Pickaway County, Ohio - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 16 of those read), 1906

Chapter with an unread heading (no. 16 of those read)

Not a few of the first settlers of the county had seen service in the War for Independence, but no record has ever been kept and we can therefore mention but a few, namely: Conrad Kline, George Ater, Edward Davison (also a noted Indian fighter in Kentucky), Fergus Moor, John Thompson, Capt, Eleazar Williamson and Col. Thomas Gibson.

War Of I812

We are able to give only a very incomplete list of those who served in the second war against Great Britain. The following served from Pickaway County: John Shoemaker, Samuel Lutz, Henry Drum, Joshua Dunnick (in Captain Nye's company of light-horse), Isaac Woods, David Yates (who held a commission as officer), John Boggs .(who held the rank of major), James Renick (who held the rank of general and was at the surrender of Detroit by General Hull), Valentine Keffer (major in General Renick's regiment), Bethuel Anderson (sergeant, afterward a lieutenant in the State militia), Henry Dreisbach, Absolom Van Vickle, Elias Florence (who enlisted.

in a light-horse company that was never called into service; he was later colonel of a regiment of State militia for many years), Daniel Van Sickle, Benjamin Duvall, Luke Decker (commissary to Gen. W. H. Harrison), George Coon, John Smith, Sr., and William Teegardin. ¢

Of those who settled here, after serving in the War of 1812 from other counties or States, we are able to mention the following: John Flemming, Frederick West, Francis Rush, Jacob Yoakum, John Lane, Nathaniel Champ, Jacob Hott, Thomas Vause (captain of a light-horse company), Nathan Perrill (2nd lieutenant), Daniel. Wilson and Isaac Bean - all from Virginia; James Milton, Robert Gibson, William Boyd and John Cochran (lieutenant) - all from Pennsylvania; and Benjamin Hill and William Fullen, from Ross County, Ohio. Major Puthuff and George Rowé were also soldiers of the War of 1812.

The Second Company of the Second Regiment, Fifth Brigade, Second Division, was recruited in Deer Creek and surrounding townships and served under General Harrison at Upper Sandusky. The following is the roll, the original being dated September 6, 1817:

Company I, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was organized at Circleville and was composed almost wholly of Pickaway County men, was mustered in July 2, 1846, at Cincinnati; saw service in Mexico and was mustered out, June 22, 1847, at New Orleans, Louisiana. The colonel of the regiment was George W. Morgan; the regiment lost during its period of service six killed, two drowned and 60 died of disease. The roster of Company I is as follows:

Captain, Daniel Brunner (appointed June 1, 1846; resigned November 15, 1846), succeeded by William H. Link (appointed 2nd lieutenant, June 1, 1846; promoted to captain, February 5, 1847); 1st lieutenant, Hiram E. Ring; 2nd lieutenant, Jacob Taylor (appointed sergeant July 12, 1846; promoted to 2nd lhieutenant, August 27, 1846; resigned October 22, 1846), succeeded by Joseph E. Smith (appointed sergeant June 1, 1846; promoted to

The following citizens of Pickaway County also served in the Mexican War, in the organizations named: Andrew J. Cradlebaugh, Company B, U. S. Mounted Rifles; J. C. Groom (Ist lieutenant), Company FE, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Lemuel Rodarmel, Company FE, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Vclunteer Infantry; George \W. Tritch, Company -F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

There are now only three veterans of the Mexican War living in) Pickaway County, namely: Peter Longworth, of Company I, and George W. Tritch, of Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Lemuel Rodarmel, of Company FE, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Jacob Brown, who enlisted at Columbus in Company E, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was a resident of Pickaway County for 50 years, dying October 11, 1903.

War Of The Rebellion

We are indebted to Whitelaw Reid's "Ohio in the War" for the accounts of the services of the various organizations from Pickaway County that follow.

The Second Ohio was first organized for the three months' service and at the conclusion of this period was organized for the three years' service at Camp' Dennison, in August, 1861. Company I, the only company in which enlistments were made from Pickaway County, was mustered into the service on January 15, 1862. Early in this year the Second Ohio took part in several small affairs with the enemy along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. On the 8th of October it participated in the battle of Perryville, losing nearly 40 per cent. of all engaged, Capt. Milton McCoy of Company I, being wounded in this fight. The regiment was in the Army of the Ohio, in command of Maj.-Gen. D. C. Buell, until he was succeeded by Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who changed the name of the department to the "Army of the Cumberland." Subsequently the division to which the Second Ohio was attached was assigned to the 14th Army Corps, Gen. George H. Thomas commanding, where it remained up to the battle of Atlanta. The Second Ohio participated in the battles of Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga (in which it lost 183 officers and men, killed, wounded and missing), Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and other engagements of the Atlanta campaign. The regiment remained in front of Atlanta until August 1, 1864, when it was ordered to Charleston for final discharge; some four weeks later it was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. The regiment lost - killed in battle, 111; wounded, 425. Leonard A. Harris, John Kell

The enlistments in Company I, Second Ohio, from Pickaway County were as follows: Captain, Milton McCoy; sergeants - Nelson McCoy and John Shoellar; corporals - John. Pontious and Daniel W. Bost; privates - Thomas Clifton, Isaac Dennis, Barton Dawson, Dennis Doyle, Harvey Fulkerson, Martin Green, George Littleton, Jacob McKnight, Charles McFall, William Richeson, William Sapp, Cyrus Smith, William Smith, James Smith, Christ Stouch, George Seigles, Jonas Tatman, Frank Tulley, Rodney Webb, William Walston, Marvin D. Odin, Daniel O'Hern, Frank Wright and Fred Wichmner.

On June 30, 1861, the 13th Ohio, which had been organized at Camp Jackson and drilled at Camp Dennison, embarked for West Virginia, where it took part in a number of engagements that fall, after which it went into camp opposite Louisville, Kentucky. On December 11th it received orders to join the column under General Buell, then about to resume his chase after General Bragg. On_February 26, 1862, it reached Nashville. On April 2, 1862, the regiment marched from Nashville to reinforce General Grant, reaching Savannah on the morning of the 6th and taking part in the engagement. On April 2gth the regiment joined in the advance on Corinth, reaching the vicinity of that city about May 12th, where it performed its share on the picket-line and in various affairs with 'the enemy until the city was evacuated, May 31st. Then the regiment went into Alabama. From July 16th to August 21st, it was encamped 'at Battle Creek. From August 21st to September 26th, it was in pursuit of General Bragg, finally reaching Louisville. On the rst of October the pursuit of Bragg was resumed. The 13th was at Perryville on October 8th, but was not actively engaged. On October 30th, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was assigned to the command of the Army of the Ohio. On December 26, 1862, the advance on Murfreesboro was commenced. The regiment took part in the engagement at Stone River on December 31, 1862, when, in one hour's time, it lost 142 killed, wounded and missing. The next important engagements were Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, in September, 1863. On the 28th of November, 1863, the 13th advanced with the army to the rescue of Knoxville. Subsequently the regiment returned to Knoxville, where it re-enlisted as veterans and was furloughed. The regiment returned to duty in the latter part of March, 1864, being assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, then commanded by Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas. On the 3rd of May the troops struck tents and advanced against Ringgold, Georgia, the first step in the Atlanta campaign. A number of engagements followed, in which the 13th bore an honorable part, especially the battle of Lost Mountain, in which it lost about 50 killed and wounded. On June 2ist, the non-veterans were discharged and the remainder of the regiment formed a battalion of four companies, known as the 13th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry Battalion. At Kenesaw Mountain and Lovejoy's Station, the battalion lost a number of killed and wounded. On June 16, 1865, it was ordered to Texas, where it remained until December 5th, when it was mustered out. William Sooy Smith, Joseph G. Hawkins and Dwight Jarvis, Jr., served successively as colonels of the regiment. The battalion was in command of Maj. J. T. Snyder. C. B. Mason, of Circleville, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the regiment on June 22, 1861; he resigned September 13, 1861. Company B of this regiment. was mustered into the service on June 19, 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, with the following officers and men from Pickaway County: Captain, Francis S. Parker; 2nd lieutenant, James B. Dony; sergeants - Moses Shelt, Harley H. Sage, Cyrus L. Bates, Josiah Smouse and John Thompson; corporals - S. F. Terry, James Busick, Samuel M. Williams, Thomas S. Shipley, William H. Bostwick, John H. Aldridge and Jackson Holt; musicians - John W. Curl

The 24th Ohio was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, leaving for the field July 26, 1861. The first battle was Cheat Mountain, September 12, 1861, followed by Greenbrier on October 3rd. The regiment was next ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was assigned to the 1oth Brigade, Fourth Division, Army of the Ohio. It then took up the march for Savannah, participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing on April 6 and 7, 1862, and was in most of the skirmishes between that place and Corinth, after which battle it continued in pursuit of the enemy in Mississippi and Alabama. The regiment returned to Louisville in September and in the following month was assigned to the Fourth Division, 21st Army Corps. It was present at the battle of

Perryville but not actively engaged. It took part in the battle of Stone River, Company A, however, being on detached duty. The next important engagements were Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga-.and Mission Ridge. The regiment was then assigned to the Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, and was engaged at Dalton. It was mustered out June 24, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio. The following served successively as colonels of the regiment: Jacob Ammen, Frederick C. Jones, David J. Higgins and A. T. M. Cockerill.

On August 28, 1861, this regiment was organized at Camp Chase and on the 30th was ordered to the field. It was engaged in a number of battles and skirmishes that fall in (West) Virginia, finally going into camp at Fayetteville. During the winter several companies were sent to outposts and all worked upon fortifications. Company H, from Pickaway County. was sent to the \White House on Loup Creek road. On April 17th the regiment broke camp and moved to Raleigh. On.the 5th of May, the 30th camped near Princeton and on the roth resumed the march to Giles Court House. The next day the regiment encamped at the confluence of the East and New rivers, and Company H was pushed forward, up the Narrows, and succeeded in developing the enemy's position. Finally being ordered to join the army in Eastern Virginia, the regiment proceeded to Brownston, then down the Kanawha on transports to Parkersburg, where cars were taken for the East. On the 23rd of August the regiment passed through Washington, D. C., encamping that night at Warrenton Junction, Virginia. The regiment was present at the battle of Centerville in August and took part in the battle of South Mountain in September, 1862. It was later sent to Louisville, Kentucky, reaching there January 3, 1863. It then continued to Helena, Arkansas, where it was assigned as the Second Brigade, Second Division, 15th Army Corps. On January 21st it landed at Young's Point, where it remained some time, engaged on the canal and taking part in numerous excursions in the surrounding country. On May roth it reached the rear of Vicksburg, where it remained, engaged in skirmish, picket and fatigtie duty until the capitulation of the city. After being in camp at Black River until September 26th, it proceeded to Eastern Tennessee, where it took part in the battle of Mission Ridge. In January, 1864, at Cleveland, Tennessee, the regiment to the number of 315 men re-enlisted. After enjoying a furlough, it participated in the Atlanta campaign, taking an important part in the conflict at Kenesaw Mountain and in the assault on Atlanta. The regiment was transferred to the First Brigade on August 5th and on August 29, 1864, those who were not veterans were mustered out. On the 31st of August, the 30th lost 25 men killed and wounded in an attack made on the line by the Rebels, near Jonesboro. On December 13, 1864, the regiment took part in the assault on Fort McAllister, where Capt. John H. Groce, of Company H, was killed,- while in advance of his companv. In the early months of 1865 the regiment campaigned in the Carolinas, with frequent engagements with the enemy. It was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 13, 1865, where it had been stationed for something over a month. It was discharged at Columbus on August 22nd. The successive colonels of the regiment were+ John Groesbeck, Hugh Ewing and Theodore Jones.

Company H of the 30th Ohio was from Pickaway County and was mustered into service August 29, 1861. The following were the officers and men: Captain, Jacob E. Taylor; ist lieutenant, John H. Groce; 2nd heutenant, Moses B. Gist; sergeants - Cyrus A. Earnest, Thomas J. Evans, Peter Rudisill, Charles C. Ludington and Minard Shannon; corporals - James A. Bunch, William H. Whitehead, John Bowler, George W. Throne, Joseph E. Olds, John McHugh, William Parrish and Jacob Koch; drummer, James M. Duffy; fifer, Afred Crummel; privates - Edward Allen, Frederick Behler, William Bunch, Reuben P. Bunch, Oliver P. Buckley, William F. Bowman, Levi Brubaker, Jasper M. Clayton, William A. Clayton, Daniel Clay, Josiah Crourman, John Cantlebury, Mathias A. Chitburn, James Chitburn, Michael Carlos, Thomas Crusand, Herman Cooke, I'rederick Cross, Albert Conover, John Dalgarra, Martin Dennis, Isaac E. Dorsey, Thomas Davis, George W. Epps, Wesley T. Fissel, Henry C. Gamble, Delos R. Graham,

The 43rd Ohio, which was organized at Camp Andrews, Mount Vernon, Ohio, leit for the front on February 21, 1862, reporting to Brig.-Gen. John Pope on the 26th'and heing assigned to the Ohio Brigade, First Division, Army of the Mississippi. It bore a prominent part in all the operations against New Madrid, as well as in the movements against Island 10 and Fort Pillow. The regiment took part in the battle of Iuka and in the arduous marclies made by General Rosecrans preceding the hattle of Corinth: In the battle of Corinth, on October 4th, "the 43rd and 63rd Ohio claim to have done more to save the day than any other organizations." Its colonel, J. L. Kirby Smith, a-nephew of the Confederate Kirby Smith, fell mortally wounded at the first onset. In a few minutes of fighting, over one-fourth of those engaged of the 43rd were either killed or wounded. For the next year the 43rd was engaged in various movements in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. In December, 1863. the regiment re-enlisted as veterans almost to a man and went home on a furlough of 30 days. Returning to the field, it assisted in capturing the town of Decatur, Alabama, which it occupied until the opening of the Atlanta campaign. The Ohio Brigade was discontinued here and a new brigade formed, which was designated as the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps. The command, to which the 43rd belonged, reached Chattanooga May 3rd and immediately took the advance of the Army of the Tennessee in the Atlanta campaign. Then followed the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements of this campaign. After the fall of Atlanta, the 43rd Ohio was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, 17th Army Corps. The 43rd then joined in Sherman's "March to the Sea." In January, 1865, the regiment moved into the Carolinas, where a number of important engagements were fought. The regiment took part in the Grand Review at Washington and was mustered out July 13, 1865, at Louisville, being paid and discharged at Columbus. J. L. Kirby Smith, Wager Swayne and Horace Park served, successively, as colonels of the regiment.

Company F, 43rd Ohio, was mustered into service in October, November and December, 1861, with the following from Pickaway County: Captain, John H. Coulter; rst lieutenant, Horace Park; 2nd lieutenant, Sylvester A. Larrison ; privates - William M. Baldwin, Edward.

The 45th Ohio was organized at Camp Chase in August, 1862, mustered into the United States service on the 19th of the month, and was in Kentucky on the 2oth. It assisted in the defense of Cincinnati and then proceeded to Lexington, where it was brigaded with the 18th and 22nd Michigan and 112th Illinois, under the command of Gen. Green Clay Smith. On January 25, 1863, it was ordered to Danville, where it was mounted and brigaded with the Seventh Ohio and 10th Kentucky regiments of cavalry, under the command of Col. Benjamin P. Runkle, of the 45th Ohio. From the latter part of February to the beginning of July, the regiment was variously engaged in Kentucky and had a number of skirmishes. When the Rebel raider, Morgan, crossed the Cumberland, in July, 1863, the 45th Ohio constituted a portion of the force under General Hobson that pursued the Rebels from the Cumberland to the Ohio River at Brandenburg, and thence through Indiana and Ohio. The regiment then returned to Kentucky and assisted in the pursuit of Colonel Scott's force. Upon the organization of General Burnside's army in Kentucky, in August, 1863, the 45th was included in Byrd's brigade of General Carter's division. The army proceeding to Eastern Tennessee, the 45th was transferred to the cavalry brigade of Colonel Wolford. On October 2oth this brigade was surprised by the enemy and routed, with the 'loss. of all its trains, a battery of artillery and many prisoners. On November 13th, as the mounted division of General Saunders, to which the 45th belonged, was falling back before the enemy's cavalry, the regiment was dismounted and left without any immediate support, while the horses were led to the rear. Being suddenly overpowered by a spirited attack, about 100 men and officers were taken prisoners, five killed and several wounded. The regiment was next engaged in front of Knoxville and then at Bean's Station, on December 14th. The regiment then went to Cumberland Gap, remaining in that neighborhood until February 8, 1864, when it was ordered to Mount Sterling, Kentucky, to be remounted, which was net done. Throughout the remainder of the war it served as infantry proper. It was next in the Atlanta campaign. At Tunnel Hill, Georgia, it was attached to the Second Brigade, Second Division, 23rd Army Corps. Three days later, on May 14, 1864, it took part in the battle of Resaca, in which Capt. Elias F. Scott, of Company A, was killed. It also participated in many other actions of the Atlanta campaign - New Hope Church, Dallas, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain and Lovejoy's Station. Toward the end of June it was transferred to the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps. It returned to Tennessee early in November, 1864, and: took part in the battle of Franklin and afterward in the fighting in front of Nashville. It was mustered out on June 15, 1865, at Camp Harker, Tennessee. Benjamin P. Runkle and John H. Humphrey successively commanded the regiment, the latter being mustered out as leutenant-colonel.

Company A, from Pickaway County, was mustered in August 17, 1862, with the following officers and men: Captain, George E. Ross; 1st lieutenant, Elias F. Scott; 2nd lieutenant, David Mitchell; sergeants - Hugh O'Harra, Thomas W. Hughes, John A. Pickering, William McKenzie and Edward H. Reynolds; corporals - George W. Ambrose, Philip E. Wright, George Marshall, William Smith, Robert L. Lesslie and Jacob Lewis; drummer, Joseph Fissell; privates - Harrison Abbott, William Alexander, Joseph Bradfield, -\dam Beers, Llewellyn Burkhead, Hillery .F. Bunch, Wilford Clemens, Charles L. Davis, Horace Fairbanks, Mahlon Fairbanks, Alpheus Fairbanks, George M. Ferguson, George Fissell, Robert Gardner, David Green, William

The 58th Ohio was organized in the fall of 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for 300,000 men. It remained at Camp Chase until February 10, 1862, when it was ordered to Fort Donelson, Tennessee, where it was assigned to Thayer's brigade of Léw Wallace's division. It performed valiant duty at the battle of Fort Donelson and increased its reputation at the battle of Pittsburg Landing. The regiment was next sent to Corinth, then to Memphis, after which it was ordered to Helena, Arkansas, where it remained from July 27th to October 5th, in the meantime taking part in a number of reconnoisances, which were made down the Mississippi on transports. The regiment was next sent up the Yazoo River, where engagements with the enemy were had at Haines' Bluff, Greenville and Bolivar Landing. On October 6th the 58th Ohio was sent into Missouri, then to Camp Steele, Mississippi, where; after a month of inaction it embarked, December 22nd, on steamers for Johnston's Landing, on the Yazoo. The enemy was found in force and some hard fighting resulted on December 27th and 28th, especially the latter date, when the 58th

Ohio lost 47 per cent. of the whole number engaged. Capt. Samuel M. Morrison and Lieut. Stephen Defenbaugh, of Company I, were wounded in this engagement. The regiment remained in the vicinity until January 2, 1863, when it proceeded to Arkansas Post, assisting in its capture. It then went into camp at Young's Point, Louisiana. On February 8, 1863, it was ordered to serve on board the iron-clads of the Mississippi flotilla, and was distributed by companies to the different steamers. On the night of April 16th, the iron-clads and transports ran the gauntlet of the Vicksburg batteries, the 58th Ohio losing but one man. On the 29th of April the 58th lost heavily in the battle of Grand Gulf. After taking part in a number of expeditions, the regiment joined the land forces at Vicksburg and was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, 17th Army Corps. It performed provost duty at Vicksburg until December 24, 1864, and was then ordered to Columbus, where it was mustered out on January 14, 1865. Valentine Bausenwein was colonel of the regiment.

Company I was formed in Pickaway County and was mustered into the service on 'October 30, 1861. The membership of the company was as follows: Captain, Samuel M. Morrison; Ist lieutenant, William Roby; 2nd lieutenant, -Stephen Defenbaugh; sergeants - J. T. Morrison, Joseph Davisson, Stephen Miller, H. N. Myers and Emanuel Royse; corporals - C. W. Myers, John W. Row, Samuel A. Schuck, Reuben Steely, H. H. Dixon, Henry Mounjoy, A. Leist and Nelson H. Wilson; musicians - C. C. Nye and W. H. Campbell; wagoner, William Hennis;° privates - P. N. Bushey, J. N. Brooks, James Butler, J. W. Buchanan, E. R. Black, Daniel Bendum, E. Bartley, J. Bogles, S. Birely, A. Beavers, E. E. Buken, S. C. Crites, R. Conrod, G. R. Camp, P. Cullins, N. C. Devore, L. E. Connseller, Daniel Dixon, John Derry, E. P. Gilpin, James George, John Grant, J. M. Huff, John Hall, Samuel Hase, John Hase, A. Igo, W. A. Johnston, Leonard Julian, Jacob Kern, Leroy Kern, G. W. Ltidwig, Daniel Lechler, W. T. Mofrison, Thomas McHorton, J. A.

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, April 23, 1862, being made up of citizens from almost every county in the State. It left Camp Chase May 27, 1862, and joined Maj.-Gen. John C. Fremont's army at Strasburg, Virginia, on June 23rd. It reached Cedar Mountain too late to participate in the battle at that point. Its first engagement was at Freeman's Ford, followed by Sulphur Springs, Waterloo Bridge, second Bull Run (in which it lost 25 men, killed and wounded) and Chantilly. In the early fall of 1862 it formed part of the grand reserve force for the protection of Washington, under command of General Sigel. The winter was spent in Virginia, chiefly in winter-quarters at Hartwood Church. The 61st took part in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 3, 4 and 5, 1863. On June 12th it joined in the pursuit of the Rebels under Gen. Robert E. Lee, who were then moying into Pennsylvania. At the battle of Gettysburg, the 61st was posted on Cemetery Hill and suffered severely. On July r2th it had a skirmish with the Rebel rear-guard near Hagerstown, Maryland. On September 26th it was transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the Army of the Cumberland. On October 28th, while on the way to Chattanooga, it had a fierce fight with the Rebels at Wauhatchie Valley and on November 23rd, 24th and 25th was engaged in the battle of Mission Ridge. Most of the following win- ter was spent at Bridgeport, Tennessee. In March, 1864, the 61st re-enlisted. After a furlough of 30 days, it re-assembled at Camp Dennison on April 28th and the same day set out for Chattanooga, reaching there on May 5th. Here began the Atlanta campaign, in which the 61st was a part of the Third Brigade, First Division, 20th Army Corps, under General Hooker. The regiment in this campaign

Kenesaw Mountain, Culp's Farm, Peach Tree Creek (in which the losses were severe) and 'numerous skirmishes. Atlanta having fallen, the 61st lay there from early in August to November 15th, when it started with General Sherman on the 'March to the Sea," in which it had but one skirmish with the enemy - at Sandersonville, Georgia. While at Savannah, the 61st was detached from its brigade and assigned to a provisional brigade, on duty in the city. About the middle of January, 1865, it moved with the Second Brigade, 20th Army Corps, to South Carolina, where it joined its proper command. Its last battle as an organization was fought at Bentonville. At Goldsboro, North Carolina, it was consolidated with the 82nd Ohio, which joined in the march through the Confederate capital and participated in the Grand Review at Washington. The regiment was mustered out of service at Columbus about September 1, 1865. Newton Schleich was the first colonel of the regiment; he was succeeded in the fall of 1862 by Stephen J. McGroarty.

Company C, which was mustered into the service in January, February and March, 1862, had the following officers and men from Pickaway County: Captain, D. W. Crouse; Ist lieutenant, Henry R. Bending; 2nd lieutenant, Joseph Hess; .sergeants - Thomas Wolfley, Cyrus E. Irwin, William J. Kinnear, Henry Clemons and Jacob F. Mader, Jr.; corporals - William H. Kirkwood, Charles Miller, James Machin, Jr., Samuel Dunn, Robert Mc- Maines and John Wholaver; musician, John McAllister; wagoner, George W. Hoak; privates - Barnett Abbott, James Burkley, John Brown, Alexander Calahan, Henry Davis, John Fox, Benjamin Groom, Benjamin F.

On the 19th of February, 1862, seven companies, which had been organized in camp near Hamilton moved by rail to Camp Chase. where they were later joined by three companies, among which was Company H, from Pickaway County. The 69th left for Tennessee on April 19th. From June 2oth to the last of July it performed provost duty at Nashville. The regiment's first engagement was in driving the Rebels from the town of Gallatin. The fall of 1862, until December 20th, was spent"in garrison duty at Nashville, skirmishing going on nearly every day. On December 26th the regiment moved toward Murfreesboro with the army under General Rosecrans and on December 31st and January 2nd took part in the battle of Stone River. Then followed the Tullahoma campaign, after which the regiment marched to Chattanooga. In the battle of Mission Ridge, the 69th was among the first to reach the top of the mountain, being commanded in this charge by Maj. J. J. Hanna. On March 16, 1864, the regiment started for Ohio on a furlough of 30 days, having re-enlisted as veterans. On April 22nd it again started for the field and joined Sherman's forces at Buzzard's Roost on the 11th of May. Here commenced the Atlanta campaign. The enemy was engaged near Resaca, at Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Chattahoochie River and at other points. Atlanta was reached on July 22nd; during the siege of this city, nine men of the 69th Ohio were wounded. 'On September ist the 69th took part in the fight at Jonesboro and lost quite heavily. Atlanta was then evacuated and the regiment participated in the subsequent chase after Hood through the upper part of Georgia into Alabama. It then returned to Atlanta and joined Sherman's "March to the Sea.'' In the subsequent campaign through the Carolinas, the regiment was engaged with the enemy near Goldsboro, on March 19, 1865, which was its last fight. It was in the march through Richmond, took part in the Grand Review at Washington and was finally mustered out on July 17, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. The following served successively as colonels: Lewis D. Campbell, William E. Cassilly, Marshall T. Moore and Joseph H. Brigham:

Company H, from Pickaway County, was mustered into the service March 5, 1862. | Its membership was as follows: Captain, Leonard C. Councellor; ist lieutenant, Edward R. Black; 2nd lieutenant, Frederick Pickering;

The 73rd Regiment was organized at Camp Logan, near Chillicothe, by Orlando Smith, of that city, who became its colonel. The greater part of the regiment was made up of Ross County citizens. The regiment wis mustered into the United States service on December 30, 1861, and left camp on January 24, 1862, for (West) Virginia, where the frst campaign proved to be chiefly a campaign wt disease, deaths being frequent and nearly 300 men being placed in hospital. In April the regiment marched to join General Milroy's command at Cheat Mountain. Then followed engagements with "Stonewall" Jackson's forces at McDowell, Strasburg and at other places in the Shenandoah Valley. On June 8, 1862, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Cross Keys. A month later it started for Eastern Virginia and after crossing the Blue Ridge encamped for a month at Sperryville. On the evening of August goth it arrived on the battle-field of Cedar Mountain, where it spent the following day* in skirmishing. On August 18th, the army, under the command of General Pope, retreated toward Washington. For the next two weeks there was almost constant fighting. In the latter part of August occurred the second battle of Bull Run, in which the 73rd Ohio and its brigade "undoubtedly saved the army from destruction." Out of 310 men of the 73rd present for duty, 144 were killed or wounded and 20 captured; Lieut. Charles W. Trimble, of Company E, was among the killed. The regiment remained in the defenses of Washington until

_November, engaged in picketing and reconnoisances, being augmented about the last of October by the arrival of 120 recruits. While near Washington it was brigaded with the 134th and 136th New York and the 33rd Massachusetts regiments, Colonel Smith, of the 73rd, in command. The winter was spent at Aquia Creek until the Chancellorsville campaign began, on April 27, 1863. In this campaign the 73rd formed part of the column which turned the left of Lee's army. On June 12th the army entered upon the Gettysburg campaign. At Gettysburg it was deployed with the other regiments of the brigade on Cemetery Hill and was in the heat of the battle, its losses amounting to 143 officers and men out of about 300. On September 24th the regiment was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. The regiment was in Alabama until October 24th when, as the advance of General Hooker's army, it moved to the relief of Chattanooga. The regiment's conduct in the fight at Lookout Creek was named by General Grant, who visited the scene the-following day, as "one of the most daring feats of arms of the war." In this action the regiment lost 65 men and officers out of about 200. On November 22nd the regiment with the rest of the corps crossed the river and was engaged in the battle of Mission Ridge, after which it marched with General Sherman to the relief of Knoxville. Returning to Chattanooga on December 17, 1863, the regiment shortly thereafter re-enlisted as veterans. Upon its return to the old camping ground in Lookout Valley with 120 recruits, after its furlough, the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, 20th Army Corps Army of the Cumberland. On the morning of May 2nd, 1864, the 73rd Ohio, now numbering 318 muskets, marched out of its camp to take part in the great Atlanta campaign that was to follow. The engagements. of Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek and New Hope Church (in which the regiment lost three officers and 72 men, killed and wounded) followed, with many minor engagements. For the next few weeks almost constant fighting characterized the advance upon Atlanta. In this period oc curred the fighting around Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain and the engagement at Marietta, in which the 73rd lost 16 men killed and wounded. On the 24th of May the 73rd lost 19 men.. On June 2oth the regiment participated in the battle of Peach "Tree Creek, when it lost 18 men. During the month which followed, the regiment was constantly in the front line of works at Atlanta and upon the evacuation of the city two companies of the 73rd, forming a part of a reconnoisance, were the first troops to enter the city, thus ending the long and terrible campaign. Out of 120 days campaigning, the regiment had been under fire 103 days and most of the remainder had been occupied in marching and hard work. It had lost 210 men and eight officers out of less than 350. On November 15th the regiment started with Sherman on the "March to the Sea." Upon reaching Savannah the non-veterans of the regiment, numbering 85 men and three officers, were mustered out. On January 2, the campaign through the Carolinas commenced, the battle of Averysboro being fought on March 16th, in which affair the 73rd lost 15 men, killed and wounded. Three days later the last battle of the war was fought, that of Bentonville, in which the regiment lost five men killed and four officers and 21 men wounded. The iregiment took part in the Grand Review at Washington, was later transferred to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out on July 20, 1865. The successive colonels of the regiment were: Orlando Smith, Richard Long and Samuel H. Hurst.

This three-months' organization never reached the regimental point. It was recruited to the proportions of a battalion and retained at Camp Chase to guard Rebel prisoners imprisoned there. Occasionally a company would be transferred to another regiment an sent to the field. The services performed at Camp Chase were both important and arduous. The colonel of the regiment was Charles W. B. Allison.

On the 15th of July, 1862, this regiment was organized at Lancaster by the military committees of the counties of Fayette, Pickaway, Fairfield, Hocking, Vinton and Perry. It was mustered into the service on August 28th and by the evening of the next day was on its way to Kentucky. From this time until early in November the regiment saw service throughout the State of Kentucky, chiefly in General Buell's army in puruit of General Bragg. Many of its marches in this period were accompanied with great hardships. On November 8th it broke camp at Glasgow, Kentucky, and marched to Nashville, Tennessee. On the 26th of December the regiment moved with the army on Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On December 31st and January Ist and 2nd it participated with great credit in the battle of Stone River. On the 14th of April, Col. Isaac N. Ross resigned and Lieut.-Col. Charles H. Rippey was appointed in his stead. The regiment lay in camp near Murfreesboro, with the rest of the army, until the 23rd of June, when General Rosecrans began his movement on Tullahoma. On the 19th and 2oth of September, 1863, the goth Ohio participated in the battle of Chickamauga, its losses in this engagement being three officers killed and 83 non-commissioned officers and privates killed, wounded and missing. After this battle, the division and regiment crossed the Tennessee River and marched to Bridgeport, Alabama, where the regiment arrived on the 2nd of November; it was engaged there in building fortifications until the 29th and was then placed in charge of 3,500 Rebel prisoners, captured at Mission Ridge. Later, in January, 1864, it moved through Chattanooga to Ooltowah, Tennessee, and there went into camp. Samuel N. Yeomans was now in command of the regiment, Colonel Rippey having resigned and returned to Ohio. On the 3rd of May the regiment took its first step in the great Atlanta campaign. For 120 days, the goth Ohio, in company with the National forces, marched, fought and suffered until the city of Savannah was evacuated on the 8th of September, 1864. On the 3rd of October it left Atlanta, being assigned to the movement that was intended to intercept General Wood, who was making his way toward Nashville. In this campaign the regiment, with the Fourth Corps, participated in all the brilliant fights which included that of Franklin and the battle before Nashville. On the 4th of June, 1865, the regiment went into camp two miles east of Huntsville, Alabama, where it remained until March 1, 1865, when it removed to Nashville and remained there until the surrender of the Rebel Army. It was mustered out at Camp Harker, Tennessee, on June 13, 1865. The following field and staff officers were from Pickaway County: Isaac N. Ross, colonel; Richard H. Tipton, surgeon; George L.. Kalb, chaplain; Fred W. Fickhardt, sergeant-major; Edward P. Garaghty, quartermaster-sergeant; Albert Kinnear, hospital steward.

Company A, which was formed of Pickaway County men, was mustered into the United States service on August 26, 1862, the officers and men being as follows: Captain, Francis M. Black; 1st lieutenant, William A. Denny; 2nd lieutenant, Andrew J. Willoughby; sergeants - William D. Hudson, Benjamin F. T.

Company F was mustered into the United States service August 29, 1862, with the following officers and men from Pickaway County: Captain, James J. Watkins; 1st lieutenant, Thomas Raines; sergeants - James M. Griffith, Nelson A. Patterson, Andrew J. Cochran, Amos S. Leist and Richard A, Patton; corporals - Joshua Skinner, Noble M.

Company K, which was mustered into service August 16, 1862, had two Pickaway County men in its ranks - George W. Rowe, a corporal, and William Grim, a private.

This regiment was recruited in August, 1862, from the counties of Perry, Franklin, Pickaway, Fayette, Hocking and Vinton. It rendezvoused at Camp Chase and was mustered into the United States service September 11, 1862. On the 19th of September it was ordered to Marietta and on December 1 it was ordered to proceed from Marietta to Memphis, Tennessee. At Johnston's Landing on the Yazoo River, it joined General Sherman's army,

On'the 26th of December the regiment landed at Chickasaw Bluffs and participated in the assault on the enemy's works on Chickasaw Bayou. It was actively engaged in this battle and was also engaged on December 28th and 29th, losing a number of killed and wounded, among whom was Lieut. Joseph T. Marfield, of Company B. Retreating from Chickasaw Bluffs, the army moved up the river on transports and on January roth cast anchor near Arkansas Post. The forces were landed and on the 11th an attack was made, which resulted victoriously. The I*ederal troops then re-embarked on the transports and sailed down the Yazoo to Young's Point, arriving there January 23rd, where the regiment continued until the 8th of March. During the stay of the regiment in this camp it suffered severely from sickness and death, losing over 100 men in the space of six weeks. The 114th Ohio moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, from Young's Point, remaining there until April 5, 1863, when it once more actively engaged in warfare, in General Grant's movement against Vicksburg, participating in the battles of Thompson's Hill, May 1, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16; Big Black Ridge, May 17; and the siege of Vicksburg. In the charge at Vicksburg, May 22nd, Colonel Cradlebaugh was severely wounded in the mouth and a number of men killed and wounded. On May 25th the regiment was ordered to Warrenton to garrison that point and on the 14th of July was ordered back to Vicksburg, where it remained in camp until August 13th. It was then sent to Carrollton, 60 miles above New Orleans, where it remained until September 6th when it was moved by rail to Brashear City, where it continued to October 3rd. From this date to November 22nd it was occupied in a march to Opelousas and return to New Orleans. On November 28th it embarked at New Orleans and sailed for Texas, going into camp on the Matagorda Peninsula on December 3, 1863. On June 14, 1864, it removed to Matagorda Island and in the latter part of April was ordered to Alexandria, Alabama. While at Alex- andria, the regiment was engaged in the affair at Graham's plantation, 12 miles out on the road. On the retreat from Alexandria in May, the enemy was engaged at Marksville and Yellow Bayou. On November 21, 1864, the regiment was ordered from Morganza, to which point it had proceeded from Alexandria, to the mouth of the White River, Arkansas, and at this place was consolidated with the 120th Ohio. On December 6th the regiment was ordered to Morganza. On January 8, 1865, it moved to Kenna, Alabama, and on the 24th moved to Barrancas, Florida, where it remained up to 1865, when it was sent with other forces to Texas. It was mustered out July 31, 1865, at Houston, Texas. It was paid and discharged at Tod Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. "During its tern of service the 114th marched on land and water over 10,000 miles, performed duty in 10 different States and was engaged in eight hard-fought battles and many skirmishes. It was successful in all except the affair at Chickasaw Bayou. It lost in killed and wounded, six officers and 80 men.

John Cradlebaugh, a former resident of Circleville and at the time of the breaking out of the Civil War a delegate in Congress from Nevada, was the colonel of the regiment. From the 1st of December, 1862, to the 6th of February, 1863, the regiment was commanded by Lieut.-Col. Horatio B. Maynard, Colonel Cradlebaugh being absent in Washington, D. C. From February 6, 1863, when Maynard resigned, until March, 1863, it was commanded by Lieut.-Col. John H. Kelley. On March 1, 1863, Colonel Cradlebaugh returned and took the command. Upon Colonel Cradlebaugh being wounded at. Vicksburg on May 22nd, 1863, Lieut.-Col. Kelley again took command of the regiment and held it until the end of the war. Colonel Cradlebaugh resigned October 20, 1863. ;

At the time the regiment was mustered into the service, the field and staff officers were as follows: Colonel, John Cradlebaugh; lieutenant-colonel, Horatio B. Maynard; major, John

H. Kelley; adjutant, Joseph C. Toole; quartermaster, Van M. Ogle; surgeon, Otis E. French; assistant surgeons - William L. Peek and Hezekiah Leonardson; chaplain, Thomas Hill; sergeant-major, Will H. Shulze; quartermaster sergeant, Joseph W. Buckley; commissary sergeant, Noah Gephart; hospital steward, Thomas I. Eaton.

Company K was largely made up of Pickaway County citizens. The following were members of Company K from this county: Captain, George W. Hurst; rst lieutenant, Isaac C. Butterfield; 2nd Jieutenant, Joseph Bury; sergeants - Reuben Rose and Samuel Brundridge; corporals - James-*W. Hinton, John N. Hunsicker, George B. Harmount and Paul Ike; musicians - Samuel W. Manley and Jacob H. Baughman; privates - Robert N. Brundridge, John N. Bowser, Charles Clinch, Enos Coon, Charles Cade, John E. Downing, William C. Downing, James H. Davis, Alex-

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase early in 1865 for one year's service, and was officered by men who had seen service and some of the privates had been officers in other volunteer organizations. It left for the Shenandoah Valley on March 14th and at Charlestown, West Virginia, was partly organized with other regiments into brigades and divisions. The organization was hardly completed when they were joined by veteran troops and the entire command moved up the Shenandoah Valley to Winchester. Here the 193rd Ohio remained until the order for muster-out was received, after the surrender of the Rebel armies. During a large portion of this period it performed provost duty. It was mustered out at Winchester, on August 4, 1865, and discharged at Columbus on the gth.

Company K, which was mustered in on March 10, 1865, was captained by Columbus B. Mason, of Circleville. The following privates were from Pickaway County: Ira Ater, Harrison Augustus, Isaac Atkinson, Martin

The field officers of this regiment were Harley H. Sage, colonel; D. W. Crouse, lieutenant-colonel; and Peter Lutz, major. The regiment was later consolidated with the 44th Battalion, O. N. G., forming the 155tlr Regiment. Pickaway County men were represented in seven companies, as follows :

Company A. - Captain, Thomas J. Stephens; Ist lieutenant, Joseph Wallace ; 2nd lieutenant, John T. Oliver; privates - A. Cook, J. A. Hart, S. Walters, G. W. Downs, Nathan

Tins regiment was formed by a consolidation of the g2nd Regiment and the 44th Battalion, Ohio National Guard, and was mustered into the service, for 100 days, on May 8, 1864. The next day it started for New Creek, \Vest Virginia. Upon-arrival, it was ordered to Martinsburg, where it performed garrison duty until June 3rd, when it was ordered to Washington. It proceeded thence to White House, thence to Bermuda Hundred, City Point and Norfolk. The regiment was placed on duty in an entrenched camp near Norfolk and there remained until it was ordered to Ohio to be mustered out. It was mustered out at Camp Dennison on August 27, 1864.

Watkins; quartermaster, Joseph \Vallace: chaplain, Samuel L. Bright; sergeant-major, Charles N. Dodd; commissary sergeant, Joseph B. Dunlap.

The First Ohio Cavalry was organized late in the summer of 1861 under the first call of President Lincoln for the three-years' service, being rendesvouzed at Camp Chase and being mustered into service as a regiment on October 5, 1861. "It being the first organization of its class raised in the State, there was at once manifested a great anxiety to join its ranks. This fact enabled the recruiting-officers and the surgeon of the regiment to discriminate largely in the selection of men. It may well be doubted whether more applicants were ever rejected from a similar organization in the service, or if a nobler band of men in physical development could possibly have been selected from the yeomanry of Ohio." About the middle of September, 1861, Companies A and C were ordered to (West) Virginia and later to the Shenandoah Valley. They participated in many of the sanguinary engagements around the national capital and did not return to the regiment until January, 1865. On October 1st, Company B was sent to Cincinnati, where it was fully equipped and sent on an expedition into Kentucky. On the goth of December the regiment broke 'camp. and proceeded by rail and steamboat to Louisville, where it was joined by Company B. The regiment remained at Louisville until January 106, 1862, and from that date to February 28th, when it embarked on transports for Nashville, was engaged in keeping the country in the neighborhood of Louisville free from Rebel guerrillas. On the 14th of March it took the advance of the column moving toward Columbia and from Columbia marched to Pittsburg Landing, arriving there after the battle. It participated in the advance upon Corinth and after the evacuation of that city joined in the pursuit of Beauregard's army as far as Booneville. The regiment returned to Corinth June 12th and five days later moved eastward to guard the line of the Mobile & Charleston Railroad, being divided into a number of detachments, Companies E and K being sent to Courtland. On July 25th this town was attacked by a large force of Rebel cavalry, capturing two companies of the roth Kentucky Infantry stationed there, and Captain Eggleston, of Company E, and 21 cavalrymen. The regiment next moved in two detachments to Louisville, Kentucky. They were reunited after the battle of Perryville on October 8th, in which both participated, and continued together until: the close of the war. The regiment was next sent in pursuit of the guerrilla command of General Morgan and with its brigade routed the Rebels at Gallatin, Tennessee. It went into camp at Nashville about the middle of November. In the advance on Murfreesboro, the regiment took part in the battle of Stone River, where on December 1, 1862, the gallant young colonel of the regiment, Minor Millikin, and a long list of officers and privates were killed. A period of comparative inactivity then ensue: until the advance on Tullahoma was ordered, which town was entered by the regiment on July ist, after heavy skirmishing. At this time it was attached to the Second Brigade. Second Division of Cavalry. In July, August and September, 1863, two successful and one unsuccessful raids were made into Northern Alabama and Georgia. he Iirst Ohio Cavalrv then moved northward toward Chattanooga and on September roth took part in the battle of Chickamauga, losing heavily, Lieut.- Col. Valentine Cupp being among the mortally wounded, his death occurring on the following day. On the tst of October the regiment fought a severe engagement at Washington, Tennessee, with the advance of Gen. Joseph E. Wheeler's cavalry. It lay at Paint Rock Station, Alabama, from October 19th to Noveinber 18th, when it moved toward Chattanooga. On the evening of November 22nd, with five other cavalry regiments, the First Ohio made a raid in the rear of Bragg's position, "which for its brilliant success and happy termination, is unsurpassed in the annals of the cavalry." Twenty miles of railroad and the largest percussion-cap and torpedo manufactory. in the confederacy were destroyed, 200 wagons burned and 600 horses and mules and 500 prisoners captured. While on this raid, the First Ohio lost 15 men in a severe engagement with the enemy at Cleveland. In December a successful raid was made into North Carolina. At Calhoun a division of the regiment, comprising 65 men, obtained a decisive victory over an overwhelming' force of Rebels under General Wheeler, inflicting upon them a loss of 25 killed and 80 wounded and capturing 131 prisoners at a cost of one man killed and three wounded. On January 1, 1864, Col. B..B. Eggleston (formerly captain of Company E), who had been commissioned colonel in April, 1863, and had just returned from recruiting service in Ohio, moved the regiment to Pulaski, Tennessee, where it veteranized. After a 30-days' furlough, it reassembled at Nashville on April 1, 1864. A month later it moved to Columbia and on May 22nd started to join the column of Sherman, then advancing on

Atlanta. The regiment was actively engaged throughout the Atlanta campaign up to the evacuation of the city. In the engagement at Moulton it lost 20 men killed and wounded: In front of Kenesaw 30 men were lost. The regiment accompanied General Kilpatrick in his raid around Atlanta, losing 50 men at Lovejoy Station. General Hood attempted to cut off Sherman's communications, the First Ohio followed in pursuit and on the 13th of October engaged with the enemy at Rome, Georgia. Shortly aiter this.the members of the regiment were sent to Louisville to be refitted for the field. On December 28, 1864, after about six-weeks' stay in Louisville, the regiment left to join the cavalry corps in Alabama. -During the month of February, 1865, it was transferred to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division. Its last campaign was commenced on the 22nd .of March and was finished on the 22nd of April, when Macon was entered where the force heard of the surrender of Lee. During this month's campaign the regiment was engaged in a tireless pursuit of the enemy with skirmishes and fights almost every day. Chief among these engagements was the battle of Ebenezer Church, fought on April 1st and the night assault upon Columbus. After peace was declared, the regiment garrisoned Georgia and South Carolina until the 13th of September, when it was mustered out at Hilton Head, South Carolina, being paid off and discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, on September 28th. The following served successively as colonels of the regiment; Owen P. Ransom, Minor Millikin, Thomas C. H. Smith and Beroth B. Eggleston.

Company E, which was mustered into: the service on August 30, 1861, had the following officers and men from Pickaway County; Captain, Beroth B. Eggleston; ist lieutenant, Michael J. Alkire; 2nd lieutenant, Erastus R. McNeal; sergeants - John C. O'Harra, A. D. Lutz, Robert C. Manley, Lemuel Dewey and George W. Keyes; quartermaster sergeant, Tarlton C. Collins; corporals - Frederick Walter, Jonas Smith, Henry E. Rector, Thomas

It became necessary by the middle of 1863 to put troops into the field, whose duty it should be to fortify and garrison the forts and other strongholds captured from the enemy. The Second Ohio Heavy Artillery was organized for this purpose. It was mustered in for the three-months service. Horatio G. Gibson was colonel. Each of the 12 batteries had an independefit history.

Battery I, largely made up of Pickaway County men, was mustered into the service September 7, 1863, at Covington, Kentucky, and moved on October 11th to Fort De Wolf at Shepherdsville, Kentucky, where it remained until January 10, 1865, when it went to Fort Nelson (Camp Nelson), Kentucky. On May 26th it was moved to Camp Sedgwick at Cleveland, Tennessee, and while there was engaged with a Rebel cavalry force under Wheeler. On October 9th it was transferred to Fort Galpin at Knoxville and on December 7th marched to Bean's Station with the force under Brig.-Gen. Jacob Ammen, later returning to Fort Galpin, where it remained up to August 23, 1865. It was then taken to Nashville and mustered out of the service. The regiment was paid and finally discharged on August 29, 1865, at Camp Chase.

Spanish-American War

Company M, of this regiment, originally Company M, 14th Regiment Infantry, Ohio National Guard, of Circleville, was ordered to Columbus, Ohio, and on May 9, 1898, was mustered into the United States service, becoming Company M, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. It was stationed at Camp Bushnell, Columbus, until May 15th, was then ordered to Chickamauga Park, Georgia, which it reached May 17th. The Fourth Ohio was there assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps. The regiment was in camp at Chickamauga Park from May 17th to July 22nd, when it left for Newport News, Virginia, arriving there July 25th. It left Newport News on the U. S. S. "St. Paul" for Puerto Rico on July 27th, and on August 5th was landed at Arroyo, Puerto Rico. It arrived at Guayama on August 6th and two days later was in a light skirmish at Barrio .de las Palmos - no wounded. Company M was in camp at Guayama until September 19th, when it was detached from the regiment and sent to Vieques Island, where it did garrison duty until October 24th. It then boarded the transport "Chester" and landed with the regiment at Jersey City, New Jersey, 'November 4th, on the same day starting for Columbus, Ohio. On the way it stopped at

Washington, D. C., and was reviewed by President McKinley. Company M arrived at Columbus on November 6th and was on oral furlough and waiting orders from this date to January 4, 1899. It reported for duty on January 5, 1899.

Walker, Gordon E. Withrow, Homer R. Wolf, George I*. Wright, Homer A. Wright, Porter Wright, Jacob F, Wilson and Harry Yowell; ~ William A. Hain and Frank P. Lilley, assigned to the Regimental Band; C. Edward Wright, transferred to the Hospital Corps; Pearle Reigle, discharged at the request of his parents, for enlistment under age; and William B. Bowsher and James R. Steepleton, who deserted at Newport News.

Under the old Ohio militia law, every ablebodied man, between the ages of 18 and 45, was a member of the militia, and was required to attend the annual musters, where the raw militia, armed with cornstalks, were put through the prescribed military evolutions. Reminiscences of these general training days are given elsewhere in this volume. The practice became unpopular anil finally was discontinued.

No record of 'the organizations of this nature that flourished before the War of the Rebellion has been kept and we can therefore mention only such as we have noted in old records, newspaper files, etc. In 1828 there were the Circleville Rifle Company and the Pickaway Artillery. Shortly before the Mexican War, the Pickaway Guards was a "crack" organization. Later came the Circleville Horse Dragoons. The Circleville Guards flourished in the years before the Civil War. After the war, there was a period of 10 years before the Circleville Guard came into being. This organization came to an end when it entered the service of the United States in the war with Spain. A period of over five years then elapsed before the present military company - the Circleville Guards - was organized. The history of the two latter organizations follow.

in 1875 as the Circleville Zouaves, but soon took the former name. The company originally was Company D, Sixth Battalion. The original organization was furnished with accoutrements by the State, but the members provided themselves with their own uniforms. which were in the nature of dress uniforms and said to be very resplendent affairs. John C. McFadden was the first captain. Upon his resignation, Charles E. Groce became captain. During his term of service the company became Company F, Sixth Regiment. Captain Groce resigned about 1877 and was followed by Orin F. Thompson, who resigned in about four years to become quartermaster of the regiment and was followed by Sylvester F. Boyles, who served as captain until his death, in November, 1884. Lee O. Anderson became captain in May, 1885, and served a full term of five years. At the conclusion of his term, the company was transferred to the 14th Regiment and given the name of Company M. E.

commissioned July 2nd; he served a short time - about four months. John W. Lowe was then elected to the captaincy, being commissioned January 1, 1891. He served a full term of five years and was followed in January, 1896, by Frank C. Radcliff, who resigned the position about a year later. The next captain was Burr J. Bostwick who was in command of the company up to the Spanish- American War, and was mustered into the United States service as captain of this company, which became Company M, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry,,.U. S. Volunteers. Upon being enlisted in the United States service, the company was mustered out by the State of Ohio; when it returned from its service, it was, mustered out by the United States and the organization then ceased to exist.

The Circleville Guard was called into seryice quite a number of times to assist in quelling riots. It also took part in a number of important ceremonies, and was always in evidence on Memorial Day. The company was first called into service in 1877, when under Captain Groce; it was sent to Newark, Ohio, on account of disturbances attending a railroad strike. In: September, 1881, it was ordered to attend President Garfield's funeral, at Cleveland; Captain Orin I'. Thompson was then in command. In 1884, when Captain Boyles was captain, the company saw service at the Court House riots in Cincinnati, on March 30-31 and April 1-2; also at the coal mine riots in Hocking County, in the fall of 1884. Owing to sickness, Captain Boyles did not accompany the men. Second Lieutenant Murray was in command at Cincinnati and First Lieutenant Anderson was in command when the company went to Hocking County. On April 30, 1880, the Circleville Guard attended the Washington Centennial at New York City, when Captain Anderson was in command. On February 21, 1891, the company attended Gen. W. T. Sherman's funeral at-St. Louis, under Captain Lowe. In October, 1892, Company MI, under the command of Captain Lowe, camped in the Agricultural Building at the \Vorld's Columbian Exposition at Chicago for a week or ten days and took part in, ceremonies attending the 4ooth anniversary of the discovery of America. In the fall of the following year, the company, under Captain Lowe, camped in Chicago at 71st street and Cottage Grove avenue (Grand Crossing) and took part in the Ohio Day parade at the World's Columbian Exposition. On the 6th of June, 1894, the company was ordered to Belmont County to quell the coal mine riots, and put in 13 days in Belmont and Tuscarawas counties, Captain Lowe being in command. In September, 1895, the company, under 'Captain Lowe, camped 10 days at Chattanooga, Tennessee, taking part on September 19th in the ceremonies attending the dedication of the Chickamauga battle-field as a national park. No further active service was seen by this company until the Spanish-American War.

A year or two after the company's organization, a handsome silk flag, about five by seven feet in size, was presented to the company by the ladies of Circleville, Miss Ella Davenport (afterward Mrs. George F. Kratz) delivering the presentation speech. On one side of the flag in gilt letters were the words - "Circleville Guard"; on the other - ''From the Ladies." For quite a number of years, the flag was taken to the annual encampments.

The first annual encampment of the com- From 1878 to the Spanish-American War, the company held its encampments at the following named Ironton, 1878; Chillicothe, 1879: Washington Court House, 1880; Circleville, 1881; Ironton, 1882; Waverly, 1883; Springfield, 1884; Chillicothe, 1885; Washington Court House, 1886; Delaware, 1887; Colimbus, 1888; Marion, 1890; Presque Isle, 1891; Logan, 1892; Chicago, 1893; Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1895; ¢ Cleveland, 1896; and Nashville, Tennessee, 1897.

About 1893, under Captain John W. Lowe. the company took up target practice, and about 20 members qualified as sharpshooters and Joseph M. Bell had a score of 48 out of 50 - 23 at 200 yards and 23 at 300. George Ilorence, who became captain of the company upon its reorganization after the Spanish-American War, had a score of 47 at the same ranges. Captain Lowe had several scores of 46. The company had the largest number of sharpshooters of any company in the State. At the coal mine riots in Belmont and 'Tuscarawas counties in 1894, a sharpshooters' squad was organized from the regiiment and almost all of the ones detailed for

Upon the organization of the company, Wittich's Hall was rented as an armory. <A{iterwards the third floor of the City Building was used for this purpose. About 1883, the company took up quarters in Eagle Hall, in the brick addition of the old National House on East Franklin-street. From 1890 to 1892, the headquarters of the company were in Peck's Hall; in the latter year the company moved into the armory in Memorial Hall. One year later they moved back to Peck's Hall, where they remained as long as the company continued to exist.

From the conclusion of the Spanish-American War until early in 1904 Circleville had no military company. In February of this year, Company F, Fourth Regiment, O. N. G. (Circleville Guards) was organized, with the fol- lowing officers: Captain, George Florence; 1st lieutenant, Harry D. Jackson; 2nd lieutenant, John S. Bailey; 1st sergeant, Charles S. Gusman; 2nd sergeant, I. Lutz May; 3rd sergeant, Frank Ross; 4th sergeant, Percy W. May; 5th sergeant, Harry G. Stevenson; quartermaster sergeant, James Baughman; Captain Florence, Lieutenant Bailey and Quartermaster Baughman were Spanish-American War veterans. Captain Florence resigned in February, 1906, for business reasons, and in August, Col. C. S. Ammel of the Fourth Regiment, appointed him quartermaster of the regiment. On October g, 1906, he was elected major. The present membership of the company is as follows: Captain, Harry D. Jackson; Ist lieutenant, John S. Bailey; 2nd lieutenant, Charles S. Gusman; Ist sergeant, I. Lutz May; 2nd sergeant, Frank Ross; 3rd sergeant, Percy W. May; 4th sergeant, Harry G. Stevenson; 5th sergeant, A. Lewis Ellis; quartermaster sergeant, James Baughman; Ist corporal, Herbert Martell; 2nd corporal, Bert Russel; 3rd corporal, Benjamin Brannon; 4th corporal, Harry Kellenberger; 5th corporal,

The company drills every Monday evening. It has been called into service but once, which was in June, 1906, to quell a riot caused by the miners in Jefferson County, near Steubenville. The eneampments of the company have been held at the following places: Athens, 1904; Newark, 1905; and Strasburg, 1906. The armory is in Memorial Hall.