he claimed to be nineteen years of age so as to pass
muster), April 21, 1861. Reenlisted in the three years' ser
vice June 19.
He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Port Republic, Virginia, June
9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Dug
Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 15,
1864; Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, and New Hope Church,
Georgia, May 25 to June i, 1864. He was wounded at
Cedar Mountain and was mustered out of the service on
expiration of term of service of his regiment, July 6, 1864.
He married Miss Edith A. Ellis, at Panama, Chautauqua
County, New York, March 31, 1869, and one son and four
daughters were born to them.
Since the war he has been employed as a stationary en
gineer in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and now resides at
Painesville, Ohio.
At Port Republic, where so many color-bearers were shot
down, Rhodes for a time carried the regimental colors.
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S
HENRY H. RHODES
EDWIN E. GREEN
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. SPRAGUE
(Capt. Co. E, 7th O. V. I. — Maj. Gen. Vols.
— Died Dec. 24th, 1893.)
COMPANY E.
JOHN WILSON SPRAGUE.
Gen. John Wilson Sprague was born April 4, 1817, at
White Creek, Washington County, N. Y. Educated in com
mon schools, and entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N. Y., in 1830, but was not graduated. In 1845 re
moved to Huron, Erie County, Ohio, and engaged in mer
cantile business. In 1851-52 was treasurer o'f Erie County.
Entered war of rebellion in 1861 as captain of Company
E, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. ; was prisoner of war same
year, and in 1862 was made colonel of the Sixty-third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to brigadier-general in
1864, and brevetted major-general in 1865 ; was offered
lieutenant-colonelcy in United States Army, which he de
clined. After the war was in charge of Freedmen's Bureau
in one of its departments. Was appointed general manager
of Winona & Saint Peter Railroad, Minnesota. Removed
to Washington Territory in 1870, having been made super
intendent and general agent of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, from which he resigned in 1882. Was one of com
mittee which selected Tacoma as western terminus of that
railroad, and latter portion of his life was devoted to ad
vancing interests of that city; was its first mayor, promi
nent in its financial circles, president of the National Bank,
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and the Tacoma Steam
Navigation Company; held many offices of trust and re
sponsibility. When Washington was admitted as a State
was second choice for United States Senator.
Was married three times, his first wife being Miss Lucy
Wright (daughter of Judge Jabez Wright, of Huron), Mrs.
John W. Wickham (now of Buffalo, N. Y.), being their
only child. His second wife was Miss Julia F. Choate, of
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456 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Milan, Ohio, to whom four sons were born. The third wife
was Mrs. Alexander Vance, also a daughter of Judge
Wright. His declining years were spent in ease and lux
ury. He died at Tacoma, Washington, on December 24,
1893.
CAPTAIN CHARLES A. WEED
(Died, 1895.)
CHARLES A. WEED.
Capt. Charles A. Weed was born in Painesville, Ohio,
March 20, 1839. He was educated in the common schools
of that town.
After the firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in a company
raised at Painesville for a period of three months. When
mustered into the service of the United States it became
known as Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., in which
he served as first sergeant. He reenlisted for three years,
June 19, and was rapidly promoted to the position of first
lieutenant and captain, for soldierly conduct in the face of
the enemy.
He participated in the battle of of Cross Lanes, Virginia ;
Winchester, Virginia; Port Republic, Virginia; Cedar
Mountain, Virginia; Antietam, Maryland, and Dumfries,
Virginia. He resigned February 22, 1863.
After his return to civil life he became engaged in the
construction of various railroads, notably the Union Pacific
under Gen. J. S. Casement.
He died at Tampico, Mexico, on August 28, 1895, and his
sole escort to the grave consisted of Confederate soldiers
who were living there and who had befriended him during
his illness.
Requiescat in pace.
ARTHUR T. WILCOX.
Capt. Arthur T. Wilcox was born in the year 1835. He
was educated in the common schools and at Ann Arbor Col
lege, Michigan, studying while there civil engineering, in
which he became very proficient.
He enlisted April 22, 1861, as a private in a company
raised at Huron, Ohio, for three months, and was elected
second lieutenant. This company when mustered into the
service of the United States was assigned to the Seventh
Regiment O. V. I. as Company E. He reenlisted in same
company for three years and was promoted to captain for
brave and meritorious service in battle.
He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes,
Virginia, where he was captured by the enemy and confined
in various Southern prisons, and did not rejoin his regiment
for over a year; Dumfries, Virginia; Chancellorsville, Vir
ginia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee; Ringgold, Georgia; Dalton,
Georgia; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia,
and Dallas, or New Hope Church, Georgia. He was mus
tered out with his regiment on the expiration of its term of
service, July 6, 1864.
He reenlisted and raised a new regiment, composed
largely of veterans of old organizations, and was appointed
its colonel. On muster into the service it became the One
Hundred and Seventy- Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He par
ticipated with this regiment in the battles of Murfreesboro,
Tennessee; Fort Anderson, North Carolina, and Town
Creek, North Carolina, and moved on Raleigh, North Caro
lina, where Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered such
Southern forces as he commanded. Mustered out with his
regiment June 24, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina.
After the war was over he resumed his old business as a
civil engineer. He was engaged with Gen. J. S. Casement,
and under him in the construction of the Union Pacific and
COLONEL ARTHUR T. WILCOX
(Capt. Co. K, 7th O. V. I. — Colonel 177th O. V. I. — Died, 1904.)
COMPANY 3 459
other railroads in the United States, and died in the year
1904, while engaged in the construction of a railroad in Cen
tral America under the same party.
He married Miss Julia L. Morehouse, June 12, 1861, at
Lyons, Huron County, Ohio, and they had four children
born to them.
He was a zealous officer and a brave man.
JOSEPH S. CLARKE.
Joseph S. Clarke, of Cleveland, was identified with the
old True Democrat, Leader, Herald, Plain Dealer, Ohio
Farmer, and the early printing offices. Attended private
and public schools and colleges ; studied medicine, theology,
politics, and social science. Educated in principles of aboli
tion, and foresaw war between North and South. Appren
ticed to printing profession for seven years, passing through
all grades to those of manager, publisher, editor, and pro
prietor. Learned telegraphy, and received first message
over first Atlantic cable ("What hath God wrought") sent
by Queen Victoria to President Pierce. Averse to civic
soldier life, and when asked to join Cleveland Light Guards
or Sprague Cadets (splendid military organizations with
which his companions were identified) said he would be first
to volunteer in case of war. While at Oberlin was arrested
and ordered to prison for supposed participation in "under
ground railroad" and John Brown's Harper's Ferry expedi
tion. Enlisted April 13, 1861, being first to volunteer in
Cleveland. On "Cotton Mountain" campaign, in western
Virginia, volunteered to obtain knowledge of strength of
enemy; made his way through mountain passes into rebel
bivouacs, secured data desired, and reported it to Lieut.-Col.
Creighton. At Charleston, informed Colonel Tyler of ob
servations of enemy, resulting in withdrawal from that
place. Wounded in left ankle at Romney, January u,
1862; in arm and groin at Cedar Mountain, August 9,
1862; and in right side at Antietam, September 17, 1862,
his haversack, in which was his journal of events from en
listment to that date, as well as writing material, being shot
away; in that battle saw General Hooker wounded and
General Mansfield killed. Ordered under arrest for en
deavoring to leave hospital before wound was healed, but
defied surgeon in charge and reached regiment in safety.
Prisoner within enemy's lines at Bristow Station and Har-
JOSEPH S. CLARKE
EPHRAIM J. SMITH
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pers Ferry. On second Bull Run campaign, rations being
very scarce, while eating a cracker was asked by a general
officer, "Have you another of those?" — responded by giving
his only remaining hardtack; that officer was the beloved
Gen. N. P. Banks. Commissioned to visit Washington to
locate wounded officers; that duty performed, paid his re
spects to President Lincoln and wife at their cottage at Sol
diers' Home, where he had a delightful talk with them.
Promoted to sergeant July 4, 1863. Discharged for disa
bility August 22, 1863. With Medical Department of
Army to close of war. Married, June 13, 1865. As op
portunity offered, while in army, was correspondent of
Leader and Herald, Cleveland ; and Christian Register, Bos
ton. Contributor to many publications. Was clerk in
Cleveland post-office, and has held important positions in
that city and Philadelphia. Rr°»des in Washington, D. C.
JOHN WANTON WICKHAM.
John Wanton Wickham was born at Huron, Ohio, Feb
ruary 21, 1844. He attended the common schools at Hu
ron, until at the age of sixteen he went into the employ of
one of the village stores, in which employment he continued
until on August 22, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Com
pany E of the Seventh Ohio Regiment, which was then re
cruiting to replace losses suffered in the battle at Cross
Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861, and joined the regiment
with a band of recruits at Charleston, Virginia, in October
of that year.
On March 23, 1862, the regiment took part in the battle
of Winchester, Virginia, he being in action throughout that
fight. He also took part in the battle of Cedar Mountain,
Virginia, August 9, 1862, where he was severely wounded in
the leg. From the effects of this injury his limb has never
fully recovered. Confined for some time at the Mansion
Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, he was discharged from the
service November 23, 1862, and returned to his home at
Huron, Ohio.
Mr. Wickham married Miss Lucy L. Sprague, daughter
of Gen. John W. Sprague, at Milan, Ohio, February 6, 1866.
They have two sons, Walter M. and Addison S., both living.
After his discharge from the army Mr. Wickham entered
a general store at Huron as clerk, and served in that capacity
until in 1864 he associated himself with his father in busi
ness. In 1878 he was elected to the directory of the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie Railway, and served as president of the
company in 1878 and 1879, and was instrumental in secur
ing the construction of the first twelve miles of the trackage
of that railroad — from Huron to Norwalk, Ohio. In 1898
he gave up business at Huron and removed to Buffalo, N.
Y., where he became associated with the Dormer Fish Com
pany, with which company he is still connected.
His present address is Buffalo, New York.
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JOHN W. WICKHAM
CAPTAIN HARLOW N. SPENCER
(1st Lieut. Co. F, 7th O. V. I. — Ccipt. Co. K, 177th O. V. I.)
COMPANY P.
HARLOW NATHANIEL SPENCER.
Harlow Nathaniel Spencer, only child of Orrin and Me-
hitabel ('Hall) Spencer, born in Claridon, Geauga County,
Ohio, August 13, 1825. He was educated in the common
schools of his county. Raised a farmer, twice elected treas
urer of his county.
Raised forty recruits for the Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
in August, 1862, and was appointed second lieutenant. Left
with them for the front, September i, the day his office of
county treasurer expired. One of his recruits was rejected
by the examining surgeons at Columbus, Ohio. Joined his
regiment on Loudoun Heights, near Harper's Ferry, Vir
ginia, with thirty-nine men, twenty-three being assigned to
Company F and sixteen to Company H, his own assignment
being to Company F. Was promoted to the position of
captain.
He participated in the following battles : Dumfries, Vir
ginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May
i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and
3, 1863 ; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24,
1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863;
Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863 (wounded in the
latter battle) ; Dug Gap, Georgia, May 9, 1864; Pumpkin
Vine Creek, Georgia, May 25, 1864 (wounded in the latter-
named battle, losing his right eye), and numerous skir
mishes.
He was mustered out of the service with his regiment
July 6, 1864, on account of expiration of its term of service.
About three weeks later he received a recruiting commis
sion from Governor John Brough to help raise a new regi
ment, and was appointed captain of Company K, One Hun-
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464 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
dred and Seventy-seventh Regiment O. V. I., and was mus
tered out as such June 25, 1865.
He emigrated to Adams County, Nebraska, in the fall of
1880, engaging in stock and dairy business, until the spring
of 1898, when he removed to Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Arkansas, where he still resides.
November n, 1846, he married Miss Rossetta, daughter
of Hamilton and Polly (Squires) Utley, of Newburg town
ship Geauga county, Ohio. They had two children, Mrs.
Flora S. Hawley and Lawrence U. Spencer, both living in
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. His wife died in the latter
named city, December 17, 1901.
He was like a father to his company while in the service.
'
MAJOR MARCUS S. HOPKINS
(1st Lieut. Co. F, 7th O. V. I. — Major Veteran Reserve Corps.)
GEORGE H. DAVIS
GEORGE H. DAVIS.
George H. Davis is an inmate of the Soldiers' and Sail
ors' Home, at Sandusky, Ohio. He was born and reared
at Hudson, Ohio, and educated in the common schools.
He enlisted June 20, 1861, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was
assigned to Company F, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and served
as private and teamster. He drove the ammunition wagon
at Cross Lanes, Port Republic, and Gettysburg, and was
then headquarters teamster to the end of his service.
He was mustered out with his company at Cleveland July
6, 1864, and subsequently entered the service of the Govern
ment as teamster. Since the war he has followed the oc
cupation of coachman, mostly in the city of Cleveland. He
never married, but has lived a life of single blessedness. He
is now comfortably situated in the Ohio State Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home, where he expects to remain during the rest
of his days.
ALFRED WATSON MORLEY.
Alfred Watson Morley was born at Kirtland, Lake
County, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools of
his native town.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the
firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in the three
months' service April 21, 1861, in Company F, Seventh
Regiment O. V. I. Reenlisted for three years
June 19. He participated in the battles of Port Re
public, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, Sep
tember 17, 1862, and Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2,
and 3, 1863. He was wounded at Port Republic and Antie
tam and transferred to the invalid corps in December, 1863.
He was mustered out of the service June 26, 1864, at Wash
ington, D. C.
He was married at Perry, Lake County, Ohio, November
15, 1868, and has two daughters living. He has been em
ployed as a carriage-maker since the war, at Cleveland,
Kirtland, Painesville, Youngstown, all in the State of Ohio,
Meridian, Mississippi, and other places too numerous to
mention.
He served his country well.
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ALFRED W. MORLEY
RUDOLPH WINZENRIED
(Private Co. F, 7th O. V. I. — Corp'l Co. G, 5th O. V. I.)
CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. BRADEN
COMPANY G.
WILLIAM D. BRADEN.
Capt. William D. Braden was born at Harlansburg, Penn
sylvania. He was educated in the common schools of his
native city. After the breaking out of the war he enlisted
as a private, June 20, 1861, at Warren, Ohio, in Company
Hi, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., and was rapidly promoted
on account of soldierly conduct to the position of captain.
He was mustered out as such July 6, 1864, on account of
expiration of term of service of the regiment.
Captain Braden participated in several battles during the
war and was wounded at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au
gust 9, 1862, and Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863.
In April, 1871, he married Martha Nelson, at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, who died in May, 1871, at Titus ville, Penn
sylvania, leaving no children.
He has been engaged since leaving the Army as a con
tractor in drilling for oil, gas, and water.
His record as an officer and soldier was first class. Now
resides at San Jose, California.
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HARRY M. DEAN.
Harry M. Dean was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania,
January 20, 1842. He was educated in the common schools
of his native city. At the breaking out of the war of the
rebellion, after the firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted in a
company raised at Ravenna, Ohio, April 22, 1861, which
on being mustered into the service of the United States was
assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Company G,
the enlistment of the company being for three months. He
reenlisted for three years, June 19, 1861.
He participated in all of the leading battles which his
regiment was engaged in, and was wounded through both
legs at Port Republic, Virginia, June 9, 1862. He was pro
moted to the position of first lieutenant for gallantry in the
face of the enemy, and honorably discharged from the ser
vice on the expiration of the term of service of his regiment,
July 6, 1864.
He reenlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth
Regiment O. V. I., and was commissioned as its adjutant in
two weeks after his discharge from the service in the Sev
enth Regiment O. V. I., and served with it until the close of
the war, and was discharged therefrom at Columbus, Ohio,
in the month of July, 1865, with the commission of cap
tain, but was never mustered1.
He was married and had two children, of whom one
daughter survives. He has been a building contractor since
the war up to the year 1885, when he entered the service of
R. R. Cr. Co. as foreman of interior finishing department.
His residence at present is at Goshen, Indiana.
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CAPTAIN HARRY M. DEAN
(1st Lieut. Co. G, 7th O. V. I. — Capt. 174th O. V. I.)
CORPORAL JAMES N. HARTZELL
JAMES N. HARTZELL.
James N. Hartzell was born in Beaver County, Pennsyl
vania, in the year 1838. His parents emigrated to Deer-
field, Portage County, Ohio, when he was a youngster, and
he was educated in the common schools of that town.
He joined Company G, Seventh Regiment O. V. L, as a
recruit in May, 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was
mustered into the three years' service June 19, 1861. He
was promoted to corporal in that company, and participated
in the following battles : Cross Lanes, Virginia, August
26, 1861 ; Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862; Port Repub
lic, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au
gust 9, 1862; Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862;
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettys
burg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Moun
tain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863 ; Missionary Ridge,
Tennessee, November 25, 1863, and Ringgold, Georgia, No
vember 27, 1863. He was mustered out with his regiment
on the expiration of its term of service, July 6, 1864.
In 1865 he married Miss S. M. Loutham, of Beaver
County, Pennsylvania, and they had three sons and one
daughter.
He has been engaged since the war in sawmilling, farm
ing, lumbering, stave tract, electric lighting, and milling.
He is a man of versatile knowledge of different kinds of
work.
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HUMPHREY B. OWEN.
Humphrey B. Owen was born in the year 1841. He was
educated in the common schools.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the
firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in Company
G, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., at Ravenna, Ohio, and
was mustered into the service of the United States at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 19, 1861, for three years.
His regiment was ordered to West Virginia, and he
participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port
Republic, Cedar Mountain (wounded), Chancellorsville
(wounded, rib being broken), Antietam, Gettysburg, Look
out Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold (wounded in
leg), Rocky Face Ridge, and Dallas, or New Hope Church.
He was never compelled to go to a hospital on account of
illness. He was a good soldier and tried to do his whole
duty while in the face of the enemy, and did it.
He was mustered out of the service with his regiment,
July 6, 1864, on expiration of its term of service.
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CORPORAL HUMPHREY B. OWEN
SAMUEL S. FISHER
ISAIAH B. GREEN
ANTHONY W. HORNER
ANTHONY WAYNE HORNER.
Anthony Wayne Horner was born at Berlin, Trumbull
County, Ohio, now Mahoning County, June 3, 1841. He
was educated in the common schools in that vicinity.
He enlisted for the three years' service at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, June 20, 1861, and was assigned to Company G, Sev
enth Regiment O. V. I. He participated in the following
battles: Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Win
chester, Virginia, March 23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia,
June 9, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3,
1863 ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863, and
various skirmishes. He was mustered out on expiration of
the term of service of his regiment July 6, 1864. He was
captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, but escaped the same
night.
February 6, 1866, he married Miss Sophrona E. Rose,
at Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio. They had seven boys
and three daughters born to them.
He entered the service of the P. F. W. & C. Ry. in the
year 1867, and remains with them up to the present time.
He lost his right leg in a railroad wreck in the year 1869.
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COMPANY H.
CHRISTIAN W. NESPER.
Capt. Christian W. Nesper was born in the village of
Klein in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, in the year 1838.
He was educated in the schools of his native village until his
thirteenth year. He imbibed a strong love for boating, fish
ing, and simple water craft on the River Neckar, near which
his parents resided, and decided to go to sea when he was
thirteen years old. He sailed the oceans of the earth in all
climes, first as cabin-boy and then before the mast. On one
of these trips he had an attack of yellow fever at an East
India port and was left on shore. After his recovery he
joined another ship and sailed until the year 1855, when he
landed at New York, quitting sailing for all time, and came
to Cleveland, Ohio, where he had a sister living. He
learned the trade of making cigars and commenced business
for himself. On account of his previous active out-door
life he joined the old "Cleveland Turn Verein" for exercise,
amusement, and to learn military drill, and while a member
of this association he made friends of Joe Krieger, E. H.
Bohm, and others, and continued these friendships through
life.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted
as a private in the National Guard for three months,
April 1 8, 1861, and this organization was assigned to the
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Company K, and was known
as such during the war. He reenlisted for three years June
25, 1 86 1, and was rapidly promoted to captain for brave
and meritorious conduct in the face of the enemy. He re
tained this position until the muster out of his regiment on
account of expiration of its term of service July 6, 1864.
He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March
CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN W. NESPER
(Died Sept. 1st, 1881.)
LIEUTENANT HENRY Z. EATON
COMPANY H 473
23, 1862; Port Republic, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain,
Virginia, August 9, 1862 (wounded slightly in the latter
battle) ; Second Bull Run campaign, August 20 to Septem
ber i, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 1862;
Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville,
Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, No
vember 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November
25, 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863 (in the
latter battle shot through both hips and dangerously
wounded) ; Dug Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Rocky Face
Ridge, Georgia, May n, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 13
and 15, 1864; New Hope Church, or Dallas, Georgia, May
26, 1864.
On his return to civil life he commenced again his old
business, and opened a factory for the manufacture of cigars
in connection with a store on Ontario street, Cleveland,
Ohio.
October 25, 1866, he married Miss Mary Meyer, and they
had two children, one boy and one girl. He died September
i, 1881.
He was a brave and patriotic officer and soldier, and was
beloved by all of his old comrades.
Requiescat in pace.
ARTHUR ALBION CAVANNAH.
(Compiled by his daughter, L/ucretia.)
Born at Burlington, March 12, 1842. Volunteered April
1 6, 1 86 1. Mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment,
at Camp Taylor, Cleveland. Reenlisted on second call,
same regiment, and participated in Cross Lanes, Loop
Creek, and Blue's Gap expeditions, and battle of Winches
ter, where he was severely wounded. He rejoined regiment
near Culpeper, and participated in battles of Cedar Moun
tain and Antietam. He was mustered out of the service on
account of disability in 1862.
When seven years old his father died. His mother,
whose family was of the Society of Friends (Quakers),
moved the family to Philadelphia, near Camden, her old
home. Arthur attended school until fourteen years of age,
when his mother's brother took him to Cleveland, where he
again attended school and later the Agricultural College.
Upon the discovery of oil in Mecca he went there, and was
engaged in drilling when Sumter was fired upon. After his
return from the army he married Miss Katharine Snyder of
Euclid, Pennsylvania. He entered the service of the Cleve
land Fire Department in 1863; was its secretary ten years,
and captain of Mazeppa No. i. He became Assistant Chief
in 1880. He devised the fire pipe line system for the fire
boats, which has since been extended in Cleveland, and
adopted by other cities, resulting in large saving in expense
of hose and delay of laying long lines. He promulgated
what is known as the fire cadet system, whereby young men
entering the Cleveland department as cadets have two years
of training before being accepted as firemen, advancing in
grade and salary each six months as they show progress, or
are rejected. After more than thirty years, during which
time he received many bad injuries, he retired upon the
urgent solicitation of his family.
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ARTHUR A. CAVANNAH
CHARLES T. GARRARD
(Private Co. H, 7th O. V. I. — Regimental Q. M. Serg't
6th U. S. Cavalry.)
CHARLES T. GARRARD.
Charles T. Garrard enlisted October 5, 1861, at Warren,
Ohio, and remained at Warren about one week, then left for
the front via Cleveland, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio, where
he was mustered in. From there the company went to Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and drew uniforms, and then up the Ohio
River to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, thence via the Kan-
awha River to Charleston, West Virginia. The regiment at
that time was at Gauley Bridge on a reconnaissance. He
was constantly with the regiment through its various winter
campaigns until it reached the vicinity of Winchester. Was
at the battle of Winchester March 23, 1862, and at the battle
of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, and at this battle he assisted
Capt. Geo. L. Wood of Company D, who was severely
wounded in the thigh, off the field, never leaving him until
he reached an ambulance. Lieutenant King, quartermaster,
assisted greatly, as he furnished a Confederate officer's cap
tured horse to carry Captain Wood off the field. Captain
Wood was nearly midway between the Union and Confed
erate lines when discovered, and needed assistance. We
were retiring at the time in good order. This was after the
regiment had fallen back about seventeen miles and formed
a junction with the balance of the division.
He then went to Alexandria with the Seventh and camped
near Fort Ellsworth, where their muskets were changed for
Springfield rifles. He was with the regiment at the battle
of Cedar Mountain. At this battle the regiment suffered
terribly, over two out of three being killed or wounded, and
he would have been there yet if Adjutant Molyneaux had
not come through the smoke to the right of the regiment
with an order to fall back, and when he got back a little he
found there were only two in this retreat, namely Corporal
Trimmer and himself. The balance of the regiment had al
ready left the field. Then followed the various campaigns
in and around the second battle of Bull Run and Chantilly,
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476 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
and thence through Maryland to South Mountain. Was at
the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, and with the
regiment in camp on Loudoun Heights, Virginia. On Oc
tober 23, 1862, under a general order from the War De
partment, he enlisted for the remainder of his time in the
Sixth U. S. Cavalry, and was discharged as regimental
quartermaster sergeant, Sixth U. S. Cavalry.
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REUBEN R. HINE
SURGEON ROBERT D. MURRAY
(Private Co. H, 7th O. V. I. — Surgeon U. S. Marine
Hospital Corps.)
ROBERT DRAKE MURRAY.
Robert Drake Murray was born at Ohlton, Trumbtill
County, Ohio, April 21, 1845. He was a son of Joseph
Arbor and Nancy (Drake) Murray and grandson of John
Ferguson Murray. He was educated in the common
schools at Bluffton, Ohio, and was licensed to teach, school
at fifteen and again at eighteen years of age.
He enlisted as a private in Company H, Seventh Regi
ment O. V. L, April 19, 1 86 1, for three months, and reen-
listed for three years June 19, 1861. He participated in
the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic,
Cedar Mountain, Virginia, and Antietam, Maryland, and
was honorably discharged from the service of the United
States November 29, 1862, on account of a severe wound
received in action.
September 9, 1863, he reenlisted as a private in the
Twelfth O. V. C. and was promoted to the position of brevet
lieutenant. Was wounded four times; was a prisoner of
war nearly five months, and was discharged from the service
July 10, 1865.
After the war he commenced the study of medicine at the
Tripler U. S. Army Hospital at Columbus, Ohio, in the year
1865, and the Cleveland Medical College, receiving the de
gree of M. D. in 1868 in the latter named college, and then
took a course in the Jefferson Medical College, graduating
as M. D. in 1871, having been resident physician to Philadel
phia Hospital eighteen months — 1870-1871.
Dr. Murray was appointed acting assistant surgeon, U.
S. Navy, 1871-72, and was on active duty in the United
States Hospital Service after April, 1872, serving at Key
West, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Norfolk, Vir
ginia; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee, and
Gulf Quarantine, Mississippi.
He was a specialist on yellow fever and was always called
upon by his superior officers when that dread scourge in-
SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
vaded the United States. Nineteen years of his life were
spent in fighting it in various cities in the South.
He was postmaster at Bluff ton, Ohio, in 1865, 1866, and
has been connected with all of the leading medical associa
tions since 1870. He was a member of the Odd Fellows.
He was a free and accepted Mason and Knight Templar.
He was a member of the G. A. R. and U. V. U., Seventh
Regiment O. V. L, and Twelfth O. V. C. Associations, and
National Association of United States Ex-Prisoners of
War.
Dr. Murray was a prolific writer on medical subjects and
his publications were accepted as authority on everything
connected with yellow fever.
He married, in 1875, Miss Lillie, daughter of Rev. C. A.
Falwood, at Key West, Florida. She died at Ship Island
Quarantine, in 1881, leaving five children — three daughters,
Gillie, Rebah, Karlie; and two sons, Robert Falwood and
Joseph Arbor Murray.
Dr. Murray died at Laredo, Texas, November 22, 1903.
SALMON S. PELTON
GEORGE W. OLIVER
GEORGE W. OLIVER.
George W. Oliver was born in Lancaster County, Penn
sylvania, on October 19, 1827, and received a common
school education.
He enlisted August n, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was
assigned to Company H, Seventh O. V. L, and joined his
command on October 9, 1862, on Loudoun Heights, Vir
ginia. He served faithfully and honorably and participated
in the battles of Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca,
New Hope Church, Pine Knob and at Kenesaw Moun
tain, Georgia, on June 19, 1864, where he was wounded and
suffered amputation of his right leg above the knee, and
was thus disabled from further service. Before his dis
charge he was transferred to the rolls of Company G, Fifth
Ohio Infantry, October 31, 1864, and was discharged at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, on June 21, 1865. He was a miller
by trade, and for twenty-five years followed that occupation
at Ohltown, Hubbard, and Girard, Ohio.
He was thrice married, the last time on September i,
1872, to Arcana McCartney of Girard, Ohio. His daugh
ter, Dorothy Edelyn Oliver, who has taken an interest in
her father's record as a faithful and gallant soldier, is now
Mrs. William J. Grant, of Washington, D. C., at 219 North
Capitol street.
When Comrade Oliver became disabled from rheuma
tism and the infirmities of age, in accordance with a cher
ished desire, on January 6, 1903, he was admitted to the
State Soldiers' Home at Sandusky, Ohio, where he died on
April 1 8, 1905, and was buried in the cemetery there. His
record as a soldier is one of which his ancestry may well be
proud, as he was not only faithful and true, but brave and
gallant in the face of the enemy, and shed his blood upon the
battlefield of Kenesaw Mountain for his country.
ADDISON WHITE.
Addison White was born in Southington, Ohio, on July
24, 1841, and was educated in the common schools of that
day.
He enlisted at Warren, Ohio, in Company H, Seventh
Ohio Infantry, and was mustered in at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, on June 20, 1861. He served as a private soldier all
through his three years' service, declining promotion repeat
edly offered him.
He participated in battle at Cross Lanes, Kernstown,
Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam and Dumfries,
when he was detailed as a stretcher-bearer in the ambulance
corps of Geary's division of the Twelfth Army Corps, and
filled this position gallantly at Chancellorsville and Gettys
burg, going well to the front and bringing off to a place of
safety severely wounded and disabled comrades.
At Gettysburg, during the terrific artillery duel between
the two armies on July 3, 1863, while passing a battery
whose men had been so reduced by the enemy's shot and
shell as to leave scarcely enough men to serve the guns, Ad
dison White, like the brave and gallant soldier that he was,
volunteered to assist the gunners, and did so until the artil
lery firing, before the great charge, ended. He fought at
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and
Ringgold, Georgia, in the Southwest, and was severely
wounded at the latter place. He was mustered out July 7,
1864, at Cleveland, Ohio, with his company.
He was married July 27, 1864, in Southington, Ohio, to
Maryetta Curtis, to whom two sons and three daughters
were born. He died of blood poisoning from his wound,
which never healed, but gradually grew worse, until after
untold suffering he died in Nelson, Ohio, on May 9, 1901,
and was buried at Southington Center, near where he had
lived for so many years.
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ADDISON WHITE
COMPANY H 481
Addison White was a man who gave his life to his coun
try's cause; a good citizen; a kind and indulgent husband
and father; a good comrade and a true and faithful friend.
May his soul rest in peace.
RILEY WHITE.
Riley White was born in October, 1844, in Southington
township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was educated in
common district schools.
He enlisted at Warren, Ohio, on October 7, 1861, as a
recruit in Company H, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and joined
the regiment at Charleston, West Virginia. He was at
Romney, and on the scout to Blue's Gap ; starved and froze
with his comrades at Phillip's Cross Roads; in battles at
Kernstown, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam.
He was taken seriously ill at Harper's Ferry, and on No
vember 19, 1862, was discharged on certificate of disability
to save his life. By reason of his youth and rapid growth,
like many others, Pope's retreat from Culpeper to Sharps-
burg wore him out. On February 7, 1865, he reenlisted in
Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry,
and served until September 19, 1865, when he was dis
charged at Nashville, Tennessee.
On April 26, 1866, he married Lucy Philpot, at Kilgore,
Carroll County, Ohio. Two sons and three daughters were
born to them. Since the war he has been a farmer.
On June 9, 1862, while in battle at Port Republic, Vir
ginia, Riley White — then fighting beside his elder brother,
Addison — remembered his father (whom he called "Pap"),
and wishing him to have some part in the lively contest then
going on with Stonewall Jackson's champion fighters, Riley
stepped up closely to his brother and said, "Add, let's load
up and give 'em one for Pap !" Addison consented, and af
ter carefully loading for the occasion, they took deliberate
aim and fired a modest volley of two pieces, in honor and
memory of their good loyal father, who then had five of his
six sons, then old enough to go to war, at the front,
Riley White, now resides in Warren, Ohio,
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RILEY WHITE
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH CRYNE
(Killed at Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27th, 1863.)
MAJOR ERNST J. KRIEGER
(Capt. Co. K, 7th O. V. I. — Major 177th O. V. I.
— Died March 14th, 1881.)
COMPANY K.
ERNST J. KRIEGER.
Capt. Ernst J. Krieger was born in Germany in the year
1833. He was educated in the common schools of his na
tive country, and was especially proficient in his native lan
guage. He emigrated with his parents to the United States
when he was young and settled at Cleveland, Ohio.
In November, 1860, the "Cleveland Turn Verein," on
account of the mutterings of a civil war, commenced learn
ing military drill so as to be prepared, and he was one of the
most patriotic members of the organization.
April 1 8, 1 86 1, at the first firing on Fort Sumter he joined
the "National Guards" for a period of three months as a
private. This company was mustered into the service of
the United States as Company K, Seventh Regiment O. V.
L, and was known as such thereafter. Reenlisted June 19,
1861, for a period of three years or during the war. He
was rapidly promoted to the position of captain for gallant
and meritorious service in the face of the enemy, and was
mustered out with his regiment on account of expiration of
its term of service July 6, 1864, as such officer.
He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes,
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March
23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Cedar
Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Second Bull Run
campaign, August 20 to September 2, 1862; Antietam,
Maryland, September 17, 1862 (wounded in the head in the
latter-named battle) ; Dumfries, Virginia, December 27,
1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863;
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July I, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863; Missionary
Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863 ; Ringgold, Georgia,
November 27, 1863 (wounded) ; Dug Gap, Georgia, May
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484 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May u, 1864; Re-
saca, Georgia, May 13 and 15, 1864; New Hiope Church,
or Dallas, Georgia, May 26, 1864.
After the muster out of his regiment he was appointed
major of the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh O. V. I.
and joined that command, and was mustered out with it at
the close of the war, when he returned to Cleveland, Ohio,
and became a partner in a machine building firm which was
a failure. He had several attacks of paralysis brought on
on account of the wound he had received at Antietam, and in
1878 was admitted to the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio.
He remained there until he died, March 14, 1881. He was
buried with full military honors in Section B, Row 12, Grave
27, Home Cemetery, where a marble stone bearing name,
command, etc., was placed,.
Krieger was an exceptionally brave and patriotic soldier,
and his early demise was occasioned by the wound he had
received in action.
Requiescat in pace.
CAPTAIN JOHN F. SCHUTTE
(As he appeared on enlistment in the Mexican War — Killed i
skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20th, 1861.)
FREDERICK H. SCHMIDT
SEVENTH REGIMENT MONUMENT
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, O.
Miscellany
SEVENTH REGIMENT MONUMENT AT CLEVE
LAND, OHIO.
BY CAPT. GEO. A. McKAY.
A monument to the lamented dead of the Seventh Regi
ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry was erected at Cleveland,
Ohio, in the year 1872, having been contracted for in the
year 1867. A. & G. Dodds of Xenia, Ohio, and St. Louis,
Missouri, were the contractors, they agreeing to erect the
monument for such funds as might be raised by subscrip
tion, not to exceed $15,000. The monument was to consist
of Quincy granite for the base, and the shaft of Peterhead
red, and the eagle with outstretched wings of Peterhead
gray granite.
The granite was cut at the quarries, polished, and the list
of battles carved thereon before the material left Scotland,
which necessitated great delay before everything was ready
for transportation to the United States.
The original committee, as appointed by the Seventh
Regiment O. V. I. Association, consisted of George A.
McKay, Frank Rockefeller, E. J. Krieger, and Frank But
ton, all of Cleveland, Ohio, and E. W. Force of Chagrin
Falls, Ohio. This committee was changed repeatedly
before the monument was completed. The next one ap
pointed was made up of Jos. B. Molyneaux, William A.
Howe, George A. McKay, Frank Rockefeller, Jere G.
Claflin, and T. T. Sweeney. The final committee consisted
of Frank Rockefeller, chairman; J. B. Molyneaux, W. A.
Howe, Frank Williams, J. G. Claflin, C. Cowan, William
Southwell, W. T. Callow, and T. T. Sweene>.
486 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
All of the committees as appointed by the regiment are
entitled to its thanks for the zeal displayed by them in rais
ing funds for the purpose indicated above, by subscriptions
from private persons not affiliated with the regiment, mem
bers of the regiment, by dinners furnished in a tent on the
square by the ladies of Cleveland, Ohio, boat rides, and
raffling a horse furnished by Gen. E. B. Tyler — the latter
means being a regular gold brick, the profits being on the
wrong side of the ledger by a large majority.
Every member of the different committees did his level
best to achieve success, but it was ascertained that it would
be impossible to raise subscriptions equaling $15,000, and a
new contract was entered into by the contracting parties,
the contractors agreeing to accept $8,500, the amount raised
by the committee, as full compensation for the monument,
and it was erected in Woodland Cemetery on a lot donated
by the city of Cleveland.
The committee had paid all expenses and duties on the
different parts as they had arrived, by which means the con
tractors were at no actual outlay, and were perfectly satis
fied when the subscription lists were turned over to them
with the balance of the cash raised. In fact, they stated
that they made nothing, nor did they lose one cent by the
last contract.
At the dedication of the monument the principal speakers
were Gen. John W. Geary, Governor of the State of Penn
sylvania; Gen. Erastus B. Tyler, and Maj. William Mc-
Kinley, afterward President of the United States, all of
whom eulogized the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and testified to their patriotism and
valor in the face of the enemy.
9Efi!ut§I
BRIGADE MONUMENT
Battlefield of Antietam, Md.
THE MONUMENT AT ANTIETAM, MARYLAND.
The joint monument to the Fifth, Seventh, and Sixty-
sixth Regiments of Ohio Infantry, provided by the State of
Ohio and located upon the north side of the Hagerstown
turnpike nearly opposite to the Dunker Church, was dedi
cated in the presence of Governor Nash, the members of the
Ohio Antietam Battlefield Commission, Assistant Secretary
of War Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver, General Ian Hamilton of
the British Army, and many comrades and citizens, on the
1 3th of October, 1903.
The following inscriptions appear upon the front :
OHIO
5th Infantry. 66th Infantry. 7th Infantry.
Commanded by Commanded by Commanded by
Major JOHN COUJNS. Lieut. Col. EUGENE MAJOR ORRINJ. CRANE.
POWELL.
(Owl) Tyndale's (First) Brigade, (Rooster]
Greene's (Second) Division,
Twelfth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac.
Upon the back, raised and polished :
5th 66th yth
This monument cost four thousand and five hundred dol
lars, and the locating committee from the Seventh were J.
B. Molyneaux, Wm. A. Howe, and Gustav Smith.
By request a historical sketch of the Seventh was pre
pared by Lawrence Wilson of Company D, who at the dedi
cation, on behalf of Tyndale's brigade, read the official re
port of Major Orrin J. Crane, detailing the movements of
these regiments at the battle of Antietam, and in front of
Dunker Church.
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THE REGIMENTAL MONUMENT AT GETTYS
BURG.
On the 4th of May, 1885, the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio passed an Act "To appropriate money to pur
chase land upon which to erect a monument to the memory
of the soldiers of Ohio who died upon the battlefield of Get
tysburg." The Act thus entitled appropriated for the pur
pose named the sum of $5,000, to be expended upon the
requisition of the Adjutant-General, subject to the direction
of the Battlefield Memorial Commission. For consultation
as to the best means of carrying into effect the purpose of
this act, a meeting of the surviving Ohio soldiers who took
part in the battle was called by the Adjutant-General, and
was held at the State Capitol, July 4, 1885. At this meet
ing a resolution was adopted without dissent, expressing the
desire of the survivors of the battle, that the money appro
priated by the Act of May 4 should first provide for designa
ting all the localities on the field where Ohio soldiers fought,
and recommending delay in expenditure of the appropria
tion should the law not authorize such designation. At the
same meeting a committee was appointed to accompany the
Adjutant-General to Gettysburg, and assist him in locating
the positions in which Ohio troops fought. On the I3th of
the ensuing month this committee met at Gettysburg, repre
sentations from the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-ninth, Fifty-fifth, Sixty-first, Sixty-sixth, Seventy-
third, Seventy-fifth, and One Hundred and Seventh Ohio In
fantry, and from Battery H First Ohio Light Artillery, and
after inspecting the field the committee held an adjourned
meeting, and by resolution declared it to be the sense of
those present that the sum of $2,000 should be appropriated
for each Ohio regiment, battery, or other organization
which took part in the battle, for the erection upon the
proper positions of suitable' monuments and tablets, and for
MONUMENTS 489
purchasing* plats, opening thoroughfares, and keeping the
grounds and memorials in good condition.
tij^t tjie ; next session of the General Assembly an amenda-
tpry, jafld .supplementary act was passed on April 21, 1886,
appropriating in addition to the $5,000 previously appropri
ated, the sum of $35,000 to be used by a commission con
sisting of 'the Adjutant-General, Secretary of State, and
.Auditor of State, in meeting the expense of obtaining
ground and sites on the battlefield of Gettysburg, and for
locating, procuring, and erecting suitable monuments and
memorials commemorative of the deeds of the soldiers from
Ohio who fought there. This commission met at Gettys
burg on July 15 and 16, 1886, and made careful inspection
and examination of the positions occupied by Ohio organiza
tions during the battle, and after mature deliberation de
cided that each organization should 'have its own special
monument, no two alike in pattern and design, and each to
cost $1,500. Bids were at once advertised for and con
tracts let for the preparation of these memorials, and on
Wednesday, September 14, 1887, they were formally dedi
cated and turned over to the Gettysburg Battlefield Com
mission for future care and protection.
EXERCISES AT THE NATIONAL, CEMETERY ROSTRUM.
A national salute was fired at sunrise, and at 9 o'clock A.
M. Governor Foraker and his staff, the Memorial Commis
sion, the surviving members of the commemorated organ
izations, and the invited guests were escorted by the Four
teenth Regiment of Ohio Militia to Cemetery Hill, where an
artillery salute to the Governor was fired, and the regiment
being paraded in its camp presented arms. The proces
sion then moved to the Rostrum in the National Cemetery,
where the formal exercises of the day took place as an
nounced in the program. Captain Geo. A. McKay, who
was present on that occasion, has kindly written the fol
lowing interesting account of the proceedings there:
490 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF
GETTYSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 14, 1887.
It was my good fortune to participate with a great many
others of the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
in the greatest battle of the civil war of 1861 to 1865, to wit :
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
As you will remember, we were encamped the night
before the first day's fight, near Littlestown, Pa., and when
we arrived ojar brigade was sent to the left of the Eleventh
Corps at Little Round Top to stop the charge of the Con
federates in that direction. We were not engaged, but our
appearance stopped their advance. The next morning we
were ordered to the right, and our fighting was all done on
Gulp's Hill, where we had the pleasure for the first time of
fighting behind regular breastworks; but, thank God, it
was not the last. We were badly mauled during the first
two days, but were still in the ring and were conquerors on
the third.
When we moved away from the battlefield on July 4,
1863, I never visited the field until September 13, 1887,
when memorials were erected by the State of Ohio to their
honored dead on that historic field.
The Commission for the Seventh Regiment was com
posed of Captains, William A. Howe, Edward Hi. Bohm,
and George A. McKay. On account of business affairs the
latter-named Commissioner was the only one present at the
dedication, leaving Cleveland, Ohio, at 11.10 P. M., Septem
ber 12. On the evening of the I3th he arrived at Gettys
burg, Pennsylvania. Metaphorically speaking, he was
"tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp-ground." On
the 1 4th he stood on the ground where the immortal Presi
dent Lincoln in his address in the year 1863 had said, "The
world will little note nor long remember what we say here,
but it can never forget what they did here."
The members of the Memorial Commission were as fol
lows : Gen. H. A. Axline, Adjutant-General; Gen. James
S. Robinson, Secretary of State; Hon. Emil Kiesewetter,
Auditor of State; Hon. Alfred E. Lee, Secretary of the
Commission, all from Ohio.
FIRMIN— 7th Conn. WILSON— ;th Ohio
SEVENTH REGIMENT MONUMENT
On Gulp's Hill— Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa.
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ORDER OF THE DAY.
National Salute.
Dedication of the Ohio Memorials.
Dedicatory Salute.
Ohio Camp-fire.
Regimental Reunions.
ORDER OF EXERCISES AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ROSTRUM.
Overture Niagara (Some Day),
Band Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G.
Prayer, Rev. Wm. E. Moore, D. D.
Song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic,"
Miss Anne Marie De Beck.
Address, "Ohio Troops in the Battle of Gettysburg,"
Gen. H. A. Axline.
Music, "Soldier's Prayer,"
Band Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G.
Address, "The Memorial Commission and its Work,"
Hon. Emil Kiesewetter.
Music, Inflammatus from "Stabat Mater,"
Band Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G.
Address, Presentation of the Ohio Memorials to the Gov
ernor of the State, Gen. James S. Robinson.
Response, Presentation of the Memorials to the Battlefield
Association,
Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, Governor of Ohio.
Response, In Behalf of the Association,
Hon. James A. Beaver, Governor of Pennsylvania.
Music, "Infantry Signal Serenade,"
Band of Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G.
Song, "Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground,"
Miss Anne Marie De Beck.
Memorial Address, Gen. I. H. Hurst.
Song, "Star Spangled Banner,"
Miss Anne Marie De Beck.
Benediction, Rev. Wm. E. Moore, D. D.
SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The following organizations from Ohio participated in
the battle : Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Twenty-
fifth, Twenty-ninth, Fifty-fifth, Sixty-first, Sixty-sixth, Sev
enty-third, Seventy-fifth, Eighty-second, and One Hundred
and Seventh Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Batteries
H, I, K, and L, Volunteer Light Artillery ; First and Sixth
Regiments Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
The finest scholarly and military address at the dedica
tion was made by Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, Governor of the
State of Ohio. While listening to it I could understand
thoroughly the anthem of the "Star Spangled Banner,"
"Long may it wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home
of the brave."
I was invited to ride over the battlefield with the Gov
ernor and his staff, but declined, preferring to walk over it
from right to left, so as actually to inspect the positions of
the different organizations participating. I was so tired at
the finish that my return was a ride. On Little Round Top
the party I was with sang that good old Scotch song by
Robert Burns :
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind;
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And the days of Auld Lang Syne."
I returned to Cleveland, Ohio, September 16, 1887, in a
used-up condition, but thankful that I had been able to at
tend. I will conclude with the following excerpt :
"Now the muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave."
Soon, very soon, we will all be there.
SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
"Monument located on Gulp's Hill, near the right of
Greene's brigade. The position is commanding, and was a
very important one during the battle of the morning of July
3. The Union works to the right of this point, after having
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been vacated by the Twelfth Corps, were seized by John
son's Confederate Division during the evening of July 2.
During the morning of July 3 the Confederates were driven
out of these works after seven hours of battle. The Sev
enth and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, returning with the
Twelfth Corps, assisted in holding this position against the
assaults of the enemy."
CANDY'S BRIGADE MARKER.
On the afternoon of July i, 1863, under orders from Gen
eral Hancock, the First and Third Brigades of Geary's divi
sion of the Twelfth Corps went into position to the right of
and near Little Round Top, and that night the Fifth Ohio
and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry
occupied Little Round Top and picketed to the left and
front.
In later years, while visiting the battlefield of Gettysburg,
Lawrence Wilson, seeing markers in that section account
ing for these two regiments upon that very important occa
sion, became imbued with a desire that the other regiments
of Candy's brigade should also have a distinguishing mark
of some character indicating they were also then on that
part of the field.
With this end in view he issued a call for a meeting of the
members of the old brigade, during the National Encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Cleveland on the
1 9th of September, 1901, for the purpose of considering this
important matter, when a brigade organization was formed
by the election of Judge John P. Murphy of the Fifth Ohio,
residing in Cincinnati, as president, and W. P. Ouayle of the
Sixty-sixth Ohio, residing at Rock Island, secretary. A
resolution was then passed in favor of marking the position
occupied by Candy's brigade on the night of July i, 1863,
and providing for the appointment of a committee, consist
ing of one comrade from each of the six regiments in said
brigade, to take charge of the project and push it to a suc
cessful termination.
The president appointed the following committee: Maj.
Krewson Yerkes, Fifth Ohio ; Sergt. Lawrence Wilson,
Seventh Ohio; Col. D. W. Thomas, Twenty-ninth Ohio;
Maj. Thos. McConnell, Sixty-sixth Ohio; Capt. John O.
Foering, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, and Maj. J. A.
Moore of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylva-
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nia, with Lawrence Wilson as chairman. As Colonel
Thomas neglected to serve and Major McConnell soon died
very unexpectedly, Capt. Charles W. Kellogg of the Twen
ty-ninth and Col. Charles Candy of the Sixty-sixth were
appointed to act in their stead, and the committee thus kept
intact. This committee visited the battlefield in October,
1901, selected a site for a marker on Sedgwick avenue near
Little Round Top, and adopted a design for the same, such
as is shown in cut, consisting of a bronze tablet bearing an
inscription and legend, sunk in the face of a granite die rest
ing upon a substantial granite base suitably marked as is
herein plainly delineated.
All arrangements having been successfully carried out and
the marker being in position, this modest little tribute to the
gallant officers whose names appear thereon and to the sol
diers true who followed them where they led was dedicated
on Thursday, September 18, 1902, in the presence of the
president, Judge Murphy, who came all the way from Cin
cinnati and made a brief address ; Col. John P. Nicholson
and Major Robbins of the battlefield commission ; members
of the brigade committee, comrades, ladies and gentlemen,
when this token of love, pride, and patriotism was formally
turned over to Colonel Nicholson for safe keeping. The
dedicatory services consisted mainly of a statement by the
chairman of the committee explaining how this marker came
into existence ; a brief address by Judge Murphy as presid
ing officer ; an invocation by Rev. Owen Hicks ; the read
ing of the military records of all the officers named on the
marker by Captains Howe and Foering and Sergeant Wil
son ; and addresses by Colonel Candy, Colonel Nicholson
and Major Robbins — the latter of the C. S. A., who fought
there under General Longstreet. A large photograph of
marker and group was taken.
HISTORY OF THE WHITE BANNER.
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Kindly Supplied by CAPT. W. A. HOWE.
If there is any sentiment more active than all others in the
breast of a soldier as he leaves everything dear to him and
goes to the defense of what is more precious than life — his
country — it is the thought that grateful hearts will lament
him, and vie with each other in doing him honor if he re
turns safely from the perils of war. This sentiment is above
all characteristic of the American soldier, where hardships
are endured to preserve a government of his own, instead of
a monarch's, which is administered, as it were, by himself,
and which he desires to hand down to posterity as strongly
established as he received it from his ancestors.
The Ohio ladies residing in New York, after a careful
study of the records of the different regiments of our State,
prompted by a noble impulse, have recently conferred a sig
nal mark of honor on the Seventh Regiment Volunteer In
fantry. The following correspondence on the subjecc will
be read with interest by all who delight to see the brave
honored for noble sacrifices in a glorious cause.
Coiv. SAMUEL MCCLELLAND AND SOLDIERS OF THE
SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
In performance of a pleasing duty confided to me by the
Ohio Ladies' Society, permit me, gentlemen, to say it has
been the custom in all ages to bestow some distinctive mark
of approbation upon those who at their country's call im
periled their lives and fortunes in its defense. Prompted by
this idea, the Ohio ladies resident in New York executed an
elaborate and artistic banner for presentation to the Ohio
regiment whose military exploits during the great rebellion
should entitle it to the proud distinction of being called the
Ohio Banner Regiment. The banner thus prepared has been
Tothe rKEGLO.\n.
THE WHITE BANNER
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held subject to decision of the delicate question as to which
of the Ohio regiments was entitled to receive it.
A critical examination of the records of all the regiments
that entered the service from the State of Ohio, and the cam
paigns through which they served, was undertaken. The
civil and military authorities of both the National and State
governments were counseled with, but the question became
still more grave and perplexing when it was understood how
nobly the majority of the Ohio regiments had behaved in
time of battle and elsewhere during the war. But, gentle
men, without disparagement to the bravery or heroism of
any other Ohio regiment, the ladies have decided that to you,
officers and men of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
this beautiful banner rightfully belongs. Whether in camp,
on the march or in battle, you never shrank from duty.
Your drill and discipline were admirable, and positions that
were both vital in importance and perilous in character were
assigned to your regiment. Gentlemen, your military or
ganization belongs to the State of Ohio, but your military
achievements belong to the common country.
An official letter received by me from the secretary of the
Ohio Ladies' Society more fully explains not only the
grounds for their decision, but it also contains a brief and
interesting history of their society, and reads as follows :
"NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 1868.
"GEORGE E. HAW,, ESQ.
"DEAR SIR : I send you by express to-day 'a flag' which
you are respectfully requested to present to the Seventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in the name of the Ohio La
dies' Society, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission.
A brief history of the society and its objects will furnish the
reason why the presentation has been delayed until this late
day. At the great fair held in this city in the spring of 1864,
in aid of the Sanitary Commission, a number of Ohio ladies
who were born and raised in Ohio, but had become residents
of New York, feeling an anxiety to do something in aid of
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the fair, formed a society for that purpose. Meetings were
held once a week for three months before the exhibition,
during which a large number and variety of articles were
made, among them this flag, which it was understood should
at the end of the war be given to the Ohio regiment which
had most distinguished itself in the service. The committee
of arrangements appropriated a large table in a conspicuous
part of the fair for the use of the Ohio Ladies' Society. On
this table the articles were displayed, surmounted by the
flag, and attracted all Ohio visitors to the fair, especially the
Ohio soldiers. On one occasion an Ohio officer, who refused
to give his name, handed to one of the ladies in charge a
fifty-dollar bill, and, when asked what he would have in ex
change, said : 'It is my contribution to your society.' Much
curiosity was shown and many questions were asked as to
whether the ladies had come all the way from Ohio to con
tribute to the fair. The table was very liberally patronized,
and at times the crowd was so great that they could not all
be waited upon. The result was that nearly three thousand
dollars was realized and paid over to the treasurer of the
fair. The war ended in the spring of 1865, and at once a
correspondence was opened with Governor Tod, asking him
to name the regiment that was best entitled to the flag. The
reply was characteristic of the man : 'Every one is entitled
to it.' Other distinguished persons have from time to time
been consulted, including Governor Brough, Governor
Hayes, the Hon. Martin Welker, and other members of
Congress, but all seemed unwilling to say that any one regi
ment had more distinguished itself than another, and we
have therefore been unable to carry out the object of the
society until the present time. Finally, through your exer
tions, the opinions of Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania;
General Slocum, of New York, and Gen. E. B. Tyler, of
Baltimore, were obtained, and they all declared in favor of
the Seventh Ohio. We desire you, in presenting this flag,
to assure the shattered remnant of the regiment that we en
tertain for each and every one of them sentiments of grati
tude and esteem it is not in our power to express. We are
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proud of our native State ; proud of her record during the
war; proud of her generals, and especially proud of her
soldiers, who have made that record glorious. Very re
spectfully,
"MRS. ALBERT W. GREEN, Secretary.
"Committee: Mrs. S. RANSOM, Mrs. J. R. CECIL, Mrs.
S. HAUK, Mrs. T. R. REED, Mrs. J. G. PLYMPTON, Mrs.
T. R. BENTER.
Thus, gentlemen, you have from the Ohio Ladies' Society
the origin and history of this artistic and beautiful banner,
which, agreeable to the wish of the society, I now formally
present to your regiment.
Yours truly,
GEORGE E. HALL.
"CLEVELAND, OHIO, Feb. 3, 1870.
"GEORGE E. HALL, ESQ.
"DEAR SIR: After a lengthened delay, resulting from
circumstances without our control, the undersigned execu
tive committee of the Seventh Regiment Association have
the honor to acknowledge, in behalf of the association, the
reception and acceptance of the banner presented through
you by the Ohio Ladies' Society, for the benefit of the Sani
tary commission, to the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. The distinguished honor thus conferred upon
the regiment, while it fills every heart of the few remaining
members of the organization with the most profound grati
tude toward the noble ladies, most noble daughters of our
gallant State who conceived it, as well as to the brilliant sol
diers who paid their tribute to our claim, and begets a feel
ing of the deepest pride and gratification which we would
not conceal. We are yet compelled to feel that rather our
good fortune than our merit as a regiment has favored us in
being selected as the object of this magnificent and priceless
recognition. As soldiers, as citizens, as freemen, we are
conscious of having done only our duty manfully, faithfully,
zealously, and it is the proud honor and eternal glory of our
5OO SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
State that of all the heroic and patriotic thousands of her
sons who went forth to the battlefield, not a regiment failed
to respond to the call of duty, or by any single act cast the
least stain upon her fair escutcheon. We cannot forget or
overlook in our own good fortune the lofty patriotism, the
glorious deeds, and the terrible sacrifices of our fellow-sol
diers, entitling them to the everlasting love and honor of
their countrymen. Side by side we fought with them on
many a hotly-contested and sanguinary field in the gloomiest
hours of the strife, when hope had almost withered from the
hearts of men, and in their valor and support found inspira
tion and courage to meet the great duties we had to do.
How often in the storm of battle, with the dead and dying
blocking our path, the contest hanging on a thread, we have
looked with eager and anxious eyes toward the standard of
our Ohio brothers in arms for encouragement and been
made strong by their example. We may not say — but
deeply do we feel conscious of the support they gave us.
The dust of hundreds of our comrades mingled with theirs
in everlasting repose on historic fields of Virginia, of Mary
land, of Pennsylvania and of Georgia equals in valor, in
patriotism and sacrifice. To the soldier who has faithfully
discharged his trust no higher or more cherished reward can
crown his efforts than the approval of his countrymen, and
such a recognition and endearment as is conveyed in the
splendid banner we have been honored with sinks deeply into
our hearts, strengthening our love of country, brightening
our estimate of mankind, and making us feel how false is
that maxim which says "Republics are ungrateful." In the
present case the impression is stronger in that the honor
comes from women. What love, what honor, what respect
does not every soldier owe her? Only the pen that is di
rected by inspiration shall ever tell in all its fullness the story
of her devotion and her work for the soldier. In conclusion,
let me ask you, sir, to accept the profound thanks of our
association for your part in the matter, and the assurance
that the kindly interest you have manifested and the gener
ous sentiment you have expressed toward us are garnered
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in our memories to live while we shall live. You will con
vey to the ladies whom you represent the expression of our
deepest gratitude, and say to them their names are graven
indelibly on our hearts. The splendid work of their hands
we consecrate to the memory of our dead comrades, and
shall cherish it through life as a possession made sacred by
every recollection of the vicissitudes, the hardships and the
dangers of our soldier life. With the highest respect, your
obedient servant.
"J- B. MOLYNEAUX, Chairman.
"F. ROCKEFELLER, Secretary.
"Committee: W. A. HOWE, WM. SOUTHWELL,, CHARLES
COWAN, J. G. CLAFLIN, T. T. SWEENEY/'
"SEVENTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. ASSOCIATION,
"CLEVELAND, OHIO, June, 1904.
"DEAR COMRADE:
"The history of our White Banner, which was presented
to us by the Ohio Ladies, resident in New York in 1864, at
the time of the great Sanitary Fair, is well known to every
comrade of our regiment.
"The executive committee have felt for some time that we
should deposit this precious relic in some place for preserva
tion, where it might be kept for all time, and where our
children and the public would be able to see it.
"The Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland
has kindly offered to accept and take care of it and give it
a prominent place in its beautiful and fire-proof building,
which offer we have accepted.
"Through the kindness and generosity of our esteemed
friend, Mr. N. P. Bowler, we have been enabled to place the
banner in a beautiful case that will properly preserve it.
"On Saturday, June i8th, 1904, at 2 o'clock p. M., it is
desired that the comrades of the Seventh Regiment, O. V.
I. Association, meet at the Historical Society's Building,
corner of Euclid Avenue and Fairmount Street, to formally
present the banner to the officers of the Western Reserve
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Historical Society, and it is hoped that every comrade will
make a special effort to be present at that time.
"Come and bring your family and friends and let us make
this a special reunion occasion long to be remembered.
"JOHN E. COLBRUNN,
President.
WM. A. HOWE,
E. H. BOHM,
GEO. A. McKAY,
LEVI F. BAUDER,
"Committee"
EXERCISES ATTENDING THE TRANSFER OF THE "WHITE
BANNER" FROM SEVENTH REGIMENT o. v. i. ASSOCIA
TION TO WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
JUNE 18, 1904.
PROGRAM.
SELECTION, Wagner Quartet
HISTORY OF WHITE BANNER
WM. A. HOWE
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PRESENTATION OF BANNER
E. H. BOHM
SELECTION, Wagner Quartet
ADDRESS
LEVI F. BAUDER
SELECTION, Wagner Quartet
RECEPTION OF BANNER
HON. L. E. HOLDFN
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OUR FIRST REUNION.
TO SURVIVING MEMBERS.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 14, l866.
Agreeably to the circular call issued from Washington
City on the twelfth day of July, ultimo, the result of a meet
ing of the old members of the Seventh Regiment now resi
dents of that city, and for the purpose of carrying into effect
the project therein indicated, of bringing about a reunion of
the surviving members of the Seventh, and of considering
the propriety and feasibility of effecting a permanent organi
zation of the regiment, the committee designated in the call
to make the necessary arrangements met in this city on
Monday evening, the 6th inst., and agreed upon Cleveland
as the place and September 10 as the time for the occurrence
of the designed reunion. A sub-committee was appointed to
arrange the necessary details, and a proper hall for the as
sembling of those attending has been obtained and all other
requisite arrangements made. It now only remains for the
members of the regiment to unite heartily and earnestly in
the execution of the plan in view, and thus rekindle the
friendships formed in the long marches and terrible combats
of three years arid a half of war, and review the pleasant
memories made around the bivouac fire and when resting
for a time from the arduous duties of the active campaign.
In addressing this call to the remaining members of the old
Seventh, the committee feel it to be unnecessary to make
any especial appeal to the crowding recollections of their
soldier life as an incentive to their attendance upon the re
union. We know the just and honorable pride which every
member of the old Seventh feels in the unblemished record
of that regiment, and we feel certain there are none who will
not hail with the most profound satisfaction the opportunity
that such a meeting as is proposed will furnish for cementing
more closely our friendships and perpetuating the honorable
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deeds and dear memories of our career as Union soldiers.
But if any incentive were needed to awaken a proper interest
in the project we have in view, the claims upon us by dead
brethren — of Creighton and Crane, and the hundreds of
others whose heroic deeds have added their full share of
glory to the army of the Union and who attested with their
lives their devotion to the Nation and to freedom — would
be sufficient to inspire it. It is our duty that the names of
those gallant soldiers should be graven in the imperishable
marble, there to stand as eternal monitors to posterity and
an undying example of the sacrifices freedom may claim
and receive of her children. To consecrate and perpetuate
the memory of our dead comrades, record "the battles,
sieges, fortunes we have passed," cement the friendships
formed, group together in historic shape the memories and
incidents we would preserve, and devise such measures as
may be thought necessary and expedient for our common
good, are the cardinal objects of our proposed reunion. To
the thorough and satisfactory accomplishment of these pur
poses a full attendance of the surviving members of the regi
ment is necessary, since there is no one but can add his mite
to make up the general contribution. The committee confi
dently indulge the hope that such desired attendance will be
had, and the result can then be no other than a success.
Upon the arrival of the members they will report at Gar-
rett's Hall, corner of Euclid avenue and Monument Park.
Gen. E. B. TYLER, Chairman.
Capt. JOE B. MOLYNEAUX, Secretary.
THE REUNION.
The surviving members of the Seventh Ohio Infantry
held a meeting at Garrett's Hall, commencing at 10 o'clock
A. M., September 10, 1866, pursuant to a call issued August
14, 1866.
Col. Samuel McClelland was appointed temporary chair
man and Lieutenant H. Z. Eaton, secretary.
Generals Tyler and Steedman made brief and pointed
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speeches relative to the object of the meeting while it was in
waiting for the arrival of members from other places.
After a committee of five, consisting of Col. L. R. Davis,
Maj. E. J. Krieger, Captain DeForest, Lieut. J. F. Palmer
and Sergt. Levi F. Bander, was appointed on permanent
organization, the convention adjourned until i o'clock p. M.
The following gentlemen, surviving members of the Sev
enth Regiment O. V. I., were present at the forenoon ses
sion, the list being largely increased during the afternoon:
Gen. E. B. Tyler, Baltimore,, Md. ; Col. Samuel Mc
Clelland, Youngstown, O. ; Chaplain Frederick T.
Brown, Chicago, 111.; Maj. E. J. Kreiger, Cleveland,
O.; Col. L. R. Davis, Alliance, O. ; Capt. J. B. Moly-
neaux, Cleveland, O. ; Capt. William A. Howe, Cleve
land, O.; Lieut. D. A. Kimball, Cleveland, O. ; Capt.
John G. Parsons, Cleveland, O. ; Lieut. H. Z. Eaton, To
ledo, p.; Capt. S. S. Reed, Rootstown, O. ; Lieut. S. T.
Loomis, Painesville, O. ; Lieut. Jere G. Claflin, Cleveland,
O.; Capt. C. W. Nesper, Cleveland, O.; J. C. Gazeley,
Cleveland, O. ; Marcus Brockway, Cleveland, O. ; Fred
Bock, Cleveland, O. ; Conrad Beckman, Cleveland, O. ; A.
M. Clinton, Cleveland, O. ; William E. Forbey, Cleveland,
O. ; Andrew Atloff, Cleveland, O. ; R. R. Peebles, Bruns
wick, O.; William Seafert, Cleveland, O. ; Richard Win-
sor, Oberlin, O. ; W. Woodmansee, Oberlin, O. ; Joseph
S. Clarke, Cleveland, O. ; Stephen Averill, Cleveland, O. ;
Johnson Russell, Cleveland, O. ; Charles Cowan, Cleveland,
O. ; Gus Ziemer, Cleveland, O. ; S. Lamphear, New Lisbon,
O. ; L. M. Chapman, Broomfield, O. ; C. D. Bertholf, Broom-
field, O.; N. Twitchel, Broomfield, O. ; G. M. Carter,
Broomfield, O. ; A. S. Doles, Parkman, O. ; Samuel J. Sad
ler, Cleveland, O. ; James Baxter, Streetsboro, O. ; George
Beardsley, Ravenna, O. ; Conrad Lammer, Cleveland, O. ;
A. A. Cavanah, Cleveland, O. ; Lewis Knight, Thompson,
O. ; Ernst Zwicker, Cleveland, O. ; William Southwell,
Cleveland, O. ; Fred Spencer, Cleveland, O. ; Thomas Sco-
ville, Cleveland, O. ; W. H. Johnson, Cleveland, O. ; H.
Blakelock, Cleveland, O. ; H, Fairchilds, Brownhelm, O. ;
W. W. Hunt, Chagrin Falls, O. ; Martin V. Clark, Parma!
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O. ; S. C. Wheeler, Sandusky, O. ; L. A. Bartlett, Washing
ton, D. C.; Thomas Walker, New Castle, Pa.; M. V.
Burt, Cuyahoga Falls, O. ; John Gilanders, Oberlin, O. ; W.
E. Bartlett, Huron, O. ; M. R. Hughes, Newburg, O. ; S.
S. Hall, Broomfield, O. ; C. P. Rodenbaugh, Kent, O. ; L.
A. Stanley, Ravenna, O. ; P. P. Foster, Macedonia, O. ;
Saurin Reed, Berea, O. ; G. W. Golden, Hudson, O. ;
Charles L. King, Ravenna, O. ; Enos T. Mills, Atwater, O. ;
Albert Witherell, Fredonia Station, O. ; Marion F. Hoover,
North Benton, O. ; Jacob Marks, Cleveland, O. ; R. Win-
zenreid, Cleveland, O. ; W. H. B. Williams, Cleveland, O. ;
E. J. Couch, New Brighton, O. ; Lawrence Wilson, Wash
ington, D. C. ; L. G. DeForest, Cleveland, O. ; Levi F.
Bauder, Cleveland, O. ; M. H. Whaley, Cleveland, O. ; Da
vid Bennett, Claridon, O. ; J. F. Harmon, Oberlin, O. ;
Harry Wood, Fife Major, Geneva, O. ; William R. Bond,
Cleveland, O. ; F. Michael, Cleveland, O. ; George Sahl,
Cleveland, O. ; G. A. Furry, Cleveland, O.; Lieut. T. T.
Sweeney, Cleveland, O. ; S. Gill, Painesville, O. ; E. Hart,
Geneva, O. ; F. Rockefeller, Cleveland, O. ; J. B. Northrup,
Nelson, O. ; O. C. Vanwagner, Chagrin . Falls, O. ; J.
Decker, Cleveland, O. ; John Chaffee, Mecca, O. ; John Pol
lock, Warren, O. ; C. A. Wood, Newburg, O. ; Lieut. L.
King, North Bloomfield, O. ; Rev. O. Hicks, Concord, O. ;
W. J. Hutchinson, Willoughby, O. ; Christian Russer,
Cleveland, O. ; J. A. Thompson, Ravenna, O. ; A. M. Hal-
bert, Elyria, O. ; W. H. Poor, Windham, O. ; S. S. Fisher,
Alliance, O. ; J. E. Avery, Oberlin, O. ; High B. Deeds,
Youngstown, O. ; George H. Davis, Hudson, O. ; Frank
Eldridge, Edinburg, O. ; C. H. Pelton, Painesville, O. ; D.
A. Reed, Newburg, O. ; G. W. Wellhouse, Newburg, O. ;
Benjamin F. Hawkins, Burton, O. ; N. K. Hubbard, Gen
eva, O. ; A. Bishop, Ravenna, O. ; Henry Hoffman, Steu-
benville, O. ; William Cromwell, Mantua, O. ; J. R. Baker,
Seville, O.; F. Bose, Chagrin Falls, O. ; E. W. Force,
Chagrin Falls, O. ; A. C. Fisher, Chagrin Falls, O. ; P. H.
Smith, Chagrin Falls, O. ; James Hunt, Newton Falls, O. ;
Charles A. Parks, Mesopotamia, O. ; H. A. Weir, Warren,
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O. ; L. Austin, Newburg, O. ; R. Hine, Mecca, O. ; George
Evans, East Cleveland, O. ; W. W. Hescock, Bristolville,
O. ; J. C. Wood, Bristolville, O. ; I. N. Wilcox, Windham,
O. ; S. S. Pelton, Barnesville, O. ; G. E. Meigs, Painesville,
O.; A. W. Morley, Kirtland, O.; M. Thorp, - -; F.
W. Brand, Cleveland, O. ; Eugene Murray, Concord, O. ;
Ed Burr, Concord, O. ; Samuel Oliver, Cleveland, O. ; John
Baptie, Chardon, O. ; H. Trulson, Painesville, O. ; Frank
Cone, Painesville, O. ; John Allen, Painesville, O. ; W. A.
Watrous, Ashtabula, O. ; W. P. Tisdel, Painesville, O. ;
M. Fitzgerald, Painesville, O. ; S. Pullman, Painesville, O. ;
J. Hennesey, Painesville, O. ; D. Pomeroy, Painesville, O. ;
J. M. Lapham, Painesville, O. ; D. W. Walters, Painesville,
O. ; H. H. Coe, Painesville, O. ; M. Osborn, Warren, O. ;
Thomas P. Dixon, Clark, Pa.; F. Fowler, Elyria, O. ; E.
Maxfield, Cleveland, O. ; E. Armbuster, Cleveland, O. ;
Charles Fagan, Cleveland, O. ; John Wilfred, - -; H.
H. Rhodes, Ravenna, O.; A. Hungerford, - — ; E. C.
Miller, Madison, O. ; Thomas M. Lander, Chagrin Falls,
O. ; C. E. Preble, Cleveland, O. ; Fred Jassaud, Cleveland,
O. ; Jerome Lott, Madison, O. ; Frank Button, Cleveland,
O. ; W. A. Orton, Perry, O. ; A. H. Burger, Cleveland, O. ;
George Geylyn, New Milford, O. ; George Barrett, New
Milford, O. ; B. Mulgrave, Geneva, O. ; S. J. Coon, Jef
ferson, O. ; Frank Manly, Cleveland, O. ; Gus Schmidt,
Cleveland, O. ; F. Salbach, Cleveland, O. ; S. Sweet, Cleve
land, O. ; H. M. Jones, Huron, O. ; L. G. Watkins, Cleve
land, O. ; William Horn, Cleveland, O.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention met pursuant to adjournment, the presi
dent, Colonel McClelland, in the chair.
The Committee on Permanent Organization reported as
follows on
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
President— Gen. E. B. Tyler.
V ice-Presidents — Lieut-Col. Samuel McClelland, Maj.
E. J. Krieger, Gen. J. W. Sprague, Col. A. T. Wilcox.
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Permanent Secretary — Lieut. H. Z. Eaton.
Temporary Secretary — Capt. L. G. De Forest.
Treasurer — Capt. J. B. Molyneaux.
Chaplain — F. T. Brown.
ORDE;R OF BUSINESS.
Permanent organization of the society.
Resolutions of respect.
To consider the propriety of having a supper.
To consider the propriety of erecting a regimental monu
ment.
To consider the policy of bringing together our dead.
To consider the propriety of collecting matter for a com
plete regimental record.
General business.
The report was adopted and the committee discharged.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The president was then conducted to the chair, and in
taking his seat made a thrilling and touching address, re
viewing the incidents and scenes in which this noble regi
ment played a conspicuous part, and feelingly referred to
the honored dead of the regiment, Colonels Creighton and
Crane, and the fallen heroes of their command. His speech
was listened to with marked respect and attention. At its
close the members of the regiment simultaneously rose and
gave "three cheers and a tiger" for General Tyler and
"three times three" for the "Seventh Regiment." The
president then invited the chaplain of the regiment, Rev.
F. T. Brown, to come upon the stage and invoke divine
favor upon the proceedings, which was done.
The vice-presidents were invited to the stand. The presi
dent stated the object of the meeting to be the permanent
organization of the survivors of the regiment and the erec
tion of a regimental monument.
On permanent organization, Or. Mr. Loomis moved that
a committee of five be appointed to report a constitution and
resolutions. The chair appointed Chaplain Brown, Sergt.
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J. F. Harmon, Qr. Mr. Loomis, Sergt.-Maj. N. K. Hubbard
and Joseph E. Clarke. The committee reported the follow
ing resolutions, which were taken up separately and adopted.
The committee was not discharged but instructed to com
plete the constitution, which would be taken under consid
eration at the next annual meeting.
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, In the good providence of God, we, formerly
members of the Seventh Regiment O. V. L, have been pre
served from the dangers of war and the sickness of the camp
during the suppression of the late terrible rebellion, and have
been permitted to meet again in convention ; therefore,
Resolved, That we give our hearty thanks to Almighty
God for the many mercies of the past, and that we tender
our heartfelt sympathies to the kinsmen and friends of our
noble officers and men who have laid down their lives, and
also to our brethren who, in body or limb, are still suffering
from sickness or wounds.
Resolved, That we unite in a society to be called the So
ciety of the Survivors of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
Resolved, That the officers of this society shall consist of
a president, four vice-presidents, temporary and permanent
secretaries and a treasurer.
Resolved, That the society shall have an annual festive
meeting in the city or place selected the previous year, which
shall be opened by an oration or speech from some member
of the regiment, selected at a previous meeting, and followed
by a dinner, toasts, etc.
Resolved, That as speedily as possible we proceed to pro
cure a suitable lot in the Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, and
erect thereon a monument to the memory of our heroic dead ;
and also that any money that may be in the hands of the
treasurer after the expenses of erecting the monument be
distributed among the widows and orphans of the dead and
among the maimed and wounded members of the Seventh.
It was decided to have a supper in the evening, and the
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chair appointed the following gentlemen to make the neces
sary arrangements: Captain Molyneaux, Colonel Davis,
Captain Howe, Lieutenant .Claflin and A. M. Clinton.
The committee subsequently reported that arrangements
for the supper had been made with Colonel Ross, of the
American House, to take place at 9 o'clock in the evening.
The report was adopted and the committee discharged.
On the propriety of erecting a regimental monument in
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, the committee were assured
by Mr. Steadman, city sexton, that the authorities of Cleve
land would cheerfully donate a lot in that cemetery for the
purpose contemplated. A vote of thanks was tendered to
Mr. Steadman for his kindness and effort in advancing the
interest of the convention in this matter.
An executive committee of five, consisting of Captains
DeForest, Molyneaux and Howe, Lieutenant Bohm and
Sergeant Bauder, was appointed to perfect a plan and raise
funds for the erection of the monument. General Tyler was
subsequently made chairman of the committee.
The officers chosen for the present meeting were, on mo
tion, authorized to act as officers of the association for the
ensuing year.
The Cleveland Turn Verein presented a beautiful banner
to the regiment at Camp Dennison prior to its going out of
the State, and having expressed a desire to get the banner
back, to be placed in their hall on Ohio street, to be pre
served as a relic of the Seventh Regiment, on motion Major
Krieger, Lieutenant Bohm and Captain Nesper, members of
the Turn Verein and also members of the association, were
appointed by the chair to return the banner to the Cleveland
Turn Verein with this positive injunction : "To preserve it
and never allow it to be carried except by a member of the
regiment, and then by permission of this association."
It was decided, when the convention adjourned, to meet
in Cleveland, March 23, 1867, the anniversary of the battle
of Winchester, at which Stonewall Jackson confessed him
self defeated for the first and only time during the war.
Chaplain Brown was, by a unanimous and enthusiastic,
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vote of the convention, selected to deliver the address at the
next annual meeting.
The question arose as to whether those persons belonging
to the regiment, during the "three months' service," could
become members of the association. To test the sense of
the meeting a vote was taken and it was decided unani
mously that they could become members, and they were ac
cordingly cordially invited to join with the rest in the con
templated work.
To defray the expenses of the present meeting, the mem
bers voluntarily contributed fifty cents each, and the com
mittee having charge of the preliminary arrangements were
authorized to reimburse what had been disbursed and place
the remainder in the hands of the treasurer.
The convention then adjourned to the American House,
where a supper was served at 9 o'clock. After supper the
camp-fire was held, which was greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
ANTIETAM.
BY IRENE; FOWUSR BROWN.
Shock and onset of gray and blue,
Smoke and carnage and spatter of red,
Belching cannon where young corn grew,
Rank after rank of weltering dead.
Here in the valley they charged and met,
South and North — and! the slain piled deep;
Here in the valley the grass grew wet,
Thousands were left on the field asleep.
And this Antietam ? The Bloody Lane
Where cattle browse on their homeward way,
And loitering plowmen to tinkling chain
Follow the path of dying day.
Peace and plenty and lights of home,
Planting and harvest and even-song,
Flower and fruit from the blood-soaked loam,
Bounteous corn-fields where Death reaped long.
O my heart ! Wilt thou look and learn ?
Out of the havoc and blood and strife,
See, where the red of the sod we turn
Blossoms the grace of a strange new life.
Sorrow and hatred and pain will go,
Sharpness of death — that, too, will cease ;
Out of the agony, roses grow;
Out of the heart-ache, infinite peace.
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THE DAYS OF SIXTY-THREE.
Written at the Gettysburg Reunion, 1888, by MAJOR MARCUS S.
HOPKINS, of the Seventh Ohio Regiment.
Ah yes ! the days of Sixty-three
Were fateful days for you and me:
When in a million muskets' rattle
Was heard the mighty storm of battle,
And, midst the shrieks of hurtling shell,
Rang out the thrilling "rebel yell,"
As if some fearful spirit's might
Had added fury to the fight,
And War and Hate had come again,
To sway primeval savage men.
So long the trembling balance stood
Unswerved, amidst the tide of blood,
That freedom's hope grew dim — Ah then
Came the transcendent test of men !
There faced us foes, we knew full well,
Who yielded only as they fell.
We knew the fateful die was cast —
Must this free country be the last?
And in our ruin Kings could see
Mankind thrust back to monarchy.
In all the story of our race
No equal crisis finds a place.
Then rose each patriot spirit high,
Resolved the nation should not die ;
And on the land, and on the sea,
The best blood flowed for liberty.
Fair youth and sturdy manhood gave
Up life as only give the brave ;
And ere the foemen's force was spent,
Fresh graves marked half a continent.
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Alas ! such chastening had to be,
Ere God vouchsafed our victory,
That blazoned foremost in the van
Of all proud names — AMERICAN 1 —
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Henceforth we stand in peace allied,
Comrade and foeman side by side,
Beneath the ensign of the free,
That speaks the Nation's majesty,
Willing to hide the bitter past,
In one true union blent at last.
O ! fair the gifts a bounteous hand
Has showered on our tranquil land ;
But brighter, grander still, we see
The vision of our destiny.
Ah yes! the days of Sixty-three,
That set the seal of Liberty,
In memory ever fresh shall be —
Heroic days of Sixty-three !
"THE PHANTOM REGIMENT."
By LEVI F. BAUDER, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
On a beautiful isle of Lake Erie,
In the mellowing days of September,
When the hours never long seem nor weary,
And the grapes are aglow like an ember —
In a grove whose broke branches had wrested
With the merciless winds and the snow,
The white tents of a regiment nestled
Like ermines who dreamed of no foe.
Where the white caverned rocks are reflected
On the swell of the long curving billow,
Near where Perry's dead heroes neglected
Lie nameless beneath a gaunt willow,
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I dreamed of our dead and forgotten,
Marked unknown on the tablets of Fame,
And a long line of heroes filed past me,
Who for us gave a life and a name.
With measured tread to beat of drum,
A ghostly column strode,
In rigid ranks with arms aslant,
Along a dustless road ;
And I seemed to see as they passed me by
Full many a well-known face,
Each marching along as in days of yore
In his old accustomed place,
With the grace of youth ; but each face was pale,
And furrowed by lines of pain.
Though lost to fame they proudly marched
As though they had fought not in vain.
They halted for roll-call, and for each name
A ready Here! was said.
I listened with awe, for the sergeants there
Were calling the roll of our dead.
"All present or accounted for;
A detail is still on earth,
To guard our flag, to mark our graves,
To let men know our worth."
I awakened startled from my sleep,
And called my comrades near—
"Our regiment, comrades, is with the dead,
'Tis the rear-guard only here !"
Comrades, we are growing older,
And our fires are burning low,
And the hearts of men seem colder
Than they were short years ago.
Where once danced the dimpling crinkles
When we laughed our cares away,
Now are graved the rigid wrinkles
Over beards just tinged with gray.
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Comrades, we are growing fewer
'Round each yearly camp-fire met;
Some we miss, than whom none truer
Faced the lead and bayonet.
Some are at the out-post falling,
Guarding home and child and wife,
Answering to the Master's calling
Of the muster-out of life.
DIRGE FOR ONE WHO FELL IN BATTLE.
BY THOMAS WILUAM PARSONS.
Room for a Soldier ! lay him in the clover ;
He loved the fields, and they shall be his cover ;
Make his mound with hers who called him once her lover :
Where the rain may rain upon it,
Where the sun may shine upon it,
Where the lamb hath lain upon it,
And the bee will dine upon it.
Bear him to no dismal tomb under city churches ;
Take him to the fragrant fields, by the silver birches,
Where the whippoorwill shall mourn, where the oriole
perches :
Make his mound with sunshine on it,
Where the bee will dine upon it,
Where the lamb hath lain upon it,
And the rain will rain upon it.
Busy as the busy bee, his rest should be the clover ;
Gentle as the lamb was he, and the fern should be his cover ;
Fern and rosemary shall grow my soldier's pillow over :
Where the rain may rain upon it,
Where the sun may shine upon it,
Where the lamb hath lain upon it,
And the bee will dine upon it.
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Sunshine in his heart, the rain would come full often
Out of those tender eyes which evermore did soften :
He never could look cold till we saw him in his coffin.
Make his mound with sunshine on it,
Where the wind may sigh upon it,
Where the moon may stream upon it,
And Memory shall dream upon it.
"Captain or colonel," — whatever invocation
Suit our hymn the best, no matter for thy station, -
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty
nation !
Long as the sun doth shine upon it
Shall glow the goodly pine upon it,
Long as the stars do gleam upon it
Shall Memory come to dream upon it.
SOMEBODY'S DARLING.
BY MARIE R. D'!STRIA LA COSTE.
Into a ward of the whitewashed walls,
Where the dead and dying lay,
Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls,
Somebody's Darling was borne one day-
Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave,
Wearing yet, on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.
Matted and damp are the curls of gold,
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow,
Pale are the lips of delicate mold —
Somebody's Darling is dying now.
Back from his beautiful, blue-veined brow
Brush all the wandering waves of gold,
Cross his hands on his bosom now—
Somebody's Darling is still and cold.
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Kiss him once more for somebody's sake;
Murmur a prayer soft and low;
One bright curl from its fair mates take —
They were somebody's pride, you know ;
Somebody's hand has rested there —
Was it a mother's, soft and white?
And have the lips of a sister fair
Been baptized in those waves of light ?
God knows best. He has somebody's love ;
Somebody's heart enshrined him there;
Somebody wafted his name above
Night and morn on the wings of prayer ;
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking so handsome, brave, and grand ;
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay;
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Somebody's waiting and watching for him,
Yearning to hold him again to the heart ;
And there he lies, with his blue eyes dim,
And the smiling childlike lips apart.
Tenderly bury the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave a tear ;
Carve on the wooden slab at his head,
"Somebody's Darling slumbers here."
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
BY THEODORE O'HARA.
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo ;
No more on life's parade shall meet
The brave and daring few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
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No rumor of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind ;
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warrior's dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud;
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
And their proud forms in battle gashed
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing steed, the flashing blade,
The trumpet's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past;
No war's wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that nevermore shall feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the dread Northern hurricane
That sweeps his broad plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Came down the serried foe.
Our Heroes felt the shock, and leapt
To meet them on the plain ;
And long the pitying sky hath wept
Above our gallant slain.
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Sons of our consecrated ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
j Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air.
Your own proud land's heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave,
She claims from war his richest spoil—
The ashes of her brave.
So 'neath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field,
Borne to a Spartan mother's breast
On many a bloody shield.
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred hearts and eyes watch by
The heroes' sepulcher.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as the blood you gave,
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave ;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceful stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flcwn,
The story how ye fell ;
Nor wreck nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor time's remorseless doom
Shall dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
General Roster Seventh Regiment O. V. I.
FIELD AND STAFF SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
NOTE— All officers and enlisted men who were in first three months' service and re-
enlisted for three years, were mustered out of three months' service June 20, 1861, by
reason of such reenlistment. The abbreviation K. S. is for entered service.
TYLER, ERASTUS B. ; colonel; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
5 yrs. ; appointed colonel May 7, '61 ; promoted to brig.-gen. May 20,
'62; promoted to maj.-gen. by brevet March 13, '65; resigned Aug. 24,
'65; died Jan. 9, '91.
CREIGHTON, WILLIAM R. ; colonel; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June
i9> 61, 3 yrs. ; appointed captain Co. A April 19, '61 ; promoted to
lieut.-col. May 7, '61 ; promoted to colonel May 20, '62 ; wounded in
left side and arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; killed
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63, while in command of brigade.
ASPER, JOEL F. ; lieut.-col.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed captain Co. H April 24, '61 ; promoted to lieut.-col.
May 20, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23,
'62; resigned March 2, '63, on account of disability; reentered the
service May 7, '64, as colonel I7ist O. V. L; mustered out Aug. 20, '64;
in 1870 was a member of Congress from Missouri.
CRANE, ORRIN J. ; lieut.-col. ; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 13,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist lieut. Co. A April 19, '61 ; promoted to cap
tain May 14, '61 ; promoted to major May 25, '62; promoted to lieut.-
col. March 2, '63 ; wounded in foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62 ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; participated
in every battle in which the regiment was engaged to the time of his
death.
MCCLELLAND, SAMUEL; lieut.-col.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June
!Q, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist lieut. Co. I April 24, '61 ; promoted to cap
tain Co. H May 20, '62; promoted to lieut.-col. Dec. I, '63; wounded
in head at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded in face
and arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 63; mustered out with
regiment at Cleveland, O., July 8, '64; died, '72.
CASEMENT, JOHN S. ; major; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed major May 7, '61 ; resigned May 23, '62, to accept
promotion as colonel I03d O. V. I. ; promoted to brig.-gen. Jan. 25, '65 ;
resigned April 30, '65.
SEYMOUR, FREDERICK A.; major; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 14,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed captain Co. G April 23, '61 ; resigned April 23,
'63, on account of disability; appointed major from civil life May 2,
'63, commission revoked; appointed major Dec. I, '63; resigned March
29, '64; died 1902.
GUSHING, HENRY K. ; surgeon; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 21,
61, 3 yrs. ; appointed surgeon May 2, '61 ; resigned Sept. 6, '61.
SALTER, FRANCIS; surgeon; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Aug. 10, '61,
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3 yrs. ; appointed asst. surg. May 2, '61 ; promoted to surgeon '6l%
resigned Nov. 2, '62, to accept appointment as medical director on staft
of Gen. Crooks; died
BELLOWS, CURTISS J. ; surgeon; E. S. Dec. i, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed
surgeon Dec. i, '62; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64.
DENIG, CHARLES E. ; asst. surg. ; E. S. Sept. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
asst. surg. Sept. 9, '61 ; resigned Sept. 2, '62 ; died
HITCHCOCK, EDGAR M. ; asst. surg.; E. S. Nov. n, '62, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed asst. surg. Nov. n, '62; resigned June 10, '63.
FERGUSON, JOHN C. ; asst. surgeon; E. S. April 14, '63, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed asst. surg. April 14, '63 ; mustered out with regiment July 8,
'64', died
WILLIAMS, DAVID; asst. surg.; E. S. July 18, '63, 3 yrs.; appointed
asst. surg. July 18, '63; promoted to surgeon s6th O. V. I. Dec. 23, '63.
BROWN, FREDERICK T. ; chaplain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 21,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed chaplain May 7, '61 ; in addition to his duties as
chaplain Mr. Brown rendered important service as bearer of unwritten
dispatches from Col. Tyler to Gen. Cox, going alone across the country
occupied by guerrillas and bushwhackers ; resigned Nov. 15, '61 ; died
Jan. n, '93.
WRIGHT, DEAN C. ; chaplain; E. S. Jan. n, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed
chaplain Jan. 11, '62; acted as volunteer aide-de-camp to Gen. Tyler at
battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; resigned Jan. 9, '63 ; died — —
DE FOREST, Louis G. ; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. B April 22, 1861 ; promoted to ist
lieut. and adjutant May 17, '61 ; transferred to staff of Gen. Tyler as
A. A. A. Gen. Feb. i, '62, resigned March 12, '62; reentered the service
as captain Co. C 150th O. V. I. May 2, '64; mustered out with com
pany Aug. 23, '64; died Aug. 2, '70.
MOLYNEAUX, JOSEPH B. ; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
18, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Co. B April 22, '61 ; promoted to ist
sergt. May 17, '61 ; mustered out June 18, '61, to accept appointment as
ist lieut. Co. B in 3 yrs. service; detached to command of Co. E Sept.
1, '61 ; detached to command of Co. A ist Kentucky Infantry Oct — ,
'61 ; commanded expedition from Camp Enyart, Va., and recovered
herd of cattle from Rebel guerrillas; returned to command of Co. E
7th O. V. I; appointed adjutant Feb. i, '62; acting aide-de-camp to
Gen. Lander on expedition to Bloomery Furnace, Va., Feb. 14, '62;
commanded escort to Gen. Lander's body enroute to train March 3, '62;
detached on special duty to gather convalescents from hospitals at
Alexandria and vicinity and return them to iheir regiments ; detached
as inspecting officer on staff of Gen. Geary to inspect Gen. Crawford's
Division in Maryland Heights ; promoted to captain Co. A Sept. i, '62 ;
wounded in head, shoulder and leg, and had two horses killed under
him at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; resigned Feb. 12,
'63, by reason of disability arising from wounds ; reentered service May
2, '64, as captain Co. E, 150th O. V. I., and assigned to command of Fort
Thayer, near Washington, D. C. ; mustered out with company Aug. 23,
'64.
SHEPHERD, WILLIAM D. ; adjutant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June
IQ, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed Corporal Co. D; promoted to ist sergt.; pro
moted to 2d lieut. and assigned to Co. H Nov 25, '61 ; promoted to ist
lieut. April 14, '62; appointed adjutant Sept. i, '62; resigned March
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25, '63; commissioned captain Co. E I7ist O. V. I. May 2, '64; dis
charged July i, '64, to accept appointment of captain and C. S. U. S.
Vols. ; mustered out Oct. 9, '65 ; died July 3, '82.
BROOKS, CHARUES A.; adjutant; E. S. May 20, '61 ; 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal Co. H June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant May 20, '62 ; pro
moted to ist sergt. July i, '62; promoted to ist lieut. and adjutant May
31, '63; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; de
tached on recruiting service July — , '63 ; killed in railroad accident at
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 13, '63.
BAXTER, MORRIS; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. B June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant ;
discharged Nov. 12, '62, to accept promotion to 2d lieut. Co. H ; pro
moted to ist lieut. and adjutant Sept. i, '63; mortally wounded at the
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63, and died Nov. 30, '63; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
MORRIS, JOHN; R. Q. M. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed reg. quar. mas. May 8, '61 ; resigned Dec. 20, '61 ;
commissioned as capt. and A. Q. M. May 23, '62 ; resigned Sept. 24, '63,
to accept appointment as med. inspec. at Lincoln Hospital at Washing
ton, D. C., where he remained until close of the war; died Feb. 10, '03.
Wiuas, JOSHUA G. ; R. Q. M. ; E. S. Oct. 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
R. Q. M. Oct. 31, '61 ; resigned July 23, '62, to accept promotion as
captain and commissary of subsistence.
LOOMIS, STEPHEN T. ; R. Q. M. ; E. S. Sept. i, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed
2d lieut. and R. Q. M. Sept. i, '62; promoted to ist lieut. and R. Q.
M. Dec. 4, '62; promoted to captain March 19, '64; declined promo
tion; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64; died
HUBBARD, NEWTON K. ; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June
I9> '61, 3 yrs.; promoted to sergt.-maj. Jan. i, '64, from sergeant Co.
D ; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64.
WEBB, JOSEPH P.; sergt.-maj.; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted
from private Co. B Jan. i, '62; killed at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62.
KING, LEICESTER; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted from private Co. H; appointed sergt.-maj. June
19, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. I Dec. 17, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut.
June 10, '62; resigned Dec. 3, '63; at the battle of Port Republic, Va.,
June 9, '62, Lieut. King, while acting as R. Q. M., entered the fight, and
after five color bearers had been killed or wounded he carried the
colors through the battle and safely from the field ; died
BROWN, DWIGHT H. ; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
I9> '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Co. A April 29, '61 ; appointed ser
geant Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergt.-maj. April i, '62; promoted to
2d lieut. Co. A Jan. 7, '63; wounded twice in right leg at battle of
Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64;
died
HARMON, FRANK J. ; Q. 'M. sergt,; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. C April 30, '61 ; promoted to
sergeant June 20, '61 ; promoted to Q. M. sergt. Sept. I, '62; mustered
out with regiment July 8, '64.
HOPKINS, MARCUS S. ; Q. M. sergt; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted from private Co. E June 10, '61 ; re-appointed
Q. M. sergt. June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. K Feb. 5,
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'62; promoted to ist iieut. Co. F July 25, '62; severely wounded in
face at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; resigned on account
of wounds July 2, '63; appointed ist Iieut. 66th Co. 2d Battalion V. R.
C. July 3, '63; transferred to Co. D pth V. R. C. Aug., '65; detached
to duty at Brentsville, Va., as provost marshal and asst. supt. Bureau
of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands June I, '66; honorably
discharged as brev.-maj. Jan. i, '68, by order of Gen. Grant.
OWEN, DANIEL D. ; com. sergt. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Co. H June 20, '61 ; promoted to com.
sergt. Nov. 30, '61 ; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64.
KING, IRA S. ; hos. stwd.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; promoted to hos. stwd. Jan. 10, '62 ; taken prisoner at Winchester,
Va., May 24, '62; paroled and discharged for disability March 15, '64.
HUGHES, MORRIS R. ; hos. stwd.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to hos. stwd. from private Co. G June 14, '62, and
did surgeon's duty on the various battlefields in which the regiment
was engaged until his discharge, Jan. 23, '63, by reason of disability
arising from broken leg.
WALTERS, REUBEN W. ; hos. stwd.; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs.; sent to
hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9, '62; returned to regiment Aug.
24, '63 ; detailed for duty at headquarters 2d division, I2th corps Sept.
J7> '63; promoted to hos. stwd. from private Co. D March 15, '64;
transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I. Oct. 31, '64; discharged from hospital
at Nashville, Tenn., March i, '65, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ORVIS, RECELLUS W. ; prin. mus. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed prin. mus. from private Co. G Nov. i, '63; mus
tered out with regiment July 8, '64.
WETZEL, HENRY; chief bugler; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed chief bugler from private Co. E May i, '63 ; mus
tered out with regiment July 8, '64; died
WOOD, HARRY; fife maj.; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed fife
maj. from private Co. D June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability ; died
WOODARD, JOSHUA L. ; drum maj.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed drum maj. from drummer Co. F. ; reappointed
drum maj. June 21, '61 ; discharged March 9, '62; reenlisted as private
in Co. G, I77th O. V. I. Sept. 2, '64; promoted to prin. mus. Oct. 4, '64,
and transferred to Field and Staff; mustered out with regiment June
24, '65.
ROSTER REGIMENTAL BAND.
COE, HENRY H. ; leader; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out at
Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
EILEMAN, F. A.; musical director; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos., July
10, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
BROWN, ALEXANDER B. ; ist class musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.,
July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
HENNESSEY, JAMES D. ; ist class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.;
mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62; died
PARMELE, JOHN; ist class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mus
tered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
BOSTWICK, EDGAR M. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.;
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transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5,
'62. See Co. C.
BROCKWAY, MARCUS; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ;
transferred from Co. A; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5,
'62. See Co. A.
GILL, ELY E. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62; he enlisted Aug. n, '62, in Co. E,
I05th O. V. I.; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant; mustered
out with company June 3, '65 ; died
HUMISTON, JOHN F. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.;
mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
MARSHALL, SAMUEL J. M. ; 2d class musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3
mos., July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5,
'62; died
BATES, JOSEPH E. ; 3d class musician ; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ;
transferred from Co. C ; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5,
'62. See Co. C.
CLARK, MARTIN V. ; 3d class musician ; E. S. Aug. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ;
transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5,
'62. See Co. C for record of subsequent service.
FAIRGRAVES, WILLIAM; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.;
mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
GILMORE, DAVID S. ; 3d class musician ; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ;
mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62 ; died March 7, '06.
HUNTER, WILLIAM M. ; 3d class musician ; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ;
mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62 ; died -
ROSSITER, CHARLES W. ; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.;
transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July S,
'62. See Co. C.
ROWE, JOHN ; 3d class musician ; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred from Co. D; mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
See company D ; died
ARMSTRONG, ETHAN; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
BUTLER, LYSANDER; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
ELDER, MARTIN A. ; musician ; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
HALE, FRANK B. ; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
INGERSOLL, HENRY; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
PARK, WILLIAM H. ; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
PHINNEY, GEORGE W. ; musician ; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
PERRY, OLIVER H. ; musician ; E. S. May 25, }6i, 3 mos. ; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
SMITH, EDWARD F. ; musician ; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61.
In addition to their duties as regimental band, Leader Henry H. Coe
frequently used his band in the care of the sick, helped the wounded
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from the battlefield, buried the dead, and many similar duties, and its
muster-out was greatly regretted by the entire regiment.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
CREIGHTON, WIU,IAM R. ; captain; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June
19, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to lieut.-col. May 7. '61. See Field and
Staff.
CRANE, ORRIN J. ; captain; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 18, '61,
3 yrs. ; promoted to major May 25, '62. See Field and Staff.
MOLYNEAUX, JOSEPH B. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
18, '61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff.
HOWE, WILLIAM A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; appointed sergeant June 19,
'61 ; promoted to ist sergt. November 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut.
April 13, '62; promoted to ist lieut. November 12, '62; promoted to
captain June i, '63; participated in every battle in which the regiment
was engaged except Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ring-
gold ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BURGESS, ALBERT C. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 29, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to captain of Co. F Nov. 25, '61. See Co. F.
LOCKWOOD, RALPH ; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist lieut. Co. E April 25, '61 ; mustered out June
17, '61, to accept appointment as 2d lieut. Co. E 7th O. V. I. ; promoted
to ist lieut. Co. A Nov. 25, '61 ; honorably discharged by order War
Department Nov. 10, '62.
McKAY, GEORGE A.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 29, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt.
May 14, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 7, '62; promoted to ist lieut.
January i, '63; detached as assistant inspector general ist Brigade, 2d
Division, I2th Army Corps, September 18, '63; McKay was wounded
in the following battles, Cross Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, '61, Winchester,
Va., March 23, '62, Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62, Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62, and Ringgold, Ga.,
Nov. 27, '63, in the latter named battle being totally disabled by being
shot through both legs ; mustered out with the company July 6, '64 ; he
was promoted to captain while lying wounded at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
but was unable to get mustered (on account of bein? absent from his
command) for several years afterward, when he was mustered to take
effect March 19, '64, and honorably discharged as captain of Co. F to
date July 6, '64, by order of the commander-in-chief and adjutant gen
eral of the army, as well as by authority of the Secretary of War; he
participated in every battle the regiment was engaged in until totally
disabled.
KIMBALL, DUDLEY A.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist sergt. April 29, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut.
May 14, 1861 ; resigned April i, '62; reentered service as ist lieut. Co.
A', iO3d O. V. I., July i, '62; discharged Nov. 24, '62; died
BROWN, DWIGHT H. ; 2d lieut. ; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
61, 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff.
CI,AFLIN, JERE G. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '63,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 19, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. 7,
'62; wounded severely in right leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17,
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'62; wounded in the neck at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted Sept. 13, '64, in Co.
B, I77th O. V. I. ; appointed sergeant; promoted to sergt.-maj.; pro
moted to 2d lieut. Co. B, January 24, '65 ; mustered out with company
June 24, '65.
LYNCH, FRANK; sergt. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; appointed ser
geant April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered the service
as capt. Co. G, 27th O. V. I.; promoted to lieut.-col. March 3, '64;
severely wounded at battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, '64; mustered out
May 29, '65 ; died .
DAVIS, ZEBULON P., sergeant; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; promoted to sergeant Nov. 20, 1861 ;
wounded in face at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62: mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
MALLORY, JOHN H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
May 14, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died May 23,
1906.
WILUAMS, FRANCIS; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
paroled and exchanged Nov. n, '62; reported to regiment for duty
March 29, '63; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant Sept. i, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64; died .
GALVIN, JOHN H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Sept. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan 16,
'64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
HOLLY, MORRIS J. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned
to duty ; appointed to corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
May 14, '62 ; taken prisoner at Snicker's Gap, Va., July 22, '63 ; mus
tered out December 17, '64, expiration term of service.
LECOMPT, THEODORE; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; died at Sutton, Va., July 28, '61.
DAVIS, LLEWELLYN R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. C.
SMITH, CARLOS A.; sergeant; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant Aug. 3, '61 ; discharged Dec. 21, '61, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
SADLER, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; promoted to sergeant May 14, '62;
detailed on recruiting service July, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps
January 15, '64; died .
MORGAN, WILLIAM J. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; ap
pointed corporal April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered
service as ist lieut. Co. E, 4ist O. V. I., Aug. 27, '61 ; promoted to
captain Co. H, Jan. 9, '62 ; resigned March 24, '63 ; died Sept. 12, '04.
EWART, ALEXANDER; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; ap
pointed corporal April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61.
WARREN, HIRAM V.; corporal; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal May 24, '62 ; special duty with Pioneer Corps ; de-
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tached to Commissary Department ; mustered out with company July
6, '64; died April 7, '05.
GILLETT, TOWNLEY; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Port
Republic June 9, '62.
AUSTIN, ALFRED; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. n, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out 3 mos. term Aug. 22, '61 ; appointed corporal
June 27, '62; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May I, '63;
returned to duty ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63.
CRAIG, JOHN D. ; corporal ; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral Sept. i, '62; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63,
while carrying the colors.
COLLETT, JOHN C. ; corporal; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal July, '63; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63;
body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
BROWN, HENRY J. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; detached on recruiting ser
vice; returned to regiment May n, '62; wounded at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died in hospital at Alexandria, Va.,
Aug. 26, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va.
KELLEY, EDWARD F. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died in hospital at Winchester, Va.,
April 2, '62.
WERZ, FRANCIS I. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 4, '62; wounded in thigh at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died in hospital at Alexan
dria, Va., Jan. 5, '63.
BUTTON, FRANK; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged Oct. 4, '62, on account of disability ; reen-
tered service as ist lieut. Co. H, isoth O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered
out with company Aug. 23, '64; died .
HOLMES, MILTON D. ; corporal; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; discharged June 16, '63, by order of War Department.
LOVETT, AARON C. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 12, '62; severely wounded in thigh
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, while carrying the regi
mental colors ; discharged Sept. 14, '62, by reason of disability ; re-
enlisted Oct. 10, '62, in Co. I, loth Ohio Cavalry; promoted to 2d
sergt. March I, '63; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. E, July 25, '64; re
signed April 3, '65.
SWEET, SAMUEL; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded in right breast at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged Oct. 20, r62, by
order of War Department.
SMALLEY, HERBERT L. ; corporal ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; ap
pointed corporal Sept. i, '62; wounded in left arm at battle of Chan
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; discharged Feb. 22, '64, by order of Gen.
Slocum ; died .
FORBEY, WILLIAM E. ; corporal; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal July, '63; transferred per Special Field Order No.
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156, Hd. Qrs. Dept. of Cumberland June 8, '64; discharged at expira
tion of term of service.
WOOD, CHARLES A.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. n,
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; appointed
corporal Nov. 7, '63; wounded in neck at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to detachment of recruits and assigned to
5th Regt. O. V. I. ; mustered out at expiration of term of service.
McCLAiN, JOSEPH; bugler; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
bugler July 22, '62 ; detached as bugler at Division headquarters ; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
BROCKWAY, MARCUS ; drummer ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Regimental Band and mustered out at Washington, D. C.,
July 5, '62; reenlisted May 2, '64, as musician in Co. C, 150th O. V. I.;
mustered out with company Aug. 2, '64; see Co. H.
MULLEN, EDWARD; drummer; E. S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged on surgeon's certificate of disability April 14, '62.
FRENCH, LAFAYETTE; musician; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
AUSTIN, LEWIS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs ; discharged Feb. 16, '63, order of War Department.
AVERILL, STEPHEN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 5, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., June 8, '64; appointed corporal; mustered out
at McDougal Hospital May 29, '65.
BISHOP, ALBERT; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
BLAIKLOCK, HENRY A. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; sick at
Aquia Creek Landing, Va. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BRIGHTMORE, JOSEPH T. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered
on Invalid Roll; returned to regiment for duty; mustered out with
company July 6, '64; one of the best soldiers in the regiment.
BRAND, FREDERICK W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62; sick at Harper's Ferry, Va., Dec. 10, '62; returned to regiment
for duty March 10, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BURROUGHS, CARLOS A.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled and exchanged
Nov. n, '62; returned to regiment for duty March 29, '63; mustered
out with company July 6, '64; reentered U. S. service as wagonmaster.
BLACKWELL, JOSEPH; private; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died Aug. 10, '62.
BAUDEL, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
paroled and exchanged Nov. n, '62; returned to regiment for duty
March 29, '63; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
BRADLEY, CHESTER W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed
as acting hos. stwd. ; taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec.
27, '62; exchanged; mustered out May 10, '65, by order War Depart
ment.
BENNETT, PERRY; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
Dec. 24, '61 at Romney, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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BALLOW, CHARLES; private; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
May 10, '62, at New Market, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BURTON, JOHN H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; severely wounded in jaw, neck and shoulder at battle of Port
Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability July 25, '62; reenlisted May 4, '64, in Co. G, isoth O. V. I.;
appointed sergeant; promoted to sergt.-maj. May 6, '64; mustered out
with regiment Aug. 23, '64.
BUCHANAN, SAMUEL E. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; ball entered
mouth and came out at throat; discharged Aug. 13, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability; died .
BURT, THEODORE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
paroled and exchanged ; discharged by order of War Department July
30, '62; reenlisted in the I03d O. V. I ; died .
BURNS, JOHN G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
paroled ; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, April 25, '63.
BARBER, RICHARD L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 7, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; mustered out at Cleveland, O.,
May 30, '65.
BAKER, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain,
Ga., June 27, '64; reported on cemetery records as buried in National
Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
BOWER, JOHN H. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner May 27, '62; paroled and exchanged; transferred to Invalid
Corps Sept. i, '63, by order War Department. '
BRUIK, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
BRIZLEY, ORLANDO J. ; private; April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; died .
BURROWS, .THOMAS ; private ; April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
CRONAN, JOHN; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, 1864.
CRIPPEN, ANDREW J.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
CHENEY, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Aug. i,
'62, 3 yrs. ; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 23, '61 ; killed at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May I, '63.
CANNELL, MORRISON J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ,_ Sept.
n, '61, 3 yrs; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; died of
disease at Newburgh, Ohio, Nov. 18, '61.
CHELSEY, SIMON J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed as
provost guard; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63.
CLANCEY, DANIEL W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged July 19, '62, by order of War Department.
CREQUE, FERDINAND; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
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in foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Nov.
13, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CAMPBELL, LEANDER H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; de
tached as clerk for Brig.-Gen. Geary; discharged Nov. 21, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
CLINTON, ALEXANDER M. ; private ; E. S. Sept 20, '61, 3 yrs. ;
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; dis
charged Nov. 27, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted
in Battery G, Ohio Light Artillery Dec. 28, '63; appointed corporal;
wounded at battle of Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30, '64; mustered out at
Cleveland, Ohio, June 8, '65, by order of War Department; died —
CLARK, WILLIAM S. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
DOWSE, THOMAS; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
left ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; died Dec. 19, '63.
ECKERT, HENRY C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, .1 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; sick in hospital at Washington, D. C. ; returned to duty ; mus
tered out with company July 6, 1864; died .
EVANS, EVAN; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa
roled and exchanged Nov. n, '62; no further record found; died —
EVANS, GEORGE W. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
June 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
EUCHER, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. B, 5th Regiment O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out at Columbus,
O., July 5, '65, by order of War Department.
ELWELL, OSCAR J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
FRESHER, THOMAS; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
May 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
FARRAND, FREDERICK P.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept.
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; de
tailed as hos. nurse at Winchester, Va., March 24, '62; discharged No
vember 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted in Co.
F, i5Oth O. V. I., May 2, '64; appointed ist sergt. ; mustered out with
company Aug. 23, '64; died .
FORBEY, ALBERT A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 5, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th Regiment O. V. I., June 8, '64; wounded at Kenesaw
Mountain, Ga., June 27, '64; mustered out at McDougal General Hos
pital, New York Harbor, May 30, '65.
FARRAR, CLEMENT H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
GINTER, ABRAHAM; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; died Sept.
3, '62.
GARDNER, HAMPTON F. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; discharged June 15, '62,
on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died one year and a day after
discharge from the effects of the wound.
GILSON, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. Sept. n, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at Wash-
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ington, D. C., Jan. 23, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died
GAZELEY, JABEZ C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; detailed as hos, nurse March 23, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged April 8, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability; reeniisted in Co. E, isoth O. V. I.,
May 2, '64; appointed sergeant; mustered out with company Aug.
23, '64; died .
GEAR, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Sept. 2, '62, 3 yrs. ; detached with am
bulance corps ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V.
I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department.
GAZELY, JAMES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
GABLE, JACOB H. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
HOUCK, JACOB F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64 ; died .
HATEIELD, BENJAMIN ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned to
regiment for duty ; wounded in hand at Gettysburg, July 3, '63 ; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
HUMES, HIRAM W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
HUBBELL, WILLIAM N. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; dis
charged Dec. 24, '61, at Romney, Va., on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability.
HOEFMAN, FRED W. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Winchester, ya., March 23, '62 ; discharged Oct. 29, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability; reeniisted in Co. B, I77th O. V. I.,
Sept. 13, '64; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. Jan. 8, 1865;
mustered out with company June 24, '65.
HART, EDWARD; private; E. S. Aug. 18, '62; transferred per Spe
cial Field Order No. 156 Headquarters Department of Cumberland,
June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of term of service; died .
HORN, WILLIAM; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by
order War Department ; died .
HAMMOND, THEODORE F. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.;
wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July I, '63, by order of War
Department.
HEEGE, JACOB; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; detached with
artillery; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. I, '63, by order
of War Department.
HARRINGTON, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
HAYWARD, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
HENRY, RoswELL C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; died
HOLLY, HENRY H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reeniisted in Co. B, 84th O. V. I., May 26, '62 ; mus
tered out with company Sept. 20, '62.
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JOHNSTON, ROBERT B. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in right arm, near Dalton, Ga., May 26, '64; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
JONES, JEREMIAH C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; died at Bridgeport, Ala., Feb. 22, '64; body removed to Na
tional Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
JACKMAN, ORVIS F. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; right arm amputated; discharged
Nov. 20, '63, by order War Department.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM H.; private; E. S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; detached
as pioneer; returned to duty; transferred per special Field Order 156
to Headquarters Department of Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged
at expiration of term of service.
KEHL, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; missing at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; supposed
to have been killed ; no further record found.
KELLEY, PHILIP; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., April i, '62, 3
yrs. ; mustered out 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; wounded in thigh
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Nov. 28, '62,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
KELLER, CHARLES A.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
above ankle at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged at
Davids Island, June 5, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
KELLER, FREDERICK; private; E, S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
arm at battle of Port Republic, June 9, '62; discharged Jan. 5, '63, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
KNOBLE, LEONARD; private; E. S. Aug. 7, '62, 3 yrs.; detached as
provost guard ; returned to duty ; wounded in left arm at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regiment
O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of the War
Department.
KREITZ, ALBERT P. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
LOOMIS, LUTHER W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as
teamster in division train ; returned to duty ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
LANT, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Cumber
land, Md., and detailed as nurse. No further record found.
LAWRENCE, DAVID B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; detached to artillery Oct. 20, '61 ; discharged July 20, '62 by
order War Department; died Aug. 26, '90.
LAPPIN, ARTHUR; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded in hand and arm
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Dec. 24, '62,
on surgeon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted in artillery ; died
LLOYD, JAMES J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; sick at West Philadelphia, Pa. ; discharged Jan. 2, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
LUCAS WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. Sept. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb.
5, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LINCOLN, RUFUS W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
McCAiN, WILLIS F. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; accident-
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ally shot and died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Sept. 27, '61 ; body moved to
National Cemetery at Grafton, Va.
McCANNA, MICHAEL ; private ; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; accidentally
shot at Cotton Hill, Va., and died at ^ Charleston, Va., Nov. 18, '61,
body taken to Cleveland, Ohio, and buried there.
McDowELL, FRED G. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick in
hospital at Gauley Bridge and Charleston, Va., also at Cincinnati, Ohio ;
discharged at Camp Kelley, Va., Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
MORGAN, ALONZO J. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; sick at
Washington, D. C, and detailed as ward master; returned to duty
May 8, '62 ; mustered out with the company July 6, '64.
MILLER, JOSEPH ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July 16, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
MAXFIELD, ISAAC; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
shin at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; detailed as cook in
hospital at Alexandria, Va. ; discharged at Washington, D. C., Jan. 16,
'63.
MILLS, STEPHEN; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Feb.
9> '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
McKAY, FREDERICK A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. E, 4ist O. V. I. ; appointed
sergeant; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 24, '62; promoted to ist lieut.;,
was severely wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Nov.
25> '63, losing part of his right hand ; from the effects of this wound he
died later; resigned Nov. 20, '64.
MARTIN, THOMAS H. B. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; died
MEACHAM, ALMON ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
NEVILLE, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. E, 4ist O. V. I.
OTT, JACOB ; private ; E. S. Aug. 19, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed as provost
fuard ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June
, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; died
Dec. — 1904.
PREBLE, CHARLES E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in hip at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. I, I3th
Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, '65; discharged Nov. 15, '65.
POWELL, CHARLES W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; detached
with ambulance corps ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
PRATT, HENRY A.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Wash
ington, D. C., and St. Joseph Hospital, New York; returned to duty;
killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
PRESTAGE, JOHN H. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Romney, Va., Dec. 23, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
PARSONS, JOHN G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; severely wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ;
discharged at Washington, D. C., Jan. 8, '63, on surgeon's certificate of
disability; reentered service as ist lieut. in Co. E, isoth O. V. I., May
2, '64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; died
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PAINE, GEO. S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. A, isoth O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered
out with company Aug. 25, '64.
RANNEY, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 6, '61, on surgeon's
certificate of disability ; reenlisted in Co. F, I24th O. V. I., July 25, '62 ;
discharged Oct. 10, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted
in Co. F, I77th O. V. I., Sept. 21, '64; mustered out with company
June 24, '65.
RICHELL, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; sick at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. ; discharged Sept. 20,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RYAN, THOMAS; private; E. S. July 29, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I. ; appointed corporal March i, '65 ; mustered
out June 5, '65, by order War Department.
ROCKEFELLER, FRANK; private; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at
Davids Island, New York; returned to duty; wounded at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., in the head May 3, '63 ; transferred to the 5th O.
V. I. per special Field Order No. 156, Headquarters Department of the
Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of term of service.
RANDALL, FRANK; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
shoulder and taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out July 25,
'65, by order War Department.
RANDALL, ADOLPHUS M. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out at Colum
bus, Ohio, July 26, '65, by order War Department.
RHODES, FREDERICK ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; in hospital at
Washington, D. C. ; transferred to invalid corps January 15, '64; mus
tered out at Evansville, Ind., June 30, '65, by order of War Department.
RICHMOND, EDMOND; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; died
ROCK, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
Ross, CHARLES E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
SHERWOOD, THOMAS C. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; returned to duty and mustered out with company July 6, '64.
SMITH, ALFRED W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; detached with ammunition train as teamster ; returned to duty
and mustered out with company July 6, '64; died July 24, '05.
SWAYNE, EDWARD A.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at
Aquia Creek, Va. ; returned to duty and mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
SMITH, CHARLES W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; returned to
duty and mustered out with company July 6, '64.
STEARNS, CHARLES H.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
SNIDER, ADOLPH ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
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SHEPLEY, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died at Carnifax
Ferry, Va., Sept. 2, '61.
SHROEDER, Louis; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; drowned in
Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Va., May 24, '62.
SPENCER, GEORGE E. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left leg, amputated, at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63, and died
from effects of wounds Dec. 21, '63; body removed to National Ceme
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
ScoviLLE, ANDREW J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26,
'61 ; paroled and exchanged; reenlisted in Co. C, iO3d Regt. O. V I.,
Aug. 6, '62, under the name of John Scoville ; mustered out with com
pany June 18, '65.
ST. LAWRENCE, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; severely wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62, was left in hospital at Culpeper, Va., and taken prisoner ;
sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., and discharged Jan. 21, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
ScoviLLE, THOMAS J. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged July 8, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted in Co. C, iO3d O. V I.,
Aug. 6, '62; appointed sergeant Jan. 13, '63; promoted to ist sergeant
March i, '64; mustered out with company June 12, '65.
SIMONS, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at New York, June 17, '63, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
STEIN, DAVID G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; accidentally wounded with bayonet at Alexandria, Va. ; dis
charged April 25, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SEUFERT, WILLIAM; private; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Wash
ington, D. C., May 25, '62 ; returned to duty ; wounded in left leg at the
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred per special Field Or
der No. 156, Headquarters Army of the Cumberland, June 8, '64, to the
5th O. V. I. ; discharged at expiration of term of service.
SPERRY, EDWARD A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63, and missing; returned to
duty; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered
out June 5, '65, by order of the War Department.
SHERWOOD, JAMES ; private ; E. S. Aug. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, on
order of War Department.
SADLER, SAMUEL; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.; sick at Aquia
Creek, Va. ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L,
June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order War Department;
died May i, '05.
SOUTHWELL, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; detached
on duty at Aquia Creek Landing; returned to company for duty;
transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June 8, '64; appointed sergeant
Nov. 22, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department;
died
STRATTON, ISAAC; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
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yrs.; transferred to Co. F, 7th O. V. I., June 20, '61, by order Col.
Tyler. See Co. F for record.
SHOLTZ, HENRY ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
SIMONS, HENRY ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
SMITH, CHARLES H. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out June 19, '61 ; reeniisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I., July 21, '61 ; ap
pointed to sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. ; promoted to 2d lieut.
Nov. 2, '62, and assigned to Co. B; promoted to ist lieut. May 7, '63,
and assigned to Co. A. ; promoted to captain Nov. 3, '64, and assigned
to Co. K; promoted to major May i, '65; mustered out with regiment
July 11, '65.
STAFFORD, ALBERT J. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out August 22, '61.
STEVENSON, THOMAS; private; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reeniisted in Co. A, I24th O. V. I., Aug. 12, '62 ; mus
tered out with company June 9, '65 ; died —
SUMNER, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; died
THURSTON, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; mus
tered out with the company July 6, 64.
TOWNE, EPHRAIM M. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at
Fort McHenry, Baltimore; returned to duty; wounded in hand at
battle cf Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; killed at the battle of Chan-
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM N. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., during raid of Jackson ; ex
changed and returned to duty; discharged March 31, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability; died July 21, '05.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
TYSON, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
VAUGHN, GEORGE E. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; detached
as teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
VAN VALKENBURG, JAMES S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.;
mustered' out Aug. 22, '61.
VIRGIL, HENRY J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
WHYTE, JAMES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; sick in hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, and detailed as steward while
there; mustered out July 6, '64, by Circular No. 36, War Department,
May 2, '64.
WILSDEN, RICHARD L. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled and exchanged Nov.
n, '63, and returned to company for duty; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
WACKER, LEONARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62,
and left on field, supposed to have been taken prisoner or died on the
field.
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WEBB, FRANKLIN G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. No record found.
WHITE, FORD W. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Oct.
6, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WATKINS, LEWIS J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. n,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. n, '61 ; detailed
with division provost guard ; transferred per special Field Order No.
156, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, June 8, '64; dis
charged at expiration of term of service.
WRIGHT, EDWIN L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June 8, '64; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga.,
June 16, '64; appointed corporal Nov. i, '64; mustered out June 5, '65,
by order of War Department.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H. B. ; private; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred per Special Field Order No. 156, Headquarters Department of the
Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of term of service;
died
WHALEY, MYRON H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
paroled and exchanged ; transferred to 2d Regt. Ohio Cavalry, Jan. 23,
'63, by order of War Department.
WEBB, EDWARD A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; appointed ser
geant; promoted to 2nd lieut. Co. E, June 27, '64; promoted to 1st
lieut. Sept. 26, '64; promoted to captain Co. B, Jan. 28, '65; mustered
out with company July n, '65.
WILDER, DEWILTON J. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out August 22, '61.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
DE VILLIERS, CHARLES A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; re
signed May 15, '61, to accept appointment as colonel of the nth Regt.
O. V. I ; died .
STERLING, JAMES T. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 18,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist lieut. April 23, '61 ; promoted to captain
May 15, '61 ; mustered out June 13, '61, to accept appointment as cap
tain Co. B, 3 years' service; mustered out Sept. I, '62, to accept pro
motion to lieut.-col. iO3d Regt. O. V. I. ; died .
REED, SEYMOUR S. ; captain ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. G; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. G, Dec.
12, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. Co. I, May 20, '62; promoted to captain
Co. B, Nov. 2, '62 ; wounded in side and leg at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Aug. 9, '62; resigned Jan. 26, '63, by reason of disability; died
CLARK, MERVIN; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 22, '61 ; appointed ist sergt. June 20,
'61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Feb. 20, '62; promoted to ist lieut. July 23,
'62; promoted to captain Sept. I, '62; mustered out with company
July 6, '64; reentered service Nov. 12, '64, as lieut.-col. of i83d Regt.
O. V. L, and killed at battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, '64.
SWEENEY, THOMAS T. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; ap-
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pointed 2d lieut. April 22, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. May 15, '61 ;
mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; died .
MOLYNEAUX, JOSEPH B. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
18, '61, 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff.
EATON, HENRY Z. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 18,
'61, 3 yrs. ; see Co. H.
BOHM, EDWARD H. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. K.
CRYNNE, JOSEPH ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; for record see Co. I.
DE FOREST, Louis G. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to ist lieut. and adjt. ; see Field and Staff.
BAUDER, LEVI F. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 14, '61 ; promoted to sergeant June 20,
'61 ; promoted to ist sergt. Sept. 30, '63; detailed as regt. ord. sergt.
Aug. 5, '62; brig. ord. sergt. Aug. 12, '62; div. ord. sergt. Oct. 15, '62;
rescued flag of 5th Conn, at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug 9, '62,
and turned it over to Gen. Crawford ; took ammunition train through
Longstreet's Corps in broad daylight after second Manassas battle;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
SCHMIDT, GUSTAV; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64; died Jan. 22, '03.
CUTLER, MARCUS M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
Sept. i, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
TROTIER, JOSEPH; sergeant; E. S. June I, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May 10, '62; promoted to sergeant Nov. I, '62; wounded at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
WALKER, MARSHALL; sergeant; E. S. June 13, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Sept. i, '62; promoted to sergeant June I, '63; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
GASKILL, FRANKLIN R. ; sergeant; E. S. June i, '61 ; appointed cor
poral Sept. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '64; wounded at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in hand at Dallas, Ga.,
May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BAXTER, MORRIS; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff.
FITCH, ASA H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62; discharged Dec. 19, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability ; died .
WHITEHEAD, GEORGE W. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered service as 2d lieut. Co. D, isoth O.
V. I., May 2,^64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; died .
THOMAS, FRANK M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
HARDESTY, JESSE; corporal; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Sept. i, '62; taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62; exchanged and returned to company; wounded at
540 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
LAMPHEAR, SAURIN K. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; ap
pointed corporal Jan. i, '64; wounded in side at battle of Antietam,
Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
MARKS, JACOB; corporal; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral Sept. i, '62; wounded in right arm at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in left ankle at Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64;
mustered out at Columbus, O., Jan. 23, '65.
GORDON, SAMUEL E. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed as corporal Jan. i, '64; wounded in right lung at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64; reenlisted Aug. 19, 64 as corporal Co. A, I77th O.
V. I. ; mustered out with company June 24, '65; died July n, '06.
BROWN, THOMAS C. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 10, '62; killed at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
WILSON, CLARK L. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va.
EDDY, NEHEMIAH G. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; discharged at Columbus, O., July n,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
EZEKIEL, DAVID I. ; corporal ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal; discharged to accept promotion April 18, '62, by order of
Gen. Banks.
SMITH, WILLIAM E. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Dec. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
HALLIDAY, FRANK H. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; transferred to Co. A, 6th
Regt. O. V. I. ; died from wounds received at battle of Missionary
Ridge, Nov. 25, '63.
FooTE, Louis A. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; transferred to Co. A, 6th
Regt. O. V. I. ; discharged June 13, '63, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability.
THOMAS, EBENEZER B. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered the service as 1st lieut. Co. C, isoth
Regt. O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, ^64.
McCnESNEY, WM. R. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out May i, '61, to accept promotion as 2d lieut. in Co. H, 2d Ky. In
fantry.
GIBSON, EDWARD; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered service as 2d lieut. Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ;
promoted to ist lieut. Co. D, March 31, '62; resigned March 14, '64.
WALWORTH, WILLIAM ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '6 1.
CAIN, JACK ; musician ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
STEBBINS, EDWARD E. ; musician; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. B 541
hospital from Fredericksburg, Va. ; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
ABRAMS, JOHN B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
ADAMS, WILLIAM ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
ALEY, Lucius; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
ARMSTRONG, JACOB C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
ATLOEE, ANDREW; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; ex
changed and returned to company June 5, '63; mustered out with
company July 6, '64; died .
ATWELL, WILLIAM B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; killed at
battle of Ruff's Mills, Ga., July 4, '64.
AUSTIN, ALONZO ; private ; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
July 31, '62, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BENNETT, ABRAHAM S. ; private; E. S. Sept. 5, '62, 3 yrs.; sent to
hospital Oct. 5, '62, he being unable to perform duty on account of
rupture ; discharged Dec. 8, '62.
BENTLEY, CHARLES H. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, 6l.
BERNARD, EDMUND; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; no record
found.
BISHOP, ORRIN A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
BLISS, HARMON H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
BOYLE, DANIEL T. ; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged June 6, '62 ; re
turned to company for duty April 12, '63; wounded in hand at battle
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept.
30, '63, by order of War Department.
BROOKS, JAMES A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
CARMODY, MARTIN; private; E. S. June I, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
in hospital at Strasburg, Va., May 24, '62; exchanged Sept. 13, '62;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
CARROLL, JAMES; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body removed to National Ceme
tery at Winchester, Va.
CANNELL, WILLIAM; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs; wounded in
left elbow at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged
October 18, '62. by order of War Department ; died .
CARSON, JACOB W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left breast at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; returned for duty
Dec. 2, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., June 8, '64; wounded
at battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 19, '64; mustered out July 26,
'65, by order of War Department ; died Dec. 25, '09.
CARTER, SYLVESTER; private; E. S. Aug. 5, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
head at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; transferred to Co. B,
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5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out at McDougal General
Hospital, New York, May 30, '65.
CASE, EDWARD; private; E. S. Sept. 23, '63, 3 yrs. ; sent to hospital
Jan. n, '64, from Bridgeport, Ala.; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I.,
June 8, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order of War Department.
CHAPMAN, CHARLES L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
exchanged and detailed at department at Washington, D. C. ; dis
charged Jan., '62, by order of War Department.
CHASE, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Battery I, ist Ohio Art., Dec. 5, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Sept. 25,
'62; promoted to ist lieut. March 30, '64; wounded at battle of Get
tysburg, Pa., July 3, '63 ; mustered out July 24, '65.
CLAGUE, WM. H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
CLERMONT, FRANCIS, JR.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
CLIFFORD, FRANCIS; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as
brigade forage master ; detailed as orderly to brigade quartermaster ;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
CONANT, EDWARD; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
CORLETT, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
COWAN, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; sick and sent to hospital Sept. 24, '62 ; discharged March 4, '63,
on surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted Sept. 25, '63; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; wounded at Peach Tree
Creek, Ga., July 20, '64; mustered out July 26, '65 ; died .
Cox, GEORGE W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, 6 1.
Cox, JUNIOR R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
COYLE, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged Jan. 9, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
CREGLOW, JOSHUA ; private ; E. S. June i, '61 ; killed at battle of
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
CULLEN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., Sept. 16, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
DAVIS, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb.
2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
DEMING, FREDERICK R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
DIEBOLT, HENRY W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out June 20, '61 ; reenlisted as sergeant Co. G, 27th O. V. L, July 27,
'61 ; promoted to ist sergt. ; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. F, Feb. 6, '62;
promoted to ist lieut. Co. A, Jan. i, 63; died May 28, '64, of wounds
received at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 27, '64.
DIXON, JAMES; private; E. S. June 12, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and
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taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; ex
changed Sept. 13, '62; wounded in arm at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
DRUM, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug 22, '61.
ELLIOTT, EUGENE W. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Columbus, O., July 16, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ECKERT, ARTHUR; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
ENSIGN, VALENTINE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
FAGAN, CHARLES; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; returned to company in July,
'62, but being unable to perform duty was sent to hospital Aug. 6,
'62; discharged Jan. I, '63.
FELTON, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Aug. 21, '62, in pth Independent Battery;
discharged June 16, '65.
FOWLER, WILLIAM D. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
GASSER, JOSEPH; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in left arm and side at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62 ; detailed for duty at hospital at Washington, D. C. ;
returned to company June 3, '63; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
GARVEY, JOHN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. B, 8th Regt. O. V. I.; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist lieut.
in 7th Virginia Inf. ; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ;
body removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers' Home, D. C.
GEITZ, LEONARD; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Winchester, Va., May 23, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
died .
GEORGE, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
GILSON, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
GOODRICH, GRANT; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
June 20, '61, by reason of reenlistment in 3 years' service; died in hos
pital at Alexandria, Va., July 29, '62.
GORDON, JOHN F. ; private; E. S. Sept. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; exchanged and returned
to company; wounded in right thigh at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
3, '63 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64 ; mustered
out July 26, '65.
GRIMES, IRA ; private ; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in head at
battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, '64; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
GUELLOW, MILTON; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
in hospital at Strasburg, Va., May 24, '62; exchanged and returned to
company Aug. 6, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died
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HARBAUGH, JOHN; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left ankle at battle of Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. B,
5th Regt. O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal; mustered out
July 26, '65, as veteran.
HAYLOR, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Nov.
17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HASHFIELD, BENJAMIN; private; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right eye at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged
Nov. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HEALEY, JOHN S.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HENSON, LEONARD; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged
Feb. 2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died .
HILL, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
HILL, PLINEY E. ; private; E. S. June 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, '62; wounded in foot at battle of
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; returned for duty Oct. 17, '62; honor
ably discharged to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry, by order of War De
partment Oct. 25, '62 ; died .
HENRICKLE, FRANK; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned to company
Sept. 12, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HIME, JACOB E. ; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned to company June 21, '63; wounded in
knee at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
HOLCOMB, NATHAN K. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
HOLCOMB, PAULUS W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Art.,
Sept. 25, '61 ; mustered out Sept. 24, '64.
HOFFMAN, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HOLT, CORWIN M. ; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HOLT, JOSIAH M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Romney, Va., Jan. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
HORNER, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HULL, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
JONES, ALONZO C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out June 20, '61, by reason of reenlistment in 3 years'
service; no further record found.
JONES, JOHN D. ; private; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Patterson's Creek, Va., Feb. I, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
afterward enlisted in U. S. Navy as ship carpenter on gunboat Yantic
and discharged at close of war.
KENDALL, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
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KUBLER, JOSEPH; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in side at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ; re
turned to company Nov. 28, '62; wounded in hand at battle of Chan-
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
LAMB, ALLEN C. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; body removed to National Ceme
tery, Winchester, Va.
LAETSCH, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
taken prisoner at hospital at Culpeper C. H., Va., Aug. 12, '62; dis
charged Jan. 29, '63; reenlisted in Co. C, isoth O. V. I., May 2, '64;
discharged with company Aug. 23, '64.
LAMBKIN, ALFRED A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; dis
charged June 17, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 25th O. V. I. ; appointed
sergeant; wounded at battle of Cross Keys, Va., June 8, '62; pro
moted to 2d lieut. Co. F, Jan. 23, '63 ; resigned Nov. 8, '63.
LARGE, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
LEMERT, JOSHUA; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as regi
mental wagonmaster Aug. 12, '61 ; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
LILES, ROBERT; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Co
lumbus, O., June 26, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LORD, CAIUS C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
MARBLE, EDWARD L. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Patterson Creek, Va., Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability; died .
MATHEWS, ROSWELL E. ; private ; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs. ; sent to
hospital Sept. 9, '62; discharged at Washington, D. C., Nov. 28, '62,
on surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted as ist sergt. in Co. A,
loth Michigan Cavalry, Sept. 18, '63; discharged Nov. 25, '65.
McCLAFUN, ED. M. ; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Battery I, ist O. L. Art, Dec. i, '61 ; wounded at battle of Gettys
burg, July i, '63; mustered out July 6, '64.
McCABE, JAMES; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died Jan., '63.
McNAiNE, JOHN; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
June 20, '61, by reason of reenlistment in 3 years' service ; no further
record found.
MEACHAM, ELBRIDGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
MEEKINS, EDGAR G. ; private; E. S. March 7, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MILLER, HENRY; private; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
MULGREW, BERNARD; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; sent from
Dumfries, Va., to hospital at Washington, D. C., April 15, '63 ; returned
to duty June 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
NICHOLS, THOMAS B. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
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out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Nov. 10, '61, in Co. E, ist Battalion i2th
U. S. Inf.; wounded in left hand and leg at battle of Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 3, '63; discharged April, 71.
NICHOLAS, MARTIN ; private ; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Romney, Va., Jan. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died
OSWALD, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
PEEBLES, RENSSELAER R. ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61 ; discharged
at Charlestown, W. Va., Nov. 20, '61, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability.
POLLIS, HENRY W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
POOR, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. F Jan. 22, '64, to reenlist as veteran and assigned to Co. G, 5th
0. V. I.; appointed sergeant Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist sergt. July
1, '65 ; mustered out with company July 26, '65 ; died Sept. 18, '04.
POST, JUDSON H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
QUAYLE, GEORGE L. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted May 26, '62, in Co. D, 84th O. V. I. ; dis
charged Sept. 20, '62.
RADCLIFFE, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
RANDALL, HARRISON; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Department.
REID, DUNCAN; private; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right
shoulder at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July
30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
REYNOLDS, LEWIS H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
REESE, JAMES M. ; private; E. S. Sept. n, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; detailed as clerk for Gen.
Geary Oct. 12, '62; transferred per Special Field Order No. 156, De
partment of Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of
term of service.
RICHARDS, JULIUS ; private ; E. S. June 6, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
artillery Dec. 4, '61.
RICE, STEPHEN W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
RIDDLE, THOMAS C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned for duty March
II, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
ROBINSON, GEORGE C. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged June 6,
'62; never returned to company.
ROBINSON, FRANCIS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
RUSSELL, DAVID ; private ; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
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RUSSELL, JOHNSON; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
SHERRICK, GEORGE O. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; body removed to National Cem
etery at Sharpsburg, Md.
SIMMONDS, GEORGE H. ; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Battery I, ist Regt. O. L. Art., Dec. 5, '61 ; mustered out with
battery July 24, '65, as veteran.
SMALL, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; appointed sergeant ;
transferred to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. 10, '63 ; died Feb. i, '05.
SMITH, JAMES; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right
leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; discharged at Philadel
phia, Pa., Oct. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died -
SPENCER, FRED ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out with
company July 6, '64.
STARK, LEWIS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; died Nov. 12, '05.
STEINBERGER, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; returned for duty
March 29, '63; detailed for duty with ambulance corps Sept. 23, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
ST. JOHN, SAMUEL; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital
at Strasburg, Va., June 13, '62.
ST. ONGE, MITCHELL; private; E. S. June n, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; leg smashed in
railroad accident while regiment was on its way to Army of the Cum
berland, Oct., '63 ; discharged Jan. 23, '64.
STOPPEL, ARTHUR; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61 ; commissioned as 2d lieut. Co. H, 37th O. V. I., Sept. 6,
'61 ; promoted to ist lieut. Co. F, May 28, '62; resigned Oct. 19, '62;
died
STODDARD, IRA; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
STONE, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 12, 61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left
thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged Nov.
25, '62, by order of War Department.
STRIKER, ALFRED D. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
STRAUSS, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; name appears in
muster-in roll but not in muster-out roll.
TOWNSEND, ROBERT J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., Sept. n,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; died in
hospital at Strasburg,' Va., June 13, '62.
WALKER, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. May 29, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at Winchester, Va.. May 24, '62; returned to duty; discharged at
Dumfries, Va., Feb. 14, '63; reenlisted in Co. E, P. V. L, July 19, '64;
discharged at expiration of term of service.
WALTERHAUS, JAMES P.; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to
hospital June 13, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died
WATROUS, ALBERT W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
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WATROUS, FRANK E. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
WILLIAMS, CYRUS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug 22, '61.
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN T. ; private; E. S. June 13, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken
prisoner at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15, '62; exchanged and returned to
company Dec. 23, '62 ; transferred to invalid corps Feb. 15, '64, by order
of War Department.
WILLIAMS, DANIEL F. ; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15, '62; exchanged Nov., '62; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64 ; died
WILLIAMS, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged June 6,
'62; returned to company for duty March 20, '63; mustered out with
company July 6, '64.
WITHERS, ALBERT E. ; private ; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; discharged Oct. 24,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WINZENREID, RALPH (RUDOLPH); private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3
mos. ; mustered out June 28, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. F, 7th O. V. I. See
Co. F.
WOOD, AMOS E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
WOOD, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
side at battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Washington, D.
C., Oct. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WOOD, STAR B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; wounded in left ankle at battle of Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
WORTH, REGINALD H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; appointed
corporal; promoted to com. sergt. May I, '62; promoted to 2d lieut.
Co. A, June 27, '64; promoted to ist lieut. Co. C, Sept. 26, '64; pro
moted to captain Co. F, Jan. 28, '65 ; resigned June 16, '65.
WORLITZER, ANTHONY; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in eye at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; discharged May 24,
'62, by order of War Department ; died
WEBB, JOSEPH P. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to
sergt. -maj. Jan. i, '62. See Field and Staff.
WORLEY, ALBERT A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; transferred to artillery Dec. 4, '61.
WYATT, JAMES E. ; private; E. S. May 4, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as pro
vost guard Sept. 12, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
YOUNG, EDWARD E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22. '6 1.
YOUNG, HENRY L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22. '6 1.
ZIERNER, GUSTAVUS ; private ; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Dec. 5, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability caused by blow of butt
of whip on right elbow ; died
ZWICKER, ERNEST A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62;
leg amputated; discharged Oct. 25, '62, by order of War Department.
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ROSTER OF COMPANY C, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
SHURTXEFE, GILES W. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
exchanged and returned to regiment Oct. 7, '62; detached on staff of
Gen. Wilcox; resigned March 18, '63; appointed lieut.-col. 5th U. S.
Colored Troops, July 29, '64; promoted to colonel Sept. 29, '64; pro
moted to brevet brig.-gen. March 15, '65; resigned June 12, '65;
wounded in hand and thigh at New Market Heights Sept. 29, '64; died
May 6, '04.
DAVIS, LI<EWEU,YN R. ; captain ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. A, April 29, '61 ; promoted to ser
geant Nov. 20, '61 ; frequently detailed as scout and made many long
trips alone, obtaining important information of the enemy's movements ;
promoted to 2d lieut. April 13, '62, and assigned to Co. D ; detached as
aide-de-camp on staff of General Geary, Aug. '9, '62; promoted
to first lieutenant Nov. 2, '62; wounded in battle at Wauhatchie.
Tenn., Oct. 29, ''63; promoted to captain Feb. 19, '64, and assigned to
Co. C; taken prisoner at Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; discharged Dec. 19,
'64, by order of War Department; appointed lieut.-col. i87th O. V. I.
March 2, '65 ; mustered out with regiment Jan. 20, '66.
CROSS, JUDSON N. ; ist. lieut.; E. S. April 29, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; recaptured at battle of Carnifax Ferry, Va., Sept. n, '61 ;
promoted to captain Nov. 25, '61, and assigned to Co. K; resigned
Feb. 9, '63, by reason of disability ; reentered the service June 13, '63, as
ist lieut. 5th Invalid Corps; promoted to captain Oct. 28, '63; in com
mand of post at Madison, Ind., from Dec. '63, to April, '64; appointed
provost marshal of Georgetown, D. C. ; afterward special mustering
officer for prisoners of war returning from rebel prisons; died Aug.
31, '01.
BAKER, EPHRAIM H., ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., 2d
lieut. ; June 20, '61, 3 yrs., 2d lieut. ; promoted ist lieut. Nov. 25, '61 ;
resigned July 25, '62, by reason of disability.
PAINE, FRANK; ist lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; mustered out as sergeant Co. D, June 19, 61, on account of re-
enlistment in 3 years' service ; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 25, '61, and
assigned to Co. C; promoted to ist lieut. March i, '62; resigned June
6, '62; reenlisted in Co. 10, Ohio Ind. Sharpshooters, March 16, '64;
appointed ist sergt. April i, '64; transferred to Co. H, 6oth O. V I.,
Feb. 24, '65; promoted to ist lieut. to date from Dec. 30, '64, and
assigned to Co. D ; mustered out with company July 28, '65.
LINCOLN, HENRY W. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 2=;, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Nov.
20, '61 ; promoted to ist sergeant March 24, '62; promoted to 2d lieut.
Aug. 9, '62; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 6, '62; resigned Jan. 7, '63,
by reason of disability.
KENASTON, HERBERT; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; resigned
April 29, '61. No record of muster in U. S. service.
Ross, JOSEPH H. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed ist sergt. Co. I, April 30, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut.
March i, '62, and assigned to Co. C; killed at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
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JONES, ISAAC C. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ser
geant Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Dec. 8, '62; wounded in left
groin and right cheek at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded in thigh at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ; wounded
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '62; died from wounds Nov. 30,
'63.
COLE, STEPHEN M. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as 2d lieut. June 25, '61, on account of reenlist-
ment in 3 years' service ; appointed corporal ; wounded and taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and re
turned to duty; wounded in shoulder by shell at battle of Chancellors-
ville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
ANDREWS, MARTIN M. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt.
Aug. 9, '62 ; wounded in left hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; wounded at battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, '64; mustered
out with company July 6, '64; r centered service as ist lieut. and adju
tant i85th O. V. I. Feb. 27, '65; promoted to captain Sept. 18, '65;
served on staff of Gen. J. F. Wade, Department of Kentucky ; mustered
out with regiment Sept. 28, '65.
DANEORTH, ARTHUR C. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. 20, '61 ;
killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
BROCKWAY, ORLANDO P.; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. April 30, '61 ; transferred to Battery
I, ist Ohio Light Artillery, Dec. i, '61 ; taken prisoner at Luray, Va. ;
paroled; commissioned as captain Co. A, 5th Regt. U. S. C. T., July
29, '63; killed at Petersburg, Va., July 19, '64.
FRY, HOLLAND B. ; sergeant ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal March i, '62; promoted to sergeant Feb. 28, '63; severely
wounded in left knee at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
AVERY, JAMES B. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser
geant Nov. i, '62; wounded in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, -'64;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BOWLER, CHARLES P.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant April i, '62;
killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HALBERT, ADDISON M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
exchanged and returned to duty ; appointed corporal ; promoted to ser
geant May 21, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
PARMENTER, WILLIAM W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.,
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted to sergeant; taken prisoner at battle of
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison at New Orleans, La.,
Nov. 18, '61.
GARDNER, JOHN; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser
geant May i, '63 ; wounded in leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March
23, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63;
wounded in right groin at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; died
from wounds Dec. 19, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
TREMBLY, OLIVER C. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
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'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Nov. i, '63 ; drowned in Ohio River
June 24, '64, while on the way home for muster out.
COOPER, JOHN S. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant Nov. 21, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged Oct. 26, '62 by order of War
Department to enlist in U. S. Engineer Corps; appointed captain in
8th U. S. C. T. Nov. 2, '63 ; promoted to lieut.-col. io;th O. V. I., Nov.
17, '64; wounded at battle of New Market; was in command of regi
ment until muster out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 25, '65.
CONDIT, EDGAR M. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. I, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. I,
'63; wounded in left leg at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; dis
charged Feb. n, '63, by reason of disability arising from wounds; re-
enlisted Oct. 7, '64, as private in Battery G, 2d Illinois Light Artillery;
final discharge Sept. 4, '65.
DAY, SELDON A.; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant March 24, '62 ; wounded
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; wounded at battle of Port
Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged Jan. 23, '63, by order of War
Department, to enlist as hos. stwd. in U. S. Army; promoted to 2d
lieut. Battery C, 5th U. "S. Artillery, and promoted through various
grades to lieut.-col. and retired.
MOREY, ELIAS W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; wounded in head and taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wound dressed by rebel sur
geon ; released on parole ; discharged Nov. 10, '63 to accept appoint
ment as ist lieut. in 9th U. S. C. T. ; promoted to captain Co. D, and
detached as provost marshal of 25th A. C.
HARMON, JONATHAN F. ; sergeant; E, S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted to sergeant in comoanv Nov. 20, '61 ; pro
moted Q. M. S. April i, '62. See Field and Staff.
FAIRCHILDS, HENRY; sergeant; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant Nov. i, '63 ; wounded in breast at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded at battle of Gettysburg. Pa., July 4, '63,
permanently disabling him for active duty, and served in hospital until
discharged, May 20, '65.
STILES, EDMUND R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; taken prisoner at battle of Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; released and discharged July 8, '62.
ORTON, HOBART G. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; recaptured at battle of Carnifax Ferry. Va., Sept. 1.1, '61 ;
sent to hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, and discharged Nov. 20, '62, for
disability arising from wounds.
BUXTON, CHARLES H.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
Aug. 10, '62 : wounded in right arm and shoulder at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; detailed on duty in Adjutant General's
office at Washington, D. C. ; mustered out June 19, '64, by order of
War Deoartment.
KINSLEY. WILLIAM W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
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WALLACE, THOMAS J. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal Nov. i, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
EVERS, JOHN J. ; corporal ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral Nov. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
GATES, LEWIS R. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April i, '62 ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
MAGARY, GEORGE R. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mbs., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal April i, '62; killed at battle of Port Re
public, Va., June 9, '62.
GOODSELL, EDWARD W. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62;
body removed to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
ADAMS, THERON E. W. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at Glenville, Va., July 21, '61 ; discharged at
Washington, D. C., June 29, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
(first man in the regiment who shed blood by the hand of the enemy) ;
reentered service as paymaster's clerk.
COCHRAN, HARLON B. ; corporal; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Nov. 20, 16i ; taken prisoner near Winchester, Va. ; released
on parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability; reenlisted in the service as 1st sergt. in 7th
Michigan Cavalry ; killed in skirmish at Falling Waters, Md., July
14* '63-
GUINN, JAMES M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62 ; discharged Jan. 10, '63, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
GRABILL, ELLIOTT F. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; discharged Nov. 10, '63. to
accept promotion as ist lieut. Co. G, 5th U. S. C. T. ; appointed adju
tant Nov. 22, '63 ; promoted to captain Sept. 24, '64, and assigned to
Co. H ; brevetted major March 13, ''65 ; mustered out with regiment
Sept. 20, '65.
KELLOGG, JASON S. ; corporal ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i, '63; detailed on recruiting ser
vice ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; wounded
in ear and head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; dis
charged Jan. 27, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MACK, ISAAC F. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes,
Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged ; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 16,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RAYMOND, JAMES W. ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal; detailed as Q. M. sergeant of regiment; wounded in left
thigh at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Recruit
Camp June n, '64; appointed ist lieut. and R. Q. M. I77th O. V. I.,
Sept. 29, '64; promoted to captain; mustered out with regiment June
24, '65 ; died Feb. 21, '05.
BOSTWICK, EDWARD M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; transferred to regimental band
July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62;
died
ROSSITER, CHARLES W. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
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20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; transferred to regimental band
July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
BARTLETT, LESTER A. ; corporal ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted service as 2d lieut. Co. I, 22d N. Y.
Inf., Feb. 22, '62; mustered out June 19, '63; served on staff of Gen.
Auger in May, '62.
ABBOTT, BYRON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
ARMSTRONG, A. C. ; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, March 19, '63, per General Order No. 36; (never
joined company in field.)
ARNOLD, WILLIAM W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 1 8, '61.
ATWATER, EDWIN B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded by shell in left thigh at battle of Port Republic,
Va., June 9, '62 ; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department ;
reenlisted in 3d U. S. Artillery; final discharge May, '64.
AUSTIN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, J6i, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BADGER, NATHANIEL L. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
BAIRD, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 25, '62; paroled and exchanged and
soon after discharged for disability.
BALDWIN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos..; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BARTLETT, JAMES C. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 18, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, sth O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order
of War Department.
BARNES, WILLIAM O. ; private; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded
in left elbow at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to
Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65.
BATES, JOSEPH E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; transferred to regimental band July 10, '61, by order of Col.
Tyler; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62.
BELL, JAMES R. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
hospital department Dec. i, '61, by order of Col. Tyler; promoted to
asst. surg., stationed at Galliopolis, O.
BIGGS, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison at New
Orleans, La., Oct. 17, '61.
BODLE, FOSTER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
released on parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 2, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability; appointed asst. surg. iSsth O. V. L,
Feb. 24, '65 ; mustered out Sept. 26, '65.
BOSWORTH, CHARLES C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged April 5, '64, by order of War Department to accept appoint
ment as hos. stwd. in U. S. Army.
BUNKER, FREEMAN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal Nov. i, '64;
mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department.
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BURNS, JOHN M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; released on parole and returned to duty March 20, '63;
wounded at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; wounded at battle
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
CARROTHERS, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in left ankle at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged
May 13, '63, for disability arising from wounds.
CHENEY, JAMES W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged March 5, '62, by order of War Department, to
accept promotion to ist lieut. in 49th Illinois Infantry; promoted to
captain Feb. 13, '63; mustered out March 22, '65; died Feb. 8, '05.
CHIPMAN, BUEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, "61, 3
yrs.; discharged Oct. 29, '62, by order of War Department, to reenlist
in Co. A, U. S. Engineers; discharged April 28, '64.
CLARK, HENRY S. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Cumberland, Md., Sept. 4, '62, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability ; died
CLARK, MARTIN V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; transferred to regimental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with
band at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62; reenlisted Aug. 15, '64, in 8th
Ind. Battery Ohio Light Artillery ; appointed corporal ; promoted to
sergeant ; mustered out Oct. 17, '64.
CLAGHORN, HENRY O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
exchanged and returned to duty March 25, '63; wounded in right leg
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; discharged by reason of
wounds March n, '64; died March 27, '64.
CLEVERDON, JOSEPH S. ; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Co.
B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged March 15, '65, on surgeon's
certificate of disability, by reason of wound.
COBURN, WALLACE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 25, '62 ; died of wounds March 29, '62.
COLLINS, HOWARD; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order
of War Department; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, '64.
COLLINS, JOSEPH W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died
of wounds Aug. 27, '61.
CROWELL, THEODORE B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
CURTIS, EDWARD F. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; released on
parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 7, '62 ; reenlisted in 6th
N. Y. Ind. Battery Sept. i, '64; discharged June 24, '65.
DANN, ALFRED T. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 12, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 20, '65, by order
of War Department.
DAVIES, JAMES R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
DENMAN, AMOS H. ; private; E. S. Anril 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
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DICKSON, THOMAS P.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in shoulder and thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
discharged by reason of wounds Jan. 8, '63 ; entered service again June
27, '63, as lieut. Co. B, 55th Pa. Militia ; discharged Aug. 26, '63.
EMERSON, LAUREL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, 61.
FINCH, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus,
Ohio, Oct. 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
FINNERAN, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Sept. 4, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; discharged by reason of wounds
Jan., '64.
FISH, JOSEPH L. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
FORBES, FRANKLIN M. ; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by
order of War Department.
GRIGSBY, PHILIP; private; E. S. Sept. n, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
right leg at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62 ; foot amputated ; dis
charged Aug. 17, '63 ; died April 5, 'go.
GAFFETH, NICHOLAS; private; E. S. Sept. 16, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
GILLANDERS, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; detached as hos. stwd. ; discharged at Washington, D. C., Jan.
23, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
GLEASON, SILAS; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, May
30, '65.
GRANT, WILLIAM; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as
drummer in regimental band Oct. n, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O.
V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. i, '65.
GRIFFIN, CHARLES P. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HAMILTON, CYRUS P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded by musket ball in left thigh and taken prisoner
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; died in prison at Richmond,
Va.
HAMILTON, MATHIAS N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Cumberland, Md., Aug. 23, '62, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
HAYES, EZEKIEL F. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out June 20, '61, on account of reenlistment in 3 years'
service ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HICKS, OWEN; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as
drummer in regimental band Aug. 10, '63 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th O.
V. L, Oct. 31, '64; appointed ist sergt. June 6, '65; mustered out with
company July 26, '65.
HIXON, HENRY G. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Romney, Va., Dec. 24, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HOWARD, HENRY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis
charged at Columbus, Ohio, April 9, '63; appointed captain and A Q.
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M., serving in U. S. Military Railroads Department at Nashville, Tenn.
HUBBELL, ALBERT; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus,
Ohio, July 17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HUCKINS, NOAH; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
HUNTER, WILLIAM M.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. See
Co. H.
JEAKINS, BURFORD; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; died from wounds Sept. 20, '61.
JONES, LEWIS J. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug.
26, '61 ; discharged on account of wounds March 10, '63, by order of
Gen. Schenck.
JUDSON, DANIEL S.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded by musket ball in right thigh and taken prisoner at
battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; died from wounds, in prison
at Richmond, Va., June 14, '62.
KELLEY, REUBEN B. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
KELLOGG, STEPHEN; private; E. S. April 25, }6i, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; dis
charged at Columbus, O., on account of wounds, Sept. 5, '62.
KELSEY, EDWARD E. ; private ; E. S. Feb. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
March 19, '64, by order of War Department to enlist as hos. stwd. in
U. S. Army.
KING, CHARLES F. ; private; E. S. Aug. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Ceme
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
KINGSBURY. DANIEL D. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, ;6i ; discharged Oct. 30, '62,
by order of War Department to enlist in U. S. Engineer Corps ; dis
charged Sept. 28, '64.
KINGSBURY, ROMAIN J. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at
battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
KINGSBURY, SELDON B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
discharged at Columbus, O., Aug. 2, '62, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
KIRK, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
LEWIS, HARRISON ; private ; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; died of typhoid
fever at Fairfax Seminary Hospital at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 5, '62.
LOCKWOOD, FREDERICK A. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
LOWREY, JOHN; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant June 20, '65;
mustered out with company July 26, '65.
MCCARRAN, JOSEPH; private: E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; mortally
wounded by shell at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63: died from
wounds July 22, '63.
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McNAUGHT, JOSEPH G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
MASON, C. E. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
MASSA, JAMES A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; ex
changed and detailed as clerk at military headquarters at Columbus,
O. ; discharged June 20, '64.
MASSEY, JOSEPH J. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Winchester, Va., May, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MOE, FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
MYERS, ELAM B. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis
charged Oct. 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MYERS, JAMES T. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed as
fifer in regimental field band April i, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Louisville, Ky., June 20, '65.
MYERS, LEVI; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; died of smallpox
at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 20, '63.
NEWTON, EMORY C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
exchanged; discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability.
NOBLE, IRVING A. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged ; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64; reentered service as 1st lieut. Co.
A, i82d O. V. I., July 28, '64; promoted to captain Feb. 23, '65, and
assigned to Co. C ; mustered out with company July 7, '65.
OSBORN, ALBERT; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 21, '61 ; re
leased on parole and discharged at Columbus, O., March 7, '63, per
General Order No. 36; reenlisted in Co. A, I4th O. V. I., Jan. 25, '64;
appointed corporal Sept. 17, '64; mustered out with company July n,
'65 ; veteran.
PALMER, FREDERICK M. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died
of wounds April 7, '62.
PARKER, ALEXANDER ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; released on parole ;
discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability July 7, '63.
PARSONS, HIRAM; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
PEASE, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
PEASLEY, JACOB A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out April 18, '61.
PEASLEY, JOSEPH J. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
PELTON, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. Oct. 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right ankle at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; wounded at
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; left arm amputated ; discharged
for wounds Jan. 21, '64.
PHILLIPS, JOHN B'. ; private; E. S. Sept. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
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right ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred per
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, June 8,
'64; discharged Aug., '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
POTTER, REUBEN R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist
in U. S. Engineer Corps; transferred to 3d U. S. Art. and promoted
to hos. stwd.
PROCTOR, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Veteran Reserve
Corps Dec. i, '64; died .
RAND, TRUE ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred per Special Field Order No.
156, Department of the Cumberland, June 8, '64; mortally wounded
near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, '64, and died in hospital at Jef
ferson, Ind., Aug. 21, '64.
RAPPLEYE, JAMES M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
REEVES, JEREMIAH J. ; private ; E. S. March 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of
term of service.
RICHMOND, ORLANDO; private; E. S. Oct. 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, O., Feb. 24, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RICHMOND, WARREN F. ; private; E. S. Oct. 24, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
ROBBINS, ANSON H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., July n, '62, on surgeon's certi
ficate of disability; reenlisted as sergeant Co. K, 150th O. V. L, May 2,
'64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; commissioned as 1st
lieut. Co. D, 8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery; discharged March
10, '66.
ROGERS, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ;
discharged Oct. 30, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in U. S.
Engineer Corps; discharged April 28, '64.
ROOT, EDWARD C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis
charged at Columbus, O., Aug. 2, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability.
SACKETT, EDWARD G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; died
March 24, '62.
ScoTT, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61, released on parole;
discharged Nov. 20, '62.
SEVEY, BENJAMIN L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Feb. 3, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SHELDON, HENRY G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged by reason of wounds, at Columbus, O., July 3,
'62; commissioned as captain Co. 'G, loist O. V. L, July 24, '62; re
signed Jan. 28, '63.
SHELDON, MITCHELL H.; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Co.
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B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant Nov. I, '64; mus
tered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department ; died .
SHEPPARD, EDWARD P.; private; E. S. Oct. i, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
SHORT, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
SMITH, EDWIN R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; ex
changed; discharged July 7, '63, by order of War Department to ac
cept promotion to 2d lieut. Co. H, 5th U. S. C. T. ; promoted to ist
lieut. Dec. 7, '63 ; killed at the battle of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 22, '64.
SMITH, GEORGE A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
SPEES, GEORGE L. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Gauley Bridge, Va., Nov. 18, '61, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
SPRIGGS, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64, after having passed safely through every bat
tle in which the regiment was engaged.
STERRY, CLINTON N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
appointed captain ist Minnesota Heavy Artillery.
STONE, MARVIN C. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
side at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Veteran Reserve
Corps, Dec. i, '64; died May 17, '99.
STOWE, JOSEPH M. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, O., May
15, '65-
SwEET, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. Aug. 29, '62, 3 yrs. ; mortally
wounded at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; died Nov. 30, '63;
body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
THOMPSON, DAVID J. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
released on parole and exchanged ; detached as clerk at headquarters
of Gen. Rosseau at Nashville, Tenn. ; discharged at Columbus, O., June
25, '64; appointed ist lieut. and regt. Q. M. ipist O. V. L, March 6,
'65 ; mustered out with regiment Aug. 27, '65 ; died, '04.
THRASHER^ GEORGE H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged June 19, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
TIBBETS, CHARLES E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
TOWERS, RICHARD; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
TUTTLE, Lucius V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis
charged at Columbus, O., July 31, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility.
VAN ORMAN, R. C. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Feb. 15, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WADSWORTH, ORRY H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
WALL, CHARLES E. ; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at
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battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Ceme
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
WALWORTH, WARREN F. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged for wounds at
Columbus, O., July n, '62.
WARD, DAVID A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in ipSth P.
WARNER, FREDERICK A. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged for wounds July 2, '62; died Jan. 20, '05.
WARREN, LEROY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
released on parole and discharged July 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
WETHERBY, ALBERT G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
WHEELER, WILLIAM W. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at De
troit, Mich., June 23, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died
Feb. 3, '98.
WILDER, LEONARD G. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, '64, by order of War Department.
WILDER, THEODORE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in abdomen at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; discharged for wounds at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 20, '62.
WILEORD, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., by
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, June
8, '64.
WILSEY, JOSEPH H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
WINSOR, RICHARD; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged for wounds Nov. 25, '62 ; died .
WISE, OLIVER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in ear and thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; taken prisoner at Bristow Station, Va., Aug. 31, '62; pa
roled, exchanged and returned to duty; wounded in right hand at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
WOOD, DANIEL P. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
WOOD, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Battery I, ist Ohio Light Art, Dec. I, '61 ;
lost an arm in battle and discharged for wounds.
WOODMANSEE, WILLIAM; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
WORCESTER, ORLANDO H.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ;
wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died from
wounds April 15, '62.
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WRIGHT, GEORGE F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
DYER, JOHN N. ; captain ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Grafton, W. Va.
WOOD, GEORGE L. ; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as ist lieut. Co. H, to accept reappointment in
3 years' service ; promoted to captain Co. D, Nov. 25, '61 ; wounded
in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; resigned on
account of wounds, Nov. 10, '62; reentered service as major I25th O.
V. I, Nov. 27, '62 ; resigned April 20, '63 ; died .
WILCOX, ARTHUR T. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. E.
WEED, CHARLES A.; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. E.
SHEPHERD, WILLIAM D. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
19, '61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff.
LOCKWOOD, GEORGE D. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 19, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt.
Nov., '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Aug. 9, '62; prompted to ist lieut.
Nov. 2, '62; served as acting adjutant during last six months of his
service, including Atlanta campaign up to June n, '64; wounded in
chin at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64; died Sept. 3, '74.
GILL, BENJAMIN F. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; for
record see Co. E.
WIUJAMS, ANDREW J. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
17, '61, 3 yrs.; resigned Sept. 6, '61, by reason of disability; died
Aug. 5, '01.
WITTER, EZRA H.; 2d lieut.; E. S. Oct. i, '61, 3 yrs.; resigned April
13, '62; died .
DAVIS, LLEWELLYN R. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. C.
BOHM, EDWARD H.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. K.
WILSON, LAWRENCE; ist sergt; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April i, '62; promoted to sergeant, Feb. 6, '63; promoted to
ist sergt. Oct. i, '63; wounded in right breast at battle of Port Re
public, Va., June 9, '62; wounded in left arm, breast and right foot at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in right hand at
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with company at
Cleveland, O., July 6, '64.
WTHITING, HENRY J. ; ist sergt.; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant June 19, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. i, '62; killed at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63.
TISDEL, WILLARD P.; ist sergt ; "E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; pvt. to June 19, '61 ; corpl. to Oct. 31, '61 ; sgt. to March 31,
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'62; private to Oct. 31, '62; sergeant to May 2, '63; ist sergt. to May
31, '63; sergt.-maj. to January i, '64, and private to April 24, '64, when
honorably discharged on account of expiration of term of service; re-
enlisted and served one year in Hancock's Veteran Corps, mostly on
detail at War Department ; was wounded in the head in battle of Get
tysburg on July 3, '63.
HART, EDWIN; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral Nov., '62 ; promoted to sergeant April i, '63 ; mustered out with
company July 6, '64.
DENGLER, CARL A.; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April i, '62; promoted to sergeant Sept. i, '63; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
LAPHAM, JAMES M. ; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 19, '61 ; promoted to sergeant April i, '62; taken pris
oner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; exchanged and re
turned to duty Nov. 7, '62 ; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty ; mustered out with company July
6, '64.
CAIN, WILLIAM ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i,
'64; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. D, 4th
U. S. Vet. Vols., Feb. 28, '65 ; discharged Feb. 28, '66.
FORCE, EMORY W. ; sergeant; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant ; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability ; died June 21, '04.
SMALLEY, VIRGIL E. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
April i, '62; severely wounded in thigh at battle of Port Republic, Va.,
June 9, '62 ; discharged at Columbus, O., Feb. 5, '63, on surgeon's cer
tificate of disability.
PAINE, FRANKLIN, JR.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
IQ> '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed to sergeant April 29, '61 ; promoted to 2d
lieut. Nov. 25, '61, and assigned to Co. C; for record see Co. C.
HUBBARD, NEWTON K. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June. 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to corporal June 19, '61, to sergeant May 3, '63,
and to sergt.-maj. Jan. i, '64, and transferred to Field and Staff; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and
returned to duty March 20, -'63.
HUNTINGTON, EDWARD ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
KNIGHT, Louis ; corporal : E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral Nov. i, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
NASH, EDWIN V. ; corporal ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral Nov. i, '62 ; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63 ; returned to duty Nov., '63 ; severely wounded in left foot
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
WHITING, WILFORD G. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April i, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
OLIVER, SAMUEL S. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal March 23, '64; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '6d.
HENDRICKSON, SIMON E. ; corporal ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; ap-
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pointed corporal March 23, '64; taken prisoner at battle of Port Re
public, Va., June 9, '62; exchanged and returned to duty Nov. 7, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
TAFT, MILO N. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died .
CARROLL, CHARLES; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May 3, '63; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and returned to duty March 20, '63 ; killed at
battle of Gettysburg, fa., July 3, '63.
GRISWOLD, ABRAHAM C. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal Nov., '61 ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March
23, '62; body moved to National Cemetery at Winchester, Va.
NORRIS, NORMAN L. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Nov. 25, '61 ; severely wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; died of wounds in hospital at Alexandria,
Va., Sept. 4, '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria,
Va.
FISHER, AMOS C. ; corporal ; E. S. June 19, '61 ; appointed corporal
April i, '62; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of
Board of Surgeons.
LOTT, JEROME; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal
June 19, '61 ; discharged at Columbus, O., June 3, '62, on surgeon's cer
tificate of disability ; died .
BURR, EDWARD ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; reappointed cor
poral Nov. i, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Depart
ment.
ERNST, JOHN H. ; corporal; E. S. Oct. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral March 23, '64; transferred to Recruit Camp by Order No. 156,
Department of Cumberland, dated June 8, '64; discharged at expiration
of term of service.
VANCE, SAMUEL; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. H, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler.
GILL, SEYMOUR T. ; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled; detailed as musician with
provost guard at Columbus, O., Sept. 9, '63 ; detailed as clerk in re
cruiting office at Columbus, O. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
FRENCH, WARREN A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; sergeant June 19, '61 ;
mustered out with company July 6, '64; died .
CONE, FRANK; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal Feb. 6, 1863 ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
CLARK, GEORGE F. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HUNTOON, ELBRIDGE G. ; musician ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 1 8, '61.
TRAVIS, ISAAC S. ; musician; April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
ALLEN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
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ANSON, ALPHONSO L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record
found.
ARMSTRONG, CHARLES C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
ATKINS, GEORGE L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61 ; discharged at New
Market, Va., May 10, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died
ATKINS, THOMAS S. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61 ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BABCOCK, JOSEPH; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
BAKER, SCHUYLER J. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; detailed as
nurse in hospital at Culpeper C. H., Va., Aug. 10, '62, and taken pris
oner; discharged March 23, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BALCH, GEORGE F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Williamsport, Md., June 3, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BARBER, SETH ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BARBER, CLARK; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital
at Gallipolis, O., Oct. 26, '61.
BARNES, CALVIN ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BARNES, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BEEBE, LEWIS C. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BENTLEY, CHARLES L. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Oct. 25, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in engineer corps.
BOSE, FREDERICK; private; E. S. March 22, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, sth O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out on expiration of
term of service by order of War Department.
BOWER, GEORGE W. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. H, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler.
BRAKEMAN, GERRY ; private ; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred per
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, dated
June 8, '64; killed in battle of Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, '64.
BREESE, JAMES R. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler.
BRICK, MICHAEL; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BRINKERHOEF, SIMEON S. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
BRITTON, MARTIN T. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order
of War Department.
BROWN, ARTHUR; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as
teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BRYANT, DEMAS W. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept. 4, '62 ; paroled ; no further
record found.
BURBANK, THADDEUS F. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; dis-
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charged Oct. 26, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in engineer
corps.
BUTTON, HORACE; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BURNHAM, REUBEN H. ; private; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body removed to National
Cemetery at Winchester, Va.
BUYS, GEORGE J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; detached as teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
CALER, CHARLES F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Vet. Res. Corps Nov. 15, '63, by order of War Department.
CALLENDER, JOHN E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
CARVIN, LEWIS C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body moved to National Cemetery
at Winchester, Va.
CLARK, TAYLOR H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
COLLIGAN, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
COLWELL, ALBERT C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left ankle at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. I, I77th O. V. I., Sept. 12,
'64; mustered out with company June 24, '65.
COLWELL, ADDISON B. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, Ohio, July 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
died
CONE, ISAAC; private; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to In
valid Corps Aug. i, '63 by order of War Department
CONE, SYLVANUS G. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Co.
B, sth O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged from hospital at Louisville, Ky.,
May, '65.
COPELAND, ANDREW ; private ; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; died from wounds in
hospital at Aquia Creek, Va., June 13, '63.
COULTER, WILLIAM A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital at Gallipolis, Ohio, Oct. 18, '61.
CROFT, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CUSTIN, ROBERT L. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Cumberland, Md., Sept. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CUTLER, JOHN A. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 22, '62, by order of War Department to enlist
in ist U. S. Cavalry.
DAWSE, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; exchanged and returned
to duty Nov., '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64;
mustered out at McDougal General Hospital, New York Harbor, May
26, '65.
DINGMAN, HARRY ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
DODGE, ALEXANDER; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
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3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20. '61 ; died
at Salisbury, N. C., April 24, '62.
DUNCAN, HARMON; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
ERWIN, JAMES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
FERRON, JAMES O. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in knee at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
FISH, JOSEPH L. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. C, Oct. 15, '62, by order Lieut-Col. O. J. Crane.
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded in breast at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order
of War Department.
FORD, MORTIMER; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
FOSTER, JOHN ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
FRANKE, JOHN A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
neck at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; taken prisoner at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; exchanged and returned to
duty; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
GARDNER, WILLIAM L. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in face at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. n, '62, for disability arising from wounds.
GIBBS, GEORGE A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
GILL, Louis C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 10, J6i, 3
yrs. ; sent to hospital Aug., '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
GLENDENNING, CHARLES; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. H, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler.
GRAPLER, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
GREEN, EDWIN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 9, '62, 3 yrs. ; served until April,
'64, when ordered to report to Gen. Steadman at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
for transfer to the Mississippi Squadron; transferred Aug. 14, '64;
served on the General Grant as captain of the forecastle until June
20, '65, when honorably discharged.
GRIFFIN, JAMES T. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to hos
pital at Cumberland, Md. No further record found.
GRIFFITH, ALBERT G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; discharged
May 8, '61, at Cleveland, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
GRIFFITH, CHARLES E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; detached in Sappers and Miners Corps ; discharged at
Germantown, Pa., April 26. '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HALE, SIR MATTHEW; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; died at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, June i, '61.
HARMER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62 ;
discharged at Harper's Ferry. Va., Oct. 22, '62, by order of War De
partment, to enlist in ist U. S. Cavalry; died in Andersonville.
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HARRISON, ALBERT H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HART, VOLNEY; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
HARTMAN, JAMES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '61.
HAWKINS, BENJAMIN F. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; severely
wounded in neck at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 19, '62 ; dis
charged on account of wounds March 31, '63 ; afterwards became blind
from effects of smallpox.
HERRICK, GEORGE ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty Nov.,
'63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at
Columbus, Ohio, July 12, '65.
HETTINGER, CHARLES G. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds in hos
pital at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 10, '62.
HIBBARD, LAWSON ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
HICKOK, ALBERT ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; detailed as com
pany cook and teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HOBDAY, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
transferred to Invalid Corps — - '64, by order of War Department.
HOEG, WILLIAM A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, Ohio, July 25, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HOLCOMB, NORTON B.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged by rea
son of wounds, at New York Harbor, Jan. 5, '63.
HOPKINS, STEPHEN A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B.
Tyler.
HUMMEL, VALENTINE A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
HUNGERFORD, AUGUSTIN ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
19, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HUNT, WESTEL W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in?
foot at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; detached as ambu
lance driver; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered
out June 5, '65, by order of War Department.
HUNTER, GRIFFITH; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
HUNTINGTON, HENRY ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Auer. 18, '61.
HUNTOON, HORACE H. ; private; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty
March 20, '63; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mus
tered cut at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 2, '64.
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs. ;
transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5,
'65, by order of War Department.
JENKINS, BENJAMIN; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty
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March 20, '63 ; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May
3, '63; furlough granted from hospital at Mt. Pleasant, June 23, '63.
No further record found.
JOHNSON, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; died in hospital at Sutton, Va., from accidental pistol shot,
Aug. 20, '61 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Crafton, W. Va.
JOHNSON, EDGAR M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department, to en
list in U. S. Engineer Corps.
JOHNSON, FREDERICK R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
JONES, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs.; discharged Dec. i, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in
2d U. S. Cavalry.
JONES, RUSSELL M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at General Hospital at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 31, '63,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LANDER, THOMAS M. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Oct. 22, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in ist U. S. Cavalry.
LAPHAM, WALLACE W. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally
wounded through lungs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
died from wounds in hospital at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 13, '62; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va.
LEE, JOHN; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
LIVINGSTON, OLIVER; private; E. S. Jan. 29, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged
May 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MCADAMS, JOHN; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; dis
charged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 17, '63, on account of disability arising
from wounds.
McGRAw, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; escaped and returned
to regiment at Patterson's Creek, Va., Jan. 29, '62; discharged at Co
lumbus, Ohio, April 13, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; re-
enlisted in Co. E, loist O. V. I., Aug. 9, '62; appointed ist sergt. ;
promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 15, '62; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 26, '63;
killed at battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, '63.
MAJOR, HENRY; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. No record found.
MALONE, WILBUR D. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos
pital at Weston, Va., Aug. 21, '61 ; body moved to National Cemetery
at Grafton, Va.
MANLEY, FRANK ; private ; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in elbow
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to Recruit Camp June
n, '64; died
MAXEIELD, EUGENE; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. F, by order of Col. Tyler.
MEIGS, EDMUND G. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as
clerk at Headquarters 2d Division, 2Oth Corps; transferred to Co. B,
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War
Department.
MILLER, EPHRAIM C. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; severely
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wounded in shoulder and arm at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62;
taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; returned
to duty; missing at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out
April 28, '65.
MULLIGAN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
MUKRAY, EUGENE J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant April 6, '65;
mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; died .
NASH, ALBERT W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26,
'65-
NORRIS, CARIES C. ; private; E. S. March 12, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged
Jan. 29, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
NORRIS, SHERMAN R. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed as
clerk at regimental headquarters, July 14, '63 ; transferred to Co. B,
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War
Department.
NORTON, JOHN A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out June 19, '61 ; enlisted in 3 years' service, regiment not known.
ORTON, WILLIAM A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order
of War Department.
PAINE, CLINTON J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
PATCHEN, GEORGE A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
POMEROY, DOUGLAS F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; detailed as blacksmith ; taken prisoner at battle of Dum
fries, Va.,' Dec. 27, '62; exchanged Nov., '63, and returned to duty;
mustered out with Co. July 6, '64; died
PULLMAN, SAMUEL R. ; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by
order of War Department.
QUINN, CHRISTOPHER C. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty
March 20, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in
Co. D, 4th U. S. Vet. Vols., Feb. 28, '65 ; discharged Feb. 28, '66.
RHODES, HENRY H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; de
tached for hospital duty at Alexandria, Va. ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
ROBBINS, HENRY F.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
ROBINSON, PETER H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
ROFF, THOMAS; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right
leg at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; discharged for wounds at
Washington, D. C., March 9, '63 ; died
ROOF, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital at
Cumberland, Md., Jan. 6, '62.
ROOT, WILLIAM P.; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; severely
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wounded in shoulder at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; dis
charged for wounds at Washington, D. C., Jan. 31, '63.
ROWE, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to regi
mental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D.
C, July 5, '62; died
RUBICON, JAMES A. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Co
lumbus, Ohio, Oct. 17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RUSSELL, STEPHEN V. : private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 24, '62; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va.
SAYLES, THOMAS; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; died in hos
pital at Wilmington, Del., Nov. 10, '62; buried in Brandywine Ceme
tery at Wilmington, Del., grave No. 3.
SEELEY, ISAAC B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
SHELBY, JOHN; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty March 20,
'63 ; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ;
died of wounds in hospital at Washington, D. C., May 10, '63.
SHEPHERD, CHARLES A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; detailed as nurse in hospital; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
SHEPHERD, RICHARD K. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga.,
June 16, '64; mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 21, '65.
SHERWOOD, VAN NESS; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, Ohio, July 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SHIVELEY, GEORGE; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged
from U. S. General Hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability ; died .
SMITH, ALERED E. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty March
20, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died July, '06.
SMITH, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty Oct., '62;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
SMITH, PERRY H. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty
March 20, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
SMITH, STEPHEN A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, O., July 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SPEAR, GEORGE; private; E. S. Aug. 6, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged from
hospital at Wilmington, Del., Feb. 17, '63, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
SPERRY, AMBROSE ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
SPRING, CHARLES B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '6 1.
STANLEY, FRANK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; detailed with Pioneer Corps ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
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STONE, RUSSELL; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. H.
SUMNER, EUROTUS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
TAYLOR, MARCUS C. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
TENNEY, ALEXANDER; private; E. S. Aug. n, 62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company
June 21, '65, by order of War Department.
THOMPSON, WESLEY L. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61 ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
TOWER, ALMON ; private ; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
TRAVIS, ISAAC S. ; private; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs.; missing at
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; returned to duty; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65; died .
TRULSEN, HANS; private; E. S. May 23, '61 ; served as seaman on
the North Carolina to July 23, '61 ; on the Rhode Island to June 9, '62,
and on the Ohio to June n, '62, when honorably discharged; enlisted
in Co. D, 7th Ohio Inf., Aug. 9, '62, and served until April '64, when
ordered to report to Gen. Steadman at Chattanooga, Tenn., for trans
fer to the Mississippi Squadron; transferred Aug. 12, '64, where he
served as gunner's mate on the General Burnside; discharged Nov.
22, '64; was then appointed acting master's mate, then master's mate on
the General Thomas, until June I, '65, when honorably discharged.
TUTTLE, BINGHAM ; private ; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; killed in
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64.
TUTTLE, JEROME ; private ; E. S. July 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; severely
wounded in jaw at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63;
transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5,
'6";, by order of War Department.
VALLEAU, GEORGE; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; exchanged and returned
to duty; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged
on surgeon's certificate of disability; died .
VREELAND, HENRY; private; E. S. Oct. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
from Trinity Church Hospital at Washington, D. C, Feb. 12, '63, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
VREELAND, RICHARD M. ; private; E. S. Oct. 10, 61, 3 yrs; taken
prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; discharged July 23,
'63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WAGNER, JACOB; private; E. S. Oct. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital
at Harper's Ferry, Va., Jan. 10, '63.
WAKELEY, OSCAR R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8. '61.
WALTERS, REUBEN W. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 15, '62, 3 yrs. ; promoted
to hos. stwd. March 15, '64; see Field and Staff.
WTEAVER, JOHN ; private ; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, *6i, 3
yrs.; detached as provost guard May 13, '63; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
WEBBER, AUGUSTUS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
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3 yrs.; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler;
died .
WHITE, WILLIAM M. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
WILSON, BUDD W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Invalid Corps by order of War Department ; died .
WIRT, JOHN B.; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Harper's Ferry, Va., Feb. 19, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WOOD, HARRY; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed fife
major June 20, '61 ; see Field and Staff.
WOOLSEY, HARVEY ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Columbus, O., July 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WURTS, WILLIAM L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., July 19, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
YOUNG, THOMAS R. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61 ; discharged at Co
lumbus, O., Sept. 20, '62 on surgeon's certificate of disability; died .
ROSTER OF COMPANY E, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
SPRAGUE, JOHN W. ; captain ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs; taken prisoner at Birch River, Va., Aug. n, '61 ; exchanged
Jan. 5, '62 ; promoted to colonel 63d O. V. L, Jan. 23, '62 ; promoted
to brig.-gen. July 30, '64; brevetted maj.-gen. to date from March 13,
'64; relieved of command in army and assigned to duty by Secretary
of War as Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Refugees, Freed-
men, and Abandoned Lands; resigned Nov., '65; died Dec. 24, '93.
WEED, CHARLES A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out as ist sergt. Co. D, June 17, '61, to accept ap
pointment as ist lieut. Co. D in 3 years' service; promoted to captain
and assigned to Co. E, Feb. 5, '62 ; resigned Feb. 20, '63 ; died, '95.
WILCOX, ARTHUR T. ; captain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as 2d lieut. Co. E, June 17, '61, to accept ap
pointment as ist lieut. Co. E in 3 years' service; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty Oct. 4, '62 ;
promoted to captain Co. D, July 9, '62 ; assigned to Co. E, March 10,
'63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64 ; reentered service as
colonel I77th O. V. I., Sept. 23, '64; mustered out with regiment June
24, '65; died, '04.
DAVIS, LLEWELLYN R. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. C.
KETCHUM, GEORGE C. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and returned to duty
March 13, '63; promoted to ist lieut. March 30, '64; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; reentered service as ist lieut. and adj. I77th
O. V. L, Sept. 27, '64; resigned May 20, '65.
LOCKWOOD, RALPH ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs.; promoted to ist lieut. and assigned to Co. A, Nov. 25, '61 ;
for record see Co. A.
BRISBINE, JAMES P. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. H, June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d
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lieut. and assigned to Co. E, Dec. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
LOCKWOOD, GEORGE D. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. D.
BILLINGS, ARVIN D. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant Jan. i, '62; promoted to ist sergt. Jan. I, '63; wounded in
left arm and side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
WHEELER, SAMUEL C. ; ist sergt; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal Jan. i, '62; promoted to ist sergt. March i, '62;
wounded in left ankle at battle of Port Republic June 9, '62; dis
charged at Columbus, O., March 23, '63, for disability arising from
wounds.
PIERCE, HENRY P.; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HILL, HENRY E. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Jan. i,
'62; wounded in right arm at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63;
mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HARLEY, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i, '63; promoted to sergeant April
9, '64 ; color bearer from May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
SWEET, GEORGE W. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and re
turned to duty March 13, '63; appointed sergeant from private May
19, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
MARTIN, MOSES; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Jan. i,
'62; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
LOWELL, OZRO J. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; died at Cumberland, Md., Feb.
19, '62.
MERRIAM, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant June 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug.
26, '61 ; left arm amputated; discharged for wounds Oct. 30, '62, by
order of War Department.
WILCOXSON, FRANKLIN F.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.,
June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 20, '62 ; dis
charged at Columbus, O., Oct. 23, '63, by order of War Department.
FREEMAN, WILLIAM ; sergeant ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos, June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, 61 ; discharged at Romney,
Va., Jan. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BAILEY, HENRY H. ; sergeant; E. S. Sept. 26, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Jan. i, '62, promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '63; wounded in head
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; wounded in left thigh at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; reappointed sergeant and mustered out at expi
ration of term of service.
LOGAN, CHARLES R. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
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COOK, JONATHAN; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
MEEKER, WILLIAM W. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Jan. i, '63; wounded at battle of
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6,
'64 ; died .
HOLDEN, WILLIAM; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal July i, '63; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
TURNER, JESSE G. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62; on detached duty
at Columbus, O., until Sept. 24, '63 ; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
WOODWARD, JOHN H. ; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June i, '62; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
ALEXANDER, JAMES K. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal Jan. i, '62 ; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at New York, Jan. 7, '63, by
order of War Department.
BLANDEN, GEORGE; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left arm at battle of Winchester,
Va., March 23, '62; discharged Jan. 28, '63, by order of \Var Depart
ment.
LORING, GEORGE W. ; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Washington, D. C., Oct. 6^ '62,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LEWIS, CHARLES; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Charleston, Va., Oct. 31, '61, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
DAVIS, FREDERICK A.; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left thigh at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps, Dec. 12, '63, by
order of War Department.
OSBORN, OMAR; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral Jan. i, '62 ; discharged -Jan. 8, '63, by order of War Department.
SMITH, ALBERT O. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i, '62; wounded through hip at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at Harper's
Ferry, Va., Nov. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BARBER, WILLIAM M. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps
by order of War Department.
FURNISS, WILLIAM; corporal; E. S. May i, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Jan. i, '63; wounded in left thigh at battle of Chancellorsville.
Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Jan. 5, '64, by order of
War Department.
HILL, HORACE C.; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
STEELE, HENRY R.; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
SMITH, HIRAM; musician; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 Yrs- ; taken prisoner
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at Winchester, Va., May 25, '62; paroled May 31, '62; discharged at
Columbus, O., Oct. 9, '62, by order of War Department.
ALLEN, HARRISON L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ;
returned to duty ; mustered out with company July 6, '64 ; died .
AMES, HARRISON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
ANDREWS, ALBERT; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Columbus, O., Aug. 9, '62, by order of War Department.
ANDREWS, OMAR E. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 2, '64, by order of War Department.
ANDRESS, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged at York, Pa.,
March 28, '63, by order of War Department.
ANNESS, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged Jan. 9, '63, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
ATWATER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 22, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. 22, '61 ; wounded
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; wounded in right thigh at
Battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged at Columbus, O.,
Aug. 28, '62.
BAKER, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., Sept. i, '62, by order of War De
partment.
BARKS, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March 13,
'63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BARTLETT, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 6, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability
BARTLETT, WILLIAM F. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty
March 13, '63; wounded in right ankle at battle of Lookout Mountain,
Tenn., Nov. 24, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BARTOW, FRANK P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
BEECHER, JACOB M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
BEERS, REUBEN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ; no
further record found.
BELLAMY, JAMES; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
BELLAMY, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out, Aug. 22, '61.
BENTON, HENRY T. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; returned to duty March
13, '63 ; wounded in left knee at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May
3, '63; discharged March 7. '64, by order of War Department.
BENTON, WILLIAM L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Williamsport, Md., June i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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BILLINGS, EDWARD ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
BLAKE, JOSEPH; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs; discharged at
Columbus, O., July 6, '62, by order of War Department.
BLAKESLEY, LYMAN M. ; private; E, S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty
March 13, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BLAKESLEY, ROBERT W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
returned to duty March 13, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
BROOKS, LUCIEN H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
BUTLER, JAMES; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in Parish Prison, New
Orleans, La., Dec. 27, '61.
BUTTERFIELD, LEANDER ', private; E. S. Dec. 25, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged at Front Royal, Va., June 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
CALL, HENRY S. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
CALL, HUDSON; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged; no
date or place given.
CAPEN, ISAAC C. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
CARRINGTON, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, 6 1.
CHERRY, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62;
discharged at Columbus, O., Nov. 19, '62, by order of War Depart
ment.
CLARKE, JOSEPH S. ; private; E, S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 16, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. 16, '61 ; wounded
through left ankle on retreat from Romney, Va., Jan. 10, '62; wounded
in left arm and groin at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded in right side at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; dis
charged Aug. 26, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CLEVELAND, JOSIAH W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
COLLINS, ISAAC; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; enrolled but
never mustered in.
CRANSTON, ARTHUR; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
CRONK, JARIUS J. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
CROSS, EDSON B. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61.
CURRAN, THOMAS S. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; right leg amputated ; dis
charged Nov. 3, '62, by order of War Department.
DALE, JAMES; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
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DARLING, GEORGE H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
DARUNG, LEWIS A.; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of term
of service by order of War Department.
DILLINGHAM, EDWARD; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; enrolled
but never mustered in.
DOUGLASS, ANSON ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record
found.
DOWNING, GEORGE K. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty
March 13, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
EIKLER, GEORGE ; private ; E. S. March 4, '63, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
right leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; leg amputated above
knee; died from wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. n, '63; body
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
EVERETT, DAVID; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '6l, 3 yrs.; wounded in leg
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; died from wounds in hospital
at Smoketown, Md., Oct. 6, '62.
FISHER, JAMES; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
FLORO, DANIEL ; private ; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; sent to hospital
at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 13, '63; died Jan. 5, '64; body removed to
National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va.
FLORO, JESSE; private; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct.
31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department.
FOWLER, EDWIN O. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
Fox, ZEBAH ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ; trans
ferred to 2d U. S. Cavalry by order of War Department.
GIBBS, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison Dec., '61.
GILL, BENJAMIN F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Aug. 5, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as ist lieut. Co. D, July 21, '61 ; reenlisted as pri
vate Co. E, Aug. 5, '61 ; wounded in right knee at battle of Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; died from wounds in hospital at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 29,
'62; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va.
GORDON, WILSON S. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Washington, D. C., Dec. 5, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
GRAHAM, JAMES ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
GRAVES, WILLIAM E. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; detached as
nurse in hospital at Clairsville, Md. ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order
of War Department.
GREEN, HENRY ; private ; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. i, '63, by order of War Department.
GRINNELL, OLIVER ; private ; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
37
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of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
HANN, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62; trans
ferred to 5th U. S. Cavalry by order of War Department.
HARDY, ELI; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out Aug.
22, '61.
HARDY, JAMES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
HASBROOK, JAMES G. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HASKINS, JAY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in left knee at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ;
discharged at Columbus, O., Oct. 23, '62.
HAUGHM, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
HOPKINS, ALVIN ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64 ; died .
HOPKINS, MARCUS S. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff.
HAWORTH, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in right arm at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Baltimore, Md., March 4, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
INGERSON, DANIEL; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
INGLES, THOMAS; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
JAY, CHARLES; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, '64, by order of War Department.
KEARNEY, JOSEPH: private; E. S. Aug. 29, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '64, by order
of War Department.
KEEN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
KEIZER, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison at Tusca-
loosa, Ala., Dec. 28, '61.
KEIZER, PETER; private; E. S. Sept. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; died at Cumber
land, Md., Feb. 22, '62.
KELLEY, JAMES ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left
arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out with
company July 6, '64.
KELLOGG, BRADFORD ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
KENNEDY, EDWARD J. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned $ to duty
March 13, '63; wounded in left leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63 ; transferred to Invalid Corps, Jan. 14, '64, by order of War
Department ; was one of the returning prisoners on board the steamer
Sultana at time of explosion.
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. E 579
KEITH, WILLIAM A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
KLASEN, PETER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
LAIRD, ORVILLE D. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
LAKINS, GEORGE U. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
LEE, DAVID; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Alex
andria, Va., Aug. 5, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LOWRY, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27,
'63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
McDERMOTT, EDWARD ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Camp Dennison, O., June 22, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MCMILLAN, ANDREW; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
MANSELL, RICHARD; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Warrenton, Va., July 30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MEARS, NAHUM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
MEISTERS, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MELVILLE, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
MILLIMAN, JOHN L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; dis
charged July n, '62, by order of War Department.
MILLIMAN, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '6 1.
MORGAN, DAVID E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
NEIGHBORING, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Invalid Corps Sept. I, '63, by order of War Department.
NICHOLS, GEORGE ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
O'BRIAN, HENRY ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Jan.
8, '63, by order of War Department.
O'BRIAN, RICHARD ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; no record found.
OLNEY, AVERY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
PAGE, JOHN T. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
PENNY, SPAEFORD A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner May 7, '62; paroled and returned to duty
March 13, '63; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
PIERCE, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
PIERCE, JOHN F. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
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PIERCE, JOSIAH; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
PIXLEY, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left
thigh at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
RANDOLPH, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; died at Wes-
ton, Va., July, '61.
RANSOM, ANDREW G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
RAYMOND, ALBERT G. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; left arm
broken on cars, March 9, '62; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 30, '63, by order
of War Department ; died .
ROBERTS, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '6 1.
ROBERTS, IRVING G. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of term of service; died
April 28, '06.
ROSCOE, FREDERICK W. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 4, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RUGGLES, CHARLES C. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
SIMMONS, ANTHONY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
SHELTERS, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ; dis
charged Sept. i, '62, by order of War Department.
SMITH, EPHRAIM J. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Alexandria, Va., April 10, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
SMITH, ZERA S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; detached as nurse in hospital ; mustered out July 6, '64, by or
der of War Department.
STEELE, HENRY R. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Recruit Camp June n, '64; no further record found.
STILLWELL, FRANCIS; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ;
transferred to iSth U. S. Inf. by order of War Department.
STINSON, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; discharged for wounds at Fort McHenry, Md., Oct. 22, '62.
STINSON, JAMES; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and
taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May
12, '62; enlisted in icist O. V. I.
VANCISE, JAMES L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
right thigh at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged for
wounds at Columbus, O., Oct. 22, '62.
WAGNER, JACOB; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 22, '61.
WARD, ELAM : private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 22, '61, 3
yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. 22, '61 ; discharged
at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 4, '62.
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. F 581
WARREN, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; died —
WEATHERLOW, DANIEL; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; wounded
in side at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Balti
more, Md., Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WEBBER, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa
roled Jan., '62; discharged at Columbus, O., April n, '63, by order of
War Department.
WEILAND, JOHN; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. K, Oct., '61.
WELCH, JONATHAN W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 22, '61.
WELCH,, RuFus ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged May,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WETZELL, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff.
WHITING, GEORGE A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 22, '61.
WICKHAM, JOHN W. ; private; E, S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; dis
charged for wounds at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 20, '62.
WILLIAMS, BRAYTON B. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty
Nov. 17, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; died at
Gallipolis, O., Sept. 13, '61.
WINSLOW, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; marked "dis
charged" on roll without date or place.
WITMER, AMERICUS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 24, '63.
WOOD, WADE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Dumfries, Va., Feb. 17, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
MORRIS, JOHN; captain; E, S. April 23, '61, 3 mos.; resigned May 8,
'61, to accept appointment as R. Q. M. ; see Field and Staff.
STEDMAN, WILLIAM ; captain ; E. S. May 14, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CLAYTON, DESCOMD B. ; captain; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; resigned
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BURGESS, ALBERT C. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed 2d lieut. Co. A April 29, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut.
May 14, '61 ; promoted to captain and assigned to Co. F Nov. 25, '61 ;
wounded in ankle at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; resigned
July 9, '62; died .
DAY, ALFRED H. ; captain; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as sergeant June 19, '61, to accept appointment as
2d lieut. in 3 years' service; promoted to ist lieut. April i, '62; pro
moted to captain Nov. 2, '62; wounded in neck at battle of Port Re
public, Va., June 9, '62 ; resigned Nov. 10, '62 ; died
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ROUSE, JOHN R. ; ist. lieut. ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; resigned Aug. 6, '61.
STERL, OSCAR W. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.^ June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; see Co. K.
HOPKINS, MARCUS S. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 21,
'61, 3 yrs.; see Field and Staff.
SPENCER, HARLOW N. ; ist lieut. ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; commis
sioned as 2d lieut. Aug. 22, '62; promoted to ist. lieut. Nov. i, '63;
wounded in right hip at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; wounded
over right eye at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; reentered service as captain Co. K, i77th
0. V. I., Oct. 3, '64; mustered out with company June 24, '65.
JOHNSON, FRANK, 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. April I,
'62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
WILCOX, ISAAC N. ; 2d. lieut; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BARD, DAVID F. ; ist sergt; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser
geant June 20, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. April n, '62; discharged May
30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CARTER, JAMES B. ; ist sergt; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted June i, '62; wounded in head at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; killed at battle of Antietam, Md.,
Sept. 17, '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
IREDEU,, CHARLES; ist sergt.; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 24, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. May
29, '61 ; mustered out June 20, '61, on account of reenlistment in 3 yrs.
service; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. Oct.
1, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. i, '63.
STRATTON, ISAAC; ist sergt; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs; transferred from Co. A June 20, '61, by order of Col. E. B.
Tyler; appointed sergeant from private Feb. 28, '62; promoted to ist
sergeant Nov. i, '63; wounded in head at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63 : wounded in left eye at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
3, '63 ; wounded in foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; killed
in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; had reenlisted as veteran.
CARR, ALEXANDER C. ; ist sergt; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. i, '62; promoted to sergeant July
16, '63; promoted to ist sergt. June n, '64; transferred as veteran to
Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; reappointed ist sergt; wounded at
battle of Peachtree Creek, July 20, '64; discharged for wounds Dec.
i, '64.
TAYLOR, ELLISON G. ; sergt.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant April I,
'62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HOSKINS, CHARLES W. ; sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Oct.
I, '62; discharged Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RISK, ROBERT M. ; sergt.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; appointed corporal June i, '62; promoted to sergeant; wounded
in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged
Jan. 3, '64, to enlist as veteran ; no further record found.
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. F 583
TOUSLEY, ALBERT M. ; sergt. ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed to
sergeant from private May i, '64; missing at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty Nov. 17, '63; wounded in face and
leg in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64 ; transferred to Co. G 5th O.
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 23, '65; mustered out with
company July 26, '65.
NORTHROP, ELI C., JR.; sergt.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Feb. 15,
'63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died
BAPTIE, JOHN; sergt.; E. S. Sept 3, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal
Feb. i, '63; promoted to sergeant; wounded in right knee at battle of
Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; wounded in right hip at Pine Knob, Ga.,
June 16, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; promoted
to ist sergt. April i, '65; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War
Department.
GRANGER, EDWARD G. ; sergt.; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Feb. i, '63; promoted to sergeant May i, '64; wounded in right
arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th
O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; discharged for wounds Dec. i, '64.
CHAPMAN, ELAN H. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
NEWBERRY, GEORGE; sergeant; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
GRIDLEY, BENJAMIN; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61. 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62; wounded in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds at Culpeper, Va., Oct. 20, '62.
DE LONG, CYRUS H. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal; wounded in leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
discharged Dec. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
EARLE, WILLIAM H. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May 24, '62; discharged Jan. 27, '63, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
ELY, JOHN; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.;
appointed corporal May 24, '62 ; wounded in hand at battle of Antietam,
Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged for wounds April i, '63.
MAXFIELD, EUGENE; corporal; EX S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May i, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; no
record of muster out found.
HILL, LEVI B. ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral May i, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mus
tered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department.
SPIDELL, WILLIAM H.; corporal; E. S. June. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Feb. i, '63; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps.
STOCKHAM, WARNER; corporal; E. S. Sept. 2, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May i, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64;
promoted to sergeant Jan. I, '65 ; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
THWING, HENRY; corporal; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral May i, '64; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63; wounded in right hip at battle near Dallas, Ga., May
25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to
584 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Veteran Reserve Corps March i, '65; mustered out at Washington,
D. C., June 28, '65; died
TWICHELL, NATHANIEL; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal July 16, '63 ; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; pro
moted to sergeant July i, '65 ; mustered out with company as veteran
July 26, '65.
POOR, WILLIAM; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred from
Co. B Jan. 22, '64, to enlist as veteran; appointed corporal May i, '64;
transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist sergt.
July i, '65 ; mustered out with company July 26, '65.
DOOLITTLE, CLAY; corporal; E, S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Washington,
D. C., Sept. 8, '62.
BURT, MARK V.; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left arm at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; returned to duty Sept. 15, '62, mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
KELLER, ISAIAH; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CLARK, ALBERT D. ; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery; ap
pointed sergeant; mustered out Sept. 12, '64.
GOODSELL, CHARLES W. ; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
BARD, CHARLES H. ; musician ; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Nov. 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BREWSTER, JOHN R. ; musician; E. S. April 21, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BREWSTER, ANDREW ; musician ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps
March i, '65.
WOODARD, JOSHUA L. ; drummer; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff.
ACKWORTH, JAMES W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '6 1.
ADAMS, ARTHUR; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in leg and breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62 ; no further record found.
ALDERMAN, HENRY; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; died March 26, '63.
ALLEN, FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
AUXER, JAMES B. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. L,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Albany, N. Y., June 29, '65.
BABCOCK, BENJAMIN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 10, '63.
BARD, WILLIAM F. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BARTON, IRA M. ; private; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
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BASQUIN, FRANCIS; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps March
i» '65, by order of War Department.
BENNETT, DANIEL; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
left thigh at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O.
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged March 17, '65, on surgeon's certificate
of disability; died -
BERGIN, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Oct. 10, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded through
face at Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to detach
ment of recruits June 8, '64; no further record found.
BETHEL, FREDERICK; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; discharged for wounds July
3, '62.
BINGHAM, LUTHER B. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BREESE, JAMES R. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. D by order of Col. Tyler.
BREWSTER, OSCAR; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I.,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, '65; veteran.
BROWN, EZRA ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in hand
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds
Dec. 5, '62 ; died .
BROWN, WALLACE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos-
tal June 26, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers'
Home, D. C.
BURGAN, DAVID M. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos
pital at Weston, Va., July 15, 6l.
BUSHNELL, ORVILLE; private; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs.; died at
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., Oct. 29, '62.
BUTTS, LEWIS ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; returned to duty; transferred
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at McDougal General
Hospital, New York Harbor, May 29, '65.
CADWELL, GEORGE M. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged on
expiration of term of service June 23, '64; died May I, '01.
CAMP, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CAMP, HARLOW ; private ; E. S. Aug. 21, '62, 3 yrs. ; died at Har
per's Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 25, '62.
CAMPBELL, THEODORE; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
CARRIER, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in neck and side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62 ; returned to duty May 8, '63 ; reenlisted as veteran ; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant from
private July i, '65; mustered out with company July 26, '65.
CASE, HENRY C. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
CHAMPNEY, OSCAR; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; reenlisted as veteran Jan. 23, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O.
586 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal July i, '65; mustered out with
company July 26, '65 ; died March 31, '06.
CHAPMAN, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Washington, D. C, April 25, '63, by order of Gen. Martindale.
CHAPMAN, LEROY; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
head and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
discharged at Washington, D. C., Nov. 13, '62, by order of War De
partment.
CHAPMAN, RUEUS S. ; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
on enlistment to Co. D 29th O. V. I.; mustered out at Cleveland, O.,
Sept. 27, '64.
CLARK, ALPHEUS G. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; died May
24, '61.
COLE, SAMUEL H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '6 1.
CONE, MILO H.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
COURTNEY, NATHAN ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability; died .
CUTLER, HARRISON; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
DARROW, ERASTUS; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
DAVIDSON, JAMES S. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs. ; died in hos
pital at "Cumberland, Md., March 16, '62.
DAVIS, GEORGE H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
DOWNER, JOHN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged March
11, '63.
DOWNING, FREEMAN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in neck at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War
Department; died .
DRUMMOND, FRANCIS; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged June 3, '62, by order of Gen. Banks.
EATINGER, SHERMAN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Feb. 27, '63,
by order of Gen. Dix.
ELLINWOOD, JAMES; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26,
'65; veteran.
ELY, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62 ; discharged June 27, '63, by order of Gen. Martindale.
EVANS, RICHARD; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
FAULK, LAWRENCE S. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 24, '65, by order
of War Department.
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. F 587
FERGUSON, ALBERT; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; no record found.
FERRE, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '61.
FOSTER, PHILETUS P. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Invalid Corps Aug. I, '63, by order of War Department.
FOWLER, FRANKLIN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Romney, Va., Dec. 30, '61.
FRAZIER, JOHN A.; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on
enlistment to Co. C, 2Qth O. V. I. ; discharged June 27, '64, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
FULKERSON, JOSEPH F. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs ; no record found.
FULLER, MARSHALL; private; E, S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '6 1.
GOLDEN, GEORGE W. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
GRAY, JOHN; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on en
listment to Co. C, 2pth O. V. I. ; killed at battle of Dug Gap, Ga., May
7, '64.
GRIDLEY, TALBOT; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Washington, D. C., April 29, '63; died Feb.
22, '01.
GRIM, JAMES; private; E. S. Nov. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on en
listment to Co. I, 29th O. V. I. ; killed at battle of Pine Knob, Ga., June
19, '64.
HAIGHT, THERON; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HALL, ALBERT W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., Oct. 22, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted Oct. 22, '61, and trans
ferred to Co. G, 29th O. V. I.; appointed corporal July I, '64; pro
moted to sergeant Oct. 20, '64; mustered out Dec. 22, '64.
HALL, ELIAS; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body removed to National Cemetery
at Winchester, Va.
HALL, SYLVESTER S. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
HANDSHEU, JOHN J. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HARPHAM, GEORGE S. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Baltimore, Md., May 5, '63.
HARRING, HIRAM; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on
enlistment to Co. D, 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., Sept.
27, '64, on expiration of term of service.
HARTER, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
HAWN, ALVIN T. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.: discharged
Nov. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HAZEN, MONROE ; private ; E. S. March 25, '64, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; body removed to National Cemetery at
Marietta, Ga.
HOLLOWAY, SAMUEL R. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; trans-
588 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ferred on enlistment to Co. D, 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out June 5 '65,
by order of War Department.
HOPKINS, STEPHEN A. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62; discharged Oct. 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HORTON, MARCUS C. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
July 6, '62, by order of War Department.
HOUGHTON, MARSHALL; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred on enlistment to Co. D, 2pth O. V. I. ; mustered out at Camp
Dennison, Ohio, Sept. 27, '64, on expiration of term of service.
JACKSON, MARCUS B. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; paroled and re
turned to duty Oct. 9, '62 ; wounded in right knee at battle of Ringgold,
Ga., Nov. 27, '63; discharged June 24, '64, on expiration of term of
service.
JONES, DANIEL; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in hip
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; transferred to Co. G 5th
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, '65; veteran.
JONES, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. No record
found.
KELLER, FRANKLIN B. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 13, '61, to reenlist in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery,
for 3 years' service; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant May
13, '64; mustered out with battery July 31, '65; veteran.
KELSO, WILLIAM R. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
KIBBEE, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded
in breast at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; discharged for
wounds Feb. 21, '63.
KING, SAMUEL R. ; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; reenlisted as
veteran from Co. G, Jan. 23, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I.,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out May 2, '65, by order of War Department.
KISTLER, WILLOUGHBY F. ; private; E, S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged at Washington, D. C., April 9, '63.
KITTERING, JOHN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 28, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
KNAPP, HENRY J. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred on
enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. I. ; discharged May 18, '65, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
LOOMIS, PERRIN D. ; private ; E, S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; transferred to
Invalid Corps Dec. 15, '63, by order of War Department.
MATTHEWS, DAVID ; private ; E, S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at bat
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MATTHEWS, SYLVESTER; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June
9, '62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MEAD, HENRY W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; died in Gen
eral Field Hospital March 19, '64 ; body removed to National Cemetery
at Chattanooga, Tenn.
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MELTON, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. Aug. 18, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Invalid Corps by order of War Department.
MELTON, JAMES; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded over right eye at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; no
further record.
MINNICK, CHARLES W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; reen-
listed as veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; ap
pointed corporal July i, '65; mustered out with company July 26, '65.
MONASMITH, HENRY ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Washington, D. C., Sept. 8, '62.
MONEMAKER, DAVID C. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in left arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged
Oct. 27, '62, to enlist in U. S. Cavalry.
MOON, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted in 3 years' service in artillery.
MORLEY, ALFRED W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62; wounded in leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; trans
ferred to Vet. Res. Corps March 31, '64, by order of War Department.
NEWTON, BARTLEY; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
NICHOLAS, ALBERT B.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
NICKERSON, CORWIN A. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
NIGHMAN, GEORGE H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
NIGHMAN, WESLEY; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 5, '61.
NORTHROP, JAMES B. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Feb. 18, '63, by order of Gen. Slocum.
OTIS, MILTON ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Co.
G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of
War Department ; died June, '06.
OVIATT, JOHN F. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for
wounds Nov. 28, '62.
OWEN, MOSES; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged Aug. 15, '62.
PARKS, CHARLES A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, June
12, '65, by order of War Department.
PAYNE, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. Oct. 19, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
on enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. L ; mustered out Nov. 4, '64, on
expiration of term of service.
.. PEGG, LEWIS ; private ; E. S. Sept. 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded twice in
right arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '65 ; transferred to Co. G,
5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, '65;
veteran.
PERRY, WILLIAM M. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in ankle and taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62;
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paroled Jan. 7, '63, and returned to duty; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
PHELPS, JAMES H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
PRITCHARD, ANSON; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged for wounds Aug. 15, '62.
PRITCHARD, SAMUEL M. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged Oct. 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
PURRINGTON, CHARLES A. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Romney, Va., Dec. 30, '61.
REED, AvERiTT C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.: wounded in
shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged for
wounds Jan. 10, '63.
REESE, GEORGE D. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
REESE, JOHN J. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; absent in hospital; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War
Department.
REMMELL, LAWRENCE; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in neck at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; returned to duty
March 25, '63; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; body
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
REMMELL, MARTIN; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; reenlisted as
veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out
with company July 26, '65.
REYNOLDS, LUNIS T. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
RICHARDS, MARSHALL M. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
RICHARDSON, HENRY B. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
ROBINSON, MARTIN L. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
RODENBAUGH, CALVIN P.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; absent in hospital for injury by fall from car Oct. 3,
'63 ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War Department.
ROHRR, JOHN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. i,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; accidentally shot through
right hand.
ROUSE, JAMES L. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '6 1 ; reenlisted for 3 years' service in artillery; battery not
known.
RUSSELL, GIDEON T. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in left side and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. No further record found.
SCOVILLE, MARSHALL L. ; private ; E. S. March 14, '64, 3 yrs. ;
wounded in right arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; trans
ferred to detachment of recruits by order of Department of the Cum
berland June 8, '64.
SHIRTLIFF, FRANK ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
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SHIRTUFF, RALPH; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SMITH, CHARLES R. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant; mustered out
with company July 26, '65 ; veteran.
SMITH, GEORGE J. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio,
June 27, '65 ; veteran.
SMITH, CHAUNCEY; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 10, '63, by order of War Department.
SPAFFORD, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 13, '61, to reenlist in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery.
STANFORD, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. March 29, '64, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company
July 26, '65.
THOMPSON, EDWARD; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds
at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 21, '62.
THWING, RuFus; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12, '63; died
TIBBOLS, THADDEUS; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
TRACY, EDWARD E. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; dis
charged for wounds at Columbus, Ohio, July 10, '62.
TWITCHELL, AREA; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in hand at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ;
discharged at Columbus, O., Dec. 6, '62.
VAN ORMER, JOSHUA; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
WALKER, FREDERICK; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. No record
found.
WARRINER, LOREN B. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
June 3, '62, by order of Gen. Banks.
WEBBER, AUGUSTUS; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged June 12, '63, by order of Gen. Slocum.
WHEELER, ALLEN B. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. No record
found.
WHITNEY, EDWARD O. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; reenlisted as veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V I.,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, '65.
WILDER, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2, '62.
WING, WARREN G. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Nov. ii, '62, by order of Gen. Morris; died
WiNTERSTEEN, SHANNON R. ; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.;
died in hospital at Aquia Landing, April 29, '63; body removed to
National Cemetery at Soldiers' Home, D. C.
WINZENREID, RUDOLPH ; private ; E. S. June 25, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in left knee and right hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; reenlisted as veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31,
'64; appointed corporal July I, '65; mustered out with company July
26, '65.
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YONELLS, GEORGE; private; E. S. Oct. 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred on
enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out Nov. 3, '64, on expi
ration of term of service.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
SEYMOUR, FREDERICK A.; captain; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June
14, '61, 3 yrs. See Field and Staff.
BRADEN, WILLIAM D. ; captain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as private Co. H, June 20, '61, on account of
reenlistment in 3 years' service; appointed ist sergt. Co. H, Dec. 24,
'61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. April 14, '62; promoted to ist lieut. March
8, '63 ; promoted to captain and assigned to Co. G, July 9, '63 ;
wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded in left ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mus
tered out with company July 7, '64.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM H. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June
14, '61, 3 yrs. ; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 8, '61 ; body removed
to National Cemetery at Grafton, W. Va.
QUAY, ELLIOTT S. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out June 19, '61, to accept appointment as 2d lieut.
in 3 ydars' service; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 30, '61 ; promoted to
captain and asst. adj. gen., May 21, '62, and assigned to staff of Brig.-
Gen. E. B. Tyler; died 1863.
DEAN, HARRY M. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Nov.
25, '62; promoted to 2d lieut. March 7, '63; promoted to ist lieut. Nov.
i, '63; mustered out with company July 7, '64; reentered service as
ist lieut. and adjutant I74th O. V. I. Sept. 21, '64; promoted to captain
and detached on staff of Gen. John S. Jones as A. A. A. G. ; mustered
out with regiment June 28, '65.
REED, SEYMOUR S. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. B, Nov. 2, '62. See Co. B.
KING, CHARLES L. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as corporal June 20, '61, on account of reen
listment in 3 years' service ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted
to sergeant Jan. i, '62; promoted to ist sergt. March 7, '63; wounded
in face at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; wounded in right
hand in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out July 7, '64,
by order of War Department.
BARRETT, GEORGE W. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 2=;, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt.
Dec. 15, '61 ; severely wounded in right leg at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; leg amputated; discharged for wounds Oct. 24,
'62.
AUSTIN, EUSEBIUS S. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
LAZARUS, EDWARD M. ; sergeant; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Dec. i, '62;
wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus
tered out with company July 7, '64.
FURRY, GEORGE A. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
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3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Dec. I,
'62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
CALLOW, WILLIAM T. ; sergeant ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal Jan. i, '62; promoted to sergeant March i, '63; wounded in
shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded at
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out with company July
7, '64.
LAUCKS, JAMES R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; severely wounded in right thigh and
left on field at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; died from
wounds at Staunton, Va., Nov. i, '62.
ELDRIDGE, FRANKLIN ; sergeant ; E, S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Dec. i, '62; promoted to sergeant;
wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
wounded in right side at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63;
discharged March 24, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HUME, JOHN; sergeant; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser
geant; discharged Nov. 26, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RAMEY, LEWIS R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HARTZELL, JAMES N. ; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Dec. i, '62; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
MAY, ALFRED E. ; corporal ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral May i, '64; wounded in head at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept.
17, '62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BERTHOLPH, GILBERT D. ; corporal ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; ap
pointed corporal May i, '64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SMITH, ZENO K. ; corporal; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May i, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
HOLTON, HIRAM M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Sept. i, '62; taken prisoner at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; paroled Sept. 14, '62 ; mustered out
July 7, '64, by order of War Department.
BULL, AUSTIN; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal Jan. i, '62 ; wounded in hand at battle, of
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ; killed at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec.
27, '62.
WRIGHT, DANIEL H. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HUTTON, WARREN B. ; corporal ; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal; died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 2, '61.
BRYAN, JAMES C. ; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April 20, '62; severely wounded in thigh at battle of Antie
tam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Smoketown, Md., Dec. 20, '62;
died
BROSIUS, CHALKLEY; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June i, '62; discharged July 16, '62, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
PITTMAN, WILLIAM E. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos, June
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20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; discharged Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
REED, LOREN ; corporal ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor
poral May 9, '63 ; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged June 25, '64, on expiration of term of service.
RUOFE, JULIUS (or THOMAS) ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.,
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded and taken prisoner
at battle of Port Republic, Yra., June 9, '62 ; discharged at Columbus,
Ohio, June 24, '62.
OWEN, HUMPHREY B. ; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal Dec. I, '62; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellors-
ville, Va., May 3, '63 ; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64 ;
mustered out with company July 7, '64; reenlisted in Battery L, 2d
Illinois Light Artillery ; discharged at close of war.
CLARK, SCRIPTURE; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
POLHAMUS, NATHANIEL F. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.;
mustered out Aug. 18, '61.
BENSON, JAMES N. ; musician; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded
in right shoulder at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mus
tered out with company July 7, '64.
HUNTOON, HORACE; musician; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out July 10, '61. See Co. D for 3 years' service.
ABBOTT, LEMUEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BARBER, HENRY O. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
BARNARD, CLARK E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; absent in hospital at Washington, D. C. ; mustered out July
7, '64, by order of War Department.
BARTON, IRA W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BAXTER, JAMES ; private ; E. S. Sept. 4, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded twice
in right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; discharged
April 27, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BEACON, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
BEARDSLEY, GEORGE; private; E. S. Sept. n, '61, ? yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July
26, '65.
BECKWITH, PERRY E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BEERS, JOEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; no record found.
BERRY, LYMAN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BOLES, LEMUEL; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and transferred to
2d U. S. Cavalry.
BOND, WILLIAM R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BOYINGTON, LEWIS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va.,
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June 9, '62; paroled and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 27, '63,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BUNCE, HARMON A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 10, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BUTLER, RUFUS A.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; died at
Charleston, Va., Oct. 10, '61.
CARL, GEORGE K. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 23, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; transferred to
recruit camp June n, '64; no further record found.
CARL, THOMAS C. ; private ; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
CLARK, GEORGE H. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Vet. Res. Corps Aug. 15, '63, by order of War Department.
CLOUD, JOHN; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Jan.
5, '64, by order cf War Department ; died
COE, ADDISON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; mortally wounded in shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept.
17, '62; died from wounds Sept. 21, '62; body removed to National
Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
COOPER, EPHRAIM ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; died at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 5, '61.
COOPER, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
CRAMWELL, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. May 21, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged May 28, '63,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CURRAN, JAMES; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. L,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department;
died , '02.
DANEORTH, TUNIS S. ; private; E. S. July 29, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Washington,
D. C., June 16, '65, by order of War Department.
DAY, EDWARD E. ; private ; E. S. June 5, '61 3 yrs. ; mortally
wounded in arm and lung at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ;
died of wounds Aug. 18, '62.
DINGES, HENRY F. ; private; E. S. April 25, 61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
DONALDSON, ARTHUR S. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged Sept. 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
DOUTHITT, ENOCH M. ; private; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; died of
typhoid fever at Dumfries, Va., March 4, '63.
DOUTHITT, JOHN H.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally
wounded in arm and side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; died from wounds Aug. 21, '62.
EATINGER, SOL. O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
FEATHERSTONE, JAMES; private; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; discharged on surgeon's cer
tificate of disability.
FIELD, LYMAN; private; E. S. Aug. 29, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Harper's Ferry, Va., March 14, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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FISHER, SAMUEL S. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to recruit camp June n, '64, by order of Department of the Cumber
land; mustered out as sergeant Oct. 29, '64.
FLEMING, SIDNEY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
FLICKINGER, EPHRAIM; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Invalid Corps by order of War Department ; died .
FRAM, JOHN; private; June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Win
chester, Va., March 23, '62 ; body moved to National Cemetery at Win
chester, Va.
FREEMAN, STEPHEN R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61. ^
FUIRY, JOHN H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
FULLER, SAMUEL A. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
GAREE, JOHN T. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded by
ramrod through right hand at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62; discharged at Washington, D. C., Oct. 28, '62, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability.
GARRISON, JAMES A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
shoulder at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65,
by order of War Department.
GEYELIN, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in forehead at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62 ; discharged Nov. 26, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
GIBBONS, WILLIAM S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded In leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; mustered out with company July 7, '64; died April 4, '02.
GILLETT, JAMES ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
GREEN, ISAIAH B. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in head at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
transferred to Invalid Corps Dec. 18, '62, by order of War Department.
HALL, JOSEPH N. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Co. G,
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War
Department.
HALL, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Dumfries, Va., April 2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HANSEN, HORATIO N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ;
paroled Sept. 16, '62 ; missing at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May
2, '63; returned to duty ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov.
27, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
HARSH, FRANKLIN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in bowels at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,
'63; discharged April 28, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
died .
HERRICK, IRA; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right
hand at battle of Port Republic. Va., June 9, '62; discharged Oct. 8,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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HETUCK, MICHAEL ; private ; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record found.
HOLCOMB, JARVIN M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in side at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,
'63 ; discharged April 29, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HORNER, ANTHONY W. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 7, '64.
HORNER, WILLIAM C. ; private ; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record
found.
HOUCK, GEORGE W.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with com
pany, July 7, '64.
HOWARD, HENRY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61.
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
HUDSON, AUSTIN; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
Oct. 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
HUDSON, HERBERT F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HUGHES, MORRIS R. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to hos. stwd. June 14, '62; see Field and Staff.
HUGHES, TODD; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; exchanged Sept. 4, '62;
wounded in groin at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mus
tered out with company July 7, '64.
JUDD, WATSON E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., Feb. 5, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
KELLER, CASPER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Washington, D. C., March 25, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
KING, IRA S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; promoted to hos. stwd. Jan. 10, '62 ; see Field and Staff.
KING, SAMUEL R. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. F, Jan. 23, '64, as veteran ; transferred to Co. G, 5th O, V. I., Oct.
31, '64; mustered out May 2, '65, by order of War Department.
KING, WILLIAM F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Battery I, ist O. L. Art, Dec. I, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler.
LAZARUS, MARTIN ; private ; E. S. June 20, ?6i, 3 yrs. ; killed at
battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62.
LINDSEY, JOHN C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
Dec. 24, '6 1, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LOGUE, LLOYD G. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and returned
to duty June 26, '64 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
MCFARLAND, JAMES; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 7, '64.
McKiNNEY, JACOB; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MERRILL, BENTON; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; paroled Sept. 14, '62 ;
discharged at Columbus, O., March 10, '63, on surgeon's certificate of
disabilitv.
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MERRILI,, MARTIN; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th U. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order
of War Department; died June 28, '05.
MILLS, ENDS T.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
MINARD, MILO; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MOORE, JAMES B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
MOULTON, JOSEPH L. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
OAKLEY, JOHN H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
OHL, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.;
discharged Sept. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ORVIS, RECELLUS W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; see Field and Staff.
OWEN, LEWIS; private; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in both
legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in right
arm at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; transferred
to recruit camp June n, '64, by order of Department of the Cumber
land; no further record found; died .
PARKER, DAVID; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
PIDGIN, JAMES; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Invalid Corps, Jan. 16, '64, by order of War Department.
POTTS, ISRAEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept. i, '62; exchanged
and returned to duty Jan. 14, '63; mustered out with company July
7, '64-
POWNALL, HORACE B. ; private ; E. S. May 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; exchanged Dec. 4,
'62 ; returned to duty Jan. 2, '63 ; wounded in head at battle of Ring-
gold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
POWELL, OWEN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
REITER, JAMES; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Jan.
18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
REYNOLDS, VINCENT; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
back at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany July 7, '64.
RIPPLE, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered
out with companv July 7, '64.
ROBINSON, JAMES F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
RODGERS, WILLIAM K. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., June 23, '62; exchanged
and returned to duty March 20, '63 ; mustered out with company July
7, '64-
RODGERS, WILLIAM W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally
wounded in head at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; died of
wounds June 29., '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers'
Home, D. C.
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ROOL, ALEXANDER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
RUSSELL, EDWARD M. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; died at
home while on furlough Feb. 24, '62.
SEARS, HENRY W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SHAW, STANLEY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SIMS, GEORGE B. ; private ; E, S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs. ; died in hospital
at Cumberland, Md., March 14, '62.
SMITH, FRANKLIN J. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by
order of War Department.
SMITH, PHILIP; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; wounded in right arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,
'63; wounded in right arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64;
mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SPERA, EZRA; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
SPROAT, WILLIAM ; private ; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs. ; died at home
while on furlough Jan. 24, '62.
STANLEY, FRANK A.; private; E. S. Sept. n, '62, 3 yrs; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at McDougal
General Hospital, New York, May 25, '65.
STEADMAN, ALBERT ; private ; E. S. March 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded
at battle of Port Republic, Va.3 June 9, '62; killed at battle of Chan
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
STEADMAN, ARTHUR C. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
paroled Sept. 14, '62; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May
2, '63.
STEVENSON, V. P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
STRONG, FRANCIS; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; severely
wounded in leg and foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
discharged Nov. 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SULLIVAN, JOHN S. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
TAYLOR, WALLACE B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
THOMPSON, JOHN A.; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal Nov. I,
'64 ; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department ; died .
THOMPSON, MYRON; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order
of War Department.
TULLER, SAMUEL A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62 ; wounded in left leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,
'63; died of wounds May u, '63; body removed to National Cemetery
at Fredericksburg, Va.
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TUPPER, HOWARD C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
VAN WAGNER, ORLANDO C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability.
WALLER, SILAS P.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged at York,
Pa., March 14, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WHEELER, CHARLES O. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 7, '64.
WHITE, ALONZO V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
WHITMAN, THOMAS H. ; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; killed
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
WHITNEY, EDWARD O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63;
transferred to Co. F, as veteran, Jan. 23, '64; transferred to Co. G,
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War
Department.
WICKS, JERRY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
WILCOX, HENRY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; severely wounded in side and arm at battle of Antietam, Md.,
Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Washington, D. C., April 4, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
WILL YARD, SYLVESTER; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 14, '64, by order of War Depart
ment ; mustered out as private 92d Co., 2d Battalion Vet. Res. Corps ;
died Feb. 28, '04.
WINTERS, HARRISON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
WISE, WATSON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in neck and face at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27,
'63; mustered out with company July 7, '64; died .
WITHERELL, ALBERT; private; E. S. Aug. 31, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
WOLE, ISAAC; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
WOOLE, ADAM; private; E, S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; wounded at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
WOOLF, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
neck at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; wounded at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ; mustered out with company July
7, '64-
YOXTHIMER, PETER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
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ROSTER OF COMPANY H, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
ASPER, JOEL F. ; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61, 3
yrs. ; promoted to lieut.-col. May 20, '62 ; see Field and Staff.
MCCLELLAND, SAMUEL; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to lieut.-col. Dec. i, '63; see Field and Staff.
NESPER, CHRISTIAN; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. K, Nov. i, '61 ; promoted to ser
geant July 19, '62; promoted to 2d lieut. July 25, '62; promoted to ist
lieut. Nov. i, '63; "promoted to captain and assigned to Co. H, March
19, '64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded in right hip at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered
out with company July 7, '64; died Sept. i, '81.
WOOD, GEORGE Lv; ist lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61,
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. D, Nov. 25, '61 ; see Co. D.
CASE, HALBERT B. ; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. April 29, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. June
8, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 25, '61 ; resigned Feb. i, '62; com
missioned as captain Co. C, 84th O. V. I., May 31, '62; mustered out
with company Sept. 29, '62.
EATON, HENRY Z. ; ist lieut. E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 18, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as private Co. B, June 18, '61 ; appointed 2d lieut.
Co. B, June 18, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. and assigned to Co. H, Feb.
20, '62; detached as acting aide-de-camp on staff of Gen. E. B. Tyler;
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; resigned
by reason of disability Nov. 23, '62.
BRADEN, WILLIAM D. ; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to captain Co. G, July 9, '63; see Co. G.
BAXTER, MORRIS ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs; see Field and Staff.
BRISBINE, JAMES P. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; see Co. E.
CLEVELAND, JAMES B. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; resigned
June 8, '6 1.
POLLOCK, JOSEPH; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 10, '62; promoted to ist sergt. Feb.
16, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BROOKS, CHARLES A.; ist sergt.; E. S. May 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted
to ist lieut. and adj.; see Field and Staff.
BOWER, ROBERT S. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; promoted to sergeant;
promoted to ist sergt., June, '63; discharged Feb. 15, '64, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
DAVIS, JOHN L. ; sergeant; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Jan., '62; wounded in right
arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out with
company July 7, '64.
Fox, ELLIS ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ;
appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant ; detached as
provost guard; returned to company for duty; wounded in left arm
and taken prisoner at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; discharged
July 6, '64.
CHAFEEE, JOHN; sergeant; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor-
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poral; promoted to sergeant; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
POLLOCK, JOHN; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant Feb. 15, '64; wounded
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out
with company July 7, '64; died Aug. 2, '05.
CASPER, STANLEY M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'6ij 3 yrs- ; appointed sergeant April 20, '61 ; discharged at New Mar
ket, Va., May 10, '62, by order of War Department
MOORE, GEORGE W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; wounded in head at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged at Alexandria, Va.,
June 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
VAN WYE, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, 'pi; promoted to sergeant;
wounded in head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63; killed
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63.
ROBERTS, FREDERICK H.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal March I, '62 ; promoted to sergeant
July i, '62; discharged Feb. 12, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility; died Sept. 22, '01.
OWEN, DANIEL D. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 years ; promoted to com. sergt., Nov. 30, '61 ; see Field and Staff.
WILKIN, JOHN, JR.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; appointed
sergeant April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 18, '61.
PIERCE, HENRY H.; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63;
returned to duty ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
HUNT, DAVID L. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Aug. i, '62; wounded in left thigh at bat
tle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; wounded at battle of Chancel
lorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
VANCE, SAMUEL M. ; corporal; E. S. May 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
GLENDENING, CHARLES; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal ; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; returned to duty; wounded in left leg at battle of Ring-
gold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out July 7, '64, by order of War
Department.
KINCAID, JOSEPH; corporal; E, S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal ; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62 ; missing in action at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ;
returned to duty ; wounded in both arms at battle of Ringgold, Ga.,
Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
WINTERSTEEN, DAVIS; corporal ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May i, '64; mustered out with com
pany July 7, '64.
BENNETT, WILLIAM H. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga.,
Nov. 27, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
TRIMMER, AMBROSE C. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded in left shoulder at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar
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Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63.
BELL, HIRAM J.; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral Dec. 24, '61 ; wounded in groin at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept.
17, '62; discharged at Cleveland, O., May 24, '63, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability.
GATES, LORENZO D. ; corporal; Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral ; wounded in right thigh at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ;
transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted to sergeant
Nov. i, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department;
died, 1905.
WATERS, DARWIN W. ; corporal; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal; wounded in right arm at battle of Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; pro
moted to sergeant April 6, '65; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of
War Department.
PALMER, ERASTUS C. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; taken prisoner at battle of Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March 20, '63 ; wounded in
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
STARLIN, SELBY C. ; corporal; E. S. Sept. 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
3 yrs. ; died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 4, '61.
BEEBE, JAMES O. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
COON, SETH; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; detached in corps of sappers and miners April 20, '62; mustered
out with company July 7, '64; died Feb. 18, '01.
BROCKWAY, MARCUS; musician; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; drummer in Co. A in 3 years' service; transferred to regi
mental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D.
C., July 5, '62.
McQuisTON, HIRAM; musician; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 20, '62, by order
of War Department.
WOODS, EDWIN; musician; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in left breast at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., March 10, '63.
SCOTT, CHAUNCEY B. ; musician ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged "Dec. 28, '62; died .
MOSIER, JAMES; wagoner; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BACON, HENRY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62.
BAKER, RUSSELL; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
battle before Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, '64; left arm ampu
tated; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged June
21, '65, by order of War Department.
BALDWIN, WILLIAM C. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; dis
charged at Columbus, O., July 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility.
BANNISTER, WILLIAM H.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
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May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Feb. u, '64, by order of War
Department.
BARNUM, AMOS D. ; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs; died at Har
per's Ferry, Va., Feb. 12, '63.
BARNUM, SAMUEL H. ; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs; severely
wounded in bowels at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; died
of wounds May 17, '63.
BISHOP, STEPHEN E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged for wounds July 14, '62.
BOUGH, JOSEPH J. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Sept. 19, '61.
BOWER, GEORGE W. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Washington, D. C., Dec. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BOWER, HARRISON P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; died at Middlefield, O., Jan. 29, '62.
BOWER, REUBEN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, 64.
BOWMAN, WILLIAM ; private ; E, S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; died at
Charleston, Va., Sept. 18, '61.
BROBST, SOLOMON ; private ; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
BROCKWAY, RICHARD M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
BROOKS, JAMES C. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged June 21, '65, by order of
War Department.
BROWN, GEORGE W. ; private ; E-. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
left hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of
War Department.
BUELL, CHARLES L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, ? yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
BUNDY, THOMAS W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
BURROWS, STEPHEN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
CAMPBELL, CHARLES L. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 21, '62.
CARIHER, ALBERT G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
CARNAGEY, BENJAMIN F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
CAVANNAH, ARTHUR A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ;
discharged on account of disability at Washington, D. C., Nov. 26, '62,
by order of War Department.
CHAFEEE, MYRON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, '62, by order of War
Department.
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CHAEEEE, NELSON; private; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Romney, Va., Dec. 21, '61, by order of War Department.
CLARK, LEWIS J. ; private ; E. S. April 25 ,'6i, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; no record found.
COBURN, WALLACE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; for record see Co. C.
COMBS, ALFRED; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; detailed as teamster July 25, '62; discharged iNlov. 14, '62, by
order of War Department.
CORLISS, DANIEL ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
COVERT, FRANKLIN J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department
CRAMTON, RINALDO R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
CRITTENDEN, HENRY W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; dis
charged June 10, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
CROOKS, SHELDON; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
CROSBY, EDWARD; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
CURTISS, HORACE G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
CURTISS, STUART S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
DOWNS, HORACE H. ; private; E. S. Oct. 21, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Columbus, O., July 20, '62.
ECHENRHOAD, MALCOM ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June
9, '62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
ECHENRHOAD, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
EVANS, JAMES; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '61.
FORD, HARVEY; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos; mustered out
Aug. 18, '6 1.
FOULK, SAMUEL R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out. Aug. 18, '6 1.
FOWLER, WHEELER W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.: dis
charged Sept. 30, '62, by order of War Department.
Fox, JOHN C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; wounded in both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; discharged for wounds at Alexandria, Va., Nov. u, '62.
Fox, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; discharged for
wounds Nov. 20, "63.
FURROWS, ADDISON; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Camp Dennison,
O., May 22, '65, by order of War Department.
GARRARD, CHARLES T. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 5, '61. 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 22, '62, by order of War Department, to
606 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry ; promoted to regt. Q. M. sergt. ; mustered
out at expiration of term of service.
GRANT, WESLEY J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
GREGG, ISRAEL H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ;
discharged for wounds Feb. 22, '64.
GREGORY, OWEN; private; £. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died of
wounds April 12, '62 ; body moved to National Cemetery at Winches
ter, Va.
GROTH, FREDERICK ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at bat
tle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body moved to National Ceme
tery at Winchester, Va.
HARDMAN, PETER M. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65,
by order of War Department.
HARKELRODE, WESLEY ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; died at
Harper's Ferry, Va., Jan. 3, '63.
HESCOCK, HENRY W. ; private E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
April 13, '63 on surgeon's certificate of disability; died .
HINE, REUBEN R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Cumberland, Md., July 17, '62, by order of War
Department.
HOLCOMB, RICHARD ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
HUNT, JAMES ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died of wounds April 5, '62.
HUNT, JOHN ; private : E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Co.
G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, May 29,
'65, by order of War Department.
HUNTER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '61.
HUNTER, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2,
'63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
INSKEEP, ALONZO; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in arm
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds
at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 2, '62.
JOHNSON, WEBSTER A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in hio at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Co. G,
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War
Department.
JONES, HUGH; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in left
hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63; transferred to In
valid Corps June 5, '64, by order of War Department.
KING, LEICESTER; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; promoted to sergt-maj.; see Field and Staff.
LENTZ, JOHN; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in groin
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds
at Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62.
LEVENS, WILLIAM A. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
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'61, 3 yrs. ; detached as wagon master ; mustered out with company July
7, '64.
LOVELESS, JAMES ; private ; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 14, '65,
by order of War Department.
LUDWICK, DANIEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
McCLURG, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
McMuLLEN, THOMAS; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
Me WILLIAMS, JAMES M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged June 21, '62, by order of War Department.
MARTIN, OTIS ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty ; wounded
in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Co.
G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of
War Department.
MERRILL, JAMES H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed
to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
MILLER, CALVERT C. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MILLER, JAMES B. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6l.
MILLER, MONROE L. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
July 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MOHLER, JACOB A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; re
turned to duty March 23, '63; mustered out with company July 7, '64;
died .
MONASMITH, SAMUEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in leg and arm and taken prisoner at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; died upon the battlefield.
MOORE, JONATHAN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 7,
'65, by order of War Department.
MOORE, JOSEPH V., private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
MORSE, DAVID; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Sept.
30, '63, by order of War Department.
MOVER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Oct. 28, '61, 3 yrs.;
mustered out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted Oct. 28, '61 ; discharged June 5,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died .
MURRAY, ROBERT D. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; severely wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62; discharged for wounds at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 29, '62; re-
enlisted as private Co. G I2th O. V. C., Sept. 9, '63; promoted to Q.
M. sergt. ; severely wounded in action and discharged by reason thereof,
July 10, '65 ; commissioned as surgeon, U. S. Marine Hospital Ser
vice in '71, and recognized as an expert in the treatment of yellow fever;
died from injuries received in run-away accident Nov. 22, '03.
O'CONNOR, DANIEL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
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3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged July 16, '62, by order of Capt. A. B. Dodd.
OLIVER, GEORGE W. ; private; E. S. Aug. n, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; wounded at battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864; right leg amputated; mustered out June
21, '65, by order of War Department.
OSBORN, JOHN C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged May 10, '62, by order of War Department.
OSBORN, MORRIS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in face at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., March 10, '63, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability.
OVERMIRE, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; no further record found.
OWREY, JOHN ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out Aug.
18, '61.
PACKARD, ALPHEUS J. ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61,3 yrs. ; discharged
Sept. 10, '61, by order of War Department.
PARKER, GEORGE W. ; private ; E S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
PELTON, CHARLES H. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 18, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, sth O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps,
March i, '65, by order of War Department.
PELTON, SALMON S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ;
mustered out with company July 7, '64.
PERKEY, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of War
Department.
PERKEY, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, by order of
War Department.
PHIPPS, Louis T. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record found.
QUACKENBUSH, JAMES ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
RAMALER, ABRAHAM ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department ; died .
RAYNOR, HOMER P. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 5, '62.
REED, WILLIAM S. ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb.
I, '62, by order of War Department.
REITER, ISAAC; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
July 2, '61, on account of reenlistment for 3 yrs. service in Co. G 26th
O. V. I. ; missing at battle of Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, '62; no fur
ther record found.
ROBBINS, FRANCIS; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
ROBINSON, JAMES H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SHAFFER, HIRAM ; private ; E. S. May 30, '6r, 3 yrs ; wounded in foot
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at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; in hospital at Philadel
phia, Pa. ; mustered out July 7, '64, by order of War Department.
SHAFFER, HARRISON P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 nios., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; died at Champion, Ohio, June 6, '62.
SIMONS, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
SMITH, THOMAS J.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
SNYDER, WILLIAM H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SouLE, WARREN B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SPERRY, HESAKIAH; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; missing at
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; discharged Sept. 3, '63.
STONE, RUSSELL; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out as private Co. D June 19, '61, on account of re-
enlistment in 3 yrs. service ; discharged Oct. i, '61, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability; reenlisted Aug. 30, '62; missing since battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty; transferred to Co.
G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant April i, '65; mustered
out June 21, '65, by order War Department.
SUMMERVILLE, DAVID W. ; private; E. S. Aprif 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Williamsport, Md., June 4, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
SWISHER, FREDERICK S. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; detached
as clerk for Gen. E. B. Tyler; discharged at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 31,
'62, by order of Gen. Wool.
SWISHER, GEORGE B. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
TENNEY, CHARLES N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; died at Harper's Ferry, Va., June 14, '63.
TRACY, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 7, '64.
VAN GORDER, JOHN E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
VAN WYE, JOHN C. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 22, '62, by order of War
Department.
WALDEN, HUBBARD J. ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Providence, R. I., Nov. 3, '62, by order of War Department ; died
WEBSTER, ALFRED; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as
teamster ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
WEIR, HENRY A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
WHITE, ADDISON; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in hip
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with company
July 7, '64; died May 9, '01.
WHITE, DANIEL W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged
Aug. i, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WHITE, RiLEY ; private ; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Boli-
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var Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Department ; reenlisted
Feb. 7, '65, in Co. H, i&tfh O. V. I.; discharged Sept. 19, '65.
WHITE, SAMUEL S.; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
WILLIAMS, EDWIN; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
WILLIAMS, JOHN S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
3 yrs.; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of War
Department.
WILSON, BENJAMIN; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out with
company July 7, '64; died .
WILSON, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
WISE, ARCHIBALD; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Williamsport, Md., June 4, '62, by order of War Department.
WISE, SAMUEL J. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; no record found.
WOODS, LYMAN N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
WRIGHT, HARRY; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in right
arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; wounded in left leg at
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I.,
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department.
WYNANS, ALONZO; private; E. S. Sept. n, '62, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
STERLING, WILLIAM R. ; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; detached on staff of Gen. Butterfield Sept. 17, '62; taken
prisoner while on a scouting expedition near Aldie, Va., about June
i7> '63; escaped and returned to duty; mustered out with company
July 6, '64; died .
MCCLELLAND, SAMUEL; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17,
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to lieut-col. Dec. i, '63; see Field and Staff.
REED, SEYMOUR S. ; ist jieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. B, Nov. 2, '62 ; see Co. B.
KING, LEICESTER; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff.
FITCH, EDWARD F., 2d lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs.; resigned Nov. 23, '61.
CRYNE, JOSEPH ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as private Co. B June 17, '61, on account of re-
enlistment in 3 yrs. service; appointed sergeant; promoted tc 2d lieut.
July 23, '62; assigned to Co. I May 25, '63; killed at battle of Ring-
gold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63.
Ross, JOSEPH H. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. C March i, '62; see Co. C.
MCCLELLAND, ROBERT; ist sergt.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant April 30, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt.
March i, '62; killed at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64.
COUCH, EDWARD J. ; ist sergt.'; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 19, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Dec,
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25, '62; promoted to ist sergt, May 25, '64; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
CHRISTY, WILLIAM ; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant April 30, '61 ; detailed as sergeant for ambu
lance corps Nov. 4, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
CROWLEY, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 19, '61 ; promoted to sergeant April
30, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
DEEDS, HIRAM B. ; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal July I, '62; promoted to sergeant March I,
'64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
wounded in right hand at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 : mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
HOUCK, WILLIAM; sergeant; E. S. Dec. 14, '61., 3 yrs; mustered as
private; appointed sergeant Jan. I, '62; died at Georgetown, D. C,
June 25, '62.
KELLEY, ANDREW J. ; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62; died of wounds March 27, '62; body removed to Na
tional Cemetery at Winchester, Va.
HousEL, JAMES; sergeant; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral; promoted to sergeant May I, '62; wounded in hand at battle
of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged April 6, '63, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
MosiER, STEPHEN ; sergeant ; E. S. Feb. 10, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed ser
geant May 26, '64; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; pro
moted to ist sergt. ; discharged on expiration of term of service.
RUBY, AUGUSTUS; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
RAY, JOHN S. ; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal Oct. 10, '62 ; wounded at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
JONES, WILLIAM J. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Oct. 18, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
WILLICK, JOHN STEPHEN; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; ap
pointed corporal Oct. 18, '62 ; wounded in ankle at battle of Dumfries,
Va., Dec. 27, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
COWDEN, REYNOLDS S. ; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 25, '64; mustered out with company
July 6, '64.
SEIBOLD, GEBHARD; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
SMITH, CHARLES; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral May 25, '64; wounded in battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug.
9, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
COWDEN, CHARLES L. ; corporal ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal May 25, '64; wounded in left thigh at battle of Chancellors-
ville, Va May 2, '63; wounded in right thigh at battle near Dallas,
Ua. ; died from wounds at Nashville, Tenn., June 14, '64; body removed
to National Cemetery at Nashville, Tenn.
DICKS JOHN D.; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral ; drowned in Kanawha River, Nov. 4, '61.
J ACT. ION, ALFRED; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor-
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poral ; severely wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds in hospital at Alexandria, Va., Oct. n, '62;
body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va.
McKENZiE, JOHN; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record
found.
BERSETT, CHARLES; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal; captured at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record found.
BELL, JAMES A.; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded in foot at battle of Cedar Moun
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged from hospital at Washington, D. C.,
Nov. n, '62, by order of War Department.
JACKSON, JOHN C. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal July i, '62; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Depart
ment to enlist in United States regular service.
MANNING, JOHN J. ; corporal ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed
corporal ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; dis
charged May 12, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
KNOX, CLARK; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal Dec. 25, '61 ; wounded in right arm at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; discharged Sept. 14, '62, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
PRATT, THEODORE W. ; corporal; E. S. Dec. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal April i, '62; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64;
mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department.
McFADDEN, JOHN; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; died at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 30, '62; body removed to National
Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
POLLOCK, LEWIS N. ; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HAMILTON, JESSE; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
PREDMORE, CHARLES F. ; corporal ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
FAIRGRIEVE, WILLIAM ; musician ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; transfer
red to regimental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Wash
ington, D. C., July 5, '62.
ANDREWS, WILLIAM; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
BASINE, CHARLES; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record found.
BEILER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs.; missing in action at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; returned
to duty; transferred to Co. B 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out
June 5, '65, by order of War Department.
BIRCH, ANDREW F. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
BIRCH, ANSON F. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BIRCH, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis
charged at Columbus, O., Sept. 29, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility.
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BISP, JAMES ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ;
killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; body removed to Na
tional Cemetery at Winchester, Va.
BISPHAM, MARKED; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
right eye and leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; dis
charged April i, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
BRISTER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BROTHERS, JOHN W. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BROWN, JOHN V.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; accidentally
wounded in right hand; discharged April i, '63, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
BRYANT, CALEB L. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ;
no further record found.
BURTON, ALONZO H. ; private ; E. S. Dec. 14, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at bat
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
BYERS, W. S. , private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CAMPBELL, MICHAEL; private; E, S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va.,
June 9, '62 ; no further record found.
CECIL, LEMUEL J. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; died at Charleston, Va., Oct. 20, '61.
CLEMENS, HENRY; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; mustered out July 6, '64, by
order of War Department.
COEFMAN, JOSEPH; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; no record
found.
COLLIER, GILSON; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
CONNELLER, ALERED; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 26, '63, by order of War De
partment.
COOK, SYLVESTER; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
COOPER, DANIEL; private; E, S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
^ CROOKS, ABRAHAM D. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; left in hos
pital at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 27, '61 ; died at Youngstown, Ohio,
Nov. 20, '61.
DAILY, DAVID M. ; private; E, S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged
May 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
DAVIS, BENJAMIN; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Providence, R. I., Dec. 12, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
DEBOLD, JOHN C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died Jan. 31, '01.
DECKER, JAMES; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ;
wounded in right knee at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
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DEEDS, JOSEPH B. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; died' of
wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 13, '64; body removed to National
Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
DEEMER, CHARLES B. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
DORAN, THOMAS B. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; transferred to Vet. Res.
Corps, March 16, '64, by order of War Department ; died —
DUNCAN, WILLIAM H. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
EARL, GEORGE A. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; wounded in both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
EARL, WILLIAM W. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Oct. n, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry.
EDWARDS, HENRY G. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 mos. No record
found.
ELLIOTT, RICHARD W. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
EVANS, JOHN ; private ; E. S., June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; died Dec. 6, '05.
EVANS, WILLIAM J. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; detached to
Pioneer Corps April n, '62; returned to company for duty; wounded
in left shoulder at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64.
FERGUSON, ROBERT J. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in
arm at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; sent home by surgeon
in hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15, '61 ; no further record found.
FIELD, THOMAS ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '61.
FISHCORN, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at bat
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged for wounds at
hospital at Washington, D. C., Dec. 22, '62.
FITCH, CHRISTIAN E. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out June 19, '61, to enlist in 3 years' service in Co. E, 23d O. V. I. ; ap
pointed corporal Aug. 2, '64 ; promoted to sergeant ; mustered out as
veteran July 26, '65.
FOWLER, RALPH ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
Fox, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ;
killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
FRAHER, WILLIAM; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
back and shoulder at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; mustered
out with company July 6, '64 ; died .
FREDENBERG, JOHN N.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged April
n, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
FREEMAN, RICHARD M. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in right thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
GALE, CHRISTOPHER G. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., Juno 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; detached as nurse and sent with wounded from battle of
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. I 615
Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, to Clifton Hospital at Washington, D.
C. ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War Department.
GARLO, HENRY; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb.
i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died
GORDON, ANTHONY; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
left arm at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63 ; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
GRAHAM, ELIJAH J. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out July 7, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 26th O. V. I.; mustered out Oct.
21, '65, as veteran.
GREER, JAMES R. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in thigh at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
discharged at Romney, Va., Dec. 22, '61, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
HALL, FREDERICK R. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; detached as ambulance driver at Alexandria, Va., July, '62 ;
returned to duty ; wounded in right ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga.,
Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HEDINGTON, OUVER; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HEISLEY, JACOB; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as
guard to ammunition train ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
HUDSON, STEPHEN S. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
JACK, GARVIN; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; discharged Oct. 14, '62, to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry.
JOHNSON, DANIEL H. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Colum
bus, Ohio, Nov. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
JOHNSON, JAMES; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis
charged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department.
KELLEY, WILLIAM; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
right shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
KEMP, SAMUEL P. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62;
discharged Oct. 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
LALLY, MICHAEL H. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. No record
found.
LARKIN, FERDY ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61. No further record found.
LEWIS, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in both
hands and right arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63;
mustered out from hospital July 6, '64, by order of War Department.
LLEWELLYN, MORGAN ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61. No further record
found.
MCCARTIN, JOHN ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
McKEE, EDWIN D. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
METCALF, GEORGE; private; E. S. Dec. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as
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musician in regimental band; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct.
31, '64; discharged on expiration of term of service.
MOORE, ASHMA; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
MOORE, HUGH, JR.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
MORGAN, REYNOLDS; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out July 25, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 26th O. V. I. ; mustered out July
25, '64, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
MULLETT, JACOB; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3
yrs.; died in hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct. 23, '63.
NENEY, THOMAS; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
NEVILLE, PATRICK; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
NEWMAN, HENRY C. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
OWREY, MARTIN V.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; sent home
on sick furlough Aug. 4, '61 ; discharged Oct. 24, '62, on surgeon's cer
tificate of disability.
PALMER, RANDALL B. ; private; E. S. Dec. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
from hospital at Georgetown, D. C., July 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
PATTON, ROBERT M. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 6, '64; died .
PHILLIPS, RICHARD; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July 15, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
PIERCE, SAMUEL; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; sent homo on
sick furlough Aug. 4, '61. No further record found.
POWERS, JOHN E. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
RAY, JAMES P.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
RICE, CHARLES E. ; private ; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs. ; sent to hospital
at Alexandria, Va., July u, '62; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of
War Department ; died June 25, '98.
SCHNEIDER, ADAM; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; missing in
action at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec., 27, '62; returned to duty; mus
tered out with company July 6, '64; died
SCHAAF, JAMES C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs.; died at Charleston, Va., Oct. 21, '61.
SHANNON, JOHN; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; sent home on
sick furlough Dec. 2, '61 ; died at Girard, Ohio, Feb. 21, '62.
SIMS, BUSTAMENTS; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered
out with company July 6, '64.
SMITH, JOHN; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; mustered out with com
pany July 6, '64.
SNYDER, JAMES ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; June 19, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; re
turned to duty ; mustered out with company July 6, '64.
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SOUER, HENRY ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged June
28, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SOUER, MICHAEL; private'; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61,
3 yrs. ; discharged June 28, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SPOTBURY, JOHN ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
STEPHENSON, JAMES D. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; killed
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
STEWART, CHAUNCEY; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 1 8, '61.
STIGLEMAN, WILLIAM F. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '6 1.
TAGG, JOHN ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out June
25, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 26th O. V. I.; killed at battle of Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, '62.
THQMAS, WILLIAM M. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
THOMPSON, GEORGE V. W. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record
found.
VAIL, HIRAM J. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
VAN AMBURGH, FRANK L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; no
further record found.
WALDORF, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
WALKER, ALLEN; private, E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64; died
WALLACE, SAMUEL; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
WHITE, PAUL C. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Nov.
3, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WiER, JOHN; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 9,
'62, by order of War Department to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry.
WILLIAMS, ANTHONY; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in left leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June
9, '62; discharged Jan. 20, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WILLIAMS, DAVID; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. i, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability;
died
WILLIAMS, THOMAS D. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
'62; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed cor
poral ; mustered out as veteran July 26, '65.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS J. ; private; E. S. Nov. ip, '63, 3 yrs.; trans
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal; mus
tered out with company July 26, '65.
WILSON, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 6, '64.
WILSON, WILLIAM G. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
Sept. 15, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
WOOD, LEWIS; private; E. S. Dec. 4, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged May 9,
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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ROSTER OF COMPANY K, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
SCHUTTE, JOHN F. ; captain; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out as ist lieut. June 17, '61, to accept promotion to
captain in 3 years' service; killed in a skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 20, '61.
CROSS, JUDSON N. ; captain; E. S. April 29, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs. For record see Co. C.
KRIEGER, ERNST J. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. April
13, '62; promoted to captain Feb. 9, '63; wounded in right arm at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded "in head at battle of
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company July 7, '64;
reentered service as major I77th O. V. I., Sept. 23, '64; mustered out
with regiment June 24, '65; died March 14, '81.
WISEMAN, JOHN J. ; captain ; E. S. April 20, '6l, 3 mos. ; mustered
out June 20, '61 ; appointed lieut.-col. 41 st O. V. I., Aug. 7, '61 ; re
signed March i, '62 ; appointed lieut.-col. 84th O. V. I., June 7, '62, and
detached on duty at Washington, D. C. ; mustered out with regiment
Sept. 20, '62; appointed captain Co. D, isoth O. V. L, May 2, '64;
mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; died
NITSCHELM, CHARGES F. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
T7> '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as sergeant June 17, '6i3 to accept promo
tion to ist lieut. in 3 years' service; resigned April 12, '62; reenlisted
in 2Oth Ohio Independent Battery Aug. 28, '62 ; appointed sergeant ;
promoted to ist sergt. May, '63; promoted to 2d lieut. May 22, '63;
promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 25, '63; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug.
15, '64-
NESPER, CHRISTIAN W. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. H, March 19, '64. See Co H.
STERL, OSCAR W. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61,
3 yrs.; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 5, '62, and assigned to Co. F; re
signed April 18, '62; appointed captain Co. A, iO4th O~. V. L, July n,
'62; promoted to major Dec. 9, '62; promoted to lieut.-col. Jan. 2, '63;
promoted to colonel Aug. n, '64; mustered out with regiment June
17, '65.
HOPKINS, MARCUS S. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. See Field and Staff.
HINKSTON, ELMER; ist sergt.; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal; promoted to sergeant Aug. 9, '62; promoted to ist sergt.
Feb. 18, '63 ; wounded in right ear at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.,
May 3, '63; mortally wounded in right leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga.,
Nov. 27, '63; died of wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 21, '64; body
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
LAUTERWASSER, WILUAM ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.,
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. and
detailed as color sergeant; wounded at battle of Port Republic, Va.,
June 9, '62; right arm amputated and died at Clifton hospital, Wash
ington, D. C., July 30, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Sol
diers' Home, D. C.
LUDWIG, CHARLES; ist sergt.; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal Aug. 9, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '63; promoted to
ist sergt. Feb. i, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
R£GIM£NTAL ROSTER, CO. K 619
VOCES, WIUJAM; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Port Repub
lic, Va., June 9, '62.
KOHLMANN, ADOLPH; sergeant; E. S. April 22, or, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died at New Orleans, La., Nov. 13,
'61.
GREBE, JAMES; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant July
1, '62; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds
at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 27, '62; body removed to National Cemetery
at Alexandria, Va.
SCHINKEI,, FREDERICK; seigeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant
May i, '62; missing at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62;
no further record found.
BOHM, EDWARD H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov.
2, '62, and assigned to Co. D; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. i, '63, and
assigned to Co. B ; detached to command of Co. I. On Aug. 20, '61,
Bohm was detailed in command of a reconnoitering expedition to find
and observe the movements of the enemy near Carnifax Ferry, and
came in contact with two companies of rebel cavalry, in which several
of his men were wounded, including Capt. John F. Schutte, who accom
panied the expedition in citizen's clothes, and was mortally wounded.
At the request of Capt. Schutte to leave him and save themselves many
escaped. Sergt. Bohm and Private Henry Weisenbach refused to
leave their captain, and both were taken prisoner and sent to Libby
Prison at Richmond. About the middle of October, '61, Bohm and all
of the Seventh Regiment prisoners who were captured at the battle of
Cross Lanes, Aug. 26, '61, \rith others sufficient to make 510 were sent
to New Orleans as hostages for 51 privateers captured off Charleston
and held as pirates. On Feb. 7, '62, all of the New Orleans prisoners
were sent to Salisbury, N. C., and confined in an old cotton mill. On
May 26, '62, Bohm and about 1,800 other prisoners were paroled and
sent north, arriving at Cleveland, Ohio, June 5, '62. About June 20,
'62, Bohm mustered nearly all of the paroled prisoners of the Seventh
Regiment for their first pay at Columbus, Ohio. On July 20, '62, he
was entrusted by Capt. A. B. Dodd, I5th U. S. Infantry, military com
mander at Columbus, Ohio, with the duty of organizing the paroled
prisoners at Camp Chase into a company for service as provost guards,
which command he held until Feb., '63. Having been exchanged he
was placed in command of 120 other exchanged men of the Seventh and
started to join the regiment, arriving March 17, '63. He was wounded
in the left arm at the battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered
out with company at Cleveland, Ohio, July 7, '64.
ROCHOTTE, HENRY; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; promoted to sergeant May i, '62; discharged July 19, '62, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
BUTZMANN, WILUAM ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 25, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Aug.
i, '62; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis-
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charged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility.
STRAEHEE, HENRY ; sergeant ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant and de
tailed as color sergeant; discharged Nov. 26, '62, on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability ; subsequently entered U. S. Navy and served one
year in Mississippi River squadron; reenlisted as private in Co. I, I77th
O. V. I., Sept. 28, '64; appointed color sergeant; mustered out with
company June 24, '65.
SOHE, GEORGE; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant April 3, '63 ; wounded at battle of Cedar
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May
25, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
HAEFELE, JOHN; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61,
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 10, '63; mustered out with company
July 7, '64.
SCHAUB, HERMANN; sergeant; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
sergeant Nov. i, '62; discharged at Dumfries, Va., April 3, '63, on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
KURZ, JACOB; sergeant; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral Aug. 9, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '63; wounded in side
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged for wounds at
Baltimore, Md., April 10, '63.
KICK, ANDREW; sergeant; E. S. Oct. 5, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor
poral April i, '63; promoted to sergeant; transferred to detachment
of recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64.
HAI/TNORTH, FREDERICK; sergeant; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
PFAHE, CHRISTIAN; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
SOMMER, CONRAD; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. I, '62; wounded in left arm at battle
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga.,
May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64; died
SCHOTT, JOHN; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal March i, '63; mustered out with company
July 7, '64.
LEHR, WIUJAM ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; appointed corporal Feb. i, '62 ; wounded at battle of Winchester,
Va., March 23, '62; left leg amputated; discharged for wounds July
3, '62.
DENZEE, GEORGE; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. i,, '62; wounded in skirmish near
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.,
March 23, '62: discharged for wounds July 21, '62.
REISSE, CHRISTIAN; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23,
'62; discharged for wounds July 21, '62.
HUMMEL,^ JOHN; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded in hip at battle of Port Republic,
Va., June 9, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds Oct. 27, '62; died
WEBER, WIEUAM ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed
REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. K. 621
corporal April i, '63; transferred to detachment of recruits and as
signed to 5th O. V. I. Oct. 31, '64.
DORN, JOHN; musician; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 61, 3
yrs. No record found.
KIND, PETER; musician ; . E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; discharged Oct. 2, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ACKERMANN, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 : returned to duty
March 17, '63 ; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
AMBRUSTER, CONSTANTINE; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; Dis
charged at York, Pa., Feb. 19, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
ANTHONY, PHILIP; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged for
wounds Sept. I, '62.
BAUER, JOHN ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out with
company July 7, '64.
BAUER, NICHOLAS ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in leg
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company
July 7, '64.
BEIL, SIGMUND; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ;
paroled; discharged July 28, '62, by order of War Department.
BOCK, FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
BOEDEKER, AUGUST; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
BOTT, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.;
no record found.
BREIDENBACH, CHARLES; private; E. S. .April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62;
discharged for wounds at Smoketown, Md., Dec. 16, '62.
BROWN, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
BROWN, PHILIP; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, r6i.
BRUCKELMAYER, FREDERICK; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; paroled ; dis
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department.
BUCHMANN, CONRAD; private; E. S. Oct. 5, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
at Washington, D. C., Nov. 27, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa
bility; reenlisted Dec. 28, '63; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct.
31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65.
BURGER, ALBERT; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at bat
tle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 7,
'64.
CLIEE, EDWARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
COLBRUN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9,
'62 ; discharged July 19, '62, by order of War Department.
DEHMEL, Louis; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged.
DIETRICH, FRANK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
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DiETz, CONEY ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in back
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Co. G, 5th O.
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65.
Dow,, JOHN W. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died of wounds Sept. 10, '61.
DORR, DAVID F. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in head
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to detachment of
recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64.
DUNTON, EDWIN ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged.
FAUBEL, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ;
returned to duty March 17, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
FENZ, ENGELBERT; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; returned to duty
March 17, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
FETZER, HERMAN ; private ; E. S. March 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded
in leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; wounded in left
leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; leg amputated ; discharged
for wounds June 14, '64; died .
FRANK, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
FURST, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
GEISSLER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died of
wounds Aug. 28, '61.
GLASER, EMIL; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged.
GRAETER, CHARLES; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; leg amputated; dis
charged for wounds Dec. 19, '62.
GREINER, CHARLES H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
GREVE, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
GRUENWALD, GOTTLIEB; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled; dis
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department.
HAHN, CHRISTIAN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
HOEHN, HENRY; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61 ; died .
HAHN, SEBASTIAN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
HAPPIG, TOBIAS; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March
I7> '63 ; wTounded in right hand at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ;
mustered out with company July 7, '64.
HASKEL, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ;
transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade by order of War Depart
ment.
HEGE, JACOB H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; discharged July 21, '62, by order of War Department.
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HOFFMAN, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; absent sick ; mustered out July 7, '64, by order of War De
partment.
HOFFMAN, HENRY; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in
head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to de
tachment of recruits. and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; died
JASSAUD, FREDERICK ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged
at Columbus, O., July 24, '62, by order of War Department; subse
quently reentered service in a regiment of U. S. Col. Cavalry, became
adjutant of the regiment and mustered out at end of war.
KARBACHER, FRANZ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
KASTLEN, JOSEPH ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
KASTLEN, SAMUEL; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '6 1.
KRAUS, CHRISTIAN F. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61 ; died .
KULLMER, MICHAEL; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
LAHR, HENRY ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at
Winchester, Va., ; paroled; discharged June 27, '62, by order of War
Department.
LINIGER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
LORENZ, FRANK; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
LUETKE, JOHN; private; E. S. Oct. 5, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head
and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; no
record of muster out found.
MAEDER, VINCENT; private; E. S. June 3, '61 ; killed at battle of
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
MALCHUS, ANDREW; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ;
discharged for wounds Oct. 14, '61.
MERKEL, MATHIAS; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Colum
bus. O., Feb. 28, '63, by order of War Department.
MICHAEL, FREDERICK; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
shoulder and leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; dis
charged for wounds at Washington, D. C, Nov. 26, '62.
MILLER, JOHN G. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled ; no further record
found.
MILLER, THEODORE ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at
Columbus, O.
MUELLER, FRANK ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. o, '62; returned to duty Oct.,
'62; mustered out with company, July 7, '64.
MUELLER, JACOB ; private ; E." S. April 22, '61., 3 mps, j mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
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MUNZ, JOHN; private; E. S. Oct. 8. '61, 3 yrs. ; died in hospital at
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 24, '62.
NOCK, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.;
wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died from
wounds April 2, '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Win
chester, Va.
NOVAK, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
OBACHT, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
OETTINGER, CHRISTIAN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled ; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; sent to hospital April 25,
'65; mustered out at McDougal Hospital, New York, May 31, '65;
wounded at battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, '64.
OSWALD, CONRAD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
PERLEY, VICTOR; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62; killed at battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
PEAHL, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ;
killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; body removed to Na
tional Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
POPP, GOTLIEB; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 2,
'61, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
RAEBER, JOHN; private; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of
Port Republic, Va.} June 9, '62.
RAQUETT, GEORGE; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at Bristow Station, Va., Sept., '62 ; paroled and exchanged ; wounded
in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with
company July 7, '64 ; died .
REED, HENRY L. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; no record
found.
REILEY, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; no record found.
RENNER, JOHN C. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
RENZ, SOLOMON; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March 17,
'63; wounded in right thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,
'63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
RICH, CHARLES; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and
taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; dis
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department.
RITCHIE, WILLIAM; private;' E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; wounded at
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged for wounds Feb.
2, '62.
RosEL, WILLIAM; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; died
from wounds in hospital at Frederick City, Md., June I, '62; body re
moved to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md.
ROTTMAN, HENRY B. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '6 1.
ROWE, JOSEPH; private; E, S. Aug. 21, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in left
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foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Co. G, 5th
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Washington. D. C, Aug. 3, '65.
RUECKLER, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus
tered out with company July 7, '64.
SAISER, MARTIN ; private ; E. S. Aug. 3, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in right
arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Co.
G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of
War Department.
SCHAEDLER, FRANZ ; private ; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, O., Jan.
25, '65, by order of War Department
SCHAEMBS, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62.
SCHERK, JOHN; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
SCHLATMEYER, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
SCHLEGEI,, FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SCHMIDT, H. FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61,
and returned to company ; mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SCHMIDT, HENRY; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
abdomen at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
SCHMIDT, MICHAEL; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at McDougal Gen
eral Hospital, New York, July 2, '65.
SCHNEEBERGER, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Oct. 7, '61,
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted Oct. 7, '61 ; transferred
to detachment of recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64.
SCHRAMM, ADOLPH F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
SCHUESSLER, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred
to Invalid Corps Sept. 30, '63, by order of War Department.
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTIAN F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June
20, '61, 3 yrs.; became insane and left regiment Aug. 19, '61.
SCHWEITZER, RICHARD; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus
tered out Aug. 18, '61.
SCHWINK, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; wounded in left arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63;
mustered out with company July 7, '64.
SEIPEL, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62.
SELBACH, FRED; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
SEPUNG, MARTIN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, 'oi.
SMITH, JOHN; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at
40
626 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged July 30, '62. on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
SPATHOLZ, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
STAHL, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa
roled ; no further record found.
STEGMAYER, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs.; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 27, '62, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
STEINBAUER, FRED. W. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged for wounds
Feb. 2, '62.
STERN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
TYROLER, SIGO ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co., G, $th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order
of War Department.
VOELKER, JOHN T. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in
breast and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62;
returned to duty Sept. 14, '62; discharged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18,
'63, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
VOELKER, JOHN; private; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at
Falls Church, Va., July 7, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
VOGEL, JOHN W.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
WALLEY, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. Aug. 9, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of
War Department ; died .
WALTER, CHARLES ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 1 8, '6 1.
WANDEL, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; wounded in foot at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62 ;
wounded in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered
out with company July 7, '64.
WEBER, FRANZ W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61,
3 yrs. ; died at hospital at Gallipolis, O., Sept. 26, '62.
WEILAND, JOHN ; private ; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62.
WEISSENBACH, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20,
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20,
'61 ; paroled ; discharged July 24, '62, by order of War Department.
WENNER, JACOB; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out
with company July 7, '64.
WERNER, CHARLES; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
WIGAND, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died
Sept. L3, '61, while prisoner of war.
WOLF, JULIUS; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled ; discharged July
30, '62 ; by order of War Department.
ROSTER, CO. K 627
WORM, JACOB; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
ZAHN, JOHN; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out
Aug. 18, '61.
ZEIDLER, FREDERICK; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered
out Aug. 18, '61.
ZIMMERMAN, CHARLES; private; E. S. Aug. 2, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65,
by order of War Department.
ZIPP, GEORGE; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3
yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.,
Aug. 9, '62; returned to duty Nov., '62; mustered out with company
July 7, '64.
ZITZMANN, ANTHONASIUS ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled ; dis
charged July 30, '62, by order of War Department.
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List of Casualties
BATTU; OF CROSS LANES, VA., AUG. 26, 1861.
FIEU> AND STAFF.
Wood, Harry; fife major; taken prisoner.
COMPANY A.
McKay, Geo. A.; sergt. ; wounded.
Williams, Francis; corpl.; taken prisoner.
Button, Frank; corpl.; wounded.
Holly, Morris J. ; private ; wounded.
Burroughs, Carlos A.; private; taken prisoner.
Bandel, John ; private ; taken prisoner.
Burt, Theodore; private; taken prisoner.
Burns, John G. ; private; taken prisoner.
Evans, Evan; private; taken prisoner.
Shepley, Thomas; private; wounded, died Sept. 2, 1861.
Scoville, Andrew; private; taken prisoner.
Scpville, Thos. C. ; private; wounded.
Wilsden, Richard L,. ; private; taken prisoner.
Whaley, Myron H. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY B.
Boyle, Daniel T. ; private; taken prisoner.
Chapman, Chas. L,. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Hime, Jacob E. ; private ; wounded.
McCabe, James; private; taken prisoner.
Robinson, Geo. C. ; private; taken prisoner.
Williams, Geo. W. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY c.
Shurtleff, Giles W. ; capt. ; taken prisoner.
Cross, Judson N.; ist. lieut. ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Halbert, Addison M. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner.
Parmenter, Wm. W. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner, died in prison at New
Orleans Nov. 18, 1861.
Mprey, Elias W. ; sergt. ; wounded in head and taken prisoner.
Stiles, Root; sergt.; taken prisoner.
Orton, Hobart G. ; sergt. ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Cole, Stephen M. ; corpl. ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Mack, Isaac F. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Biggs, Wm. ; private; taken prisoner, died at New Orleans Oct. 17,
1861.
Bodle, Foster; private; taken prisoner.
Burns, John M. ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Claghorn, Henry D. ; private; taken prisoner.
630 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Collins, Jos.; private; wounded, died of wounds Aug. 27, 1861.
Curtiss, Edward F. ; private; taken prisoner.
Finch, John B. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Howard, Henry; private; taken prisoner.
Hubbell, Albert; private; taken prisoner.
Jeakins, Burford; private; wounded and taken prisoner, died Sept.
20, 1861.
Jones, Lewis J. ; private; wounded and taken prisoner.
Kingsbury, Selden B. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Massa, Jas. A. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Myers, Elam B. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Newton, Emory C. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Noble, Irving A. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Osborn, Albert; private; taken prisoner.
Parker, Alex. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Root, Edward C.; private; taken prisoner.
Scott, Wm. H.; private; taken prisoner.
Sheldon, Henry G. ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Smith, Edwin R. ; private; taken prisoner.
Thompson, David J. ; private; taken prisoner.
Tuttle, Lucius V. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Warren, Leroy ; private ; taken prisoner.
Wheeler, Wm. W. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY D.
Dyer, John N. ; capt. ; killed.
Hubbard, Newton K. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Carroll, Charles ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Gill, Seymour ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Dodge, Alex. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Huntoon, Horace H. ; private; taken prisoner.
Jenkins, Benj.; private; taken prisoner.
McGraw, Chas. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Quinn, Christ. C. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Rubicon, Jas. A. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Shelby, John; private ; taken prisoner.
Smith, Alfred E. ; private; taken prisoner.
Smith, John; private; taken prisoner.
Smith, Perry H. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY £.
Wilcox, Arthur T. ; istlieut. ; taken prisoner.
Kitchum, Geo. C. ; ist sergt. ; taken prisoner.
Sweet, Geo. W. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner.
Merriam, Wm. ; sergt; wounded, left arm amputated.
Wilcoxson, Franklin F. ; sergt.; taken prisoner.
Turner, Jesse G. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Barks, John; private; taken prisoner.
Bartlitt, Wm. F. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Beers, Reuben; private; taken prisoner.
Blakesley, LymanM.; private; taken prisoner.
Blakesley, Robt. W. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Butler, Jas.; private; taken prisoner, died in prison Dec. 27, 1861,
CASUAI/TY LIST 63!
Cherry, Wm. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Cross, Edson B. ; private; killed.
Curran, Thos. S. ; private ; wounded, right leg amputated.
Downing, Geo. K. j private ; taken prisoner.
Fox, Zebah; private; taken prisoner.
Gill, Benj. F. ; private; wounded in right knee.
Hann, John ; private ; taken prisoner.
Hutchinson, Wm. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Keiser, Henry; private; taken prisoner, died in prison Dec. 28, 1861.
Kennedy, Edward; private; taken prisoner.
Shelters, John ; private ; taken prisoner.
Stillwell, Francis; private; taken prisoner.
Stinson, James ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Webber, Chas. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY G.
Boles, Lemuel ; private ; taken prisoner.
Hetlick, Michael ; private ; taken prisoner.
Logue, Lloyd G. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY H.
Palmer, Erastus C. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Mohler, Jacob ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY I.
Bersett, Chas. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Basine, Chas. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Daily, David M. ; private ; wounded.
Ferguson, Robt. I.; private; wounded in arm.
Fredenberg, John N. ; private; taken prisoner.
Greer, James R. ; private ; wounded in thigh.
Johnson, Daniel H. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Johnson, James; private; taken prisoner.
Larkin, Ferdy; private; taken prisoner.
Llewellyn, Morgan; private; taken prisoner.
Snyder, James ; private ; taken prisoner.
Thompson, Geo. V. W. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY K.
Krieger, Ernst. J. ; ist sergt. ; wounded in right arm.
Kohlman, Adolph; sergt.; taken prisoner, died at New Orleans, La.
Nov. 13, 1861.
Grebe, James ; corpl. ; wounded.
Ackermann, Henry ; private ; taken prisoner.
Doll, John W. ; private; wounded, died of wounds Sept. 10, 1861.
Geissler, John; private; wounded, died of wounds Aug. 28, 1861.
Gruenwald, Gottlieb; private; taken prisoner.
Happig, Tobias ; private ; taken prisoner.
Haskel, Chas. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Merkel, Mathias; private; taken prisoner.
Miller, John G. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Oettinger, Christian ; private ; taken prisoner.
Renz, Solomon; private; taken prisoner.
632 S£V£NTH RDGIMKNT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Ritchie, Wm. ; private; wounded.
Stahl, Chas. ; private; taken prisoner.
Steinbauer, Fred W. ; private ; wounded.
Wigand, John; private; taken prisoner, died in prison Sept. 13, 1861.
Wolf, Julius ; private ; taken prisoner.
Zitzmann, Anthonasius ; private ; taken prisoner.
Killed, 2; wounded, 29; prisoners, no (9 of them wounded) Total
loss, 132.
BATTLE; OF WINCHESTER, VA., MARCH 23, 1862.
FIEIJ) AND STAFF.
Webb, Joseph P.; sergt. major; killed.
COMPANY A.
McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Sadler, Wm. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Kelley, Edward F. ; corpl. ; wounded, died April 2, 1862.
Sweet, Samuel; corpl.; wounded.
Clancey, Daniel W. ; private; wounded.
Campbell, Leander H. ; private; wounded.
Gardner, Hampton F. ; private ; wounded.
Hoffman, Fred W. ; private ; wounded.
Kehl, Wm. ; private ; missing, supposed killed.
Lappin, Arthur ; private ; wounded.
Miller, Joseph ; private ; wounded.
Stearns, Chas. H. ; private; killed. ,
COMPANY B.
Fitch, Asa H. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Smith, Wm. F. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Carroll, Jas. ; private; killed.
Creglow, Joshua; private; killed.
Fagan, Chas.; private; wounded.
Gasser, Joseph M. ; private; wounded.
Lamb, Allen C. ; private ; killed.
Reid, Duncan; private; wounded in right shoulder.
Reese, James; private; wounded.
Rice, Stephen W. ; private ; killed.
Smith, James ; private ; wounded in. right leg.
Withers, Albert E. ; private ; wounded in left leg. ,
Worlitzer, Anthony; private; wounded in eye.
COMPANY c.
Danforth, Arthur C. ; ist sergt.; killed.
Gardner, John ; sergt. ; wounded in leg.
Day, Seldon A. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Kellogg, Jason S. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Coburn, Wallace; private; wounded, died March 29, 1862.
Kellogg, Stephen ; private ; wounded.
Kingsbury, Daniel D. ; private ; wounded.
CASUALTY UST 633
Palmers, Frederick M. ; private; wounded, died of wounds April 7,
1862.
Sackett, Edward G. ; private; wounded, died of wounds March 24,
1862.
Walworth, Warren F. ; private; wounded.
Warner, Fred'k A. ; private ; wounded.
Winsor, Richard; private; wounded.
Worcester, Orlando H. ; private; wounded, died of wounds April 15,
1862.
COMPANY D.
Griswold, Abraham C. ; cprpl. ; killed.
Burnham, Reuben H. ; private; killed.
Carvin, Lewis C. ; private ; killed.
COMPANY E.
Blanden, Geo. ; corpl.; wounded in left arm.
Anness, Geo.; private; wounded.
Atwater, John; private; wounded.
Milliman, John L,. ; private; wounded.
COMPANY F.
Burgess, Albert C. ; capt. ; wounded in ankle.
Gridley, Benj.; corpl.; wounded.
Bethel, Frederick; private; wounded.
Hall, Sylvester S.; private; killed.
Hall, EHas; private; killed.
Owen, Moses; private; wounded.
Pritchard, Anson; private; wounded.
Tracy, Edward E. ; private; wounded.
Twitchell, Arba; private; wounded in hand.
COMPANY G.
Fram, John; private; killed.
COMPANY H.
Asper, Joel F. ; capt. ; wounded in leg.
Bishop, Stephen E. ; private; wounded.
Cavannah, Arthur A.; private; wounded.
Gregory, Owen ; private ; wounded, died of wounds April 12, 1862.
Groth, Fred'k; private; killed.
Hunt, James; private; wounded, died of wounds April 5, 1862.
O'Connor, Daniel; private; wounded.
COMPANY I.
McClelland, Samuel; 1st lieut. ; wounded in head.
Kelley, Andrew J. ; sergt. ; wounded, died of wounds March 27, 1862.
Birch, Wm. ; private; wounded.
Bisp, James; private; killed.
Clemens, Henry ; private ; wounded.
Doran, Thos. B.; private; wounded.
Phillips, Richard; private; wounded.
634 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
COMPANY K.
Butzmann, Wm. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Lehr, Wm. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Denzel, George; corpl.; wounded.
Reusse, Christian; corpl.; wounded.
Dietrich, Frank ; private ; killed.
Karbacher, Franz ; private ; killed.
Lorenz, Frank ; private ; killed.
Nook, Jacob ; private ; wounded, died of wound April 2, 1862.
Rasel, Wm. ; private ; wounded, died of wound June i, 1862.
Seipel, John; private; killed.
Killed, 20; wounded, 60. Total, 80.
BATIXE OF PORT REPUBUC, VA., June 9, 1862.
COMPANY A.
McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Gillett, Townley ; corpl. ; killed.
Lovett, Aaron C. ; corpl. ; wounded in thigh.
Burton, John H. ; private ; wounded in jaw, neck and shoulder.
Buchanan, Samuel K. ; private ; wounded in mouth.
Keller, Chas. A. ; private ; wounded above ankle.
Keller, Fred'k; private; wounded in arm.
Maxfield, Isaac ; private ; wounded in shin.
Snider, Adolph; private; killed.
COMPANY c.
Fry, Holland B. ; sergt. ; wounded in left knee.
Day, Seldon A. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Gates, Lewis K. ; corpl. ; killed.
Magary, Geo. R. ; corpl. ; killed.
Atwater, Edwin B. ; private ; wounded in left thigh.
Hamilton, Cyrus P. ; private ; wounded in left thigh and taken pris
oner, died in prison.
Judson, Daniel S. ; private; wounded in right thigh and taken pris
oner, died in prison June 14, 1862.
Kingsbury, Romain J. ; private ; killed.
Pelton, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded in right ankle.
COMPANY D.
Wood, Geo. L,. ; capt. ; wounded in right leg.
Lapham, James M. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner.
Smalley, Virgil E. ; sergt. ; wounded in thigh.
Hendrickson, Simeon E. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Hawkins, Benj. F. ; private; wounded in neck.
Hibbard, Lawson; private; killed.
Mulligan, John; private; killed.
COMPANY E.
Wheeler, Samuel C. ; ist sergt; wounded in left ankle.
Woodward, John H.; corpl.; killed. ..
CASUALTY LIST 635
Andress, Wm. H. ; private; wounded.
Atwater, John ; private ; wounded in right thigh.
Haskins, Jay ; private ; wounded in left knee.
Vancise, James L. ; private; wounded in right thigh.
COMPANY F.
Day, Alfred H. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in neck.
DeLong, Cyrus H. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
Burt, Mark V. ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm.
Chapman, Leroy ; corpl. ; wounded in head and taken prisoner.
Johnson, Wm. H. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Matthews, Sylvester ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg.
Morley, Alfred W. ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg.
Remmell, Lawrence ; corpl. ; wounded in neck.
COMPANY G.
King, Chas. L. ; sergt. ; wounded in face.
Laucks, James R. ; sergt. ; wounded in right thigh and taken prisoner,
died of wounds at Staunton, Va., Nov. i, 1862.
Eldridge, Franklin ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg.
Holton, Hiram M. ; corpl; taken prisoner.
Ruoff, Julius ; corpl. ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Boyington, Lewis ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Carl, Geo. K. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Garee, John F. ; private ; wounded in right hand.
Geyelin, Geo.; private; wounded in forehead.
Hansen, Horatio N. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Herrick, Ira ; private ; wounded in right hand.
Hughes, Todd ; private ; taken prisoner.
Merrill, Benton ; private; taken prisoner.
Pownall, Horace B. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Rogers, Wm. W. ; private; wounded in head, died of wound June 29,
1862.
Steadman, Albert; private; wounded.
Steadman, Arthur C. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY H.
Hunt, David L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh.
Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; wounded in left shoulder.
Woods, Edwin ; musician ; wounded in left breast.
Echenrhoad, Malcom ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Osborn, Morris; private; wounded in face.
Parker, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY I.
Knox, Clark ; corpl. ; wounded in right arm.
Campbell, Michael; private; wounded and taken prisoner.
Decker, James; private; wounded in left leg.
Fraher, Wm. ; private ; wounded in back and shoulder.
Smith, John; private; wounded in head.
Williams, Anthony; private; wounded in left leg.
636 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
COMPANY K.
Lauterwasser, Wm. ; ist sergt. ; wounded, right arm amputated, died
of wound July 30, 1862.
Voges, Wm.; sergt.; killed.
Sommer, Conrad ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm.
Hummell, John ; corpl. ; wounded in hip.
Anthony, Philip ; private ; wounded in right leg.
Colbrun, John; private; wounded in right arm.
Feizer, Herman; private; wounded in leg.
Luetke, John; private; wounded in head and taken prisoner.
Raeber, John; private; killed.
Schaembs, John ; private ; killed.
Voelker, John T. ; private ; wounded in breast uid taken prisoner.
Killed, ii ; wounded, 59; prisoners, 18 (9 of them wounded). Total
loss, 79.
BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, VA., Aug. 9, 1862.
FIEI4) AND STAFF.
Creighton, Wm. R. ; colonel ; wounded in left arm and side.
Crane, Orrin J. ; lieut. col. ; wounded in foot.
Molyneaux, J. B. ; ist lieut. and adj.; wounded in head, shoulder
and leg.
COMPANY A.
McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Davis, Zebulan P.; sergt.; wounded in face.
Brown, Henry J. ; corpl. ; wounded, died Aug. 26, 1862.
Werz, Francis I. ; corp. ; wounded in thigh.
Holmes, Milton D. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Brand, Fred'k W. ; private; wounded in bowels.
Blackwell, Jos. ; private ; wounded, died Aug. 10, 1862.
Crippen, Andrew J. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Creque, Ferdinand; private; wounded in foot.
Clinton, Alex. M. ; private; wounded in leg.
Calvin, John H. ; private; wounded.
Ginter, Abraham ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Gillson, Wm. F. ; private; wounded.
Gazeley, Jabez C. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Hatfield, Benjamin; private; wounded in hand.
Hammond, Theo. F. ; private; wounded in bowels.
Kelley, Philip ; private ; wounded in thigh.
Lappin, Arthur; private; wounded in hand and arm.
Preble, Chas. E- ; private ; wounded in hip.
Parsons, John G. ; private ; wounded.
Sherwood, Thos. C. ; private ; wounded in bowels.
St. Lawrence, Edward ; private ; wounded in leg and taken prisoner.
Towne, Ephraim M. ; private ; wounded in hand.
Wacker, Leonard; private; wounded in leg, left on field, supposed
died or prisoner.
CASUALTY LIST 637
COMPANY B.
Trotier, Joseph; sergt. ; wounded.
Gaskill, Franklin R. ; sergt.; wounded.
Hardesty, Jesse ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Marks, Jacob ; corpl. ; wounded in right arm.
Gordon, Samuel E. ; corpl. ; wounded in right lung.
Brown, Thos. C. ; corpl.; killed.
Wilson, Clark L. ; corpl. ; killed.
Smith, Wm. E. ; corpl.; wounded.
Adams, William; private; killed.
Cannell, Wm. ; private ; wounded in left elbow.
Conant, Edward; private; killed.
Coyle, John; private; wounded.
Dixon, James ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Hashfield, Benj.; private; wounded in right eye.
Hill, Pliney E. ; private ; wounded.
Henrickle, Frank; private; wounded.
Hime, Jacob E. ; private; wounded.
Latch, Wm. F. ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Meekins, Edgar G. ; private ; killed.
Riddle, Thos. C. ; private ; wounded.
Stone, John; private; wounded in left thigh.
Williams, Benj. T. ; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Culpeper.
Williams, Daniel F. ; private ; taken prisoner in hospital at Culpeper.
Zwicker, Ernest A. ; private ; wounded in leg, amputated.
COMPANY C.
Ross, Joseph H. ; 2d lieut. ; killed.
Jones, Isaac C. ; 2d lieut. ; wounded in left groin and right cheek.
Andrews, Martin M. ; ist sergt.; wounded in left hand.
Bowler, Chas. P.; sergt; killed.
Cooper, John S. ; sergt.; wounded.
Fairchilds, Henry ; sergt. ; wounded in breast.
Buxton, Chas. H. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm and shoulder.
Evers, John J. ; corpl.; killed.
Goodsell, Edward W. ; corpl.; wounded.
Badger, Nathaniel L. ; private; wounded.
Carrothers, Geo. ; private ; wounded in left ankle.
Dickson, Thos. P. ; private ; wounded in shoulder and thigh.
Rappleye, James M. ; private ; killed.
Richmond, Warren F. ; private ; killed.
Rogers, Geo. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Sheppard, Edward P.; private; killed.
Wilder, Theo. ; private ; wounded in abdomen.
Wise, Oliver; private; wounded in ear and thigh.
COMPANY D.
Wilson, Lawrence ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm, breast and right foot.
Norris, Norman L. ; corpl. ; wounded in shoulder, died Sept. 4, 1862.
Colwell, Albert C. ; private ; wounded in arm.
Franke, John A. ; private ; wounded in neck.
Gardner, Wm. L. ; private ; wounded in face.
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Harmer, John; private; wounded in hand.
Hettinger, Chas. G. ; private ; mortally wounded, died Aug. 10, 1862.
Hobday, Edward ; private ; wounded in hand.
Holcomb, Norton B. ; private; wounded in foot.
Lapham, Wallace W. ; private; mortally wounded, died Aug. 13, 1862.
McAdams, John; private; wounded in thigh.
Manley, Frank ; private ; wounded in leg.
Rhodes, Henry E. ; private ; wounded.
COMPANY E.
Brisbine, Jas. P. ; 2d lieut. ; killed.
Billings, Arvin D. ; ist sergt. ; wounded in left arm and side.
Martin, Moses ; sergt. ; killed.
Meeker, William W. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Alexander, James K. ; corpl. ; wounded left leg.
Davis, Frederick A.; corpl.; wounded left thigh.
Smith, Albert O. ; corpl. ; wounded in hip.
Allen, Harrison L. ; private ; wounded in left leg.
Clarke, Joseph S. ; private ; wounded in left arm and groin.
Gill, Benj. F. ; private; wounded, died from wounds Aug. 29, 1862.
Kelley, James ; private ; wounded in left arm.
Meisters, Chas. ; private ; killed.
Roberts, Irving G. ; private ; wounded.
Stinson, Chas.; private; wounded in left leg.
Wickham, John W. ; private ; wounded in leg.
COMPANY F.
Johnson, Frank; 2d lieut.; killed.
Carter, James B. ; ist sergt.; wounded in head.
Taylor, Ellison G.; sergt; killed.
Risk, Robert M. ; sergt. ; wounded in thigh.
Gridley, Benj.; corpl.; wounded in thigh, died of wound Oct. 20, 1862.
Twitchell, Nathaniel; corpl.; wounded in hand.
Adams, Arthur ; private ; wounded in leg and breast.
Barton, Ira M. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Brown, Ezra ; private ; wounded in hand.
Cadwell, Geo. M. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Carrier, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in neck and side.
Hass, Henry C. ; private ; killed.
Downer, John ; private ; wounded in breast.
Eatinger, Sherman; private; wounded.
Ely, Thos. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Haight, Theron; private; killed.
Handshen, John J. ; private ; killed.
Hopkins, Stephen A. ; private ; wounded in breast.
Jones, Daniel ; private ; wounded in hip.
Loomis, Perrin D. ; private ; wounded in both legs.
Mathews, David; private; killed.
Matthews, Sylvester; private; killed.
Monemaker, David C. ; private ; wounded in left arm.
Oviatt, John F. ; private ; wounded in hand.
Russell, Gideon T. ; private ; wounded in left side and taken prisoner.
CASUALTY UST 639
Thompson Edward; private; wounded.
Winzenreid, Rudolph ; private ; wounded in ankle.
COMPANY G.
Braden, Wm. D. ; capt. ; wounded in left leg.
Barrett, Geo. W. ; ist sergt. ; wounded, right leg amputated.
Lazarus, Edward M. ; sergt. ; wounded in knee.
Callow, Wm. F. ; sergt. ; wounded in shoulder.
Bertholph, Gilbert D. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
Wright, Daniel H. ; corpl. ; killed.
Reed, Loren ; corpl. ; wounded in hand.
Day, Edward E. ; private ; wounded in arm and lung, died of wounds
Aug. 18, 1862.
Dinges, Henry F. ; private; killed.
Douthitt, John H. ; private ; wounded in arm and side, died of wounds
Aug. 21, 1862.
Gibbons, Wm. S. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Green, Isaiah B. ; private ; wounded in head.
Howard, Henry ; private ; killed.
Minard, Milo ; private ; killed.
Owen, Lewis; private; wounded in both legs.
Tuller, Samuel A.; private; wounded in shoulder.
Waller, Silas 'P.; private; wounded in leg.
Whitmore, Thos. H.; private; killed.
COMPANY H.
Eaton, Henry Z. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in leg.
Brooks, Chas. A.; ist sergt.; wounded in hand.
Pollock, John; sergt.; wounded in leg.
Moore, Geo. W. ; sergt. ; wounded in head.
Glendening, Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded in arm.
Kincaid, Joseph ; corpl. ; wounded in arm.
Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
Echenrhoad, Malcom ; private ; killed.
Fox, John C. ; private ; wounded in both legs.
Inskeep, Alonzo ; private ; wounded in arm.
Lentz, John; private; wounded in groin.
McClurg, Wm. H.j private; killed.
Miller, Calvert C. ; private ; killed.
Murray, Robert D. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Overmire, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner.
Shaffer, Hiram; private; wounded in foot.
Swisher, Geo. B. ; private; killed.
COMPANY I.
Sterling, Wm. R. ; capt. ; wounded in right leg.
Reed, Seymour S. ; ist lieut.; wounded in side and leg.
Deeds, Hiram B. ; sergt. ; wounded in leg.
Ray, John S. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Smith, Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Jackson, Alfred; corpl.; wounded in knee, died of wound Oct. n, 1862.
Bell, James A. ; corpl. ; wounded in foot.
Manning, John I. : corpl. ; wounded.
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Bispham, Markell; private; wounded in right eye and leg.
Burton, Alonzo H. ; private; killed.
Earl, Ceo. A.; private; wounded in both legs.
Fishcorn, John; private; wounded.
Fox, Geo. ; private ; killed.
Freeman, Richard M. ; private ; wounded in right thigh.
Kelley, Wm. ; private ; wounded in right shoulder.
Kamp, Samuel P.; private; wounded in knee.
Ray, James P. ; private ; killed.
Stephenson, Jas. D., private; killed.
Waldorf, Wm. ; private ; killed.
Williams, Thos. D. ; private ; wounded in side.
COMPANY K.
Hopkins, Marcus L. ; 2d lieut. ; wounded in face.
Nesper, Christian W. ; sergt. ; wounded in leg.
Grebe, James ; sergt. ; wounded in leg, died of wounds Aug. 27, 1862.
Schinkel, Fred'k; sergt; missing.
Sohl, George; sergt.; wounded.
Hummell, John ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
Frank, Henry; private; killed.
Maeder, Vincent; private; killed.
Michel, Fred'k; private; wounded in shoulder and leg.
Mueller, Frank; private; taken prisoner.
Pfahl, Wm. ; private ; wounded in arm.
Rueckler, Geo.; private; wounded.
Schmidt, Henry; private; wounded in abdomen.
Stern, John; private; killed.
Weiland, John ; private ; killed.
Zipp, George; private; wounded and taken prisoner.
Killed, 39; wounded, 151; prisoners, (7 of them wounded), n;
missing, i. Total loss, 195.
Number engaged, commissioned officers, 14; enlisted men, 293. To
tal, 307.
Loss — 63+% of total number engaged.
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, MD., Sept. 17, 1862.
COMPANY A.
Claflin, Jeremiah G. ; ist sergt.; wounded in right leg.
McKay, Geo. A.; sergt; wounded.
COMPANY B.
Lamphear, Laurin K. ; corpl.; wounded in side.
Hill, Pliney E. ; private ; wounded in foot.
Kubler, Joseph; private; wounded in side.
Meacham, Elbridge; private; killed.
Sherrick, Geo. O. ; private; killed.
Steinberger, Geo. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Wood, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in side.
CASUALTY LIST 64!
COMPANY C.
Jones, Isaac C. ; 2d lieut. ; wounded in thigh.
Goodsell, Edward W. ; corpl. ; killed.
COMPANY D.
Miller, Ephraim C. ; corpl. ; wounded in shoulder and arm.
COMPANY E.
Bailey, Henry H. ; sergt. ; wounded in head.
Clarke, Joseph S. ; private ; wounded in right side.
Everett, David; private; wounded in leg, died Oct. 6, 1862.
Mears, Nahum; private; wounded.
Weatherlow, Daniel ; private ; wounded in side.
COMPANY F.
Carter, James B. ; ist sergt.; killed.
Ely, John ; corpl. ; wounded in hand.
Morley, Alfred W. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Reed, Averitt C. ; private ; wounded Jn shoulder.
COMPANY G.
May, Alfred E. ; corpl.; wounded in head.
Bull, Austin; corpl.; wounded in hand.
Bryan, James C. ; corpl. ; wounded in thigh.
Coe, Addison; private; wounded in shoulder, died of wound Sept. 21,
1862.
Cromwell, Wm. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Houck, Geo. W.; private; wounded in leg.
Lazarus, Martin ; private ; killed.
Wilcox, Henry; private; wounded in side and arm.
Woolf, Thos. ; private; wounded in neck.
COMPANY H.
Bell, Hiram J. : corpl. ; wounded in groin.
Bacon, Henry; private; killed.
•COMPANY I.
Hausel, James ; sergt. ; wounded in hand.
Bryant, Caleb L. ; private; wounded in shoulder.
COMPANY K.
Krieger, Ernst J. ; ist lieut.; wounded in head.
Kurz, Jacob ; sergt. ; wounded in side.
Bauer, Nicholas; private; wounded in leg.
Breidenbach, Chas. ; private ; wounded in head.
Graeter, Chas.; private; wounded, leg amputated.
Wandel, George; private; wounded in foot.
Killed, 6; wounded, 34. Total, 40.
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BATTLE OF DUMFRIES, VA., Dec. 27, 1862.
COMPANY A.
Bradley, Chester W. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY B.
Atloff, Andrew; private; taken prisoner.
Carter, Sylvester; private; wounded in head.
Gordon, John F. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY c.
Condit, Edgar M. ; sergt. ; wounded in left leg.
Grigsby, Philip; private; wounded in left leg.
COMPANY D.
Pomeroy, Douglas F. ; private; taken prisoner.
Roff, Thos. ; private ; wounded in right leg.
Root, Wm. P. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Vreeland, Richard M. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY E.
Benton, Henry F. ; private; taken prisoner.
COMPANY F.
Alderman, Henry ; private ; taken prisoner.
Butts, Lewis; private; taken prisoner.
Kibbee, Wm. H.; private; wounded in breast.
Perry, Wm. M. ; private; wounded in ankle and taken prisoner.
COMPANY G.
Bull, Austin; corpl. ; killed.
COMPANY I.
Willock, John $. ; corpl.; wounded in ankle.
Beiler, John; private; missing.
Schneider, Adam ; private ; missing.
Killed, i; wounded, 8; prisoners, 9 (i of them wounded) ; missing,
2. Total loss, 19.
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVIIJ^E, VA., May 3, 1863.
COMPANY A.
Austin, Alfred ; corpl. ; wounded.
Craig, John D. ; corpl.; killed.
Smalley, Herbert L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm.
Wood, Chas. A. ; corpl. ; wounded in neck.
Bandel, John; private; killed.
Cheney, Chas. H. ; private; killed.
Chelsey, Simon J. ; private ; wounded in left arm.
Jackson, Orvis F. ; private; wounded, right arm amputated.
CASUALTY LIST 643
Knoble, Leonard; private; wounded in left arm.
Pratt, Henry A.; private; killed.
Rockefeller, Frank; private; wounded in head.
Randall, Frank; private; wounded in shoulder and taken prisoner.
Smith, Chas. W. ; private; wounded in right leg.
Sperry, Edward A. ; private ; wounded.
Towne, Ephraim ; private ; killed.
COMPANY B.
Boyle, Daniel T. ; private ; wounded in hand.
Dixon, James; private; wounded in arm.
Kubler, Joseph; private; wounded in hand.
St. Onge, Mitchell ; private ; wounded in arm.
COMPANY c.
Gardner, John ; sergt. ; wounded in shoulder.
Kellogg, Jason S. ; corpl. ; wounded in head.
Cole, Stephen M. ; corpl.; wounded in leg.
Wise, Oliver ; private ; wounded in right hand.
COMPANY D.
Whiting, Henry; ist sergt.; killed.
Lapham, James M. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner.
Nash, Edwin V.; corpl.; taken prisoner.
Brakeman, Gerry; private; wounded in thigh.
Cone, Sylvanus G. ; private ; wounded in thigh.
Copeland, Andrew ; private ; wounded in leg, died June 13, 1863.
Dawse, John W. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Ferron, James O. ; private; wounded in knee.
Franke, John A.; private; taken prisoner.
Herrick, George; private; taken prisoner.
Hunt, Westel W. ; private ; wounded in foot.
Jenkins, Benj.; private; wounded in hand.
Lee, John; private; killed.
Miller, Ephraim C. ; private; taken prisoner.
Shelby, John ; private ; wounded in leg, died of wound May 10, 1863.
Tower, Almon; private; killed.
Valleau, George ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY E.
Bailey, Henry H. ; sergt. ; wounded in left thigh.
Furniss, Wm. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh.
Allen, Harrison L. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Benton, Henry F. ; private ; wounded in left knee.
Kennedy, Edward ; private ; wounded in left leg.
Penny, Spafford A. ; private ; killed.
Raymond, Albert G. ; private ; wounded.
Williams, Brayton B. ; private ; taken prisoner.
COMPANY F.
Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; wounded in head.
Spidell, Wm. H. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
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Thwing, Henry ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm.
Parks, Chas. A. ; private ; wounded in right leg.
COMPANY G.
Eldridge, Franklin ; sergt. ; wounded in right side.
Owen, Humphrey ; corpl. ; wounded in hand.
Benson, Hames N. ; musician ; wounded in right shoulder.
Baxter, James ; private ; wounded twice in right leg.
Carl, Thos. C. ; private; killed.
Cloud, John; private; wounded.
Hansen, Horatio N. ; private ; missing.
Harsh, Franklin; private; wounded in bowels.
Holcomb, Jarvin M. ; private ; wounded in side.
Hughes, Todd ; private ; wounded in groin.
Smith, Philip ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Steadman, Albert; private; killed.
Steadman, Arthur C. ; private ; killed.
Tuller, Samuel A. ; private ; wounded in left leg, died of wounds May
11, 1863.
Whitney, Edward O. ; private ; wounded.
Woolf, Thomas; private; wounded.
COMPANY H.
Davis, John L. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm.
Van Wye, Wm. ; sergt.; wounded in head.
Pierce, Henry H. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner.
Hunt, David L. ; corpl. ; wounded.
Kincaid, Joseph ; corpl. ; missing.
Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; killed.
Waters, Darwin W. ; corpl. ; wounded in right arm.
Palmer, Erastus C. ; corpl.; wounded in right leg.
Bannister, Wm. H.; private; wounded in left thigh.
Barnum, Samuel H. ; private ; wounded in bowels.
Brooks, James C. ; private; wounded in right leg.
Brown, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in left hand.
Fox, Wm. H.; private; wounded in arm.
Grigg, Israel H. ; private ; wounded in hand.
Hunter, Wm. ; private ; wounded in left arm.
Jones, Hugh ; private ; wounded in left hand.
Martin, Otis; private; taken prisoner.
Monasmith, Samuel ; private ; wounded in leg and arm and taken
prisoner.
Pelton, Salmon S. ; private ; wounded in leg.
Sperry, Hesakiah ; private ; missing.
Stone, Russell ; private ; missing.
Wilson, Benj.; private; wounded in head.
COMPANY I.
Cowden. Chas. L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh.
Evans, Wm. J. ; private ; wounded in left shoulder.
Lewis, Henry ; private ; wounded in both hands and right arm.
CASUALTY LIST 645
COMPANY K.
Hinkston, Elmer; ist sergt.; wounded in right ear.
Ackerman, Henry ; private ; killed.
Hoffman, Henry; private; wounded in head.
Perley, Victor ; private ; killed.
Renz, Solomon; private; wounded in right thigh.
Saiser, Martin; private; wounded in right arm.
Killed, 15; wounded, 68; prisoners, 13 (2 of them wounded) ; miss
ing, 4. Total loss, 98.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PA., JULY 1-3, 1863.
COMPANY A.
Claflin, Jeremiah G. ; ist sergt. ; wounded in neck.
Hatfield, Benj.; private; wounded in hand.
COMPANY B.
Hardesty, Jesse; corpl. ; wounded.
Carson, Jacob W. ; private ; wounded in left breast.
Gordon, John F. ; private ; wounded in right thigh.
COMPANY C.
Fairchilds, Henry ; sergt. ; wounded.
Burns, John M. ; private ; wounded.
Finneran, John; private; wounded.
McCarran, Joseph ; private ; wounded, died from wounds July 22, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Tisdel, Willard P.; ist sergt.; wounded in head.
Carroll, Charles; corpl.; killed.
COMPANY E.
Hill, Henry E. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY E.
Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt; wounded in left eye.
Melton, James ; private ; wounded over right eye.
COMPANY G.
Woolf, Adam; private; wounded.
Killed, i ; wounded, 14. Total, 15.
BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENN., Nov. 24, 1863.
COMPANY A.
Galvin, John H. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg.
COMPANY C.
Stone, Marvin C. ; private; wounded in side.
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COMPANY D.
Tuttle, Jerome; private; wounded in jaw.
COMPANY E.
Bartlett, Wm. F. ; private ; wounded in right ankle.
COMPANY G.
Garrison, Jas. A. ; private ; wounded in shoulder.
Owen, Lewis; private; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY I.
Gordon, Anthony ; private ; wounded in left arm.
Wounded, 7.
BATTLE OF RINGGOLD, GA., Nov. 27, 1863.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Creighton, Wm. R. ; colonel ; killed.
Crane, Orrin J. ; lieut.-col. ; killed.
Baxter, Morris; ist lieut. and adj.; mortally wounded, died Nov. 30,
1863.
COMPANY A.'
McKay, Geq. A.; ist lieut.; wounded through both legs.
Brown, Dwight H. ; 2nd lieut. ; wounded twice in right leg.
Austin, Alfred ; corpl. ; killed.
Collett, John C. ; corpl.; killed.
Dowse, Thos. ; private ; wounded in left ankle, died Dec. 19, 1863.
Spencer, Geo. A.; private; wounded in left leg, amputated, died Dec.
21, 1863.
Seufert, Wm. ; private ; wounded in left leg.
COMPANY B.
Bohm, Edward H. ; ist lieut.; wounded in left arm.
Cutler, Marcus M. ; sergt. ; wounded in leg.
Hime, Jacob E. ; private ; wounded in knee.
COMPANY c.
Jones, Isaac C. ; 2nd lieut.; mortallv wounded, died Nov. 30, 1863.
Gardner. John; sergt.; wounded in right groin, died Dec. IQ, 1863.
Raymond, James W. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh.
Barnes, Wm. O. ; private; wounded in left elbow.
Claghorn, Henry D. ; private ; wounded in right leg.
Cleverdon, Joseph S. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Fish, Joseph L. ; private; killed.
King, Chas. F. ; private; killed.
Pelton, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded, left arm amputated.
Phillips, John B. ; private ; wounded in right ankle.
Sheldon. Mitchell H. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
Sweet, Thos.; private; mortally wounded, died Nov. 30, 1863.
CASUALTY LIST 647
Wall, Chas. E. ; private ; killed.
Wood, Daniel P.; private; killed.
COMPANY D.
Lockwood, Geo. D. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in chin.
Wilson, Lawrence; ist sergt. ; wounded in right hand.
Nash, Edwin V. ; corpl. ; wounded in left foot.
Fitzgerald, Michael ; private ; wounded in breast.
COMPANY E.
Eikler, Geo.; private; wounded, right leg amputated, died Dec. n,
1863.
Grinnell, Oliver; private; killed.
Lowry, William F. ; private ; wounded in right foot.
Pixley, Henry ; private ; wounded in left thigh.
COMPANY F.
Spencer, Harlow N. ; ist lieut.; wounded in right hip.
Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; wounded in foot.
Baptie, John ; sergt. ; wounded in right knee.
Bergin, John ; private ; wounded in face.
Johnson, Wm. H. ; private; wounded in right knee.
Remmell, Lawrence ; private ; killed.
COMPANY G.
Braden, Wm. D. ; capt. ; wounded in left ankle.
Hall, Joseph N. ; private ; wounded in left foot.
Hansen, Horatio N. ; private; killed.
Pownall, Horace B. ; private ; wounded in head.
Reynolds, Vincent ; private ; wounded in back.
Wise, Watson; private; wounded in neck and face.
COMPANY H.
McClelland, Samuel ; capt. ; wounded in face and arm.
Fox, Ellis; sergt.; wounded in left arm and taken prisoner.
Van Wye, Wm. ; sergt. ; killed.
Glendening, Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded in left leg.
Kincaid, Joseph; corpl.; wounded in both arms.
Bennett, Wm. H. ; corpl.; killed.
Johnson, Webster A.; private; wounded in hip.
Martin, Otis; private; wounded in left leg.
Merrill, James H. ; private ; killed.
White, Addison ; private ; wounded in hip.
Wright, Harry; private; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY I.
Cryne, Joseph ; 2nd lieut. ; killed.
Deeds, Hiram B. ; sergt. ; wounded in right hand.
Decker, James ; private ; wounded in right knee.
Hall, Fred'k R. ; private; wounded in right ankle.
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COMPANY K.
Nesper, Christ. W. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in hip.
Hinkston, Elmer; ist sergt. ; wounded in leg, died of wounds Jan.
21, 1864.
Dietz, Coney ; private ; wounded in back.
Dorn, David F. ; private ; wounded in head.
Fetzer, Herman; private; wounded in left leg.
Happig, Tobias ; private ; wounded in right hand.
Pfahl, Wm. ; private; killed.
Raquett, Geo. ; private ; wounded in left leg.
Rowe, Joseph ; private ; wounded in foot.
Schwink, John; private; wounded in left arm.
Wandel, Geo. ; private ; wounded in left leg.
Killed, 16; wounded, 57; prisoner, i (wounded). Total loss, 73.
BATTLE OF RESACA, GA., MAY 15, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Grimes, Ira ; private ; wounded in head.
COMPANY C.
Andrews, Martin M. ; i st sergt. ; wounded.
Wounded, 2.
BATTLE OF DALLAS, GA., MAY 25 TO JUNE i, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Johnston, Robert B. ; private ; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY B.
Gaskill, Franklin R. ; sergt. ; wounded in hand.
Marks, Jacob; corpl. ; wounded in left ankle.
Harbaugh, John ; private ; wounded in left ankle.
Wood, Star B. ; private ; wounded in left ankle.
COMPANY c.
Davis, Llewellyn R. ; capt. ; taken prisoner.
Burns, John M. ; private ; wounded.
Rand, True; private; wounded.
Wilf ord, John ; private ; wounded.
COMPANY D.
Miller, Ephraim C. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Travis, Isaac S. ; private ; taken prisoner.
Turtle, Bingham; private; killed.
COMPANY E.
Floro, Jesse; private; wounded.
CASUALTY LIST 649
COMPANY F.
Spencer, Harlow N. ; istlieut; wounded over right eye.
Stratton, Isaac; istsergt. ; killed.
Tousley, Albert M. ; sergt. ; wounded in face.
Granger, Edward G. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm.
Thwing, Henry; corpl.; wounded in right hip.
Auxer, James B. ; private ; wounded.
Downing, Freeman; private; wounded in neck.
Hazen, Monroe; private; killed.
Pegg, Lewis ; private ; wounded twice in right arm.
Scovill, Marshall L. ; private; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY G.
King, Chas. L. ; ist sergt; wounded in right hand.
Callow, Wm. F. ; sergt. ; wounded.
Owen, Humphrey; corpl.; wounded.
Curran, James ; private ; wounded.
Smith, Philip; private; wounded in right arm.
COMPANY H.
Wright, Harry; private; wounded in left leg.
COMPANY I.
McClelland, Robert; istsergt; killed.
Cowden, Chas. L. ; corpl.; wounded in right thigh, died of wounds
June 14, 1864.
Deeds, Jos. B. ; private; wounded, died of wounds June 13, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Sohl, George; sergt.; wounded.
Sommer, Conrad ; corpl. ; wounded.
Burger, Albert; private; wounded.
Killed, 4; wounded, 28; prisoners, 3. Total loss, 35.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brooks, Chas. A.; ist lieut and adj.; killed in R. R. accident at Cleve
land, O., Aug. 13, 1863.
Hughes, Morris R. ; hosp. steward ; leg broken at Loudoun Mountain,
Va.
King, Ira S. ; hosp. steward ; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May
24, 1862.
COMPANY A.
Holly, Morris J. ; sergt; taken prisoner at Snickers Gap, Va., July
22, 1863.
Baker, Chas.; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June
27, 1864.'
Bower, John H. ; private; taken prisoner May 27, 1862.
Forbey, Albert A.; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 27, 1864.
650 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
McCain, Willis F. ; private; accidentally shot and died at Gauley
Bridge, Va., Sept. 27, 1861.
McCanna, Michael; private; accidentally shot at Cotton Hill, Va., and
died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 18, 1861.
Schroeder, Louis; private; drowned in Rappahannock River at Fred-
ericksburg, Va., May 24, 1862.
Stein, David G. ; private ; accidentally wounded with bayonet at Alex
andria, Va.
Thompson, Wm. N. ; private; taken prisoner in Shenandoah Valley,
during Jackson raid.
Wright, Edwin L. ; private ; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16,
1864.
COMPANY B.
Carmody, Martin; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Strasburg,
Va., May 24, 1862.
Carson, Jacob W. ; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 19, 1864.
Cowan. Chas.; private; wounded at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20,
1864.
Guellow, Milton; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Strasburg,
Va., May 24, 1862.
St. Onge, Mitchell; private; leg crushed in railroad accident at
Graf ton, W. Va., on way to Army of Cumberland, Sept. 29, 1863.
Walker, Thos. ; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 24,
1862.
COMPANY C.
Trembly, Oliver C. : sergt. ; drowned in Ohio River June 24, 1864.
Adams, Theron E. W.; corpl. ; wounded at Glenville, Va., July 21,
1861.
Cochran, Harlon B. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner at Strasburg, Va.
Baird, Wm. H. ; private; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov.
25, 1862.
Collins, Howard; private; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 1864.
Rand, True; private; mortally wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 27, 1864.
Wise, Oliver; private; taken prisoner at Bristow Sta., Va., Aug. 31,
1862.
COMPANY D.
Baker, Schuyler J. ; private; taken prisoner at Culpeper, Va. Nurse
in hospital.
Brakeman, Gerry; private; killed at Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, 1864.
Bryant, Demas W. ; private; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction,
Va., Sept. 4, 1862.
Johnson, Chas. H. ; private; accidentally shot on July 26, and died at
Sutton, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Shepherd, Richard K.; private; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16,
1864.
COMPANY E.
Sprague, John W., capt. ; taken prisoner at Birch River, Va., Aug. II,
CASUALTY LIST 651
Smith, Hiram; musician; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 25,
1862.
Clarke, Jos. S. ; private; wounded in left ankle near Romney, Va.,
Jan. 10, 1862.
Penny, Spafford A. ; private ; taken prisoner May 7, 1862.
Raymond, Albert G. ; private ; left arm broken on cars March 9, 1862.
COMPANY F.
Carr, Alexander C. ; ist sergt. ; wounded at Peach Tree Creek, July
20, 1864.
Baptie, John; sergt; wounded in left thigh at Pine Knob, Ga., June
1 6, 1864.
Bennett, Daniel; private; wounded in left thigh at Pine Knob, Ga.,
June 16, 1864.
Brewster, Oscar; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June
27, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Pitts, Israel; private; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept.
i, 1862.
Rodgers, Wm. K. ; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., June
23, 1862.
COMPANY H.
Baker, Russell; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June
27, 1864. Left arm amputated.
Oliver, George W. ; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 27, 1864. Right leg amputated.
COMPANY I.
Sterling, Wm. R. ; capt. ; taken prisoner while scouting near Aldie,
Va., June 17, 1863.
Dicks, John D. ; corpl.; drowned in Kanawha River, Nov. 4, 1861.
Brown, John V. ; private ; accidentally shot in right hand.
COMPANY K.
Schutte, John F. ; capt.; killed in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va.,
Aug. 20, 1861.
Denzel, George; corpl. and sergt.; wounded in skirmish near Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Beil, Sigmund ; private ; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes,
Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Bruckelmayer, Fred'k; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Faubel, Henry; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes,
Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Fenz, Engelbert; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Lehr, Henry; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va.
Malchus, Andrew; private; wounded at skirmish near Cross Lanes,
Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Oettinger, Christian; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 27, 1864.
652 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Raquett, George; private; taken prisoner at Bristow Station, Va.,
Sept, 1862.
Rich, Chas. ; private; wounded and taken prisoner in skirmish near
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Weisenbach, Geo. ; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861.
Bohm, Edward H. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross
Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861, while caring for body of his captain.
Killed by accident, i ; killed in action, 2 ; wounded in
action, 20; wounded by accident, 8; prisoners, 27;
drowned, 3. Total, 61.
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