Lorain City (part 5 of 77)

The third annual picnic and excursion was held at the opening of the T. C. V. liailroad. Three steamers were chartered for the occasion, viz: the "Evening Star," "Ferris," and "Sarah Van Epps." All were ready to t;'.ke on jiasseugers at the mouth of Black river, before and on the arrival of the train from tiie south. Quite a number went from Elyria and vicinity, but the crowd by railroad was immense. The "I'erris" was ordered to touch at Vermillion, to take on one hundred and thirty ])a.ssengers, but she neglected to enter, and the "Star" having a full load could not. Consequently, the "Van Epps" l)eiug the last to set off, and I'l'esideiit Mills being aboard of her, it was decided I'lir her to call at V'enniJiion, for wliicli the captain deniMuded extra ])ay, she not l)eing chartered to enter llijt port. The two former boats made good heading and landed the pas.sengers in good time, but the "Van Epps," was away back many miles. After spending an enjoyable time on the island - though the pleasui-e of many was greatly marred by the nonarrival of the other boat, - the two boats left in due season. Being witli tlie comnumder of the "Evening Star" he called my attention to a boat just going into port on the nortli side of the island, which he claimed was the "Saridi Van Epps." They landed, and commenced the return. None of the passengers happened to die of old age, but they did not get to Black River till nearly two o'clock, a. m., of next day. This was hard on those who had to stay over at Black River. The train could not go without the Ijalance of her passengers. Tjiis made confusion, and spoiled the day's enjoyment. The "Van Epps" was a poor sailor, and worse yet, it was proved afterwards, that she was unseaworthy at the time. This was kept back from our excellent secretary, who chartered her at the eleventh hour. Notwithstanding, the society gained eight hundred and eighty-four dollars by tiie excursion.

The twenty-seventh annual fair was held Septemlier 17, 18, 19, and 30. The entries were full, bnt the second and third days, rain was falling incessantly. The grounds were miserable. The board, on the tliird day, decided to hold open on the fifth day. The fourth day opened fine, and continued all through the two days. A large attendance each day, so that the society was saved from loss.

At a subsequent meeting it was voted to Inive ;i 2)icnic on the fair grounds, on the fourth of July, horse trot, exhibition of new fire engine and a speech from Governor Noyes, or Prof. Monroe. Tiie latter gave the address at the appointed time, which -vvas listened to by a large number of j)ersons. All were greatly pleased, and expressed satisfaction.

On August 30, the annual excursion on the lake and iiicnic at river came off. The fine steamer ' 'Nort iiwest" was chartered. The trip on the lake was enjoyed by all; but this large boat was too costly. ;ind the receipts did not meet expenses.

The annual fair was held September in to 10. The early part of the season was very dry; grass sutferecl by grassho]ipers being so numerous: fruits mostly .-i failure, so that some departments of tlie exliiliition were not ei[ua! to some previous years. But the display was fair. The receii)ts at this fiiir exceeded aii\ previous one. the total being two thousand four liuiidred and ten dolhirs and twenty-six cents; about se\en hundretl dollars cleared from the fair proper.

At the aimuiil meeting lielil Jiimiary 31, the president gave liis annual address, secretary and treasurer their rejiiirts; also other addresses and discussion followed. It was also voted, to hold the annual fairs for the future but three days instead of four days.

Election of ofilcei-s, the rules being suspended, to elect by ballot. R. Baker was uuaniniously elected president for the ensuing year; also L. M. Pounds, vice-president, in like manner. The new board organized by appointing J. C. Hill, treasurer, and E. G. Johnson, secretary.

An arrangement was made for an excursion to the coal fields, which came off August 21. The profits of tJiis excursion amounted to one hundred and ninetynine dollars and sixtj'-three cents in cash, also a great amount of pleasure.

The twenty-ninth annual fair was held September 30 to October 2. The fair was well attended, and the exJiibition hardly up to the average of the two or three previous years. The total receijits from fair was two thousand two hundred and eight3'-oue dollars.

The annual meeting was held in the town hall, Elyria, .January 30th, 1875. Secretary and treasurer's ivi>i.irts; jiresideut's annual address; essays by T. S. Metealf, Win. A. Braman; address by Prof. N. S. Townshend, of the '' Ohio State University," and discussion by several others. D. A. Stocking condemned the prartice of trotting Itorses for money, claiming that the money could be put to a better advantage by offering larger premiums on cattle and horses for all purposes. This gratified and greatly amiLsed the convention, that the veteran horseman should give such good and sound advice, and, if acted ujion, would bring our society to a position which would better meet the reipiirements of the act providing for the organization of county agricultural societies. The election resulted, as follows:

This year an excursion to Niagara Falls was made August loth. This was gotten up at considerable expense. Arrangement was made to accommodate all by starting cars from Wellington, V^ermillion and Norwalk. When the train left Cleveland there was a respectable party. The train was conducted by one of the most experienced of the Lake Shore's able conductors, and wc arrived at the falls nearly on time. The party had nearly six hours to view the falls from the different points. President Braman had previously been to Niagara and procured tickets at the lowest prices, and made every arrangement as favorable for the excursionists as possible. Never was greater enthusiasm manifested by any party than by the Lorain visitors. The day was fine and all that could be wished. The clear profits were upwards of one thousand dollars. Though a large crowd took advantage of this triji, others were sorry they did not go; and a second trip was had, which proved very enjoyalile to those who went, though not many dollars were added to the treasury; but, as no loss was sustained, all passed oil pleasantly. The society being so deeply in debt, the excursion was very beneficial and created a determination to lift the debt as soon as possible. Consequently it was not to be wondered at that the zeal so manifest over the trip to Niagara should be continued to make the fair next year a great success. Every department was full and some overflowing. A larger crowd visited the grounds than had in any previous year in the history of the society. Old and young of both sexes were thoroughly aroused to make such a display as should be a credit to old Lorain. Consequently the reccijits were ahead of any other fair, being two thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents. This was fifty-eight dollars more than in 1873. Taking this year all in all, so far as the finances are concerned, it was the greatest success the Lorain county agricultural society had ever witnessed. But before another year was to be entered ui)ou, our much respected and efficient president was to suffer a long and painful illness - brought even to death's door. All who knew him, as did the agricultural board, j)assed many anxious days, almost hojiing against hojje. But the good Providence saw fit to restore him, and, as we gathered at the annual meeting of 187(i, our society and his many friends had bright hopes of his sjieedy recovery. On that 39th day of January, 1876, W. A. Braman, though confined to his room and scarcely out of danger, was unanimously, for the sixth time, elected president for the ensuing year, and N. B. Gates vice-president. At this meeting Vice-President Gates presided and made the annual address. Papers were read by R. Baker, D. A. Stocking, and discussed by several others. A resolution was also adopted, to i)resent President Braman with a suitable gold watch and chain, as a token of respect and appreciation of his services to the society, and for his indefatigable exertions during the past successful year, which was accordingly done.

This being centennial year, it was decided to hold a celebration (ui the fair grounds on July the -Ith. The board decided to erect a "log cabin" on the grounds on that day - members of the society having been requested to send in a log each, and be on hand at an early hour, to erect the building. The logs were on hand, and the building commenced, but a regular deluge set in early in the day, and jare vented its completion. Every possible arrangement was made to .secure a day of jJeasure and profit for the multitude. A large procession was formed, and paraded the streets of Elyria. Almost every trade in the county was represented, and manufacturing going on, while the procession was marching, the rain coming down all the time, and greatly marring the proceedings. In the afternoon, Hon. W. W. Boynton read a carefully prepared address, being the early history of Lorain coiintv. The .Judge delivered it in his easy and happy style; a large concourse of people were attentive listeners, all exjiressing themselves as highly gratified, and gave the Judge a i-ousing vote of thanks for his able production. Fortunately, the rain ceased previous to the address, but the inclement weather prevented the carrying out of the full programme.

The unfinished cabin was finished at an early day - a residence being greatly needed for tlic Iveeper of the grounds. Tliis cabin adds to the vaUie of the j)roperty, it being a substantial building, made very comfortable for a family. Mr. S. Rawson, a faithful overseer of the grounds, occupies the house.

The fair of this centennial year was not expected to compare favorably with that of 1875, so many having given tlieir time in attending the exhiljitiou at Philadelj)hia, could not afford to give attention to the Lorain exhibition as they otherwise would have done. Several, who generally exhibited largely, were at the centennial during our fair. The receipts were upwards of two thousand dollars, though not quite sufficient to cover all the expenses of the year, including those of the fourth of July. Quite an amount was incurred in fitting up the cabin, viz: two hundred and twenty dollars. The value of the house was five hundred dollars at least.

At the annual meeting, .January 21, 1877, President Braman gave the annual address; secretary and treasurer's reports, followed. Papers were read by N. L. Cotton, N. B. Gates and K. Baker; discussed l>y others.

The society of this year gave another excursion to Niagara Falls, August 21, which passed off satisfactorily to all jjarties. Upwards of three hundred and fifty dollars were added to the treasury. These excursions have been a great help in reducing the society's indebtedness. Three years ago tiie amount of debts was three thousand tliree hundred dtdlars, which is now reduced to seven hundred and fifty dollars.

The thirty-second annual fair was held September 19, 20 and 21. The show was scarcely up to those of a few years past, though ((uite creditable; the receipts were two thousand two InUidrt^d and twenty dollars. The iM'emiums paid amounted to one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars, leaving a good balance in the treasury.

The annual meeting of 1878 was held January 2(J, President Mills in the chair. The secretary and treasurer gave his report. The president delivered the annual address. N. L. Cotton i-ead a paper on "winter care of stock;" N. B. Gates, on "what I know about farming;" and R. Baker, on " the best breed of cattle for Lorain county." Some discussion followed. A motion was made by R. Baker that a report of the transactions of the Lorain county agricultural society be ]iublished annually, in pamphlet form. After considerable discussion, the motion was laid on the table for one year. The election of officers resulted in re-electing mechanic arts was well filled. Vegetables and apples made a splendid show, being, not only very numerous, but of largo size and excellent quality. Tiie 1 idics' departments, in floral hall, were well filled uj) with useful and ornamental articles, fine arts, etc. Miss Wasldnirne, the assistant superintendent, showed her skill, in arranging the articles so tiistefully. The hall was crowded each day with the ladies, who were unwilling to leave the building until they had examined every article. The decorations made liy the young ladies, jirevious to tJie exhibition, were highly appreciated by the visitors. The receipts at this fair amounted to two thousand, two hundred and thirty-six dollars. It was ((uite clear to the board of directors that, ere the annual meeting of 1879, the society would be free from this long and heavy burden of indebtedness. A plan was suggested, to ask all favorable to the association, to subscribe one dcillar. This was done, and more than was sufficient for the })urpose was raised, leaving, at the aniuuil meeting of the l)oard, December 28, 1878, a cash balance, in the hands of the treasurer, of fifty dollars and twentyfive cents. Some further receipts and payments since that date, leave the account, at this day, January 26, 1879, viz: twenty-four dollars and twenty-five cents in the treasury.

At the thirty-fourih annual meeting, held .January 2G, 1879, the secretary and treasurer presented his report. President Mills read his annual address, which contains a list of jiayments, made on land contracts, frjm the purchase, in 1867, up to taking possession of the deed. The address of President Mills gave the greatest satisfaction. After the president's address, a discussion followed.

C. S. Mills, president; John W. Hart, vice president; directors for two years. Freeman Parmely, H. Moores. Ed. Hanoe, and William W. Penfield ; for one year, (per J. W. Hart, vice president) H. M. Axttll, Those holding over, S. B. Dudley, R. Baker, and H. E. Corning. The present board appointed E. G. Jolmson, secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year.

After the election, papers were read by R. Baker on "the necessity of a better system of husbandry;" William A. Braman (claimed by the writer to be) "a paper without a subject," and N. B. Gates presented a paper, in part, and finished with his accustomed offhand remarks respecting farming in Connecticut, etc. To the society was sent, by a member of the legislature, for distribution, some seventy copies of the "Ohio State Board of Agriculture Reports."

The history of the society is here given from its organization up to the thirty-fourth annual meeting, 1879. To have given all the details would have encroached too much on the pages of this county history. Sufficient is included to give a correct idea of its progress, the many difficulties the early officers had tcj contend with, and the determined zeal manifested by them. Much is missing on account of the loss of important papers consumed by the fire of 1873. It is to be regretted that the names of persons, and the amounts subscribed by them, for the fitting up of the new grounds iu 1867 cannot, be inserted, tlie list being also burnt up. But, to the credit of ni.xny let it be recorded, tluit individuals g:ive liberally, from twenty-five to fifty dollars, and also donated a part, and in many cases the whole of the prenaiums awarded to tliem in 1807 and 18(58, some waiting over a year for their premium money. It will be admitted by many readers of this history that many of the members subscribed all, or more, than they were able. Many of the enterprising farmers of the county appreciate tiie benefits derived through this organization. It must be conceded that through the influence of this society, the agriculture, etc., of the county has been improved to such a degree that the wealth of the county, by way of live stock and improved culture, is vastly greater than it otherwise would have been. It will be disputed by none that this society has been the means of vast improvement in the breeds of stock, and of great benefit to agriculture and the mechanic arts. The fanners raise better cattle, horses, sheep, and swine, while the number, variety, and quality of manufactured articles are far in advance of what tliey would have been but for this organization. It has imparted a healthy stimulus to every branch of industry.

The dairying interests of the county are being developed. Dairymen, having excellent breeds of cattle "to select from, are endeavoring to use those tiiat will make the best return, by way of milk, cheese aud butter. The county is noted as producing tlie finest quality of cheese, and the richest and sweetest butter of any county in the State. In the opinion of the most thoughtful, it would have been better had the society conformed to the requirements of the act, passed in 1846, for the encouragement of agriculture, etc. For years, the society offered inducements for improved plowing. The last contest for best jjlowing was in 1800. Here was the first great mistake. Also, encouragement was given for the best cultivated farm. This was dropped in 1803. The offering made for the best crops of grain, etc., have been discontinued since 1873. All these, I think, should have been continued, and should have formed a prominent part in the premiums oifered by the society. But, notwithstanding all these shortcomings, we find, by the reports of various county societies, of Ohio, sent in to the State board of agriculture, at the convention of 1879, that Lorain stands nearly at par with the best, and, iu some matters, takes the lead.

Tlie society was fortunate iu selecting the present location; the grounds being beautifully situated, and, have become valuable, by increasing from two thousand seven hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, to upwards of twenty thousand dollars. In the year 1873 previous to the panic, it was claimed that the grounds could be sold for twenty-five thousand dollars. There may be larger county fair grounds in the State, but none better located, or grounds better adapted for holding a county exhibition. And now, the debt being removed, improved and more a^jprojiriate buildings can shortly be erected, and the organization will be in such a position that every member will, not only appreciate, but be proud of it, and, in the next decade, it will become more efficient, and, consequently, more useful and beneficial to the agriculturists, horticulturists, mechanics aud stock raisers of Lorain county.

Chapter Xv Lorain In The Rebe3Llion

All remember the early days of 1801. Sumter had fallen; the Southern Confederacy was formed; the South, with stolen munitions of war, and stolon money, had organized a formidable army; secession was unmistakably resolved upon. So appalling were tliese events, that the North stood awhile jiaralyzed and awe stricken. Then came our President's call , for seventy-five thousand men. Everywhere throughout the Northern States there was a hearty response - nowhere was it heartier than njion the Reserve of Northern Ohio. Lorain took a gallant part in this first outburst of northern jiatriotism; and during the entire period of the war, there was no time when she was found faithless to duty. Where\er danger lurked tliickest, there we find the Lorain boys. Manv, very many never returned; their lives went out as a sacrifice. They died the noblest deaths for their country, and beneath the skies of the sunny South, where the groves of the magnolia and the orange shed an undying perfume - the spot, perhaps, unmarked and unknown - they "sleep the sleep that knows no waking."

" ' The real heroes of this war are the great, brave, jjatient, nameless people.' It is to their service through these varied scenes that we now gladly turn. The victory was not won through generalship - it is a libel on the word to say that generalship delayed for four years the success of twenty-five millions in conflict with ten millions, or required a million men in the closing campaigns to defeat a hundred thousand; it was won by the sacrifices, the heroism, the sufferings and the death of the men in the ranks. Their story we now seek to tell. It will not be picturesque or attractive, but full of dry details of fruitless fighting, of tedious marches, of heroic endurance, of ])atience, and of weariness. Even such was the life they led for us; and its record, we are firmly persuaded, will newer cease to be cherished by their grateful countrymen."

But let us not forget to pay a tribute of gratitude and just praise to the noble aud heroic women of Lorain county, for their labors of affection and mercy durinn; tliese weary, gloomy days. Their generous, loving hearts sent forth pitying tears and prayers for the safety of loved ones, and the preservation of the Union. Wiiile fair hands, many of them unused to labor, were oeeujiied in ])rej)ai'iiig comforts for the well, dainties for the siek, necessaries for the wounded, and cheer for all, noMe and seU'-sacrilicing women all over the North formed themselves into aid societies, the good results of which can hardly be over-estimated. Early and late these angels of mercy toiled and gathered, forw'arding bo.xes of everything needed by the soldier. Yet, could the senders have seen the tears of joy which often greeted its reception, they would have felt amply compensated.

The historical sketches of the organizations following are from the very valuable work, "Ohio in the War," by Whitelaw Keid. We have spent considerable time at the office of the adjutant-general, at Columbus, in procuring records. Many muster-rolls are incomplete, or missing altogether; those of the three-months' men especially are nearly all destroyed. In cases wliere less than full companies of men report for muster, tlie column on the muster roll, headed '-whei'e enrolled,"' will be lillcd with the place of rendezvous - for instance, the greater part of the s((ldiers from north-eastern Ohio rendezvoused at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland. They are so recorded at the office of the adjutant-general, and no reference whatever is made to the county in whicli they resided when enlistment oecurreil. We have, liy correspendence with ex-company officers, endeavored to obtain (lie name of every citizen of Lorain county who was a soldier of the rebellion, ami if omissions occur, tlie -'boys" will, we trust, be eharitalile, believing that we have done all that circumstances would allow.

Seventh Uegiment Ohio Voluntkeu Ikfantkv

The lirst rebel gun tired at l^'orl .Suinter was the signal for the assemblage of this regiment, and its echo had scarcely died out in the North ere this regiment was in eamj). It was made up entirely in Northern Ohio, went into camp near Cleveland, Ohio, and was mustered into the United States service on Ajiril lit), 1861. .John S. Casement, of Painesville, was its first major. He resigned after a time, and assisted in raising other organizations. He ascended the stei)S of promotion until, we believe, he was brigadier-general when he left the service. At the expiration of the term of service for which they were mustered, the regiment re-enlisted, almost to a man, for three years; and on .lune :iK, 1861, it started for the field to take part in the opening of the camijaign in Western Virginia,, and on the following day first set foot on rebel soil, near Beuwood. They marched along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Clarksburg and went into camp. Here a beautiful stand of colors was presented to the regiment by

Cai)tain Schulte, in behalf of the "Social Turnverein," of Cleveland, .June 29. The regiment made its lirst march fully e({uipj)ed. The day was oppressively hot, and before one mile had been laboriously overcome, many valuable and useful articles, su])posed to be ahsoliitdy indispensable, had become an intolerable burden; at three miles, when a halt was ordered, the men went deliberately to work reducing their baggage. Blankets, dress uniforms, books, under-clothing, and every article that could possibly be dispensed with, were emptied on the ground and left there. This march terminated at Weston. After doing considerable marching, the regiment reached Cross Lanes on the IGth of August; and it was here, on the 25th of the same month, that they had their first fight, which proved a disastrous affair; the regiment being obliged to retreat, although they held their position for some time against overwhelming numbers. Their loss was one hundred and twenty in killed, wounded and prisoners. The next battle was at Winchester, March 2.'5. At three o'clock p. m. the battle began in earnest and raged furiously until dark, resulting in success to the Union army. Again at Port Keimblie the "Seventh'' fought splendidly and cfiEectively. Here, with less than three thousand muskets, "Stonewall" -Jackson's force of fourteen thousand rebel troojis were held at liay for five hours. The Union forces were, however, obliged finally to retreat. On August 9, at Cedar Mountain, the regiment was again at the front and eiigage<l in a fierce hand-to-hand contlict. Of the three hundred men engaged in the "Seventh'' only one hundred escaped unhurt. Their next battle was at Antietam, but it would i-e(piire a volume to tell of all the fighting this regiment did. On Saturday, .lune 24:, 1864, the regiment took its departure for Cleveland, wliere it was mustered out of the service on the Sth day of July following, having served a little more than three years. During that time eighteen hundred men had served in it, and when mustered out there were but two hundred and forty men remaining to bring home their colors, pierced by till' shot and sliell of more than a score of battles.

was originally organized as a three months' regiment under the first call of the President, most of the com- ])aiiies having been enlisted between (he IGth and 22d days of April, 1861, and all of them arriving at Cam]) Taylor, Cleveland, as early as April 29.

On the 2d of May, all the companies haying been mustered into the service, the regiment was ordered to Camj) Dennisou, where it arrived on the 3d, during a drenching rain, and many of the men, for the first time in their lives, slept in the open air, with only a soldier's blanket for floor, roof, walls and bed clothes. The regimental organization was here completed by the appointment of the field and staff officers. | service; but it soon became evideut that the troops at tills camp would not be sent to the field as three months' men, and an effort was made to re-enlist the regiment for three years. To this everj' company responded except Conijiany I, and the regiment of nine companies was mustered into the service for three years, on tlie 22d, 25th and 2(ith of .Tune.

On the 9th day of .July, 1861, the regiment left Camj) Dennison for (Jraftou, Virginia, and on the 12th ai'rivod at West Union, Preston county, Va., on the summit of the Alleghany mountains where they are crossed by the Great Western Turnjiike, and along which Garnett's rebel army was then being rajiidly driven by McClellan's troops.

For some weeks after this the regiment was stationed at various places among the mountains and along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, during which time it suffered severely from typhoid fever; at one time over three hundred men were in hospital, and some tliirty-f(nir deaths resulted from the fever in a short time. On the 24th of September the regiment particiiiated in an attack on Romncy. At the "Hanging Rock" it was ex]iosed to a severe fire, and lost several men in killed and a number wounded. The regiment again ]iarticipated in an attack on Romnev, October 21; which, being evacuated by the enemv, was occupied by the troojis under General Kelley until January 12, 1SC2. The next fight was at Blue (!ap. In January the troops were removed to Patterson's Creek, and the following month to Pawpaw Tunnel. On February 14 the Eighth participated in a brisk fight at Bloomey Gap, in which C'olonel Baldwin, with his staff and a part of his command, were 'captured. General Lander died March 2, and shortly after the division moved to the Shenandoah Valley, where General Shields took command. On March 22, the outposts at Winchester were attacked by Ash by and General Shields severely wounded. The next day the battle of Winchester was fought. But few of the troops had ever been under fire, and none of them, as then organized, in any serious engagements. Colonel Kimball commanded, and made his arrangements to whii> Stiniewall Jackson, who had arrived during the night. The battle was one of the most severe of the war. .Jackson, towards evening, attenijited to turn our right fiank, but was met by Tyler's brigade in front, when Colonel Kimball threw several regiments "11 his right flank, and, after a desperate fight, whicli in some instances was hand to hand, the enemy was routed and driven furiously fnnn the field. The regiment followed the enemy up the valley, skirmishing at Woodstock, Mount Jackson, Edinburgh and New Market; thence it joined McDowell at Fredericksburg. Here it remained a few days and was ordered back to the valley again. In the meantime Banks had executed one of those retrograde movements for which he became eminently CDmjjicnous ere the close of the war. In August following the Eighth was

The Potomac was crossed at (Jhain Bridge, and the march through Maryland commenced, which ended in the battles of South Mountain and Antiefani. Near Reedyville the whole army was massed by the miirniug of Soptemlier 10, and a furious artillery duel commenced. One of the first of the enemy's shots killed W. W. Farmer, a color-sergeant of the Eighth. This cannonade lasted all day. The next day the battle of Antietam was fought. The second corps crossed the river and occujiied the center of the line. It did effective work that day.

Ill the terriWe battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13, the Eightli formed the right wing of the forlorn hope. At the battle of Chancellorsvilie, beginning April 2S, 18G3, the Eighth was almost constantly under fire for four days, and yet its loss was only two killed and eleven wounded. The brigade was at this time, and subsequently, commanded by General (Jarroll.

No further active service was had until the Gettysburg camiiaign. In that I>attle the regiment bore a conspicuous jiart, capturing three stands of colors. After the escape of Lee's army across the Potomac, the Eighth marched with the army to the Raindau; but we have not space to record all the fighting done by the regiment; suffice it to say, that, from this date until June 25, 1804, when its term of service expired, and the little scjuad, who numbered but seventy-two officers and men, fit for duty, were taken from the trenches before Petersburg and returned to Ohio for muster out, they were almost constantly ill active service of the severest character.

Infantry

At the commencement of the war it was organized and otlicercd as follows: Colonel, William S. Kosecrans; Lieutenant-colonel, Stanley Matthews; Jlajor, Rutherford B. Hayes.

The jiosition of these ofllcers has lieeii (|uite different since those days - In fact, too well known to need repetition. Under command of Colonel E. P. Scammoii, the Twenty-third went into active service in West A'irginia, meeting with the new and exciting events common to inexperienced soldiers, which were almost forgotten amid the sterner and sad realities of active warfare.

The regiment participated in the battles of Carnifex Ferry, Virginia, Septeinher lo. 1801 ; Giles Courthouse, May 10, 18(!2; and had the honor of oi)ening the battle of South Mountain, Septeml)er 14, 18(i2, where it lost tliirty-three men killed and eiglity wounded, among the latter Rutherford B. Hayes, now President of the United States. As an incident of this battle, it is said that the Twelfth and Twenty- third Oliio iuid Twelfth ami Twenty-third North Carolina - Companies R on each side - were directly engaged with each other. The Twenty-third, nnder coniinand of Lieutenant-colonel Hayes, was in the advance on that day. It was ordered at an early hour to advance up the mountain and attack the enemy. From liehind stone walls the eneni}' poured a destructive tire into the Fcdci'al ranks at very shoi't range. The comnuind of the Twenty-third fell iijion Major Condy after Lieutenant-colonel TIayes was wounded, the latter again making his ajipi'arance on tiie lield, with his wound half dressed, and fought, against the remonstrances of the wiiole command, until carrie<l off. Neai' the close of the day at Antietam a change was made hy the division to which the Twenty-third belonged, and it was exposed to a large force of the enemy posted in a cornfield in the rear of the left. Its colors were shot down, and at the same time a feint was made in its front. The colors were planted on a new line at right angles with its former front, and the regiment formed a line in the new direction, and opened fire upon the enemy, who retired. The division withdrew, hut no order reached the Twenty-third, and it remained on the field until the division commander returned and ordered it to the rear.

The Twenty-third assisted in heading off Morgan's command at Huffington's Island, and tiien returned to t'harlestown. West Virginia, and afterwards joined General Crook's forces for a raid on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. May ',), 1S(!4, the Twentythird fought at Cloyd Mountain. The enemy occnj'ied the first crest of the mountain, defended by artillery and rudely-c<instructed breastworks. The hill was steep, thickly wooded, and ditlicult of ascent, and skirted by a stream of water two or three feet deep. At the word of command the regiment advanced across the stream to the foot of the mountain, under a heavy fire of musketry and artillery, without returning the fire of the enemy. A furious assault was made upon the enemy's works, carrying them, with two pieces of artillery. The struggle at the guns was of the fiercest description. The Confederate artillerymen attempted to reload their pieces when the Federal line was not more than ten paces distant. The Twenty-third was with Hunter in the attack iin Lynchburg, and in numerous skirmishes and battles in the Shenandoah valley. At Winchester. July '^4, 1804, it lost one hundred and lifty-three men. At the battle of ()|)e<|uan, September 111, Haves' brigade had the extreme right of the infanti-y. .Moving forwaril undei- tire, the brigade came u])(in a deep slough, forty or fifty yards wide, and neai'ly waist-deep, with soft mud at the bottom, overgrown with a thick bed <>{ uioss. It seemed impossible to get through it, and the whole line was staggered for a moment. Just then Oohuiel Hayes pluno-ed in with his hor.se, and under a shower of bullets and shells he rode, waded, and dragged his way through - the first man over. The Twenty-third was ordered by the right flank over the slough. At the same place men were suffocated and drowned; still the regiment plunged through, re-formed, charged forward again, driving the enemy. The division commander was wounded, leaving Colonel Hayes in commaiui. He was everywhere exposing himself as usual ; men were falling all around him, but he rode through it all as though he had a charmed life. No reinforcements, as jiromised; something must be done to stop the fire that is cutting the force so terribly. Selecting some Saxony rifles in the Twenty-third, pieces of seventy-one calibre, with a range of twelve hundred yards. Lieutenant McBride was ordered forward with them to kill the enemy's artillery horses, in jilain sight. At the first shot a horse drops, immediately another is killed, and a panic seems to seize the artillerymen, and they commence limbering up. The infantry take the alarm, and a few commence running from the intrenehments, and the cavalry, which had been hovering upon the flanks, swept down upon the enemy, capturing them by regiments, and the battle was at an end. The Twenty-third fought at North Mountain, September 20, 1864, and at Cedar Creek, October 19 - a day that is a household word throughout the land. The Twenty-third was mustered out on the 'idth day of July, 18G5, at Cumberland, Maryland, and was jiaid and disbanded at Camp Taylor, | Cleveland, Ohio.

Immediately after the battle of Bull Run. a num- . ber of the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, set about rais- ' ing a regiment, and the result of their labors was the Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which Cajitain William B. Ilazen, Eighth United States Infantry, was appointed colonel. The camp of rendezvous was established near Cleveland. ]5y the first of September, a large number of men were in camp, and the work of instruction had commenced. An officers' school was instituted, and the strictest discipline enforced, and, by the time tjie regiment was mustered as complete, on the 31st of October, 18G1, the officers and men understood their duties well, and were cjuite proficicut in drill. On November 6, the regiment moved, by rail, to ('amp Dennison, where it was supplied with arms. These consisted of the , Greenwood rifle, a weapon nearly useless, and soon discarded by the governineiit. After a week at Camp Dennison, the regiment proceeded to Gallipolis, tak- > ing steamer from Cincinnati.

A few raiding excursions, from this jioint into Virginia, was the only relief from daily drills, and in the latter part of the month, the regiment was ordered 1<> Louisville, and rejK/rted to General Buell, then organizing the army of Ohio. The Forty-first became a part of the Fifteenth brigade. Nelson's division, and, H iluring the winter, remained at Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky. Here, the Forty-first was made the nuclenof a new brigade, (the Nineteenth), to which were assigned the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Indiana,

On tlie 14tli of February, 1863, Nelson's division marched to West Point, which was reached after a severe march of three days. Here, the two Indiana regiments were sent to Grant. Nelson embarked on transports for the Tennessee river, and arrived at Nasliville on the 37th of Febrnary. 1863. About the middle of March, the regiment moved with the army to Savannah, on tlie Tennessee river, arriving within two miles of that point, the Saturday preceding the battle of Pittsljurg Landing. Heavy tiring was heard on the morning of the 6th of April, and, at one o'clock, p. m. , after being supplied with rations and ammunition, the regiment moved for Pittsburg Landing, one company, (G), being left to guard the camp and garrison equipage. At five o'clock, the troops arrived opposite the battle-field, and Hazen's brigade was the second to cross the river. Tlie regiment lay, that niglit, on the tield, in tlie driving rain, among tlie dead and wounded, and, at day-light, moved forward in its -first engagement.

Tlie Forty-first was on the right of Nelson's division, and, wiien tlie rebels were discovered to be advancing, Hazen's brigade was ordered to charge. The Forty-first was placed in the front line, and advanced steadily, through a dense thicket of undergrowth, and, emerging in the more open gi'ound, was saluted with a murderous fire. The line still advanced, checked the approaching rebels, drove them back beyond their fortifications, aud captured their guns. Three officers and tliree men, who, at different times, carried the colors in the charge, were shot down, either killed or wounded, aud, of the three hundred and seventythree who entered the engagement, one hundred and forty-one were either killed or wounded, and this, too, in the space of half an hour.

The night after the battle, Hazen's brigade, as an outlying force, occupied the Tan Bark road, upon the left of the army. The regiment occupied a miseralile camp on the field of battle, surrounded by the half buried bodies of men and horses, until the army moved on Corinth. Tlie regiment suffered very much from exposure, during the march, and in the ojierations immediately following. The Forty-first was with Buell's army, on its march to Louisville, moving, day after day, over dirty roads, with short rations and water scarce, until, nearly exhausted, ragged and dirty, it entered Louisville, on the West Point road, aud encamped, for a three days' rest. On the 3d of October, the regiment marched against Bragg. At the battle of Perryville, its duties were, princijially, ski rmisl ling.

iment took position in the first line, facing Cowan's House, and from this time, until the cessation of liostilities, was actively engaged. Of the four hundred

January, 10, 1863, the regiment moved to Reedyville. where it remained, in comparative quiet, until the 34th of the following June, when the command moved to TuUahoma; but, that place being eviicuated before they reached it, the troojis returned to Manchester, and went into camp.

Tents were struck on the 15th of August, and the command moved toward Chattanooga. The morning of the 19th of September fouud the regiment again on the bank of the Chickamauga, near Gordon's Mills. About nine o'clock, a. m., the battle commenced, and, at one o'clock, ]i. m., Palmer's division, (in which the Forty-first was), went into the fight, attacking in echelon by brigades, Hazen's brigade being the first echelon. The regiment advanced rapidly, over an open field, to a strip of woods. After holding the position two liours, and, during the time, losing a hundred men, the regiment was withdrawn. They were immediately moved to the assistance of General VanCleve. They were continuall)^ under fire, and, at last, the brigade was formed in cplumns, by regiments, and advancing, one after the other, delivered its volley jiito the dense masses of tlie rebels, who reeled aud fell back. This was the last fighting on Chickamauga. The next day was spent on Mission Ridge, and, the following night, the regiment retired to Chattanooga.

In the re-organization of the army, Hazen's brigade was composed of the First, Forty-first, and Ninetythird Ohio, Fifth Kentucky and Sixth Indiana, and was assigned to the fourth army corps, Major-general Gordon Granger, commanding.

At three o'clock in the morning of October 37, fifty-two pontoons, bearing Hazen's brigade, pushed out silently from Chattanooga, and floated down the river. In half an liour's time, the leading pontoons were passing in front of the enemy's pickets on the bank, a hundred feet above. The conversation of the rebels could be distinctly heard, but their attention . wasnotouce directed to the twelve hundred silent enemies floating past, within pistol shot. Just as the first pontoon arrived opposite its landing, it was discovered; but the landing was effected, the pickets driven in, and the hill gained. When the morning haze cleared away, the rebels ou Lookout saw the hills beneatli them, commanding two roads to Bridgeport, covered with blue-coats, in a position from which they could not be driven, with a pontoon bridge to connect them with Chattanooga, almost completed.

At noon, on the 33d of November, the brigade was ordered to fall in, for a reconuoissance. The brigade advanced briskly, driving the enemy's skirmishers into a dense undergrowth, ou a small ridge, between Chattanooga and Mission Ridge. The line followed, and received a heavy fire. Nothing could be seen; but it was too hot a fire to bear quietly. Colonel Wiley ordered the regiment to charge, and orders from

H.azen, at the same time, dirocted the taking of th line on the hill. The Forty-first delivered a volley, trusting to fortune for its effect, then dashed forward through the thicket, through the balls, up to, and into the rebel works, capturing the colors of the Twenty -eighth Alabamba regiment. In this, its severest, cngagemement, tlie Forty-first was associated with the Ninety-third Ohio, which shared fully the danger and honor of the fight. The ^losition was held without (rouble, and was known as Orchard Knob. Soon after the fight. Generals (Jrant, Thomas and others passed along the new line, when Thomas, looking at- the ground within fifty paces of the rebel works, where the fight had been fiercest, and, where lay the horses of Colonel AVilley and Lieutenant-colonel Kimberley, called for the officers of the regiment, and said to Colonel Willey: "Colonel, I want you to exi)ress to your men my thanks for their splendid conduct this afternoon. It was a gallant thing. Colonel - a very (jallani thing." That, from General Thomas, was better than an hour's sjicecb from any other man.

On the 25th, Ilazen's brigade moved across the valley from Orchard Knob to Mission Ridge, under a heavy artillery fire; and, at the foot of the ridge, a dash was made and the enemies' .works cairtiired. The troops were here exposed to canister and musketry, and to remain was impossible: so they advanced up the stecji hill, swejit by an enfilading fire of artillery; up they went, and when near the top, the fire of the Forty-first was directed to the batteries on the right. The rebels retired, and, with a cheer, the line occupied the works on the ridge. A S(|uad of the Forty-first seized a battery almost before the rebels were away from it, turned it to the right, and discharged it directly along the summit of the ridge, where tlic enemy in front of Newton's division still stubbornly held out; and, as the shells went skimming along in front of and among them, the rebels turned and fied. Eighteen captured pieces of artillery graced General Hazen's headquarters that night, of which the Fortyfirst and Ninty-third could fairly claim six as their trophies, while the former also captured a battle-flag. 1'he losses were severe. One hundred and fifteen of the Forty-first, most of them in the fight of the 23d had fallen.

After resting scarcely long enough to luiry the dead, the regiment moved with its corps for Knoxville. Sniijilics bad been scarce, and, before the march was half aecmuplished, two-thirds of the men were walking over the frozen ground bare-footed; but with their feet wrapped up in sheejj-skins and cow-hides thev journeyed on, and finally reached Clinch Mountain, twenty miles above Knoxville. Here the regiment re-enlisted, one hundred and eighty out of one hundred and eighty-eight becoming veterans, and on tlie 5th of January, 1864, started for Chattanooga, and reached Cleveland, Ohio, on the 2d of February.

and was placed in a battalion with the First Ohio, Lieutenant-colonel Kimberly commanding. At Rocky Face Ridge the battalion was complimented for its steadiness under a galling fire, and at Resaca it gained a crest within seventy-five yards of the enemies' main line, and effectually prevented the use of his artillery. At Dallas, on May 26, the Forty-first lost one hundred and eighty men out of two hundred and sixty. During sii1)sequent movements the regiment was engaged at Peach Tree creek, before Atlanta, in the movement against Hood, in December, where it did noble work; it ])articipated in the j)iirsuit of Hood, and finally rested at Iluntsville, Alabama.

In June, 18C5, the corjis embarked at Na.shville for Texas. Near Cairo the steamer collided with a gunboat, and sunk in a few minutes, with all the regimental and company pajiers and most of the personal property of the officers and men. Fortunately no lives were lost. In Texas the regiment was stationed near San Antonio until November, when it was ordered to be mustered out. It reached Columbus, Ohio, about the middle of the mont-li, and was discharged on the 26th of November, 1865, after four years and one mouth's service.

The Forty-Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Chase, near Coliimlnis. Ohio. Companies A, V>, C, and D, were mustered into tlie service September 25, 1861; company E, Oct.ol)er 30; company P, November 12; and companies (?, H, I, and K, Novendjcr 26, at which time tiie organization was completed.

On the 14tb of Dec(!niber, orders were rec^eived to take the field, and on (he following day it moved liy railroad to Cincinnati, and thence by steamer up the Oiiiii river to C!atlettsburg, Kentucky, where it arrived the morning of December 17. Tlie regiment, together with the Fourteenth Kentucky Infantry and McLaughlin's squadron of Oiiio (!av.-ilry, proceeded to Green Creek. Another advance was made December 31, and on the night of .Tanuary 7, 1S62, the whole command encamped within three miles of Paintville. The next morning five companies, under command of j Lieutenant-colonel Sheldon took possession of the village. On the evening of the same day Colonel j Garfield took the Forty-second aud two companies of the Fourteenth Kentucky, and advanced against Marshall's fortified position, about three miles south of Paintville village. Arriving at about nine o'clock, p. ni. they found the works evacuated, and everything valualile either carried away or destroyed; marching , all night, they reached Paintville a little after daylight."

About noon on the 0th, Colonel Garfield, with eleven hundred infantry from the Forty-second Ohio, and | other regiments, and about six liundred cavalry started in pursuit of Marshall, and about nine o'clock in \ the evening the advance was fired ujion by Marshall's ; jiickeis, on the summit of Abbott's Hill. Garfield took possession of tlie hill, bivouacked for the night and I lie next morning continued the pursuit, overtaking the enemy at the forks of Middle Creek, three miles southwest of Prestonburg. Marshall's force consisted of about three thousand five hundred men, infantry and cavalry, with three pieces of artillery. Major I'ardee, with four hundred men, was sent aci'oss Middie Creek to attack Marsliall directly in front, and Lieutenant-colonel Monroe (Twenty -second Kentucky) was directed to attack on Marshall's right flank. Tlie tigiit at once opened with considerable spirit, and I'ardee and Monroe became liotly engaged with a force four times as large as their own. They held their ground with great obstinacy and bravery until reinforcements reached tlie field, when the enemy comnienced to fall back. The National forces slept upon their arms, and at early dawn a reconuoissance disclosed the fact that Marshall had burned his stores and lleil, leaving a portion of his dead upon the field. From this date, for a considerable time, the regiment was engaged in several expeditions against guerrillas. Tlie arduous nature of llie campaign, the exceedingly disagreealde weather, and the want of sujiplies, were disastrous to the health of the troops, and some eighty-five of the Forty-second died of disease. On June 18, this regiment led the advance, and was the first to plant the starry ensign on the stronghold of Cumherla.nd (iap. When the regiment left the (Jap it numbered seven hundred and fifty men, and while on the march there were issued to it two hundred and seventy-five pounds of flour, four hundred pounds of liacon, and two rati(nis of fresh pork: the rest of the food consisted nf corn grated down on tin plates and cooketl upon them. The distance marched was two hundred and fifty miles. The weather was very dry and liie men suffered for water. They were without siloes, and their clothing was ragged and filthy. The Forty-second lost but one man from all causes, and it was the only regiment that brought through its knaj)- sacks and blankets. These proved of great service, as the men were com])elled to camp at Portland, Jackson county, Ohio, two weeks before clothing, camp and garrison e([uipage could be furnished them. While at Portland the regiment received one hundred and three recruits, and at Memphis, whither it arrived on November 28, sixty-five more. It had from time to time received a few, so that the whole number reached two hundred or more, and the regiment could turn out on jiarade nearly nine hundred men. Here the division was re-organized, and denominated the Ninth division. Thirteenth army corps.

On the 30tli of Deceinljcr the Forty-second, with other troops, under General W. T. Sherman, embarked at Memphis, and j)roceeding down the river, landed at Joiinston's plantation on the Yazoo. The

I Forty-second led the advance against the defences of Vicksburg on the 27th of December, and skirmished with the enemy until dark. The next morning the regiment resumed the attack, and by a charge, which

I was made with great spirit, succeeded in gaining possession of the woods, driving the Rebels into their works. About nine o'clock, a. m., on the 29th, a charge was made, tlie Forty-second being ou the extreme right of the assaulting column. The storm of shot and shell was terrific, but the regiment maintained its organization and came off the field in good order. An important victory followed, in January, 180.3, being the assault uiion and capture of Fort Ilindman, Arkansas. In this the regiment led the advance. The spoils were seven thousand prisoners, all the guns and small arms, and a large ipiantity of stores. At Port Gilison the regiment had hot work, and sustained a heavier loss than any regiment in the corps. After the surrender of Vicksburg the regiment marched to Jackson and participated in the reduction of that place, and then returned to Vicksburg, where it remained until ordered to the Department of the Gulf. Companies A, B, C, and D, were mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 30, 180-1. Tlie remaining six comjianics wei'c ordered to Duvall's Bliitr, Arkansas. Companies E and F were mustered out November 35, and the other four companies, Dccemlier 2, 18G4. One hundred and one men remained, whose term of service had not expired, and they were organized into a company and assigned to the Ninety-sixth. Ohio.

Forty-Third Regiment Ohio Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camji Andrews, Mount Vernon, Ohio, February 7, 1802, and left its rendezvous for the front on the 21st of the same month. On the 20th of February, it reported to Brigadier-General .lolin Pope, commanding the district of Mississippi, and was at once assigned to the Ohio brigade, composed of the Twenty-seventh, Thirtyninth, Forty-third and Sixty-third regiments, first division, army of the Mississippi.

It was but a few days before the regiment was introduced to active service, for in March, 1802, it was under fire at New Madrid, Missouri; and in all the operations against that jiost, it bore a prominent part, especially in its final bombardment and capture on the 13th and 14th of March. The loss of the regiment in killed and wounded was quite severe.

In the movements against Island No. 10, and the crossing of the Mississippi river in the face of the enemy, the Forty-third bore a conspicuous part, as it did also in the sulisequent capture of the forces of General McCall, at Tiptonville, Tennessee. The next movement was against Fort Pillow. In all the operations of that campaign, the Forty-third bore its part. The actions of the 8th, 9th and 20th of May, may be particularly mentioned. At Corinth, the Forty-third was posted imincdiately on the left of Battery Robinett, and the Sixty-third on the right of the battery; and it is said these two regiments did more to save the day than any other organization engaged. The grand assault of the rebels was made at daylight on the 4th of October. They opened ou Battery Robinett with artillery at about three hundred yards, and at

10 o'clock a. m., led by Colonel Rogers, of the Second Texas, moved forward to the assault. The Fortythird and Sixty-third Ohio stood firiidy at their posts, and succeeded in staggering the assaulting column, and in hurling it back, at a time when onr lines were broken and our troops were seen Hying from every otlier part of I lie field. The o))])osing forces were but a few feet aiiarl, and fought almost liand to hand, :uid liien went d<jwn on both sides in great nund)ers. Smith fell mortally wounded at the first onset, while gallantly diseliarging his duty. Adjutant llcyl and Cajitain Spangler were killed at about the same moment. Captain S. F. Timmons and Lieutenant S. McClaren, A. L. Howe and II. L. Prophet received honorable wounds. The casualties among the men were very severe. In a few minutes of fighting, over one-fourth of those engaged of the Forty-third were either killed or wounded. Colonel Smith died eight days after the battle. The next movement of the Fortv-tiiird was with Grant's army, at Oxford, Jliss. In the campaign against Forrest, in West Tennessee, in the winter of 1802-03, and in General Dodge's raid in North Alaliama, in April, 18C3, the Fortythird was with General Sherman when he made his memorable march from Memphis to the relief of the army of the Cumberland.

In Uecend)er, IStiS, the regiment almost unaniinonsly re-enlisted as veterans, and went home on a furlough of thirty days. Returning, the regiment assisted at the capture of Decatur, Alaliama, and lay at this point until the opening of General Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. On the 1st of May, 1864, the command began the march for Chattanooga. On the 13th, it was engaged in the advance on Resaca, and suffered severely. At Dallas, the Forty-third took an important part; and in the advance on the enemy's position near Big Shanty, Company D, of the regiment, participated in a most brilliant charge of skirmishers, capturing a strong barricade from the Twenty-ninth Tennessee, and numerous iirisoners. Immediately thereafter came the siege of Kenesaw, with its deadly skirmishing, its grand cannonading, and the disastrous repulse of the national forces on the 29th of June.

The Forty-third participated in the general movements of the corps until the advance of the army on Decatur, when it was detached to hold the bridge across tlie Chattahoochie. This was successfully accomplished, and during the remainder of the Atlanta campaign, the Forty-third shared the trials and glories of the sixteenth Army Corps; and on the 4th and 7th of August, particularly, in advancing the national lines, won tlie thanks of Ransom, the division commander, by sjjlcndid and steady fighting. After the fall of Atlanta, the Forty-third enjoyed General Sherman's " full month's rest." Ater this, the regiment jiarticipnted in the chase after Hood, as far as Resaca, and then hurried back to join Sherman in his great ''nuii'ch to the sea." Of this campaign, the history of one regiment is the history of all. It was a. daily succession of ea.sy marches, with little interruption, with plenty of forage for both man and best, and full of ])leasant adventure. Savannah was reached and besieged. In this tlie Forty-third performed its full share of duty.

In Januai'y, 180.5, the regiment moved to Beaufort, and directly afterward upon I'ocotaligo. where it lay untiltlu' beginning of Sherman's march through the Carolinas. On the 2d of Feliruary, the Seventeenth Corps crossed Whi|)py swamp, and were soon confronting the enemy, who were strongly posted at River's Bridge. Here Colonel Swayne lost a leg by a shell. The regiment lost in liim a lirave and competent leader, wlio had Ijcen with it from its organization, and who had always shown the utmost devotion to its interests. The next day, the regiment I'eceived a baptism of fire, in a charge on a battery which commanded the bridge and the causeway approaching it. Down this narrow causeway the regiment rushed amid a storm of shot and shell, compelling the rebels to withdraw the battery and uncover the crossing. The war closing, the regiment went to Washington, and took part in the grand review; returning to Ohio, it was mustered out of service on the 13th of July, 180.5.

Recruiting for this regiment liegan in the latti r ])art of the summer of 1801, the i)lacc of rendezvous being Camp Dennison, where the regiment was organized and drilled during the fall of 1801. The regiment went into the field on the 17tli of February, 1802. with an aggregate of eight hundred and fifty men. It reached Paducah, Kentucky, February 20, and was assigned to a brigade in the division commanded 1)V General Sherinaii. On the 0th of April, tlie regiment engaged in the liattle of Pittsburg Landing, its position being on the extreme left of the army; but, on the second day, it was assigned a new position near tlie center of the line.

In the two days' fighting, the regiment sustained a loss of one hundred and ninety-eight men killed, wounded and missing. The regiment was next engaged upon the movement upon Corinth, and, upon the evacuation of that point, was among the first organized bodies to enter the town, and afterward performed provost duty there. During the summei-, the regiment was engaged in several short expeditious. It was engaged in the assault on Chickasaw Bayou, December 28 and 29, with a loss of twenty killed and wounded. January 1, 1803, the regiment ascended the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers, and engaged in the assault and capture of Arkansas Post. On the 0th of May, the regiment began its march to the rear of Vicksburg, byway of Grand Gulf, and was engageil in the bat ties of Champion Hills and Big Black Bridge. It was engaged in a general assault on the enemv's works, in the rear of Vicksburg, on the 19th and 22d of June, losing in the two engagements forty-seven killed and wounded. It was continually emjiloyed in skirmishing and fatigue duty during the siege of Vicksburg. After the fall of Vicksburg, the Fiftyfourth moved witii the army upon Jackson, Mississijjpi, and was constantly engaged in skirmishing from the 9th to the 1-lth of .July. It was engaged in the battle of Missionary Ridge, November 36, and the next day marched to the relief of the garrison at Knoxville, Tennessee. It went into winter quarters, .January 13, 1864:, at Larkinsville, Alabama.

The regiment was mustered into the service as a veteran organization on the 33d of January, and at once started to Ohio on furlough. Returning, it entered on the Atlanta campaign on the 1st of May. It participated in a general engagement at Resaca, and at Dallas, and in a severe skirmish at New Hope Church, June 6 and 7. It was in the general assault upon Kenesaw Mountain, .June 37, losing twentyeight killed and wounded, and was in a battle on the east side of Atlanta, July 31 and 33, sustaining a loss of ninety-four killed, wounded and missing. The Fifty-fourth lost eight men killed and wounded at Ezra Chapel, July 38; and from the 39th of July to the 37th of August, it was almost continually engaged in skirmishing before Atlanta, was in the march to Savannah, and assisted in the capture of Fort McAllister, December 15th. It was closely engaged in the vicinity of Columbia, and participated in its last battle at Beutonsville, North Carolina, March 31, 1805. Tiie regiment marched to Richmond, Virginia, and from thence to Washington City, where it engaged in the grand review of the western army. It was mustered out at Camjj Dennison, Ohio, August 31:, 1865.

It marched during its term of service a distance of three thousand, six hundred and eighty-two miles, participated in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, fifteen general engagements, and sustained a loss of five hundred and six men killed, wounded and missing.

One Hundred 4Nd Third Regiment Ohio Volin Teek Infantry

The One Hundred and Third Oliio was composed of men from the counties of Cuyahoga, Lorain and Medina. Ten companies rendezvoused at Cleveland, in August, 1863, and on the 3d of September, started for Cincinnati, which theyfound in a state of excitement and alarm, because of the near a])))roach of the enemy, under Kirby Smith, upon Lexington, Kentucky. Having received arms in Cincinnati, the regiment crossed over to Covington, where it was furnished with clothing and other necessaries for cami)-life. Thus equipped, it marched out to Fort Mitchell, on the evening of the 6th.

After a few days of painful suspense, information was received at headquarters that the enemy had retreated. Immediate pursuit was ordered. The One Hundred and Third moved out on the 18th, with other forces, in pursuit, taking the pike toward Lexington.

Having followed the enemy three days, without being able to overtake him, the national forces returned as far as Snow's Pond, where they encamped for a short time. While here, sickness prostrated nearly oneiuilf the regiment. It was now organized, with two other regiments, into a brigade, under the command of Brigadier- general Q. A. Gilmore. The regiment, with its brigade, moved out, on the 6th of October, to repress the outrages of the rebel cavalry, and, becoming separated from the brigade, went into camp on the bank of the Kentucky river, at Frankfort, where it remained until the 5th of April, 1863. At tiiis date, the regiment marched to Stanford.

Marauding bands of mounted men, nominally belonging to John Morgan's command, l>ut, in reality, independent squads of freebooters, had kept all this region in a constant state of excitement and alarm, and gave considerable annoyance to the national troops - capturing parties stationed at outposts, and destroying supply trains. A large force was gathered at Stanford, and, on the 35tli, an advance was ordered by (ienerai S. P. Carter, then commanding. The national forces moved forward to Somerset and Mill Springs, the enemy falling back all the time; but there were not wanting indications of an intention, (la the part of the rebels, to concentrate their scattt'red forces, for the purpose of making a stand, at some point favorable for defence. Our infantry had considerable ditKculty in crossing the Cumberland, on account of high water; but, once crossed, it pushed rapidly after the enemy, preceded by the cavalry, which had crossed a little below. On the 30th, the cavalry came up witii a body of rebels, when a smart skirmish took place. On the 5th of May, our forces were ordered back to the Cumberland. The One Hundred and Third took a position near Stigall's ferry, where they were soon visited by a body of rebels, who fired on them from the southern bank. Much powder was expended, by both juirties, but with little result.

On the 5th of .July, the regiment, with other troops, marched toward Danville, where they remained a few days, and then fell back to Hicknuin bridge. Returning to Danville, shortly after, this regiment, was, with others, formed into the twenty-third army corjis, and placed under the command of Major-general llartsuif. The ninth army corps having been added to the force, at this point, the troops began to move on the 18th of August, under the command of General A. E. Bnrnside. No tongue can tell what that army suffered in its march from Danville, ria Stanford, Crab Orchard, the Cumberland, at Burnside's Point, Chitwood, Montgomery, Emery's Iron Works, and Lenoir to Concord, Tennessee. On the 19th of September, the regiment joined in the general advance, which resulted in driving back the rebels to their main force, then assembled at Jonesboro.

On the 4th of November, the regiment proceeded Ijy railroad to Knoxville, and was stationed with its brigade, on the south side of the river. Longstrcet wa.« now advancing upon the city, with a hirge force. During tiie investment, our troops suffered the greatest liardships from insuflicient clothing, sliort rations, and otlier privations. About noon, on the 25th, six companies of the regiment were sent out to relieve a company on picket-duty, and, while so doing, a heavy cliarge was made by the rebels, with the intention of capturing the whole. The men, assisted by the ])ickets of the Twenty-fourth Kentucky, and the .Sixly-tirth Illinois, poured into the ranks of the rebels a well-directed fire; but tliis did not cheek them in the least, for, with yells, of the most liorrid description, they rushed ui)on the picket-line, and a desperate struggle ensued. The regiments of the respective pickets coming up, in full force, a liayonet cliarge was ordered, wliicli soon decided the contest, for the reljcls Ijroke and lied, leaving their dead and wounded upon the Held. The regiment lost, in this engagement, some thirty-five, in killed and wounded.

This regiment linally lieeame a (lart of the grand army, with which Shernum marched lo the sea, and, on the 13th of May, arrived in front of Kesaea. The next day, the tweuty-thii'd eorps charged the enemy's works, and carried his two lines. The regiment lost, in this engagement, over one-third of its effective force. Among those who fell, were Captains W. W. Hutchinson and J. T. Philpot. The ]-egimeut finally reached Decatur on the 8th of September. It had lost heavily during this campaign. On May 1, its effective force numbered four hundred and fifty men; but, when it encamped at Decatur, it could oidy muster one hundred and ninety-five.

At Spring Hill, the regiment, while supporting a l)attery, showed conclusively what they were made of. On tiie '.'4tli of February, l^'io, the regiment, with its corps, arrived at Wilmington, and, ou the 6th of March, it started forward, moving through Kingston to (ioldsboro, where it again met Sherman's army. The whole army .soon took up its march, and, on the 13th of April, reached lialeigh, where the regiment remained till the 10th of June, when it started foi' Cleveland, Ohio, to be mustered out. As the train, conveying the nu'u, was descending the western slope of the Alleghany mountains, a truck broke loose, throwing three of the ears down a steep embankment, causing the death of three men, and the mutilation of a much larger number. On the I'Jth, the regiment reached Cleveland, and, on the 'Z2d, it was paid off, and musterecl out.

This regiment, was composed almost wholly of (iermans. It was organized August 25, 1863, at Canij) Taylor, near Cleveland, Ohio. It lay in camp at this place until tlu^ latter i)art of September, when it moved under orders to Covington, Kentucky. This move was made with reference to au anticipated attack on Cincinnati l)y Kirl)y Smith's Grey-l)acks. The regiment went to Washington, D. C, after a short time and was engaged for nearly a month in constructing fortilications around that city. In Novenilier it was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Flevenlh Army Cor])s, Major-general Sigel commanding. On April 20, 1863, the regiment, with its bi'igadeand division, moved across the Eapjiahannttck to (Jhancellorsville, where, on the 2(1 and 3d of May, it took part in the battle of that name. In this disastrous alfair the One Hundred and Seventh sufieicd leri-ibly, hjsing two hundred and twenty officers ami men, killed, wounded and prisoners. The surgeon of the legiment, Dr. Hartman, of C'leveland, Ohio, and several otfic'crs were killed. July 1, it reached tJettysliurg and was at (uiee engaged with the enemy, taking ])osition on the right wing. The first day's fight the regiment and eleventh eor])s were comjielled to fall back through the town of Gettysliurg to Cemetery Hill, where a new line was formed and held during the remainder of the battle. In falling back to this place the regiment lost in killed, wounded and prisoners, two hundred and fifty officers and men. In the second day's fight, in a charge n)ade about five o'clock in the afternoon, it again lost heavily. In this affair the regiment captured a Eebel tiag from the Eighth Louisiana Tigers. Aside from slight skirmishing it was not engaged in the third day's fight. Its total li>ss in the battle of Gettysburg - killed, wounded and prisoners - was over four hundred out of about five hundred and fifty, rank and file with which it entered. With one hundred and eleven guns, all that was left of the regiment, it joined in the pui'suit of the Eebel army, following it to Hagerstown, and thence into \'irginia. Its subse(|uent engagements were priuci- |ially light ones. The heaviest ])erhaps being at Sumterville, South C'aroliua, March 23, 1865, where it defeated the enemy, capturing three 2iieces of artillery, six horses, and fifteen prisoners. On A2)ril 16, 1865, news was received of the surrender of Lee's and -lohnston's armies. Three weeks thereafter it was taken by steamer to C'harleston, where it did jirovost duty until July 10, when it was mnstei'ed out of the service and sent home to Cleveland, where it was paid otf and discharged.

This regiment, although chiefly occujiied in guard duty within the borders of the State, was an organization of three years' troojjs, enlisted and mustered into the United States' service, the same as other \olunteer ti'oops, and was liable to service wherever lequired. It attained minimum strength on the 25tli of Decendjer, 1863, and consisted of four companies before known as the "Hoffman Battalion" raised at different times in 1862. At and before the time of forming the regiment, the Hoffman Battalion was under the command of a Lieutenant-colonel and Major. Six new companies were mustered in at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, between the 8th and 15th of January, 1864. The four old companies had been ou duty at Johnson's Island, nearly all the time since tlu'ir muster in, but had frequently furnished detaclimonts for service elsewhere, including a short and very active caniiiaigu in ]>nrsuit of Rebel ti-oops, in Western Virginia in 18(12.

Tlip One Hundred and Twenty-eighth was ehielly occujiied at the frontier posts of Johnson's Island and Sandusky. Fortune did not give the regiment an opportunity to earn laurels in battle, but it performed its duties always witli faitlifulness and efficiency. If left the Island on July 10, 1865, and was nmstered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the 17th.

National Guard

This regiment was composed of men from Licking and Hardin counties, and one eompanj' of the Thirtyseventh Battallion, Ohio National Guard, of Lorain county. It was mustered into the United States' service on the lltli of May, 18fi4, and was ordered immediately to Washington City. Proceeding by way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the regiment arrived at North Mountain, where information was received that the bridge at Harper's Ferry was impassable; and the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth, with other "hundred days" regiments,"' was delayed awaiting the repair of the bridge. A picket was estab]ishe<l, and every precaution taken for defence. In a few days the troops moved on, and the regiment arrived at Washington, May 23. It was placed in the defences south of the Potomac, with headcpiarters at Fort Albany, and detachments in Forts Craig and Tillinghast. The time was occupied in repairing and these forts, and drilling in infantry and lieavy-artillery tactics. On the 5th of June the regiment was ordered to White House Landing, where it was emplo\-ed in picket duty and in guarding Rebel jirisoners. On the lOth of June the regiment was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, and proceeded on steamer, rid Fortress Monroe, up the James to Fort Powliattau. Here its progress was checked by the jiDUtiinn liridge (in which the Armj' of the Potomac was crossing the .lames. The regiment debarked and marched to Bermuda Hundred, distant twenty-tive Tiiiles. The marcli was made during two of tlie liottcsl days of suuimer, and the men suffered greatly from dust and the want of water. The regiment arrived at Fort Spring Hdl, on the eastern bank of the Appomattox, opposite Point of Rocks, on the 19th of June, and was engaged in picket and fatigue duty at Point of Rocks and at Broadway Landing. The regiment next nmved to Cherry-stone Inlet, on the eastern shore of Virginia. Headquarters were established at Eastville, the county town of Nortiiampton C(junty, and the companies were distributed at various points to guard the telegraph from Cherrystone to Wilmington, to ])revent raids from the op|iosite side of the bay, and to intercept blockade I'unners and Rebel mail-carriers. At the exjiiration of its term of service the regiment returned to Ohio, and

One Hundred And Fiftieth Regiment Ohio

This regiment rendezvoused at.Camp 'i'ayloi', near Cleveland. It was composed of eight companies from the city of Cleveland, one from Oberlin, this count.y, and one from Independence township, Cuyahoga, county. It was, on the oth of May, 18G4, sworn into the United States service for one hundred days, and was immediately ])laced on the cars for Washington City.

On its arrival the regiment was ordered to garrison Forts Lincoln, Saratoga, Thayer, Bunker Hill, Slocum, Totten, and Stevens, forming part of the chain of fortifications surrounding the National capital. Tliis important duty was fully and strictly performed, thereby enabling General Gi'aut to draw from the former garrisons of these forts the re-inforcements so much desired in liis movement thi-ough the Wilderness toward Richmond. The One Hundred and P^iftieth remained in these forts during the whole term of Service, and participated in the tight before Washington witli a part of Early's Rebel corps, July lU and

II, 18G4. Coni])anies G and K were engaged, but lieing behind breastworks, did not suffer much. One man was killed and three or four men were wounded. The regiment was mustered out at Cleveland on the 23d of August, 1804. During its term of service the regiment was rigidly and effectively drilled, and at its muster out had reached a point of military efficiency which fitted it fen- any emergency.

One Hundred And Seventy-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 21, 1804, for one year. As soon as the organization was completed the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and assigned to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Twentieth Army Corps. Soon after its arrival it was detailed to perform provost duty at Nashville, and during the siege and l;)attle at that point was in the works; but with the exception of a few companies, under Major Cummings, the regiment was not engaged. Quite a number of the officers and men were veteran soldiers, and their knowledge and experience gave the regiment considerable reputation for proficiency in drill and discipline.

was organized at Camp Dennison and mustered into the service October 8, 1861, with an aggregate strength of one hundred and forty-seven men. By m-der of General 0. M. Mitchell it left Cincinnati to report to General George U. Thomas, then in command at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. The first experience it had in the field was a brisk little affair at

Camp Wild Cat. in whicli it flred twelve rounds and silenced one of the enemy's guns. From Wild Cat it marched to London, Kentucky, where it remained two weeks. On November .5, tlie battery, under orders, joined the Seventeenth Ohio at Fishing Creek, and was engaged during tlie whole of tiiat montli in skirmishes and scout duty, with headquarters at Somerset. January 27, it moved to Mill Springs to re-enforce General Thomas. It took part in the battle of Mil! Springs, and performed very effective service. February 10, it took up its line of march for Louisville, Kentucky, where it embarked for Nashville; arriving there, it was assigned to Colonel Barnett's Artillery Reserve. July 18, 1862, it reported to Major-general Nelson at Murfreesboro, and, during the months <>f July, August and September, was almost constanlly on the marcii, and frecjuently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy. On December 20, the battery moved witii its brigade and division from Nashville towards Miii-freesboro, skirmishing heavily in and about La \'ergne. It was here that the present county recorder lost his "good right arm."' In the battle of Stone river it was stationed on the left of General Negley's division. It was involved in the disaster on the right, but succeeded in withdrawing all its guns from the field. It bore its full ])art in the battle, and lost seventeen men, killed, wounded and missing, and twenty-one horses killed. June 24, 18G3, it joine<l in the advance of the national forces on Tullalioma,. September 19, it engaged in the battle of Chickamauga. On tlie next day it Avas charged by the enemy, but succeeded in boating them off. A second charge soon followed which overwhelmed the battery, and it was obliged to leave two of its guns in the hands of the enemy. In this charge several members of the battery were wounded and caj)tured. Tliis was ill the siege of Chattanooga. January 4, 18G4, sixtj'- five of the original members of the battery re-enlisted as veterans, and were furloughed home for thirty days. Tne battery returned to Nashville in March, and on the lOlh of that month reported to Bridgeport, Alabama, wliere it remained until July, 18G0. It was then sent home to Columbus, and there ninstei'ed out, being one nf the last organizations to leave the service.

Fiftbexth Ohio In Depekdent Isattery

was recruited by Captain J. B>. Burrows and Firstlieutenant Edward Spear, Jr. This battery was mustered into the service on the 1st day of February, 1862, and was immediately ordered to Cincinnati, where it emljarked February 16, under orders for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, but on reaching Pa,due;di, Kentucky, was disembarked by order of (ienei-al Siiermau. Horses were drawn here, and the battery embnrked under oi'ders to report to General tlrant, at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Wbile proceeding up the Tennessee, and, wjien near Whitehall Landing, the boat was tired into by guerrillas, from the shore. Tlie fire was returned with shell, luuler cover of which the men of the battery landed, drove the guerrillas from their cover, and captured some prisoners and horses. In this exjiedition, the battery lost one man wounded. It reported to General Grant on the 20th, and was assigned to the Fourth division, army of the Tennessee. The battery was on the first line during the seige of Vicksburg, having position on the Hall's Ferry road, southeast of the city, and within two hundred yards of the enemy's works, and enfilading sev(U'al hundred yards of their line. In this, as in all the engagements in which the battery figured, most excellent service was performed, eliciting, on every occasion, the commendations of the commanding officers. It expended two thousand, three hundred and one rounds of ammunition during the seige. The Fifteenth was with General Sherman, princi2)ally, and participated in his famous "march to the sea." An incident is related that, at the battle of Chattahoochee River, a bird tlew upon the shoulder of Private Seth Bowers, who was acting No. 1 on one of the guns, where it remained during the engagement. At every discharge of the piece, the bird would thrust its head in the man's hair. After the recoil, it would again take its position on the man's shoulder, and watch the operations of loading. After the battle, the bird remained around the men's ijuarters, but, after a few days, disappeared.

This regiment was recruited and organized in the summer and autumn of 18fil, under the supervision of the late Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. John Hntchins, who received special authority from the war office. The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Wade, near Cleveland, Ohio, and the last company was mustered in on the 10th of October, 1861. Being the first cavalry regiment raised iu the northern part of the State, it drew into its ranks a large proportion of wealth, intelligence, capacity and culture. Men and officers were almost wholly from the Western Reserve, and represented every trade and profession. The Second was uniformed, mounted and partly drilled at Cleveland, and. in the last of November, was ordered to Camp Dennison, where it received sabers, and continued drilling during the month of December. Early in January, 1862, under orders from the war department, the Second proceeded, by rail, via. Cincinnati, St. Louis and St. Joseph, to Platte City, Misssouri.

On the 18th of February, Donbleday's brigade, of which the Second was a part, was ordered to march through the border counties of Missouri to Fort Scott, Kansas. On the 22d of February, and during the march, a scouting ]3ai'ty of one hundred and twenty men of the Second Ohio cavalry was attacked in the streets of Independence, Missouri, by an equal force, under command of the subse<]uently infamous Quantril. As the result of the Second's "first fight,"

Quantril was routed iu fifteen minutes, losing five killed, four wounded, and five captured, including one officer. The Second lost o;ie killed and three wounded. Arriving at its destination about March 1, it remained for several mouths, doing garrison and scouting duty.

In the fall following, it ]iartioipate(l in the camjiaign ending in the victory of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 3, 1862. It also fought at Carthage and Newtonia, Missouri, and at Cow Hill, Wolf Creek, and White River, Arkansas.

In November and December, the Second was transferred to the Eastern army, moving by rail to Camp Chase, Oliio, to remount and refit for the field. This accomplished, the regiment left early in April for Somerset, Kentucky, and remained in camp there, witli the exception of an occasional reconnoissancc, until tlie 37th of June.

On the 1st of July, the Second Joined in the pursuit of John Morgan, and followed the great raider twelve hundred miles, tlirough three States, marching twenty hours out of the twenty-four, living wholly upon the gifts of the people for tT\-enty-seven days, and finally sharing in tlie capture at Buffington Island.

January 1, ISG-l, nearly tlie entire regiment reenlisted. But lack of sj)ace forbids us following the regiment through all its encounters and privations. It was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 11, 1865.

Tlie Second fought under twenty-three general officers. Its horses have drunk from, and its troopers have bathed in, the waters of the Arkansas, Kaw, Osage, Cygnes, Missouri, Mississippi, Oliio, Scioto, Miami, Cumlierhuul, Tennessee, Halston, Potomac, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Rapidan, Bull Run, Mattapony, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, James, Appomattox, 151ack water, Nottoway, and Chesajieake. It campaigned through thirteen states and one territory. It traveled, as a regiment, on foot, horseback, by railroad and steamboat, on land, river, bay and ocean. 1 1 has marched an aggregate distance of twenty-seven tliousand miles; has fought in ninety-seven battles and engagements. It has served in five diiferent armies, forming a continuous line of armies from the head waters of the Arkansas to the mouth of the James; and its dead, sleeping where they fell, form a vidette-line iialf across the continent, a chain of prostrate sentinels, two thousand miles long. Even in their graves, may not these jiatroit dead still guard the glory and tlie integrity of the Republic for wiiich they fell?

Tuikd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

This regiment was organized in September, 1861, at Monroeville, Huron county. It moved to Camp Deunison on the 14tli of January, 1862. In Feb- ruary following it went to JefEersonville, Indiana. On March 3 it was ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and arrived there March 18. On the 29th it left Nashville for Pittsburgli Landing. It reached that point on April 25, and encamped four miles from the river. It remained here some time, and made several successful raids. It next moved to luka and Tuscumbia. Here it remained until June 30, wlicn it went to Courtland; thence to Decatur, Alabama, and from this point to Mooresville. On the 3d of September the division marched to Nashville, arriving there on the 6th, tlience to Mumfordsville, Kentucky, via Gallatin and Bowling Green. On September 31, the first battalion of the Third Cavalry had a sharji engagement at Mumfordsville witli tliree times its own number, and drove them into their works iu three separate charges. It lost twelve wounded and two killed. The ''Jolmnies" lost thirtyeight killed and sixty wounded. The Third Cavalry, during its first year of service, was attached to General T. J. Wood's division, and during the most of the time was under his immediate command. The second and third battalions, under Colonel Zahm, was stationed, during a portion of the summer of 1863, at Woodville, Alabama. On October 19, a detachment of the Tliird Cavalry, with a portion of the Fourth Cavalry, numbering some two hundred and fifty, was sent as an escort to Covington, Kentucky. It encamped near the old plantation of Henry Clay, at Ashland, and the next day (30th) was captured by .John Morgan, wlio stripped them of their Iiorses and valuables, paroled them and sent'tliem into the national lines. Tlie men were soon in the field again. The regiment re-enlisted in January, 1864, and were fuiioughed home. Returning to Nashville, it was re-equipped, armed and mounted, and from this time until it was mustered out, it was constantly in active service. It turned over its horses and arms at Macon and proceeded to Camp Chase, Ohio, whore it was paid off and discharged August 14, 1865, having served four years, lacking twenty days.

Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

This regiment was recruited during the months of September and October, 1863, from nearly every county in the State, rendezvousing at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, where it was mustered into the service on the 34th day of November, 1863. One-half of the regiment was engaged in doing guard duty, during the winter of 1863-4, on Jolmson's Island, having been ordered there on the 10th of November. The regiment was mounted, armed and equipped at Camp Dennison, and moved to Louisville, and then to Lexington and Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Little of importance transpired until the 33d of May, when the regiment was a portion of General Burbridge's command on the first Saltville raid. On the arrival in the vicinity of Pound Gaii, after eight days' marching, it became evident that John Morgan had entered Kentucky, and the command immediately started iu

I)ursnit. After severe marching, witli but. little time for eating or sleeping, the command arrived at Mount Sterling on the 91 Ii of Juno, ISfi-L The Twelfth was closely engaged with the rebels at this jioint, behaving with much gallantry, and was specially comi)limontcd by General Hurbridge. The Twelfth again overtook ^torgan at Cyntliiana, and fought with him, scattering his forces in every direction. T'he regiment charged through the town, crossed the river, and pursued the retreating rebels for three days. During the second exjiedition to Saltville in September, it be(!anie necessary to silence a battery i)osted upon a hill; the Twelfth, with its Ijrigade, charged up the hill and drove the enemy from his works. After this, the regiment encamped at Lexington, until ordered to Crab Orchard to join another Saltville exjiedition.

The division left Crab Orchard on the 33d of November, during a severe snow-storm, and moved to Bean's Station. On the night of their arrival the Twelfth made a successful rccouoissance to liogersville It did its full share of duty under General Stoneman, at Bristol, at Abingdon, at Marion, and thence as su])port to General Gillam in his ])ursuit of Vaughn, then back again to Marion, where General Stoneman engaged Breckenridge for forty hours, and finally defeated him. In this engagement all of tlie Twelfth bearing sabers, participated in a grand charge, driving back the enemy's cavalry. The regiment behaved gallantly throughout the fight, and received tlie praises of Generals Stoneman and Burbridge. On the 31st of December, Saltville was captured, and the forces returned to Richmond, Kentucky, where headquarters were established. As the result of this raid four boats were captured, one hundred and fifty miles of railroad, thirteen trains and locomotives, lead mines, salt works, iron foundries, and an immense quantity of stores of all sorts, were completely destroyed. During the raid Company F acted as escort to General Burljridge. About the middle of February the regiment was thoroughly armed, equipped and mounted. It then proceeded by way of Louisville and the river to Nashville, arriving March (1. From here it moved to Murfreesboro and Knoxville. At this point it again formed part of a raiding expedition under General Stoneman. The Twelfth finally rendezvoused at Nashville, and was mustered out on the 14th of November, 180.5; then proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, where it was paid and discharged on the 32d and 33d of the same month, after two years of incessant service.

The Squirrei, Hunters

During the autumn of 1803, the Confederate General Kirl)y Smith advanced upon Cincinnati with a largo army. Governor Tod issued a proclamation calling upon all who woiild furnish themselves with rations and arms to turn out, organize under their own otlicers, and rendezvous at Cincinnati, transportation over the railroads to be ])rovided by the government. About three hundred and fifty citizens of Lorain county responded to the call of the governor. These men, of course, saw no fighting, but their work was cheerfully performed, because they thought their services were needed. Governor Tod caused lithograph discharges to be forwarded to those whose namcis could l)e obtained. These discharges may be found in many homes in the county, where they are pro)ierly ])rized.

Non-Commissioned Officers

First Sergeant Martin M. Andrews, appointed Fii-st Sergeant August U, 1862; wounded in left hand in battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1863.

wounded at battle of Dallas, Oa., May 35, 1S64, Sei-K'eant Addison M. Halbert, appointed Sergeant, May 1, 18l>4. Corporal Stephen M. Cole, wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.,

Mountain, Va.. August It. 1S63. Ezekiel F. Hayes, mustered out with Company. Irving A. Noble, taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., August

26, 1861. Hiram Parsons, mustered out with Company. Thomas Sprlggs, mustered out with Company. David A. Ward, nuistered out with Company. William Woodmanse, mustered out with Company. Oliver Wise, wounded in hand, at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May

Killed In Battle Non-Commissioned Officers

Romain J. Kingsbury, killed in battle of Port Republic, Va., June 0, 1863. Charles F. King, killed in battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 37, 1863. James M. Rappleye, killed in battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 0,

:i, 1803. Charles E. Wall, killed in battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 37. 1803. Daniel P. Wood, killed in battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863.

- Fred. M. Palmer, died April 7, 1863, of wounds received in battle of Winchester, March 2;i. 1S63. Edward G. Sackett, died March 29, 1862, of wounds received in battle of

Non-Commissioned Officers

Sergeant John C. Cooper, appointed Sergeant November 21, 1861; dischai-ged at Harper's Ferry, October 26, 1863; eiUisted in United States Engineers.

Sergeant Edgar M. Condit, appointed Sergeant November 1, 1863; discharged at Alexandria, Va., February 11, 1863, tor wounds received at battle of Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862.

Sergeant Seldon A. Day, appointed Sergeant March 24, 1862; discharged at Frederick City, Md., January 35, 1863; enlisted as Hospital Steward United States Army.

Sergeant Isaac C. Jones, appointed Sergeant November 30, 1861; discharged at Dumfries, Va., March 1, 1863, to accept promotion as Second Lieutenant in Company C.

Sergeant Henry W. Lincoln, appointed Sergeant November 20, 1861 ; discharged at Alexandria, Va., August 9, 1862, by reason of promotion to Second Lieutenant in Company C .

Sergeant Ellas W. Morey, discharged at Wauhatchie, Tenn., November 10, 1863, by reason of promotion to First Lieutenant in Ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops.

Corporal Elliott F. Grabill, appointed Corporal November 1, 1863; discharged at Wauhatchie, Tenn., November 10, 1863; appointed First Lieutenant in Fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops.

States Artillery. Foster Bodle, discharged at Columbus, O.. October 2, 1863. Charles C. Bosworth, discharged at Washington, D. C, April 5, 1861; enlisted in United States Engineers. Edward F. Curtis, discharged at Columbus, O., July 7, 1862. Henry S. Clark, discharged at Cumberland, Md., September 4. 1802. Henry Claghorn, discharged at Rochester, N. Y., May 11, 1864, for