Madison County, Ohio - Chapter 30: Military History of Madison County, 1915 (part 1 of 2)

Chapter 30: Military History of Madison County

The military history of the United States must necessarily begin with the early Indian struggles, and then the struggle with Great Britain for the independence of the thirteen original states. Of course these struggles took place years before white men set foot within the bounds of the present Madison county, but since that county is honored by the presence within its confines of the graves of some seven heroes who took part in the Revolutfonary War, a nilitary history of the county should begin with an account of their records and the recording of their burial places. The following data concerning these men has been furnished in great part by members of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is to be trusted.

Col. Elias Langham

Col. Klias Langham and Lieut. Samuel Baskerville, life-long friends, lie side by side in the little family graveyard on the old Samuel Baskerville farm, now owned by John Crawford, of London. Colonel Langham's early history is somewhat obscure. He - was born in Virginia. He enlisted, February 19, 1777, under Lieut. Richard C. Waters, First Continental Regiment, Virginia; Col. Charles Harrison, commanding. He was a private. He went into Capt. Drury Ragsdale's company and served part of the time under Capt. Anthony Singleton, of the Second Regiment, and for a part of. the time under Capt. John Dandridge. He -was bombardier-sergeant. quartermaster-sergeant and conductor of military stores. He was appointed lieutenant of the artillery by . Gen. Nathaniel Greene, by a letter which is still preserved on file with his application for a pension. He last served in Capt. Ambrose Bohennan's company. After the war he received five years' full pay in lieu of one-half pay for life.

Colonel Langham received a diploma in the Society of Cincinnatus, signed by his illustrious chief, George Washington. He applied for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818, and made oath of his declaration before Samuel Baskerville, associate justice of Madison county.. He gave an inventory of what he possessed as one horse, saddle und bridle, twenty-five dollars, and all other property, ten dollars. He stated that his occupation was that of a surveyor, but he was unable to follow it. He also stated that had six children, but none were living with him. To the second statement he made oath on May 11, 1821. Tt

Colonel Langham made the town plat of Alexander and is supposed to have made the town plat of Portsmouth. He surv eyed all the Congressional lands in Scioto county; that is, all east of the Scioto river. He was a member of the territorial Legislature, 1799-1801, 1801-02. In 1802 he was a candidate for the constitutional convention from Ross county, but was defeated by Edward Tiffin. In 1808 he was one of the four candidates for Congress, but was defeated. In. 1803, 1805-06, 1806-07 he was a member of the Legislature from Ross county and was speaker of the House in 1803-04. While living in Ross county he was United States surveyor of Congressional lands.

Colonel Langham's title was probably secured. by. his connection with the. Ohio militia during the War of 1812. He probably came to Madison county..about 1807 or 1808, and was a figure in the early history of the county. Samuel N. Kerr was appointed on -the _application of Col.. W. Swan, as administrator of his estate and his personal belongings were sold on December 11, 1830, amounting to only thirty dollars. In order to dispose of a small parcel of land, the administrator caused a legal notice to be published in the Ohio Statesman, giving notice to the heirs of Langham of his intention. This shows that the five children were Betsy Ann Rector (wife of William Rector), Mary Langham, Jane Lewis Langham, Angus Langham and John Langham. It appears that Colonel Langham never moved his family here, as he lived alone or boarded.

Colonel Langham was a judge of the first election held in Union township (London), which was on the first Monday in April, 1810, and was clerk in the annual election the following October.: In July, of that year, he was licensed to keep a tavern at his home in Union townsbip. He was given the contract to build the first county jail, on the organization of the county in 1810. In his declining years Colonel Langham made his home with Judge Samuel Baskerville, south of London, where Be died on April 3, 1880, and where he was buried in the burial ground of that family.

Lieut. Samuel Baskerville

It is shown by the records of the adjutant-general's office at Washington that Samuel Baskerville - one of the first associate justices of the county - served as an officer of the Tenth (also known as the Sixth) Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War, commanded successively by Col. Edward Stevens, Maj. Samuel Hawes, Col. William Russell and Col. John Green. He is reported commissioned ensign, December 3, 1776; second lieutenant, January 2. 1778, in Capt. John Mountjoy's company, and first lieutenant, September 14, 1778, in Capt. Hughes Woodson's company. 'The record also shows him commissioned first lieutenant, April 5, 1778. The records further show that this officer served as quartermaster of the regiment from May to November, 1779, and his name appears on a return dated January 10, 1786, with the remark': 'Deranged, 1st January, 1783, but proved to be in' service." 'Heitman's "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army," an unofficial' publication worthy of credit; shows this officer taken prisoner at Charleston, May 12, 1780; exchanged, July 1781, and retired, January 1, 1783, but paid to November' 15, 1783. Heitman also reports him "died 29th August, 1830." He was buried on the farm which he received by a Virginia military land grant, in the family burial ground, by the side of his friend, Col. Blias Langham. Lieutenant Baskerville was twice married, his first wife being the mother of two children, Mary K. and John. His second wife, Nancy Miller Baskerville, was the mother of the following children: Samuel, Richard, James, William, George, Edward, Judith, Rebecca and Nancy. Of these children only one ever married, Nancy, whose husband was

Major Peter Helpenstine

Heitman's "Historical Register of the Officers of the Continental Army" has the following entry: "Helpenstine, Peter (Va.), Major Sth Virginia, 1st 'March, 1776." In a publication called the "House List of Private Claims," second session, twentyfifth Congress, it is shown that the heirs of Major Peter Helpenstine were granted halfpay for the Revolutionary services of this officer, by act of June 12,-1838. Major Helpenstine was born in Virginia. He started for Ohio in 1805. He settled in Paint township in 1806 and is believed to have been the second settler of that township. (See chapter on history of Paint township.) He was buried on his farm, but later his remains were transferred to the Paint township cemetery, where they rest at present.

Philip Helpenstine

Philip Helpenstine, son of Major Peter Helpenstine. served as a private from October, 1775, to May, 1776, in Capt. Morgan Alexander's company of Colonel Woodford's Virginia regiment, and from May, 1776, to November, 1777, as a private, in Capt. Jonathan Clark's company in Colonel Muhlenberg's Virginia regiment. In his pension peti- tion he stated that by request of his father, Peter Helpenstine, who was major of Colonel Muhlenburg's regiment, he left Colonel Woodford's regiment and joined the former - that from 1777 to 1781 he served several times in the militia, that after the surrender of Cornwallis he was appointed a conductor in the French army, and so served until September 28, 1782. He took part in the battles of Green Bridge, Ft. Moultrie aud many skirmishes. At the time of his enlistment he lived at Winchester, Virginia. He applied for a pension on November 2, 1819, when sixty-six years of age, and was at that time a resident of Fleming county, Kentucky. His claim was allowed. He married Rebecca Wolf, June 16, 1776. in Frederick county, Virginia: died on. October 19, 1880, and she was pensioned as his widow. He was buried in the family burial grounds with his father, and later his remains were also removed to the Paint township cemetery.

Tradition tells us that David Witson, who settled in Paint townsip at about the same time as.did Peter Helpenstine, and who married the latter's daughter, Mary Helpenstine, served as a drummer-boy in the Continental army. There is no official record to substantiate this tradition, but it is quite probable that such was the case.

Andrew Sifrit

Andrew Sifrit enlisted in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1775, as a private in Capt. Andrew Waggoner's company, Col. James Woods's Twelfth Regiment of Virginia troops of the Continental line. He served in several campaigns in the Northern army, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and Paulus Hook, and was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston, and exchanged at Jamestown, Virginia (length of captivity not known) ; was at the surrender of Cornwallis and marched under Capt. Alexander Parker to Richmond, Virginia, and served there. He was on the water for eighteen months. For his services he was given two hundred and forty acres of land in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, to which he emigrated, and is described elsewhere as one of the pioneers of that township. Reference to his land grant is made in the widows' file No. 25468, bureau of pensions, Washington, D. C. Andrew Sifrit was allowed a' pension on an application, executed on April 6, 1812. He was born in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, March 16, 1755, and died in Madison county, Ohio, October 16, 1847, and was buried in the Paint township cemetery. He was twice married; his first wife having been Susanna Shrock, whom he married about 1786 and by whom he had nine children. of whom Mary, Catherine. John, Elizabeth and James came with him to this township. His second wife was Hannah Morrils. a native of Virginia, by whom he had twelve children, he thus having been the father of twenty-one children.

Obil Beach

"Obil Beach was born in. Goshen, Connecticut. He was reluctantly permitted by his father, on account of his age, to enlist in the Continental army under Captain Chapman and Colonel Swift. He enlisted in 1777 and served three years, being a member of General Gates's army that witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York. He was a pensioner. He married Elizabeth Kilbourne, of Litchfield, Connecticut, and. moved to Canaan township, Madison county, in 1817, where he died in September, 1846, at the age of eighty-eight years. His children were: Susannah, Amos and Marva, born in Poultney, Vermont; Uri, Ambrose, Rhoda, Sarah, Lorenzo, Roswell and Irene, born in New Haven, Vermont; and Obil Oren and Oren Obil, twins. AlN these children came to Madison county and settled in Darby and Canaan townships, as is told in the histories of those townships elsewhere in this volume.

William Smith

William Smith emigrated from Donegal, Ireland, and immediately on arrival joined the Continental army, as a private, at Dover, Delaware. He enlisted in June, 1776, for one year, under Capt. Joseph Stedham and Colonel Hazlett. He applied for a pension on April 29, 1818, at. which time he was a resident of Licking county. Ohio, and sixtyfour 'years of age. He married Elizabeth Campbell. He moved to Madison county with his son and is buried either in the Oak Hill or the Glade cemetery.

Frontier Wars

The first military experiences of the actual residents of this county were experienced during the wars of the frontier. While peace nominally existed, the hardy pioneer was always prepared for war whenever it should come., The climax of this frontier tension was probably reached in 1811. At that time it is thought there were no Indians living in the county, but the events leading to the battle of Tippecanoe and the killing of an Indian named Nicholas Monhem, by Tobias Bright. in 1810, incensed the roving bands of savages and kept the settlements in a feverish state of anxiety. In the eastern portion of the county several families left their homes and repaired to a stockade that was built on the east side of Little Darby creek, across from the present site of the town of Jefferson, where they remained until after Gen. William Henry Harrison gave the Indians their crushing defeat at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. When the news of this great victory reached the county the fears of the people greatly subsided and those in the fort returned to their cabin homes. The example set by these people of the eastern portion of the county was followed in many other parts of the county. Several exceptionally strong cabins were built as places of general rendezvous whenever an outbreak seemed imminent.

The War Of 1812

On June 18, 1812, the United States, by resvlution forced through Congress by Henry Clay, declared war on Great Britain, and a few days later Governor Meigs, of Ohio, issued a call for troops, designating Franklinton, Urbana and Dayton as general places of rendezvous for this portion of Ohio. Capt. John Moore and Capt. Elias Langham were appointed to open a recruiting office in London. A company of seventy men was raised in this neighborhood and sent to Mill creek, in what is now the southern part of Union county, where a block-house was built on the north bank of the stream and general preparation was made to defend the county against the Indians - the allies of the English. Jonathan Alder, elsewhere described as the first settler in the neighborhood of Darby township, was in this company and the story is still told of how he, getting tired of being penned up in the fort and believing there was no danger immediate, concocted a scheme with John Johnson to break up the camp and so return to their homes. These two men were sent on a scouting expedition, and after covering the ground about a mud-hole with moccasin tracks, returned to the camp and reported that Indian signs were numerous, at the same time offering to conduct a 'squad to: the plaee to investigate the matter. This bit of news created consternation among the men. Alder, Johnson and Andrew-Clerno were detailed for picket duty that night. Clerno was "Jet in" on the scheme, and, about eleven o'cleck, while the camp was asleep, all three fired their guns at an imaginary enemy in the bush, and rushed into the fort. The result: was a general stampede, the men running like as many frightened cattle, pell-mell, in every direction through the forest.' The shouts of the officers in their efforts: to rally them proved fruitless. .Many ludicrous scenes took place, as well as a few accidents through coming into violent contact with trees; while two brave lads plunged into Mill creek. The ruse was successful, for about ten o'clock the following morning all the men were discharged and sent to their homes. Much sport was made of this event, and many of the worthy pioneer fathers of the county were the butt of the jokers throughout their lives because of their participation in this first campaign.

Treaty Of Peace

On June 21, 1813, a great council was held with the Indians at Franklinton by General Harrison, at which the Indians Solemnly agreed to remain at peace with the settlers, thus ratifying the spirit of all former treaties. An excellent memorial of this council has been found, which is herewith reproduced:

"The Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot and Senaca tribes were represented by about fifty warriors. General Harrison represented the governisent, and with him were his': staff and a brilliant array of officers in full uniform. Behind them was an attachment of soldiers. In his front were the Indians. Around all were the inhabitants of this region, far and near. The object was to induce these tribes, who had heretofore remained - neutral in the war, to take an active part in the ensuing campaign for the United States, or at least give a guarantee of their peaceful intention by remaining with their families within the settlements.

"The general began to speak in calm and measured tones, befitting the grave occasion, but an undefined depression seemed to hold all in suspense, as with silent and almost breathless attention, they awaited the effect of the general's words. These seemed to fall on dull ears, as the Indians sat with unmoved countenances, and smoked on in stolid silence. At length the persuasive voice of the great commander struck a responsive cord, and Tarhe, or the Crane, the great Wyandot chief, slowly rose to his feet. Standing for a moment in a graceful and commanding attitude, he made a brief reply. When he, with others, passed forward to grasp the hand of Harrison, in token not only of amity, but in agreement to stand as a barrier on our exposed frontier, a terrible doubt and apprehension was lifted from the hearts of all. Jubilant shouts rent the air, women wept for joy, and stalwart men thrilled with pleasure as they thought of the assured safety of their wives and children from a cruel and stealthy foe. They prepared at once, with alacrity, to go forth to the impending battles." The Indians remained faithful to this agreement and the settlements were spared a re-enactment of their early bloody scenes. At that time the Indian frontier stretched in a long line from the, lakes to lower Illinois, diagonally across the state not more than sixty miles away, so it is readily seen what a relief it must have been to husbands and fathers.

'In May, 1813, during the siege of Ft. Meigs, runners were sent to all parts of the state, calling on the male inhabitants to assemble at once and to: march to the relief of, that fortress. The militia from Madison county was hurriedly sent to Urbana where | a large force was organized wnder 'the command of Col. Duncan McArthur. It started for Ft. Meigs, but after a four-days forced march through the forests, was met by William Oliver. John McAdams and Captain John, the Shawnee chief, who informed them that the siege had been abandoned. The troops returned to Urbana and were discharged. Major David Gwynne, one of the Gwynne brothers, who settled in Deer Creek township,

Soon afterward the militia was again called out and marched, this time, to Sandusky, where they remained but a short time. Ata special term of the court of common pleas, held October 4, 1813, a number of military fines were remitted. They had been assessed by the county board of military officers, for neglect of duty in the prosecution of the war, then being waged against England. It seems to be impossible at this late date to attempt to give the names of the volunteers from Madison county who saw service during the War of 1812... . '

When peace once more prevailed, after 1815, Congress eet a iam reorganizing, the militia and making it obligatory for all males, hetween the ages of eighteen, and fortyfive, to perform military duty. These mep were required to perform military duty for seven years in time of peace, which, complied with, exempted them from poll tax. This county was divided into military divisions, and certain points designated in each for the militia to meet and receive instruction in the art of war. These assemblages of the militia were known as the "general muster." The militia could not draw military equipment from the government, but at these musters armed themselves with rifles, shot guns, broom-handles, sticks, or any implement by which they could be put through the manual of exercises. The law also provided that if any company would furnish their own uniforms, and otherwise comply with the law, the state should supply them with arms and ammunitions. Several companies of this class were organized in Madison county. The muster days were looked upon by all classes with much favor, as they were days of 'recreation, social joys and friendly greetings.

The Mexican War

The Mexican War created no great stir in this county, though the progress of the victorious American troops was followed with the general enthusiasm characteristic of the rest of the country. The Whig leaders railed against the war as an effort toward the further extension of slavery, but the impression they made was not deep. Only the names of the following can be given as Madison county boys who served during this war; no doubt there were more, but it is almost impossible to determine who they were: Joel H. Worthington, Edward Hill, Samuel Cramer, Oscar McCormack, George W. Athey Lewis Dun, William Justice, William Frost, Adam Bidwell, Este Bidwell, Samuel Armstrong, Edward Sager and Mortimer A. Garlick.

The Civil War

The first step taken in London, the county seat of Madison county, after President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand volunteers on April 15, 1861, was on the second day after the fall of Ft. Sumter, when a mass meeting of the citizens of the town was held in the town hall, which meeting was organized by the calling of H. W. Smith to the chair and the appointing of A. Downing as secretary. Patriotic and stirring speeches were made by H. W. Smith, Dr. A. Toland, Col. P. W. Taylor, William Jones, George Lincoln, W. H. Squires, John McGaffey and many other citizens. Richard Cowling, Doctor Toland and William Jones were appointed as a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. Colonel Taylor read his orders from the adjutant-general to proceed to enroll a company of volunteers, and also the general orders from the same officer. A call was made for volunteers, but none answered at that time. A. Downing was authorized to enroll all volunteers who should subsequently make application. The committee reported the following resolutions:

"WHEREAS, the flag of our country having been dishoncred by traitors, we deem it our duty to defend that flag at the risk of our lives; therefore,

"Resolved, that the citizens of Madison county, as much as they deplore the strife and disunion in our land, will still cling to the union of these states, and by every honorable means in their power endeavor to maintain their integrity.

"Resolved, that they wil] try to sustain the general government in maintaining its authority in enforcing the laws and upholding the flag of the Union." |

A flag was raised over the court house on Monday, April 16. A flag, which the-ladies of London had made, was raised over the academy building on Wednesday, with speeches by J. S. Burnham, J. D. Stine, Emery Smith, and others. Other flags floated from the Toland warehouse, Peter Weber's, Van Wagner & Athey's grocery; from the Cowling

House, and from many other points. About twenty young men had taken the required oath by April 18. A requisition was made by the governor for seventy-five men from Colonel Taylor's volunteers, to be in readiness on Wednesday, April 28. Men rallied to the cause, political differences were forgotten, and squads of men were drilling on the streets, while the hotels were thronged with recruits. The first company enrolled in accordance with Governor Dennison's call was christened by Colonel Taylor, ''The Kagle Guards." They were commanded by Capt. Thomas \cton, and left for Lancaster, Ohio, April 27, 1861. Before leaving camp they were presented, by the ladies of London, with a beautiful flag and one hundred flannel shirts made by them from material furnished by the town council. The flag was presented by Neal Clark, later Mrs. Neal Clark Mitchell, in behalf of the ladies. This flag was carried by this company all through its period of service and in turn by Company C of the Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three years' service, of which Thomas Acton was also captain. Captain Acton .sent the flag, tattered and torn, home to his wife, Missouri Lewis Acton, in a chest, a short time before he was killed on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1868, in the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. At the death of his widow, the flag came into the possession of her sister, Minerva Lewis Acton, who gave it in turm to her son, Elias Acton. He in turn placed it in the charge of Capt. John Locke, of London, who presented it, to be preserved, to the Woman's Relief Corps, which still has it in its possession and it hangs, earefully enclosed in a wooden case with a glass cover, in the hall of the Grand Army of the Republic, in London.

At once steps were taken for the raising of funds for the use of the volunteers and the care of their dependent ones. Peter Buffenburgh subscribed one thousand dollars toward the volunteer fund. In May, 1863, Col. Peter W. Taylor deeded sixteen hundred acres of Missouri land to H. W. Smith, B. F. Clark, Jacob Peethey, M. Lemen and James Kinney, to be held in trust for the benefit of disabled soldiers from Madison county.

The ladies of the county did not neglect to do their part and the Ladies' Hospital Relief Society of Madison County was soon organized and its efforts were unceasing during the continuance of the war. The ladies were constantly sending to the hospitals of Ohio regiments boxes of fruit and other delicacies, with large supplies of woolen blankets, socks, underwear, sheets, pillow cases. books and papers, magazines, - in fact, everything to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the soldiers; while also es ing their loved, ones at home with the necessaries of life.

On July 19, 1862, Governor Dennison appointed Dr. Milton Lemen, Robert Armstrong, William Curtain, Gabriel Prugh and Judge B. F. Clark, as a military committee for Madison county. On June 24, 1863. the military committee was reorganized, and the following gentlemen were appointed by Governor Tod: Robert Armstrong, Judge B. F. Clark, Gabriel Prugh, Thomas P. Jones and O. P. Grabbe, who served until the war was over,

Company Rosters

In the following the history and description of the various regiments have been compiled from Whitelaw Reid's valuable work on "Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers." published in New York, in 1868. The company rosters have been taken from the "Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866," issued and compiled under the direction of the roster commission of Ohio, from the adjutant-general's office, between 1886 and 1898. It is therefore felt that the following rolls are as complete and as correct as it is possible to make them, though doubtless there may be found omissions and errors.

Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The nucleus of the Seventeenth Regiment was an organization raised at Lancaster, Ohio, under the militia law of Ohio. 'These were later joined by several companies from other counties, among which were those of Capt. Thomas Acton, of London, and Capt. Thomas J. Haynes, of Plain City, Madison county. This regiment was organized at the fair grounds, near Lancaster, by the election of field officers. The Seventeenth left Zanesville, whither it had proceeded, on June 20, for Bellaire, and on arriving at Benwood. across the Ohio river from Bellaire, it embarked on June 23 for Marietta, arriving there on Sunday afternoon. The following morning it started for Parkersburg, and in a few hours the Seventeenth was on Virginia soil. It was at once brigaded with the Ninth und Tenth Ohio Regiments, with Gen. William S. Rosecrans in command of the brigade.

The first duty to which it was detailed was the guarding of trains fo Clarksburg, West Virginia, and return. Company F was the first assigned to this duty, being sent with two carloads of provisions. Companies A and B were detailed as guard to General McClellan. Companies I, F, G and K were sent down the river on an expedition under 'the command of Major Steele, with sealed orders, not to be opened until Blennerhassett's Island was passed. One company was put off at Larue, West Virginia, and the other two proceeded on down to Ripley Landing and crossed over by land to Ripley, the county seat of Jackson county. Both detachments were to operate against the guerrillas of the different localities. 'The chief of the guerilla leaders of the district were the two Wests, father and son, who had made their boasts that they would "annihilate the Yankees on sight,"' but took good care to keep within a safe distance from the Yankees they had set out to annihilate. Two companies were retained at Ravenswood, as a garrison, until July 10, on which date they were ordered to report to the regiment at Buckhannon, _ Virginia, on July 14. The other five companies, Colonel Connell, commanding, started to march across to Buckhannon by way of Glenwood. At Glenwood they were surrounded on the 4th of July by a force of about fifteen hundred Confederates, but being well posted, held their position until re-enforced by the Tenth Ohio, Colonel Lytle. Soon _after the regiment had consolidated at Buckhannon, it was ordered on an expedition with _ several other regiments, Colonel Tyler commanding, to Sutton, Virginia. After a long and hard march, Sutton was occupied and fortified.

at Zanesville, Ohio, on August 18, and. was mustered out of the three months' service on the 15th at Camp Goddard. The two Madison county companies returned to their homes, and many, if not all of them, later joined regiments in the three-years service, principally enlisting in the different companies from Madison county that went into the Twenty-sixth, _Fortieth, Ninety-fifth and One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiments. Company C - This company, originally christened "The Eagle Guards,' was. organ- _ized at London, under the first call for troops in April, 1861. It was subsequently ordered to Lancaster, Ohio, and there mustered into the service on April 27, 1861, at Camp Anderson, joining the Seventeenth Regiment, with the following roster:

Company G - On the first call for troops in April, 1861, this company was immediately organized at Plain City, and forwarded to Lancaster, Ohio, where it was mustered in at Camp Anderson, on April 27, 1861.

enlist. There Cover and Peetrey and Dungan and Fickey applied at two different recruiting stations. Cover and Peetrey were admitted into Company F of the Second Regiment, but Dungan and Fickey were a little too late and were not admitted. Undaunted, they -took the next train for' Columbus and there were admitted to Coney. B of the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Antantry.

Twenty-Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The Twenty-sixth Regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in July, 1861, and was recruited from the counties of Butler, Ross, Delaware, Guernsey, Mahonning, Champaign, Scioto and Madison. . When its organization was completed it was ordered to the upper Kanawha valley, where it did service until, January, 1862, most. of the time ams gaged in severe scout duty. In the movement by General Rosecrans on -Sewell Mountain the Twenty-sixth Regiment claims to have led the advance, and to have brought up the rear on the retreat from that point. Soon afterward it was transferred from the Department of West Virginia to the Department of the Ohio, afterward named the Department of the Cumberland. It was then brigaded with the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Viftieth Indiana Regiments, under the command of Colonel M. 8. Hascall, and placed in Brig-Gen. Thomas J. Wood's division, of which it constituted a part until October, 1863. When the Army of the Cumberland was organized into corps, at Louisville, in September, 1862, the division was assigned to the Twenty-first Corps, and so remained until October, 1868, when the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were consolidated with the Fourth Corps, and the Twenty-sixth Regiment became a part of the Second Brigade (Wagner's), Second Division (then Sheridan's) of the Fourth Corps.

The Twenty-sixth Regiment formed a part of the advance column on Nashville, after the capture of Ft. Donelson, and shared the forced marches, hardships and privations of General Buell's army in its advance to Pittsburg Landing to the relief of General Grant. In the advance from Shiloh, through the swamps of northern Mississippi, upon Corinth, the Twenty-sixth occupied the first line, and was the first to enter the place. During the summer of 1862, the regiment bore its full share of the hardships of General Buell's fruitless campaign. In August of that year the Twenty-sixth took part in the attack, near McMinnville, Tennessee, upon Forrest's brigade of cavalry, capturing prisoners, General Forrest's body servant, battle horse and private carriage. In the memorable forced marches of Buell and Bragg, from the Tennessee to the Ohio, and thence toward Cumberland Gap, in the fall of 1862, the Twenty-sixth Ohio did its full duty.

On December 26, 1862, General Rosecrans commenced his advance from Nashville against Murfreesboro. During this action the Twenty-sixth Ohio, under Major Squires, supported in part by the Fifty-eighth Indiana, made a gallant and successful charge, storming and driving from a strong position, in the village of Lavergne, a far larger

- force of the enemy that for many hours had held the left wing of the army at bay, and seriously impeded the progress of the movements in execution. At the battle of Stone's River the Twenty-sixth, under Major Squires, was one of the several regiments which stood firm against the charge of the Confederates on the 26th, when three-fourths of the federal forces on the right had given way and were in full flight; and though for many hours the heavily-massed columns of the enemy were thrown against them, they still stood their ground; and the Twenty-sixth formed the apex of the convex battle-front that all Bragg's victorious army could not bend or break. 'One-third of the regiment's strange was lost in killed and wounded. -

~In the advance on Bragg's lines at Tullahoma and Shelbyville the regiment bore a conspicuous and honorable part. In the advance on Chattanooga, in December, 1863, the Twenty-sixth led the advance of Crittenden's corps, which was the first to enter the placé, Colonel Young leading the regiment over the northern bluff of Lookout Mountain. At Chickamauga the Twenty-sixth was in the thickest and bloodiést of the fight, where it acquitted itself with honor. At the storming of Missionary Ridge by the Army of the Cumberland, the Twenty-sixth Ohio maintained its reputation. It occupied nearly' the center of the front line of assault and was there called upon to sustain the concentrated fire of the enemy's circular line of forty cannon and thousands of muskets. The assault was made in the face of this terrible fire, the column fighting its way step by step up the slope, every minute becoming weaker by the exhaustive outlay of strength and thinner 'by the murderous fire until, with less than half a command, with the entire color- -guard disabled, 'the colonel, bearing his own colors charged his foaming horse over the enemy' Ss work and the rebels threw down their arms, abandoned their guns and gave way in a rout. In this action the Twenty- sixth Regiment eaptured about fifty prisoners and two cannon.

Later in the same day the Twenty-sixth and the Fifteenth Indiana, under the command of Colonel Young, captured a six-gun battery the enemy were trying to drag off in their retreat, and flanked and dislodged a strong body of Confederates, who, with two heavy cannon, were attempting to hold in check the: Federal troops until their train could be withdrawn. The regiment suffered at this time the loss of about one-fourth of its strength in killed and wounded.

An Undaunted Band

Even before its dead were buried, the Twenty-sixth, now reduced by two and onehalf years of arduous service from one thousand to less than two hundred men, was on its way with the Fourth Corps to raise the siege of Knoxville. They marched barefoot over frozen ground, and bivouacked without shelter, in midwinter, clad in summer clothing, with but half rations, on the dreary and desolate hillsides of east Tennessee. Yet, with elbows out, pants worn half way to the knees, socks and shirts gone to threads, hun gry and shivering in the cold of January 1, 1864, the Twenty-sixth, almost to a man, re-enlisted for three more years of service. The regiment was the first regiment of the Fourth Corps to re-enlist, and the first to arrive home on veteran furlough.

Returning to the field at the expiration of its furlough, the regiment rejoined the Fourth Corps at Bridgeport, Tennessee. It took part in Sherman's movement against Atlanta, being present at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and other minor engagements. The Confederate General Hood, thinking to circumvent and defeat the plans of Sherman, made his dash at the rear of Atlanta and marched on Nashville, and the Twenty-sixth, after a three-weeks rest, was again called into arduous service and took part in the race that ensued. The battle of Franklin was fought; the enemy checked in his swift march, and the Union forces won the race to Nashville. At this point the two armies again met in battle, resulting in a victory for the Federal troops, the enemy being completely demoralized and put to flight. After pursuing the enemy across the Tennessee river the Union forces fell back to Huntsville and Nashville.

The Texas campaign was now resolved upon, and the Twenty-sixth formed part of that force, participating in the trip down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans; thence

'in the severe march across the country from Port Lavaca to San Antonio. On October 21, 1865, the regiment was mustered out of the service at Victoria. Immediately thereafter it wus sent home to Camp Chase, paid off, and discharged.

Company K - Company K,. of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer ineshery. was recruited at London and bore the name of the "Cowling Videttes," in honor cf Richard Cowling, a leading citizen of the county. It arrived at Camp Chase on July 22, 1861, and on the following day was mustered into the Twenty-sixth Regiment. The roster follows:

Captains - William H. Squires, who was promoted to major on December 7, 1862, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on April 2, 1864, and resigned on Noveniber 17, 1864; James R. Warner, who was promoted to first lieutenant. Company E, from second lieutenant, April 26, 1862, was made a captain on December 2. 1862, and resigned on January 24, 1864: James A. Spence, promoted from first lieutenant and adjutant, April 2, 1864, was promoted major, February 10, 1864, and was mustered out with the regiment.

First lieutenants - James R. Hume, resigned January 24, 1864; William B. Johnson, promoted from second lieutenant, Company F, April 2, 1864, honorably discharged, October 19, 1864; David D. Brooks, appointed corporal. September 6, 1861. sergeant, January 1,

Second lieutenants - Fr ancis M. Williams, promoted from corporal. April 26, 1862, promoted to first lieutehant of Company E:; December 2. 1862. killed at Chickamauga, September 19. 1863 : Erastus Guy. appointed sergeant ao corporal, pe oF 6. 1861, promoted to second lieutenant December 2, 1862, promoted to first lieutenant Company B, April 2, 1864, promoted to captain, December 9, 1864, resigned March 1, 1865.

First sergeants - Moses H. Wood, discharged on October 18, 1861, to accept promotion as captain in a Virginia regiment; Thomas S. Pennington, appointed sergeant, November 15, 1861, discharged, April 18, 1862,-on surgeon's certificate of disability; Benjamin C. Putnam, appointed sergeant from corporal, November 9, 1861, first sergeant, April 19, 1862, killed on December 31, 1862, n battle of Stone's River, Tennessee; Benjamin F. Tyler, appointed sergeant from corporal, April 19, 1862, first sergeant, March 14, 1863, discharged, July 25, 1864, on expiration of term of service; John Bradley, appointed corporal, March 1, 1864, sergeant, March 1, 1865, first sergeant, May 1, 1865, mustered out with regiment.

Sergeants - Alexander Dean, discharged, February 7, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Charles R. Warner, appointed from corporal, November 15, 1861, discharged in August, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; Isaac W. Ray, appointed corporal, November 9, 1861, sergeant, March 14, 18638, mustered out, July 25, 1864, on expiration of term of service; James Withrow, appointed from corporal, August 15, 1862, mustered out, July 25. 1864. on expiration of term of service; William L. Fickey, died, October 15, 1861, at Gallipolis, Ohio; Henry W. Roland, appointed from corporal, September 1, 1861, mustered out with company.

Corporals - William H. Flack, appointed corporal, September 1, 1865, mustered out with company; Lucian Dungan, discharged, February 7, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; Charles Auchaner, transferred from Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 7, 1865, appointed corporal, September 1, 1865, mustered out with company; Claudius C. Ellison, appointed corporal, March 1, 1864, killed, June 23, 1864, in action near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Jolm T. Moore, appointed corporal, Mareh 1, 1864, killed. June 27, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Patrick Graham, appointed corporal in April, 1862, died, October 3, 1868, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received, September 19, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Charles Philips, appointed corporal, September 6, 1861, discharged, June 16, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability; James A. Treahorn, appointed corporal in October, 1861, mustered out, July 25, 1864, on expiration of term of service; Joseph P. Morris, appointed corporal in 1862, mustered out. July 25, 1864, on expiration of term of service; Thaddeus K. Lockwood, appointed corporal in October, 1862, mustered out. December 12, 1864, on expiration of term of service; Gamaliel W. Saunders, appointed corpcral, November 9, 1861, died, October 24, 1868, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863.

Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The organization of the Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, was completed on December 7, 1861, at Camp Chase, Ohio, and on the 11th of the same month the regiment started for eastern Kentucky, going by rail to Paris, Kentucky, and marching thence to Paintville, where it formed a junction with Colonel Garfield, who at that time was moving up the Sandy river. The regiment took part in the defeat of Humphrey Marshall on January 10, 1862, at the battle of Middle Creek, and afterwards remained in camp at Paintville, suffering much from sickness. The following February, it moved to Piketon, where it remained as an outpost, with a Kentucky regiment, until June 18, when they moved on to Prestonburg, which place was abandoned a month later, the Fortieth going to Louisa, where it remained until September 13, on which date it left Louisa and moved to the mouth of the Sandy, and a few days afterward was ordered to Gallipolis, Ohio. On October 4 it moved to Guyandotte, West Virginia, and, on November 14, was again ordered into eastern Kentucky. On February 20, 1863, the regiment started for _Nashville, Tennessee, and on its arrival there was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Reserve Corps, then at Franklin, which latter point the regiment reached in March, in time to take part in a forced march after Van Dorn. Van Dorn attacked the line with a large mounted force on April 10, the Fortieth then being on picket duty south of Franklin, and was repulsed by that regiment alone.

On June 2, the Fortieth moved to Triune and on the 28rd of the same month the reserve corps was moved forward, forming the right wing of Rosecrans' army in its advance on Shelbyville, Wartrace and Tullahoma. _ The regiment was stationed at Wartrace and Tullahoma until September 7, 1863, after which the reserve corps pushed rapidly forward to assist in the movement on Chattanooga. The regiment participated in the battle of Chickamauga, losing quite heavily; and, after falling back to Chattanooga, encamped at Moccasin Point, opposite Lookout Mountain, and finally went into winter quarters at Shellmound, Tennessee, where four companies re-enlisted.

The regiment shared in the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, and behaved with great gallantry. It. was in the second line of. battle, and, upon reaching the rebel breastworks,. was ordered to halt by General Whittaker, who was in command, but not hearing the order in the din of battle, pressed on, capturing several pieces of artillery at the 'White House," several hundred yards in advance of the other troops. The right of the regiment advanced near the Summertown road, but receiving no support, was obliged to fall back. The Fortieth felt much chagrined at the result, and claimed that if properly supported, it would have captured the rebel guns and stores on the top of the mountain. At the close of the campaign, the regiment returned to Shellmound and was moved on January 20, 1864, going into camp near Cleveland, Tennessee, on February 6. From February 22 to.the 28th of the same month it was engaged in a reconnaissance on Dalton. On May 2, the Fortieth marched on the Atlanta campaign, participating in many of the battles before that place, and being under fire almost constantly after reaching Dalton. Companies A, B, C and D were mustered out of the service at Pilot Knob, Georgia, October 7, 1864. The remainder of the regiment shared the fortunes of the Fourth Corps in its pursuit of Hood, and in its retreat before Hood from Pulaski. In December those who were not veterans were mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, and the veterans consolidated with the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

After the consolidation of the Fortieth with the Fifty-first, the combined regiment was transported, with the Fourth Army Corps, to New Orleans, thence to Texas, where, 'at the town of Victoria, it performed guard duty for some months. It was mustered out of the service on December 3, 1865, and was brought home to 'Camp Chase, where it was finally paid off and discharged.

Company A - This company was organized at Jefferson, this county, and was mustered into the Fortieth Regiment at Camp Chase, September 19, 1861, it having arrived there on the 10th of that month. Following is a roster of the officers and men of this company :

Captains - William Jones, who was promoted to major on February 5, 1863, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on February 25, 1863; Orlando C. Bowles, promoted from first lieutenant, February 5, 1863, resigned September 9, 1863.

I, February 5, 1863, killed, September 20, 1863, in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Richard B. Cowling, promoted from second lieutenant, Company E, May 9, 1864, mustered out, October 7, 1864, on expiration of term of service. Second lieutenants - Thomas Lilly, accidentally wounded, January 10, 1862, at Middle Creek, Kentucky, resigned July 20, 1862; Willion Dillon, promoted from first sergeant, July 20, 1862, resigned. January 24, 1863; James A. Fisher, promoted from first sergeant of Company G, January 24, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant of Company F, January 5, 1864, transferred to Company K, Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, December 10, 1864, promoted to captain, January 6, 1865, and was mustered out with that company, October 3, 1865.

First sergeants - Thomas Pearce, appointed from sergeant, July 20, 1862, soon afterward discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability; Wilson Burrows, appointed from sergeant, July 20, 1862, killed, April 10, 1863, in battle of Franklin, Tennessee; Marion Simpkins, appointed from sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, Company H, February 5, 1863, resigned, January 23, 1864; Otho H. Scott, mustered in as a private, appointed first sergeant, mustered out December 8, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee, on expiration of term of service.

Sergeants - Andrew Garabrant, appointed corporal, later sergeant, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; George Ingalls, appointed from private, promoted: to commissary sergeant, July 1, 1864; Frank Ingalls, appointed from private, discharged, June 8, 1863, at Nashville, Tennessee, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Albert Williams, appointed from private, captured, April 10, 1868, at battle of Franklin, Tennessee, wounded September 20, 1863, in battle of. Chickamauga, Georgia, mustered out November 6, 1864, at Pulaski, Tennessee, on expiration of term of service; John H. Plimell, appointed from corporal, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of. service; Elisha Bidwell, appointed from corporal, died, September 12, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received on September 2, 1864, in battle of Lovejoy Station, Georgia; Thomas Price, discharged in 1862 on surgeon's certificate of disability.

Corporals - Ralph Robinson, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Lawrence Englesperger, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service: James Blair, detailed in pioneer corps, April 138, 1863, mustered out, to date October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Calvin Bradley, mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1864, on expiration of term of service ; William P. Taylor; Wesley M. Cochran, mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1864, on expiration of term of service; William M. French, transferred to Company I, Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, December 10, te eLgitay out with that regiment; Augustus Studebaker, mustered out, October 7, a, Georgia, at expiration of term of service; Charles Swartz, mustered out,

October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Daniel Lilly, died of wounds received, September 19, 1863, at battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; George W. Plimell, wounded November 24, 1863, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, at expiration of term of service; Thomas B. iis, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at 'Atlanta, Georsia, on expiration of term of service.

Musicians - Frederick Olney, promoted to principal musician on January 1, 1864; Jonathan Hamil, mustered out, October 7, 1864, on expiration of term of service.

Company C - Company C was organized at London, Madison county, in the falk: of i861, and was mustered into the Fortieth Regiment at Camp Chase on pchiomber 2h; of | the same year. Its roster shows the following officers and men: BESTA ES li

Captains - Thomas Acton, who was promoted to major on February 5, 1863, was: killed on November 24, 18638, in the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; Delamer Deland, promoted from first lieutenant, February 5, 1863, wounded, November 14, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, mustered out, October 8, 1864, at pane eres at expiration of term of service.

First lieutenant - James C. Peck, promoted from second lieutenant, February 5, 1863, mustered out October 8, 1864, at expiration of term of service.

Second lieutenant - Ezra Tullis, promoted from first sergeant on February 5, 1868, to first lieutenant, March 19, 1864, but not mustered out on October 8, 1864; at expyation of term of service.

First sergeants - Angus W. Kirkley, appointed from sergeant, killed on July 20, 1864, at battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Clark Smith, appointed corporal on March 1, 1862, sergeant, May 1, 1864, first sergeant, July 21, 1864, mustered pOuge: October 8, 1864, at expiration of term of service.

Sergeants - Charles C. MeCormack, wounded on September 20, 1863, in' battle of - Chickamauga. Georgia. transferred to veteran reserve corps, Mareh 27, 1864; Thomas E. Graham, discharged, December 17, 1861, by civil authority ; James W. Ware, wounded on September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. mustered out,: October 8, 1864, at expiration of term of service; David M. Clark, appointed from corporal, January 16, 494. mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, at expiration of term of, service; Orestes 'A.

MeCaula, appointed from corporal, wounded, September 20, 1868, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, transferred to veteran reserve corps and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability.

Corporals - Henry Kelley, transferred 'to pioneer corps, April 5, 1863, mustered out, October 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia,'on expiration of term of service; Daniel Fleming, discharged, September 21, 1861, by civil authority; Benjamin Natrie, appointed corporal, May 1, 1863, mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 8, 1864, on expiration of term of service; William Ellers, discharged, September 30, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Henry McDaniel, died at Piketon, Kentucky, April 23, 1862; Simon L. B. MeMillen, wounded, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, mustered out, November 5, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, at expiration of term of service; George W. Roberts, transferred to Company I, September 22, 1864, mustered out, October 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Henry Lyman, died, March 1, 1862, at Ashland, Kentucky; John Alters, killed, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; John Brady, died, April 17, 1863, of wounds received, April 10, 1863, in battle - of Franklin, Tennessee; John R. Howe, appointed corporal, October 1, 1862, killed, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia.

Musicians - George H. Bhifer, mustered out, October 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; James Lyon, detailed as regimental postmaster, mustered cut, October 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service.

Wagoners - Minor Paine, appointed wagoner, July 27, 18638, mustered out, October 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Newman Whittaker, discharged, July 20, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.

Company D - This company, called the "Buffeenburgh Boy s," in honor of Peter Buffenburgh, was organized at London, and was mustered into the Fortieth Regiment at Camp Chase on September 30, 1861. Its officers and men were as follow:

Captains - James Watson, promoted to: lieutenant-colonel, March 19, 1864, mustered out with regiment; Charles Converse, promoted. from first lieutenant, March 19, 1864, killed, June 30, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.

- First lieutenant - William 'Topping g,. preimoted from second lieutenant, Company K, March 19, 1864, discharged, June 1, 1864, for wounds received, Reptember 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia.

Second lieutenant - James M. Dungan, resigned November 12, 1862; Charles Cover, promoted from sergeant, August 30, 1862, promoted to first lieutenant of Company K, March 19, 1864, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Daniel Collett, Jr., promoted. from sergeant, Company B, March 19, 1864, to. first lieutenant, Company B, May 9, 1864, died May 30, 1864, of wounds received, November 24, 1863, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. OE

First sergeant - Daniel N. Thomas, appointed from Lergeant, November 12, 1862, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service..

Sergeants - Joseph B. Couples, appointed corporal, December 21,-1861, sergeant, - January 31, 1863, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Richard B. Cowling, appointed corporal, December 25, 1861, absent, sick in hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, promoted to second lieutenant, Company BE, August 1, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant, Company A, May 9, 1864, mustered out of service, October 7, 1864, on expiration of term of service; Benjamin Emery, appointed corporal, August 30, 1862, absent, sick in hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana, May 24, 1864, mustered out, February 22, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, on expiration of term of service; William A. Rouse, appointed from corporal, December 3, 1861, discharged, January 3, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; James P. Thacker, died, December 23, 1861, at Camp Chase, Ohio; Joseph F. Woods, on detached service at Columbus, Ohio, March 29, 1864, mustered out, ' September 14, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, on expiration of term of service. -

Corporals - Allen Creighton, appointed corporal, August 30, 1862, died November 24, 1863, of wounds received, November 24, 1863, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; Richard Beetle, killed, November 24, 1863, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; William E. Bigelow, killed, November 24, 1863, in battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee ; Britton Harrison, appointed corporal, August 30, 1862, wounded, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, discharged, April 27, 1864, on surgeon's certificate of disability; John R. Clark, detached as brigade postmaster, died, June 23, 1864, at Bridgeport, Alabama; Isaac Crego, appointed corporal, December 8, 1863, transferred to Company I, Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, December 10, 1864; James W. Flood, appointed corporal, August 30, 1862. transferred to veteran reserve corps; Joseph " Forshee, appointed corporal, December 8, 1863, mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1864. on expiration of term of service; Augustus Frazell, appointed corporal, August 80, 1862, transferred to veteran reserve corps, December 18, 1863; John W. Gosslee, appointed corporal, September 10, 1861, reduced at his own request, July 7, 1862, appointed - corporal, December 8, 1862; mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 7. 1863. on expira-_ tion of term of service; Ferdinand L. Grace, appointed corporal, January 13, 1862, - wounded, September 20. 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, at expiration of term of service; William A. Lee, died September 30, '1863, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Henry S. Wolford, appointed corporal, March 2, 1862. 1864. at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service; Joel H. Worthington, 'discharged, October 1, 1862. on surgeon's certificate of disability.

"Musicians - James Finch, mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1864, at expiration of term of service; McDona Frazzell, discharged, December 17, 1861, at Detroit Michigan, on surgeon's certificate of disability.

- Wagoners - Ethen A. Brittenham, died, March 4, 1862, at Ashland. Kentucky; Isaac Byers, mustered out, October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, on expiration of term of service.

Ninety-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Chase, Ohio, on August 19, 1862. The day following, the regiment proceeded, under marching orders, to Lexington, Kentucky. On its arrival there, rumors of a Confederate attack by way of the Cumberland Gap caused the transfer of about ten thousand troops at Richmond, Kentucky, previous to August 30. By forced marches they arrived at Richmond, drove off the attacking army after it had sent in a flag of truce asking for the surrender of the town. The regiment had a skirmish with Kirby Smith's advance, August 29, capturing one gun. They remained all night on the field, confident of their ability to defend the approaches to Richmond, and, in their ignorance, underestimating the Confederate strength, the almost impassable barrier afforded by the approaches to the Kentucky having been left fifteen miles in the rear, while they advanced to encounter an army of veterans of twice their numerical strength Kirby Smith was then on his march to the Ohio river, making his famous northern raid. Across his line and barring it lay an army of ten thousand raw recruits, with only nine pieces of artillery. Veterans would have fallen back to the river, where reinforcements might arrive in time to aid. Blind to their danger and bold to rashness, the Northern troops not only stood their ground, but advanced to meet certain defeat and almost annihilation. One hundred and twenty men of the Ninety-tifth, and a majority of the line officers, commanded by the lieutenant-colonel, deeming themselves the orly representatives of the state on the field, scorned to fly, and fought desperately until surrounded and forced to surrender. The scattered and demoralized forces made another stand, a mile or so in the rear, but were scattered like so much chaff, and still further on a third stand, which resulted, after a stubborn, though brief resistance, in a tumultuous retreat for the river. The loss to the Ninety-fifth was eight men killed, forty-seven wounded and six hundred captured. The loss of the other regiments engaged was about two hundred and fifty killed, eight hundred wounded and nearly two thousand captured. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was heavier than the federal loss.

"The regiment was exchanged on November 20, 1862, and was reorganized and sent to Memphis, where it arrived, May 25, 1863, six hundred strong. It was attached . to a division and sent to Vicksburg, where it did effective work until a few days. previous to the capture of that city. It, also aided in the capture of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and in the operations avound the Big Black river. The regiment participated in Sherman's attempt to 'storm the works of Vicksburg. on May 22, where, besides being repulsed, many brave men were sacrificed. After the fall of Vicksburg, another attack was made on Jackson, the rebels being whipped, after which the Northern troops went into winter quarters near Memphis. During the winter, the Ninety-fifth was assigned to the Sixteenth Corps, with which it served until the end of the war.

Regiment Suffers Heavy Loss

Karly in June, 1864, an attempt was made to strike the Mobile & Ohio railroad in the vicinity of Tupelo. This ended in defeat. The Nincty-fifth went into the affair with nineteen commissioned officers and three hundred muskets, and got back to Memphis with nine officers and about one hundred and fifty men. In July, the regiment marched with General Smith's expedition to Memphis, and, after skirmishing along the way formed near Tupelo. The Confederates made a furious attack and were handsomely whipped. On returning to Memphis, Forrest made a night attack and got another good drubbing. Smith's forces were moved to- Nashville, arriving the night after the battle of Franklin. On the morning of December 15, General Smith's force, now an army corps, stationed on Thomas's right pushed boldly out from their works, and were soon on Hood's left flank. Here an assaulting column, including the Ninety-fifth was formed. In a few minutes, the first Southern work, mounting three guns, was captured. From a hill farther on, crowned with a redoubt, the rebels poured a galling fire on the victors. Without halting, on went the Northern forces, over the entrenchments and into the works, capturing more guns and holding the position.

The next day Hood's second line was attacked. The Ninty-fifth and other regiments piled knapsacks, and, with orders neither to fire a shot nor yell, started for the works and carried them by storm, capturing battle flags, guns and prisoners. The cloud that for more than two years had rested above the regiment departed and victory had crowned their efforts. After these successes the regiment played its part in the pursuit of Hood, and joined General Canby's forces, at New Orleans, in the reduction of Mobile, at which latter place it arrived in March, 1865, from which time until the end of the war, the regiment did guard duty. At the close of the war, it was ordered to Camp Chase, and was mustered out on August 19, 1865. The rolls show that of one thousand officers and men, composing the regiment, five hundred and twenty-eight officers and men were killed in battle, or died of wounds or disease in service.

Company B - Company B of this regiment was organized in the summer of 1862 at London, this county, and was mustered into the Ninety-fifth Regiment at Camp Chase on August 19. During the service it enrolled the following officers and men:

Captain - Robert Hanson, who was captured on June 10, 1864, at the battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, escaped and was discharged on June 29, 1865.

First lieutenants - Isaac N. Davidson, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, exchanged, promoted to captain, Company F, December 9, 1864, mustered out with the regiment; Isaac G. Peetrey, appointed first sergeant, August 18, 1862, promoted to second lieutenant, January 26, 1863, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, exchanged, March 4, 1865, promoted to first lieutenant, May 28, 1865, mustered out with company.

First sergeants - James S. Crain, appointed corporal. August 18, 1862, first sergeant, March 1, 1863, promoted to captain. Seventy-first Regiment United States (colored) Infantry, May 1, 1864, from which he was mustered out, November 8, 1864, by reason of consolidation; James Mitchell, appointed corporal, April 28, 1863, cap- tured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner at Andersonville and other Southern prisons, returned to company, May 14, 1865, appointed first sergeant, May 20, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Sergeants - Erwin Phifer, appointed sergeant, August 13, 1862, discharged April 24, 1863, at Columbus, Ohio, to date October 1, 1862, on surgeoun's certificate of disability; Leroy G. Florence, appointed sergeant, August 13, 1862, killed, June 10, 1864, at the battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi; Samuel Armstrong, appointed sergeant, August 13, 1862, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner at Andersonville and other Southern prisons, returned to company, May 15, 1865, mustered out with company; Nathan C. Moore, appointed sergeant, August 13, 1862, mustered out with company; D. J. Cartzdafner, appointed corporal August 13, 1862, sergeant, June 27, 1863, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, died, October 24, 1864, in prison at Andersonville, Georgia ; kdward S. Miller, appointed corporal, August 18, 1863, discharged, January 15, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, for wounds received, August 30, 1862, in battle of Richmond, Kentucky.

Corporals - John F. Chenoweth, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, discharged December 21, 1863, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Auburn Smith, appointed corporal, August 18, 1862, discharged January 15, 1868, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Edward Whitaker, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, mustered out with the company; Thomas J. Stephenson, wounded, August 30, 1862, in battle of Richmond, Kentucky, appointed corporal, January 20, 1864, killed, April 8, 1865, in battle of Spanish Fort, Alabama; Jonathan Geer, appointed corporal, April 26, 1863, mustered out, July 6, 1865, by order of the war department; Jonathan Markley, appointed corporal, December 16, 1864, mustered out, June 9, 1865, at New York City, by order of the war department; Jasper Jones appointed corporal, April 28, 1868, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner in Andersonville and other Southern prisons, died, March 16, 1865, at Wilmington, North Carolina. ,

Musicians - Milford A. Bates, discharged, March 20, 1868, at Columbus, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Isaiah Edwards, discharged March 6, 1863, at Columbus, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability.

Company K - Company K was organized in Madison county and was mustered into the Ninety-fifth Regiment at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 19, 1862. Its roster shows the following officers and men :

Captains - George W. Darety, who was wounded on August 30, 1862, in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, resigned on January 15, 1863; Thomas §S. Pennington, promoted from first lieutenant, February 2, 1863, mustered out with the company.

First lientenants - Vincent Allen, promoted from second lieutenant, February 2, 1863, died, July 19, 1863, near Jackson, Mississippi; Jerome B. Vance, promoted to sergeant-major from private, August 18, 1862, to first lieutenant, July 19, 1863, mustered out with the company.

Second lieutenant - T. F. Timmons, appointed first sergeant, August 13, 1862, promoted to second lieutenant, February 21, 1863, resigned, August 3, 1863.

Sergeants - Seneca N. Hancock, appointed sergeant, August 18, 1862, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner at Andersonville and other Southern prisons, died, March 24, 1865, at Annapolis, Maryland; Theodore Bolio, appointed sergeant, August 138, 1862; Lawson Bidwell, appointed corporal, August 18, 1862, sergeant, January 15, 1863, died, January 29, 1863, on board the hospital ship "R,. C. Wood;" Addison A. Hanson, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, sergeant, January 15, 1863, mustered out with the company; Abe! H. Workman, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, sergeant, January 20, 1864, mustered out with the company, Joseph S. Martin, appointed corporal, July 28, 1864, sergeant, May 22, 1865, mustered out with the company; James W. Stutson, appointed corporal, July 28, 1864, sergeant, May 22, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Corporals - Stephen Wadsworth, appointed corporal, August 138, 1862, wounded, August 30, 1862, in battle of Richmond, Kentucky; L. J. Thacker, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, discharged, February 26, 1863, at Columbus, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Benjamin Hale, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862; John Blair, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner at Andersonville and other Southern prisons, returned to company and was mustered out with it; Samuel P. Furlong, appointed corporal, August 13, 1862, died, August 2, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee; Eugene Sheldon, appointed corporal, January 23, 1863, died, December 27, 1864, at West Jefferson, Ohio; Sinard Leach, appointed corporal, April 8, 1863, transferred to Thirty-fifth Company, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, mustered out, July 17, 1865, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, by order of the war department; John F. Evans, appointed corporal, April 2, 1864, mustered out, June 14, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, by order of the war department; James H. Core, appointed corporal, August 19, 1863, died, September 2, 1863, at Camp Bear Creek, Mississippi; Aaron Van Ostrand, appointed corporal, January 23, 1863, died, August 16, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee; James I'. Bethard, appointed corporal, July 28, 1864, mustered out with the company; James Tarpenning, appointed corporal, April 8, 1863, captured, June 10, 1864, at battle of Brice's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, prisoner at Andersonville and other Southern prisons; mustered out, June 23, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio, by order of the war department; Ira Fox, appointed corporal, April 8, 18638, died, July 5, 1863, on board hospital steamer, "Crescent City."

Musicians - Clark L. Barlow, promoted to principal musician, January 20, 1864 ; B. C. Irwin, discharged, February 28, 1863, at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee, on surgeon's certificate of disability; James Gregg, transferred to Company HE, Seventysecond Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 22, 1865.

One Hundred And Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The organization of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Jnfantry, was commenced in August, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, where seven companies were recruited. It then proceeded to the camp at Zanesville, Ohio, and then to Camp Dennison, a company being added at each place. On December 27, danger being expected at Louisville from Morgan's raid, it was suddenly ordered to that place. The order came rather unexpectedly and the organization was still incomplete, but within two hours of its receipt the One Hundred and Thirteenth was on its way, finely equipped. In January, 1863, it moved to Mauldraugh's Hill, about thirty miles distance from Louisville, on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, but returned again the next month and embarked for Nashville. The trip to Nashville occupied an unusually long time and was accompanied by great hardships, many of the officers and men being sent to the hospital on the arrival of the regiment at its destination.

The regiment was assigned to General C. C. Gilbert's division and was moved to Yranklin, Tennessee, where it participated in several expeditions against the enemy and was kept busy on an extensive line of fortifications. The command formed the right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, and, joining, other divisions at Triune, entered upon the Tullahoma campaign, but was not in an engagement. It remained at Shelbyville during the partial reorganization of the army and took part in the Chattanooga campaign, as part of the reserve corps. After a long and tiresome march over the mountains, the One Hundred and Thirteenth took part in the battle of Chickamauga, its losses in this sanguinary engagement being one hundred and thirty-eight officers and men, out of three hundred and eighty-two. It fell back with the army to Chattanooga and endured all the hardships of that siege. The division, the second of the Fourteenth Army Corps, was detached from its corps at the battle of Mission Ridge, and formed a part of General Sherman's force. It formed the reserve line and did not take an active part in the struggle, but in the pursuit of the enemy, following, it fought with some loss at Stuarts creek.

The regiment was then sent to the relief of Knoxville and after Longstreet was forced to retire they returned - weary, ragged and footsore - to Chattanooga on December 21, 1863. The winter was spent in that neighborhood, with the monotony broken by only an occasional reconnaissance,-and at last the regiment moved on the Atlanta campaign, May 7, 1864.

The One Hundred and Thirteenth was at Buzzard's Gap and Resaca, and then moved down the valley of the Coosa upon Rome; thence to Dallas and New Hope chureh, and on to Kenesaw Mountain. In the battle of Kenesaw Mountain the regi-~ ment formed the line of assault and consequently lost heavily, its casualities being ten officers and one hundred and fifty-three men. In the engagements about Atianta the regiment was not actively engaged, except in the encounter at Peach Tree Creek, though it was always present and exposed to the efforts of sharpshooters. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment was sent to Chattanooga, thence to Huntsville and Tuscumbia, Alabama, and then back to Chattanooga. It again marched south, with greatly reduced ranks, and joined Sherman on his march to the sea. With small exceptions its march to the sea was unbroken until the defenses of Savannah were reached. After the evacuation of that city the regiment encamped at Sister's Ferry, on the Savannah river, and there remained for several days in mud and water. The regiment shared in all the labors of the march through the Carolinas, and was severely engaged at Bentonville, fighting hand-to-hand, during the heaviest of the battle leaping the breastworks to repel assaults from either direction. This was the last engagement of the One Hundred and Thirteenth. After the surrender of Johnston it moved via Richmond, Virginia, to Washington City and there participated in the Grand Review, after which it proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out on July 6, 1865, and was soon after discharged at Columbus, Ohio.

Company A - Company A of the One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment was organized in London, Madison county, in the autumn of 1862, and was mustered into the regiment at Camp Chase on October 10. During the service it enrolled the following officers and men:

Captains - Toland Jones, who was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on February 23, 1865, was promoted to colonel on June 8, 1865, but was not mustered out with the regiment; Charles P. Gorman, promoted to first lieutenant from second lieutenant Company I, February 1, 1864, promoted to captain, May 31, 1865, mustered out with the company.

First lieutenants - Nathan C. Vickers, resigned, January 13, 1863; Orway Watson, promoted from second lieutenant, January 13, 1863, to captain of Company H, May 16, 1863, promoted to major, June 8, 1865, mustered out with the regiment; Aquilla Toland, appointed first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, January 13, 1863, to first lieutenant, April 29, 1863, resigned January 20, 1864; John R. Cross, promoted from first sergeant Company F. June 8, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Second lieutenants - Jesse W. Dungan, appointed sergeant, promoted to sergeantmajor, January 3, 1863, to second lieutenant, August 29, 1863, commission returned, reappointed, November 5, 1863, promoted to first liertenant, June 14, 1864, but not inustered, died, July 4, 1864. at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received, June 27, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; James Coultis, appointed sergeant, first sergeant, January 13, 1868, promoted to second lieutenant, June 14, 1864, to first lieutenant of Company G, August 19, 1864, mustered out with the regiment; William A. M. Davis, promoted from first sergeant, Company C, July 25, 1864, to first lieutenant, Company F, February 10, 1865, mustered out with the regiment.

'First Sergeant - Timothy Haley, appointed corporal, sergeant, January 3, 1868, promoted to second lieutenant, October 12, 1864. but not mustered, to first lieutenant, Company F, February 10, 1865, mustered out wit hthe regiment.

Sergeants - Joel L. Read, appointed corporal, sergeant, September 1863, promoted to sergeant-major, June 12, 1865; Robert Knight, mustered as a_ private, appointed sergeant, August 13, 1863, mustered out with the company; John C. Coblentz, appointed corporal, sergeant, August 13, 1863, mustered out with the company; Hdwin Slagle, appointed corporal, July 27, 1863, sergeant, mustered out with the company; George Ellars, appointed corporal, reduced, August 13, 1863, appointed sergeant from private, mustered out with the company; Charles J. Gould, appointed corporal, July 27, 1863, wounded, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, appointed sergeant, June 12, 1865, mustered out with the company.

Corporals - John Simpson, mustered out, May 26, 1865. at Camp Dennison, by order of the war department; George H. Rowland, discharged, April 13, 1863, at Nashville, Tennessee, on surgeon's certificate of disability; William R. Ward, appointed, July 27, 1863, died, September 20, 1863, of wounds received the same day in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Thomas Cowling, appointed, September 30, 1863, died, April 13, 1865, at New Berne, North Carolina, of wounds received, March 19, 1865, in battle of Bentonville, North Carolina; George C. Pfleiger, appointed, July 27, 18638, mustered out with the company; Richard B. Corson, mustered out with the company; Joseph E. Sidner, mustered out with the company; Jackson Smithfield, mustered out with the company; Joseph Sanders, appointed, July 27, 1863, mustered out with the company; Jicob March, mustered out with the company; Benjamin Norris, appointed, May 26, 1865, mustered out with the company; Austin Slagle, appointed, June 12, 1865, musteréd out with' the company.

Company G - Company G of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment was organized in the autumn of 1862 at Mount Sterling, in this county, and was recruited from Madison, Fayette and Pickaway counties. No attempt will be made here to designate those from each county, the roll simply being presented in full as officially given. Company G was mustered into the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment at Camp Chase. Ohio, on October 18, 1862, and its records show the following roster of officers and men:

Captains - Harrison Z. Adams, who was appointed on August 22, 1862, resigned on January 25, 1863. by reason of physical disability; Alvan L. Messmore, mustered as private, promoted to first lieutenant, September 5, 1862, captain January 28, 1863,

First lieutenants - Julius E. Bostwick, appointed first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, August 14, 1862, first lieutenant, January 28, 1863, died, March 15, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio; James Coultis, promoted from second lieutenant, Company A, August 19, 1864, mustered out with the company.

Second lieutenants - Hiram C. Tipton, appointed serceant, first sergeant, October 19, 1862, promoted to second lieutenant, January 28, 1863, resigned March 25, 1863, by reason of physical disability; William R. Hanawalt, mustered in as a private, promoted to quartermaster-sergeant, second lieutenant, March 25, 1863, died, September 22, 1863, of wounds received, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Joseph Parker, appointed sergeant, first sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant, June 14, 1864, killed, June 27, 1864, in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.

Sergeants - Abraham Dennison, killed, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; David Mitchell, appointed corporal, sergeant, died, September 22, 1863, of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Edward Crouse, promoted to second lieutenant, Company F, November 5, 1863, killed, June 27, 1864, in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; John W. Ingram, promoted to quartermaster-sergeant; Clark S. White, appointed corporal, sergeant, wounded and captured, September 20, 1863, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, discharged March 29, 1864, at Camp Chase by order of the war department; John A. Smith, appointed corporal, sergeant, mustered out with the company; Otho W. Loopborough, appointed corporal, promoted to sergeant, mustered out with the company; Jeremiah J. Riggin, mustered in as a private, appointed sergeant, mustered out with the company; Francis A. Wickell, appointed corporal, sergeant, mustered out with the company.

Corporals - KEdson Deyo, wounded, September 20, 18638, in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, discharged. June 24, 1864, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, by order of the war department; Thomas Peterson, died August 30, 1864, in Andersonville prison of wounds received in action; Albert A. Talbert. died in December, 1864, at Savannah, Georgia, of wounds received in action; Herrick B. Briley. mustered out, July 10, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, by order of the war department; John A. Lake, mustered out with the company; John W. Beale, mustered out with the company: John W. Dennison, mustered out with the company; William S. Tammage, mustered out with the company ; Harry Hagans, mustered 'out with the company; George M. Neff, mustered out with the company; Wilson S. Davis. mustered out with the company.

During the memorable raid of the Confederate general,- John Morgan, through Ohio in the summer of 1863, which eventually ended in his capture in Columbiana county, the citizens of Madison county turned out en masse to repel the invasion. The business houses were closed, hay was left uncured in the fields, ripe wheat uncut, and all went to Camp Chase in the quickest time possible. There was a general outpouring of the militia, which was organized into a regiment, with Col. P. W. Taylor in command, A. E. Wilson as adjutant and Jacob Peetrey, as quartermaster. Though this proved a bloodless campaign, yet those who went out in defense of their homes are entitled to credit for their ready response to the call. After their return to the county the militia was organized into two regiments, and the following officers were elected:

Second Regiment - W. R. Fickey, colonel; G. W. Darety, lieutenant-colonel, and John W. Morris, major. This permanent organization was effected in August, 18638, and placed the county on a defensive footing.

One Hundred And Fifty-Fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guard

The One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, was formed by the consolidation of the Twenty-third Battalion, Ohio National Guard, with the Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and was organized at Camp Dennison, being mustered into the service, with an aggregate of eight hundred and forty-two men, on May 9, 1864. The colonel, assistant surgeon, quartermaster, and several of the line officers, non-commissioned officers, and many of the privates had seen service in other organizations. It was organized for the one-hundred-days service.

On May 12 the regiment proceeded to New Creek, West Virginia, in the neighborhood of which most of its time was spent. It returned to Camp Dennison on August 27, where it was mustered out of the service, September 1, 1864.

Three companies from Madison county, under the command of Capts. William A. Neil, David Watson and Alexander Swanston, reported at Camp Dennison on May 4, 1864, and mustered into the regiment at the time of its organization on May 9. Captain Neil was elected a major in the regiment. These companies were consolidated into two - C and I - by which they are designated on the muster rolls.

The Return Of Peace

The people of Madison county received the news of the surrender of Gen. Robert HH. Lee, at Appomattox, with great joy - all the bells in London, as well as the other towns of the county, were brought into requisition, flags were displayed, and the streets were thronged with people. About nine o'clock in the morning of April 10, 1865, the day the news was received, the business men closed their establishments for the city. The evening of April 12 was set aside by the citizens as a season of rejoicing over the Union victory. Shortly after dark, nearly all of the houses on Main street in London were brilliantly lighted, and a six-pound cannon poured out its thunder tones from a yacant lot on Main street. Then followed a long procession of torchlights, parading the principal streets, after which a grand display of fireworks from the public square, which lasted for more than an hour. The town was full of people from the adjacent country.

Friday, April 14, the day set apart by Governor Brough as a day of thanksgiving and rejoicing in honor of the victory, was appropriately observed in London. Business houses were closed. and divine services were held in the Methodist Episcopal chureh in the morning, the services consisting of the singing of patriotic songs, and addresses by Rev. Levi Cunningham and Rev. C. W. Finley. The happiness and rejoicing, however, were short-lived, for that same evening came the news of the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's theatre in Washington city. April 19, 1865, was observed by the citizens of Madison county as a day of mourning. Lhe business houses were closed, flags displayed at half-mast, dwellings and other houses were draped in the insignia ef grief. while appropriate services were held in the churches. So ended the greatest civil war in history, a war among a free people, waged in order that a zovernment based on the self-evident truths that all men are created free and equal, and endowed with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, might live. SPANISH-AMERICAN > WAR.

The militaristic spirit of Madison county lay dormiant until it was again aroused by the declaration of war against Spain by resolution passed in Congress on Monday, April 25, 1898. Madison county men at once began to seek ways in which they could be of service to their country. The Madison County Democrat of Wednesday, April 7. gives the news that William Biggert had already enlisted at Columbus; Earl Prugh had enlisted at Delaware, Ohio; red Smith took a medical examination a few days before at Pendleton, a suburb of Cincinnati; Dean Davis had enlisted about a week before in the Red Cross department at Columbus; Charles Burris had eimisted, and already Col. Il. H. Prettyman and Capt. John M. Boyer were at work orgdnizing a company in London. The Democrat of May 18, among its news items. says that Ira Benizel had enlisted in the hospital corps; Bert Clark had enlisted as a musician and Charles Slagle had enlisted in a Kansas company. On Monday, May 16, the First Ohio Artillery left Camp Bushnell, at Columbus, and passed through London en route south. Frank Stewart, a grandson of Dr. Toland Jones, was captain of Battery H. The following colored boys from London had enlisted: Sam Robison, Will Norris, Nels Winslow, Charles Winslow, James Norris, Charies Cain, Clarence Wickers, Howard lisher, Joe Henderson and Arnold Hunt. Lieutenant Eugene T. Wilson, a native of Madison county. in the regular army, was reported to be located at Ft. Mason at San Francisco. superintending the laying of submarine mines in the waters of California bay. Shawder Clawson had enlisted. A company was being raised by John F. Locke and Peyton R. Emery, who had the names of seventy-two men, and an organization was to be made soon. The week previous, it is reported, no fewer than twelve or tifteen thousand volunteer troops had passed through London on the railroads on their way south. They were all Ohio and Pennsylvania regiments. The same paper in its issue of the following week says that ninety-five men had made application for membership in a company of volunteers and Drs. McClelland Vance, John Foster and Goff had been ordered to make the required physical examinations. These examinations had cut the roll short to seventy-two names. It says that the company was "made up of an even set of men, with few exceptions, the length running from six feet one inch to five feet and four inches, ages eighteen to thirty-eight and all residing in. London except eight from Lafayette; three, Rupert. one each from Orchard, Sedalia and Big Plain; two each from Summerford, Plumwood and Walnut Run.' There were only eight married men in the company. Their occupations were: "Farmers, twentyeight; laborers, sixteen; clerks, six; lawyers, teachers. tailors. three each; carpenters, students. two each; druggist, gardener, insurance agent, engineer. electrician, lineman, telegraph operator and plumber, one each." Assistant Adjutant-General H. B. Kingsley was to muster the company in as an addition to the Ohio National Guard and the government examination would throw the volunteers into the United States service as Company E, Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The mustering-in took place on the evening of May 30, 1898. The Democrat in its issue of the following day describes the proceedings in the following manner:

London company and Col. H. B. Kingsley, assistant adjutant-general, was assigned to do the work, arriving here in the afternoon as the guest of Col. H. H. Prettyman.

"Captain Locke's boys met at the assembly room of the court house and marched to the public square, where some military maneuvers were gone through with under the orders of Sergeant Harry Armstrong, acting as drill master. A large crowd filled our streets, expecting to witness the attending muster ceremony, but all were disappointed, as the company moyed to the old Masonic Hall, in the Toland block, where no one was admitted except the examining physicians, Drs. Vance, Foster and Goff, and the newspaper reporters. After the members had arrived and had been lined up on the two sides of the hall, the arrival of Colonels Prettyman and Kingsley, in fitting uniforms, was received with a hearty outburst of enthusiasm.

"Orderly Sergeant Rea Chenoweth called over the muster roll and all the members answered to their names except six. It is not believed that any of the absentees played. 'rabbit, but the boys were detained by tardiness, non-consent of parents for minors, etc. The ranks were soon filled with members who had undergone the medical examination and had failed to sign the second roll, four more of whom were present than were needed. The manner of administering the oath simply required the uncovyering of the head and the raising of the right hand, the oath requiring a true and faithful allegiance to the United States and the state of Ohio, to serve faithfully against all enemies, under the orders of the governor and officers appointed over the members, as by the rules, etc., governing the National Guard. 'The election of officers followed, each unanimously being chosen as follow: John F. Locke, captain; Peyton R. Emery, first lieutenant; E. Arnett Smith, second lieutenant. According to the official muster-in roll the service was to date from June 30, 1898, for a period of 'two years unless sooner discharged. In a _ short talk after the ceremony, Colonel Kingsley expressed his congratulations to the company and the hope that they would soon see some actual service in the field. He was answered by short talks from Captain Locke and Lieutenants Emery and Smith. The evening was ended by a talk from Col. H. H. Prettyman."

Marching Orders

"You will assemble your company Thursday, June 23, 1898, and proceed at earliest possible hour on said date to Columbus, Ohio, and report to the commanding officer, Camp Bushnell. Transportation will be provided by the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R. The transportation enjoined is necessary for the service and numbered limited to one hundred and nine - officers and men.

Steps immediately were taken preparatory to the company's departure from London. On the evening of Wednesday, June 22, the ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps presented, at the court house, a beautiful flag to Company BE. The presentation speech was made by Mrs. Theodore Davidson, who briefiy said:

"Captain Locke and Comrades: Having the honor conferred upon me to perform the duty, I take great pleasure in presenting this emblem of our country in behalf of Lyon Relief Corps No. 52, who are proud of our boys showing such patriotism in this, the war of 1898. In looking over this company we see sons and grandsons of our brave boys of 1861. We wish you now, as we did them, success and a safe return to those HOH you have left at home. May you ever respect this flag as did those who so nobly fought to defend it. Once again, in behalf of the patriotic women of this organization, I bid you Godspeed and give you this banner - this 'star-spangled banner :'

Captain Locke responded for the company, his remarks teeming with patriotism and gratitude to the ladies for their esteem, closing with an expression of his regret that the army regulations prohibited the boys from taking the flag with them. He placed it in the custody of the Woman's Relief Corps, which he said, would take good care of it until the company's return, when it would be a pleasure and an honor to march under its folds.

Company Receives An Ovation

As it was ordered, Company E left London for Camp Bushnell, at Columbus, on Thursday, June 23. The Democrat, in its issue of the Wednesday following, gives the following account of its departure:

"The weather was all that could be desired and at eight o'clock a. m., according to orders, every man of the one hundred and nine had lined up in front of the court house, under the command of Capt. John F. Locke and Lieuts. Peyton Emery and HE. Arnett Smith. Not only every man answered at roll call, but many others were present in the hope of being able to join the boys. One young man walked all the way from Sedalia, eieven miles, with the expectation of joining the company, and called upon Captain Locke before he had breakfast. The captain promised to find a place for him in the near future, if possible.

"At eight o'clock the London cornet band headed the marching files of Lyon Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and other old soldiers, the membership. of London Lodge No. 589, Knights of Pythias, and many citizens and stopped at the court house, where a uniformed squad of 'marines' - eighteen little tots, varying in age from five to nine years, with Master John Farrar as captain and John N. Boyer, Hsq., as drill master, _joined the line of march. Hach little fellow wore a Dewey sailor suit and cap and was proud of the honor given them. Capt. Robert Ewalt's cadets also joined the ranks when the procession started for the depot, the volunteers being given the position of honor. The streets and sidewalks were literally alive with a multitude of siucnting, flag-waving humanity. The fire bell had sounded the alarm ond every church bell and factory whistle in town added to the din. The firing of anvils was also kept up and pounds of gunpowder went up:in smoke. Such an ovation was never before seen here. As Company E approached the Pan-Handle depot grounds, the boys beheld a_ beautiful display of large flags, bunting and decorations that ornamented the trees, the telegraph poles and building. The Pan-Handle depot was a beautiful sight, while the rear of the Big Four depot was almost hidden with small flags. Everywhere could be seen the red, white and blue, for every business house on Main street had' been decorated and was closed for the occasion. When Captain Locke and his lieutenants reached the Pan-Handle depot they were assisted in mounting a large truck by Col. H. H. Prettyman. Here a perfect mass of surging, enthusiastic people. estimated at no less than three thousand in number, greeted them, actually covering all space about the handsome building. The presentation of the swords had become whispered around and everybody was anxious to hear the speeches.

"Col. H. H. Prettyman then secured order and in a fitting address presented the commissioned officers of the company with handsome swords. Captain Locke spoke the appreciation of himself and his men. He was followed by a few stirring remarks by ex-Senator S. W. Durflinger. The demonstration closed with the splendid rendition of an army song by a local quartet, Messrs. Chenoweth, Placier, Cheseldine and Dodds. In a few moments the train pulled out, the boys crowding to the windows to wave a parting adieu to their loved ones."

In its issue of Wednesday. June 29, 1898, the Madison County Democrat stated that through the efforts of Dr. McClellan Vance, Horace C. Plimell, Eck Bennett, and others, a second military company had been organized with a muster roll of eightyfive names. The organization was completed the evening before at the court house when the following officers were elected: McClellan Vance, captain; Horace ©. Plimell, first lieutenant; Alexander Bennet, second lieutenant; Fred Newcomb, orderly sergeant; Ira Bentzell, second sergeant; Peter Dunevant, third sergeant; Martin Goings, fourth sergeant; Fred Weber, first corporal; Allen Hull, second corporal; John McGuire, third corporal; John Dungan, fourth corporal; Ernest Thomas, fifth corporal ;

In the same issue of the Democrat it is stated that Benjamin Emery, then county treasurer, with the aid of John A. Lincoln and Cary Jones, both well-known young lawyers, was engaged in raising another military company to be subject to the President's third call for volunteers. Thirty-five had already signified their willingness to enlist.

In its issue for July 13, the same paper reported the raising of still another company by Col. H. H. Prettyman, who claimed that he had ninety-five names on the muster-roll. Neither of these three companies was ever mustered into the state militia, and, therefore, none into the government service.