Defiance County, Ohio - Town Site Vagaeies-Joelnny Appleseed-Pioneee Home-Pioneer Wedding-Nayi, 1883 (part 2 of 2)

How The Flag Of The Eobty-Eighth Was Saved

When the Forty-eighth Regiment, to which Company F belonged, was overpowered and captured at the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864, the color-bearer, Isaac Scott, in the midst of the excitement threw down the regimental flag, but an old man sprang forward and tore the old flag from its staff and slipped it into his haversack. He was left sick on his way to prison, and did not arrive for some time after; but through all his sickness he clung to the flag, and upon arriving at Camp Ford, Tex., to which place the regiment had preceded him, delivered it to the ofiicers of the regiment for safe keeping, and it was sewed up in Capt. Gunsaullus' blouse (he then being Captain of Company F), inside of the lining, where he wore it in safety up to the time of their being exchanged, at the mouth of Red River, on the Mississippi, October 23, 1864, after an imprisonment of six months and fifteen days. Passing down the Mississippi a short distance, they left the rebel craft and were turned over to Col. Dwight, Commissioner of Exchange. He ordered them on board the St. Mary's, where a band of music from New Orleans, and a number of ladies - wives of Union officers - were awaiting their arrival. Upon boarding the vessel, they proceeded immediately to the upper deck. The old flag was then torn from its place of concealment (Capt. G.'s blouse), and hastily tied ta a staflf prepared for the occasion. At this signal, the band struck up the " Star Spangled Banner," and the old flag of the Forty-eighth was unfurled to the breeze, with waving of handkerchiefs, and amid the wild shouts and deafening cheers of the released prisoners.

The rebel Assistant Agent of Exchange, Capt. Birchett (who accompanied the prisoners), on his return to Camp Ford related to the remaining prisoners how the flag of the Forty-eighth Ohio, in his presence, was torn from the coat of one of the officers, after they were exchanged at the mouth of Red River. He said it was one of the most exciting scenes he ever witnessed, and that the regiment deserved a great deal of credit for preserving their colors during their imprisonment.

Sixty-Eighth Ohio Infantry

This regiment commenced to rendezvous at Camp Latta, Napoleon, Henry County, on the 21st of November, 1861. Defiance, Paulding, Williams and Fulton Couaties each furnished one company, and Henry County furnished the majority of the men in the other companies. The regiment was quartered iu Sibley tents and furnished with stoves, and the men were rendered very comfortable. Rations were abundant, and of an excellent quality; and supplies of poultry, vegetables, fruit and cakes from home were received frequently. All these things made the campaign in the winter of 1861-62, in Henry County, the most pleasant campaign through which the regi- ment ever passed. On the 2lBt of January, 1862, the regiment moved to Camp Chase, vfhere it remained until the 7th of February, when it removed to Fort Donelson, Tenn., arriving .on the 14th. The regiment was assigned to Gen. Charles F. Smith's division, and was constantly engaged in skirmishing on the left of the lines during both days' operations. After the surrender, the regiment encamped near Dover until the 15th of March, when it moved to Metal Landing, on the Tennessee, and from there by boat to Pittsburg Landing. The health of the regiment, until this time, had been remarkably good; but now bad weather, bad water and bad rations reduced the regiment's strength from 1,000 to less than two hundred and fifty men. The regiment was assigned to Gen. Lew Wallace's division, and during the battle of Pittsburg Landing, was engaged in guarding ordnance and supply trains. Lieut. Col. Scott and Capt. Richards, finding that the regiment was not likely to be engaged, went as volunteer aids to Gen. Thayer, and in his ofiScial report were mentioned for gallant and efficient service. During the operations around Corinth, the regiment was constantly engaged in building roads, bridges and intrenchmente. After the evacuation, the Sixty-eighth, with the Twentythird Indiana, was stationed at Bolivar, where they re-built the bridge across the Hatchie, and formed the guard along the railroad for a number of miles. ThB regiment participated in the battles of luka and Metamora, and for gallantry in the latter engagement was complimented in general orders. It closed the campaign of 1862 by forming the advance of an expedition, which attempted to penetrate the interior of Mississippi to Vicksbm-g. The design was frustrated by the surrender of Holly Springs, and the regiment returned to Memphis. Disasters in different portions of the army, and the influence of the traitorous press North tended to depress the spirits of the AVestern army, and some regiments lost heavily by desertion; but, during this time, only one man in the Sixty- eighth was reported as a deserter. During the campaign in Mississippi, the regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, and it continued to serve with the same until the close of the war.

The spring campaign of 1863 found the regiment at Lake Providence, La., where it worked hard on the Lake Providence Canal, and in a fruitless attempt to clear a passage for boats through Bayou Tensas. It was engaged, also, on a similar work at Walnut Bayou, in the vicinity of Eagle Bend. About the 10th of April, 1863, the regiment moved down to , Milliken's Bend, and was for some time engaged in working on the military road toward Richmond, La. While here, Lieut. J. C. Banks, of Company C, and

Private John Snyder, of Company A, Joseph Longbury and William Barnhart, of Company C, volunteered to take one of the transports, a common river steamer, past the Viuksburg batteries. They accomplished their undertaking successfully on the night of the 21st of April. On the 23d of April, the regiment began its march for the rear of Vicksburg. It marched more than seventy miles over low bottom lands, still partly submerged, crossed innumerable bayous on bridges hastily constructed of timber from neighboring houses and cotton gins, and reached the Mississippi at Grand Gulf. The regiment moved down to Brunersburg, where it crossed the river, and by a forced march, was able to participate in the battle of Thompson's Hill, May 1, 1863. The regiment followed closely after the retreating rebels, and was engaged in the battles of Raymond, Jackson, May 14, Champion Hills and Big Black. The regiment sustained considerable loss in all these engagements, and especially at Champion Hills. The regiment engaged in an attack on the rebel works in the rear of Vicksburg on the 18th of May, and it participated in the assault on Fort Hill on the 22d. During the early part of the siege, the regiment was almost constantly in the trenches, and it also furnished large details of sharpshooters; but during the latter part of the siege it was placed in the Army of Observation, near Big Black. It was on the reconnoissance toward Yazoo City, in the latter part of June, and it participated in the engagement at Jackson on the 12th of July. After the battle, it guarded about six hundred prisoners into Vicksburg. The regiment was quartered comfortably in the suburbs of Vicksburg until the middle of August, when it moved on an expedition to Monroe, La., and returned with one-third of its men either in the hospital or on the sick-list. In October, the regiment moved on a reconnoissance with the Seventeenth Corps, and was engaged in a skirmish at Bogue Chitta Creek, and on the 5th of February, 1864, it participated in the fight at Baker's Creek, while moving on the Meridian raid. This expedition prevented the regiment from going North, on veteran furlough, as promptly as it otherwise would have gone. It was one of the first regiments in the Seven - teenth Corps to report three-fourths of its men reenlisted, it having done so on December 15, 1863. Upon its return from the Meridian raid, the men were supplied with clothing, and the regiment embarked for the North, leaving 170 recruits at Vicksburg, who. arrived just as the regiment was moving down to the landing. The regiment arrived at Cairo on the 23d of March and embarked on the cars, moved by way of Indianapolis, Bellefontaine and Columbus to Cleveland, where it arrived on the 26th. Thi-ough Illinois and Indiana the regiment was wel- corned everywhere with banners and flags. It was entertained substantially at the Soldiers' Home in Indianapolis, on the morning of the 24th, and was feasted bountifully by the citizens of Muncie, Ind., on the evening of the same. The regiment was detained ten days at Cleveland, before a Paymaster could be obtained, and soon after payment the regiment started for Toledo, where it arrived at 3 o'clock P. M., on the 6th of April. It was met by a delegation of citizens, headed by the Mayor of the city, with bands of music, and after marching through the principal streets it was escorted to the Island House, where a splendid dinner was in waiting. This was the first welcome the regiment had received since entering the State. Special trains were made up on the different roads, and by night all the men were where they felt sure of a welcome - at home. On the 7th of May, the regiment again took the cars at Cleveland, and proceeded to Cairo by way of Cincinnati. At Cairo it was joined by the recruits left at Vicksburg, and these, with those obtained during the furlough, numbered over three hundred. Here, too, the regiment turned over its old arms, and drew new Springfield muskets. On the. 12th of May, the regiment, with more than seven hundred men for duty, embarked for Clifton, Tenn., and thence it marched, by way of Huntsville, Decatur and Eome, to Acworth, Ga., where it joined the main army under Sherman on the 10th of June. During the remainder of the Atlanta campaign the Sixty-eighth was under fire almost constantly. It was on the advance line for sixty-five days and nights, and it was engaged at Kenesaw, Nicojack, Atlanta, July 22 and 28. Jonesboro and Lovejoy. On the 22d of July, the regiment was engaged very heavily. It had been selected to go to the rear, and to picket the roads in the vicinity of army and corps headquarters; but upon reaching its position, it discovered in its front, instead of cavalry, a corps of rebel infantry, while at the same time another line of rebel troops was forming across the road in its rear. Thus, the Sixty-eighth was sandwiched between the enemy's advance and rear lines. The rebels were totally unaware of the position of this little Buckeye band. The commands of the rebel officers could be heard distinctly, and prisoners were captured almost from the rebel line of file-closers. As the rebel line moved forward, the Sixty-eighth advanced, cheering, on the double quick, and dropping behind a fence poured a volley into the' rebels, who were in the open field. The batteries of Fuller's brigade, Sixteenth Corps, responded to the alarm thus given, and the fight opened in earnest. The Sixteenth Corps engaged the enemy so promptly that the regiment was enabled, by a rapid movement by the flank and a wide detour, to pass around the enemy's right and re-join its brigade, which it found warmly engaged. The attack came from front and rear, and the men fought first on one side of the works and then on the other. At one time, a portion of the brigade was on one side of the, works, firing heavily in one direction, while a little way lower down the line, the remainder of the brigade was on the other side of the works, firing heavily in the other direction. The left of the brigade swung back to the crest of a small hill, the right still resting on the old works, and a few rails were thrown together, forming; a barricade, perhaps a foot high, when the last charge of the day was made by two rebel divisions. On they came, in splendid style, not firing a shot, arms at "right shoulder shift," officers in front, lines well dressed, following each other in quick succession. The brigade held firm until the first line had crossed a ravine in its front, and the second line of reserves could be seen coming down the opposite slope. Then came a terrific crash of musketry, and then volley after volley. The rebels fell back, leaving the ground thickly strewn with the dead and dying. After the engagement at Lovejoy, the regiment was stationed on the Rough and Ready Road, near East Point, for two weeks, when it moved in pursuit of Hood, The regiment advanced as far as Gaylesville, Ala., and here quite a number of men were mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service. The regiment commenced its return march about the 1st of November, and moved by way of Cave Springs and Lost Mountain to Smyrna Camp Meeting Ground, where the men were supplied with clothing, and everything was thoroughly overhauled. The railroad was destroyed, and on the 14th the regiment moved to Atlanta, and at daylight on the 15th commenced the march to the sea. With the exception of an engagement with the Georgia militia at the crossing of the Oconee, and the destruction of the railroad buildings at Millen, the regiment experienced no variation from the easy marches and pleasant bivouacs which all enjoyed. On the 10th of December, the regiment reached the works around Savannah. On the 1 2th, the Seventeenth Corps moved well arovind to the right of the main road running from the city to King's Bridge. Here the regiment assisted in throwing up a heavy line of works, and furnished two companies daily, as sharpshooters. During the operations around Savannah, the regiment subsisted almost entirely upon rice, which was found in large quantities near the camp, and which the men hulled and ground in rude hand-mills. Upon the occupation of the city, the regiment was ordered on guard duty in the town, and was quartered comfortably in Warren and Oglethorpe Parks. Here, too, the regiment lost some valuable men, who were mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service. A large number of commissions were received, and the regiment was supplied with a fine corps of young and enthusiastic officers. On the 5th of January, 1865, the regiment embarked at Thunderbolt Bay for Beaufort, and from there it formed the advance of the corps for most of the way to Poootaligo. Here some heavy works were thrown up, and after resting about two weeks the troop moved on the campaign of the Oarolinas. The regiment marched by way of Orangeburg, Columbia, Wiimsboro and Cheraw, destroying property, both public and private; but upon entering the State of North Carolina, this destruction of property was forbidden by orders from supexior head quarters. The march was continued through Fayetteville to Goldsboro, where the regiment arrived ragged, barefoot ed and bareheaded, and blackened and begrimed with the smoke of pine-knots. On the morning after its arrival, the Adjutant's report showed forty-two men barefooted, thirty-six bare headed, and 260 wearing some article of citizen's clothing. The regiment rested ten days, and then moved out to Raleigh. After the surrender of Johnston, the regiment marched, by way of Dinwiddie Court House, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Alexandria, to Washington City, where it participated in the grand review on the 24th of May. After the review, the Sixty-eighth camped at Tenallytovra for a week, when it was ordered to Louis ville Ky. It went into camp about two miles from the city, and a regular system of drill and discipline was maintained until the 10th of July, when the musterout rolls were signed, and the regiment was ordered to report to Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, for payment and discharge. Upon arriving at (Cleveland, the Sixty-eighth was met at the depot by a delegation of citizens, and was escorted to Monument Square, where a splendid breakfast was served. After this the regiment marched to camp, where it remained until the 18th of July, 1865, when it was paid and discharged.

During its terms of service, the regiment was on the "sacred soil" of every rebel State except Florida and Texas. It marched over seven thousand miles, and traveled by railroad and steamboat over six thousand miles. Between nineteen hundred and two thousand men belonged to the regiment, and of these, ninety per centum were native Americans, the others being Germans, Irish, or English, the Germans predominating. Col. R. K. Scott commanded the regiment in all its engagements except Metamora, when Lieut. Col. J. S. Snook commanded until after the Vicksburg campaign, when the command devolved upon Lieut. Col. George E. Wells, and he continued to hold the command in all the subsequent engagements, skirmishes and marches until the close of the war. The regiment was presented with a beautiful banner, by the citizens of Henry County, just before its muster-out, it having been impracticable to send the flag to the regiment at Atlanta, as was intended. The flag was returned by Col. Wells, on behalf of the regiment, to the citizens of Henry County, and is now in the possession of Mr. Joseph Stout, of Napoleon, one of the principal donors, and always a stanch friend to the Sixtyeighth. The regimental colors were turned over to the Adjutant General of the State, and were deposited in the archives. Upon these flags, by authority from corps and department headquarters, were inscribed the names of the following battles: Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, siege of Corinth, luka, Metamora, Thompson's Hills, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Big Black, Vicksburg, May 22 and siege Jackson, July 12, Monroe raid, Bogue Chitta, Meridian raid, Kenesaw, June 27 and siege, Nicojack, Atlanta; July 21, 22 and 28 and siege, Jonesboro, Lovejoy. Oconee, Savannah, Pocotaligo, Salkehatchie, Orangeburg, Coluuubia, Cheraw, Bentonville and Raleigh.

One-Hundredth Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Toledo during the months of July and August, 1862, and was mustered into the service on the 1st of September following. On the 8th of September, the regiment moved to Cincinnati, for the defense of that city. On the 9th, it went into position on Covington Heights, a few rods in front and to the left of Fort Mitchel. The regiment marched for Lexington, Ky. , on the 8th of October, and remained there, undergoing a thorough course of instruction, until about the 1st of December, when it moved to Richmond. It was engaged in work on the fortifications until the 26th of December, when it moved to Danville, and on the 3d of January, 1863, it moved to Frankfort. Toward the last of February, it marched to Lexington, to intercept a rebel raid, and from that point it marched to Crab Orchard, Mount Vernon, Somerset and to various other points, where the presence of the enemy rendered it necessary. On the 1 3th of August, the regiment went into camp at Danville, preparatory to the march of East Tennessee. Upon arriving at Knoxville, a portion of the regiment was sent up to the Virginia State line, to guard the railroad. The detachment, 240 strong, was captured by the enemy on the 4th of September, and was sent to Richmond, Va. The regiment participated in the defense of Knoxville, and was on active duty during its stay in East Tennessee. Early in the spring of 1864, the regiment marched in the Twenty-third Army Corps to join Gen. Sherman, then at Tunnel Hill, Ga. It movbd on the Atlanta campaign, and was present at almost every battle from Rocky Face Ridge to Atlanta. On the 6th of August, it was engaged in an assault on the rebel works in front of Atlanta, with a loss of 108 men out of 300. Thirty-six men were killed on the field, and eight more died from wounds within the next thirty days. The Colonel was disabled for life. After the evacuation of Atlanta, it joined in the pursuit of Hood, and participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It moved with the Twenty-third Corps to Washington, N. C, and was there actively engaged. It marched into the interior, and moved from Goldsboro to Raleigh with Sherman's army. It next moved to Greensboro, and from there to Cleveland, Ohio, where it was mustered out of the service on the 1st of July, 1865, having served two years and ten months from muster-in to musler-out. The One Hundredth lost, during its term of service, 65 men killed in action, 142 wounded, 27 died of wounds, 108 died of disease, 325 captured by the enemy and 85 died in rebel prisons. It participated in the battles of Lenoir Station, Knoxville, Rooky Face Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Etowah Creek, Atlanta, Columbus, Franklin, Nashville, Town Creek and Wilmington.

This regiment was composed almost wholly of Germans. It was re-organized August 25, 1862, at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland. It lay in camp at this place drilling and preparing for the field, until the latter part of September, when it moved under orders to 'Covington, Ky., opposite Cincinnati. This move was made with reference to an anticipated attack on Cincinnati by a rebel force under Gen. Kirby Smith, then operating within a few miles of Covington. The regiment lay at Covington about one week, when it returned to Delaware, Ohio, but H was shortly thereafter taken by rail to Washington, where it was engaged for nearly a month constructing breastworks and fortificatioDS around and in the vicinity of the city. In the early part of November, the regiment marched to Fairfax C. H. , Va. , where it remained two weeks. Stafford C. H. was its next stopping place. At this point it was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Eleventh Aimy Corps, Maj. Gen. Sigel commanding. Remaining at Stafford C. H. only two weeks, it marched on a flanking expedition to the left and rear of Fredericksburg, with the purpose of cooperating with Gen. Burnside's army in a second attack. This plan was frustrated by the wretched condition cf the roads, and the whole army fell back to and around Brook's Station, where it went into winter quarters. On April 29, 1863, the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio, with its brigade and division, moved across the Rappahannock to Chancellorsville; here, on the 2d and 3d of May, it took part in the battle of that name. The regiment was upder the command of Col. Meyer, and went into the engagement with the Eleventh Army Corps, under Gen. Howard. The Eleventh Corps was completely flanked by Stonewall Jackson, and its lines were broken. In this disastrous affair the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio suffered terribly, losing 220 officers and men killed, wounded and prisoners. The surgeon of the regiment, Dr. Hartman, of Cleveland, Ohio, and several other officers, were killed. On May 6, the regiment returned to its former camp at Brook's Station, where it remained until June 12. It then marched to Callett's Station, Manassas Junction and Centerville, on its way to Gettysburg, Penn., the rebel army under Gen. Lee having invaded that State. Passing through Frederick City and Emmettsburg, it reached Gettysbm-g on the morning of the 1st of July. It was at once engaged with the enemy, taking position on the right wing. In the first day's fight, the regiment and the Eleventh Corps were compelled to fall back through the town of Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill, when a new line was formed and held during the remainder of the battle. In falling back to this place, the regiment lost in killed, wounded and prisoners 250 officers and men. In the second day's fight, in a charge made about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it again lost heavily in killed and wounded. In this affair the regiment captm'ed a rebel flag from the Eighth Louisiana Tigers. Aside from light skirmishing, it was not engaged in the third day' s fight. Its total loss in the battle of Gettysburg - killed, wounded and prisoners, was over fom' hundi-ed, out of about five hundred and fifty, rank and file, with which it entered. A number of officers of the regiment were killed. Lieut. Col. Mueller was wounded in the arm, Capt. Vignos, of Company H, had his right arm shot off; Capt, Steiner, of Company D, was shot through the bowels, from the effects of which he subsequently died; Capt. Speyer, of Company I, was shot throu.gb the right shoulder; Capt. Fischer, of Company F, was shot through the breast and arm; Adjt. Young, who captured the rebel flag, was also severely wounded; Lieut. John Fischer,of Company G, was shot throitgh the thigh. A number of other officers were wounded, whose names cannot now be procured. W^ith 111 guns, all that was left of the regiment, it joined in the pm-suit of the rebel army, following it to Hagerstown, and thence into Virginia, to Catlett's

Station. On August 1 the regiment sailed in transports to Folly Island, S. C, where it performed picket duty until January, 1864. In that month, it was taken in boats to Kiowah Island, and from there waded over to Seabrook Island, and drove the enemy from that point. It returned to Folly Island and remained there until the 7th of February, when it made a similar expedition across Seabrook Island to Joues' Island, This last movement was made to cover the operations of Gen. Gilmore at Olustee, Fla. On February 11, the regiment again returned to Folly Island, and on the 23d of the same month was taken on transports to Jacksonville, Fla. At this place it had a few skirmisties with the enemy, aside from which nothing of moment occurred. In July it was taken to Pernandino, when, after remaining about one month it returned to Jacksonville. On Dfecember 29, the regiment was taken on transports to Devos Neck,'S. _ 0. While here it had several skirmishes with the enemy, and lost five men killed and some fifteen wounded. From this point it marched to Pocotaligo Station, on the Savannah & Charleston Railroad; thence to Gardner' b Corner, where, for some seven days, it did picket duty. It then marched through (with some days detention in building bridges, roads, etc.) to Charleston, S. C. Stopping at Charleston one day it joined an expedition, under command of Gen. Potter, for the purpose of ridding the vicinity of rebel bands of guerrillas. Returning to Charleston, it was placed on a gunboat and taken to Georgetown, S. C. It there did picket duty until the 23d of March, then marched to Sumterville, met the enemy, defeated him, and captured three pieces of artillery, six horses and fifteen prisoners. In this affair the regiment lost four men wounded. Marching to Singleton Plantation, it met and skirmished with the enemy, losing two men wounded. A few days later, near the same place, it captured a train of cars, which was destroyed, with thirteen locomotives and a large amount of provisions and ammunition. On April 16, 1865,news was received of the surrender of Lee's and Johnston's armies; and, amid great rejoicings over the auspicious event, the regiment marched back to Georgetown, S. C. Three weeks thereafter, it was taken by steamer to Charleston, where it did provost duty until July 10, when it was mustered out of the service and sent home to Cleveland, where it was paid off and discharged.

Batis N. Arada, John Aeigle (killed at Gettysburg), Ludwig Bockelmann, August Bockelmann) died May 24, 1863), Jacob Bise (killed at Gettysburg), George Buntz, Adam Bormusch, Christian Behnfeltd (killed at Gettysburg), John Behnfeltd, Henry Bernard, George Choffin (transferred to Company D December 1, 1863), Frederick Debusman (promoted to Fifth Sergeant February 21, 1864), Nicholas Dieterick (wounded at Gettysburg), John Dauwe (discharged March 24, 1864), John Eisler (wounded at Gettysburg), Frederick Fellemann (deserted December 26, 1863), Peter Fisher, John C. Groll, Frederick Grossenbacher, Joseph Gasler (killed at Gettysburg), Phillip Guillaume (transferred , to Invalid Corps July 21, 1863), Oscar Glockler (promoted to Sixth Corporal February 10,1863, taken prisoner atChancellorsville), Moses Hoatz, John Holtermann, Jacob Hayes, George Haae, Joseph Hasenboeler, David Hasenboeler, Ja- cob Heise (transferred to -Invalid Corps), George Himes (discharged April 27, 1863) Andrew Hoplinger (discharged August 19, 1863), Martin Hoplinger, Christopher Hergenroether) discharged November 11, 1862), Gustavus Hartman, Theodore Krause (wounded at Chancellorsville), Christian Kistner, Christopher Kline, John Kamp,William Kundig (deserted February 15, 1804), Basilius Lantz (discharged March 15, 1863), Christian Lindau, Henry Lindebrink,Wiliiani Lindebrink, John Laux, Jacob Menzer, Gotilieb Muntz, George I. Neher (transferred to Invalid Corps July 21, 1863), Frederick Reuter (transferred to Invalid Corps Ju]y 21, 1863), Fridolin Rentz, Joseph Stadelbauer, Edward Stadelbauer (transferred to Invalid Corps November 7, 1863), Henry Shafer (taken prisoner at Gettysburg), Christian Speiser (wounded at Chancellorsville), Joseph Schlosser (promoted to Sixth ^Corporal September 1, 1863), Casper Schlosser (killed at Chancellorsviille), John Schees (promoted to Seventh Corporal September 1, 1863), John Schleeser (transferred to Invalid Corps, July 21, 1863), John Stucke (discharged March 20, 1863), Christian Stucke (discharged March 20, 1863), Flory Slegel (taken prisoner at Gettysburg), Louis Sitterly (taken prisoner at Chancellorsville), Frederick Schweinhagen. Louis Schoneweg (discharged August 18, 1863), John Stephen, John Schorr (discharged), Anselm Snider, Frank Thalmann, John Wolf (deserted October 20, 1862), George Wolf, Frederck Wrede (discharged April 15, 1863), Michael- Welter, Daniel Young (wounded at Gettysburg), George Zuern (captured at Gettysburg, discharged February 28, 1864), Jacob Zuern, Conrad Zwicky (transferred to Invalid Corps July 21, 1863.

One Hundred And Eleventih Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized in the month of August, 1862, and was mustered into the service on the 5th and 6th of September. It was a Northwestern Ohio regiment, having been raised in Sandusky; Lucas. Wood, Fulton, Williams and Defiance Counties. It took the field at Covington, Ky., on the 11th of September, 1862. The regiment remained in front of Covington until the 18th of September, when m company with four regiments and a battery, it made a reconnoissance to Crittenden, Ky. After driving out the cavalry of Kirby Smith from that place, the regiment returned to Covington. It remained at Covington until the 25th, when it took transports for Louisville, where it was assigned to Gen. Buell's army, being in the Thirty-eighth Brigade, Twelfth Division, under command of Gen. Dumont. The regiment, moved on Shelbyville October 3. On the 8th of October, it toot the advance in the movement on Frankfort, where a slight skirmish took place. It moved on Lawrenceburg October 11, and camped at Crab Orchard, where it joined with Gen. Buell's whole army. After Gen. Bragg' s army had escaped through Cumberland Gap, the One Hundred and Eleventh moved by rapid marches to Bowling Green, Ky., where it remained garrisoning forts and guarding the railroad from that place to Nashville. On the 29th of May, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Glasgow, Ky. At this place the One Hundred and Eleventh was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and remained in this brigade, division and corps until mustered out of the service. From Glasgow it took part in the movement on Scottsville and Tompkinsville. About this time John Morgan's cavalry made a raid into Indiana and Ohio. The regiment took part in the pur suit. On the 4th of July, 1863, it marched _from Tompkinsville to Glasgow, a distance of thirty-two miles, in one day, carrying guns, equipments and forty rounds of ammunition. On the 6th of July, the regiment marched to Munfordsville, and lemaining three days, it took the cars for Louisville. Morgan having crossed the Ohio River, the One Hundred and Eleventh was ordered to New Albany, Ind. It then marched to Jeffersonville and took transports for Cincinnati. On an island ten miles above Louisville the regiment was landed, and a detachment of Morgan's command was captured. It arrived at Cincinnati on the 13th. From this city it proceeded to Portsmouth, arriving at that place on the 18th. After the capture of Morgan the regiment returned to Kentucky. Arriving at Lebanon, Ky, it marched to New Market, where the Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps rendezvoused preparatory to the march to East Tennessee. On the 19th of August, this movement commenced. The command arrived at Jamestown, Tenn,, on the Cumberland Mountains, eighty- five miles distant from Knoxville, on the 26th. From this point the command moved by rapid marches through Yarman's Gap, and arrived on the 30th of August at Montgomery. On the 2d of September, it forded the Big Emery River, and arrived at Loudon, Tenn., on the Tennessee River, on the 4th. The regiment remained at Loudon until November 14, and took part in the movement north of New Market to check the rebel advance from Virginia. It also took part in several forced marches, scouts and skirmishes along the Tennessee and Holston Rivers. The advance of Gen. Longstreet's army appeared in front of Loudon on the 22d of October, and considerable skirmishing was kept up between the two armies. On the 14th of October, the command marched to Lenoir; but meeting re-enforcements here a counter-march was ordered, and the Second Brigade was ordered to march to Huff's Perry, three miles below Loudon, and prevent the crossing of Gen. Longstreet's troops. Owing to the almost impassable condition of the roads, it was nearly dark before arriving at the ferry. On a high bluff, about half a mile from the river, a brigade of rebels was encountered. The Second Brigade was immediately formed in single line and ordered to charge. The charge was successful. In it the One Hundred and Eleventh only lost a few wounded, and it was on the right flank of the brigade and partially under cover of dense woods. The brigade stood to arms all night in the pelting rain, without food or shelter. At daylight the entire division fell back, and the One Hundred and Eleventh covered the retreat. At Loudon Creek, a brisk skirmish took place between the regiment and the Sixth .South 'Carolina Sharp shooters, composing Gen. Longstreet's advance. The stand was made to enable Henshaw's Illinois Battery to get its caissons up a hill above the creek. In this engagement the One Hundred and Eleventh lost four killed and twelve wounded. After this skirmish, the command marched rapidly to Lenoir unmolested. On this night, all camp and garrison equipage and transportation were destroyed, and on the morning of the 16th, at 3 A. M., it moved out for Knoxville, Tenn. At daylight on this morning Lieutenant O. P. Norris and tifty-two men of Company B, of the regiment were captured by the rebels while on picket. Of these fifty-two stalwart men, thirty-six died of starvation and exposure at Andersonville Prison. Campbell's Station was selected by Gen. Burnside as the point to which to give battle to Gen. Longstreet. In this engagement the One Hundred and Eleventh occupied the front line, directly in front of two batteries of rebel artillery, and was for six hours exposed to the shells of the enemy's concenti-ated fire. The loss in killed and wounded was only eight, as the enemy used percussion shells, which mostly fell in the rear of the first line. The regiment marched with the command into Knoxville, a distance of six miles, having been three nights without sleep, 'food or rest, and ha vinoparticipated in three separate engagements. It passed through the siege of Knoxville, occupying the fort on College Hill, and lost six men killed and wounded. After Gen. Longstreet's retreat, it took part in the skirmishes at Blain's Crossing, Danville and Strawberry Plains, and occupied an outpost six miles in front of the city when Gen. Schofield fell back the second time on Knoxville. It protected the crossing of the Second Division at Strawberry Plains on the 21st of January, 1864, losing one man killed. On the 9th of February, Gen. Schofield arrived at Knoxville and took command of the department. On the 24th of February, the Second Division marched to Strawberry Plains; on the 27th crossed the Holston River, and marched some distance; counter-marched at night as far back as Mossy Creek. On the 14th of March, the regiment moved to Morristown, East Tenn. On the following day ait was on the picket line, and had a brisk skirmish with the rebel cavalry. The One Hundred and Eleventh was moved back to Mossy Creek, where it remained until the 26th of April, when it was marched to Charleston, on the Hiawassee River, a distance of 100 miles. This it accomplished in four days, arriving at Charleston on the 30th. From this point it marched to Red Clay. Ga., arriving on the 6th of May. At this place, the Army of the Ohio united with the left wing of Gen. Sherman's army to participate in the Atlanta campaign. It marched to Tunnel Hill on the 7th of May, and on the following day skirmished into a position in front of Buzzard's Roost. On the 9th, in the advance on Rocky Face Mountain, the legiment was assigned the front line of the skirmishers, and during an advance of three-quarters of a mile, lost nine men, killed and wounded. On the 12th of May, the One Hundred and Eleventh marched through Snake Creek Gap, and arrived in front of Resaca on the evening of the 15th. The brigade made a charge on the enemy's works on the following day. Being unsupported by artillery, the charge was unsuccessful and the loss heavy. The One Hundred and Eleventh had but seven companies engaged, three companies being in the rear, guarding transportation. Out of the number engaged, seven men were killed and thirty wounded. The regiment took part in the second day's fight at Resaca, but being in the supporting column, it sustained no loss. After an unsuccessful assault at midnight upon the National lines, the rebels evacuated, On' the 16th of May, the regiment participated in the pursuit; had a skirmish with the rebel cavalry on the 20th, and captured six prisoners. On the 27th, a brigade of rebels made an advance on the National lines. The One Hundred and Eleventh was ordered out on the double-quick, made a charge and broke the rebel lines. In this engagement, the regiment lost fifteen men killed and wounded. It took part in the entire campaign against Atlanta. It was actively engaged in the siege of Kenesaw, the battles of Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain, Dallas, on the Chattahoochie River, near Nicojack Creek, Decatur, Peach Tree Creek, and in the siege of Atlanta and the skir- mishes at Eough-and-Eeady, Lovejoy's Station and Utoy Creek. It started on the Atlanta campaign with 380 men, and of this number, lost, in killed and wounded, 212. On the 8th of September, the regiment went into camp at Decatur, Ga., and remained there until the morning of the 4th of October, when the movement against Gen. Hood's forces commenced. During the stay at Decatur, the regiment made a reconnoissance to Stone Mountain, whore it encountered rebel cavalry and lost a few of its men. The One Hundred and Eleventh marched rapidly to Allatoona Pass, and to within eighteen miles of Chattanooga, where the corps was ordered into Alabama in pursuit of Gen. Hood's army. It marched south as far aa Cedar Bluffs, on the Coosa River, where, in a skirmish with rebel cavalry, one officer and three men of the One Hundred and Eleventh were captured on picket. From this point, the regiment marched to Rome, Ga., where a brisk skirmish took place. From thence it moved to Resaca, where it arrived on the 1st of November, 1864. At Resaca, the regiment took the cars and was moved to Johnson ville, on the Tennessee River, eighty-five miles west of Nashville, to protect that place against a rebel raid. It remained at Johnsonville until the 20th of November, when it was again moved by rail to Columbia, Tenn., to assist in checking Gen. Hood's advance. It participated in the skirmishes at Columbia, and was detailed to remain in the rear to guard the fords of Duck River while Gen. Thomas' army fell back on Franklin. The regiment guarded a wagon train to Franklin, and was twice attacked. Each time it repulsed the enemy. The regiment at night marched by the outposts of Gen. Hood's army in bringing up the rear. It arrived at Franklin on the morning of the 30th of November, and was immediately assigned to the front line of works, on the left flank of the Second, Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, to the right of the Franklin Turnpike. In the fight of that day, the regiment, out of 180 men engaged, lost twenty-two men killed on the fiqld and forty wounded. Many were killed by rebel bayoriets. The contest was so close that once the flag of the regiment was snatched from the hands of the Color Sergeant, but the bold rebel was killed instantly. The troops on the immediate left of the One Hundred and Eleventh fell back during the charge, and the rebels, holding this part of the line for an hour, poiired an enfilading fire along the line of the whole brigade. Owing to the large loss of officers in this and previous engagements, a detail from other regiments was necessary to command the companies. On the morning of the 1st of December, the One Hundred and Eleventh marched back to Nashville, where it was assigned a position in the line of defenses on the left. It -was severely engaged during both days of fighting in front of Nashville. In a charge it captured three rebel battle-flags and a large number of prisoners. The loss was seven killed and fifteen wounded. The regiment took part in the pursuit after Gen. Hood. It was marched to Clifton, Tenn., where, on the 17th of January, 1865, it took transports to make the campaign of North Carolina. It passed through Cincinnati January 23, and arrived at Washington, D. C, on the 31st. From Alexandria the regiment took an ocean steamer for Fort Fisher, where it joined the army under Gen. Ferry, and took an active part in the capture of Fort Anderson, and in the skirmishes at Moseby Hall and Goldsboro. After the surrender of Gen. Johnston, the regiment was moved to Salisbury, N. C, where it remained on garrison duty until ordered home for muster out. It arrived at Cleveland on the 5th of July, 1865, and was mustered out on the 12th. The One Hundred and Eleventh re-enlisted as veterans in February, 1864, in East Tennessee, but, owing to the demand for troops in the field, the veteran furlough could not be granted. Again (in October, 1864), after the Atlanta campaign, more than two-thirds of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, but, after Gen. Hood's campaign to the rear, the order to furlough it was revoked. The One Hundred and Eleventh nambered 1,050 men when it entered the service, and received eighty-five recruits. Of these men, 234 were discharged for disability, disease and wounds; 200 died of disease contracted in the service, 252 were killed in battle or died of wounds, and 401 were mustered out.

Regimental Officers

2, 1863), Phillip Webb (died at Louisville, Ky., November 2, 1862), George W. Whitehead, Charles Wilson, Munson L. Whitney (promoted to Corporal).

Franklin Atkins, Daniel Bear (died from wounds received at Franklin, Tean.), William E. Bassett, Emanuel Byers, Jason R. Burbie, George L. Brown (died at Andersonville August 20, 1864),' Rollin R. Crossland (discharged at Bowling Green, 1863), Robert B. Crossland, David M. Callender, Lyman H. Coe, Chauncey E. Curtis, Charles P. Curtis, William H. Crow, Andrew Crowl, Daniel Dickerhoof (died of wounds June 24, 1864), Ebza E. Evans, David Earlston (died at Bowling Green February 16, 1863), Charles H. Farnsworth (died at Murphreesboro, 1863), George W. Fields (died at Nashville, Tenn., June 24, 1864), Samuel Fritz, Amos Farlow, Phineas A. Gale, "William P. Gilbert (discharged at Bowling Green, 1863), John L. Ginter (discharged at Bowling Green, 1863), Wesley C Harris, Delos Hastings, H. C. Hootman, William Hopkins, John A. Huffman, Henry

This company was raised in Milford, Mark, Former and Hicksville Townships, within the space of four days, and was taken to the field immediately and marched over four hundred miles in the space of thirty six days. The enlistment of Company F dates from August 13, 1862; it was mustered into service September 5, 1862; discharged June 27, 1865, and mustered out July 12, 1865.

The following is an additional list of Defiance County soldiers not included in the companies abjve. Most of these soldiers enlisted in Defiance County, but the list contains a few present residents of the county who entered the service in other localities.