Hamilton County, Ohio - Chapter 11: Military History of Hamilton County, 1881 (part 2 of 3)

Thirty-Fourth Ohio Infantry

This was raised in the summer of 1861, and received at first the name of '"Piatt Zouaves," in compliment to its colonel, Abraham S. Piatt. Its first service was in West Virginia, where it fought a battle ten days after arrival, near Chapmanville, defeating a Virginia regiment. The rest of the autumn and winter it was on guard and scouting duty. In May, 1862, it took part in the battle of Princeton, losing several men. September roth, while holding an outpost at Fayetteville, with the Thirty-seventh Ohio, it was.attacked by a large rebel force, and beat them off, but with heavy loss. It was then on garrison duty until May, 1863, when it was furnished with horses and became a regiment of 'mounted rifles." It was in the cavalry expedition against Wytheville, in which it bore a distinguished part. Two-thirds of the regiment "veteraned," in January, 1864, and took full part in the movements of that year in the valley of the Shenandoah and elsewhere in Virglnia. It was in Sheridan's famous battle of Winchester; and was captured at Beverly by General Rosser, January 11, 1865, a few weeks after which the remnant of the old Thirty-fourth was consolidated with the Thirty-sixth Ohio at Cumberland, Maryland, taking the name of the latter, and losing its identity thenceforth.

Thirty-Sixth Ohio Infantry

This command dates from August, 1861. Its first colonel was Captain (afterward General) George Crook, of the regular army. Before he took command, six companies made a vigorous scout after guerillas in West Virginia. During the winter, at Summerville, the regiment suffered greatly from sickness, having nearly fifty deaths by disease. May 23, 1862, it aided effectively in repelling an attack upon Lewisburgh. In August, it was sent to join the army of the Potomac; was in the second battle of Bull Run, and the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. After the latter it was commanded, until his resignation in April, 1863, by Colonel E. B. Andrews, a prominent professor in Marietta college. In January, 1863, it joined the army of the Cumberland at Nashville, and participated in the battles at and preceding Chickamauga, where it lost very heavily. It also won the right to inscribe "' Mission Ridge" upon its banners. Returning to Virginia it participated in a number of minor actions, was in the severe engagement at Bartyville, September, 3d, in other actions on the 19th and 22d, and in the battle of Winchester, October 19th. After the merging of the Thirty-fourth in it, the consolidated regiment served without much fighting in northern Virginia until July 22, 1865, when it was mustered out of service and returned to Ohio.

Thirty-Ninth Ohio Infantry

The Thirty-ninth rendezvoused at Camp Colerain in July, 1861. Seven companies were here mustered into the service, July 31st; three days after, the regiment marched to Camp Dennison, where the remainder were mustered in. It was the first Ohio regiment to join General Fremont's forces in Missouri, where it went on guard-duty in early September, along the North Missouri railroad. Five companies marched with General Sturge's to the relief of Lexington, but did not reach it in time, though moving rapidly and suffering severely. November 9g, it joined the army of General Hunter at Springfield, marched with it to Sedalia and Syracuse, wheye it remained through December and January. The next month, a long and peculiarly severe march was made to St. Louis, whence the regiment was taken to Commerce, to join the army of General Pope. It took part in the operations by which Néw Madrid and Island Number 10 were captured, and in April joined General Halleck's army at Hamburgh Landing, on the Tennessee river. It was engaged in many skirmishes, losing considerably, until the evacuation of Corinth, which it was one of the first regiments to enter. A few weeks were then spent in guarding railroads. It took part in the battle of Iuka and in the pursuit of the enemy, returning to Corinth in time to engage in the battle of October 3 and 4. In early November, it joined the army under Genera! Grant, at Grand Junction, Tennessee, and was much engaged in skirmishes and reconnoissances. De. cember 18th, it moved by rail to Jackson, Tennessee, to check Forrest's movements in the rear of Grant. On the thirty-first, Forrest was met and defeated at Parker's cross roads, when the regiment moved back by very severe marching to Corinth. It remained there till April, 1863, when it joined General Dodge's expedition to the Tuscumbia valley. In May it removed to Memphis, and in October to Prospect, Tennessee, where, December 27th, five hundred and thirty-four of its men were remustered as veterans, receiving the usual furlough for thirty days. Again assembling at Camp Dennison, it received a reinforcement of one hundred and twelve re- cruits. Its subsequent service was with the Fourth division of the Sixteenth corps, under General Dodge, in northern Alabama and the campaigns through Georgia and the Carolinas.

It was in the actions at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Nicojack Creek, and Atlanta, and the pursuit of Hood as far as Galesville, Alabama, whence it returned to Marietta, where, in November, it was paid for the first time in nine months and thoroughly re-equipped. It did effective work destroying railroads during the march to the sea. At Pocotaligo, South Carolina, it received two hnndred and four recruits. During the march of Sherman's army northward, it was engaged at Rivers' bridge, on the Salkehatchie, at Cheraw, and at Bentonville. The march to Washington city and the grand review were passed without special incident. The regiment was mustered out of service at Louisville, July 9, 1865. Its record is considered highly honorable, in that it gave to the veteran organization more men than any other regiment from Ohio, and never once turned its back upon the enemy. Its chaplain, the first year of its service, was the famous Sunday-school missionary, Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, who did much to give the regiment character for religion and temperance. Bible readings and prayer regularly characterized the dress parade; and a "Christian Brotherhood" and temperance society were maintained by the regiment, including, it is said, almost every member of company K.

Forty-Seventh Ohio Infantry

The formation of the companies of this regiment was begun very early; but the old rule of the regular army, that a full company must be raised before the men can be mustered, hindered its organization. Hon. Charles F. Wilstach, since mayor of Cincinnati, lent his energies to its formation, and it was known from him as the "Wilstach regiment." July 29th, companies A and B were mustered in, and the remainder, of the regiment, August 13th. It was a cosmopolitan command, thirteen nationalities being represented in it, though six companies were composed mostly of Americans, and the remaining four of Germans. Frederich Poschner, jr., an its colonel. It joined the little army of Rosecrans in West Virginia in August, and made an exhausting march of eighteen miles the first afternoon. At Bulltown the Forty-seventh was brigaded with the Ninth and Twentyeighth Ohio, in Colonel R. L. McCook's " Bully Dutch brigade." All the regiment, except company B (left in garrison at Sutton), took part in the battle of Carnifex Ferry. An extremely exposed and inclement encampment on Big Lewell mountain followed, but it was by and by in better quarters at New Market, where it sustained a severe bombardment, during four days, from Floyd's rebel batteries. The Forty-seventh was here almost continually engaged in skirmishing with the rebels. After Floyd's retreat it went into winter quarters on Gauley mountain. September 19th, three companies, in command of Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, moved to Cross Lanes and spent some months in breaking. up guerilla bands. December sth, the regiment was reunited at Gauley mountain, and passed the remainder of the winter building fortifications, except in January, when it took part in a successful expedition against the enemy at Little Lewell mountain. In May four companies, with some cavalry, made another very fortunate raid at Lewisburgh. At Meadow Bluffs the Twenty-seventh with the Twenty-sixth and Forty-fourth Ohio, formed the third provisional brigade of the Kenawha division. June 23d it forced General Loring from Monroe county, Virginia, to retire to Salt Pond mountain, and captured large amounts of stores. This march of ninety miles in the heat of summer, occupied but three days, and was very hard on the force, many of which were prostrated with till the retreat to Gauley bridge in September, when the regiment was largely instrumental in saving the Federal forces from capture. December 3oth it was embarked for Memphis. . Here it was placed in the Third brigade, Second division, Thirteenth corps, and joined the expedition against Vicksburgh. May roth and 22d it was in the impetuous assault on Cemetery Hill and lost heavily. During most of the siege its camp was only three hundred yards from the main line of the enemy, and the pickets were so close they could almost bayonet each other. After the city was taken the regiment aided in the pursuit of Johnson's force, in the capture of Jackson, and in the destruction of the fortifications and railways about that city. It returned with its corps to Memphis the latter part of September, and was started for Corinth October 9th, as train guard. Shortly thereafter it moved near Chattanooga, and was engaged upon the extreme left in the battle of Chickamauga. Jt then marched to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, scantily clothed and fed, many marching shoeless over the frozen ground and leaving their blood in their tracks. January 30, 1864, it was sent in an expedition against Rome, Georgia, and had a spirited skirmish. At Larkin's Landing, the next month, three-fourths of the men re-enlisted, and it thus became a veteran regiment, was mustered as such March 6th, and took its thirty days' furlough, arriving at Cincinnati on the 22d. this time at Stevenson, Alabama, from which it moved in a few days to the Atlanta campaign. In this it participated in the affairs at Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Kingston, Dallas, New Hope Church,: Big' Shanty, Kenesaw, and Ezra Church. It was in the pursuit of Hood td the rear of Atlanta, upon which it was joined by four hundred conscripts and substitutes; was in the famous march to the sea, and at the capture of Fort McAlister, in which its colors were the first to be planted on the works; took the Carolinas, and the great review at Washington. It was then ordered to Arkansas, and served till August 11th, when it was mustered out, but not paid off and discharged until August 24, 1866, when it had served four years, two months, and nine days, and campaigned through all the Star States except Missouri, Florida and Texas.

Forty-Eighth Ohio Infantry

Organized at Camp: Dennison, February 17, 1862, the Forty-eighth was soon dispatched to General W. T. Sherman's command at Paducah, whence it was taken up the Tennessee river to Pittsburgh Landing. It was commanded by Colonol W.-H. Gibson, now adjutant general of the State. April 6th it was heavily engaged all day, and it is believed that a shot from its lines caused the death of General Albert Sydney Johnston, commander of the rebel army in this battle. On the second day it was also in action, and suffered severely, losing about one-third of its men in the two-days' fight. Its subsequent battles were at Corinth, Vicksburgh, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Hills and Champion Hills, Vicksburgh again in two assaults under Grant, Jackson, the Bayou Teche, and Sabine Cross Roads. In the last action, the remnant of the Forty-eighth was captured, and not until October, 1864, after which it took part in the capture of Mobile. A majority of the old regiment had re-enlisted as veterans, but only one hundred and sixty-five men remained in it at the close of the war. They were ordered on duty in Texas, and not mustered out of service until May, 1866.

Fiftieth Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, and mustered into service August 27, 1862. It numbered an aggregate of nine hundred and sixty-four men, gathered from the State at large.

The Fiftieth was assigned to the Thirty-fourth brigade, Tenth division, McCook's corps. On the first of October it moved out of Louisville, and on the eighth went into the battle of Perryville. In this engagement, a loss was sustained of two officers killed and one mortally wounded, and oné hundred and sixty-two men killed and wounded. :

During the army's advance on Nashville, the regiment was at Lebanon, then the base of supplies. We afterward hear of it in pursuit of John Morgan, and still further in the building of Forts Boyle, Sands, and McAllister. On Christmas day, 1863, it was ordered to Knoxville, Ten. nessee. The route lay eastward to Somerset, Kentucky, and thence southward, crossing the Cumberland river at Point Isabelle.

On the first day of the year, 1864, movement began across thé mountains. In the severest winter weather, the men dragged the artillery and wagons over the mountains by hand, slept on the frozen ground, in rain and snow, without shelter, and subsisted on parched corn. Soon after arriving at Knoxville, it received orders to join General Sherman's army at Kingston, Georgia.

#rom the twenty-sixth of May till after the siege- of Atlanta, the regiment was almost constantly in line of battle. It shared in all the movements of the campaign, and participated in the actions at Pumkinvine Creek, Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Pine Moun: tain, Kenesaw Mountain, Culp's Farm, Nicojack Creek, Chattahoochie River, Howard House, Atlanta, and Jonesborough. During this campaign, the ranks of the regiment were sadly thinned.

Following the battle of Jonesborough, in pursuit of Hood's army, the regiment passed through Marietta, Kingston, Rome, and at last halted for a few days on the Coosa river, at Cedar Bluffs.

On the thirtieth of November it arrived at Franklin, Tennessee. It went into the battle that followed with two hundred and twenty-five men, and came out with one hundred and twelve. It fell back with the army to Nashville, and in the engagements that occurred there on the fifteenth and sixteenth of December, lost several more of its men.

The regiment followed the retreating rebels as far as Columbia, Tennessee, where it was consolidated with the Ninety-ninth infantry, the name of the "Fiftieth" being retained.

We now hear of the newly consolidated regiment in Clifton, Tennessee, at Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Kingston, Goldsborough, Raleigh, Greensborough, and at last in Salisbury, North Carolina, where it was mustered out on the twenty-sixth of June, 1865. On the seventeenth of July, the regiment reached Canip Dennison, Ohio, where, the men Were all paid and discharged.

Fifty-Second Ohio Infantry

This was raised with some difficulty in the spring and summer of 1862. A banner was presented to it by citizens of Cincinnati. It moved to Lexington August 25th, and was in the retreat to Louisville after the disastrous battle near Richmond, Kentucky. During the retreat it suffered greatly from heat and thirst. It took part in the battle of Perryville, doing its work like veterans. It was in the advance on Nashville, and did useful service, although not heavily engaged, in the battle of Stone River. In garrison at Nashville, Murfreesborough, and other points, it obtained high reputation for discipline and drill. It was in the opening skirmish of the battle of Chickamauga, and in the action the next day. Its subsequent history includes the relief of Knoxville, the Atlanta campaign, and the marches through Georgia and the Carolli- _nas. After the great review it was mustered out at Washington, June 3, 1865.

Fifty-Third Ohio Infantry

The organization of this regiment was completed in January, 1862. In February it joined the Third brigade of General W. T. Sherman's division. Its services included the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nicojack Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, and Ft. McAllister ; before Columbia, South Carolina, it silenced a battery by its skilful and rapid fire, and assisted in the destruction wrought in that city, as also at Fayetteville, four days afterwards. Reaching Washington and passing in the grand review, it was taken to Arkansas, where it stayed until August 11, 1865, when it was mustered out. It had been engaged in sixty-seven battles and skirmishes, and lost sixty killed, two hundred and sixty-four wounded, and fourteen missing..

Fifty-Fourth Ohio Infantry

Nine counties, of which Hamilton county was' one, furnished the companies for this command. Recruiting for it was begun in the late summer of 1861, and it was organized and drilled during the next fall and winter, at Camp Dennison. February 17, 1862, it took the field with eight hundred and fifty men, and was assigned at Paducah to the brigade commanded by General W. T. Sherman. In March it was taken up the Tennessee, and was in both days' fighting at Pittsburgh Landing, losing one hundred and ninety-eight, all told. April 29th it moved upon Corinth, and was in the attack upon the works May 31st, being among the first troops to enter the town. Its commander was put in charge of the post, it was appointed to provost duty there, and its regimental colors were hoisted on the public buildings. It was engaged during the summer in several brief expeditions, was in the attack at Chickasaw Bayou on the 28th and 29th, losing twenty men, and at the capture of Arkansas Post shortly after. It participated in the siege of Vicksburgh, the battles of Champion Hills, and Big Black Bridge, the movements about Jackson, the subsequent operations of the Fifteenth army corps, to which it was attached, including the battle of Mission Ridge, the relief of Knoxville, and the Atlanta campaign. January 22d it was mustered as a veteran organization, and at once started home on furlough, returning with two hundred recruits. In the Atlanta movement it was engaged at Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickojack Creek, Decatur, Ezra Chapel, and'Jonesborough. It participated in the pursuit of Hood, the marches to the sea, and northward to Richmond and Washington, and the grand reviews. It was also in the charge.on Fort McAllister, the heavy skirmishing near Columbia, and the last battle of Sherman's army at Bentonville, North Carolina. June 2d it was transported to Louisville, and thence to Little Rock, where it did garrison duty until the middle of August, when it was mustered out. During its arduous service it marched three thousand six hundred and eighty-two miles, took part in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, and fifteen pitched battles; and lost in all - killed, wounded, and missing - five hundred and six men. It had but twentyfour officers and two hundred and thirty-one men left on the day of muster-out. FIELD AND STAFF. Sergeant Major Miles W. Elliott.

Fifty-Sixth Ohio Infantry

This was organized at Portsmouth in the fall of 1861, and suffered much from measles-there during the early winter. It first saw the enemy in February, at Fort Donelson, and was on the -field,-but. not engaged, at Pittsburgh Landing. Its subsequent campaigns were about Memphis, in Arkansas, at Vicksburgh with Grant, and in the Teche and Red River campaigns under Banks. At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads it lost forty killed, wounded, and missing. The veteran regiment was kept on duty in New Orleans until March, 1866, when it was mustered out,

Fifty-Seventh Ohio In&Antry

Findlay, but moved January 22, 1862, to Camp Chase. It was raised between September 16th and February roth, when it was mustered in, and started for the field February 18th. It reported at Paducah, and was assigned to the Third brigade, Fifth division, army of the Tennessee. It was very heavily engaged at Pittsburgh Landing, losing in three days one hundred and eightyseven killed, wounded, and captured. In November it joined the First brigade, First division, Fifteenth army corps. It shared the glories of its corps at Chickasaw Bayou, Snyder's Bluff, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River, Vicksburgh, Jackson, Mission Ridge, and the relief of Knoxville; and then endured a terribly severe march, "hatless and shoeless, and half naked," to Bellefonte, Alabama. Notwithstanding all this, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans on the following New Year's, being the first in the Fifteenth corps to do so. It took the allowed thirty days furlough, and returned in ample time, force, and losing fifty-seven killed and wounded. It was also in the actions at Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw (where it also lost just fifty-seven men), that on the left of Atlanta, sometimes called the battle of Decatur, where it lost ninety-two in a desperate struggle to hold its position, which was three times captured by the enemy, but finally held by the Fifty-seventh; at Ezra Church, on the extreme right of the line before Atlanta, where it lost sixty-seven, the enemy leaving four hundred and fiftyeight dead in front of its line, and at Jonesboroygh. It took part in the chase after Hood, in which it struck the rebels at Snake Creek gap, and Taylor's ridge; in the march to Savannah; the assault on Fort McAllister; in the march to Columbia, where it assisted in the destruction of the railroad buildings; in the marching and' skirmishing through North Carolina to Raleigh ; thence the walk-over to Wathington city, and the reviews there, after which it was ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, but was mustered out soon after arriving there, August 6, 1865, and was paid and discharged at Camp Chase, August 25th. It had been moved by rail, steam, and on foot over twenty-eight thousand miles; and of one thousand five hundred and ninety-four men borne on its muster rolls, but four hundred and eighty-one are believed to have been alive at its muster-out

Sixtieth Ohio Infantry

The one year regiment of this number was specially intended to defend the border counties of Ohio, and for three months, in the late winter of 1861-62, and the spring of 1862, it guarded military stores at Gallipolis. In April it joined General Fremont's army in western Virginia, and had its first engagement at Strasburgh. It was soon after engaged at Port Republic, and then at Cross Keys, and shared in the disaster at Harper's Ferry in September. It was discharged October 10, 1862.

The three-years' regiment was organized in the early spring of 1864. It was ordered to the field when six companies were ready, joined General Burnside's corps at Alexandria in April, and was afterwards filled up, but never to the maximum. It was in the actions of the Wilderness, at Mary's Bridge, Spottsylvania, and the subsequent battles of Grant's final campaign. It was mustered out July 25, 1865, having, in less than one year's active service, lost five hundred and five men, but geventeen of whom were missing.

Sixty-First Ohio Infantry

This regiment contained recruits from nearly every county of Ohio. It left Camp Chase for western Virginia May 17, 1862, joining General Fremont's army June 23d, at Strasburgh. It reached Cedar Mountain just too late for the battle there, but had its first fight shortly after, at Freeman's Ford, with a part of Longstreet's corps, with which it had another battle in August, at Sulphur Springs. The next day it had a brisk skirmish at Waterloo Bridge, and took part in the second Bull Run battle, losing twenty-five killed and wounded. September 2d, it was engaged at Chantilly, and there, for some weeks, formed a part of the reserve protecting Washington. The next May it was heavily engaged at Chancellorsville, and opened the battle at Gettysburgh, July rst, suffering severely in the action. In September it was removed with its corps to Chattanooga; was engaged at Wanhatchie and Mission Ridge; marched to the relief of Knoxville; wintered at Bridgeport, Tennessee; re-enlisted in March and took its veteran furlough, reaching the front again in time to participate fully in the dangers and glories of the Atlanta campaign. In the battle of Resaca it saved the Fifth Indiana battery, from which the support had retired. It was further engaged at Dallas, Culp's Farm, and Peach Tree Creek, in the latter of which.were wounded five officers and over seventy men, and eighteen or twenty were killed. After the capture of Atlanta it remained encamped there until November 15th, when it started on the grand movement to the seaboard. During this march it exchanged shots with the enemy but once - at Sandersonville, Georgia. In Savannah, the Sixty-first served temporarily in a provisional brigade, for special duty in the city. About the middle of January, 1865, it moved up the Savannah river to Sister's Ferry, and soon rejoined its own command. In the march through the Carolinas, it was only engaged at Bentonville, the last battle of the campaign, and lost several men in the action. Reaching Goldsborough, it was consolidated with the Eighty-second Ohio infantry, the latter giving its name to the new organization. The consolidated regiment joined in the march northward to Washington, and in the famous review, soon after which it was sent home and mustered out. Mr. Ried says of the Sixty-first: 'It was always a reliable regiment, and was ever found where duty called it. Its losses by the casualties of the field were so numerous that, at the close of its service, a little band of only about sixty officers and men remained to answer to its last roll-call."

Seventieth Ohio Infantry

When President Lincoln made his second call for great numbers of soldiers, Ohio, as ever, was equal to the occasion. By the twenty-fifth of December, 1861, the Seventieth was nearly full. In February it became a part of the division of General W. T. Sherman, then organizing at Paducah, Kentucky. Early in April it did excellent work in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, receiving especial praise from General Sherman for courage and persistence. In common with the rest of the army, this regiment took part in the advance on Corinth. After its fall, Sherman's division moved westward, and arriving in July at Memphis, remained there till the following autumn. The army left that city in November, 1862, and, concentrating upon the banks of the Tallahatchie river, prepared to invest Vicksburgh. After the fall of Vicksburgh, movement was made upon Jackson, the capital or the State, and, during the siege, the Seventieth are said to have behaved in a most gallant manner. A few days after the battle of Chickamauga, the Fifteenth army corps, to which it now belonged, moved up the river to Memphis, and thence through northern Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Tennessee, and was in the battle of Chattanooga on the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth of November. After going to Knoxville to reinforce General Burnside and returning, the Seventieth went into winter quarters at Scottsborough, Alabama. In January, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization. The following May, the entire army of General Sherman began the grand advance upon Atlanta. During this memorable march, this command participated in all the battles on the way and around Atlanta, and maintained in all its high reputation. During the autumn and winter months occurred the march through Georgia to the sea. December 13, 1864, Fort McAllister was taken by storm, in which the Seventieth suffered severely. It was the first regiment to enter the work, through the abattis and ditch, without a halt. In the subsequent march through the Carolinas, it met with loss at Bentonville. Passing through Richmond on to Washington, it had a part in the grand review, after which it was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, thence to Little Rock, Arkansas, where it was mustered out August 14, 1865. It is to be noted as a remarkable fact that every officer, who from first to last had a command in the regiment, was a member of it in its original organization before it left its own State. COMPANY. D. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Charles Johnson.

Seventy-First Ohio Infantry

This completed its organization about the first of February, 1862. It received marching orders the tenth of the same month, and reported at once to General Sherman at Paducah, with his command. It was among the first troops at Pittsburgh Landing. In this battle it lost one hundred and thirty men, killed and wounded. On the sixteenth of April the regiment was ordered to the Cumberland river, to hold the posts of Fort Donelsori and Clarksville. On the eighteenth of August Clarksville was attacked by the combined forces of Colonels Woodward and A. R. Johnson. Colonel Mason, having less than two hundred effective men, a surrender was demanded, and, after obtaining the advice of his counsel, he acceded to the proposition. A few days after the colonel and all the line officers were dismissed in disgrace, but, the facts becoming better known, they received an honorable discharge. After the regiment was exchanged it did valuable service the remainder of the year. In 1864 it took an effective part in the battle of Nashville, losing fully one-third of its men in killed and wounded. Through the summer of 1865 it was in Texas. It was finally mustered out in January, 1865.

Seventy-Second Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Fremont late in the year 1861. In February, 1862, it was ordered to report to General Sherman at Paducah, and was assigned to Colonel Buckland's brigade. On the third of April it exchanged its first shots with the rebel pickets at Pittsburgh Landing. The regiment was to the front all through the battle that followed and participated in the final charge and pursuit as far as Monterey. Its loss in killed, wounded, and missing, was one hundred and thirty-three. In the siege of Corinth the Seventy-second bore a conspicuous part. Its' losses were triffling in action, but terrible by disease. On the twenty-first of July Memphis was entered. After being at Fort Pickering and Moscow, marching by way of Bolivar and Purdy to Corinth, at White's Station, and again in Memphis, the regiment commenced the march for the rear of Vicksburgh the second of May, 1863. On the way it was in the battle of Jacksén, on the fourteenth of that month, On the twenty-second of June it aided in intercepting General Johnston, who was attempting the relief of Vicksburgh. In September the Seventy-second was 'in a four days' scout to Mechanicsville, in which it experienced some severe marching and lively skirmishing. On the second of January, 1864, the regiment re enlisted, and in February was in General Sherman's Meridian expedition. After the veteran furlough it was ordered to Paducah, to assist in the defence of that place against Forrest. June rst the regiment formed part of an expedition, consisting of twelve regiments of infantry and a division of cavalry, against Forrest. The: tenth of June, at Brice's Cross Roads, an encounter with the rebels resulted most disastrously, eleven officers and two hundred and thirty-seven men being killed, wounded, or captured. Then followed an expedition in the direction of Tupelo, Mississippi, during which the regiment suffered not a little. Between the twenty-seventh of July and the sixteenth of November, by long marches, half rations, great heat and extreme cold, the men suffered intensely. On the thirtieth of November it joined forces under General 'Thomas, at Nashville. In February, 1865, it moved to New Orleans and camped on the old battle-ground. Afterward it was in the attacks at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely; then Montgomery, Alabama, was reached; andin June it was placed along the railroad line west of Meridian. The last man was mustered out at Vicksburgh on the eleventh of September, 1865. 'The regiment at once embarked for Ohio, and at Camp Chase was paid and discharged.

Seventy-Fourth Ohio Infantry

This regiment with an aggregate of nine hundred and seventy-eight men, was ordered to the field the twentieth of April, 1862. Its first real service was on the march over the Cumberland mountains 'in June. During the blockade of Nashville, it was in several skirmishes in the vicinity of that city. The Seventy-fourth was with General Rosecrans when he made his movement on Bragg's army at Murfreesborough. It went into the battle of Stone River December 29th, and remained until nightfall of January 3d, losing in all one hundred and fiftyfive men. At Murfreesborough there was a general reorganization of the army, and consequently some changes occurred in this command. After this date, February, 1863, the Seventy-fourth was in the battles of Hoover's Gap, Dog Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Mission Ridge. The last of January, 1864, a majority of the men re-enlisted and started for Ohio on the thirty days' furlough. On the seventh of the following May, it started with the army on the Atlanta campaign. With Sherman it passed through Georgia and reached Savannah, and on the twentieth of January was off again for the Carolina campaign. After the destruction of rebel supplies at Fayetteville, the rebel capital was the point to be reached, and then Washington. Bentonville, the last battle of the command, was fought March 22, 1865. On the eighteenth of July, at Camp Dennison, the men were paid and discharged.

Seventy-Fifth Ohio Infantry

The Seventy-fifth was organized near Cincinnati December 18, 1861. On the first day of March it joined General Milroy's brigade at Huttonsville, West Virginia, having made a long march over most wretched roads in most unpleasant weather. While halting at Monterey, Court House, the enemy made a spirited attack, which was gallantly met by this regiment leading the adyance. May 8, 1862, in an engagement with Stonewall Jackson, additional laurels were gained under the immediate eye of General Milroy - -''The Old War Eagle" - but nearly a hundred were killed add wounded. The next affair in which the Seventy-fifth faced the enemy was at Cedar Mountain in August, 1862. The loss here, however, was slight. For a week following engagements were frequent, and this regiment at Freeman's Ford again lost heavily. The last of August, in the second battle of Bull Run, so bloody was the fighting that in killed and wounded the Seventy-fifth alone lost one hundred and fifteen. During this fight not less than ninety shots took effect on the colors of this regiment. From this time to the second of May, 1863, nothing of importance occurred. 'The history of the battle of Chancellorsville need not here be told. Although receiving the enemy gallantly, the odds were too great, and, with the brigade, the Seventy-fifth fell back, losing in half an hour one hundred and fifty men. After this battle it returned to its old camp near

Brook's Station, where it remained until the battle of Gettysburgh. The regiment was under fire every day of the battle, losing in all two hundred and seventeen officers and men. In August the Ohio brigade was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, and remained on Morris Island till after the fall of Forts Wagner and Gregg. In February, 1864, the regiment was mounted, and from that time was designated as the Seventy-fifth mounted infantry, performing all the duties of a regular cavalry regiment. From this date to the twenty-sixth of September, 1864, the regiment was in the district of Florida, breaking up blockade-running, destroying rebel stores, conducting detachments of cattle, and performing other duties. It was then sent on a secret expedition to the headwaters of the St. John's river. In October and November six companies were mustered out of service, their term of enlistment having expired. After the fall of Savannah the Seventy-fifth was reorganized into a veteran detachment, and was afterward known as the veteran battalion. This command performed valuable and difficult service till August, 1865, when its members received an honorable discharge. FIELD AND STAFF.

Seventy-Ninth Ohio Infantry

Only one company was raised in Hamilton county. The entire command was rapidly recruited in the summer of 1862, though one company of sharpshooters, raised for it in Clermont county, did not join it till the next June. It received marching orders September 3d, and moved into Kentucky through Cincinnati, then menaced by the rebels. After a severe march against them, it went to Louisville and operated against Morgan and other rebel cavalry forces. December 1 to February 24, 1864, it was mainly on guard duty in Tennessee. In March it reached Lookout valley and was assigned to the Eleventh corps, afterwards part of the. Twentieth, in which the Seventy-ninth was in the First brigade, Third division. With its brigade it shared in the furious and bloody attack on the enemy's works near Resaca and a number of the severest actions of the Atlanta campaign. At Peach Tree Creek, July 2oth, it wason the first line and was the second Union regiment that became engaged. It here lost one-half its members in action. It began the campaign with six hundred men, and had but one hundred and eighty-two at the close. It was in the march through eastern Georgia, the siege of Savannah, the affairs at Laytonville and Columbia, and of Averysborough and Bentonville, in the grand advance of Sherman north ward. It was mustered out at Washington June 9, 186s, paid and discharged at Camp Dennison June 17th. It had lost, from all causes, more than its original number, or about one thousand men, all told.

Eighty-Third Ohio Infantry

Several companies of this regiment were from Hamilton county; the remainder from Butler. Before the regiment was fully organized, the exigencies of the situation in Kentucky, during the invasion of Kirby Smith, became so great that the Hamilton county companies, then at Camp Dennison, were ordered into the field. On the night of the third of September, 1862, the day of leaving camp, they bivouacked in the streets of Covington. After various movements they marched across the Licking river to support the Beechwood battery, on the Alexandria turnpike, did heavy picket duty for several days, and were then withdrawn to Camp Orchard. Here the rest of the regiment joined them, and gave the 'Eightythird in all one thousand and ten men. The regimental organization, however, dated from the twenty-second of August, when all the companies were full. September

18th the command marched to Cynthiana with an expedition under General Q. A. Gilmore, but found no enemy in force. October 15th it reached Paris, Kentucky, and joined the First brigade, Tenth division, army of the Tennessee. A fortnight thereafter it was on its way to Louisville, stopping two weeks at Nicholasville, where it was presented with an elegant banner, by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad company. The division (General A. J. Smith's) sailed for Memphis November 23d and thence further down the Mississippi December 2oth. The Eighty-third engaged in some laborious and successful operations about Milliken's Bend, and had its first battles at Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post. In the latter action it lost one-fifth of its number, but was the first to plant its flag upon the enemy's works, was honorably mentioned in the official reports, and specially thanked by unanimous vote of the Ohio legislature. In camp afterwards at Young's Point, the regiment lost heavily by disease. May zoth, after heavy skirmishing and some severe fighting, it reached the front at Vicksburgh, was in the assault on the twenty-second, where it lost eight per cent. of its men engaged, and took part in the subsequent operations of the siege. After the surrender it moved with its division against Johnston, assisted in the affairs about Jackson and in the pursuit of the rebels to Brandon, returning thence to Vicksburgh, after an unusually arduous campaign. August 24th it changed camp to Carrollton, Louisiana, and remained there, save for an expedition to Donaldsonville, till the third of October, when it formed a part of the force starting on the Teche campaign. November 3d, when in charge of a forage train, it had a sharp encounter, and lost fifty-six men, mostly captured. A few weeks afterwards it moved to Fort Jackson to quell a mutiny among colored troops; was then ordered to New Orleans, and thence to Madisonville, where it went into the Second brigade, Third division, Thirteenth army corps. The fore part of March, 1864, at Franklin, it was transferred to the First brigade of the Fourth division, same corps, and marched with it on the ill-fated Red River expedition. It was hotly engaged in the battle of Pleasant Hills, and gallantly maintained its| reputation. At the beginning of its share in the action, after marching ten miles in two hours, it occupied the extreme right of the Federal line, and came near being enveloped and destroyed by the rebel left, which extended far beyond it, but was extricated under a terrible cross fire, in perfect order. May 2d it was engaged in a sharp skirmish while on a foraging expedition, and at Alexandria furnished large details for work upon the dam which finally saved the army. On the twenty-eighth the regiment reached Baton Rouge, and remained there in camp till July 21st, when it left for Algiers, opposite New Orleans, moving thence to Morganza to repel an attack, and going into camp there for the remainder of the summer. October 1st it formed part of an expedition to sieze and hold Morgan's Ferry, on the Atchafalaya, and on the eighteenth, of another to the Atchafalaya at Simmsport. November ist it embarked for the mouth of White river, and in December was ordered to Nachez for consolidation with the Forty-eighth Ohio. The new regiment comprised 'six companies of the former and four from the latter, retaining the name Eighty-third. All the field officers were from the former command. It was assigned to the Third brigade, Second division, Thirteenth corps, and, March 2oth, started in the Mobile campaign. It made the assault on Fort Blakely April gth, and captured two posts, eight cannon, two mortars, eight hundred prisoners, two flags, etc., etc., losing thirty-six killed and wounded. It did provost duty in Selma till May 12th; was in Mobile a month, and in Galveston on guard duty till July 26th, when it started for home, arriving at Cincinnati the fifth of August, and getting final payment and discharge at Camp Dennison on the tenth. FIELD AND STAFF,

Eighty-Fourth Ohio Infantry

This was organized for but three months service. June II, 1862, it started for Cumberland, Maryland, and from that point engaged in several expeditions against the rebels. September 13th it held New Creek against a threat - ened attack by Generals Jackson and Imboden. It served about a month longer than its period of enlistment, and was mustered out .at Camp Delaware in October.

One Hundred And Sixth Ohio Infantry

NINETY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY. - COMPANY D, PRIVATES. John Crawford, Cyrus Faires, Benjamin Posey, Benjamin Sarver. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY,

This was one of the last German regiments raised in Ohio. Although other enterprises of the same kind were in the field before his, Lieutenant Tafel succeeded in recruiting and organizing, within a few weeks, eight companies, with an aggregate of seven hundred and thirty men. On the fourth day of September, 1862, orders came for the regiment to move to Covington, to be ready to repel the forces of Kirby Smith, then threatening Cincinnati. Here a little skirmish with the enemy gave the men an introduction to their future work. The Austrian rifles with which they were armed proving nearly useless, the regiment was shifted from place to to place, and left incomplete as to number. It remained in the field as a battalion. At this time Morgan, the raider, was disturbing Kentucky, and the regiment participated in several expeditions against him. At Bowling Green, on the fourth of November, it came under the command of General Rosecrans. The Thirty-ninth bri- moved to Glasgow, Kentucky, where some successful skirmishing followed, as also on the succeeding march to Hartsville. At this point Colonel Scott, who had been commanding the brigade, was exchanged for a much inferior officer, Under this commander the disgraceful affair at Hartsville took place, December 7, 1862, One company only, absent as escort to the provision train at Gallatin, escaped captivity. After five days detention, the prisoners were paroled and sent to General Rosecrans at Nashville. This general, after receiving a full report from Lieutenant Colonel Tafel of the affair, expressed his entire satisfaction with the conduct of the regiment and its commander on that occasion. On the twelfth day of January, 1863, the regiment was declared exchanged, and was ordered to Camp Dennison, to re-organize. It soon moved on to Frankfort, Kentucky, to relieve the One Hundred and Third Ohio. Owen county was at that time infested with guerilla bands, and Lieutenant Colonel Tafel determined to stop their depredations. Several desperate characters were soon after captured, their bands dispersed, and the regiment, for the bravery and excellent conduct of officers and men, won praise from the citizens of the city and the authorities of the State. Receiving orders for Nashville, the regiment arrived at that city May 4, 1863, and was soon after put to guard the railroad from that city to the borders of Kentucky. So galling did the rigorous rule of this regiment become to the guerillas, that their leader, Captain Harper, offered a reward for the head of its commander. On the fourth of May, 1864, the regiment moved to Bridgeport, and formed part of the garrison. It was October, 1864, before the regiment was recruited to its maximum strength. During the impetuous raid of General Hood, the One Hundred and Sixth held on to its posts along the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad, although for four weeks completely cut off from all communication with the main army at Nashville. It remained in camp in Alabama, performing valuable service until June, 1865, when it was ordered to Nashville for musterout, which event was consummated June 29.

One Hundred And Eighth Ohio Infantry

This command was composed mainly of the German element, and was recruited in Hamilton, Butler, and Franklin counties. When but partly organized in August, 1862, four companies were hurried from Camp Dennison to Covington, by the alarm of invasion, and there welcomed four companies more. After Kirby Smith retreated, the regiment went to Louisville, and thence to Vrankfort, to put down Morgan's guerillas. It was there placed in General Dumont's division and marched to Bowling Green, where it was assigned to the Thirty-ninth brigade, Twelfth division. Resuming its march the regiment, near Hartsville, Tennessee, was skilfully saved from an overwhelming force of Morgan's and other rebels, which had surrounded it; but a few days after, through the carelessness and cowardice of an Illinois officer, the brigade commander, it was surrendered to Morgan, with all the forces and stores at Hartsville. The One Hundred and Eighth, however, gave the enemy a courageous resistance for more than an hour, losing forty-six killed and one hundred and sixty-two wounded. Every officer of the regiment, except three, was captured. The conduct of the command was especially commended in a letter from General Rosecrans. After exchange it was duly re-organized at Camp Dennison, receiving another company. It was assigned to duty in Frankfort, Kentucky, and won golden opinions for its discipline and good conduct, the order for its removal being thrice revoked at the request of General Robinson and other leading citizens. It was finally ordered to Louisville, and thence to Nashville, where it served for four months guarding railroads. September 6th it moved by rail to

Stevenson, and in November reached the vicinity of Chattanooga, where it took post on Moccasin Point, at the foot of Lookout Mountain, supporting the Eighteenth Ohio battery. It was here made part of the Second brigade, Second division, Fourteenth corps, with which it served until the close of the war. November 22d it crossed the Tennessee and had a spirited skirmish with the rebels near Graysville. It was then hurried to the relief of Knoxville, but was turned back from Morgantown, on 'the' Little Tennessee, to Chattanooga, which it reached after a very toilsome march, during which many of its men had trod the frozen ground barefooted. It went into winter quarters near Rossville, and in February, 1864, moved to Lyne's Station, on the Knoxville railroad, whence it took part in the reconnoissance from Ringgold to Tunnel Hill, and on towards Dalton. Upon its return to Rossville it. was joined by two new companies. May 3d it marched for Ripggold, on the Atlanta campaign, and for four morths was engaged in almost continuous marching and fighting. It happened to be engaged especially in bayonent charges, in which it was uniformly successful, driving the rebels several times from strong positions. At Resaca it was in a storm of bullets for four hours, and lost heavily. It was in the side movement on Rome, and captured a large lot of chewing and smoking tobacco, which a German regiment knows how toenjoy. During the latter part of the campaign it did noble service as train guards between Chattanooga and Atlanta in one case a sergeant and twenty men successfully defending, through a whole day, a train thrown from the track. In August a part of the regiment participated in the defence of Dalton against

"Wheeler's cavalry. It. broke camp at that place in early November, and went to Atlanta to join in the march to the sea. During the last fight of Sherman's army at Bentonville, North Carolina, it was largely instrumental in saving the day by a most heroic resistance. Six times the rebels charged and were repulsed, and four times the men of the One Hundred and Eighth had to leap over their slight breastworks, to repel attacks from rear as well as front. When the last attack was repulsed the regiment had left but two cartridges per man. It was in the advance of the movement April 10, 1865, from Goldsborough toward Smithfield, on the Neuse river, and was sharply engaged with the rebel cavalry for nine hours, driving it fourteen miles during that time. This was the last action of the war; and it is claimed that this regiment fired the last shots against the Rebellion, and that Captain Fleischman, of company H, who lost his life during the fight, was the last Federal officer who was killed on the field in the long struggle. The regiment rested a short time at Holly Springs, North Carolina, then marched from Raleigh to Richmond, one hundred and ninety-two miles, in six and a half days, without leaving a straggler; and thence to Washington, where it took part in the grand reviews, and was mustered out June g, 1865. Throughout its service it was held in the highest esteem by its brigade, division, and corps commanders, for its prompt action, its discipline, and fighting qualities.

One Hundred And Thirteenth Ohio Infantry

This company was recruited and mustered in for the One Hundred and Ninth regiment; but the organization of that command not being completed, the company was assigned to the One Hundred and Thirteenth.

One Hundred And Twenty-Fourth Ohio Infantry

Only one company ("I," from Cincinnati) was recruited in Hamilton county. The regiment was organized at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, and started for the field New Year's day, 1863. Its first camp was made at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and in February embarked at Louisville for Nashville, and marched thence to Franklin, where it encamped till June, building forts, drilling, and engaged in other duties. It wasin the affair of the fourth of March, at Thompson's Station, in which a Federal brigade was taken, but escaped the field in time to avoid capture, with the artillery and the ammunition train it was guarding. It suffered severely from disease during the rest of the stay at Franklin. June ad it joined the ferward movement of Rosecrans' army, and at Manchester was brigaded in the Second brigade, Second division, Twenty-first army corps. While in camp there, under better conditions of living, the health of the men greatly improved. August 16th the march over the Cumberlands began, and September 9th the Tennessee was crossed in water reaching to the waists of the men. September x9th, at Chickamauga, the regiment was sharply engaged for the first time, and stood the ordeal bravely and well, losing one hundred men killed, wounded, or captured. The next day it was again engaged, losing forty men (including its colonel), and being compelled to fall back upon Chattanooga with the beaten forces, yet bearing itself handsomely throughout. The starvation period at and about Chattanooga followed, during which it was assigned to the Second brigade, Third division, Fourth corps, and engaged in building forts and other works. October 26th it was in the skilful and brave night attack by which Raccoon mountain was captured, and in the subsequent movements which enabled Hooker's troops to cross the river and raise the siege. November 23d it bore a distinguished part in the charge on Mission Ridge, capturing seven guns and eighty stand of arms, but losing fifty-six men, among whom was Captain Frost, of the Cincinnati company, mortally wounded at the moment the enemy's works were occupied. In November it marched to relieve Knoxville. The next winter was spent in East Tennessee, in the endurance of many hardships. With its corps it shared the glories of the Atlanta campaign, and was in the flanking movement to Jonesborough, the pursuit of Hood, the battle of Nashville, and the final chase of Hood out of Tennessee. From Huntsville it went to Strawberry Plains, East Tennessee, and from there to Nashville, where it was mustered out July 9, 1865, and shortly afterwards paid off and discharged at Camp Taylor.

Guard

This regiment was designated, under the Ohio 'militia law, as the "Seventh Ohio National Guard," and was organized for the hundred-days' service under the name above noted. 'The rank and file of the organization was composed wholly of citizens of Cincinnati, drawn from the mercantile and mechanic interests of the city, the latter largely predominating. It was considered the best drilled regiment in the State, and was to Cincinnati what the Seventh New York regiment is to the Empire City. On the publication of the governor's call for thirty thousand minute-men from Ohio, there was not the least hesitation among the members of this fine organization. Every name was promptly represented in the ranks, notwithstanding there were scores of comrades who could well afford to purchase substitutes; but it was made a matter of pride that each and every member should report in person, unless his business absolutely forbade it.

into the United States service at Camp Dennison, and was put en route for Washington city on the twelfth of the same month. Upon arrival at Baltimore, it*marched through the city, preceded by the far-famed Menter's band of musicians, and such was the evidence of its correct drill and thorough discipline, that Major General Lew Wallace, then in command of the district, was prompted to retain it in his department. Orders to that effect were at once issued, and the regiment was assigned to duty at Fort McHenry, in the harbor below Baltimore, with detachments at Forts Federal Hill, Marshall, and Carroll, and at the various headquarters in Baltimore. The greater part of the hundred days was spent in that duty. On the first of August the regiment moved up to Fort Marshall, and there remained until the fourteenth, when its time having expired, it was transported back to Camp Dennison, and mustered out of service on the twenty-first. Its losses were but five men, all told, three of whom died of disease; the other two were killed on their way home by striking a bridge under which the train was passing.

This regiment is said by Mr. Reid to have been composed of the Fifth Ohio national guard, of Licking county; the Thirty-second battalion of Hardin county; and one company of the Thirty-seventh battalion, of Lorain county. It seems, however, from the rolls, to have had a large number of Hamilton county soldiers in it. It was mustered into the United States service May 14, 1864, and was ordered immediately to Washington city. At North mountain information was received that the bridge at Harpers' Ferry was impassable; and the regiment, with other hundred-day commands, was delayed for a time. awaiting the repair of the bridge. A picket was established, and every precaution taken for defence. Ina few days the troops moved on, and the regiment arrived at Washington May 22d. It was placed in the defences south of the Potomac, with headquarters in Fort Albany, and detatchments in Forts Craig and Tillinghast. The time was occupied in repairing and completing these works and drilling in infantry and heavy artillery tactics. June sth the regiment was ordered to White House Landing, where it was employed in picket duty and guarding rebel prisoners. On the sixteenth of June it was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, and proceeded on steamer, via Fortress Monroe, up the James to Fort Powhattan, Here its progress was checked by the pontoon bridge, 'on which the army of the Potomac was crossing the James. 'The regiment debarked and marched to Bermuda Hundred, distant twenty-four miles. The march was made during two of the hottest days of summer, and the men suffered greatly from dust and the want of water. The command arrived at Fort Spring hill, on the eastern bank of the Appomattox, opposite Point of Rocks, on June rgth, and was engaged in picket and fatigue duty at the latter place and Broadway Landing. It next moved to Cherrystone inlet, on the eastern shore of Virginia. Headquarters were established at Eastville, the county town of Northampton county; and the companies were distributed at various points to guard the telegraph from Cherrystone to Wilmington, to prevent raids from the opposite side of the bay, and to intercept blockade-runners and rebel mail-carriers. At the expiration of its term of service, the regiment returned to Ohio, and was

This was one of the Cincinnati hundred day regiments, and its ranks were filled with recruits who had seen more or less service in organizations raised in 1861- 2. Its first rendezvous was at Camp Dennison, where it lay for some ten days. It was then taken by rail to Camp Chase, where, on May 11, 1864, it was fully armed -and equipped and mustered into the Federal service. Remaining in camp here for a few days, in order that the 'regiment might be somewhat desciplined, it moved on May 2oth, via the Central Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads, to Washington city, where it went into barracks. June rst, it was placed on duty at Point Lookout, Maryland, an important depot for the confinement of rebel prisoners, At the time the regiment took up its quarters at this place, there were twenty-two thousand prisoners confined there. The force to guard and look after this number of prisoners was only eighteen hundred men, all told. From this may be judged how arduous must have been the guard and other necessary duties performed by so inadequate a force. The details were necessarily so numerous and frequent as almost to preclude the idea of rest. This, added to the fact that there was little or no fresh water to be had on the dry and sandy beach, and that no inviting foraging ground presented itself, made the duties of the regiment unusual- ly severe. ''Sibleys" were also denied to the men and officers; and all alike were compelled to sleep on the sandy beach under those aggravating little substitutes, "shelter-tents." Incessant duty, want of water, and the hot sun, had their effect on the troops, and fourteen good men were in a short time laid in their graves, while scores of others were on the sick list. August 22d, some days after the expiration of its time of service, the regiment was taken to Baltimore, thence to Camp Chase, where, on the twenty-sixth of August, 1864, it was paid off and mustered out of the service.

One Hundred And Fifty-Sixth Ohio Infantry

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY. (One Hundred Days' Service.) COMPANY D. Private A. E. Trumbull. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY.

One Hundred And Sixty-Fifth Ohio National Guard

This regiment (or rather battalion) consisted of but «ight companies, raised in Cincinnati, and officered almost altogether by Cincinnatians. It was raised for the hundred-days' service; was mustered in and put on duty at Camp Dennison until May 20, 1864, when it was transported to Johnson's Island, where it engaged in guarding rebel prisoners. June 25th it was ordered to Kentucky and remained on duty in that State until August 8th, when it started for Cumberland, Maryland. The remainder of its service was in that State and in Virginia, and was, like the rest of its history, comparatively uneventful, its assignments being simply guard and general garrison duty. August 27th it began the return movement to Camp Dennison, and was there mustered out at the expiration of its term.

Non-Commissioned Officer

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THIRD OHIO INFANTRY, (One Year's Service.) COMPANY H. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. First Sergeant Stephen J. Lowell, jr. PRIVATES.

One Hundred And Eighty-First Ohio Infantry

This regiment was recruited in Cincinnati, for the oneyear service, during the months of July, August and September, 1864, a period when troops were greatly needed to fill the depleted ranks of the National armies. The regiment was declared organized on October 15, 1864. It was composed mostly of men who had seen service in "the Old Tenth," and in the ranks of the Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and other prominent Ohio regiments. Marching orders were received on the twenty-fourth of October, and on that day the regiment started for Huntsville, Alabama, and arrived at that place on the twentyninth. On its arrival a fight was in progress between the National forces, commanded by General R. S. Granger, and a portion of Hood's army on its way to Nashville, The left wing of the One Hundred and Eighty-first was immediately taken to the scene of action, and although not actually engaged, the men displayed the coolness of veteran troops. In November the regiment operated around Decatur, Alabama, meeting the enemy in several picket affairs. Evacuating Decatur, the regiment went by rail to Murfreesborough, Tennessee. On this trip an accident occurred to the train, by which one man was killed and three others were wounded. On December 5th Major Hickey, with two hundred men, was for some time engaged in repairing the Chattanooga railroad. On a certain occasion the force was surrounded by the enemy, but by cool manceuvring on the part of officers and men it succeeded in escaping safely into Murfreesborough. On December 7th the regiment took part, with other troops, in repelling an attack on Murfreesborough by the rebel General Forrest, and lost three or four men wounded. In following up their success, the National force came in contact with about eight thousand rebels, under General Bates, in position on Wilkinson's turnpike. A fierce fight ensued, in which the One Hundred and Eighty-first participated in a charge across an open field, mounted the rebel works, captured one hundred and fifty prisoners and two pieces of artillery. Its loss was five killed and thirty wounded, two mortally. The regiment was mentioned in special orders for its gallantry by General Rousseau. The most of December was consumed in foraging around Murfreesborough. In these expeditions the enemy was frequently met and engaged. In one of those affairs, on the fourteenth of December, the One Hundred and Eighty-first- made several gallant charges, driving the enemy, and securing the success of the expedition. In this Captain William Ketteler, Captain L H. Pummill and First Sergeant leonard, of company G, distinguished themselves in manoeuvring different detachments of the regiment. On Saturday, December 24th, the regiment was assigned to the Third brigade, Second division, Twentythird army corps, and after a fatiguing march joined its command at Columbia, Tennessee, on the twenty-ninth. With the Twenty-third army corps, on January 22, 1865, it was taken to Goldsborough, North Carolina, where it joined Sherman's grand army. Under orders the regiment joined the Wilmington expedition, and proceeding up Cave Fear river until within four miles of Wilmington, was met by the returning iron-clads, with decks crowded by enthusiastic crews, who shouted the glad news that the city was captured and occupied by the National troops. Landing at Wilmington, the regiment was | subjected to severe marching through the hot sands of that inhospitable country, In April the One Hundred and Eighty-first joined in the advance on Raleigh, North Carolina, and on the thirteenth was met with the happy intelligence that General Lee and his whole army had surrendered to General Grant. On the twenty-sixth of April Johnston's army 'surrendered, and the war was ended. -The regiment was, shortly after, sent to Baltimore, and thence to Camp. Dennison, where, on the twenty-ninth of July, 1865, it was paid off and mustered out, having been in the service nine months and a half, and travelled and marched four thousand one hundred and sixty miles. FIELD AND STAFF.

One Hundred And Eighty-Second Ohio Infantry

This was a one-year regiment. The regimental organization was completed October 28, 1864, at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and it moved at once to join General Sherman's command.at Nashville. Hood's army appeared early in December, and this regiment took a prominent part in the battle that followed. After remaining in Nashville for guard and provost duty, it was sent to Camp Chase, where, July 13, 1865, the men

One Hundred And Eighty-Third Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison between the tenth of October and the eighteenth of November, 1864. Eight companies were recruited principally in Cincinnati, and the other two were from Warren and Logan counties. About one-half of the men were Germans by birth or descent. Many of the officers and men had been connected with other regiments, and had distinguished themselves in numerous engagements by their gallantry and meritorious conduct. On the nineteenth of November, with seven hundred. officers and men present, the regiment: left Canip Dennison, and arrived at Columbia, Tennessee, on the twenty-eighth. It was at once assigned to the Third brigade, Second division, Twenty-third army corps, with which it remained during its entire term of service. When the army retired before Hood's forces on the twenty-ninth, the regiment, with the Forty-fourth Missouri, was left at Spring hill, within eight hundred yards of the enemy's camp-fire, to protect the road leading to Franklin. Skirmishing was kept up all night, and early in the morning the regiment moved with the rear of the army to Franklin, closely pursued by the rebels. In the battle which ensued it acted a highly important part, and though but twelve "days a regiment, it occupied a position near the center, and sustained itself well against every assault of the enemy. Fifteen days later, in the battle of Nashville, the regiment showed a commendable determination to Tetain its early-won laurels, and was favorably mentioned in the official reports. The casualties in these two engagements amounted to over one hundred. The regiment afterwards moved with the corps to Clifton, on the Tennessee river, and thence by way of Cincinnati, Washington city, and Fort Fisher, to Wilmington, North Carolina. Advancing by way of Kingston, it joinéd General Sherman's army at Goldsborough and proceeded to Raleigh. After the surrender of Johnston the regiment moved to Salisbury, and during the month of June, 1865, received an addition of four officers and about two hundred men, who were transferred from the Fiftieth, One Hundredth, One Hundred and Third, One Hundred and Fourth, One Hundred and Eleventh, and One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio regiments. The régiment was mustered out at Salisbury July 17th, and proceeding to Columbus, it was paid and discharged on the twenty-ninth

This was another of the regiments raised under the last call of the President to serve for one year. A great majority of the men had already seen arduous service. On the second of March, 1865, the last company was mustered in at Camp Chase. By way of Cincinnati, Louisville, and Nashville, it moved to Murfreesborough, where it arrived on the tenth. The night of the ninth will not soon be forgotten. There was not a tent in the command, for the quartermaster had not yet been musteredin. It had rained and snowed all day, and during the night the cold became intense. In all their previous service, the men had not experienced such a night. The destination of the regiment was Cleveland, Tennessee, where it went into camp. Here its commander, Colonel Wildes, became brigadier general for gallantry while lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio. On the second of May the regiment moved to Dalton.' General Wildes had, in the meantime, been assigned to the command of a brigade at Chattanooga, and at his request, the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth was transferred to his command. During its stay in camp at Chattanooga, Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm had disciplined his men to such proficiency that the regiment was regarded as one of the best drilled of the command. On the eighth of June Lieutenant Walker, regimental quar- termaster, was detailed as brigade quartermaster. On the twentieth of July the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth was relieved from duty at Chattanooga and ordered to Nashville. This order returned General Wildes to the command of his regiment, as it did all other officers of it on detached duty. Orders wefe received September 13th to prepare rolls for the muster-out of the regiment. It was paid off and disbanded September 25, 1865, at Columbus. This regiment was never in an engagement, but it faithfully and earnestly performed every required duty, and doubtless would have acted well its part on the battlefield, had its place been so Assigned.

Commissioned Officers

by the war department to be mustered for one year. It was organized March 1, 1865, and left Columbus for Nashville on the third of the same month, On its arrival it was met with orders to report at Dalton, Georgia. Reaching that point the regiment went into camp, and attended to drill and discipline for not less than two months. From Dalton the One Hundred and Eightyseventh marched to Kingston, and there received the paroles of two thousand rebel soldiers who had presented themselves at that place, claiming to belong to the surrendered armies of Johnston and Lee. Marching back to Dalton the regiment went into camp for some thirty days, when, the railroad being repaired, it was placed on the cars and taken to Macon, Georgia. It performed provost duty in Macon until its muster out in January, 1866. Shortly thereafter the regiment was sent home to Ohio, and finally paid off and discharged January 23, 1866. COMPANY E. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

One Hundred And Eighty-Eighth Ohio Infantry

This command completed its organization at Camp Chase on the fourth of March, 1865, and the same day received orders to report to General Thomas at Nashville, where it arrived on the ninth. It was assigned to duty under Brigadier General Van Cleve, and ordered to Murfreesborough, Tennessee, where it remained two months, and was then ordered to Tullahoma. Here it remained two months, under the strictest of discipline, and was then ordered to Nashville, where it remained on duty until it was ordered to be mustered out on the twenty-first of September. The muster-out was completed, and the next day the regiment started for Camp Chase, where it arrived on the twenty-fourth, and was paid and discharged on the twenty-eighth of September, 1865.

One Hundred And Eighty-Ninth Ohio Infantry

This was organized at Camp Chase, March 5, 1865, for one year's service. Four companies were from the then tenth congressional district, one company was from Cincinnati, one from Dayton, one from Georgetown, one from Tuscarawas county, and the rest from different parts of the State. The regiment left Camp Chase on the seventh of March for Huntsville, Alabama, and arrived there on the seventeenth. Immediately on its arrival seven companies-were stationed at various points on the Memphis & Charleston railroad, between Stevenson and Decatur, and were engaged in guarding bridges and building stockades. One company was posted at Whitesburgh, one at Claysville and Guntersville, on the Tennessee river, and one remained at Huntsville. On the twentieth of June the regiment was concentrated at Huntsville, and performed post duty until September 25th, when it was ordered to Nashville, and there was mustered out. Immediately after muster-out it proceeded to Camp Chase, where it was paid and discharged October 7, 1865.

One Hundred And Ninety-First Ohio Infantry

This regiment completed its organization at Camp Chase March ro, 1865. Its field officers were appointed - as was then the custom - from those officers of veteran regiments in the field whose services had been satisfactory; and among the line officers were a number whose services dated from the commencement of the war. It left Columbus at once, under orders to proceed to Winchester, Virginia, and report to Brigadier General John R. Brooks. The One Hundred and Ninety-first was made the nucleus of a brigade, and, with other Ohio regiments, was put under command of Colonel Kimberly. The brigade was now styled "The Second Provisional brigade," afterward "Second brigade, Second division, army of the Shenandoah." The surrender of General Lee, soon after its arrival in the Shenandoah valley, put an end to the expectation that the One Hundred and Ninety-first would see active service in that section. It was expected that the brigade would be sent to Texas. Its only service, however, was garrison duty in the valley, marching as far south as Winchester, where it remained until its muster-out, August 27th. The "Ohio Brigade" was the last to be mustered out 'in the Shenandoah valley, being retained, as the preference of the commanding officers of the army, as long as any volunteers were kept in service there.

One Hundred And Ninety-Second Ohio Infantry

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SECOND OHIO INFANTRY. This was the last of the infantry regiments, except five, which the Buckeye State sent to the field. It was recruited chiefly in nine counties, of which Hamilton was one. It started from Camp Chase for the field

Ferry, on the sixteenth, where it was placd in the Second brigade, First provisional division, commanded by General John R. Brooke. It took part in the picket skirmishing here, moved to Charlestown March 3rtst, to the Shenandoah April 3d, relieving a regiment picketing the river, but moving the next day and the fifth to Winchester, fora march upon Lynchburgh, which was rendered unnecessary by the capture of Lee's army. The One Hundred and Ninety-second was ordered to Reed's hill, forty-six miles above Winchester, and remained there until May 23d, when all but two companies were ordered mustered out. Although the war was virtually over, guerillas still gave much trouble, and the regiment continued in active service. September 1, 1865, it was mustered out at Winchester, and paid and discharged at Camp Chase five days later. It left a high reputation during its short service for drill, discipline, and efficiency. (One Year's Service.)

One Hundred And Ninety-Third Ohio Infantry

At Camp Chase, where so many regiments began their existence, this regiment was organized, and started the same day for the Shenandoah valley. The officers were those who had seen service, and some of the privates had been officers in other volunteer organizations. The command moved from Harper's Ferry to Halltown and Charlestown, and at the latter place was partly organized, with other regiments, into brigades and divisions. The organization was hardly completed when they were joined by veteran troops, and the entire command marched up the Shenandoah valley to Winchester. Here the One Hundred and Ninety-third remained till after the surrender of the rebel armies, and the order muster-out was received. The regiment was so proficient in drill that General Sickles, on a general 'review, selected it to perform provost guard duty in Winchester; and it continued on that duty until the order for muster-out was received. The regiment was discharged at Camp Chase on the ninth of August, 1865.

One Hundred And Ninety-Fourth Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, and left the State March 14, 1865. It was ordered to Charlestown, Virginia, and assigned to Major General Egan's division. It was constantly engaged in drilling and making preparations for a movement up the valley; but the surrender of Lee caused the division and brigade to be broken up, and the regiment was ordered to Washington, where it remained on garrison duty until October 24, 1865, when it was mustered out and sent to Camp Chase for final payment and discharge.

One Hundred And Ninety-Fifth Ohio Infantry

Early in the year 1865 a number of one-year regiments were recruited, of which this was one. It left Camp Chase with a strength of seven hundred and fiftynine men, the majority of whom had seen service in other regiments. All of its officers were veterans. After doing garrison duty at Harper's Ferry a short time, it went into camp near Winchester with the troops of General Hancock. While here news of Lee's surrender was received, and the command was ordered to Alexandria, Virginia, where it did provost duty till December 18, 1865. It was then ordered up to the city of Washington, mustered out of service, and sent back to Camp Chase, where the men were paid and discharged. The soldiers composing this, like those of the other one-year regiments, were those who had fought all through the war up to that time, and were fully conversant wih all the duties of a soldier. At that time, there was little indication that the rebellion was so near its end, and the officers and men fully expected to enter into the front ranks of many a sanguinary battle. Within two months after their entering the service, however, Richmond was taken and the confederacy in a state of hopeless decline.

One Hundred And Ninety-Seventh Ohio Infantry

It immediately started for West Virginia, where it wasassigned to the Ohio brigade at Winchester. In July it was ordered to Baltimore, and assigned to duty in the fortifications around that city; a portion of it being sent to Fort Delaware. On the eleventh of September it was mustered out at Baltimore, it being the last volunteer organization in that department. Of the thirtyeight officers composing the field, staff, and line, only two had not served over two years, and the majority had served during the war in other organizations. 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. Although the regiment was not entitled to inscribe on its colors the name of any engagement, still nearly every battle-field in the Union was represented in its ranks.

One Hundred And Ninety-Eighth Ohio Infantry

This was also raised for the one year service - the last of the infantry regiments from this State. Eight companies were recruited and rendezvoused in Camp Chase, and had been severally mustered in, when the confederacy collapsed, and the commands were disbanded.

Eighth Independent Company Of Sharpshooters

This was the first complete negro regiment recruited in Ohio. A number of colored men had been sent to fill the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts and thus.lost in the "credits" of the Buckeye State. Inthe summer of 1863 Captain McCoy, of the One Hundred and Fifteenth, was detailed by Governor Tod for recruiting colored troops in Ohio. At that time the only law authorizing such proceeding was the "contraband law," which gave a colored laborer in the service of the United States ten dollars per month, three dollars for clothing, and seven dollars for his pay proper. Recruiting progressed slowly, and the organization could with difficulty be kept together. Finally an order from the war department called colored men into the service of the United States. The organization was now changed to the Fifth regiment of United States colored troops, and Professor G. W. Shurtliff, of Oberlin, was appointed lieutenant colonel. Early in November the regiment went to Virginia, and, soon after its arrival at Norfolk, Colonel Conine, who had been commissioned by the President, reported for duty and assumed command. In December, 1863, the regiment formed a part of the command under General Wild in the rapid raid'to Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and on the way, the guerillas attacking a detachment of four companies of the Fifth, four were killed and several wounded. In May, 1864, the regiment accompanied the expedition from Fortress Monroe against Richmond and Petersburgh, forming a part of the colored division of the Eighteenth army corps. The Fifth was the first regiment to gain the shore-at City Point, capturing the rebel signal June 15, 1864, the siege of Petersburgh began, when the colored division stormed the heights, and captured two strong earthworks, with several pieces of artillery. In this action the regiment lost a number of men and one officer killed. Among the wounded was Colonel Conine, who, shortly afterward, at the hospital at Annapolis, tendered his resignation. From the date of this action to the fifteenth of August, the regiment was constantly on duty in the trenches, building forts, or on the skirmish line, during which time it lost many men and several valuable officers. September 29, 1864, occurred the battle of Chapin's Farm, the storming of New Market Heights, and the capture of Fort Harrison. In the afternoon of the same day, the Fifth, along with a brigade of white troops, assaulted Fort Gilmer. The white troops wavered and finally withdrew alone, pressed on close to the fort, and two or three men had actually scaled the walls, when Major Terry received an order to withdraw. In this day's fighting nine officers were wounded, one of whom afterward died; and, out of five hundred and fifty men who went into the fight, eighty-five were killed and two hundred and forty-eight wounded, the loss thus. amounting to over fifty per cent. of those engaged. At the capture of Fort Fisher, and also in the assault on Sugar Loaf and Fort Anderson, this command had an honorable part. After the surrender of the rebel armies, the Fifth was stationed a while at. Goldsborough; thence it went to Newbern and Carolina City. In September it returned to Columbus, where it was discharged October 5, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. PRIVATES.

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Dennison between May and August, 1862. It was employed in guarding the depot and other duties at the camp, and mustered out by order of the war department January 24, 1863. COMMISSIONED OFFICER. First Lieutenant Chauncy Brown. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

An independent company, organized in Cincinnati during the alarm for the safety of the city, in the late summer of 1862. It was raised for thirty days, and was among the few such companies mustered into the Federal service. It was mustered in September 2, 1862, and mustered out October 4th, two days after the expiration of its term.

Another thirty-day organization, raised in Cincinnati during the excitement and alarm of 1862. It was called into service by Major General Lewis Wallace, mustered in September 2d, and out October 3d.

First Ohio Cavalry

This was organized in the late summer of 1861, under the first call for three years' men. It was mustered in at Camp Chase, October 5@861, and was a choice regiment, as there was a great pressure to join the first cayalry command formed in the State, and the men were carefully picked. About the middle of September, before the whole regiment was mustered, companies A and C were ordered to western Virginia, and saw much hard service in the Shenandoah valley and about Washington. and did not rejoin the regiment till January, 1865. In December the rest of the regiment, the first cavalry regiment in that department, reached Louisville. During the next four years (for the organization became "veteran") it saw abundant service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, at the battles of Perryville, Murfreesborough (in which Colonel Milliken was killed), and Chickamauga (where Lieutenant Colonel Cupp fell), those of the Atlanta campaign, and many minor actions. The latter part of its service was in raiding and garrison duty in Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. It was mustered out at Columbus, September 13, 1865.

Second Ohio Cavalry

This was raised in the summer and fall of 1861, the last company being mustered in at Camp Wade, Cleveland, October 10, 1861. It was raised mostly from the Western Reserve, and was a superb regiment. It served, under its original veteran organizations, until September 11, 1865, when it was paid and disbanded. It had a very extended and arduous service. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, in his Ohio in the War, says: the Arkansas, Kaw, Osage, Cygues, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Scioto, Miami, Cumberland, Tennessee, Holston, 'Potémac, Shenandoah, Rappahanock, Rapidan, Bull Run, Mattapony, 'Pamunkey, Chickahominy, James, Appamatox, Blackwater, Nottoway, and Chespeake. It has campaigned through thirteen States and a territory: Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Indian territory. It has travelled, as a regiment, on foot, horseback, by railroad and steamboat, on land, river, bay, and ocean. It has marched an aggregate distance of twenty-seven thousand miles; has fought in ninety-seven battles and engagements. It has served in five different armies: The army of the Frontier, of the Missouri, of the Potomac, of the Ohio, and of the Shenandoah - forming a continuous line of armies from the headwaters of the Arkansas to the mouth of the James; and its dead, sleeping where they fell, form a vidette-line half across the continent, a chain of prostrate sentinels two thousand miles long.

Fourth Ohio Cavalry

This regiment, in both the original and veteran organizations, seems to have been recruited almost bodily in Cincinnati and elsewhere in Hamilton county. It was raised under special authority from General Fremont, by Colonel John Kennett, between August 15, and November 23, 1861, when it moved from Camp Gurley to Camp Dennison with one thousand and seventy men. It embarked for Jeffersonville December 6th, and on the twenty-seventh crossed into Kentucky and moved to Bacon creek, with an assignment to General O. M. Mitchells third division. It captured a valuable supply train at Bowling Green, and led the advance to Nashville, near which place, at Edgefield, the city was for-. mally surrendered to Colonel Kennett. March 9g, 1862, while in camp eight miles from the city, Morgan's men captured its forage train with thirty men and eighty horses. The regiment moved soon after to Murfreesborough, and an expedition from it destroyed a powder mill and magazine near McMinnville, repulsing a force of rebels thrice its number, without loss. At Huntsville it captured a railway train with eight hundred rebel soldiers, also seventeen locomotives and many cars. Its operations thereafter were very active and successful in northern Alabama, and when the country was abandoned upon the retreat of Buell in September, it covered the rear of the column to Murfreesborough, and then joined in the pursuit of Bragg, and afterwards in guarding _ Buell's wagon trains.) On a March to Danville soon after, a detachment of the Fourth, numbering about two hundred and fifty, was surrounded, captured, and paroled. The rest of the regiment, marching sixty-nine consecutive days, in due time reached Nashville again, took part in the battle of Murfreesborough, undertook a raid in Bragg's rear and cut the railroad, capturing a locomotive and train of cars, and made several successful attacks. It moved' southward with the army of the Cumberland, June 24th; September gth, fought and routed Wheeler's cavalry near Alpine, Georgia, and on the twenty-ninth was engaged on the extreme right at Chicka- *mauga, with a loss of thirty-two killed, wounded and missing. After the battle it pursued Wheeler into east Tennessee, and fought him near Farmington. Till the last of December it was on duty in northern Alabama, then re-enlisted and took its veteran furlough. Shortly before that, the Second battalion made an inroad into east Tennessee, and at Cleveland captured many pris- ~ oners and burned a shot, shell and cap factory. It then went to the relief of Knoxville, and soon after re-enlisted. also. On March 13, 1864, the reorganized and now veteran regiment started again from Camp Dennison for Nashville, where it was equipped, and marched on foot to Columbia, where it was remounted. On May 22d it joined the Seventeenth corps at Decatur, Alabama. On the twenty-ninth its brigade was attacked by General Roddy with a large force, when he was repulsed in disorder, after a hard fight of two hours. In the Atlanta campaign it was engaged in frequent skirmishes, and on the sixth of July it destroyed some large factories at Roswell engaged in making cloth for the rebel armies. On the nineteenth it helped to destroy the Augusta railroad east of and near Atlanta. It aided ina successful raid to Covington, during which two railway bridges, two trains and locomotives, and over two million dollars worth of cotton were destroyed and five hundred rebels captured. The Fourth was also m Stoneman's raid, was engaged at Flat Rock bridge, accompanied General Kilpatrick on his raid around Atlanta, had a severe engagement at Lovejoy's Station, August 19th, while in the advance, and, after the command was surrounded, participated in a charge by which the rebel lines were cut through and all the wagons and artillery safely brought out. The regiment reached Buckhead on the twenty-second, and on the twenty-fifth took part in Sherman's flank movement to Jonesborough, and thence marched to Cross Keys, where it stayed till September 26th, thence went to Landtown, to Atlanta, and to Nashville for a remount. 'This was finaly formed at Louisville, and it started Dixieward again, newly equipped and remounted, on the first of December, reaching Nashville ten days afterwards. It picketed the Cumberland while the battle of Nashville was proceeding, and when it was over, guarded a wagon train to Columbia. At Gravelly Springs, in January, it was equipped for a long campaign, and spent the time there in drilling and building quarters and stables.

On March 22d the regiment, now a part of General Wilson's command, advanced by Frankfort, Rupellville, Jasper, Elyria, and Monteville to Selma. On April rst, at Ebenezer Church, fifteen miles from Selma, the enemy was routed in a sharp skirmish, losing three pieces of artillery and several hundred prisoners. The next day, in front of the rebel works at the latter place, the troops dismounted for a charge, the Fourth being the left regiment of Wilder's brigade, which held the right of the line.. One-fourth the command were holding the horses, and there were only one thousand five hundred in the charging column. 'The attack was made, over five hundred yards of open ground, and through a hail of grape, canister and musket shot. The line swept undauntedly across the works, capturing two lunettes, with seven guns and other war equipment. Fifty men of the Bourth were killed and wounded in this charge. 'he arsenal and navy yard at Selma were destroyed, and on April 6th the column resumed its march, capturing Montgomery and Columbus, and reaching Macon on the

Fifth Ohio Cavalry

The beginnings of this regiment were made early in August, 1861, under authority from General Fremont, by Colonel 'W. H. H. Taylor and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas T. Heath. At first it was the Second Ohio cavalry, but was changed to the Fifth by Governor Dennison. Recruits were rendezvoused at Camp Dick Corwine, near Cincinnati, till November 5th, when the regiment was ordered to Camp Dennison. Februafy 26, 1862, orders were received with much enthusiasm to proceed to Paducah. The command was now one thousand one hundred and forty-two strong, mostly recruited in Hamilton and Clermont counties. It reached Fort Henry just after the victory of the Union forces there, and in a few days proceeded by steamer to Savannah, on the Tennessee river. March 14th it was transported to a point near Eastport, and made the first expedition of the Federal forces on Mississippi soil. Frequent skirmishes were had near Pittsburgh Landing, and parts of the regiment were on numerous scouts until the battle there, which was its first general engagement. It bore itself heroically in both days' fight, though under the most unfavorable circumstances, and for a time received its orders directly from General Grant. Early April 8th it formed the advance and flank guard of General Sherman's reconnoisance, and about eight miles out charged the enemy's cavalry, driving it some six miles, and capturing many prisoners and much material of war. At Corinth it was the first on its part of the line, to enter the town. It was constantly on duty till July 27th, when it reached Memphis, was armed with Burnside carbines, and allowed arest. Two battalions were heavily engaged at the battle of Hatchie, while the Third battalion fought with Rosecrans at Corinth. Companies B and M were in the brilliant action at Davis' Mill, where a large rebel force was checked by one greatly inferior; and they were specially commended in orders by General Grant. In the spring and summer of 1863 the regiment, then in the Second brigade, Cavalry division, Sixteenth corps, was employed in guarding Memphis and the Memphis & Charleston railroad. july 3oth it started for Camp Davis, Mississippi, where the Third battalion, which had been long detached, rejoined it. This battalion had also seen very active and honorable service, and in February, 1863, suffered the loss of Major C. S. Hayes, commanding the battalion, who was killed near Hernando, Mississippi, It was engaged in forty-seven actions and skirmishes while serving independently of its regiment, marching and scouting over fifteen hundred miles, and capturing more than three hundred prisoners, and as many horses and mules, with not more than twenty-five men and horses killed and taken, and fourteen wounded. At once after attack a brigade of the enemy's cavalry, which they drove through Baldwin to Guntown and returned with a number of prisoners. It was then assigned to the Second cavalry brigade, and was almost constantly engaged in scouting and skirmishing. In the latter part of August Major Rader, with the Second battalion, got on the wrong road, ran into a large force of rebels, and was completely stampeded, with a loss of nine men and thirty-five horses. October 16th, by personal order of General Sherman, the regiment joined the advance of Osterhaus' division, Fifteenth corps, on Chattanooga, and had sharp fights at Tuscumbia and elsewhere on the route. For ten days it was about constantly engaged. Part of the regiment served as train guards during the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, while another part acted as escorts and couriers. Its next service was in east 'lennessee, and the Third battalion was a part of the brigade which cut its way through the enemy and gave Burnside information of approaching relief. The next spring the regiment effected a veteran organization, and was assigned to the Third division, Fifteenth corps. During the Atlanta campaign it saw much hard service, by which many of the men were dismounted and were unable to procure remounts. After July 13th the regiment remained the rest of the summer at Cartersville, guarding the railroad. November 8th it joined Kilpatrick's division, Second brigade, and began the march to the sea. In this it had numerous engagements, particularly distinguishing itself at Waynesborough, as also in the march through the Carolinas, losing: seventy-three killed, wounded, and missing in the unfortunate affair at Monroe's Cross Roads, where Kilpatrick was surprised by Hampton. . After the peace the Fifth held in order. the sub-district of Morganton, comprising seventeen counties in western North Carolina, and then all that region. It was finally mustered out after a splendid but most arduous service, October 30, 1865. ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION. FIELD AND STAFF.

Seventh Ohio Cavalry

cavalry, or "River Regiment," to be recruited - one hundred men in each.of-the counties of Meigs, Washington, Athens, Gallia, Scioto, Adams, Clermont, and Brown, and three hundred in Hamilton county. Within six days sixteen hundred men were enrolled. It rendezvoused at Ripley, and when the enemy's cavalry appeared at Augusta, Kentucky, a few miles below, company E, of the Seventh, procuring some muskets and other small arms, crossed and drove them out, with 'considerable loss to the invaders, but none to the bold assailants. After Bragg's retreat began, four companies were sent on a scout from Maysville into eastern Kentucky, and: west to Falmouth. November 22d, the First battalion was sent to the field, and joined General Granger's force at Lexington, whence companies A, B, C, and D marched for the first raid into east Tennessee, upon which a rebel