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Gen. Patterson Great blame is attached to Gen. Patterson for not engaging Gen. Johnston so as to have prevented his joining Beauregard. It is said Patterson has been engaged in catching fugitive slaves and delivering them to their rebel masters and had no time to fight the rebels. It is also claimed that he has condemned the war, calling it an unholy war, etc. But amid all this treachery, it is consoling to know that we have two men in our midst who, if not true to their coun-try, are at least, true to their own interest. These men are Chestnut & Burke. Whatever may be the fate of the country, they will continue to sell cheap goods, one door below the Isham House. They have recently been re-enforced, and are now in full blast.

Give them a call at once.

Source: The Jackson Standard, Thurs, August 1, 1861

OFF FOR THE WAROFF FOR THE WAROFF FOR THE WAROFF FOR THE WAR

RECRUITS WANTED FOR

THE WAR! On Saturday, July 20th, RECRUITS will be received at Keystone Furnace, Jackson county, Ohio, to form a Company to serve for Three Years or during the war. A-1 able-bodied men, between the ages of 18 and 45 will be received from that day until the com-pany is full.

After the company is full, it will be immediately mustered into the United States service.

M. CHURCHILL.

Keystone Furnace, July 18, 1861

Source: The Jackson Standard, Thurs, July 18, 1861

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Greetings from the General

Any undertaking such as the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War can not succeed without the work of many interested people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person who has had , or will have any part in making Civil War 150 - Jackson County a success.

I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome eve-ryone who has come as reenactors or spectators to the sev-eral events that will celebrate the Anniversary of the Civil War. Without you there would be no need for the hours of work and effort that have gone into the planning and exe-cution of these events.

It is the hope that through the several different media of the celebration, you may gain a little better understanding of the great conflict, why it was fought and by whom. May we also gain an appreciation for what was gained, and what was lost by those who stood in the front lines so many years ago because they had a conviction within themselves

that what they were doing was the right thing to do.

Men who fail to learn from the past are destined to relive its mistakes. Let us learn from the events 150 years ago so that we will never see this kind of conflict again in our great United States of America.

Wilbur & Carolyn McCormick (AKA General George W. & Sarah Morgan)

Jackson Civil War 150 Steering Committee

Paul Berridge Stewart Brenneman

Gary Chambers Merle Collins

Robert Ervin Tom Evans

Rose Ann Hartley George Kitchen

Bob Lewis Hugh & Debbie Livesay

Tammie Mash Rebecca Nobile

Carl Sears Chip & Cathy Smalley

Marty Stiles Mark Wood

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On or about July 17, 1863 John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders visited the Coles Farm in Scioto Township, Jack-son County. Morgan’s band consisted of over 2000 men, but it is thought that this was a smaller group, maybe a scouting party. They were making their way from the Beaver area in Pike County to the town of Jackson.

A group of the men were assembled near the home of Milton Smith, where Earl and Ruth Ann LeMaster live now. The house that was there then was constructed of logs. Mr. Smith was apparently running when one of the men yelled for him to halt. He didn’t stop and a shot was fired which missed Milton but hit the neighboring barn, that of John Coles, about 125 yards away. The hole made by the bullet can still be seen in the barn today.

Milton Smith was John Coles’ son-in-law.

When news that the raiders were com-ing reached the community, Grandma Coles took the children up the creek toward the Weber Farm and hid them in the bull rushes and cat tails. Grand-pa John remained at the farmstead to try to protect their belongings.

The raiders made their way from the Smith Farm down the hill to the Coles Farm. They took Grandpa John’s muz-zle loading rifle and took him prisoner and forced him to go with them. He was bare headed and for a man to be outside without his hat in those days was considered to be not fully dressed.

They made their way to the Cove Community, about 1.5 miles away, where they decided to release him. Before they did however, one of the men took his rifle by the barrel and broke the stock out of it over a stump, and handed it back to him in two piec-es. The rifle is still in the Coles family,

exactly as it was when handed back to Grandpa John.

John’s son George Coles was twelve years old at the time and remembered quite well the events that took place. My mother is Mary Kathern Coles Smalley and George was her grandpa. When she was a little girl, she stayed with her Grandpa and Grandma Coles a lot, especially during the summers. She heard the story many times from her grandpa and Aunt Belle Crabtree, George’s daughter. Mary Kathern was an adult when her Grandpa George Coles died in 1941.

Written by: George “Chip” Smalley as told to me by Aunt Belle Crabtree and my mother, Mary Kathern

Coles Smalley.

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JOHN HUNT

MORGAN For 13 days in July 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders introduced residents of south-ern and eastern Ohio to the realities of warfare and invasion. They entered Ohio in Butler County and passed through 49 communities and disrupted the lives of people in 29 counties until Morgan was at last forced to surrender near West Point in Columbiana Coun-ty.

Morgan was born in Huntsville, Ala-bama on June 1, 1825, but reared in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the eld-est of the 8 children of Calvin Cog-swell and Henrietta Hunt Morgan. At the age of 16 John Hunt entered Tran-sylvania College in Lexington, but ap-parently unable to adjust was suspend-ed after two years, and that was the end of his formal education.

He and his brother Calvin entered the Mexican War in 1846 and John was commissioned a lieutenant. They were mustered out at New Orleans in July 1847 and John entered into business in a woolen mill in Lexington.

In November 1847 Morgan married Rebecca Gratz Bruce. His business continued to prosper and he was active in community affairs, but tragedy struck in 1853 with the death of an infant son. Rebecca became an invalid for the remainder of her life. This frus-tration of being unable to do much for her appears to have influenced Morgan to make the Lexington Rifles, a local militia unit, known for more than their flashy green and gold uniforms.

When Kentucky became largely parti-san toward the Union, it became appar-ent that Morgan had become partisan toward the Confederacy; it was even

apparent before the fall of Fort Sumter when he was drilling his Kentucky Rifles. If not permitted to join the Con-federate army, he would move out on his own with his independent outfit. He continued to fly the Confederate flag over his factory.

With the death of Rebecca in July 1862, nothing remained to prevent Morgan from devoting all of his ener-gies to the Confederate cause. He led raids through Tennessee and Ken-tucky. On one raid in Kentucky in May 1862, finding there was not space on the ferry for their horses when trapped on the north side of the Cumberland River. Morgan reluctantly left his fa-vorite Kentucky thoroughbred, Black Bess, on the shore never to see her again.

In early December 1862, after leading a successful raid on Hartsville, Tennes-see, President Jefferson Davis promot-ed Morgan to the rank of Brigadier General. A few days later on Decem-ber 14, Morgan married Martha Ready of Murfreesboro.

In summer of 1863 Morgan was or-dered to move northward through Ten-

nessee and Kentucky and feign an at-tack on Louisville to divert Union forc-es and relieve the pressure on Confed-erate lines. Four of the Morgan broth-ers served under his command. Thom-as died of wounds in the arms of his brother Charlton during the raid on Lebanon, Kentucky on the way north to Indiana and Ohio.

Most of the raiders were under twenty-five years of age and came from poor rural backgrounds. They saw items in stores which they had never before seen, and as a result, they often ap-peared like children in a toy store.

There are stories that appear to reveal another side of Morgan:

* In Indiana, a miller, in paying Morgan a bribe not to burn his mill, mistaken-ly overpaid. Morgan counted the money and returning the overpayment said, “Here, take these back. Do you think I would rob you of one cent?”

* On another occasion, the rebels entered a Masonic temple and took silver jew-elry. The jewelry was or-dered restored, and men were court-martialed.

* In southern Ohio, a youth taunted them until they caught him and tied him to a tree. Preparing to hang him, Morgan appeared and ordered him released.

* In Jackson, Ohio, the re-bels held the men of town at the local fairground overnight and released them unharmed.

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* Davis Mackley, editor of the Jackson Standard, reported that the rebels stopped at his home for food; were polite and even

offered payment. He was advised that if he re-mained at home, he would not be disturbed.

* There do not appear to be any accounts of women being molested or any entry of an occupied dwelling. The rebels would ride up to a house and ask for food, but they would remain outside with their horses.

Morgan and his men detested the so-called “genuine copperhead “Vallandighammers” or “butternuts.” The brown homespun clothing that was worn by many of the Confederate soldiers was called butternut, and northerners who claimed to be south-ern sympathizers would have a butter-nut pinned on their clothing.

The only major battle of the entire raid occurred on July 19 at Buffington Ford at Portland on the Ohio River. Morgan was trapped by forces who were supported by two gunboats on the river. There were 120 casualties and 700 were captured including

Duke, Morgan’s second in command and the three Morgan brothers, Calvin, Richard and Charlton. Prisoners were loaded on the boats and taken to Cin-cinnati for processing.

The pursuit continued as Morgan fled northward. His men began falling asleep and tumbling from their horses and the horses began falling from heat exhaustion. The Federals caught up with Morgan in Columbiana County on July 26. Morgan set up a defense;

thirty raiders were killed, fifty wound-ed and 200 prisoners were taken, but Morgan still eluded capture. Finally at 2:00 that afternoon in a field near West Point, he surrendered to Major Rue. He was sixty miles from Lake Erie and covered 1,100 miles. There were 336 prisoners and 400 horses. The prisoners boarded a train for Cin-cinnati.

Governor David Tod insisted that they were civil prisoners and should be treated as such. On July 30, Morgan and a number of his officers were transferred from Cincinnati to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Even-tually, sixty-eight were confined there.

On November 26, Morgan escaped with five others. By Christmas, Mor-gan was reunited with Mattie in South Carolina. Early in January 1864, Gen-eral and Mrs. Morgan made a trium-

phal entry into Richmond, Virginia. They were well received by the citi-zens, but not by the Confederate high command. Morgan believed that the snub was the fault of Bragg, now mili-tary advisor to President Davis, who was miffed because of his earlier diso-bedience.

There were hints that Bragg might still court-martial Morgan so Morgan and Mattie left Richmond in disgust and settled in Decatur, Georgia. He ap-pealed for support to organize another force; men flocked to Decatur from all

over the South. When support came from Richmond, raids began again in Tennessee and Kentucky. Early the morning of September 4, 1864, they discovered themselves surrounded by Federals. Morgan attempted to escape, but he was shot to death by Private Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennes-see Cavalry.

On April 5, 1865, Mattie Morgan gave birth to a second child (she had lost a first one when earlier retreating to Tennessee). This daughter she named Johnnie Hunt Morgan in honor of her father.

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Captain James R. Percy

A Gallant Soldier

Second Superintendent of Jackson Union Schools

James R. Percy was a soldier in the Civil War and the 2nd per-son to serve as superintendent of the Jackson Union Schools. He was a native of Canada, but

at the outbreak of the War of Rebel-lion, he became a United States citizen and an officer in the Union army. He attained the rank of captain, made at least two return visits to Jackson and was killed outside of Atlanta, Georgia on August 18, 1864.

He commanded a company of the 53rd Regiment of Ohio Infantry, but at the time of his death, he was serving as an engineer. As he was supervising the placing of a gun into position, he was struck by a mini ball fired from the musket of an enemy sharpshooter.

Davis Mackley, editor of the Jackson Standard, described him as “one among the noblest and best friends I ever had; his polished manners and

gentlemanly deportments rendered him a universal favorite.”

Mackley also quoted the obituary from the Waverly Republican which con-cluded: He was an accomplished scholar, a high-toned gentleman, and a gallant soldier, and none who have fallen since the commencement of this sanguinary conflict will be more sin-cerely lamented that the gifted and no-ble Percy. He was unmarried. He has given up his life in a glorious cause,

and “Leaving in battle no blot on his name, Looks Proudly to Heaven from the death bed of fame.”

Mackley closed his tribute by saying: Capt. Percy was remarkably kind to his men, and spared no pains to secure their comfort. He would have made an excellent field officer, and could have secured promotion at any time, but he refused to leave the men whom he had taken into service. He fell in front of them, in the discharge of his duty, and a nobler sacrifice was never offered upon the altar of patriotism.

Percy is buried in the National Ceme-tery in Marietta, Georgia.

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1894 Civil War Veterans Reunion in Paintsville, Johnson County, KY

Front Row L-R: *Andrew J. Fox, 1 Lieutenant, Co. K, 1st KY Infantry; William L. Ball, Sergeant, Co. D, 14th KY Infantry;

Unknown; *Reuben Patrick, Captain, Home Guard/Secret Service; Elijah H. Judd, Private, Co. D, 39th KY Infantry; Un-

known; Wyatt Martin, Private, Co. F, 39th KY Infantry; *Joseph K. Dixon, Corporal Sergeant, Co. F/D, 14th KY Infantry.

Back Row L-R: Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; *Isaac Dixon, Private, Co. I/B, 14th KY Infantry; Unknown; James Lee

Wheeler, Private, Co. B, 14th KY Infantry; *Joel D. Long, Corporal, Co. B, 39th KY Infantry; George McKenzie, Corporal,

Co. G, 14th KY Infantry.

* Indicates relatives of Bill Newsom, Jackson, OH Submitted by: William Newsom

Isaac Dixon 1839 - 1906

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Samuel Llewellyn - USA John Wollam - USA (CMH) The General

On April 12, 1862, James J. Andrews and a band of Union

Civil War spies stole the General locomotive from under

the watchful eyes of guards at nearby Confederate Camp

McDonald while train passengers and crew were eating

breakfast at the Lacy Hotel in Big Shanty, which is now

Kennesaw. Andrews and his raiders attempted to travel up

to Chattanooga, Tennessee, in an attempt to cause as much

damage as possible to the Western & Atlantic Railroad by

destroying telegraph wires and as much of the railroad it-

self along their path.

During their breakfast stop, Conductor William A. Fuller

noticed that the train began moving, and he, Jeff Cain and

Anthony Murphy set off in pursuit of the locomotive on

foot. At the General’s next known stop, the three men bor-

rowed a platform car and continued pursuit. A stroke of

luck put the conductor and his men on the William R.

Smith locomotive, which was awaiting departure near

Kingston. When Fuller and his men came upon tracks bro-

ken by the raiders in Adairsville, they again pursued

the General on foot until they were able to commandeer

the Texas locomotive, all the while gaining on the raiders

as they slowed down to cut wires and uproot track.

The spies were stopped just before reaching Chattanooga.

Those who were caught, including Andrews and Sgt. John

Scott, were hanged. The Union participants of the Great

Locomotive Chase were later among the first recipients of

the Medal of Honor, many posthumously.

Sergeant Samuel Llewellyn: A Forgotten Hero

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1841, Llewellyn was a coal miner by the age of 10. He moved to Pomeroy, Ohio in 1855, when he answered President Lin-coln’s call for 75,000 volunteers to serve for a term of three months to defend our nation’s capital. He enlisted in Co. F, 18th regiment of the Ohio Infantry. When this term ended he enlisted in Co. I, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A month later he was promoted to the rank of corporal.

Corporal Llewellyn was one of twenty-three volunteers from rural Ohio who joined James J. Andrews, in forming Andrews’ Raiders who stole the Confederate locomotive, “The General,” and proceeded northward burning railroad bridges along the way.

On the way to the meeting site, prior to the plan of steal-ing/liberating a Confederate train, he and one other raider were forced to enlist in the Confederate Army at Jasper, Tn. in order to maintain their disguise. He escaped to Un-ion lines near Bridgeport, Ala. on April 29, 1862 and was promoted to Sgt. on May 20, 1862. Although most of the other raiders were awarded the Congressional "Medal of Honor" for their involvement in the Andrews Raid, Llew-ellyn, for some reason, declined to apply for it. He fought at the Battle of Chickamauga on Sept. 20, 1863 & was wounded in the chin. He was captured by the Confederates and was paroled on May 1, 1864. He received his dis-charge on Oct. 17, 1864.

In 1890-1893 he was two-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio General Assembly, from Jackson

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County. He received a $15./mo. pension starting Oct. 27, 1911; raised to $25./mo. on May 20, 1912. He died Aug.

14, 1915 at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home in Sandusky, Ohio and is buried near the entrance of the Coal-ton City Cemetery in Coalton, Ohio.

John Wollam: A Daring Hero

Wollam originally from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania came to Jackson in the early 1850’s after residing for a brief peri-od in Cincinnati. John Wollam was one of the volunteers who became a part of the “Great Locomotive Chase”.

Wollam was one of the 22 soldiers involved in the chase who was awarded the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery in the face of the enemy. He served as a Private in Co. C, 33rd Ohio Infantry, Union Army. Wollam was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 20, 1864. He rarely discussed his experiences as a soldier and then only to his most intimate friends. He did not ex-ploit his being a winner of the United States Medal of Honor. John Wollam resided in Ohio and Illinois until 1877, and it appears that during the last years of his life, he was a bridge builder in Topeka Kansas. He died on

September 25, 1890 at his home in Topeka, and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Jackson, Ohio.

Sources: Robert Ervin, Findagrave.com, & http://www.southernmuseum.org

Robert Bruce McNeal

September 28, 1842—March 8, 1863

Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Union Army

7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Co, E Submitted by: Georgia McNeal Gillfillan

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The Garden Lovers Club chose to make the McKinley Park, a triangular area on South, Bur-lington, and Columbia Streets a project to under-take as a part of the Civil War 150 remembrance. A design was created for them by Mike Stroth of the Jackson Historical Society to include trees, perennials, walkways and benches and from there the club members began their planning.

In early May, in observance of Arbor Day the Garden Lovers Club working with the Jackson City Shade Tree Commission were able to see the McKinley Park im-provements take place. A total of eight flowering crabapple trees had been planted in this triangle of land that on No-vember 20, 1901 the then Village of Jackson Council set aside as a public park. This was done in remembrance of Presi-dent of the United States William McKinley who had lived through the Civil War, and was assassinated on September 14, 1901. Although the park was set aside in 1901, improvements had never been undertaken.

Additional landscaping by the Garden Lovers Club will be added as their project for the 150 year observance of the Civil War continues.

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JOHN WILLIAM HANK 1844-1925

John William Hank was born November 1, 1844 to Dr. Caleb & Mary Ann Mathews Hank in Union, Monroe County, Virginia. He migrated with his parents to Jackson County in 1847 and settled in the neighbor-hood east of Jackson where he grew to manhood.

On July 4, 1863, at the age of 18, Hank enlisted in

Company F 129th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Marietta. He served in West Virginia and Tennes-see for six months and was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio. He re-enlisted in the 187th Regiment Ohio Volun-teer Infantry and served until the close of the war.

After the war, on July 26, 1866, he married Mildred Rice. They were the parents of Nancy Isabel Hank Poore, born

August 30, 1867 and Clara Rebecca Hank Scurlock, born November 16, 1872.

As a Civil War Veteran and National Chorister for the Grand Army of the Republic, he is remembered in the area for his singing. As a singer, J. W. Hank was widely known for his favorite army songs, "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground," "The Boys in Blue," and others, having been recorded for phonograph reproduction and sold coast to coast. He came to prominence more than locally by his patriotic and inspirational singing at state and national en-campments of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is pro-filed in the book, History of Jackson County and its People by Robert Edgar Ervin.

John William Hank died in Jackson on November 7, 1925 just 6 days after his 81st birthday.

It is altogether fitting that we remember this Civil War veteran in this cemetery today. It was written in an early Jackson newspaper that “John William Hank is remem-bered for his fervent rendition of the song “the Old Flag Never Touched the Ground” each Memorial Day in Me-morial Hall in the original section of Fairmount Ceme-tery.”

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James Irvine Dungan (1844 - 1931)

19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

James Irvine Dungan, a Representative from Ohio was born in Can-onsburg, Washington County, PA on May 29, 1844. He studied Law, admitted to the bar in 1868 when he moved to Jackson and started his practice here. During the Civil War he was color sergeant for the

19th Reg. Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was made a prisoner of war and served about a year in a POW camp in Texas. When the war ended, he resumed his law practice and became interest-ed in politics. The served as superintendent of schools in Jackson, and City and County school examiner in 1867 and 1868. In 1869 he became the mayor of Jackson. During the years of 1877 - 1879 he served as a member of the State senate and as a delegate to the Democratic National Conven-tion in 1880. He was elected to Congress in 1891 and served until 1893. In 1895 he returned to Jackson and resumed his law practice where he worked until his death in1931. His grave in in Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson. Mr. Dungan was the Great Grandfather of Hugh Livesay of Jackson.

Submitted by: Hugh Livesay

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William Franklin

Yerian (1834-1929)

47th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

William F. Yerian was with General Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. He was born in New-ark, Licking County, Ohio and died in Liberty, Jackson County, Ohio. He was the son of Daniel and Mary Trago Yerian. Wm. Married Miriam Chid Harvey in 1858 and they had 5 children; Ira E., Jo-

seph O., William F., Virginia, and Ida Alma. He was a member of the Francis Smith Post G.A.R and enjoyed at-tending the meetings when able. He is buried in Pleasant

Grove Cemetery.

Submitted by: Donna Scurlock

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The D. M. Davis Male Voice Choir in association with the Southern Hills Arts Council of Jackson presented a musical tribute to the Civil War 150 Anniver-sary with music written and sung before or during the years of the Civil War. (1861-1865)

The program began with the presenta-tion of the 1861 colors of both the Un-ion and Confederacy by re-enactors representing the respective sides. This was followed by the presentation of the modern U.S. colors by James McGee, a modern day warri-or, followed by the “Star Spangled Banner”.

The D. M. Davis Male Voice Choir is a locally based, all men’s choir, consisting of men from three counties in southern Ohio. The 36 man chorus is directed by Senior Director Wilbur McCormick and Directors Clark Walker and Bryce Werts with Stevie Jarvis being the Piano Ac-companist. The men range in age from fifteen to eighty four years and include men from all walks of life. The group includes three father-son combinations and one grandfather with two grandsons. There are nine men in-cluded who ether are or have been music directors or mu-sic educators. Five of the men are current members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

The Senior Director is a retired History and Computer Sci-ence teacher with a love of music that has given him over three decades of directing experience. Directors Walker and Werts are both professional music educators, currently working in the Jackson and Oak Hill public school sys-tems.

“The Blue &

Photos courtesy of The Telegram

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Zebedee Shook

Co. C 17th Reg. West Virginia Infantry

John W. Simpson

Co. F 2nd Reg. Maryland Infantry

Submitted by: Marlene Sexton Simpson

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my of the Republic named in his honor; The Fran-

cis Smith Post 365 of Ohio.

Smith was born in January 1799 in Wheeling, Vir-ginia, now West Virginia. His family was original-ly from the state of Maine. By 1810, Smith was living with his father Joseph in the Zanesville area of Muskingum County, Ohio. On October 10, 1820, he married Malinda McFarland in Ross County, Ohio. In 1840, the family moved to land in Jackson County at Middleton east of Berlin. In 1853, Smith rented the Isham House in Jackson

from Chapman Isham. As proprietor of the hotel, he was listed as Francis Smith and Sons.

When the War of Rebellion began in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for three months. Francis Smith, at age 62, was the first volun-teer for the 18th Ohio Valley Infantry under Captain John J. Hoffman in western Virginia. After receiving his honorable discharge, he enlisted in the 53rd Regi-ment of Ohio Infantry commanded by Captain James R. Percy. On April 6, 1862, Smith fell in battle at Pitts-burgh Landing (Shiloh). He died instantly from wounds in the head, chest, and right hand. The Rebels robbed him of his watch, spectacles, and boots. His body was held by the Rebels until they were driven back, and the Union dead were recovered. He was buried on the bat-tlefield.

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The Civil War rations that sol-diers received as their daily allow-ance of food were often unappealing and unhealthy. As is the case with major food manu-

facturers today, the government on both sides focused on filling the men rather than giving them energy to travel and fight. Even that often failed due to challenges with food distribution. Poor diet caused many Civil War diseases.

Civil War Food Distribution

The Commissary Department purchased, stored, and sup-plied the food to soldiers. Transportation and distribution networks were already established in the North, so the Un-ion Army fared better than the Confederates. Sometimes herds of cattle were driven along with the troops and slaughtered as needed, but they mainly received salted beef or pork, sometimes so spoiled that it made the men sick. The Civil War rations were given out uncooked and then soldiers could prepare their food individually or gather into a small group called a mess to cook and share their rations. If soldiers knew a march was coming up, they cooked eve-rything and stored it in their haversack, a canvas bag.

Union

Civil War Rations

. 12 oz. pork or bacon or 1lb. fresh or salt beef

· 1lb 6oz. soft bread or flour or 1 lb hardtack or 1 lb. 4 oz. cornmeal

For every 100 men:

· 15 lb. beans or peas 10 lb. rice or hominy

· 10 lb. green coffee or 8 lb. roasted coffee 1 lb. 8oz tea

· 15 lb. sugar

4 quarts vinegar

· 1 quart molasses

Notice the hardtack, beans, and rice. The beans were dried white navy beans that had to be soaked overnight then cooked several hours. These starches all had little flavor, but they added bulk and were cheap for the Army to sup-ply. The sugar caused nutritional deficits, as described in the book Sugar Blues .

The coffee beans were usually green and raw, so the men had to roast them in the fire. The Union Army supplied good coffee regularly since they were able to trade abroad, so Union soldiers often bartered coffee for tobacco from Southerners.

Confederate

Daily Civil War Rations

The Confederate Army started out issuing the same ration as the Union, but the rations were gradually reduced as the Civil War continued. Shortages due to poor food distribu-tion were common. Southerners were more likely to have bacon and cornmeal, and they often did not have coffee due to the shipping blockade. It had become popular as a beverage shortly before the war broke out. Some bartered tobacco for coffee from Northerners, or they tried making substitutes out of acorns or chicory.

Additional Food in the Civil War Rations

The armies also supplied fresh vegetables (sometimes fresh carrots, onions, turnips and potatoes), dried fruit, and dried vegetables as part of the ration when they were available. Men also foraged and scavenged the countryside for fresh food at times. Many also received supplements mailed from their family, or they could buy from sutlers who fol-lowed the troops selling foods, beer, and whisky, even though the troops were forbidden to drink alcohol.

Soldiers likely prepared their Civil War rations similar to the way they ate at home and used cooking techniques modified for an open fire and limited supplies.

Source: www.visit-gettysburg.com/civil/war/rations.html

Rations For the

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Many heroic men and women joined forces with others in a vast network that helped runaway slaves secure freedom. Three groups of people were most active in the Underground Rail-road efforts in southern Ohio. They were the Presbyterians, the Quakers, and Free People of Color. These brave people risked the loss of property, money, imprisonment and even death if caught hiding or helping fugitives.

Three or four Underground Railroad trails or routes were used by fugitives in Ross County. Trails began at the Ohio River and ended at Lake Erie, though for some, the trail ended in southern Ohio. Fugitives sometimes stayed in African American Settle-ments in southern Ohio, while others found freedom in Canada. Fugitives crossed the Ohio River at Ripley, Portsmouth, Ironton, Marietta and Gal-lipolis. Meigs County was another place of many crossings, while some crossed the Ohio at Cincinnati.

Fugitives running on the Western Route crossed the Ohio River at Rip-ley and were often hidden by the resi-dents of the Africa Hill Settlement or by John Rankin, a Presbyterian minis-ter. From there fugitives were conduct-ed to Red Oak (Brown County) to West Union in Adams County. Presby-terian conductors took escaping slaves from West Union to Tranquillity to the home of John T. Wilson and then

crossed into Highland County at Sink-ing Springs.

Here at Sinking Springs the trail split. Options included heading North through Carmel and Greenfield (Thomas Dick in Highland County) and to Washington Court House in

Fayette County, where members of the Beatty, Steele, Alexander families or an African American, Ausustus West, conducted them to places of safety. The line then headed north through Madison County and finally going northeast into Franklin County. They then traveled north until they reached Sandusky, Lorian, Cleveland or Ashta-bulla, depending on which northern trail was the safest.

Fugitives sent on the second Option trail at Sink Springs passed through

Pike County (Eager Inn) and the P. P. Settlement (named for Peter Patrick), an African American settlement, and then crossed into Ross County and proceeded to Bourneville. From Bourneville (Robert I. Robertson sta-tion) the trail went north on Lower Twin Road to what is now Route 28 at either Lattaville , Stillguest Settlement or Frankfort. However, from Bourne-ville the trail might lead them through Chillicothe, or west of the Settlement and then north toward Columbus.

Entering Ohio from Kentucky at Ports-mouth slaves very often were brought across the Ohio River by a River Boat Captain, who took them to an African American Farmer. The farmer would take fugitives to the Pee Pee Settle-ment in Pike County (Eden Baptist Church). Pike County conductors moved them to Ross County usually through Bourneville to Frankfort and then west of Circleville. Finally, the fugitives would be taken north to Franklin County. Sometimes, fugitives followed the trail from Portsmouth to Chillicothe, where they would be taken northward to Franklin County. Elm Grove in Pike County, near Piketon offered a safe haven for fugitives on the way to the P. P. Settlement in Pike County or to Chillicothe.

From Virginia, at Gallipolis runaways followed the trail through Point Pleas-ant to Porter, Rio Grande , then to Thurman all in Gallia County then to Berlin Cross Roads in Jackson County. From Jackson County, runaways crossed into Ross County and traveling through Richmond Dale (Quaker set-tlement) and then northeast of Chil-licothe through Springfield Township and finally through Pickaway County at Dresbach Station to stations east of Columbus and then points north where

Rails of Moonlight (The Underground Railroad)

Jackson County, Ohio

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they were helped by the Wards, Shep-herds, Westwaters, Keltons among others.

BERLIN CROSS ROADS, JACKSON, COUNTY

The Woodson/Nookes/Yancy/Leach/Wilson families, all African Ameri-cans operated stations and safehouses. Two of the Woodson men, John and Thomas Jr. were beaten to death be-cause of their work on the Under-ground Railroad. The Woodsons re-ceived runaways from Poke Patch (Gallia County) and conducted them to either Chillicothe or Washington Court House. Some of the African American operators were:

· Howell James

· Noah Noakes (Nookes)

· Rev. James Stewart

· Lewis Leach

· John Wilson

· Benjamin Wilson Jr.

· Clifford Nookes(Nookes)

· George Woodson · Thomas Woodson Jr.

· James Woodson

· Edward Woodson

· William Woodson

· John Cassels

. James Cassels

· Thomas Dyer

Source: www.angelfire.com/oh/chillicothe/ugrr.html

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UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

September 18-22, 2012 Jackson County Apple Festival

Sponsored by: Jackson Jaycees

“Morgan’s Route and Apples to Boot”

Streets of Downtown Jackson

Civil War Ball Workshop

Sponsored by: The Tea Ladies

October 19, 2012—Jackson Memorial Building

Miss Rosebud, Caller

Wellston Rotary Minstrel Show

Sponsored by: Wellston Rotary Club

Civil War Theme

March 2013

Masonic Drama—Story of Morgan’s Raid of Masonic Lodge

Sponsored by: Trowel Lodge # 132

June 9, 2013

Place to be announced

Morgan’s Raid & Civil War Battles Reenactment

Sponsored by: Jackson Historical Society

August 16-18, 2013

Jackson, Ohio

Civil War Funeral

Sponsored by: Mayhew-Brown Funeral Home

Spring 2014

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150th Anniversary of Morgan’s Raid

August 16-18, 2013

Friday Events:

Registration for Reenactors & Sutlers Open 3:00 - 9:00 pm

There will be some campfire events and fun games planned for early arrivals!

Saturday Events:

Registration opens at 8:00 am

Morgan’s Raid Downtown

Camp at encampment site will open to public after Raid

‘ Battle at encampment site

Various events in Main Tent throughout afternoon

Fife & Drum Corps

Lincoln & other 1st person presentations

Other events

Pie Baking Contest

Ladies Tea

Camp closed to public

Camp Ball

Sunday Events:

Worship Service

Various events in Main Tent throughout afternoon

Afternoon Battle

Paymaster will draw lotteries and pay bounties

Tear down & clean up

Specific times to be announced as event draws near. Check our website for more details on schedule as date comes closer!

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Military OrganizaGon

1 Squad = about 12 men.

1 Sec<on = 2 Squads or about 25 men.

1 Platoon = 2 Sec<ons or about 50 men.

1 Company = 2 Platoons or about 100 men.

1 Regiment = 10 Companies or about 1000 men .

(2 Ba9alions of 800 men also = 1 Regiment)

1 Brigade = 3000 to 6000 men.

1 Division could = 6 Brigades or up to 36000 men.

(most were in the 10000 to 15000 range)

1 Corps could = as li9le as 10000 men or as much as

100000 men.

1 Army = 1 or more Corps but was generally in the

100000 man range.

Home Cookin’ Rhubarb Butter

Rhubarb (as much as you have) cut in pieces

1/4 cup of sugar per pound of rhubarb.

Cut up as much rhubarb as you have and sprinkle it with about 1/4 cup of sugar per pound of rhubarb. (More of less as you like). Let that sit overnight in the fridge, and when you have time place it all in a pot. The pot is important because rhubarb is very acidic and you should not use aluminum or cast iron. The radiant heat produced by an enameled cast iron pot is ideal. Cook it on your lowest flame for about 3 or 4 hours. Stir occa-sionally at first and more often after it thickens. It will be thick and beautiful when it’s done. Now you can keep it in small jelly jars and freeze them for later as long as you give them room to expansion.

DO NOT try to can rhubarb. It will break the jars and all will be lost.

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George W. Riegel 1833-1904

172nd Ohio Infantry

2 February, 1864 - 3 September, 1864

George Riegel served in the Union Army for seven months. He was the son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Shultz Riegel of Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio. George married Parthena Sheward in 1857 and they were the parents of Eliza A., Harley Mackley, Ora Almeda, Cressie V., Mamie, and Stella Riegel. A number of great-grandchildren of this un-

ion are still living in the Jackson County area.

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Year of our Lord 1863. A proper tea, a gathering

of friends with light refreshments,

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October 19, 2012 ~ 7:00 ~ 11:00 pm

Jackson Memorial Building

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Letter from Camp Anderson

Lancaster, Ohio, May 26, 1861

Dear Brother: Here I am in Camp Anderson, as a volunteer in the defense of the Union –

which, in its present disrupted condi-tions, I feel in duty bound to protect, as long as one drop of blood remains in my veins. I have been here about four weeks and there is about 1050 men in camp, and I assure you that a more sturdy, determined and braver set of fellows cannot be found in the State. We are encamped in the Fair Grounds about half a mile from Lan-caster and live tolerably well in the way of stables, but as we have to sleep in the horse and cattle stalls, on straw, and only a thin blanket to spread over us, you may judge that it is not very pleasant, especially in wet weather, and with leaky roofs.

Upon the whole, I think that a sol-dier’s life is not a very pleasant one. I volunteered for the term of three months, but as there are a good many of this regiment enlisting for three years service I think that I shall make one of their number. When that time expires, I will have some experience in soldiering if some of the accursed, Hell-deserving, God-forsaken traitors of the Southern mobocracy don’t “dump” me over. However, as I feel now, with the consciousness of having God and Liberty on my side. I think I can lick any ten of those traitorous, false-hearted imps of Satan, who most villainously presume to tear down that glorious emblem of Liberty and Jus-tice, the American Flag, with its stars and stripes, and place in its stead that obnoxious rag of Secession and Dis-union!

We are kept under very strict disci-pline. A guard is stationed both inside and outside of the camp , with strict orders to bayonet any person who attempts to cross

their line without a pass from head-quarters. I have been here four weeks and never have been outside of the camp until yesterday evening.

The soldiers are on drill from 7 o’clock A.M., till 5, P.M. We have regular hours going to bed and getting up in the morning. Being principal tifer in this regiment, I am compelled to arise at 4 ½ o’clock when the sol-diers get up, and I do not get to bed until ten o’clock. But I think old “squirt-tail” is able to stand it.

We received news here this morning that they were fighting like blue blazes in Alexandris, which stirred up the blood of our men considerably, and we are all fairly “spilin’” for an oppor-tunity to do a little of it ourselves.

Give my love to all the friends. Noth-ing more; but remember your brother,

JOHN H. STORER

SOURCE: The Standard, June 13, 1861

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On Sunday evening, July 1st, as our nation prepared to celebrate another anniversary of our free-dom, the community choir and community band joined together to give us an evening of entertain-ment and education.

In keeping with the communities remembrance of the 150th anniver-sary of the Civil War, Mrs. Keller with the able assistance of Mr. Gordon gave us all a look into the life of the African-Americans who were still in bondage at that time.

Mr. Gordon, who is well known for his studies in Appalachian and African-American cultures, taught us that the music of the mid 1800 black popula-tion was often used to communicate escape plans and escape methods while their owners and overseers listened. Songs like “Get on Board Little Chil-

dren” referred to the Underground Railroad and “Crossing over Jordon” meant the crossing of the Ohio river.

Robert Ervin, as Abraham Lincoln spoke of Gettysburg and recited the “Gettysburg Address” which for 150 years has inspired Americans to build a better nation where all can live secure.

The community chorus and band kept the evening lively with many of the well known marches and spirituals .

The evening ending with a solo sung be Sandy Wilkin, “Tribute To a Sol-dier” which could have been written for soldiers of all ages. The Composer, Irene Ward, was in attendance.

16th Annual Community Concert July 1, 2012

Christ United Methodist Church

Narrator - Robert Gordon

Back Row: Mayor Randy Heath - Director Paul Hogue - Director Clark Walker

Front Row: Pianist Mary Elizabeth Billman - Program Director Hope Keller

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THE OTHER GENERAL MORGAN

UNION BRIGADIER

GEORGE WASHINGTON MORGAN

For a period of two weeks in the fall of 1862, Brigadier General George Washington Morgan and 11,225 troops were encamped 2 ½ miles east of Camp Wood and the two hamlets of Portland and Oak Hill, in the vicinity of the Welsh Moriah Church. They had retreated there from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Morgan had captured the strategic Gap almost without a fight on June 18, 1862 when the Confederate forces withdrew to protect their supply bases in Georgia. The Gap was important to the Union forces because it gave them control of eastern Kentucky and Ten-nessee and prevented the passage of the rebels between those regions and Virginia.

Almost immediately, Morgan realized the importance of protecting his sup-ply lines from central Kentucky, but it

appears that he did not receive the support of General-in-Chief Halleck and Secretary of War and Morgan had to abandon some $4,000,000 worth of supplies and ammunition and made what became a disorderly retreat across Kentucky to the Ohio River. Crossing the river at Wheelersburg, he marched northward toward Jackson County.

Morgan, a native of Mount Vernon, Ohio had started his military career at the age of 16 when he went to Texas and joining the army of independence. Following the Alamo, he advanced from private to captain. With the com-ing of Mexican War in 1846, Captain Morgan was an attorney, editor of The Democratic Banner, and commander of the colorful militia company known as the “Young Guard.” At the age of 27, he was the youngest American general in the Mexican War. In 15 months, he had advanced in rank fast-er than Robert E. Lee, Grant, Sher-man, McClellan, Hooker, Longstreet and Bragg.

With all of the initial expressions of confidence, nobody had any reason to believe that Morgan would ever con-sider retreat, or in his words, an “advance of 219 miles to the Ohio River.” Nevertheless, he was con-cerned about the defense of his supply lines. Apparently discouraged, Mor-gan submitted his resignation to Gen-eral Buell on July 17, 1862, but Buell refused to accept it and, in an apparent move to appease Morgan, informed him that he was leaving the disposition of his troops to his own judgment.

Glowing reports from Morgan began flowing to the War Department and with these it appears that General-in-Chief Halleck began to question the

competency of Morgan. Buell replied that he considered Morgan satisfactory and saw no reason for a transfer of command.

It appears that at the same time Mor-gan was reporting that he had supplies for 70-80 days, his troops were hun-gry, and their situation was desperate. A decision for evacuation was unani-mous by his staff and a huge pit was dug and filled with gunpowder; and

14,000 loaded rifles and pistols were placed in the pit and fused.

On the night of September 16, the troops began marching out leaving a small number to light the fuses. As the fires and fuses were ignited Morgan reported that the “scene of explosions and fire was indescribably grand. Val-ley was bright as day. With explosions of ammunition the mountains were shaken like a toy in the hands of a monster. Explosions kept up until noon.”

There was much suffering from hun-ger and thirst. The men were already half-starved when they departed the Gap. During the 17-day march to the Ohio River, some were lucky enough to find a few bites to supplement their meager rations. When a mule or horse died, there was no problem with its disposal. A patch of corn would be grated into a coarse meal and parched or boiled to a mush.

Sometimes the men marched more than two days without a drop of water. Near West Liberty, Kentucky, water was discovered in the hoof-prints of the horses of the John Hunt Morgan cavalry, and the men fought like wild animals for possession of a single hoof print for a drink.

There was also a lack of clothing. Many of the privates lacked clothing

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when they departed the Gap, and the effects of the brush and rocks along the way left the men literally naked. Most of the men were barefoot. At Greenupsburg (Greenup) Kentucky, the women of the town were urged to stay indoors as the men were in no condition to be seen.

Harassment from the John Hunt Mor-gan Cavalry continued until they reached Grayson. There was a report that at least ten women were a part of the march. Why they were in a battle area in violation of army regulations was never explained in official rec-ords.

Following a march of 21 days and 250 miles, the soldiers began arriving at Camp Wood on October 7. There were also 28 artillery pieces, each drawn by six mules; 540 wagons, drawn by

some 800 mules, and about 200 ex-hausted horses used by the cavalry and officers.

The artillery was kept at Camp Wood, but the infantry was moved 2 ½ miles east to the valley before the Welsh Moriah Church. Here there was ample water in Symmes Creek.

Disorder in the camp was rampant, and brawls were common. Soldiers were not the only source of difficulties. Radical Copperheads attempted to wreck railroad trains bringing in mili-tary supplies by piling crossties on the tracks.

General Morgan resigned his commis-sion on June 8, 1863 and returned to Mount Vernon, Ohio. He resumed his practice of law and was active in the Peace-Democrat or Cop-perhead party. He was nominated as the Democratic candidate for gov-

ernor of Ohio in 1865 but was defeated by Jacob D. Cox. Morgan later served three terms in Congress

George Washington Morgan died on July 26-1893 at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, where he had been taken for special medical treatment. He is buried in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The three crossed swords on his monument sym-bolized the three wars in which he served.

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Henry Bloss (1839-1930)

187th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

1865-1866 - Union

Henry Bloss was born in a small town in Bavaria Germany and died in Jackson County, Ohio. Henry was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Bloss. He married Caro-line Maybouin in 1864, she died in 1887 leaving him with 8 small children. In 1889 he married Hannah Eubanks Tilley. Henry practiced the trade of boot mak-ing in the building now occupied by Jackson Farm Bureau. His obituary stated, “He has left to his children what is far better than riches, the heritage of a good name.” He is buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson, Ohio.

Three grandchildren survive and live in Jackson: Henry J. Bloss, Richard L. Bloss and Betty Bloss Richards. Charles W. is deceased.

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Hiram Scurlock (1835-1882)

172nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K

5 May, 1864 - 3 Sept, 1864

Hiram Scurlock served with the Garrison guarding the arsenal at Gallipolis OH. He was born in Bloomfield township, Jackson County, Ohio, and died at Flint, Michigan aged 47 years, 1 month and 21 days. He was the son of George Washing and Elizabeth Hanna Scurlock, married Nancy Callahan of Jackson County on 25 June, 1857 and was the fa-ther of William Callahan, Elisha L., Susana Virginia, George A., John J., Harrison Ells-

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Cyrus Craton Cassel 1845-1919 came from Berlin Cross-roads, Jackson County, Ohio. He served in the Civil War in Co H 27th USC Infantry. Cassel was laid to rest in

Woodson Cemetery, Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.

Captain Benjamin Franklin Stearns 1831-1913 served as 1st Lieut Co K Capt. Co C 36th Ohio Infantry; Brevet

Major U.S. Volunteers. He married Sarah Ann Bundy, daughter of Ohio Congressman Hezekiah Sanford Bun-dy originally of Wellston, Ohio. Stearns is buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Joseph B. Foraker, the thirty-seventh governor of Ohio, was born near Rainsboro, Ohio on July 5, 1846. He worked on his family’s farm until he was 16 years old when he vol-unteered to serve

the Union Army in the Civil War. He was mustered into Company A of the 89th Ohio Infantry as a Sergeant and promoted to 1st Lieutenant and fought at the battles of Chickamauga, Kenne-saw Mountain, and the Atlanta Cam-paign. He was promoted to Brevet Captain before he was mustered out of the service with the rest of the regi-ment. He married Julia Ann Bundy of Wellston, Ohio.

After returning home he attended Sa-lem Academy at Ohio Wesleyan Uni-versity, and then on to study law at

Cornell University. After establishing his legal career, Foraker entered into politics. He first won election to the Cincinnati Superior Court bench, a position he held from 1879 to 1882. Foraker next secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and was elected governor by a popular vote in the 1885 general election and again in 1887. During his tenure, the state's taxation system was improved; elec-

tion laws were revised; a state board of

health was established; and corruption

in city government was addressed.

Harvey Wells – 1846-1896 was the founder of Wellston, Ohio in the early 1870’s. John C. H. Cobb was a brother-in-law of Har-vey Wells,

founder of Wellston, and they had much in common, besides having mar-ried sisters, Cobb’s wife being Lucy Bundy and Well’s wife Eliza Bundy, daughters of former Congressman Hezekiah S. Bundy, who owned the land on which Wellston is built.

Both Harvey and John C. H. Cobb came from the Wilkesville neighbor-hood and both had gone through the Civil War in Company D, 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Wells was living in Cobb’s home when he conceived in his mind's eye a city, which he boasted would be the "New Pittsburgh of the West".

They were hardly more than boys when they mustered in at Gallipolis and marched away, through Cheshire and Pomeroy and on to Parkersburg, where they formed their first skirmish line between the city and a force of threatening Rebels. They marched and fought, and learned the art of war, until four years later and after seventeen fierce and bloody battles, the soldiers found themselves west of Richmond, VA., across the Richmond & Danville KY., and south of Lee's Army on the historic field of Appomattox, a sleepy little village on a slow little stream. And there they came to the end of the war!

How true the old saying that "Few shall part where many have met." They left many brave boys behind on Vir-ginia battle fields.

Harvey Wells saw that iron ore and coal and clay and salt were of no value until they were brought out of the ground and by man's skill and labor converted into something people could use. That means mines and blast fur-naces which required capital. To get capital, he must turn on the wind and "Whoop 'er up."

Despite scoffers his plan was “to found a new town, with the two largest iron furnaces in Ohio. I'll have 40,000 to 50,000 people in 5 years because we have coal, clay, iron ore and every-thing to make iron and other manufac-turers. He added this warning: "Then we'll come back to Jackson and move the courthouse to Wellston." And for a generation they feared he would do it.

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The summer of 1873 kept him busy shaping up his new town. He engaged Richard Craig, the Vinton county sur-veyor, to plat 1000 town lots, using for the purpose 270 acres of his 1000-acre Bundy land. Much of the land was planted in corn, and immediately south of his town site and on the rail-road was the shaft that Harry Willard, a young man in his 20's, was sinking to the lately discovered coal seam, preparatory to building Milton Fur-nace.

Many counties west of Jackson Co. especially up in the Pickaway Plains were hungry for coal. And the pro-spects of being able to get coal so near awakened their interest. So Harvey Wells went to Washington C. H. and invited a delegation of business men

and farmers to come by train from Fayette county to Hamden.

He asked me to go with him to meet them on an early morning train. He had carriages waiting. About ten men got off. We took them immediately over the hill to the land. We showed them how nicely it lay for a town site, and took some of the newly found Wellston coal from the open shaft. It burned readily.

All the time Harvey was talking-he was a great talker and most persua-sive. Finally the oldest man in the par-ty spoke up. I think he was a banker from Washington C. H., and he said:

"Mr. Wells, you have misrepresented this property."

There was a dead silence. Nobody else said a word. He had turned ice water on the whole plan. Then the old banker broke the silence.

"You presented this property to us and we find it much better than you de-scribed. We will take it on your terms. Get your deed ready at once. We have told our attorney who is with us to apply for a charter for the Wellston Coal & Iron Co.

"Just complete the survey of lots, make your maps, and we will pay all the bills, and remember, call the new city Wellston."

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Jackson County Iron

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Jefferson Furnace, formed by a group of Welshmen who formed one of the first Joint Stock Companies in order to raise the necessary capital. Some of the inves-tors were farmers who offered mineral and/or forest rights in place of cash. Man-agement was paid a flat fee of $500-$600/year, while the direct labor force was paid $0.80-$1.25/hour.

The first cast was completed on October 15th, 1854. The stack was 40 feet tall and the furnace had a daily capacity of 14 tons. The iron produced at Jefferson was sold under the trade name "Anchor". Some of this iron is reputed to have been used to make the Union warship Moni-tor (of Civil War fame), as well as the seven ton guns at Harper's Ferry.

The furnace was originally a cold blast furnace, but was converted to hot blast in later years, with a steam pressure of 60 psi max. The waste gasses were sent under the boil-er, thru a single hot blast stove, and then into the furnace. The blowing engine was a horizontal steam engine.

The last cast at Jefferson Furnace was poured at 11:40 PM on December 26th, 1916.

Source: Bob Ervin

Jefferson Furnace

USS Monitor

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UNION

• in early 20’s

• A farmer

• Enlisted to fight a war that wouldn’t last more than

few months

• Was called to serve against own will near peak of Civil

War

• Uniforms were dark blue and made of thick wool

• Only relief from heat co9on shirt sent from family

• Carried a knapsack, blanket, and a “dot tent”, a hav-

ersack filled with set of ea<ng implements, canteen

and frying pan.

• Was required to groom self so kit also included a

comb, razor and personal hygiene products

• Infantrymen wore belts where cartridge boxes carried

mul<ple rounds of ammuni<on, hand grenade, and

bayonet; Cavalrymen also had pistol holster

• Were well fed but many died from ptomaine poison-

ing, as result of ea<ng poorly canned meat

CONFEDERATE

• In early 20’s

• Tough from months of difficult living

• A man who fought for his ideals, not because he had

been draJed

• Even if many of ideals may be offensive today; we

must respect their integrity

• Uniforms was grey, ragged and oJen handed down

from a dead soldier

• If lucky enough to have shoes, he would nail horse-

shoes to prevent the soles from wearing down

• He carried his ammuni<on in a cartridge box a9ached

to right of his belt; a rolled-up blanket, a haversack,

cloth-covered canteen, <n cup and a small frying pan.

• As war went on, more & more Rebel soldiers carried

Enfield rifles which they had taken from dead Union

Soldiers

• There were fewer deserters amongst the Confeder-

ates than the Union.

Source: www.civilwarsoldier.com

Who Were The Civil War Soldiers?