Inwood, Indiana

In January, 1862, Col. Bailey resigned his position in the army and returned to Plymonth. Shortly afterward, Mr. Kendall was commissioned a Second Lieutenant by Gov. Morton, and raised a company of volunteers, which became Company D, of the Seventy-third Indiana Regiment. They went into camp at South Bend, Ind., on the 12th of July, 1862, and their Second Lieutenant was unanimously elected Captain of the company. On the 16th of August, 1862, they left camp for Louisville, Ky., and were assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, under Gen. Buell. They had numerous skirmishes during the progress of their chase after the rebel General, Bragg, in Kentucky, but their first important engagement was at Chaplin Hill, Ky. At the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Company D lost fully one-half its members, in killed and wounded, many falling into the hands of the enemy as prisoners. After the battle of Stone River, this regiment was detailed, together with the Eighty-eighth and Fiftyfirst Indiana and Third Ohio Regiments, to act as a raiding party, under command of Col. A. D. Streight, their purpose being to intercept. the communications between Johnson and Bragg, at Marietta, Ga. They were engaged in numerous fights, and Col. Hathaway, of the Seventy-third Indiana Regiment, was killed at the battle of Blount's Farm. On the 3d of May, 1863, the command of which Mr. Kendall's company formed a part, was forced to surrender to Forrest, near Rome, Ga., and all became prisoners. From Atlanta, they were taken to Libby Prison, and after | remaining there for a year, were transferred to Macon, Ga. At the latter place, Gen. Stoneman endeavored to release them, but after a sharp and gallantly fought battle, he was overpowered, and his command placed inside the gloomy walls with those whom he had endeavored to resene. Subsequently, they were taken to Charleston, 5. C., and placed between the city and the fire of the Union General, Foster, as a protection to the city, the rebels hoping thus to save themselves; but the firing of the Union forces was continued, passing over the heads of the prisoners, and carrying destruction to the city. In September, 1864, they were taken to the celebrated "Camp Sorghum," near Columbia, 8. C., where they were out in an open field, their only protection from the weather being a few boughs and twigs which they were able to gather. At "Camp Sorghum" it became the custom to send out four or five prisoners on parole, every morning, to cut wood, and this cireumstance was taken advantage of by Capt. Kendall and three of his fellow-prisoners, on the Ist day of November, 1864; on that day they were the party detailed to chop the wood, and started with their axes as if to perform the errand upon which they were sent. When they had put a sufe distance between themselves and their guards, they fled toward Atlanta, hoping there to find Gen. Sherman; but, learning that he had gone, they changed their course toward Dalton, traveling at night, and hiding during the day. One night they were met by an old colored man whe told them that four cavalrymen were in pursuit, and were then asleep in a farmhouse near by. After a little persuasion, the old man directed them to where the Confederates had their horses, which were immediately appropriated and pressed into service. That night the fugitives placed thirty miles between themselves and their pursuers, turning the horses loose at daybreak, to find their own way back to their masters, eled for about thirty days, and when within twenty miles of the Union lines, they were ferreted out by blood-hounds, and the rebels who owned them soon followed their dogs, and took the escaped prisoners back to Columbia. Subsequevtly they were takeu to Goldsboro, N. C., and exchanged on the Ist of March, 1865, In 1864, while still in the rebel prison, Capt. Kendall was commissioned Major of his regiment, and, after his release, joined his comrades at Larkinsville, Ala., and was placed in command of that post, remaining there until the order came for his command to be mustered out. Returning to Indianapolis on the 12th of July, 1865, he was mustered out of service, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, by brevet. War's grim labors over, he returned to Plymouth and engaged in mereantile pursuits, conducting a prosperous business uutil 1869. In June of that year, he was appointed Postmaster at Plymouth by President Grant. Subsequent administrations have recognized his ability by retaining his services, and he has discharged the duties of his station in a manner highly satisfactory to the public.

Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.

Mr. Place was born May 3, 1840, in Delaware County, Ohio; his parents, Anson and Leah (Miller) Place, settled in that county about the year 1521, and thronghout a long series of years were recognized among its best citizens: his father came to Marshall County, Ind., in 1867, and purehased a farm in North Township, where he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits: he died at Bremen, in this county, in 1873, respected by all who knew him. John L., the subject of this biography, acquired a good education in Ohio, and at the age of fi'teen years entered a store in Allen County, Ohio, as book-keeper. From that time until the outbreak of the late rebellion, he was engaged as clerk and book-keeper in mercantile houses, acquiring by practice a comprehensive busi ness education. In August, IS61, be enlisted in Company B, Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the Ist of Jannary, 1864, re-enlisted as a veteran, At the battle of Stone River he was captured by the enemy, but was soon afterward paroled, and subsequently exchanged, thus escaping many of the horrors incident to life in Southern prisons. His regiment, which belonged to the Fourteenth Army Corps, was with Gen, Sherman in his Atlanta campaign, and did the full share of the fighting. At the battle of Rocky Face Ridge, Mr. Place was struck by a fragment of shell, receiving injuries from which he has never fully recovered. He was sent to the hospital, and twice while thus disabled, was commissioned as an officer of the company: first as Second Lientendnt, and afterward as First Lientenant. His wound, however, rendered active service impossible, and he was never mustered; he was placed on duty at headqnarters, and served in a clerical capacity as Chief of Reports, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, until the close of the war; he was honorably discharged on the 17th of July, 1865, and afterward resumed his oceupation as a book-keeper; he came to Indiana in 1867, and in the latter part of 1868 began teaching in the district schools of Marshall County; he was a teacher in the public school at Bremen when his name was presented to the Democratic Convention of 1878 as a candidate for Recorder of Marshall County. This was his first experience in the political field, but at the ensuing election, in the fall of that year, he received a larger majority than any other candidate on the ticket. He has proved a competent and efficient officer, and has discharged the duties of his position with an honest and conscientious fidelity to the trust reposed in him. During his residence in this county he has gained many friends, and all who know him unite in pronouncing him an honorable man and a good citizen. On the 17th of Jannary, 1874, he wedded Miss Lavina J., daughter of Moses Keyser, Esy.. of Bremen. Marshall County. They are the parents of one danghter, Mary A., and one son, Grove W.

Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.

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