Grant County, Indiana - Chapter 18, 1886

Chapter 18

Muirary History - THE EARLY MiLit1a SysTEM - THE MEXICAN WarR - Two COMPANIES FROM GRANT COUNTY - PUBLIC SENTIMENT PRIOR TO 1861 - FEELING IN GRANT COUNTY - NEWS FROM FORT SuUMTER - FIRST COMPANIES FOR THE WAR - ROSTER OF OFFICERS AND MEN - SKETCH OF <THE REGIMENTS IN WHICH GRANT COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED - PUBLIC OPINION - THE DRAFTS - MEN FURNISHED BY THE COUNTY, ETC.

'there was but little military display to interrupt the peaceful pursuits of its citizens, until that deluge of civil discord which began in 1861. When the first permanent homes were established here, the Indian troubles that attended the second war with Great Britain had been settled. The celebrated Miami Confederacy had been entirely broken up, leaving the country undisturbed by the red warriors. Some of them yet lingered in the county, reluctant to quit the scenes of their nativity, but the tide of immigration soon submerged them and they are now scarcely known except in the fading memory of the oldest settlers.

The militia, which had done such effective service in the early Indian wars, was fostered by the early laws of the State. All ablebodied men of proper age were enrolled and required to attend certain days in each year for the purpose of drilling in military tactics. At first the people took active interest in learning the different military movements and studied in their homely way the strategies of war. Each man furnished a gun in the beginning, andall were skilled in the manual of arms. These musters took place several times a year and were generally held at the county seat or some other important point in the county. They were always attended by large and motley crowds. A long period of peace had somewhat impaired the efficiency of these musters, and theoccasions became more of the nature of holidays. As the men were privileged from arrest on " training days" a general jollification usually took place, and fun of the more rough and boisterous kind was indulged in, frequently mingled with fights. This system was maintained almost pe rupted, until the time of the Mexican war.

The Mexican War. - The war which the United States waged. against Mexico, had many enthusiastic advocates in Grant Coane: In that brief campaign, Indiana was represented by five regiments, and Grant County by two companies. In 1846 at the outbreak of the war a company was organized in the county, but the quota from the State was then full. The organization, however, was kept up until the spring of 1847, and on another call for troops the company was accepted.. It was assigned the position of A in the Fourth Indiana Regiment of Infantry. The company was mustered in at. Fort Clarke, on the Ohio River near Louisville, and had these officers: John M. Wallace, captain; J. S.S. D. Cary, first lieutenant, John W. Dodd, second lieutenant; Ninevah Berry, third lieutenant; Oliver H. P. Cary, orderly sergeant. Most of the distance to the place of rendezvous was made by wagons. Soon after the organization of the regiment it proceeded by the river to New Orleans. At that place it went on steamers for Galveston, but on the way one of the steamers blew up, resulting in the death of Firm. Carmichael from this county. He was taken ashore and buried at the mouth of asmall river. At the same time, Aaron Lawson was badly scalded. From that place sixty men of Company A proceeded on foot to Sabine City. Their march lay along the shore, and the sultry weather was trying on these Northern men. On the way Samuel Harpole died from the effects of a sun stroke. Capt. Wallace resigned after a short time, and he wassucceeded by John W. Dodd. Oliver H. P. Cary became first lieutenant, and Samuel Macom, second lieutenant. Lieut. J. 8S. 8. D. Cary died while the regiment was stationed at Pueblo on guard duty.

The officers were Ebenezer G. Cary, captain; Thomas Marshall and David Shunk, lieutenants. Capt. Cary died in the city of Mexico and was succeeded by Thomas Marshall. Upon the latter's death David Shunk became captain. The company was mustered into the service at Madison, Ind., and was H, in the Fifth Regiment. It proceeded at once to New Orleans and thence to the city of Mexico. The records in the Adjutant-General's office have been searched for the roster of these two companies but it could not be found.

For several years prior to 1861 the country had been drifting surely toward civil war. The two sections, the North and the South, had different interests to serve in the administration of national affairs. Until that time the contest had often been vigorous between the two sections, but always peaceful. The Republican party was then in its infancy, but it contained some elements that foretold destruction to the greatest institution of the Southern States - slavery.

It is true that the party had not then taken any direct stand upon the question of slavery, but its leaders were among the avowed opponents of that institution, and many had been identified with the movement for its abolition. Abraham Lincoln had publicly declared that it was his deliberate conviction that the Government could not exist half slave and half free. His election to the presidency, therefore, the Southern States accepted as a menace to their institutions, which had long been sanctioned by the laws and, as they thought, with apparent right. In that section of the Union the doctrine of State rights as paramount to national rights had long been taught under the leadership of John ©. Calhoun. Accordingly they did not long hesitate to secede from the Union when it was known Lincoln had been duly elected President. The South had for many years been dominant in the affairs of the nation, and with them it was rule or ruin. In the election of 1860 they had seceded from the Democratic party, with which they had always acted, and refused to support Stephen A. Douglas for President.

On the 20th of December, 1860, following the election of Lincoln, South Carolina took the first active step and passed an ordinance of secession from the Union. In this movement she was followed in rapid succession by Mississippi, January 9; Alabama and Florida, January 11; Georgia, January 19; Louisiana, Janua ary 26; Texas, February 1; Virginia, April 17; Arkansas and Tennessee, May 6; North Carolina, May 21. No President ever. assumed the duties of that high office under more trying times than did Abraham Lincoln. Seven States had declared themselves out of the Union and refused to recognize his authority, and in less than two months four others had followed into the Confederacy. In February, 1861, a peace conference was held at Baltimore, attended by some of the most influential men from most of the States. The object was to effect a compromise between the different sections of the Union and to prevent a disruption and war. After a laborious sitting of several days it adjourned without having accomplished the purpose for which it was called. Excitement was at the greatest tension throughout the country and public spirit ran high. The extreme partisans that had supported the new President were for a time disappointed when they saw that other States were allowed unmolested to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. All over the North there was a divided sentiment in regard to the cause and responsibility of this attempt to sever the Union. There were many who believed that if the South wanted to withdraw from the Union, there was no legitimate way of. preventing it. In other words they thought a State could not be " coerced." The condition of affairs was so strained that meetings were held in all parts of the country to discuss the state of the Union and advise the best course to pursue. It was in the midst of this excitement of the public mind that the firing upon Fort Sumter took place. That deed, more than all others, united the loyal hearts of the North in defense of the national flag that had been fired upon by those in rebellion. They welcomed it, perhaps, as the only solution to the questions of the hour, and gladly responded to the call to arms.

The Call to Arms. - No portion of the Union responded to the President's call for 75,000 volunteers with more alacrity than did Indiana. And of Indiana's thousands of loyal sons none were more eager for the fray than the citizens of Grant County. Hardly had the echoes from the last guns at Fort Sumter died away before the stirring scenes that attended a public volunteering were arousing the people of Marion and vicinity. The thought of our flag being lowered at the command of a rebellion inspired new patriotism in all those who loved that flag for the principles of union and toleration that it represented. If there had been any in this community who held that obnoxious idea that the General Government could not coerce a State into compliance with its laws, they were prudently ~ quiet when that question first came to the test. The sentiment of the people was almost wholly and unanimously in favor of maintaining the Union unimpaired.

As indicating the feeling in Grant County, and the condition of affairs immediately before and at the beginning of the civil war, the following by Edgar L. Goldthwait is given:

"But the commonplace domestic history of Grant County had about ended; mighty yet subtle influences were at work directed by the unscrutable hand of Providence for the formation of a new and better government. The ropes of sand which held together the provinces of this country were giving place to bands of steel. The defeat of Fremont only solidified that unorganized political element in the North, which finally united under the name of the Republican party. The people of the North were awakening to the dangers threatened by an alarmed and indignant section of the country, which had no interests in common with the people of the free States, while the most violent expressions of opinion Were permitted in the North, where an Abolitionist was hated as vehemently as in the South; no Northern man could cross the Ohio River and advocate the principles of freedom and equality. Slave hunters galloped through Grant County looking for runaway negroes on their way, via the great 'underground highway, to Canada. The numerous Quakers in the county, the negro settlement already established here, the Abolitionist sentiment which was a prominent feature of this community, made Grant County a desirable and comparatively safe resting-place for the escaping black man on his way to freedom, to an alien country. Handbills were posted in our courthouse offering reward for runaway slaves; and one, the writer recollects, for the delivery, into a slave State, of Charles Atkinson, a violent Abolitionist of Monroe Township, who devoted his time, talents and money for the cause of freedom.

"The great campaign of 1860 was carried on as vigorously in Grant County as anywhere in the North. Many eminent statesmen spoke here that year, among whom were Herschel V. Johnson, candidate for Vice-President of the United States; Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky; Joshua R. Giddings, and Henry S. Lane, candidate. for governor of Indians on the Republican ticket. Party feeling ran high. The picturesque and striking style of personating national candidates had not yet been abandoned. The young Republican party adopted this style of electioneering with vigor and extraordinary effect. Great processions would reach town on the different highways and unite in a grand pr¢cession up and down the princit pal streets, with brass bands, fife and drum, glee clubs and uni- . formed men, women and children. The 'Ship of State,' which was so prominently connected with Fremont's campaign four years before, was succeeded by a symbol that created an enthusiasm that can now hardly be, comprehended. These processions would be headed by a score of oxen drgwing a mammoth log wagon, carrying an immense log, along which, on platforms built over the wheels, were a half dozen stalwart farmers, 'to the manor born,' swinging immense mauls on to wooden wedges stuck into the tough fibres of the wood. 'The rail-splitter' candidate for the Presidency had elements of strength that were not dreamed of in the aristocratic South and in the cultured East. The claims of the homely, uncouth and common man of the people from the prairies of Illinois, proved irresistible. His divided opposition was routed, and a political party, yet in its infancy, took possession of the government. Grant County's Republican majority was an increase over four years before, and since that time she has always given a substantial Republican majority.

"Then came distorted accounts of the dissatisfaction of the South. But few had any faith in the mutterings of the storm which was darkening the future of the country. War was so indefinite then, so little understood, that it was hard to comprehend it.

"But the passionate and ill-tempered South, which imagined its slave property endangered by the election of a Republican for President, could not be held in subjection. It organized into a separate government even before Lincoln had taken his seat. It created an army and navy, and within six weeks after Abraham Lincoln had been proclaimed President, attacked the United States troops at Ft. Sumter, in the bay of Charleston, South Carolina.

"In due time the news reached Marion that war had been declared by the South. The gallantry of Maj. Anderson was on every one's lips. The people came prepared to give an enthusiastic reply to President Lincoln's appeal for 75,000 troops to serve for ninety days, 'to meet armed resistance to the United States author- ity, and put down the rebellion.' The endorsement of the President was enthusiastic and prompt. Grant County gave no uncertain answer to this call. A fife and drums gave the martial music that greeted the crowd which assembled at the court house. David Shunk and Oliver H. P. Cary were the central figures at that first meeting; both had served in the Mexican war, and were authorities in all military matters. Jacob Willis and John Reuss were also behind the railing where privileged characters sat in the old court house. Volunteers were called for, who, as they came forward, signed their names in the enrolling book, presided over by James A. Stretch. As each name was signed, three cheers would be given for him, and the fife and drums would break out into 'such strains of music as we shall never forget.' Joseph Horton was the fifer, teacher had to find a substitute, the merchant and clerk to arrange their affairs, the professional man delegated his business to some one else, and the plow was left in the furrow. A few mornings later every volunteer was on hand ready to go into camp and train for the profession of a soldier. Patriotic citizens provided wagons to carry the boys to Anderson, where they were to take the train to Indianapolis and go into camp. The ladies prepared a bountiful supply of food for the boys on the way.

'In Sweetser's store, which stood on the site now occupied by Sweetser's bank, on the west side of the square, there had been stored for many years several dozen old-fashioned muskets which had done duty in the Mexican war. These old guns were distributed to the embryo soldiers as they stood in line, on the east side of the square, reaching from the old Gilbert corner up to the alley at Huffman & Echelman's grocery. The departure of this company of volunteers was most interesting. The streets and sidewalks were lined with weeping women and children, while the soldiers, ashamed to betray a weakness, hid their emotions by enthusiastically cheering everything in sight. The line was formed and marched up near the old plank road, on Branson Street, where the boys bade their friends a final farewell, and got into the wagons and started for Anderson.

grand reception. Flags were flying everywhere, and a triumphal arch ornamented the street near where the present hotel now stands. At Fairmount the same welcome awaited the procession. Another triumphal arch, more flags, amid firing and songs by glee clubs and cheering and the wildest demonstrations of sympathy, met the boys, who, when a town was reached, would climb out of their wagons, shoulder their guns and march through the streets with all the gravity of veterans."

The First Troops for the Front. - The first company from Grant County for the civil war was mustered into the service at Indianapolis, on the 23d of April, 1861, just one week after the firing on Fort Sumter. In that time the President's call for troops had been made, a company enlisted in the county and was then at the State capital, drilling inthe military evolutions. The regiment was the Eighth, and the company was lettered B. . The first officers of this company were David Shunk, captain; O. H. P. Cary, first lieutenant, and John Reuss, second lieutenant. Their commissions were dated April 18, 1861. On the 26th of the same month, Capt. Shunk was promoted to major; O. H. P. Cary, became captain; John Reuss, first lieutenant, and Jacob M. Wells, was elected second lieutenant. No other changes took place in the officers until the expiration of the term of service, which was three months. The Highth Regiment remained in camp at Indianapolis until June 19, when it proegeded to Clarksburg, in West Virginia. From there it marched to Buckhannon, thirty miles distant; but the rebels had abandoned that place and moved to Rich Mountain. Upon their arrival the regiment was assigned to the brigade under Gen. Rosecrans. On the 10th of July it moved to Rich Mountain, which it ascended that night. Early on the following morning it took part in the battle at that place. The Eighth Regiment opened the engagement, and Company B, commanded by Capt. Cary, took a conspicuous part. This was one of the earliest battles of the war of any consequence. The regiment then went into camp for nearly two weeks at Beverly, and then proceeded to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out July 24,1861. A considerable number of the men in this company reenlisted in the Eighth Regiment, three years' service. The following is a complete roster of the non-commissioned officers and privates for this company:

The Highth Regiment Reorganized. - In the Eighth Regiment as it was reorganized for the three years' service, David Shunk was lieutenant-colonel and Amos W. Sanford was chaplain, both from Marion, and Jacob Beshore appointed adjutant in December, 1864. These were the only regimental officers from Grant County: Lieut-Col. Shunk was promoted colonel in May, 1862, and was brevetted byigader-general February 9, 1865. He died at Marion February 21 1865. Gen. Shunk was perhaps more fully identified with the military history of Grant County than any other man. He had served with distinction as a captain in the war with Mexico, and at first call for troops in the civil war was elected captain of the first company. From that time until his death he was active in the Union cause, and none rendered more effective service. He was foremost in all the battles in which his regiment participated. In this regiment the Grant County company was given the position of H. The following were its commissioned officers for the entire term of its service, with the dates of their commissions:

Blinn, Samuel, appointed Sergt. transferred V. R. C. Barry, Richard, wounded at Port Gibson May 1, 1868, m. o. Sept. 5, 1864. Bates, John W., disc. April 10, 1863; disability. Bechtel, Samuel, transferred to V. R. C.

Sketch of the Regiment. - After being organized at Indianapolis, under the command of Col. William P. Benton, it proceeded to St. Louis on the 10th of September. From there it went to Jefferson City, and was placed in Gen. Jeff C. Davis' brigade, in Fremont's army. On the 17th of December, 1861, it assisted in the capture of 1,300 rebels at Warrensburg, Mo. The regiment remained in camp at Otterville and Springfield until early in the following spring, when it proceeded to Arkansas, and took part in the battle of Pea

Ridge on the 6th, 7th and 8th of March. For about three months it remained in camp at Cross Timbers and Sulphur Springs. It left the latter place June 22, for Helena, where it arrived J uly 13, after a severe and arduous march on limited rations. During this march it had several skirmishes and a battle at Cotton Plant. It remained in this vicinity until October, when it was placed under the command of Gen. Steele and went to Sulphur Hill, near St. Louis, Mo. It was stationed in the southeastern portion of that State until the Sth of March, 1863. At that time it embarked on steamers for Milliken's Bend, La., where Grant's army was then organizing. On the 29th of April, 1863, it crossed the Mississippi River, and May 1 took part in the battle at Port Gibson, losing in killed and wounded, 32; at the battle of Jackson on the. 14th; at Champion Hills on the 16th; at Black River Bridge on the 17th; 'and from the 19th of May to the 4th of July was engaged in the siege of Vicksburg. In an assault on the enemy's works, June 22, the Eighth lost 117 in killed and wounded. Five of the killed were from Company H. It remained in that vicinity until the 20th of August, when it embarked for Carrollton, La., and thence made a campaign of tlie Teche country under Gen. Banks. After assisting in the capture of two forts, one on Mustang Island, and Fort Esperanza, it marched to Indianola. Up to this time the regiment had lost in killed in action, 48; died of wounds, 32; died of disease, 137; total, 217. At that place, January 1, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted, 417 out of 515 being re-mustered as veterans. In April following a furlough of one month was granted, and at the expiration of that it moved to New Orleans, and on the 28th of July engaged the enemy at Atchafalaya. From Morganza Bend it embarked for Washington City, where it arrived August 12. It was soon after placed under the command of Gen. Sheridan, and participated in the campaign in the Shenandoah, and was engaged at Opequon, September 19; Fisher's Hill, September 22; and Cedar Creek, October 19. In January it went to Savannah, Ga., and remained on duty in that State until August, when it was mustered out of service. It arrived at Indianapolis September 17, in command of Lieut.-Col. John R. Polk, with fourteen officers and 245 men, where it was finally discharged, after being publicly received by Goy. Morton on behalf of the State.

the downfall of Fort Sumter it would not be surprising if the temper of the people would carry them beyond the bounds of moderation. In the North nearly everybody was then in favor of maintaining the Union unbroken, and in Grant County the loyalty of its citizens was most pronounced. Parties seemed for the time to be obliterated. The Grant County Republican edited by David W. Jones in its issue of May 10, 1861, contained the following: 'Having heretofore differed, generally, with Senator Douglas, we are now happy to find him uttering one sentiment -as a leading one which we are disposed to enforce as the position of all Northern men, viz. : "That while we would not make war upon the South for their opinions, nor for their institutions, yet when they attempt to sabvert our rights and overthrow the best government on earth, then will we take up arms and never lay them down until victory full and final shall be achieved." This was, no doubt, the sentiment of the whole North, and it was to preserve these rights unimpaired that thousands now volunteered to undergo the hardships of war. Hardly had the first company of the county reached the camp of rendezvous before two other companies were ready for the front.

The Second Call for Troops. - The President's second call for troops was issued on the third day of May, 1861, and at that time the other companies were thoroughly organized. On the 9th of May they left Marion, an account of their leave-taking, is as follows: '"Capts. Doan and Thompson, of the second and third volunteer companies of this county, received marching orders on Tuesday evening, from Adjt. Wallace, and on Thursday morning, at 6 o'clock, the surrounding country was apprised of the same by the booming of cannon, and to repair immediately to Marion to take up their line of march to the capitol. By 9 o'clock the town was full of people, and crowds of soldiers were hurrying to and fro to bid a hasty «good-bye to families and friends, and to make preparations for the journey. Farmers came with their teams in sufficient number to take all the volanteers, as also many on horseback, with extra horses for those who wished. At 10 o'clock a line was formed in the street opposite the Spencer House, to receive the flags, a beautiful one for each company, which the ladies of Marion had prepared to be presented respectively. A large crowd had assembled on the sidewalks and wherever there was standing room, when R. T. St. John, Esq., on behalf of the ladies, made the presentation in a neat.

and feeling address which was replied to by Capts. Thompson and Doan in language which spoke the determined yet deliberate purpose of the volunteers not to suffer their banners to trail ingloriously in the dust, and thanking the ladies for their presentation of the same. Bidding the masses a general good-bye the companies moved southward to the plank road where they halted for the Mechanics' Brass Band to give opportunity for arranging the teams. We witnessed, as we did at the departure of the first company, many wives and mothers with tearful faces for the separation from husbands and sons they loved, caused by the country's call to arms in defense of their government, their liberty, their firesides and families; but the future heroes of some noble daring in the cause of freedom moved firmly onward nor faltered in the step they had taken." This article is taken from the Republican of May 10,1861. The companies were accompanied to Indianapalis by a large number of the citizens and the brass band. Those were, indeed, sad scenes, when men left home and abandoned every fondest tie of life in defense of the principles of government that they deemed right.

The Twelfth Regiment. - These two companies were placed' in the Twelfth Regiment, one year service. One of Marion's foremost citizens, Hon. John M. Wallace, was appointed colonel of this regiment, a position he held until August following, when he resigned to become paymaster of volunteers. Josiah P. Watson was made chaplain, and William Lomax surgeon of the regiment. Capt. Doan's company was assigned to the position of H., and Capt. Thompson's to that of I. The only commissioned officers of Company H with the dates of their commissions were Thomas Doan, captain, May 2, 1861; first lieutenant, George W. Steele, May 2d, 1861; second lieutenant, William Carroll, May 2d, 1861.

Roster Of Company I.

Movements of the Twelfth. - On the 11th of June the regiment left Indianapolis for Evansville where it remained until the 23d of July. At that time it started for Baltimore, and upon arriving there a few days later was placed in Abercrombie's brigade of Gen. Banks Army of the Shenandoah. It remained in camp near Maryland Heights until August 16, and then for some time at Hyattstown. The following month marches were made to Darnestown, Nolan's Ferry, Seneca Creek and Tuscarora Creek; in October to Point of Rocks, Hyattstown, Urbana and Frederick. On the lith the regiment left the latter place and marched through Boonsboro

The Twelfth, Three Years. - The next company that left Gran County in point of time, was F, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, R. B. Jones, captain. Pursuing them according to the number of their regiment an account will next follow of Company C, Twelfth Regi ment of three years' volunteers.

This company was organized when the year had expired for which the men in the first organization of the Twelfth were enlisted. But fifty-three of the members of Company C were from Grant County, and they volunteered for three years. They were mustered into the service in the early part af August, 1862. During its entire term of service there were 117 men enrolled, 21 of them recruits ; 17 died in the service and 2 deserted. The commidsioned officers were as follows:

The non-commissioned officers and privates of this company that were credited to Grant County are here given, but not those who were credited to other counties.

Alexander, Enoch, disc. April 2, 1868 - wounds. Braderick, Wm., appvinted Corp. killed at Richmond, Ky., Aug .80, 1863. Belenger, John, died at Camp Sherman, Miss., Aug. 15, 1868. Bradfield, James, m. o: June 8, 1865.

RECRUITS. Ellwood, David R., transferred to Fifty-ninth Regiment. Mills, Jonathan, disc. Feb. 3, 1863, wounds. ' Shields, John, appointed Corp., m. o. June 8, 1865.

Sketch of Twelfth Reorganized. - The only regimental officer from Grant County in the Twelfth as it was reorganized was Dr. William Lomax, who continued surgeon until his term expired in June, 1865. The regiment was organized at Indianapolis August 17, 1862, under Col. William H. Link. Soon after it started to Kentucky and on the 30th participated in the engagement at Richmond, that State, with a loss of 173 killed and wounded. Among the number was Col. Link, who died of his wound September 20, 1862. Most of the regiment was captured and afterward paroled. Being exchanged in November following it was ordered to join Grant's army, and performed guard duty most of the time until June, 1863. At that time it started for Vicksburg and was in Logan's Fifteenth Corps of the Army of the Tennessee, in which it served more than two years, participating in all of its marches, skirmishes and battles. After the fall of Vicksburg it went to Jackson and to the Big Black River, and on September 28 to Memphis. It then marched with Sherman to Chattanooga. At the battle of Mission Ridge the regiment lost in killed and wounded 110. After pursuing Bragg to Graysville, and going thence to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, it returned to Scottsboro, Ala., December 26, where it remained until May, 1864. On the Atlanta campaign it took part in the battles at Dallas, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, losing 240 men, in killed and wounded, between Dalton and Atlanta. It pursued Hood through northern Georgia and returned to Atlanta in time to join Sherman on his march to Savannah. It arrived at the latter place December 10, and soon after started through the Carolinas to Goldsboro. On these marches it engaged the enemy at Griswoldyille, Savannah, Columbia and Bentonville. After the surrender of Johnson's army the regiment marched to Raleigh, Richmond and then to Washington, where it was mustered out of the service June 8, 1865. Onthe . 14th it arrived at Indianapolis 270 strong and was discharged.

Companies F' and K of the Thirty-fourth. - The fourth and fifth companies that were composed mostly of Grant County men were F and K commanded by Capts. R. B. Jones and A. H. Lawshe. They were organized during the summer and early fall of 1861 from men in all portions of the county. The enrollment of Company F was eighty-six men, and of these sixty-three were credited to Grant County; and of the fifty-seven recruits forty-seven were also credited to the county. The company lost twenty-two that died in the service and five by desertion. The commissioned officers were: Capts. Rober B. Jones, September 16, 1861; Carelus M. Crawford, June 15, 1862; Henry Spencer, July 23, 1863. First lieutenants Jasper Seegar, September 16, 1861; Carelus M. Crawford, April 5, 1862; Henry Spencer, June 15, 1862; Henry J. Work, July 23, 1862. Second lieutenants Carelus M. Crawford, September 16, 1861; Henry Spencer, April 5, 1862; Iredell B. Rush, June 15, 1862; Henry J. Work, June 20, 1863; Ira K. Whitson, May 1, 1864. Following is the roster of the non-commissioned officers and men in the company that were credited to Grant County, a total of 110 out of 143.

Corp. Charles A. Capper, yet., m. o. Feb. 3, 1866, as First Sergt. Corp. Samuel M. Butler, killed at Magnolia Church, Miss., May 1, 1863. Samuel Spencér, Musician, disc. May 29, 1862.

company clerk. On motion, R. B. Jones, R. T. St. John and D. - S. Hogan were appointed a committee on uniforms, and C. M. Crawford, Thomas Adams and W. W. Moore, on by-laws, who are required to report their proceedings two weeks from this evening (July 23). The company meets Saturday evening, July 13, at the . seminary fer drill; a full attendance is requested. The next regular meeting of the company for business will: be held at the court house; July 25, 1861."

Company K. - The first organization of Company K in the Thirty-fourth cannot be definitely stated. The officers received their commissions as follows:

The company was mustered into service October 10, 1861. The non-commissioned officers and men to the number of sixty were from Grant County, and are here given:

Poffenberger, Richard, disc. Oct. 20, 1862, disability. Poffenberger, David, vet., m. o. Feb. 3, 1866 as Corp. Raypholtze, Ephraim, m. o. Sept. 21, 1864, as First Sergt. Renbarger, Wilson, vet., m. o. Feb. 3, 1866, as First Sergt. Renaker, Jacob C., trarisferred to V. R. C., wounds received at Port Gibson. Walker, William A. disc. July 28, 1862, disability. Webster, Elisha B. disc. Oct. 12, 1863, disability. Williams, Robert H., vet. m. 0. Feb. 8, 1866.

died and 5 deserted. The Thirty-fourth Regiment. - In the regimental officers of this regiment Grant County was well represented. The first colonel was

Asbury Steele, one of Marion's most prominent and well known citizens. Robert B. Jones became colonel of the regiment October 31, 1863, after being regularly promoted from captain to the offices of major and lieutenant-colonel. Iredell B. Rush became adjutant June 20, 1863, and Benjamin B. Campbell April 7, 1862. The latter was promoted captain of Company H.' James M. Butler, also of Marion, became captain of Company I June 20, 1863. The regimental band came from Marion, too, as the following, taken from the Grant County Republican of September 25, 1861, attests: "'The Marion brass band, that has so often and with such pleasure delighted our people with their excellent music, 'left Monday morning for Anderson to join the Thirty-fourth Regiment under Col. Steele. No company or number of men have left here with more regret to the citizens, or more hearty wishes for their health and comfort in the service. The boys, with one exception, are single, and go to cheer, with their patriotic strains, the hearts of our brave volunteers who have left wives and children and friends to fight the battles of the Union. May every note inspire fresh courage and nerve the hearts and hands of the soldiers. We at home shall hear no more, at least for a while, the shrill music of their horns, nor enjoy a serenade at midnight from their band. May they all live to return in health and much improved, even upon their present efficiency as players, to receive the welcome which awaits all the brave boys of Grant, and to make vocal again our now desolated village with swelling notes of triumph over treason and rebellion."

Movements in the Field. - After being organized at Anderson it started for the field October 10, 1861. From that time until November 15 it was in camp at Jeffersonville. It moved from there to New Haven, Ky., and in the middle of December went to Camp Wickliffe, in that State, where it remained until February, when it went to the Green River. It went from there to the Ohio, and about twenty miles below Louisville boarded transports for New Madrid, where it arrived March 3, and from that time took part in the siege until the evacuation, March 14. It then marched to St. Merriweather's landing, and drawing with it two thirty-two pounder siege guns, which they placed@n position on the night of the 15th. Next morning it was attacked by seven rebel gun-boats, and after a spirited engagement of two hours, the enemy was obliged to withdraw with the loss of one boat. This battery cut off the retreat from Island No. 10, and was the means of the capture of the whole garrison. After this it was garrisoned at New Madrid until June 14, in the meantime assisting in the capture of Fort Pillow. In that month it moved to the mouth of White River, which stream it ascended, under command of Col. Fitch, as far as Aberdeen, Ark. Ten miles from there it engaged the enemy on the 9th of July, and drove him to Duval's Bluff. Marching to Clarendon it re-embarked tor Helena, where it arrived on the 14th. It remained at this post during the fall and winter of 1862, making frequent expeditions against the enemy. It was assigned to the division of Gen. Hovey, and, April 10, started on the Vicksburg campaign. In this it bore a distinguished part. At Port Gibson it made a charge during the battle and captured two field pieces and forty-nine prisoners. The regiment lost 49 killed and wounded. On the 16th of May it took part in the battle of Champion Hills, and while advancing in line of battle captured the Forty-sixth Alabama Regiment, its colors, field officers and 127 men. The Thirty-fourth lost 79 killed and wounded: It took part in the siege of Vicksburg with a loss of 13 killed and wounded. In the siege of Jackson it lost 8. Early in August. it went to New Orleans, and on the 12th of September it went to Brashear City. In this section it assisted Banks in the Teche country. It was stationed at New Iberia in December, and at that place 460 of the regiment re-enlisted, and in April came home on veteran furlough. Returning to the field it was placed on duty at New Orleans until December, 1864, when it embarked for Brazos: Santiago, Tex. This regiment fought the last battle of the war on the 13th of May, 1865, at Palmetto Ranch, adjoining the old battle-field of Palo Alto. Two hundred and fifty of the regiment fought 500 of the enemy mounted, with a battery of six field pieces, driving them three miles in three hours. By that time the rebels succeeded in getting their battery in position, and compelled the regiment to retreat. Two companies, B and E, were captured. The regiment lost eighty-two in killed, wounded and prisoners. In June it marched 260 miles up the Rio Grande, and were the first Union troops to occupy Ringgold Barracks. In July it returned to Brownsville and remained in that vicinity most of the time until its final discharge in February, 1866.

Additional Men in the Thirty-fourth. - Grant County was also represented in other companies of this regiment. Thirteen men in Company I were as follows:

The Thirty-fourth Regiment was for a long time the one that contained the most men from Grant County, and consequently was most interesting to its citizens. From a long poem printed soon after the regiment was organized the following is copied:

The Hoosier Thirty-Fourth

And Wells leads on his little troop With Ryan by his side, With Maj. Wilson and Col. Steele The glories to divide. - Grant County Republican, November 29, 1861.

Company D, Fifty -fourth. - The next regiment in which Grant County was represented by any considerable number of men was the Fifty-fourth. It was enlisted for the term of one year. The company from this county was D, organized in the summer of 1862. Lewis C. Beckford was captain, John A. Howard and Joseph Lugar were first and second lieutenants. Their commissions were dated October 22, 1862, and they were mustered into the service on the 30th of the same month. Out of a total of 96 men the company lost 40 that died in the service and 4 by desertion. The date of the muster was October 30, 1862. The following is a list of the men, with remarks as far as could be obtained:

Carter, Robert T., died at New Orleans Nov.11, 1863. - Craig, George W.., re-e. transferred to First Heavy Artillery. Craig, Alonzo, m. o. Dec. 8, 1863.

Cloud, Thomas B., died at New Carthage, La. Clements, Samuel J., died March 12, 1868. Culbertson, Thomas, disc. for disability. Detimore, Levi, m. 0. Dec. 8, 1863.

On the 9th of December the regiment left Indianapolis for Memphis, where it arrived on the 12th. On the 20th it embarked with Sherman's éxpedition to Vicksburg, and on the 26th, with its brigade, moved up the Yazoo River. On the three following days the regiment was exposed in the front all the time, participating in the two charges made on the rebel works at Chickasaw Bluffs, near Vicksburg, losing in killed, wounded and missing 264. In January, 1863, it took part in the expedition against Arkansas Post, after the fall of which place the regiment returned to Young's Point. After asickly season there and a short change at Milliken's Bend, the regiment became a part of Osterhaus' division that led the campaign against Vicksburg. It was engaged at Port Gibson, and then garrisoned at Raymond. From there it acted as escort to prisoners as far as the Yazoo River. It then returned to Vicksburg and took part in the siege until the surrender, and assisted in the siege of Jackson. Soon after that it was transferred to New Orleans and joined the Army of the Gulf. From there, on September 6, if started in the Teche campaign, and went as far as Opelusas. It returned to New Orleans November 1, and on the 8th of December, 1863,-was mustered out of the service.

B12 History Of Grant County

Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment. - The next regiment in the order of its number that contained a company from Grant County was the Eighty-ninth. The company was C, and was raised mostly in the vicinity of Jonesboro and the southern part of the county during the summer of 1862. The commissioned officers were as follows:

Corp. Edward Hineline, died of wounds received at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864. . Corp. Cyrus W. Harvey, m. o. July 19, 1865, as First Sergt.

Rich, Calvin, died at New Albany, Ind., Sept. 29, 1862. Roush, Isaac S., died at Ft. Pickering, Tenn., March 15, 1863. . Simons, Hiram, died at Ft. Pickering, Tenn , July 21, 1863. Simons, Harrison, disc.

Sketch of the Eighty-ninth - The place of rendezyous was at Wabash, whence it proceeded to Munfordville, Ky., via Indianapolis and Louisville. In an attack upon that place by the rebels the regiment lost 2 killed and 15 wounded. With the garrison at that place it was captured and the following day, September 17, paroled. After being exchanged it went in December to Memphis. At Fort Pickering it remained on guard duty until October, 1863, and from that time in Memphis until January, 1864. In that month: it moved to Vicksburg, where it remained most of the time until March. On the 10th it started up Red River and four days later took part in the capture of Fort De Russey, losing 1 killed and 9 wounded. On the 9th of April, in the battle of Pleasant Hill, the Eighty-ninth lost 7 killed and 47 wounded. In a sharp engagement at Bayou La Moore, on the 7th of May, it lost 4 killed and 11 wounded, and in another battle at Smith and Norwood's plantation, 8 killed and 45 wounded. On the 24th of May it arrived at Vicksburg, and on June 4 moved to Memphis. It then marched to Collierville, Moscow, La Grange, Pontotock, Harrisburgh, and on J uly 14 participated in the battle of Tupello, losing 1 killed and 12 wounded. After this it remained in the vicinity of Memphis until September 8, when it

~took transports for Jefferson barracks, Mo. It made a march of 720 miles to the interior of the State and returned, November 25. it moved to Nashville, Tenn., remaining until December 16, participating in the battle near that place. The next day it started in pursuit of Hood, and January 1, 1865, arrived at Clinton, Tenn. From east Mississippi it proceeded in February to New Orleans via Vicksburg. It took part in the siege of Spanish Fort. On the 13th of April it marched to Montgomery, Ala., where it did picket duty until June 1, and from that time at Mobile until July

19, when it was mustered out of the service. During its term of service the regiment lost 31 killed, 167 wounded and 4 missing. It marched 2,363 miles on foot, 7,112 by steamer and 1,232 by rail, making the total distance traveled 10,707 miles.

The Fifth Cavalry (Ninetieth) Regiment. - The Ninetieth Regiment, or Fifth Indiana Cavalry, contained about seventy men from Grant County. Nearly all of them were in two companies, A and M. In Company A there were but two commissioned officers from this county. They were James A. Stretch, August 13, 1852, and George L. Swope, November 1, 1863, both of them captains. Besides these there were eighteen others in the company from this county, all mustered in during the early part of August, 1862. They were John M. Ammons, m.:o. May 25, 1865.

In Company M, John M. Ammons was commissioned captain September 7, 1862, and Andrew J. Keltner second lieutenant, September 1, 1864. The former resigned March 1, 1864, and the latter was mustered out June 27, 1865. These were the only officers from Grant County. The other men from the county numbered. forty-four and were mustered into the service August 2, 1862. Their names were:

Hults, George W., died in Andersonville prison July 6, 1864. Hamilton, William, died at Camp Nelson, Ky., July 9, 1864. Holloway, Timothy, m. o. Sept. 15, 1865.

Company A was stationed at Newburg, in this State, on the Ohio River, during the winter of 1862-63. But few regiments were more actively engaged than the Fifth Indiana Cavalry. It took active part in the early campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was in nearly every cavalry engagement of the Atlanta campaign. During its term of service the regiment was in twenty-two battles and skirmishes, and during the month of June, 1864, in Georgia, was engaged in skirmishing nearly every day. It marched 2,400 miles and was transported 1,000 miles by water. It captured 640 prisoners, and its cdsualties were as follows: Killed in action, 34; died from wounds, 13; died in rebel prisons, 115; died in hospital, 74; wounded in action, 72; taken by the enemy as prisoners, 497;. officers wounded, 6; officers killed, 1; officers taken prisoners, 17; total casualties, 829.

The One Hundred and First Regiment had a large representation of Grant County men. Company E was mustered in August 12, 1862, and contained fifteen men from this county as follows:

Company I was mustered in the service September 6, 1862, and out of 100 men that were enrolled in the company, sixty-eight were from Grant County. The officers for its entire term with the dates of their commission were as follows:

Crumrine, Daniel, to Fifty-eighth Regiment, June 22, 1865. Crumrine, William, to Fifty-eighth Regiment, June 22,1868. - Downard, William W., to Fifty-eighth Regiment, June 22, 1865. Lucas, Theophilus F., m. o. June 24, 1865.

Maxwell, Simeon, to Fifty-eighth Regiment, June 22, 1865. Morehead, William, to Fifty-eighth Regiment, June 22, 1865. Overholtz, Levi, killed at Vaught's Hill, March 20, 1863. Osborn, Alvarion, died at Munfordville, Dec. 27, 1862. Phipps, David M., m. o. June 24, 1865.

Flag Presentation

We, glorying in the cause of freedom, stand a united band to aid the brave champions who have leaped forth at their country's call, to grasp the sword in defense of that country's rights. And as a simple memento of our heartfelt solicitude for the commendable and glorious cause in which you so nobly and voluntarily hazard life and willingly forego the peaceful pleasures of happy homes, accept this banner, which is the work of our hands.

Though a dark cloud seems to lower at present over our national horizon, yet with so many noble sons of freedom rushing to their country's call, we have every hope of a speedy rescue from traitor hands.

Land beloved! our fathers' glory And the shrine that holds their dust; Shall the swelling notes of freedom. Ever on thy hills be hushed! No! All foes to thee shall perish, For, with lifted hands, we vow, Never shall the sun in heaven See thy hills less free than now. THe Youne J.aDres OF MARION.

Reply

It is no usual feeling of pride and heartfelt gratitude that inspires our hearts when we remember (as we ever shall) that we are the humble recipients of so beautiful a banner.

This banner, emblem of our nation's greatness, weshall ever honor. By honoring it as such, we honor the fair doners, It is true we are but a drop to the ocean, but a few among the mighty hordes who have so nobly responded to our country's call. Though few in numbers our patriotism is boundless for the perpetuity and speedy restoration of peace to our once glorious and happy but now distracted country.

No selfish motives nor personal ambition has prompted us to thus willingly forsake our pleasant, happy homes, with all that renders life endurable, for the toils, the sorrows, privations and dangers of a soldier's life. Other and holier motives move us to action. In hopes that ere long we may return, bearing the olive branch of peace, and if, through the providence of God, we are permitted' to reunite, we then hope to be able to acknowledge, formally, the reception of this banner.

The Regiment. - Among the officers of the regiment Thomas Doan became colonel and George W. Steele was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel but was mustered out as major. John T. Conner became chaplain. These were all the regimental officers from Grant County. |

The One Hundred and First was organized in what was then the Eleventh Congressional District, during the month of August, 1862, and rendezvoused at Wabash. Early in September it moved to the front and until late in December was in various parts of Kentucky on duty. On the 11th of January, 1863, it encamped at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in the vicinity of which it remained until the 18th of March. Not long after that it participated in the engagement at Vaught's Hill with a loss of 43 killed and wounded, and returned to Murfreesboro. At Hoover's Gap, June 24 and 25, it was engaged and then encamped at University Hill until August 17. It then crossed the Raccoon and Lookout Mountains and on the morning of September 19 reached the battle-field of Chickamauga. In that battle it took a conspicuous part for two days with a loss of 13 killed, 85 wounded and 16 missing. The regiment then moved to Chattanooga where it remained most of the time until May, 1864. At Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863, it lost in killed and wounded 34. Under the command of Gen. Thomas it started early in May with Sherman's army on the Atlanta campaign. It was at Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Adairsville, Cassville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and in September reached Atlanta. After the fall of that place it pursued Hood as far as Gaylesville and then returned in time to join in Sherman's campaign to the sea. It arrived at Savannah December 23, and soon after started north through the Carolinas and Virginia and reached Washington May 19. On June 14 it started for Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered on the 24th and a few days later was finally discharged at Indianapolis. The regiment marched 3,507 miles, traveled by rail 759 and by steamer 650, a total of 4,916 miles.

Company K, One Hundred and Thirtieth. - In this company the commissioned officers were captains, Jesse Butler, January 26, 1864; William Dillon, April 1, 1865. First lieutenants; William Dillon, January 26, 1864; Smith Kelsey, April 1, 1865; Frederick D. Cartwright, June 1, 1865. Second lieutenants, Allen C. Newhouse, January 26, 1864; Ephraim L. Payne, July 1, 1865; Frederick Cartwright, May 1, 1865. Of the 92 men that composed this company 22 died in the service and 1 deserted. The following mer were from Grant County:

Morman, Stephen, died in New York harbor May 25, 1865. Miller, James, died at Independence, Ind., Jan. 29, 1864. Powell, John, died in Georgia July 19, 1864,

Sketch of the Regiment. - The One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment was organized at Kokomo March 12, 1864, and at once started for the field. On April 5 it left Nashville and arrived at Charleston, Tenn., on the 24th. May 3 it took up the line of march, and on the 9th first came in presence of the enemy at Rocky Face Ridge. From that time until May 15 there was a continual series of skirmishes that culminated in the battle of Resaca, in which the regiment took part. After this it underwent many hardships and was in the battles of Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain; was at Decatur and for many days under fire at the siege of Atlanta. It was at the battle of Jonesboro, and after the fall of Atlanta pursued Hood as far as Gaylesville. From there under the command of Gen. Thomas it marched to Chattanooga, Columbia and Centerville. At the last place it remained until November 30, and December 15 joined in the two days' fight before Nashville. It then proceeded to Washington City and sailed for Fort Fisher. It then moved to Fort Anderson, Newbern, and at Wise's Forks had a severe battle, after which it went to Kingston. On March 20 it removed to Goldsboro. A few miles from that place, on April 10, an encounter was had with rebel cavalry. The regiment was employed during the summer and fall of 1865 in guard duty at Charlotte, N.C. It was mustered out of the service at that place December 2, and at once started for Indianapolis, where it was discharged with twentyseven officers and 540 men.

Last Company for the Front. - The last company that was organized from Grant County men was D, in the One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment. It was commanded by that veteran soldier of the county, Oliver H. P. Cary, as captain. His commission was dated February 18, 1865, and on the Ist of March following he was promoted colonel of the regiment. It was but a fitting tribute to one who had taken such an active part in all military matters that interested his country and his county. He was in the first as well as the last company that left the county. The other captain was Joseph Lugar, March 2, 1865. First lieutenants, Joseph Lugar, February 18, 1865; Joseph F. Ruess, March 2,1865. Second lieu-

In this same regiment John A. Howard, of Marion, was commissioned captain of Company G, a position he held until the regiment was mustered out.

Sketch of the Regiment. - The One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment was composed of companies recruited in the Eleventh Congressional District, and was organized at Indianapolis on the Ist of March, 1865, with Oliver H. P. Cary as colonel. It left for Nashville, Tenn., on the 5th, but was stopped at Louisville, and sent to Russellville, Ky., and from thence detachments were sent out to Hopkinsville, Bowling Green and other points in that section of the country. Companies D, G and H were at different times engaged in fighting guerrillas, and loft five men in killed and wounded. On the 16th of June the regiment returned to Louisville, and was assigned to duty at Taylor Barracks in that city, where it remained until September 4, when it was mustered out ofservice. Arriving at Indianap~ - olis on the 6th with 30 officers and 700 men, it was publicly welcomed home, at a reception meeting held on the same day on the capitol grounds, at which speeches were made by Gen. Mansfield, Hon. John H. Farquhar and Col. Nelson Trusler.

Bounty and Relief - Perhaps no county in the State was more prompt in its attention. to the soldiers' families than Grant County. Early in the struggle the county board authorized the payment of considerable sums for the relief of the wives and children of volunteers. Samuel McClure was appointed agent to look after the proper objects of the appropriations. These early and ready steps gave undoubted impulse to the volunteering, for the men felt that in leaving their families they would be properly cared for while they were fighting the battles of their common country. But the most efficient sources of relief came from the people in their individual capacity. Special efforts were made to send articles to the front that would be of use to the boys and make them know that they were remembered at home. Boxes of provisions and "'sweetmeats" were frequently sent. In October, 1861, the Grant County Republican contained a call for various articles of clothing to be left at the office of R. T. St. John and they would be forwarded to the

- "The ladies of Marion have gone to work in real earnest to pro- 'vide socks, undershirts, drawers, etc., for our soldiers. At a meeting last week at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. Lenfesty was appointed president; Misses McIlhnney, Butler and McClure were appointed secretaries, and Mrs. Lois Cary treasurer. The ladies composing the society then formed themselves into visiting committees, which canvassed the towns and country in every direction, collecting woolen yarns and blankets, and have also received quite a sum of money. Knitting is now going on vigorously, and the cash will be expended for flannel, which will be made into under garments." In the same paper the societies proposed "'to give to all country ladies who will knit good double mittens 40 cents per pair within ten days or two weeks at farthest." In January, 1862, the society sent to the Twelfth Regiment 106 pairs of socks, 27 pairs _of mittens and 2 blankets; to theKighth Regiment 64 pairs of socks, 44 pairs of mittens and7 blankets. Before this a considerable num~ ber of each of these articles in addition to underclothes had been forwarded. But it would be both useless and tedious to enumerate the charities which this society performed during the years of the war. _No doubt the hearts of the soldiers, when they received these articles from home, overflowed with joy at the thought of being so kindly remembered by the distant friends and loved ones. No doubt their hardships were much and often relieved by these slight tokens of a grateful people' s admiration. The generosity of the people in Grant County is well illustrated by the following table showing the amounts paid by the county and by the townships for bounty and relief:

Bounty. Relief

No more pertinent nor suggestive comments on the patriotism of the various portions of the county than the above table can be made. Of the amount of bounty above stated over $117.000, was paid out in $500 bounties, authorized by the county board January 24, 1865. Before then the bounties had been $10 and $100, so that most of the volunteering was done without the stimulus of a large bounty.

The Draft. - The first draft occurred in Indiana on October 6, 1862. This was held under the President's third call for troops, dated August 4, 1862, asking for 300,000 soldiers. The enrollment for this draft was made September 19, and at that time Grant County was credited with a total militia force of 2,409. To be deducted from this were 212 exempts and 119 conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, leaving 2,078 subject to draft. The county was credited with having 786 men then in the service, and a total volunteer list of 938. The difference between these probably indicates the number of soldiers whose terms had expired before that date. When this draft was ordered Grant County lacked 128 of having filled her quota, distributed among the townships as follows: Van Buren, 30; Washington, 20; Pleasant, 20; Richland, 12; Monroe, 5; Jefferson, 16; Fairmount, 17; Liberty, 8. But between that date and October 6 this number of men was raised and the county thus escaped the draft.

Under the call of October 17, 1863, for 300,000 troops, the quota for Grant County was 162, which number was raised without draft. Up to July 18, 1864, when the call for 500,000 was made the county was required to furnish 848 men in addition to those heretofore stated. To offset this number the county was credited with 512 new volunteer recruits, 85 veterans and 247 by draft, a total of 844, leaving a deficiency of only 4. It is needless to say that these were raised. The President's last call for troops was for 300,000 men, issued December 19, 1864. On the 14th of April, 1865, all efforts to raise troops were abandoned. At that date the county was charged with a quota of 264 men; against this there was a credit of 234 volunteer. recruits, 78 veterans and 17 by draft, a total of 329, thus leaving a surplus in favor of the county at the close of the war of 65 men. The grand total of men with which Grant County is credited as furnishing for the war is 2,405. Of course there were not that many separate men from the éounty. Many enlisted two and some of them three times, and were counted for each enlistment. It is probable that not more than 1,800 or 2,000 different men were in the war from this county. The draft officers that were first appointed in Grant County were R. T. St. John, draft commissioner; I Van Devanter, marshal; S. D. Ayers, surgeon.

In the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Oliver H. P. Cary was made lieutenant-colonel, September 21, 1861, and colonel July 31, 1864. Samuel W. Sawyer, chaplain of the Forty-seventh Regiment, October 20, 1861. Thomas D. Thorp, first lieutenant Company F, April 30, 1862. John A. Meek, assistant surgeon of the Eighty- Ninth, March 2, 1863. Sanford T. Baldwin, second lieutenant Company H, of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, September 3, 1863. Jacob Cox, first lieutenant Company I, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, September 3, 1863. James W. Spence, second lieutenant Company C, Seventh Cavalry (One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment), August 24, 1863; he died October 2, 1863. John G. Hedrick, first lieutenant Company A, of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, May 16, 1864. Francis Beals, second lieutenant Company D, of the One Hundred and Thirtyninth Regiment, June 2, 1864. Jacob M. Wells, captain Company B, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment, United States colored troops, April 20, 1864. Isaac Hamilton, first leutenant Twelfth Battery Light Artillery.

Officers in the Legion. - The iloping were the officers in the companies of the Legion formed in this county: Minie Rifles, Robert B. Jones, captain; C. M. Crawford, first lieutenant; T. C. Moore, second lieutenant. Fairmount Guards, Roland Smith, captain; Joseph Macy, first heutenant; Columbus Moore, first heutenant; William Dillon and Dennis Montgomery, second lieutenants. Marion Guards, John G. Hedrick, captain; Benjamin Crowell, first lieutenant; F. M. Moore, second lieutenant. Liberty Wide-awakes, Jesse Butler and Ruel J. Garnett, captains; Joseph H. Hannah and William Jackson, first lieutenants; Andrew J. Fite, second lieutenant. Jonesboro Home Guards, D. H. Hillman, captain; William Roush,

Miscellaneous List of Privates. - The following is a list of privates that were credited to Grant County in the various military organizations that have not already been given:

Company E, Twenty-Fifth Regiment

COMPANY E, TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. Thomas Baird, m. o. June 4, 1865. Henry Branson, drafted, m. o. June 4, 1864. John W. Peterson, m. 0. June 4, 1865, substitute. Lewis Rayhaltz, m. o. July 17, 1865, substitute.

Company K, One Hundred And First Regiment

"COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH REGIMENT. John Q. Overman, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Alkana Adamson, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. John M. Bradford, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. George Charman, died at Columbus, Ky., Feb. 9, 1863. John S. Ducate, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Benj. Hiatt, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Charles Jones, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Thomas Lytle,'trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Jonas Mires, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Jacob W. H. Mayers, trans. to Company F', Seventh Cavalry. Henry Oppy, disc. May 1, 1865. Wm. Patterson, m. o. Nov. 10, 1865. Geo. W. Rush, m. o. June 19, 1865. John Rees, deserted May 20, 1865. Samuel Squibb, trans. to Company F, Seventh Cavalry. John Sparks, disc. Dec. 8, 1863.