Carroll County, Indiana - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 39 of those read), 1882

One Hundred And Fiftieth Regiment

Call for Ele^ten Regiments to Serve One Year - Recruiting Under the Call - Recruiting Officers Appointed - The One Hundred and Fiftieth Recruited in the Eighth Congressional District - Organization of the Regiment - Sent to the Seat of War - Subsequent Movements - Mustered Out - Regimental and Company Officers and Men FROM Carroll County - Roster.

ON the 20th of December, 1864, a further call was made for troops, the quota for Indiana being eleven regiments of infantry. Under this call, recruiting quarters were established in the several districts at the headquarters of the District Provost Mai'shal, from which, as recruits were obtained, they were sent to general headquarters at Indianapolis. To facilitate the work of recruiting in those several disti'icts and counties, officers were appointed to superintend and conduct the operations of the service. The recruits thus obtained were enlisted for one year. Under this call, Can-oil County sent into the field Company H. and a number of recruits attached to Company E, in addition to all the others except I, together with some of the regimental officers. In accordance with the regulations, these recruits were sent to headquarters, where the regiment was made up and organized on the 9th of Mai-ch, 1S65, with Marsh B. Taylor, of La Fayette, as Colonel. On the fourth day after organization (March 13), the regiment left Indianapolis for Harper's Ferry, Va., arriving there on the 17th. Almost immediately afterward, it marched to Charlestown, from there to Winchester, and subsequently to Stevenson, where it remained until the 27th of June. From this latter position, it moved to Jordan's Springs, near Opequon, where it remained until it was mustered out, on the 5th of August, 1865. It arrived at Indianapolis on the 9th of August, with 25 officers and 870 men, for final discharge, and on the 11th was present at a reception given to retm-ned regiments at the State House Grove, where it was addressed by Lieut. Gov. Baker, Gen. Benjamin Harrison and others, to which appropriate responses were made by the Colonel and other regimental officers. These ceremonies over, the officers and men of the regiment were finally discharged fi-om the service, and depai'ted for their several homes.

Regimental Officer

privates. Fountain H. Angell, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. John S. Beebles, mustered out August 5, 1865. Jasper N, Baum, mustered out August 5, 1865. G. L. Barkhurst, mustered out August 5, 1865. Samuel Bunker, mustered out August 5, 1865. Harrison Close, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. William Camp, mustered out August 5, 1865. John Cline, mustered out August 5, 1885.

Benjamin H. Denton, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. Jeremiah Draper, mustered out August 5. 1865. William FeiTis, died at Wheeling, Va., March 39, 1865. George M. Gustin, mustered out August 5, 1865. Joseph Ginden, mustered out August 5, 1865. Austin Groninger, mustered out August 5, 1865. Stewart S. Groninger, mustered out August 5, 1865. Samuel Howell, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. Jeremiah Huston, died at Stevenson, Va., May 22, 1865. Jacob Henmetler, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. John N. Hines, mustered out August 5, 1865. Calvin Hoan, mustered out August 5, 1865. Nathaniel Herron, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Commissary I

James H. Koontze, mustered oi Jacoli L. McAhvon, mustered o George W. Moore, mustered on Charles H. Newman, mustered Jacob L. Nichols, mustered

John Olinger, mustered out August 5, Daniel W. Sweetzer, died at Wheeling, va., Apru ai, le Lloyd Stout, died at Indianapolis, Ind., March 15, 1865. Owen Storms, mustered out August 5, 1865. Hiram W. Shroyer, mustered out August 5, 1865. George W. Tribbett, mustered out August 5, 1865. William J. Thompson, mustered out August 5, 1865. John I. Tucker, mustered out August 5, 1865. John M. Thomas,' mustered out August 5, 1865. "Elza R. Wilson, mustered out August 5, 1865. Samuel C. Walker, mustered out August 5, 1865. Joseph Wilson, mustered out August 5, 1865. Smith Wilson, mustered out August 5, 1865.

Hiram Allison, mustered out June 10, 1865. Peter Gorner, mustered out August 5, 1865. Charles Hadley, mustered out August 5, 1865. Marion Holts, mustered out August 5, 1865. John G. Moore, mustered out August 5, 1865. Frank A. Potter, mustered out August 5, 1865. Charles B. Simpson, mustered out August 5, 1865.

company a. Hiram Burch, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal. George CaiT, mustered out August 5, 1865. John S. Gano, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Sergeant. Orlando Kilgore, mustered out August 5. 1865.

George W. Guserman, mustered out August 5, 1865. William L. Randall, mustered out August 5, 1865. Edward Smith, deserted February 20, 1865. John Tolan, mustered out August 5, 1865, as Corporal.

Company

Daniel Engle, mustered out August 5, 1865. John Engle, mustered out August 5, 1865. Napoleon Jones, mustered out August 5, 1865. Samuel Wilson, mustered out May 15, 1865.

August 5, 1865. -ed out August 5, Andrew J. Shaeffer, mustered out August 5, 1865. John Stephenson, mustered out August 5, 1865. Andrew J. Tinkle, mustered out August 5, 1865.

Chaptee Xvi

Eleven New Regiments Called for - Recruiting Offioer.s Appointed - One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Regiment Recruited Under that Call to Serve One Tear - Companies Made Up in the Eighth Congressional District - Oeganized and Sent to Virginia - In the Shenandoah Valley - MASTERED Out and Returned Home.

~DY proclamation, dated Julj 18, 1864, the President of the -L* United States called ui^on the several States to supply 500,- OOO men to give and maintain the strength of the armies in the field, to serve one, two and three years, as they might elect. In that call, it was provided that the number of volunteers prescribed should be reduced by all credits that might be established on account of persons that had entered the naval service diu'ing the existence of the rebellion, and by credits for men furnished to the military service in excess of calls before that time made. A further proclamation was made on the 19th of December, 1864, calling for an additional 300,000 volunteers, to serve, also, one, two or three years, according to their election. In prescribing the number of men embraced in the call, the proclamation sets forth: "Whereas, by the credits allowed in accordance with the act of Congress on the call for 500,000 men, made July 18, 1864, the number of men to be obtained under that call was reduced to 280,000; and whereas, the operations of the enemy in certain States have rendered it impracticable to procure from them their full quotas of troops imder said calls; and whereas, from the foregoing causes, but 240,- 000 men have been put into the army, navy and mai'ine corps, under the said call of July 18, 1864, leaving a deficiency on that call of 260,000: * * therefore, * * * in order to supply the aforesaid deficiency, and to provide for the casualties in the military and naval service of the United States," the call was issued for 300,000 volunteers. Piu'suant to that call, the (iovernor of the State of Indiana, by proclamation of the 20th of December, 1864, called for eleven additional regiments as the quota for this State. As a means of exj)editing the process for obtaining that number of volunteers, recruiting offices were established in the several Congressional districts, and oflicers were appointed, with headquarters at the offices of the District Provost Marshals, to solicit recruits and superintend the operations of the recruiting service. The eleven regiments thus called for were ncimbered from One Hundred and Forty-five to One Hundred and Fifty-six, both inclusive, and the companies of which they were composed were in process of formation about the same time in the several districts of the State. The One Himdi'ed and Fiftyfourth Regiment was recruited exclusively in the Eightti Congressional District, at that time composed of Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe and Warren Counties. Of this regiment. Company D was made up chiefly of recruits from Carroll County, while the county was represented in most of the other companies. The regiment was organized at Indianapolis on the 20th of April, 1865, with Frank Wilcox, of Covington, as Colonel. On the 28th of April, it left Indianapolis, under command of Maj. Simpson, reaching Parkersburg on the 30th, Until the 2d of May, it remained at that point, moving, on that day, into the Shenandoah Valley, halting at Stevenson Station on the 4th, and remaining there engaged in guard duty until the 27th of June, when it was continued on duty at Opequon Creek, and remained at that point until the 4th of August, 1865, when it was mustered out, and started for Indianapolis, where it arrived on the 7th, and was finally discharged on the 8th of August, 1865, after attending a reception of the returned regiments in the grounds surrounding the capital building.

Captain - Sylvester Berry, mu.stered out with regiment. First Lieutenant - Joseph Sampson, mustered out with r Second Lieutenant - Benjamin F. Braugh, mustered out

Dr. Morrow was bom In Highland County, Ohio, October 26, 1831. His parents were natives of New York. The ancestral stock from which the mother descended was of Scot- lid - Irish extraction. The lineage of the father, extending back through several generatii'ns, was ciear English blood. His mother was related to the renowned Clinton family, of N 'w York, that flgured so largely during the Revolutionary period of our national history ard subsequent years. His grandfather, on the mother's side, was in the federal army, and 1 arttcipated in that four days' march, memorable in history, from Whitemarsh to Valley nre, at which place Washington's patriot band spent the winter of 1777-78, the gloomiest J . riod in the iiistory of the nation. In years agone. Dr. Morrow has heard his mother relate 1 tie; following incident : After the army had established the camp, a detail of men were sent (it as far as practicable to provide fuel for the families of soldiers, and collect clothing and covering for the army. On his grandfather's place, the British foragers had left but two of '.'. Hock of sheep. His grandmother caused one to be killed, sheared the wool, carded it. spun it and knit it into socks, and then made the hide into moccasins for her husband. John T. Morrow, the father of onr subject, was a Lieutenant Colonel of a New York regiment in the war of isi'^. and participated in several engagements, among others that of Flattsburg. For this service, in common with the volunteers of that war, he received a warrant for a tract of Kind, which is located in Iowa, and is yet owned by the Doctor. The parents died at their home, in Highland County, Ohio, whither they had moved In 1818. The mother died in 1850. the father in 1863. In his youth. Dr. Morrow was favored with fair educational advantages, aod received a liberal education. At the age of fourteen, he entered an academy, at Hillsboro, Ohio, where he remained five years, pursuing a classical course to graduation. He promptlybegan the study of medicine under Samuel Martin, M, D., a prominent practitioner at Xenia, Ohio. He afterward attended lectures at the Medical College of Olilo. Cincinnati, whenre he graduated March 3, 1853. Locating in Pike County, m what Is k ''.vn rr^ tli- Srinfo Vrtiii'v, hf pursued the practice of his profession. In March, 1853, he

Soon thereafter, Granger's staff, as Medical Director of the Twelfth Division of the t nf the Ohio, a position he held with honor to himself and benefit-to the service,

By T. B. Helm

John G«orge Troxelt, the subject of this sketch, was bom In Jackson County. Ala., on the 3d day of December, 1830. His father, Michael Troxell. was of German ancestry, his parents having emigrated from the " Fatherland " some time In the latter part of the eighteenth eentiiry. and settled in Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penu., where he was bom. in the vear 179,i. His mother, Margaret [Merkle] Troxell, wa,s of German origin, also, her parents having emigrated thence and settled in Reading, Berks Co., Fenn., where she was born in the year 1794.

When about nine years of age. Mr, Troxell, with his parents, emigrated to and settled in Carroll County, and from that time until the present has continued to reside here, his early life, after he was of a sufficient age to do so. was occupied for several years in business relations with his father, in the town of Pittsburg, where the family resided. Subsequently, when they moved to the country, about the year 1849, his occupation was changed to comport with his change of situation. Prior to the date when his business life commenced, Mr. Troxell's opportunities for obtaining a business education were quite meager : such as they were, however, he improved them to the extent of the facilities afforded by the school system of that day. But, what was lost In school privileges, such as there were In those days, he was. In a measure, compensated for by the practical training, aftenvard, In the active duties of a successful business life. It haa grown to a maxim, almost, and his experience is not an exception to the rule, that the essentials of an education are the abiliiy to adapt what is learned to the actual requirements of every day life. Hence, while there may have been a deficiency in the school privileges accorded to Mr. Troxell at the time when he should have enjoyed tliem, the result of his acquisitions in the training school of welt appropriated opportunities is well exhibited in the successful business life that lias followed.

In 1861, when the proclamation of President Lincoln announced that the laws of our common country had been set at defiance, and that the patriotism of the people was called into requisition for the purpose of maintaining the integrity of those laws. Mr. Troxell was among those who were willing to otter their lives,lf need be, on the altar of sacrifice, that the nation might live. Accordingly, on the 10th of October, of that year, he enlisied as a private in Company "C,"' of the Forty-si.\th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and with it participated in the vigorous campsiign that followed, re-enllsting as a " veteran " at the close of the period of enlistineut. Upon the oreanizatton of the regiment he was appointed Orderly Sergeant, and si^rved as such until the 3d of April, 1S62, when he was promoted to the more responsible posltio'. of Second Lieutenant, and subsequ nore tnan that period havmg ui )f that order, and tendered his resignation, which was I followed the fortunes of his regiment from the date of u, as above stated, at Lexington, Ky., his record speak-

Freeman Calhoun, mustered out June 28. 1865. Andrew J. Gill, mustesed out August 4, 1865. Ale.Kanrter Ilurrell, deserted April 14, 1865. Cornell HnlnK-, must. -red nut AiiL'nst 4, 1865.

John Fisher, mustered out August 4, 1865. Rhoden Ham, mustered out August 4, 1865. Jonathan Ham, mustered out August 4, I860, as Co Robert Lawhorn, mustered out August 4, 1865. Thomas O'Conner, deserted April 28, 1865. Alexander P. White, mustered out August 4. 1865.

Chaptee Xvii

KUiST - SixTiETii - Ninety-ninth - One Hundred and Twentyeighth AND One Hundred ani> Forty-seventh Regiments. THE Twelfth Regiment of Indiana Infantry, re-organized for the three-years' service, was largely composed of volunteers who had re-enlisted, having had previous sei-viee in other regiments, and, of necessity, came from various parts of the State. Several of the companies, however, were composed almost wholly of new volunteers, who had enlisted at home and were brought in to make up the regimental complement. In several of the northern counties, companies were almost exclusively made up in single counties. The re-organization was made, pursuant to an order from the War Department issued on the 17th of May, 1862, at Indianapolis, on the 17th of August following, with William H. Link, of Fort AVayne, its old commander, as Colonel. Soon after the re-organization was effected, the regiment was sent to Kentucky to resist the thi-eatened invasion of that territoiy by Kirby Smith, and, on the 30th of August succeeding, participated in the battle of Richmond in that State, in which it lost 173 men in. killed and wounded, including the Colonel, who died of his wounds soon after. A large proportion of the regiment was captured and made prisoners, but were subsequently paroled. A considerable part of the time from the date the regiment re-entered service was occupied in marches thi-ough Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, finally reaching Vicksbm-g, and remaining in the trenches during the siege, having previously, diu-ing the preceding two years, composed a part of Logan's Fifteenth Corps of the Ai-my of the Tennessee. In November, 18(i3, it took part in the battle of Mission Eidge, losing 110 men and officers. From the 1st of May, 1864, it was on active duty during the Atlanta campaign, losing in the aggregate of 240 men, killed and wounded, between Atlanta and Dalton. After taking part in the chase after Hood, it moved with Sherman's march to Savannah. It was finally mustered out on the 8th of June, IS60.

The following members of Company D of that regiment were f m-nished by Carroll County : Captain - George Bowman. Corporal - Benjamin F. Sandifur.

James W. Sines, mustered out June 8, 1865. William H. Shoemaker, mustered out June 8, 1865. Harvey R. Todd, mustered out June 8. 1865. David'G. Lesourd, mustered out June 8, 1865.

fifteenth regiment. This was one of the original six regiments of State troops organized at La Fayette in May, 1861. It was re-organized and mustered into the service of the United States for three years, at the same place, on the 14th of June, 1861, with George D. Wagner as Colonel. Having been moved to Indianapolis, it was ordered to Western Virginia about the 1st of July. On the way to the seat of war, it remained over the 4th at Cincinnati. From there to Rich Mountain, it was transported by rail to Clarksburg.

marching from that point to the place designated on foot, reaching there on the 11th of July, while the battle was in progress, participating in the pursuit of the enemy on the following day. During its career in the field, the regiment did efficient service in the several departments of duty to which it was assigned. By order of Gen. Thomas, it was directed to report at Indianapolis on the 16th of June, 1864, to be mustered out. A. portion re-enlisted, while others were transferred to the Seventeenth Eegiment, and mustered out August 8. I860. Of this regiment, Carroll County supplied:

John M. Jones, First Sergeant in Company K. promoted to Second Lieutenant November 22, 1862, and to First Lieutenant February 1, 18fi3; mustered out July 6, 1864, term expired.

Thirty-Fourth Eegiment

On the 16th of September, 1861, the Thirty- fotirth Begiment of Indiana Volimteer Infantry was organized at Anderson, with Asbiuy Steele as Colonel. It was made of enlistments from several counties in the vicinity of the place of rendezvous, no complete company being formed of volunteers from any one county. It left Anderson for Jeffersonville on the 10th of October, traveling by way of Indianapolis. At Jeffersonville it remained in camp until the 15th of November, when it was ordered to New Haven, Ky. ; thence to Camp Wickliffe, where it was stationed until February, 1862, moving thence to Green River. Subse quently, it was ordered back to the Ohio, embarking at Elizabethtown, with Gen. Nelseu's division, on transports; it went down the river to Cairo: thence to New Madrid, Mo., where it arrived on the 3d of March, and was engaged in the siege of that place until the evacuation, on the l-lth. From that time forward, it was on active duty a large proportion of the time. Of Company H of this regiment, Carroll County furnished:

Fifty-First Regiment

The P'ifty-first Regiment was organized on the 11th of October, 1861, at Indianapolis, where it was mustered into service on the 14th of December following, with Abel D. Streight, of Indianapolis, as Colonel. Its fii-st position was in a camp of instruction at Bardstown, Ky. Moving from this point, it marched, in February, 1862, with Buell's army, toward Nashville, and encamped there for a short time, afterward moving to the Tennessee River, reaching the field of Shiloh too late to participate in the battle at that point. In the siege of Corinth it took an active part, marching, after the evacuation, with Woods' division of the Army of the Ohio, through Northern Alabama. The regiment Budsequently participated in the campaign in Kentucky, and was engaged, during the last day of December, 1862, and the Ist and 2d days of January, 1863, in the battle of Stone River, losing 5 killed, 36 wunded and 8 missing - a total loss of 49. The regiment also was a component part of the provisional brigade organized by Col. Streight, and was present throughout the entire expedition under that oificer, and in the action at Gaylesville, Ala., on the 3d of May, with the other portions of the brigade, it surrendered to the rebel forces under Gen. Forrest. As prisoners of war, they were confined for several months in Libby Prison. They were afterward paroled for exchange and went into camp at Indianapolis until the exchange was consiunmated, when it again entered the field, joining the army at Nashville. A portion of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and continued in service until April, 1865, when they were mustered out. The volunteers who did not re-enlist were

Orders having been issued authorizing Lieut. Col. Richard Owen to recruit a regiment to rendezvous at Evansville, the movement was but partially succeggful, only an incomplete organization taking place at that point, in November. 1861. Before the organization was perfected, the companies mustered in were, on the 22d of February, 1862. ordered to Camp Morton to guard rebel prisoners. In the month of March, while on duty at that point, the qviota was filled out, and, on the 11th, was mustered into service - a number of the latter companies being made up of the miscellaneous recruits without designating the county whence they came. William B. Givens, of Delphi, was commissioned as Captain of Company K on the Kith of December, 1861, but the company was not mustered in until April 17, 1862. How many of the recruits of this company belong properly to CaiToll County it seems impossible now to definitely state - many of them, without doubt After being in service about one year,Cajjt. Givens resigned, April 2, 1863. and re-entered as Captain of Company M, Eleventh Cavalry.

Ninety-Ninth

This regiment was organized in the Tenth Congressional District, during the months of August and September, 1862, at South Bend. Thi-ee of the companies recruited in the Sixth Congressional District, designed to compose a )>art of the Ninety-sixth Regiment, were assigned to this regiment, which completed its quota. Alexander Fowler was appointed Colonel, and the regiment was mustered into service on the 21st of October. After leaving its place of rendezvous, in November, it moved to Memphis, Tenn., and was assigned to duty in the Third Brigade, First Division of the Sixteenth Ai'my Corps, and on the 26th, with its corps, entered the Tallahatchie campaign, and, returning, was placed on duty on the Memphis & Charleston Raih'oad at La Grange and Moscow, Tenn., where it remained during the following winter.

In May, 1863, it passed down the Mississippi and participated in the siege before Vicksbiu-g, remaining there until the 4th of July; it marched with Sherman's army for Jackson, Miss., and, dm-ing the mouth, was engaged in skirmishes on the Black River. Here the regiment remained in camp until the latter part of September, when, with its corps, it moved to Memphis, and thence, by way of Corinth, luka, Florence, Decherd and Stevenson, to Chattanooga, reaching there on the 24th of November. At once the regiment took possession of Indian Hill,tiie eastern extremity of Mission Ridge, and worked all the following night, throwing up works of defense. Having no inti'enching tools, neither picks nor shovels, the men were compelled to use sticks, tin pans and cups. The gi'eat battle was fought the following day, and upon its conclusion, with Sherman's array, it went in )iursuit of Bragg in till' iliifclic.ii mC (4niysville. Having accomplished its mission in (li[[l .lircflicn, ii ciiiipi'lled Longstreet, also, to raise the siege at Kiiiiwilli'. Siili,sc(|ueully it reached Scottsboro, remaining there in camp imtil February 1 1, 1864, when it moved into East Tennessee, and engaged the enemy at Rocky Faced Ridge on the 25th.

Returning to Scottsboro, it remained there in camp until the Ist of May. With Sherman's army it moved toward Atlanta, engaging in every skirmish, assault and battle in which that aiiny took part, imder Gen. McPherson. It was at Resaca on the 14th of May; at Dallas on the 2Sth; and, on the loth of June, it participated in the charge at Big Shanty, and subsequently engaged in niuuerous lierce skirmishes near Kenesaw Moimtain. In all the actions from that time forward until Sherman, having made his grand march to the sea and entered Washington City, the Ninetyninth made its presence felt. At Washington, it was mustered out of service on the 5th of June. 18fi5. The Ninety-ninth entered the field with tlOO men. and returned with only -t25, including

One Hundred And Twenty-Eighth Regiment

The One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, like the Ninety-ninth, was recruited in the Ninth Congressional District during the fall and winter of 1863, and was organized and mustered into service on the 18th of March, 18fi-t, with Richard P. DeHart as Colonel, and Jasper M. Packai-d as Lieutenant Colonel, at Michigan City. Five days later, the regiment left its place of rendezvous and entered the field at Nashville, where Gen. Hovey's division was formed, and was there assigned to duty in the First Brigade. On the '21st, this division was designated as the First, and assigned to the Twenty third Army Corps, commanded by Gen. Schofield. On the 4th of May, the corps thus constituted entered, with Sherman, in the campaign against Atlanta, immediately. On the 12th, the entire army, less one corps, moved on Resaca, and fought the noted battle at that place, the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment participating aS well in this as in those that followed at Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain. Atlanta and Jonesboro.

Thomas at Chattanooga. Afterward, on the 24th of November, the skirmishers of the One Hundi-ed and Twenty-eighth Regiment encountered the advance of the enemy, the skirmishing continuing during the succeeding six days with unabating severity. Following these movements, the battle of Franklin was fought, being the first severe check to Hood's invasion of Tennessee. On the loth of December, the battle of Nashville was fought, totally destroying Hood's army. In this decisive engagement, the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment bore a conspicuous pai-t During the residue of their term of service, the regiment was in rbotion, going from point to point as ordered, until it was mustered out of service in the spring of 1866. Carroll County was represented in this regiment by the following persons:

One Hundred And Forty Seventh Regiment

This regiments composed of seven companies recruited chiefly in the Fifth Congressional District, a ]iortion in the Twelfth, and one company made of detached portions of companies from Benton and some other counties. It was organized at Indianapolis on the 13th of Mai-ch, 1805, with Milton Pedenas Colonel, and mustered into service two days later. On the 16th. the regiment left for Harper's Feny, in Virginia, marching fi-om there to Charlestown, where it was assigned to one of the provisional divisions of the Army of the Shenandoah, and performed guard and gai-rison duty at Stevenson Station. Summit Point, Ben-yville, Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights, from that time until the 4th of August, 1865, when it was mustered out. Reaching Indianapolis on the 9th, the regiment, composed of 32 officers and 743 men, was publicly welcomed home at a reception meeting at the State House Grove, on the 11th, at which speeches were made by Lieut. Gov. Baker, Gen. Benjamin Harrison and others, to which Col. Peden responded, when the regiment was finally discharged, and the men returned to their homes to enjoy a season of peace.

' iNG Winter of 1862 - Departed Thence for Louisville. Ky. - Campaigning on the Cumberland River - In Pursuit OF Morgan - With Burnside's Ap.my- - Engagements with the Enemy at Various Points - In Want ok Tents - Illy Supplied with Proper Clothing - Winter Campaigning - After Movements - Mi'stered Out - Discharged.

broiling sun by day and the pestilential dews by night, through difficult ravines, skirmishing in dense forests, drenched by heavy rains, struggling through mud and mire, our troops pressed on. Some portion of the regiment was on the skirmish line nearly every day for four months." Subsequently, on the Vlth of August, the First Brigade was re-organized, the One Hundred and Twentyeighth Regiment being assigned to the Third Brigade of the same division. Atlanta having fallen, the regiment marched from Jonesboro to Decatur, Ga., and went into camp with the rest of the corps.

r\^ the 29th of November. 1862, the Twenty- fourth Battery of ^-^ Light Artillery was organized and mustered into service at Indianapolis, with Joseph A. Sims, of Delphi, as Captain. Diu-- , ing the winter following, it remained at Indianapolis, departing j for Louisville, Ky., on the 13th of March, 1863. Soon after, it I went out on a campaign to Lebanon, Columbia, Bm-kesville, t Jamestown, Monticello and various other points on the Cumber- land River, engaging the enemy at Horse Shoe Bend, on the Cumberland, on the 11th of May, subsequently, on the 5th of June, returning to Columbia, where it remained until the 22d. and then left for Glasgow. On the 2d of July, it engaged the enemy at Marrow Bone, marching, on the 4th, from that point to Edmunton, Greensbui'g and other points, in pui'suit of Gen, Morgan. Afterward, in August of that year, the battery marched with the army of Gen. Bur'nside into East Tennessee, and was the fii-st in that branch of the ai-my that crossed the Ciunberland Moimtains. It reached Loudon on the 2d of September, and, marching thence, participated in the engagements at Philadelphia and Sweetwater, that took place on the 14th of October. On the 14th of November, it left Loudon for Knoxville, and took an active part in the engagement between the rebel forces under Gen. Longstreet, and a part of the Ninth and Twenty-third Army Corps under Gen. Burnside, which occurred on the 16th. During the siege of Knoxville, from the 17th of November to the 4th of December, the Twenty-fourth Battery was actively engaged in the defense of the gan-ison and works. On the 5th of December, after Gen. Longstreet had abandoned the siege and left toward Virginia, he was pursued by Capt. Sims' battery and other forces, marching to Bean Station, Strawberry Plains, Mossy Creek, Dandridge and other points in East Tennessee. During the month of December, 1863, and in Januaiy following, " the battery marched and encamped in the mud and snow, entirely destitute of tents. Nearly all of the men were without overcoats, and very scantily supplied with other clothing, and were almost entirely dependent for rations upon the country, which had already been oven-un and robbed by Longstreet's army. Betm-ning to Knoxville, the battery rested from the labors of its severe campaign until April, when, being assigned to Gen. Hovey's division of the Twenty-third Corps, then at Charleston, Tenn., it marched there and joined it." From this point, the Twenty- fourth Battery, on the 4th of May, mai'ched with its division to Red Clay, Ga., entering at once actively upon the campaign against Atlanta, making its presence felt in the battle of Resaca on the 15th of May. Subsequently, on the 1st of July, 1864, it was attached to Gen. Stoneman's command, and with it was engaged, on the 11th, 12th and 13th, at Campbellton, Moore's Bridge and Sandtown, on the Chattahoochie River. Afterward, on the 25th of July, with Gen. Stoneman, it left Decatur for Macon, and engaged the enemy at the latter place on the 30th, and at Sunshine Church on the 31st. In this last engagement, it was compelled to smTender two of its officers and forty-seven men, with two guns, to the enemy, the remainder of the battery returning to AtlUnta, where it remained until the 4th of October, and then proceeded northward through Georgia into Tennessee in pursuit of Hood's army. On the 28th of November, it participated in an engagement with the enemy at Columbia, Tenn., afterward, on the 1st of December following, arriving at Nashville, where it remained until the 18th of January, 1805, and was then diclnrcd to Louisville, Ky., at which place it remained, doing ^iKii-'l <lut\. until the 20th of July, whence it was ordered to luiliiinapolih t.i lie mustered out of service. It iurived at the capital on the 2Sth, two days after, with only throe officers and ninety-two men, for final discharge, and was given there a public reception at the State House on the 1st of August, when addresses of welcome were made by Lieut. Gov. Baker and Gen. Hovey. On the 3d of August, 1865, ic was formally mustered out of service. Capt. Sims having resigned, on the 24th of January, 1804, Liout. Alexander Hardy, now of Logansport, succeeded him in the command. During its term of service, it mached a distance of about foiu- thousand miles, and suffered losses as follows: Two died in rebel prisons; five lost Sultana; twenty-thi-ee died in hospital, at home and elsewhere; eigtheen discharged, and thirty-three deserted.

Second Lieutenants - Alexander Hardy, promoted First Lieutenant; Hiram Allen, promoted First Lieutenant ; James C. Smith, mustered out as First Sergeant with battery; William S. Ramey, mustered out as Sergeant with battery.

Sergeants - William S. Ramey, mustered out August 3. 1865; Robert Kirkpatrick, mustered out August 3, 1865; Frank L. Willard, mustered out August 3, 1865; George W. Wallace, mustered out August 3. 1865; William H. Hughes, mustered out June 21, 1865; Jacob Shigley, died at home Noprivates. William T. Boles, mustered out August 3, 1865. Jesse W. Bowdell, deserted February 3, 1863. Amos Ballard, unaccounted for. Abel S. Chase, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. John Clark, mustered out August 3, 1865. Thomas Callam, mustered out August 3, 1865.

Twentieth Regiment

TN its inception, the Grand Army of the Republic is the legiti- -^ mate outgrowth of a desire, on the part of those who stood at the post of duty in defending the honor of the nation against the assaults of its enemies, to perpetuate the friendly relations existing between them as companions in arms while engaged in camp duty, on the march, on the field of battle, in prison pens, around the council fii'es and in social re-unions, and thus, while these featiu'es are being preserved, to unite for the common defense of the Republic and for the maintenance of the integrity of our National Government. It is composed of acting " soldiers and sailors, and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the anny, navy and marine corps of the United States, who have consented to this union, having aided in maintaining the honor, integrity and supremacy of the National Government diu-ing the late rebellion. " " The objects to be accomplished by this organization are as follows:

" 1. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fi-atemal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead.

" 2. To assist such former comi-ades in arms as need help and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.

" 3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount respect for and fidelity to the national constitution and laws; to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insiuTection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efEicienoy and permanency of ovuc free

Its members are " soldiers and sailors of the United States Army, Navy or Marine Coii^s, whosen'ed between April 12, 1861. and April 9, 1865, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, and those having been honorably discharged therefrom after such service, and of such State regiments as were called into active service and subject to the orders of the United States general ofiicers between the dates mentioned. * * No person shall be eligible to membership who has at any time borne arms against the United States."

Having originated in and gi-owu out of the war for the suppression of the Southern rebellion, the compact kno%vn as " The Grand Army of the Republic " was entered into almost simultaneously with the close of that conflict. It is divided into subordinate and State branches, which, in pursuance of specific regulations, by their representatives, contribute to and become constituent elements of the national or parent body, known as the " National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Eejniblic. " The State organization, exercising jurisdiction over the precinct or post organizations of this locality is known as the " Department of Indiana, G. A. R. " The post organization is " formed by the authority of a Department Commander, or of the Commander-in-Chief (where no department organization exists), on the application of not less than ten persons eligible to membership"- - and "no post shall be named after any living person."

Prompted by the spirit whence the vitality of the compact is derived, a number of the coim-ades residing in the vicinity of and adjacent to Delphi made application to the proper authority for a charter empowering them to establish a [lOst at Delphi. This chai-ter was granted early in July, 1881. and on the 6th of that month. James M. Watts. James H. Barnes. A. A. Wells. John Lathrop. Jr.. J. A. Hill. B. F. Schermerhorn, James L. Morrow, Lewis Gros, John H. Gould, W. F. Lytle. John G. Troxell, James M. Ramey, Edward H, Gresham, Jerre Haugh, Marx Cai-11, John W. Jackson and Fred Dittmer, the charter members, were mustered in as a post, by Geji. James E. Carnahan. Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, assisted by Col. J. B. Shaw, Commander of the La Fayette Post. AVhen these proceedings had been consummated, an election for officers resulted in the choice of the following:

James M. Watts. Post Commander; John G. Troxell, Senior Vice Commander: Edward H. Gresham. Junior Vice Commander; James M, Ramey. Chaplain; Lewis Gros. Officer of the Day; W. F. Lyl^le, Officer of, the Guard; James L. Morrow, Surgeon; John Lathi-op, Jr., Quartermaster; A. A. Wells. Adjutant.

In selecting the name by which the post should thereafter be known, that of Boothi-oyd was proposed and adopted, in consideration and honor of Dyson Boothi-oyd. a member of Company A. of the Ninth Regiment, thi-ee-months volunteers, who died from the effect of wounds received at the battle of Laurel Hill. Va.. on the 13th of July, 1861 - -the fii-st soldier from Carroll County lost dm-ing the late war. This completed the organization of "Boothroyd Post, No. 31." at Delphi. Ind. The officers elected were to remain on duty imtil the annual meeting for the election of officers in January. 1882.

From the date of its organization to the present time, the post lias been actively engaged in the development of every element of strength inhering in the institution itself, thus forwarding the purposes for which it came into existence. As an auxiliary in rendering assistance to those in need, it has rendered most efficient service, and has already taken stejis toward alleviating the wants of the widows and orphans of deceased eomi-ades.

The post now numbers sixty-five members, active, zealous men, fully imbued with the letter and sj)irit of the movement in which it had its origin. It is now fully uniformed, and stands among the first in deportment and in qualities that most adorn the true soldier.