Ashland County, Ohio - Chapter 35: The Militia and Soldiers of the War of I8u, 1880

Chapter 35: The Militia and Soldiers of the War of I8u

The First Regiment of the First Brigade - First Officers. - Reorganization. - R eginien t:il Musters. - Fa e Fights. - Tl.e Kiile Regiment. - i he military history of Ashland county is quite meagre. Prior to its separation from Richland county, in 1846, it had a regiment of militia and a regiment of ritlcs. The militia regiment was formed about the year 1824, and consisted of ten full companies. The rolls of the companies have been destroyed, and we are compelled to accept a traditionary history. The organization was known as the "First regiment, of the First brigade, of the Eleventh division, of the Ohio militia." The regimental officers were:

Field And Staff Commissioned Officers

During the existence of the first organization, many changes took pb.ee in the regimental and company officers. John Latin, Zachariah Newell, Christian Push, Burr Kellogg, and Jacob Heckard acted part of the time as captains.

Reorganization

In 1834 the regiment was reorganized, but retained its original place in the Ohio militia. Colonel John Oidshue resigned, and was succeeded by Alexander Miller; Major 'William Roller resigned, and was succeeded by Richard P. Fulkerson. The regimental officers then were :

Commissioned Officers

In a short time, Samuel \V. Russell mu reeded William Scott as Lieutenant Colonel: and Colonel Mcxander Miller having resigned, Lieutenant Colonel Rir.vi became Colonel, and John Madden Lieutenant Colonel.

j Colonels Oidshue and Russell, and Major Madden i removed west. Colonel Alexander Miller died in 1 860. j Adjutants Kellogg and Whiting, Dr. I.uther and Colonel } Scott, and a majority of the captains, have responded to j the last roll-call, and gone to a grand encampment across the great river. Captain Alanscm Walker served honor I ably in the war of 1861-5; and Major Richard P. Fulk- | erson accompanied the "Squirrel Hunters" to Cincinnati,

The regimental musters, for many years, took place on j a small prairie below the village of Mifflin, on the banks 1 of the Black fork. This field gave amp1 0 room for | maneuvering and regimental display. The privates weie | destitute of fire-arms on train day, and the performance j was a mere pastime, and regarded as a dry affair. For many years the companies were conditionally kept in existence. The privates, under the law, could either train or work two days on the public highway. Many preferred to repair the roads, and this sapped the vitality of the organization.

i chief;, of the Whetstone and the Clear fork met, their j friends accompanied them. They were, generally, men | of large size and famous lot their muscle and courage.

At the dismissal of the companies in the evening, -he j respective chiefs, fired by bad whiskey, and eager f >r the ! fray, assembled their hosts. In a few moments the j champions opened the contest, when large numbers of | sympathizers would be drawn into the struggle to see fair I play. A hand to hand contest followed. Parties were ; knocked right and left, and the victims of the "manly art of self-defence" were found in every quarter, with ; bruised faces, and gouged eyes and bitten tin ers, stained with blood. Ti was no child's play. The l.eaw blows made fearful havoc. The war eiule 1. The brave and their friet 1 march 1 to a br< »k, wasl 1 ir 1 then pioceeditig to a neighboring still-house, drank friends 1 and bmied vivo hatchet These sturdy warriors are all gone. Their places are now filled by men of peace. Reason, instead of blows, sways public gatherings, and intelligence, instead of brute force, rules along those beautiful streams.

About the year 1852 an effort was made to revive the militia organization of the county, and create a brigade, j To this end Captain John S. Fulton and Colonel George j \V. Urie visited the officers of the old regiment, who voted for Captain Fulton as their choice for brigadier general. Me was accordingly commissioned by the governor as brigadier general, and appointed his staff officers. The brigade officers were:

The Rifle Regiment

About the year 1826, a rifie regiment was formed within the territory now composing Ashland, Morrow, an.d Richland counties. It was known as the First regiment, of the First brigade, of the Eleventh division of Ohio militia. The regimental and company officers were:

Commission V, D Officers

It will be seen that the regiment was composed of eight companies, which were elegantly uniformed and armed, and the glitter of their burnished rifles, and their gay dresses, made a fine display in the field. The regimental and company officers attracted much attention in consequence of their size and soldier-like bearing. The regimental officers were superbly mounted, and their regalia was quite expensive.

The first company was composed of volunteers from Clearcreek, ( 'range and Montgomery. The first captain was John Murray. He was succeeded by John Sprott, and he by George \V. Urie. The company then disbanded, Captain Urie having been promot e! to major.

A new company was then formed. Jacob Oidshue was elected captain, and sometime afterward resigned. George McConnell succeeded him, and upon his resignation George Murray was elected captain, and remained in command until the regiment disbanded.

Upon the resignation of Colonel Samuel G. Wolf, lieutenant Colonel John Murrav hfi ame colonel, and upon the lesignation of < Lionel Murray in iT|o, Major Urie was elected colonel vjt me regiment. Colonel Urie appointed John Sherman, now Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, adjutant. Me is said to have possessed a good deal of military spirit. He rode a spirited horse, and, being elegantly uniformed, excited a good deal of admiration by his promptness, neatness, and officer-like bearing.

Colonel Samuel G. Wolf, at a recent period, was a citizen of Richland county, and, if alive, is well advanced in years He is said to have been a very fine officer, i Ilis personal appearance and excellent voice enabled him to acquit himself with marked efficiency.

Colonel John Murray possessed a good deal of military spirit, and made an industrious and influential officer. He served as county treasurer for Richland from 1837 to 1841. He removed to Missouri and died about 1858. He is well remembered by all the old citizens, for his fine personal appearance, genial manners and industrious habits.

- Colonel George W. Urie resides in Ashland, and although well advanced in years, the shrill tones of a life, the sound of a drum or a military parade excites the martial fires that once blazed in his organization. During the war of 1861- 65, it was difficult for him to rv frain from taking a hand in the "scrimmage." Advane- 1 ing years and failing health alone kept him from die fray.

Very few company officers survive Captain Gladden, j Captain I.vnn, Captain George McConnell and Captain ! John Sprott are believed to be all ot the old organization | that remain.

j Many pleasant memories cluster about the old train j days. To keep those reminiscences ever green is the ! principal object of this sketch. Of course, it is not pretended that this history is complete. The unfortunate destruction of the old company rolls and other records, make it impossible to travel oul of tradition.

About the year rSqt a company of lancers was formed in Ashland, composed of boys from fifteen to eighteen years of age, of which the late Bolivar \V. Kellogg was captain. The members of the company possessed all j the enthusiasm of regular soldiers, were handsomely uni- ' formed and made a fine display. It surv ived some three : or four years.

1 was elected captain. This company survived until about i 1846, when it was merged into a new oiganizntion, some limes called the Ashland guards. Captain Scott, Richard Emerson, John S. Fulton and Anthony Jacobs successively became its captains. It expired in 1852.

During the pioneer period of Ashland county many soldiers of the war of 18 t r. located amid tire forests of this region. Very few of these brave old men survive. At this lime (1880) the only ones able to answer roll I call are : Abraham Armentiout, of Ha csville, lames

Kilgore of Grange. II. Halstead of Intlima, Nathaniel (.Mark and (- S. Parker, of Troy, Jacob lUlhci, of Mo liii uniiile, K. D. l .merson, Mi.sso'ti . and j.i > ! < Sh 4 1 >. :i, ot Orange. The nst have passed ovw Urn rival river to a grand encampment in a hello land. M lie following is

Revolutionary Soldi F K S. Ch After Xxxvi

A Complete Roll of all the Commissioned and Non-commissioned Ofltcers and Privates, with a History of tile Company and Regiment in Which they Served, and the Casualties Attending the Service.

Whatever may be the judgment of future historians as to the avoidance or necessity of the great civil war of 1861-65, it must bo conceded that the soldiers erd offit cts who served in the campaigns of that struggle, acquitted themselves promptly, efficiently and bravely, and are entitled to a just meed of praise.

Ashland county furnished a just proportion of volunteers and officers, and the number of deaths, the scars and missing limbs of the surviving, show that her sons did not cower in the presence of the enemy.

- It is therefore deemed appropriate, in sketching the history of this county, to record the soldierly bearing of the sons of the pioneers, in the late war The want of space alone, prevents a full narration of the achievements of our volunteers on the ensanguined fields of the far south.

During the late war, the State of O i i i . furnished three hunched and ten thousand six hummed and tifty-Kun soldiers, who were enlisted in the various counties in |>rc.pmtion to tim druftable population. This enormous force was

I embodied into one hundred and ninety-eight regiments { of volunteer infantry, thirteen regiments of volunteer j cavalry, twenty-six independent batteries, one regiment , light artillery, two regiments of heavy artillery, one j regiment of colored volunteer infantry, and a number ; of independent companies of sharpshooters, light i guards, squadrons of cavalry, etc., etc.

! These combined regiments make an army equal to some of the larger empires of Europe, and came from a State that three quarters of a century ago, contained a | population of less than fifty thousand. How amazing has ; been the growth of Ohio in population and wealth within the last fifty years! Her sons won imperishable laurels on every battlefield of the war, and commanded most of the armies of the Republic. McDowell, Sherman, j McClellan, Grant, Sheridan. McPherson. Morgan, Rosej cranz, Buell, and hundreds of other prominent officers, i were the sons, or the adopted sons, of the Buckeye .State.

Of the seventy-five thousand enlisted .soldiers of April 1 15, 1S61, Ohio furnished twelve thousand three hundred ; and fifty-seven. Ashland county had orie company of j volunteers for the three months' service. The officers ] were :

| The company rendezvoused at Camp Jackson, neat the | city of Columbus, Ohio, April 23, tSC t, where.it was enrolled to the eighteenth day of August 1861. On the third day of May, 1861, Captain John S. .Fulton was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Thomas J. Kenny to lx-, captain of company B. On the seventh of May William B.

The company became a part of the Sixteenth regi- j men), at Camp Jackson, Columbus, in May, 1S61, under the command of Colonel fames Irvine; John S. Fulton, ; of Ashland, being lieutenant colonel by promotion. The regiment was immediately ordered to Bella ire, and thence j to Grafton, West Virginia, where it met the Fourteenth, | under Colonel James h. Steedman, and the Fifteenth, j under Colonel Lorin Andrews, and a regiment, of West Virginians under Colonel Kelley. The Confederate forces, on the approach of these regiments, retired from Grafton in the direction of Philippi, and were pursued to that point, where a sharp skirmish ensued with Colonel Porterfield, who again retreated, and West Virginia was practically liberated. From Bellaire to Grafton the railroad track had been greatly damaged by the Southern forces, and the Ohio regiments immediately commenced repairs, and put the road in proper condition, placing i guards to prevent further injury. To accomplish the ! task of restoring the road, the Sixteenth Ohio performed 1 arduous duty. A short time after the affair at Philippi, f General McClellan made a demonstration in the direc- i tion of Laurel Hill, but, from delays, and want of concert in movement, nothing was accomplished beyond i marches and counter-marches. The Fourteenth regi- 1 ment, under Colonel Steedman, was the first to cross at ' Parkersburg!?, and the Sixteenth, under Colonel Irvine, j at Bcliaire.

The Twenty-Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The Twenty-third, was commanded by Colonel E. p. Scammon. Under the call of July 22, 1861, for five j hundred thousand men, Ohio furnished ughty -four thousand one hundred and sixteen men. These volunteers j were divided among the various counties in the ratio of ! draftable men. Ashland county raised two full com pa- j nies, which were incorporated in the Twenty-third regi- | ment. The roster shows the following officers, promo- j tio is and men :

The company was organised in Ashland, by Captain Willard Slocum, and went to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, June 7 , 1S61; and on the 1 ith, was mustered into service. July 25th, it was ordered to West V irginia, it participated in nearly al! the engagements against Generals I.ee, Jackson and Floyd. In 1862, it was at the engagement at Jumping Branch. In May, it was at the battle of Fearisburg. It was imxt in Pope's campaign. In September, it helped expel the enemy from Frederick City, and participated in the great battles at South Mountain and Atuietam. In October, it returned to the Kanawha valley, and aided in expelling the Conlcderate forces. In February, 1S63, it was engaged in watching the approach of the noted Confederate raider, General John Morgan.

In the long and arduous service of this company, the wounded and mortality list is quite heavy. 1 he following memb'-rs of the company died in hospital or were killed during engagements: Mark Slonaker, killed r.t killed at Winchester ; Chailes Coodfellow, wounded at Winchester, taken prisoner, and died while in captivity; George W. Mercer and Charles Sanders, killed at Cloyd Mountain; George M. Tovvslee, killed at Cable-town, I Virginia. - j

This company was organized by Captain James L. Drake, and recruited in Hanover, Lake and Green townships, and was mustered in at Camp Chase, Colum- j bus, Ohio, June 12, 1861. The officers and privates were:

Commissioned Oi I-Icf.Rs Non-Commissioned Officers

Ccorge VV7 Shaffer was killed at South Mountain; Richard Liclitner died in hospital; Joseph Cramer was drowned in '"tin* Kanawha river; Henry VV'. Parson- died of wounds receiv'd at Bouts Mount, in; Joseph Pinkerton died in hospital, David J. Richard on died from | wounds received in battle; Isaac X. Whitney was killed in action Sep- j tember r.p 1862; and Robinson Wiggins fell in the same battle.

The Twenty-Third Regiment

The Twenty -third was organized at Camp Chase,' Ohio. Colonel William S. Roseaanx commanded. During the ; campaign in West. Virginia he was promoted to the posi- * lion of brigadier general, and Lieutenant Colonel Scammon promoted to the vacancy.

On the twenty-fifth of July, 1S6 r, the regiment was ordered to Clarksbtirgh, West Virginia. On the twenty seventh of July, it was ordered to Weston Here it performed arduous duty in fighting guerillas. The regiment next marched to Carnifax Ferry, where Genera! Rosecranz found the Confederates under General Floyd, who retreated to Gauley river. Long marches and counter-marches ensued, in which the Twenty-third suffered severely. The regiment returned to Camp Ewing, on New river, and the winter of 1861-2 was devoted to driii and discipline. In tire spring of 1S62, Rosecranz advanced to Princeton. On the eighth of May, General Keth attacked and defeated the Northern forces. The Twenty-third fell back to Flat-top mountain, suffering severely from exposure, sickness, and want of healthy food. It subsequently returned to Parkersburg!) and took the cars for Washington city. It marched under General McClellan toward Frederick city, from which, the Confederates were driven. General McClellan then marched to Middletown, where the battle of South Mountain began, and was succeeded by the great battle of Antietam, which took place September i 1862. The Twenty-third jaarticipated in both battles. It lost, in wounded and killed, nearly two hundred men, and its colors were riddled with bullets. In October, the Twentythird returned to West Virginia. During the campaign of 1862 it marched about six hundred miles. It wintered at the falls of the Great Kanawha, in West Virginia. In 1S63 the Twenty-third was quartered, for some time, at Charleston, to watch the operations of General Morgan and the Confederate cavalry. In the spring of 1S04, the Twenty-third entered uj.ion an expedition that terminated in a battle at Cioyd Mountain on the ninth of May. The regiment then returned to Staunton, enduring many hardships; thence to Brownsburgh, and thence to Lexington, where another engagement took place. Here the military academy and residence of Governor Letcher were burned against tire protests of the officerof the Twenty-third. The affair at Lynchburgh soon fol - lowed, and the Twenty-third re treated to Liberty ; tlv nee to Salem; thence to Big Sewell mountain, and thence to Charleston, enduring many hardships tire entire route. On the tenth of July, 1864, the Twenty-third accompanied the division of General Crooks to Martinsbutyh, to aid in repelling lire invasion of General Early. fhe buttle of Snicker's Ferry ensi ed, and the Twenty -third being surrounded, cut its way out. The battle of W I11- chester took place July 24th, and the Twenty-third lost one hundred and fifty men and ten officers, and rctrealed to Martinsburgh. It next participated in the battles of Berry ville, Opcquan. North Mountain and Cedar t reek, in September and October, 1S04. It then returned to Cumberland, and to Grafton, where it remained on dut\ until March, 1865. July 26, 1865, it icturncd to Camp 'Pay lor, near Cleveland, Ohio, where the men wer, paid and mustered out.

Forty -Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infan

The Forty-second was organized at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, in September, October aim Nhwembei. 1861. Colonel James A. Garfield commanded Adi land county lurnished two kill companies lor the time years serviie. I lie company officers were:

Company

First Lieutenant William N. Starr, promoted captain October 22, 1862. Second Lieutenant John R. Holman, promoted first lieutenant June 11, rSOa.

The company was mastered into the service at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, September 25, 1 8 6 1 , and discharged at the same camp. September 30, 1864.

Company H, Forty-Second Regiment

'This company rendezvoused at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, November 27, ivL, and was mnsvrcd into i the United States service for three years. The following - are the commissioned and non commissioned officer j and privates of said company, as enrolled :

Second Lieutenant John F. Robinson, assigned to company It November 25, 1862, and transferred and promoted major Third infantry, June 6, 1863.

Non-Commissioned Officers

The following is the mortality list as derived from the company robs: James Crawfo'd, died in hospital; Christian Dell, in hospital; Jacob Hines, in hospital; Aclam tnnis, in hospital; David F. Long, at home. Andrew McComb, at home; George N. kyail, of wounds received in battle; Elisha Starkweather, in hospital; Tobias Spiker, at home; Charles I). Towslee, in hospital; George Vanostrand. at home; Jacob Griffith, in hospital

In an engagement near Memjihis, Tennessee. Captain Seth M. barber had the misfortune to be wounded in the font, which subsequently required amputation, and was the occasion of ins resignation, and subsequent assignment to the Veteran Reserve corps.

Tub Forty-Second Regiment

General Garfield appointed l'eter I!. Johnson, of Ashland, then over sixty years of age, train master, lie served three years in Virginia, Kentucky, and i enne<- sce, and was honorably dbrtiargcd.

ville, and on the eighth marched under Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon to the fortified position of General Humphrey Marshall, and found the works evacuated and provisions carried away of destroyed. Colonel Garfield followed Marshall, and on the ninth the battle of Middle Creek took place, and Marshall again retreated and burned his stores, lire Forty-second returned and passed up the Big Sandy and took possession of Pound Gap. The campaign was disastrous to the volunteers of the Forty-second, eighty-five of whom died through exposure and disease. In March the Forty-second was otdered to Louisville, where it was attached to the brigade of Genera! George W. Morgan, and moved by rail J to Lexington, and from thence marched to Cumberland Ford, with only three hundred and fourteen men fit for duty. In June it marched to the rear of Cumberland Gap, amid continued skirmishing. On the fifth of August, the Forty second engaged and held back the advance of General Kirby Smith. General Morgan, after consultation, finally evacuated the Gap and fell back to, and crossed, the Ohio river at Greensburgh. The retreat was very rapid, and the men suffered severely for the want of clothing, proper food and rest. In the month of November, Morgan's brigade passed down to Memphis, Tennessee.

In December, the Forty-second was ordered to the Yazoo, and led the advance against Vicksburgh. For three days the regiment held its position in line, when the army was compelled' to retire. In January, 1863, the forces proceeded to White River, and thence to Arkansas Post, and captured Fort Hindman with seven thousand prisoners, all the guns, small arms and stores. The Forty-second then returned to the rear of Yicksburgii. In the engagements which followed, the regiment sustained heavy loss. After the surrender of Yicksbtirgh the Forty-second marched to Jackson, and participated in its capture, and then entered the' Department of the Gulf. It remained at Thebodeaux during the winter of 1864, and in the spring went or. an expedition to Clinton, Louisiana, where it participated in a severe engagement. It was also in several other small expeditions, and returned to Camp Chase where it was mustered out September 30, 1864. The Forty-second was engaged in eleven battles, in whb h it lost one officer and twenty men killed, and eighteen officers and three j hundred and twenty-five men wounded. Its tattered banners show hard service.

Sixty-Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The Sixty fifth was a part of the brigade raised at Mansfield by Hon. John Sherman, and organized at Camp Buckingham, and mustered into service December x, 1861. Its term of service was three years. The I regiment was commanded by Colonel Charles G. Marker. Part of a company from Ashland county entered the Sixty-fifth under the following officers:

Company G was mustered into the United States service at Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Ohio, November 25, 1865, and discharged at Yictoria, Texas, November 30, 1865.

The mortality list was not included in the roil, and, hence, cannot appear here. It is certain, however, tint the company performed arduous duty in the far South, and was considerably diminished by disease and death before its discharge.

The Sixty-Fifth Regiment

The Sixty-fifth was employed some months, in iSfia, in Kentucky, repairing and guarding roads, and then marched into Tennessee to Columbia, and thence to Savannah, Georgia, and front thence to Pittsburgh Lap. i ing, and participated in that battle. It next moved to Corinth, and was at the siege, and rearmed to Louisville, Kentucky. It was ordered to march toward Stone River, and was in the battle of December 29, 1S62. In June, rSoa, it was ordered to Chattanooga, and participated in that battle. The Sixty-fifth passed on to Mission Ridge, and took part in that engagement. Then came the Atlanta campaign the affair at Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Dallas, Marietta, Kcnesaw, Peachtree Creek, and lonesborough, in which the Sixty-fifth took a part . On the twenty ninth of November, it was in the battle of Springfield; on the thirtieth, ;n the battle ol Franklin, and afterwards, in the battle of Nashville. In June,

The Eighty-Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

It was commanded bv Colonel James Cantwell, who was killed in the second battle of Manassas. The regiment was mustered into service December 31, 1861, and contained nine hundred and sixty-eight men. Ashland j county had one company, K. Its officers were :

Company K was mustered out at Louisville, Ken- I tucky, July 24, 1865, We are unable to make out the mortality list from the roll; but by reference to the regi- ' mental service, which follows, it will be seen that company K performed arduous duty, and that its ranks were greatly thinned by disease and the casualties of war.

The High It-Second Regiment

In January, 1862, the Eighty -second was ordered bom Kenton, Ohio, its place of rendezvous, to W est \ irginia, and went into camp near the village of Letterman, for instruction and drill. In the spring the regiment, in the brigade of General Robert Schenck, was sent to various points in pursuit of guerillas, after which it was ordered to go to the aid of General Milroy, near McDowell. The Confederate forces were attacked by Generals Schenck and Milroy near Bull Pasture mountain, and compelled them to retreat. The Eighty-second then joined General John C. Fremont, and passed by rapid marches through Petersburg?), when the battle of Strasburgh occurred, and the enemy again retreated under Stonewall Jackson. The column passed on to Cross Keys, where a running fight ensued, and Tackson crossed the Shenandoah, destroying the bridge and marched leisurely away, having scattered the forces of General Shields. The tardiness of Fremont in the pursuit of Jackson, practically ended his military career. Severe campaigning followed. The troops returned to Middletown, and General Siegel took command of the division. The Eighty-second was transferred to an independent brigade, commanded by General Milroy. On the seventh of August Siegel's corps moved to Culpeper; and on the ninth toward Cedar Mountain, where a battle was going on. Milroy moved to the front to relieve exhausted troops; and on the night of the tenth, the enemy retreated. The Eighty-second destroyed Waterloo Bridge, and skirmished continually for ten days. The second battle of Manassas took place, and Colonel Cantwell, in leading a charge, was killed. The Eighty-second was much exposed and suffered severely in the battle. The National forces were finally compelled to withdraw to Centerville. In September the Eighty-second moved to Fort de Kalb, Siegel's headquarters. On the twenty-fifth it advanced to Fairfax Court House, and the campaign closed with the attempt to capture the heights of Fredericksburg?). The Eighty-second was transported to the division of General Schurz, and by him designated as a battalion of sharpshooters. In April, '865, the Eleventh corps moved on the Chancellorsviiie campaign, crossing the Rappahannock, at Kelley's Ford, and the Rapidan, at Ely's Mills; and on the thirtieth arrived within three miles of the battle ground. The battle opened May and, ami the Eighty-second and others deployed with fixed bayonets, and fell back to the ride pits. The Eighty-second held its position; but regiment after regiment was pressed back under the terrible charge of the forces of Stonewall Jackson, and it finally fell back. It took a new position, having but one hundred and thirty-four men with the colors. Here Captain James J. Beer, a gallant young officer from Ashland county, fell. After the battle, the remaining members of the Eighty-second returned tv' its old camp near Stafford. In June, the Gettysburg!' campaign commenced. The Eighty-second participated in that arduous campaign. It was ordered to move over the plain to assail, with its brigade, the Confederateworks. In the attempt it lost twenty of its remaining men. The gaps weie promptly filled, and the Eightysecond advanced within seventv ve \ ard> of the Confederate lines. It went into the battle with tweim -two commissioned officers, and two hundred and tl.iity six privates, and of these, nineteen officers and one huudud

The balance of the regiment brought the colors, tattered and torn by siiot and shell, safely from the field. Alter the retreat of the Confederate forces, the Eighty-second performed patrol duty at Cadet's station. It was then attached to the army of the Cumberland, and was in the battle of Mission Ridge. Then came a defeat and a retrograde movement to Knoxville. General Longstrcei, of the Confederate army, retreated on the approach of the Northern forces. The ranks of the Eighty-second were so thinned by disease and battle that when Ger, era! Sherman reached Goldsborough it was consolidated with the Sixty-first Ohio. These regiments continued with Sherman until his army reached Washington city, by way of Richmond and Alexandria, on the nineteenth of May, 1865; and then proceeded by rail to Louisville, Kentucky, and on the twenty-fifth of July returned to Camp Chase, Ohio, where it was paid and discharged on the twenty-ninth. No regiment in modern times performed more arduous duty than the Eighty-second. Very few of its young heroes survived the horrors of the battle field and returned to the family circle.

Eighty-Seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

In the latter part of July, 1S02, the Eighty-seventh received orders to report to Colonel Miles at Harper's Ferry. It was stationed on Boliver Heights, anct sub- 1 iected to rigid drill. It remained there until the siege of the Ferry by "Stonewall'' Jackson, er.d at the surrender was included with the National forces, 1 be various companies were subsequently released fioin their paroles, and were mustered out at Delaware, Ohio, on the twentieth of September, 1862.

The One Hundred And Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment rendezvoused at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, in June, 1S62, and was a three months' organization. It was under the command of Colonel Henry B. Banning, of Mount Vernon. The organization of the ! regiment was completed by the twelfth of June, 1862, at j which time it was ordered to repair to Baltimore, Mary- j land, and report to Major General Wool, commander of j that post. It arrived in Baltimore on the fifteenth of | June, and was - assigned to a camp north of the city, where it was dulled some weeks by Colonel Banning.

The One Hundred and Second enlisted under the call of July 1, 1862, for three hundred thousand men. It was recruited from Ashland, Holmes, Richland and Wayne counties, and was commanded by Colonel A 111- igtn Given. It was organized at Camp Mansfield, on the eighteenth of August, 1862. Ashland county furnished two full companies. I he officers were:

- Wiiliaar 1! Fisher. Ilerry Franco. Miel «el I it abort \ . John t Irosli, Geurge Goiiriy, Ganeir, Hall, Jacob I lildei brand, ji., John W. Home. Samuel Hamer. Edmund H nigh, Is... re Hough, l.-uK Hough. Janus

Ohio History Of Ashland Count'

Company.]'} was enlisted in Ashland county foi three years, lay Captain John McNaull.* It went into Camp Mansfield August 20, 1862, and was armed with Austrian titles on the third of September, and, on the fourth, left camp by rail for Cincinnati, and crossed the Ohio river j and arrived at Covington, Kentucky, and on the sixth \ was mustered into the United States service by Captain T. H. Bresslin. It served three years, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 3, 1865.

'a * f jur month. s pr i- ir to the e!o>.e of. lie enli >lmont. in 1 hog, 1 n.nii Anderson Beer, of company K, was Iransfeinal, and took command vl company B." Daviiia Bonder, second sergeaii; of company B, was Picliargctl for disability December to, 1 he.

Daniel W. Kagey, died of small pox; Andrew Proudfii, died a Bowling Green; David R. Crantz, died at Nashville; Anderson Watson, died at Jefferson barracks; Joseph B. Bcchtell, died at Yicksburgh; William Beck, died at Tullahoma; George W. Bowlbv. died at Bowling Green; Caleb Budd, died at Nashville; John Cassel, lost on Sultana; Jacob Ely, died at Huntsville; James B. Gibson, died at Huntsville; Andrew Gordon, died at Nashville; Isaac Grubaugh, died at Clarksville; fehn F. Hartman, lost on Sultana; Jacob Hoitzman, died at Russelviile; John F. I mhofiF, died at Bow ling Green; Reuben Leidigh. lost on Sultana; Aretus Marsh, died ai Clark ale; Elmore V. Norris, died at Aridorsonville; Charles E. Ogden, lost on Sultana; John Romine, died at Andersonville; Frederick Roc ken (elder, died at Nashville; John Saltier, died at Clarksville; Jerem.ah Singer, ios, on Sultana; Annias Shultz, died at Bowling Green; George Steinetz, lost on Sultana; Simon Vu.nosdall, diet', at Andersonville; Samuel Youngblood, died at Clarksville; Henry W, Bunt, died at Bowling Green.

The One Hundred And Second Regiment

The One Hundred and Second was ordered to Keni tucky, and mustered into service at Covington, Seotern- I ber 6, 1862. It was ordered to Louisville, and went j into the trenches to defend that city. In October, it j marched to Sheibyville, Franklin, and Perry ville, and j thence to Crab Orchard : thence to Bowling Green.

| From thence it was ordered to Clarksville, Tennessee, for drill and camp duty. In. September, 1863, it returned to Sheibyville, to aid in repelling trie invasion of General Wheeler, of the Confederate army. It returned to I Nashville, and went into winter quarters. In April, } 1S64, the One Hundred -and Second marched to Tuiia- | horna, and thence to Beliefonte, Alabama. Here it was ordered to patrol the Tennessee river, from Stevenson to Seven Mile island, a distance of fifty miles. On this line it erected twelve block-houses and one fort. The regiment was frequently assailed by guerillas, and sufj fered considerably from exposure and sickness. Shortly i after the completion of its fort and other works, General ! Forrest, of the Confederate army, made a dash upon the | One Hundred and Second with his cavalry, and captured a portion of its men under Colonel Elliott, near Athens,

I after -a severe fight. Six months afterward the [irisoners were paroled, and placed on board the ill fated Sultana, at Yicksburgh, and eighty-one men of the One Hundred and Second were lost. On the twenty-font th of October, General Hood, of the Confederate forces, attacked the garrison at Decatur, Alabama, in which the remaining companies of the One Hundred and Second were on duty, and were conspicuous in the fight. After the evacuation of Decatur, the One Hundred and Second continued in active duty in l'ennessee until June 30, 1S65, when it was nurtured out at Nashville; returned to Camp Clia> . Ohio, a id was j anl and discharged July 8, 1S65. The regiment was noted for itx prompt obedience of orders, and gallantry in the face of the

The One Hundred And Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Mansfield, under the call for three hundred thousand men, in August, 1862. The regiment was recruited from Ashland, Holmes, Richland, and Wayne counties, and contained nine hundred and forty-nine men. It was commanded by Colonel Daniel French. Ashland county furnished two full companies.

Company C rendezvoused at Camp Mansfield, and was mustered into the United States service on the seventeenth of October, 1S62, for three years.

It is impossible to gather from the original rolls of the organization, the mortality that attended company C, which was undoubtedly very large.

The mortality list lor company F is as follows: Charles H. Dor kind, died at St. Louis; David Crumrine, died in hospital; Dame! Lair, at j Keokuk, William Brown, killed in Arkansas; John Brindle, killed in I Mississippi; Israel Crull, died at Nashville; William Dow, died in I Louisiana; Samuel Freeman, died in Arkansas; Martin Gardner died 1 at St. Louis; John Gable, died in Louisiana; William Hettinger, died j in Louisiana; Emanuel Lutz, died in Louisiana; William P. Martin, died at St. Louis; Morgan Rheese, died in hospital; William Siamctz, j Company F was mustered into the United States ser- | vice at Camp Mansfield, October 14, 1862, and on the | twenty-fifth departed by rail for Covington,. Kentucky, I where it arrived on the twenty-sixth. The meanderings ! of the Twelfth will exhibit the history of its companies.

At the organization of the One Hundred and Twenj tieth, Lieutenant Willard Slocum acted as adjutant, and : was promoted to major February 1 8, 186.3, and lieuien- I ant colonel September 8, 1S63, and brevetted after the j close of the war. Captain John McKinley was promoted | to major September 8, 1S63, and transferred to the One ! Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, when be was promoted to lieutenant colonel and mustered out. | The One Hundred and Twentieth reportgd to General Wright at Cincinnati, on the twenty-fifth of October, 1S62, for duty, and crossed to Covington, Kentucky. In November it w;\s ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, where it entered the brigade of General George W. Moigan, and moved to the mouth of the Yazoo river, and thence to Johnson's landing to attack the tortilications deiendj nig Vicksburgh. The attack commenced on the iwentysixth, the One Hundred and Twentieth participating. It

was actively engaged during the sit ge, and Mi'lcrcd sc- | verely in conse«| nence of malaria and vxposure. S he ! regiment was ordered to \rktnsns Lost in January. 1S63.

works - the enemy displayed a white flag and surrendered - the One Hundred and Twentieth having the honor of first entering the fort, as Sergeant Robert Wallace scaled the parapet and planted the colors, for which he was promoted to first lieutenant. The regiment returned to Young's Point, where it suffered severely from malarious fever for nearly two months, more than half the privates being on the sick list. In consequence of delays, several of the officers resigned. Early in the spring of 1863 the regiment was ordered to different points along the Mississippi, and finally to Fort Gibson, which was captured, the One Hundred anil Twentieth losing oneeighth of its men in the battle. Jackson and Raymond were next captured, and the regiment remained at the latter place until May, 1863. The One Hundred and Twentieth returned to the rear of Vicksburgh and participated in the siege. In July it was ordered on another expedition to Jackson, and, during its investment, Colonel Spigcl was severely wounded, and the regiment considerably cut up by the artillery of the enemy. It returned to the Black River bridge in July, and went into camp at Vicksburgh. In September the regiment passed down the Mississippi and returned to Plaquemine, one hundred and ten miles above New Orleans, where it remained until March, 1864, when in joined the expedition under General N. P. Banks to invade Arkansas. At Red River Bend, near Snaggy Point, the "City Belle," on which the regiment was crossing the river, was suddenly attacked by about five thousand Confederates concealed behind the levee, who poured a murderous fire into the boat. It was soon disabled by the artillery of the enemy and floated to the opposite side of the river, where it displayed a white flag and surrendered. Colonel Spigel fell, and Captains Eiias Fraunfelter, Rununel, and Miller, and two hundred privates fell into the hands of t'he Confederates, and were marched off to Camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas, where they remained ii a miserable prison about one year. Those who escaped formed a battalion of three companies under Lieutenant Colonel Slocum, and, after a march -of twenty-three hours, arrived safely at Alexandria and joined the forces of General Banks. In May General Banks began his retreat. The regiment returned to Morgan/a, Louisiana, and remained until September, and moved up White river to St. Charles, Arkansas, and thence to Duvall's bluff. In November the One Hundred and Twentieth and One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio were consolidated, Lieutenant Colonel Kelley, of the One Hundred and Fourteenth, becoming colonel, and Major McKinley, of the One Hundred and Twentieth, lieutenant colonel of the new regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Slocum was honorably discharged, his position being rendered supernumerary by the consolidation of the regiments. This ended the career of the One Hundred and Twentieth regiment. It was organized in iSfia with nine hundred and fortv-nine men, and, in 1864, received one hundred and fifty recruits, making ten hundred and ninety-nine men. At its tlisf harge it contained only four hundred and forty met., showing a loss of six hundred and lilty-nine men during the service. The toil and suffering of this regiment were borne throughout with unshrinking fortitude. Like the Eighty-second, the One Hundred and Twentieth returned scarred and worn veterans, to the firesides of their friends.

The One Hundred And Sixty-Third Regiment Ohio Vo Lunteer I N Faxtry

This regiment was mustered into the United States service at Camp Chase, Ohio, May 12, 1864, under Colonel Hiram Miller, and on the thirteenth proceeded to Washington city, 1). C., under orders from General Heintzelman, commanding the department of the Ohio. The regiment remained at Fort Reno, when it was ordered to the front, and proceeded on transports to White House, Virginia, and thence to Bermuda Hundred. It then reported to General Butler at Point of Rocks, and on the twelfth and fourteenth of June was in the reconnoissar.ee of the Petersburg!! <Sc Richmond railroad. On the fifteenth two hundred and fifty men were engaged in a heavy skirmish. On the sixteenth the regiment proceeded to Wilson's Landing. It assisted in building Fort Pocahontas. On the twenty-ninth the regiment was relieved from further duty and returned to Columbus, Ohio, and was mustered out September 10, 1864. Company I was from Ashland county.

Non -Com Mission Ed Officers

The company was mustered into the one hundred days' service, b it served a few days < nr time. S ,m ! Friedline was transferred. George P». Eagle died at Wi Ron's Wharf, Virginia, June S, 1N64. Nicholas D Glenndied in hospital at Fortress Monroe, \ iigitiia.

Thk One Hundred And Ninety-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

for one year, and mustered into service March 25, 1865. | Colonel R. P. Kennedy commanded. It contained I part of a company, thirty men, from Ashland county. The officers were:

Not being personally acquainted with the men composing that part of company A enlisted in Ashland county, we copy the entire roll, as recorded by the adjutant general.

This company was mustered into the United States service at Camp Chase March 25, 1865, for one year, and was mustered out at Tlaitimore. Maryland, September it, 1865. The roll does not give the mortality list.

The One Hundred And Ninety-Sixth Regiment

The regiment was immediately ordered to West Virginia, where it was attached to the Ohio brigade at Winchester. It was subsequently called to Baltimore, and assigned to duty in the fortifications around the city. It was mustered out September 1 1, 1865. The regiment

First Regiment Ohio Light Artillery

The officers and men of the One Hundred and Ninetysixth were all veterans, having served in the other organizations over two years. More than two-thirds of the men had belonged to other regiments, and had been honorably discharged for wounds or expiration of term of service. FIRST REGIMENT OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY.

This regiment was composed of twelve batteries, and mustered into service for three years, September 3, 1861. It was commanded by Colonel James Barnett. The command was organized and equipped at Camp Dennison and sent to the field. Battery D was principally raised in Ashland county. Its officers were :

Battery Non-Commission Ed Officers

The mortality list is as follows: John Condon died October 28, 1861; Chauneey Crow, June 12, 1S62; Frederick T. Coffin was killed in battle at Stone River, Tennessee; William Delong died January 17, 1S63; William Frink died December to, 1861; Samuel Gaylord died February 5, 1862; Jacob L. Hagenbuch died in hospital ; William R. Mooney died January 14, 1862; James R. Neely died at Nashville, Tennessee; Chauneey C. Vermilya died June 18. 1862; John Patterson died March it, 1862; Gates P. Carney was discharged and has since died.

About one-half of the men in battery 1) were enlisted in Ashland county; hence the whole roll has been copied that the strength of the battery may be exhibited. Corporal John B. Deshong was promote d to second lieutenant of battery D, and was transferred and promoted to first lieutenant in battery H ; and Sergeant William Zimmerman was promoted to first lieutenant and transferred to battery G, of colored troops. Sergeant Joseph B. Charles was promoted to captain, and took command of battery H, colored troops.

Battery I) left Camp Dennison in November, and reported to Brigadier General William Nelson, in Kentucky, and marched with his command up the Big Sandy to Piketon. It returned to Louisville, and thence to Mumfordsville. In February, 1862, the battery reported at Nashville and moved to Pittsburgh Landing, thence to Corinth, Mississippi, and to Athens, Alabama. In September it returned to Mumfordsville, where it was captured by the Confederate forces, paroled and sent to Camp Chase, and exchanged in January, 1863. The battery was reorganized at Columbus, Ohio, and joined the Third brigade at Lexington, Kentucky, in March. In June, 1863, it went on a raid to Fast Tennessee, under Colonel Saunders, and burned many bridges, a large amount of ordnance and commissary stores. In July it marched with General Burnside to Cumberland Cap, which was captured. In August and September the batl tery went on a raid into Kentucky and Tennessee, with Colonel Woolford's cavalry. It next marched to Knoxville and participated in the siege. The battery re-enlisted and was sent on a thirty days' veteran furlough to Ohio. The ranks being recruited in January, 1S64, it marched to Atlanta, Georgia, and joined the forces of General Sherman, and was in all the engagements ol that campaign. It was also in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and went to Wilmington, North Carolina, and was finally mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 15. 1865.

This regiment was organized at Knoxville, Tennessee, in January, February, and March, 1864. It contained two companies commanded by officers from the veterans of 1861-64, who had. been promoted in other batteries for meritorious services. They were:

The foregoing companies were employed for a long time constructing and extending the fortifications about Knoxville, besides being detailed on guard duty. In January and February, 1S65, these companies went on an extensive forage expedition to East Tennessee. Guerillas were often met on the route, but fell back. In March, 1865, companies G and PI were ordered to the department of the Cumberland, and served as infantry under General Stoneman. After the surrender of General Lee, the regiment was ordered to Chattanooga upon garrison duty, where it was mustered out in March, 1866.

In July and September, 1862, during the apprehended siege of the city of Cincinnati by John Morgan, the noted Confederate raider, an appeal was made to the farmers and laboring men within a proper distance of the city to aid in its defence. A large number of men from the rural districts hastened to the rescue. On the second of September Governor Tod issued a proclamation authorizing General Lew Wallace to complete the organization, and stating that none but armed men would be received, and also providing for their transportation by rail at the expense ot the state. I he Queen City was speedily put in a position of defence by General Wallace. General Morgan failed to commence the siege, and the " Squirrel Hunters" were dismissed. Ashland county sent one hundred and four men. By a resolution of the legislature, in the winter of 1S63, discharges, in due form, weie furnished the Sipiirrel Hunters" of 1S62.

Surgical Department

Isaac L. Crane, M. I)., as surgeon in the Twer.tysccond regiment, three months in i86r, and in the Sixtythird regiment from October, iS6i,to January 2S, 1S63, when he resigned. He also acted as brigade surgeon.

1\ H. Clark, M. D., as assistant surgeon in field hospitals from June, 1862, at Farmington and luka, Mississippi, and temporarily in the Forty-third regiment. In 1863 he was transferred to Cumberland and tc Camp Parol prison in Annapolis, Maryland, and remained until fall. In December, 1862, he was appointed pension surgeon, which position he now fills.

Oliver C. McCarty, M. D., acted as assistant surgeon in the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth during the one hundred days' service in 1864, and was transferred to the One Hundred and Eighty-first, where his time expired November 2, 1864.

Dr. John D. Skilling acted as assistant surgeon in the hospitals at Cumberland and Clary : ville, Maryland, from 1862 to 1865, the close of the war.

In 1836 it sustained the nomination of Martin VanBuren lor the presidency. The advertisers in the Globe were William Wasson, tanner; Ruth &: Jacobs, merchants; Rejnor A Luther, merchants; Hugh Davis, tanner; Samuel B. Whiting, carpenter; Granger A Lang, merchants; R. P. Fulkerson, blacksmith. The Globe lived about one year.

The l Vestern Phoenix was established by Thomas White and Samuel McClure, now judge of common pleas, of Akron, Ohio, a short time prior to the Close of the presidential campaign of 1836. It was the advocate of the principles of tire National Whigs, and sustained the nomination of General W. FI. Harrison. It survived until sometime in 1 S3 7, and suspended because of financial embarrassments,

The Ashland Standard was established by R. V. Kennedy, in the spring of 1846, after the organization of - Ashland county. It was intended to be the exponent of the bank wing of the Democratic party, as opposed to a hard currency, and was conducted with spirit and ability until the spring of 1849, when it suspended, and Mr. Kennedy removed, west.

Note. - In preparing the foregoing sketch of Ashland county in the j war, a special effort has been made to secure accuracy and impartial- j ity.