Coshocton County, Ohio - Chapter 9: Coshocton County- In' the Civil. War - =two Thousand Five Hundred Who Served the, 1909

Chapter 9: Coshocton County- In' the Civil. War - =two Thousand Five Hundred Who Served the

COSHOCTON COUNTY- IN' THE CIVIL. WAR - =TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED WHO SERVED THE COUNTRY - HONORS WON ON THE BATTLEFIELD - WOMAN'S PART IN THE STRUGGLE.

In all the land no hearts responded quicker to this stirring appeal of Fitz-Greene Halleck's lines than did our boys of Coshocton County. Two thousand five hundred strong - that is the impressive showing of troops enlisted from here in defense of the Union. At this writing, 1909, forty-four years since Lee surrendered at Appomattox, there are four hundred of the boys in our county, the last of the two thousand five hundred who wore the good old blue.

Every Memorial Day, from farm, shop, store and office, come those of the four hundred, strong enough to march to the graves of their comrades. Every year is thinning the ranks of the survivors of the world's greatest tragedy. The wavering line is a reminder of all that was done for this country. For the boys in blue the Nation can never do too much.

And may our people never forget the graves in our cemeteries marked by the shield and flag - ''On Fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards with every round the bivouac of the dead."

In the ranks of the living are those who knew torturing marches, the fever camps, the swarming hospitals, the screeching shells, the roaring cannon, the racking agony of a thousand ordeals, and some even who survived the horrors of Andersonville and other rebel prisons where thousands starved and rotted.

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courthouse. And the volunteers came - a historic assembly that sent up mighty cheer on cheer for the earnest eloquence of John D. Nicholas and Josiah Given and Richard Lanning.

Enrolling was quick work. Judge R. M. Voorhees of the Circuit Court, who is among the few in the county today that went through those memorable hours when history was warm in the making, was first to sign. N. R. Tidball was already commissioned to raise a company. A. M. Williams headed a paper with a hundred dollars for the maintenance of volunteers' families, and two thousand dollars was subscribed. In the homes needles were flying to make clothing for the volunteers. The daughters of Roscoe gave their soldiers blankets.

Coshocton resounded with martial music. An unprecedented gathering in Main Street saw the first volunteers march from Court Square to the station. A silk flag, the gift of women, was presented to the boys. The band struck up as the train rolled in. Roaring, thundering cheers rose from the crowd surging round. The boys reached down from the car steps for the last clasp of hands raised to them. Women's handkerchiefs fluttered as the train drew out, and then hid eyes that no longer held back the tears.

Coshocton's first troops became part of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - the "Carrington Guards" as they were called after the Adjutant General. They preceded the other Sixteenth Ohio that enlisted for three years' service. The roll here is from the official roster of Ohio soldiers given by the State Commission.

Among those first to respond to their country's call and who won honor on the battlefield is Dr. Jesse McClain's father, Richard W. McClain, who served in the Mexican War. From Captain of Co. D in the Sixteenth he became Major, then Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1863 Colonel of the fighting Fifty-first. In the battle of Chickamauga he was taken prisoner fighting on the line with a musket. -His captors demanded that he surrender his sword. The Colonel flatly refused to give it up except to an officer of his own rank. They threatened to shoot him, but his iron will was unshaken by the sight of the rebel guns leveled at him. The prisoner's admirable courage triumphed. His life was spared, and they held him in Libby prison until an exchange was effected. He returned to his regiment and conducted

The Sixteenth Ohio, as part of McClellan's army, was moved across the Ohio to guard the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia, where the enemy burned bridges and killed citizens at Farmington and Fairmount. The Coshocton boys were actively engaged before Phillippi in June, 1861,-and a week later in the expedition of Romney, engagements making for the successful issue of the West Virginia campaign. Colonel James Irvine of Coshocton commanded the regiment.

Richard M. Voorhees, First Sergeant - Promoted from Corporal appointed First Lieutenant, Company F, Sixty-fifth O. V. I., promoted to Captain; wounded in battle of Stone River, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserye Corps; detailed as judge advocate and member of court martial.

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With the expiration of their ninety days' enlistment the volunteers came back to Coshocton and were welcomed by many at the station. Everything was given up to war. The country had come to realize this rebellion was not to be put down in three months. Trainload after trainload of troops were on their way through Coshocton to the front. More volunteers were enlisting in the county. Young women proclaimed through the local press that they would marry no home guard.

Josiah Given began organizing a company while the first Coshocton volunteers were fighting in the enemy's country. His distinguished service at the front in after years won the high appreciation of General Johnson. From Captain of Company K, Twenty-fourth Ohio, he ranked as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eighteenth Ohio, and was promoted to Colonel of the Seventy-fourth Ohio, the regiment which he commanded in the historic battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. For more than three months in the Atlanta campaign his regiment was under fire almost daily. The Seventy-fourth stormed the rebel strongholds at Buzzard Roost and Resaca, and took part in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, and in front of Atlanta. The Colonel led the regiment in charge after charge on the strongly intrenched double line at Jonesboro, breaking through swamp and thicket under the murderous fire of troops celebrated as most obstinate fighters in the rebel army. But the enemy was driven out of his works. After the war Colonel Given went to Iowa.

TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. Three Years' Service. Company K Mustered in June 13, 1861. Mustered out June 23, 1864. Josiah Given, Captain - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Eighteenth Ohio, and to Colonel Seventy-fourth Ohio. James R. Inskeep, First Lieutenant.

Jacob Stricker, Corporal - Died at Camp Dennison, Ohio, from wounds received in battle of Shiloh, Tenn.; interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

Endermshley, John - Captured in battle of Chickamauga; died in Rebel Prison at Andersonville, Ga. Fox, Robert R. - Detailed in hospital at Nashville, 1862. Farquhar, Samuel.

In the foregoing appears the first of our Chickamauga loss, met all too often in succeeding pages of the Coshocton County roster. Our greatest loss is recorded at Stone River, the victory that cost heavily. Next to that in the record of Coshocton boys who fought their last fight comes Kenesaw Mountain; then Mission Ridge.

As soon as Company K of the Twenty-fourth left Coshocton another was organized by Wilson M. Stanley of Newcastle Township, which became Company K of the Thirty-second Ohio, and served under Fremont in the Shenandoah Valley. It assisted in the defense of Harper's Ferry. There the whole command was unaccountably surrendered, for which Colonel Thomas H. Ford was arrested and dismissed. Many of the regiment, paroled at Camp Douglas, Chicago, left for home. Colonel Potts brought the men together, summarily dismissed officers for inciting revolt, and the regiment reported to General Grant who assigned it to Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, in Sherman's advance against Atlanta. The splendid courage of the soldiers in this regiment won exceptional praise from Brigadier-General Leggett. Only half the regiment was left at the muster out.

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John W. Stanton, First Lieutenant - Promoted from Corporal; appointed Adjutant, 1863; captured at Harper's Ferry; paroled and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago.

Lindsey, Jerome B. - Died from wounds received in action on Maryland Heights, 1862. Matheny, Henry. McQuiston, John W McClain, Sylvester H. - Detailed in artillery service. Mathias, William - Detailed in Quartermaster's Department. Murray, Charles. McComber, John B. - Transferred to Signal Corps. Norris, Francis - Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. O'Brien, Patrick. Porter, James.

All the summer of '61 Coshocton County was astir with organization of troops. There were meetings attended by thousands. The daughters of Keene, Columbia gowned with waists of starry blue and striped skirts in red and white, gave color to a great Union meeting in Chili grove.

The county organized five companies for the Fifty-first Ohio. This regiment, the half of it Coshocton, won high honor for its courageous part in famous battles. A look through the roster shows where our boys fought - shows who fell on the bloody field of Stone River, in the terrible fight at Chickamauga, the gallant charge on Mission Ridge.

When Colonel McClain was captured, the command devolved upon Second Lieutenant E. J. Pocock of Company F, who had been promoted from Sergeant of Company H. He commanded at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, was wounded at Resaca, and was appointed Brigade Quartermaster in 1865.

The story of the battles in which our boys fought fills intensely interesting pages of general history. It is not within the scope of this local work to go into fields so fully covered by Whitelaw" Reid's

"Ohio in the War," the "Military History of Ohio," and countless other chronicles of the years from Sumter to Appomattox. To give complete individual representation by naming the soldiers of Coshocton County is the most that can be undertaken within the allotted space; and the compilation herein is the result of the combined contributions of men who went through those historic days - John M. Compton, W. H. King, A. H. Thomson, Joseph Love, T. H. Glover - amplified by the records of the State Roster Commission and the last county returns canvassed by Auditor C. R. Randles. A few enlistments from Tuscarawas and other adjoining counties are retained in the company rosters.

On the Atlanta campaign from Resaca to Jonesboro the Fiftyfirst was almost daily under fire. One of the regiments sent back to drive Hood out of Tennessee it fought at Spring Hill, was in reserve at Franklin, engaged in both days' fighting at Nashville, and pursued Hood's retreat, knee deep in mud and water, to Lexington, Ala., then camped at Huntsville, Ala., went by rail to Strawberry Plains, and returned to Nashville. The regiment was assigned to duty at Victoria, Tex., until mustered out.

Sampson McNeal, First Lieutenant - Transferred from Co. 1; promoted from Second Lieutenant; captured in battle of Chickamauga; escaped from Rebel Prison, Andersonville.

Crawford, Hillary - -1864, died in 1st Division Hospital, Central District of Texas, 1865, grave at Galveston. Cutshall,. Jacob - 1864. Elson, David M. - 1864. Fisher, Isaiah - 1864. Frew, Robert J. - 1864. Gorsline, Samuel - 1864. Hedge, Aaron G. - 1865. Hedge, Porter - 1865. Heffling, John W. - 1865. Hinds, Elisha - 1864. Holsworth, Ernst - 1864. Hothem, John - 1864. Howard, John L. - 1864, died at Chattanooga from wounds received in action. Huff, Benjamin - 1865. Kist, Thomas J. - 1864. Knowles, John S. - 1864. Kughler, John - 1864. Lawson, Samuel S. - 1864. Lee, William M. - 1864. Lembel, Jacob - 1864. Long, Albert - 1864. McClain, William C. - 1864, died on Hospital Train near Chattanooga, grave"257, Sec. L, McCormick, Frederick - 1864, died at Chattanooga, grave 224, Sec. E. McFarland, David - 1864. McFee, William, No. 2 - 1864. McPeek, William - 1864, transferred to Co. E and A. Mardis, Francis - 1864. Maugherman, Adam - 1864. Meadly, Elisha - 1864, transferred from Co. E. Miller, Samuel, No. 2 - 1864. Milligan, Thomas - 1864. Moore, Isaiah - 1864, from Co. E. Neighbor, Richard - 1864. Neighbor, Jacob - 1864.

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Burkhart, John W. F. - Reduced from Corporal at his own request; wounded in action at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

De Moss, John - Captured at battle of Chickamauga, Ga., 1863; prisoner at Belle Isle, Danville and Andersonville; exchanged, 1865; was on board steamer Sultana at time of explosion near Memphis, 1865; escaped unhurt, reaching shore on a plank.

Phillips, William - Captured in battle of Chickamauga; exchanged 1865; was on board steamer Sultana at time of explosion near Memphis, 1865; escaped unhurt.

William Le Retilley, First Lieutenant - Promoted from Corporal, Sergeant and Second Lieutenant; wounded in battle of Stone River, 1863; promoted to First Lieutenant Co. H; captured in battle of Chickamauga; escaped, 1864; promoted to Captain, 1865.

Charles M. Belknap, Sergeant - Promoted from Corporal; captured in battle of Chickamauga; paroled; perished by explosion of steamer Sultana, 1865.

Montgomery, John. Morrison, Isaac. Mosher, Carl - Enlisted in 5th U. S. Artillery. Mowry, John W. - Died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., 1862; grave at London, Ky. Minick, David - Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Minick, Ezra - Died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., 1862; grave at London, Ky.

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Spencer, William - 1864, died from wounds received in action near Kenesaw Mountain, re-interred in Franklin church cemetery, Coshocton County.

William Nicholas, Captain - Promoted from Second and First Lieutenant; appointed Adjutant; detailed as Commissary of Musters, Central District of Texas.

Livingston, John - Died at Nashville, 1862. McCoy, Samuel - Died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., 1862. McConnell, Thomas. McFarlin, Robert - Killed in battle of Chickamauga. Matticks, Leander - Enlisted in U. S. Artillery. Miller, Jacob. Miller, Peter M. - Died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., 1862. Miller, William - Died at Nashville, 1862.

Burklew, Benjamin F. - 1864, transferred to Co. D, wounded in action at Tunnel Hill, Ga., left arm taken off by cannon ball at Nashville battle.

In 1862, after a year of war, the ardor of first enlistments belonged to the past; volunteering now went on with the horror of war overshadowing all. The Coshocton ranks had been decimated by battle, disease and capture.

Three companies were organized here for the Fightieth Ohio, the courageous regiment commanded by the courageous Major Richard Lanning who fell at Corinth. Dying on the battlefield, in the arms of a friend, his last thoughts, spoken gaspingly as the life stream crimsoned his throat, were of country, wife and children.

The hard-marching Eightieth it was from the beginning. Ripley, Miss., meant a forced march of forty-six miles in dust and heat, a grueling tramp that disabled many. After our stores at Holly Springs were destroyed, the Eightieth, in Quimby's division, guarded a provision train to Memphis, repairing the railroad line as it marched. From the siege of Vicksburg the Eightieth went as far as Helena, under orders to join Steele's forces, then by countermanding order went to Memphis and marched from that point for Chattanooga, a march of four hundred miles.

The Eightieth led the advance of Sherman's whole army toward Raleigh in the campaign of the Carolinas, and one day made a forced march of seventeen miles in four hours to save a bridge over the Neuse for the army to cross. When the bridge was sighted one end was already fired and the retreating enemy still in view, but the flames were checked and Sherman's army moved on undelayed. After the grand review at Washington the Eightieth did garrison duty at Little Rock, Ark.,, till mustered out.

From the siege of Vicksburg Colonel Pren Metham was in command of the Eightieth, an honored officer, and today a highly-respected citizen, the soul of hospitality in his country home near Nellie. His military record is one of rapid promotion. From Captain of Co. F he was promoted to Major in less than a year, then to Lieutenant Colonel a few months afterward, and to Colonel in 1864. His courage was unfaltering through all the fighting of the Eightieth, and his ipa 'ities as commander won the hearts of the men.

T. W. Collier, Second Lieutenant - Appointed Sergeant from Private; wounded in battle of Corinth, Miss., 1862; promoted to Second and First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

Decker, William T. - 1864, injured near Cartersville, Ga., detailed in Signal Corps; took Capt. Duncan, chief of scouts, nine miles down the Savannah River to the bay through the enemy's country.

McCormick, Robert S. - Captured in battle of Mission Ridge; exchanged. Mason, Samuel. Messerley, Gottlieb - Died from wounds received in battle of Mission Ridge; grave at Chattanooga. Miser, John E. - Detailed in Pioneer Corps. Nash, George H. Nash, William - Accidentally killed at Jacinto, Miss., 1862; grave 104, Sec. B, Corinth.

COMPANY G RECRUITS, Sethe O.Ve tr With date of entering service. Lewis Barrick, Corporal - 1864, promoted from Private. Fisher, Adam - 1865. Gosser, John - 1865. Miser, Jacob S. - 1864. Miser, John W. - 1864. Miser, Simon P. - 1865. Shaw, Isaac - 1864, died at Washington, D. C., 1865; grave in Arlington cemetery. Swigert, John P. - 1864. Henry Harris, colored cook - 1864.

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John Kinney, Captain - Appointed First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain Co. G; transferred to Co. H; killed in battle of Mission Ridge; grave R, Sec. D, Chattanooga.

Albert Spelman, Sergeant - Promoted from Corporal; accidentally killed at Allatoona, Ga., 1864, on railroad while in line of duty; grave 635, Sec. C, Marietta, Ga.

Lockhart, Thomas. McClure, John A. - Promoted to Principal Musician. McKee, William - Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Madden, William - Wounded in battle of Mission Ridge. Magness, Heslip W. - Died in hospital near Vicksburg, 1863. Marks, James L. - Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Masten, James E. - Wounded in siege of Vicksburg. Mills, John - Killed in battle of Jackson, Miss., 1863; grave at Vicksburg. Mulford, Daniel. Mulford, Samuel - Died in Corinth hospital, 1862. Murrell, John.T. Oakleaf, Jacob Ogle, Jacob. Ogle, John J. Poland, Bruce. Ricketts, Abner C.

Steele, Abraham - Captured in battle of Corinth; exchanged; captured in battle of Mission Ridge; died in Andersonville Rebel Prison; grave 481.

More volunteers from Coshocton County formed companies in the Ninety-seventh Ohio, whose bravery won the hearts of the people. Women of Coshocton sent them a flag in 63 with the message, "Be assured that from the trenches of Covington Heights to the mountain passes of the Cumberland, our hearts have followed you." Nor did those at home forget the sufferings of the boys in the terrible march to Perryville, how without tents or knapsacks they met uncomplainingly the winter cold, and how at Stone River they helped win that day of immortal glory.

The Ninety-seventh was in the brigade that drove John Morgan's guerrillas over the Cumberland Mountains. It was in Sheridan's division in the grand assault on the entrenched enemy at Missionary Ridge; gallantly clearing the rifle pits at the foot of the hill; rushing up the crest through musketry fire; clambering higher and higher while the enemy's battery swung from a front to a flanking fire; storming on, breathless and with comrades falling on all sides under the raking of grape, canister and musketry; but never faltering in the onward sweep to the summit, to the driven, demoralized flying enemy, to glorious victory!

Milton H. Lakin, Second Lieutenant - Promoted from First Sergeant; captured in battle of Franklin, Tenn., 1864; exchanged; promoted to First Lieutenant.

Jesse S. Lake, Sergeant - Appointed from Corporal; died from wounds received in action at Kenesaw Mountain, 1864; grave 440, Sec. G, Nashville.

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John F. Hummer, Corporal - Promoted from Private; wounded in action at Kenesaw Mountain; transferred to Co. F. 15th Regt., Veteran Reserve Corps.

Privates Balo, Abram - Wounded in battle of Rocky Face Ridge, and died therefrom at Tunnel Hill, Ga., 1864; grave at Chattanooga, Tenn. Balo, David.

Albert P. Taylor, Sergeant - Appointed from Corporal; died from wounds received in action at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 1864; grave 178, Sec. H, Marietta, Ga.

Joseph J. Emerson, Sergeant - Appointed Color Guard; promoted from Corporal; captured in battle of Franklin, Tenn.; exchanged; was on board steamer Sultana which was blown up, 1865, on the Mississippi near Memphis.

Throughout the early period of enlistment from this county none passed through a more trying ordeal between duty to country and devotion to family than Captain B. F. Sells. At length no further remonstrance came. She whose frail health had held him back was resigned to the inevitable, the natural course of her whose ancestry was liberty-loving American stock that signed the Declaration of Independence. Today the widow of this soldier of the Mexican and Civil war bears her part with the silent fortitude of the invalid life

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Captain Sells was only a few days among the hills and in by-ways, enrolling his company, "the premier of the One Hundred and Twentysecond Ohio, stalwart young men off farms, well reared and educated," the Captain described with the pride which he always had in Co. D, a pride akin to his whole-souled affection for Colonel W. H. Ball.

The One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio, which included two Coshocton companies, was praised for bravery on the battlefield. At the wavering battle of Winchester, when part of the regiment escaped capture by retreat to Harper's Ferry, the larger number reached Bloody Run, where Captain Sells, senior officer, assumed command as Brevet Colonel. The detachment, then in General Kelly's department, headquarters at Cumberland, Md., was ordered to join the One Hundred and Twenty-second in the Third Division, Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1863. From winter quarters near Brandy Station the One Hundred and Twenty-second moved with the corps across the Rappahannock and the Rapidan. Near Mine Run, recorded Captain Sells, "for two days the Southern army and the Union army were drawn up in line of battle in sight of each other, but for some unaccountable reason of which I never was apprised our army retreated under cover of darkness. The following day our Division met a part of General Lee's army in the battle of Locust Grove. Many were killed and wounded on both sides in this engagement which only ended when darkness covered the bloody field along Mine Run. In 1864 the One Hundred and Twenty-second was almost daily under * fire while advancing with Grant and taking part in the battles of the Wilderness, Tolopotomy, in the trenches before Petersburg, and pursuing Early in the Shenandoah Valley.

Christian A. Shroyer, First Sergeant - Promoted from Private and Corporal; captured in battle of Winchester, Va.; prisoner in Libby and Belle Isle; wounded in battle of the Wilderness and Opequan Creek.

John H. Ravir, Sergeant - Promoted from Corporal; captured in battle of Winchester ; mortally wounded in battle of Cedar Creek, Va., 1864; grave at Winchester, Va.

Martin, Alexander - Died at Annapolis, Md., 1863. Miller, James - Transferred to 124th Co., 2d Battalion, V. R. C. Moore, John - Transferred to Co. C, 12th Regiment, V. R. C. Morton, Frank - From Co. I. Mullen, Thomas. Murphy, Patrick. Murray, Adam. Myers, John. Nelson, John T. * Creek, Va. 1864; grave at Arlington, Va.

Boyd, George - Captured in battle of Winchester ; wounded in battle of Opequan, Va., 1864; transferred to Co. F, 1oth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.

A part of the Sixty-ninth Battalion, Ohio National Guard, formed two companies from Coshocton County in the 142d Ohio Regiment. From the national capital the 142d marched to Fort Lyon, thence moved by steamer to White House Landing, where it was sent to guard a supply train through the Wilderness to Grant's front near Cold Harbor. The sixteen-mile march was made in the day. General Meade ordered the regiment to report to General B. F. Butler at Bermuda Hundred but without landing there it was assigned to Point of Rocks, below Petersburg. Guard, picket and fatigue duty before Petersburg and along the James filled the remaining days of the regiment's service. A fort at Turkey Bend, on the James, was built within shell range of the enemy. At one time while destroying a line of earthworks near Petersburg our boys were attacked but held their ground steadily under fire, and with help of reinforcements drove the enemy.

Of the Sixty-ninth Battalion, Ohio National Guard, there were three companies from Coshocton County that became part of the 143d Ohio Regiment. At Washington the regiment was assigned to General Haskin's Division of the Twenty-second Army Corps, and placed on duty in Forts Slemmer, Slocum, Stevens and Totten, north of the Potomac and defending the national capital. June 8th the 143d moved to Bermuda Hundred, was assigned to the Tenth Army Corps, and placed in the entrenchments at City Point, around Richmond and Petersburg. The regiment completed its service at Fort

Stewart, William - Died at Wil- Waters, Richard. son's Landing, Va., 1864; Whittemore, John. grave 115, Sec. C, Glendale, Williamson, John A. Va: Williamson, Ebenezer.

In Sherman's march to the sea the cavalry included the Ninth Ohio of which Company M from Coshocton County was accorded special praise. Our mounted troops saw service in Kentucky and Tennessee during 1863, and the following year in Alabama until attached to General Sherman's army in Georgia. The Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry also took part in the campaign of the Carolinas, 1865. When these troops rode through Nashville the Times of that city described them'as making an admirable showing. The musicians were mounted on cream-colored horses, the first company on black horses, the second on white horses, and the third on bays.

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- Promoted to Lieutenant. Robert E. Tavener, Corporal. Sylvester A. Ellis, Quartermaster. Alexander Carnahan, Corporal. Thomas Carnahan, Commissary. J. A. Williamson, Corporal. James M. Humphrey, Sergeant. Thomas Richards, Corporal.

Davis, David (Conesville), Co. D, 76th O. V. L, in a charge to retake battery before Atlanta, 1864, surprised and captured alone six rebels in charge of three Union prisoners, and took them all to headquarters.

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Parkhurst, Elisha P., Co. H, 7th Ill. V. C., promoted Corporal for carrying his wounded Captain off Corinth battlefield under fire; detailed under "Chickasaw, the Scout;' captured at Clifton, Tenn.; jumped from moving train and escaped; wounded at Eastport, Miss.

William Webb, a Confederate soldier, of the 61st Tennessee, who died on the train near Coshocton while being transported as a prisoner of war, is interred in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Resistance to the draft in 1863 by a few in Crawford Township caused much local excitement. Men who hid in a barn were discovered, and in the firing that ensued three were shot. Draft rioting in Holmes County started an armed force from here on the march to Napoleon, where effective service was given.