the war for the union, 1861-1865. a record of its defenders, living and dead, from steuben county
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Preface
-- shyinancies compeled amature work in the preparation of this record with
F rhetoric and proof reading at fault there occur many typographical error that would be mortifing to a professional author or a practical printer but not being either our pride is less however we respectfully ask the publill to overlook these and pass to and especialy note all errors in names
or omission of any soldier in their regiment company or the Roll of Honor and report by postal card ViVe wishing to prepare a more perfect roster
in the future tha same to be deposited in the recorders office In the form and character of this record more than mere acknowledgment due to Comrade R H Weamer fotmaly editor of the Steuben Republican
d also largely indebted to Hon F Macartney and Comrades Dr G W cConneU Geo E Young A F Day and many others for special rememshy
)erances of men and events of 1861 The compiling of this record has been _ 0 easy task Correct information dificult to obtain records not always
reliable especialy the Adjutant Generals Report~ memory at fault and often it seems only tradition of persons and events is left to build upon Among its own people the part that Steuber County took in the great struggle is being rapidly forgotten This record not withstaU(1ing it many defects it is hoped will be a stp towards a more perfect work by a more
able compiler Submitted in F C L
JESSE H CABPE~TEB
WAR HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY
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REMINISC[NCI~S
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Battle of RtoUt Ri er- [ B Butl~r
The 121 h Iml R the Blttles of Franklin and ~allille-E 8 11dendy Company H 14th Ind at lbiollary Ridge-middotson J L~tts
WAR HISTORY --01-shy
STEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
On Dec 17th 1860 and subsequent conventions of South Carolina and other southern states resolving upon secession from the Federal Unionj
no part of the country exhibited a stronger feeling to crush the hydra seeds of treason than little Steuben the northeast couuty of Indiana Discussion followed by activity in organization in defence of the Union waS the order of the day How prompt the patriotic Sons of the county rallied and the thoroughness of their work is a record of history from the birth of the Palmetto Snake at Charlston South Carolina until its death at Appomattox Court House Va Steuben (Jounty Soldiers were at the front from the first to the last Dr Geo W McConnell one of the first settlers of the county and a prominent man of the State imbuded with vim energy and patriotism alshyways manifested by him in public matters kept communication open between Indianapolis the state capital and Steuben County going their often during the winter of 1860-61 promising the governor any aid he might ask from Steuben County On receipt of the news of firing upon Fort Sumpter Dr McConnell called the first wa meeting over which Hon A W Hendry presided and citizens of all parties wth unity participated with patriotic enthusiasm Resolutions were passedj that The Uuion must and shall be preservedj and Party lines must be no more until the end of the strngle This meeting resulted in the following incident worthy of record
Two nice party poles tall elegant and shapely one Republican one Demshyocrat stood on the Public Square of Angola Committees were selected from each party and in the presence of the people these poles were cut down and cut up A signification that Steubens distinct party lines were no more but were mingled and united for the Union
B J Cro8swait Dr W C Weicht T D Jones and others acquainted with Military tactics commenced to drill the men of the county early in the spring of 1861 and at President Lincolns first oall for 75000 men a company was immediately organized but situated as they were in the northeast corner of the
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state without direct railroad or telegraph communication they to get their application to the Governor in time and when they did with regret informed them that the state quoto of 6000 men under the PresidentF call was filled but so determined and enthuRed were some that they sought
places in regiments of other states
FOURTH MICHIGAN VOL INFT
Mustered June 20 1861
Among the first to benefit from Steuben County was the 4th Mich then beil ing organized in an adjoining county of that state The following wert
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Organized May 16 1861
Steuben County Boys of III COMPLIT B 4TH MICH VOL INFT Il
Aldrich Eugene Croxton L J Meech Fred ) Allan Charles H Crocket Leroy Meek David 1 Adair James H Day Adelbert F Morse Sanford BateF- Charles Davis Enoch Nichols Hemy Baker W T Divelbess George W Prese GeoTge Bixler F M Fisher Homer E Prese Mathias Bender David Fuller Orson Peirce William J Britton William Fitch Edson J Richardson John Burns E C Hacket Andrew Shaffer Alfonzo BTyun Joseph Jones Timothy T Shick Charles Caswell A D Jones Tholllas D Tasker Richard Campbell J E Kemery Absolem Tillotson George Carver Orville Kingley A J heaton Andrew Carpenter W W Monger T J Young George E
A few more of Steuben Boys were in other Companics but owing to want 0
records and othor causes their names cannot be gilen however two Boye art well remembered Lester Scholfield and Henry PetriE both were badly wonnd ed in battle Lester Scholfield now iiYIl~ in Kansas and Henry rctrie is a
noted Physician of Oregon The ahove list was the larg-est ody of men from Steuben County that was
connected with the Army of the potomac Some of these boys never returned killed in battle or died from woulldR and
diRease~ others from woundg and diahilities inci 1ent to a soldiers life were discharged A majority of whom on regaining health reinlisted in other organizations for the war The balance sfrved their full time veteraned in the same regiment
The 4th Mich was at the front to the lust moment of its time Its loss in battle of men and officers was a largo per c(nt above the average of other
regiments
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
8 11 -und 1 mEt hy cLn )lcOll their r tunl to cuml the rc~~illl(nt wes lt 1 ltPo ~~() C( n Ill-n~nltti them eT) h~hJy for tlwir wOlmiddotk (n ft (cca~ion
LilA cst CIil ent fr( In tle Jolmie~ The rq~imfnt Wl~ rlttiDCU up to t ( I t 1llllent f il~ thpoundo ~middotearB erncc tIe l~t uay llill huur it W upoundfprJ till IlHDYmiddot work~ ~i Iettr~Jurg Y On the ngimeut boin~ w ~ ~ lrVIl ip lli~(llnJ a prHtins -hot irt the Hhnpc of n lHlg conical u e S -II wa~ ftllt fter thlp lmiddotut fi](u 1( cmiddotmiddotl de Orville Carel pickEU it lip and ltl~~ -11 it (r rn ciglt lIllie march to tlll trnn~pomiddottt til1 t He s oln t n 1t 1 f(l tilr it rw-~- m cccunt of it gnmiddott glt In he
le 0 i nllll i )w it i~ l(k~U upon aH an int(t~stng lmiddotelic but cnfnlly lmshy
dle(1 ao it ~ fi11 )aucll with distmction
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J 1- Ie I ir filleu th fnl (1ut o d ~()itlie durin the ui lit va~ t~l-n ltl~dllCl It th inp iliU June 27 Ibr~ whilL tlyll( to rcJ-CUC a W) rl 1ll COl1rHle fruIn the Clliray (Quvy(d to Lihhy ldHE vllclo hf n-
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llt1 lbHlt ~i~ wpk- tlud e~chnDhd wns ngaiu taken prboluT ht ((ttJ~hl1r~
1ltTl E j y~d the hRIita]ity f Bemiddotlie IG~t for uc-nrly tW() 11 outh ald thrl uth trat bY ~n hoodwinking the C01111t ()f thenbd ofiiccrRth ccclld tmiddotmeR(curtd
lie ete1lHt1 in the ~nlL( C)n11 lly an euro middotchange ltHid tjoinpltl hiR TCgilnnt
lie i Dnw ((uul) RmiddotC)lUHanl tlR Olll of tllp lamiddot- to return hOUl(
()RI~LF rAi H i1 rn-c ~~)fJd furtull nCYCl wn~ al~ent a Inileuro (r llHlT(h
hatt e n ~ illl in wlJich hi (vrJWI1Y (~ ellbtlg~l1 t r 11- lt gulrr turn f t 1
pilket cllty or tl rqulr tien iuetl dUrilg lmiddot~ thne S~ar gtvic alll
ap~tI all without h in~ ]gt bled either loy lmild (r (ltl~ Aft r the l x p a ion of trt) ya ~_rvico h~ r- lnlitlLi llllIucc(1c ct~I l Corps 11 re mainpd un(-ill1V cl(l~ cf the -11 fruce tht ~ r OCUpillM a prolniruat htJi
ll~ lu~ition as tlru~~it at Algk l ltI Tatr f( rlfilY ytfl nId fill d oth public trt1~~ [lnll i~ now 110 cL SOl Ftlt jlllntur Gr ltluleu anti Lt shy
Grane counti~3 Jc l~ TIl ~I tiD )S n t1llC hoafst soldt- hIlo in l ine of duty at Gaillt~ ~tl1
reclivlU 11 v re Woulltl of Ill( ldt arm aml mllll l1akir im dihlnl tl r r - 1-1( ret ived his dichrte ()( l ~ j~t~ I1nu Jl( ill n quimiddott nHlll t l
folloWS hmiddot rlU in ng()lu u 1gtlt( he cmiddotm for a linlihrmiddot )d ge IrJUS tu 1 cmiddot Umiddot
rau (r pal on in Illeli an hOllrr t1 and lt P(~c+ d citiz 1
HEjl~ HIIO~ ca~cd t hoy~ ampt vdik ltoundcd the ularUl nnd oU the ll16 t p- ou h~ UrULl fr)nl ~1~y l~Cl to 1)1( bullbull MGJ l-O tltubt the ho=~ l)t ~n w~shed him nnd hi- urulll whp~e SOllllCrS cren rally wi 11 annfyencelt but HnTi
0 yea ()rtlelf t ltl Hit all the r gimPllt could not hall d)L8 vithoTjt 1gt11 1
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
iO(jO pli~nn~rf
[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
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Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
H
The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
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Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
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EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
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Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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Preface
-- shyinancies compeled amature work in the preparation of this record with
F rhetoric and proof reading at fault there occur many typographical error that would be mortifing to a professional author or a practical printer but not being either our pride is less however we respectfully ask the publill to overlook these and pass to and especialy note all errors in names
or omission of any soldier in their regiment company or the Roll of Honor and report by postal card ViVe wishing to prepare a more perfect roster
in the future tha same to be deposited in the recorders office In the form and character of this record more than mere acknowledgment due to Comrade R H Weamer fotmaly editor of the Steuben Republican
d also largely indebted to Hon F Macartney and Comrades Dr G W cConneU Geo E Young A F Day and many others for special rememshy
)erances of men and events of 1861 The compiling of this record has been _ 0 easy task Correct information dificult to obtain records not always
reliable especialy the Adjutant Generals Report~ memory at fault and often it seems only tradition of persons and events is left to build upon Among its own people the part that Steuber County took in the great struggle is being rapidly forgotten This record not withstaU(1ing it many defects it is hoped will be a stp towards a more perfect work by a more
able compiler Submitted in F C L
JESSE H CABPE~TEB
WAR HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY
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The 121 h Iml R the Blttles of Franklin and ~allille-E 8 11dendy Company H 14th Ind at lbiollary Ridge-middotson J L~tts
WAR HISTORY --01-shy
STEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
On Dec 17th 1860 and subsequent conventions of South Carolina and other southern states resolving upon secession from the Federal Unionj
no part of the country exhibited a stronger feeling to crush the hydra seeds of treason than little Steuben the northeast couuty of Indiana Discussion followed by activity in organization in defence of the Union waS the order of the day How prompt the patriotic Sons of the county rallied and the thoroughness of their work is a record of history from the birth of the Palmetto Snake at Charlston South Carolina until its death at Appomattox Court House Va Steuben (Jounty Soldiers were at the front from the first to the last Dr Geo W McConnell one of the first settlers of the county and a prominent man of the State imbuded with vim energy and patriotism alshyways manifested by him in public matters kept communication open between Indianapolis the state capital and Steuben County going their often during the winter of 1860-61 promising the governor any aid he might ask from Steuben County On receipt of the news of firing upon Fort Sumpter Dr McConnell called the first wa meeting over which Hon A W Hendry presided and citizens of all parties wth unity participated with patriotic enthusiasm Resolutions were passedj that The Uuion must and shall be preservedj and Party lines must be no more until the end of the strngle This meeting resulted in the following incident worthy of record
Two nice party poles tall elegant and shapely one Republican one Demshyocrat stood on the Public Square of Angola Committees were selected from each party and in the presence of the people these poles were cut down and cut up A signification that Steubens distinct party lines were no more but were mingled and united for the Union
B J Cro8swait Dr W C Weicht T D Jones and others acquainted with Military tactics commenced to drill the men of the county early in the spring of 1861 and at President Lincolns first oall for 75000 men a company was immediately organized but situated as they were in the northeast corner of the
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state without direct railroad or telegraph communication they to get their application to the Governor in time and when they did with regret informed them that the state quoto of 6000 men under the PresidentF call was filled but so determined and enthuRed were some that they sought
places in regiments of other states
FOURTH MICHIGAN VOL INFT
Mustered June 20 1861
Among the first to benefit from Steuben County was the 4th Mich then beil ing organized in an adjoining county of that state The following wert
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Organized May 16 1861
Steuben County Boys of III COMPLIT B 4TH MICH VOL INFT Il
Aldrich Eugene Croxton L J Meech Fred ) Allan Charles H Crocket Leroy Meek David 1 Adair James H Day Adelbert F Morse Sanford BateF- Charles Davis Enoch Nichols Hemy Baker W T Divelbess George W Prese GeoTge Bixler F M Fisher Homer E Prese Mathias Bender David Fuller Orson Peirce William J Britton William Fitch Edson J Richardson John Burns E C Hacket Andrew Shaffer Alfonzo BTyun Joseph Jones Timothy T Shick Charles Caswell A D Jones Tholllas D Tasker Richard Campbell J E Kemery Absolem Tillotson George Carver Orville Kingley A J heaton Andrew Carpenter W W Monger T J Young George E
A few more of Steuben Boys were in other Companics but owing to want 0
records and othor causes their names cannot be gilen however two Boye art well remembered Lester Scholfield and Henry PetriE both were badly wonnd ed in battle Lester Scholfield now iiYIl~ in Kansas and Henry rctrie is a
noted Physician of Oregon The ahove list was the larg-est ody of men from Steuben County that was
connected with the Army of the potomac Some of these boys never returned killed in battle or died from woulldR and
diRease~ others from woundg and diahilities inci 1ent to a soldiers life were discharged A majority of whom on regaining health reinlisted in other organizations for the war The balance sfrved their full time veteraned in the same regiment
The 4th Mich was at the front to the lust moment of its time Its loss in battle of men and officers was a largo per c(nt above the average of other
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
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folloWS hmiddot rlU in ng()lu u 1gtlt( he cmiddotm for a linlihrmiddot )d ge IrJUS tu 1 cmiddot Umiddot
rau (r pal on in Illeli an hOllrr t1 and lt P(~c+ d citiz 1
HEjl~ HIIO~ ca~cd t hoy~ ampt vdik ltoundcd the ularUl nnd oU the ll16 t p- ou h~ UrULl fr)nl ~1~y l~Cl to 1)1( bullbull MGJ l-O tltubt the ho=~ l)t ~n w~shed him nnd hi- urulll whp~e SOllllCrS cren rally wi 11 annfyencelt but HnTi
0 yea ()rtlelf t ltl Hit all the r gimPllt could not hall d)L8 vithoTjt 1gt11 1
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
iO(jO pli~nn~rf
[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
I f
noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
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Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
71
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
73
Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
18
EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
~OF~
STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
)
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
85
MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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WAR HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY
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REMINISC[NCI~S
Reminis~ntic Win 1 ith Cavfllry Boy-Lafnyett Burk tt
Battle of RtoUt Ri er- [ B Butl~r
The 121 h Iml R the Blttles of Franklin and ~allille-E 8 11dendy Company H 14th Ind at lbiollary Ridge-middotson J L~tts
WAR HISTORY --01-shy
STEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
On Dec 17th 1860 and subsequent conventions of South Carolina and other southern states resolving upon secession from the Federal Unionj
no part of the country exhibited a stronger feeling to crush the hydra seeds of treason than little Steuben the northeast couuty of Indiana Discussion followed by activity in organization in defence of the Union waS the order of the day How prompt the patriotic Sons of the county rallied and the thoroughness of their work is a record of history from the birth of the Palmetto Snake at Charlston South Carolina until its death at Appomattox Court House Va Steuben (Jounty Soldiers were at the front from the first to the last Dr Geo W McConnell one of the first settlers of the county and a prominent man of the State imbuded with vim energy and patriotism alshyways manifested by him in public matters kept communication open between Indianapolis the state capital and Steuben County going their often during the winter of 1860-61 promising the governor any aid he might ask from Steuben County On receipt of the news of firing upon Fort Sumpter Dr McConnell called the first wa meeting over which Hon A W Hendry presided and citizens of all parties wth unity participated with patriotic enthusiasm Resolutions were passedj that The Uuion must and shall be preservedj and Party lines must be no more until the end of the strngle This meeting resulted in the following incident worthy of record
Two nice party poles tall elegant and shapely one Republican one Demshyocrat stood on the Public Square of Angola Committees were selected from each party and in the presence of the people these poles were cut down and cut up A signification that Steubens distinct party lines were no more but were mingled and united for the Union
B J Cro8swait Dr W C Weicht T D Jones and others acquainted with Military tactics commenced to drill the men of the county early in the spring of 1861 and at President Lincolns first oall for 75000 men a company was immediately organized but situated as they were in the northeast corner of the
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state without direct railroad or telegraph communication they to get their application to the Governor in time and when they did with regret informed them that the state quoto of 6000 men under the PresidentF call was filled but so determined and enthuRed were some that they sought
places in regiments of other states
FOURTH MICHIGAN VOL INFT
Mustered June 20 1861
Among the first to benefit from Steuben County was the 4th Mich then beil ing organized in an adjoining county of that state The following wert
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Organized May 16 1861
Steuben County Boys of III COMPLIT B 4TH MICH VOL INFT Il
Aldrich Eugene Croxton L J Meech Fred ) Allan Charles H Crocket Leroy Meek David 1 Adair James H Day Adelbert F Morse Sanford BateF- Charles Davis Enoch Nichols Hemy Baker W T Divelbess George W Prese GeoTge Bixler F M Fisher Homer E Prese Mathias Bender David Fuller Orson Peirce William J Britton William Fitch Edson J Richardson John Burns E C Hacket Andrew Shaffer Alfonzo BTyun Joseph Jones Timothy T Shick Charles Caswell A D Jones Tholllas D Tasker Richard Campbell J E Kemery Absolem Tillotson George Carver Orville Kingley A J heaton Andrew Carpenter W W Monger T J Young George E
A few more of Steuben Boys were in other Companics but owing to want 0
records and othor causes their names cannot be gilen however two Boye art well remembered Lester Scholfield and Henry PetriE both were badly wonnd ed in battle Lester Scholfield now iiYIl~ in Kansas and Henry rctrie is a
noted Physician of Oregon The ahove list was the larg-est ody of men from Steuben County that was
connected with the Army of the potomac Some of these boys never returned killed in battle or died from woulldR and
diRease~ others from woundg and diahilities inci 1ent to a soldiers life were discharged A majority of whom on regaining health reinlisted in other organizations for the war The balance sfrved their full time veteraned in the same regiment
The 4th Mich was at the front to the lust moment of its time Its loss in battle of men and officers was a largo per c(nt above the average of other
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
8 11 -und 1 mEt hy cLn )lcOll their r tunl to cuml the rc~~illl(nt wes lt 1 ltPo ~~() C( n Ill-n~nltti them eT) h~hJy for tlwir wOlmiddotk (n ft (cca~ion
LilA cst CIil ent fr( In tle Jolmie~ The rq~imfnt Wl~ rlttiDCU up to t ( I t 1llllent f il~ thpoundo ~middotearB erncc tIe l~t uay llill huur it W upoundfprJ till IlHDYmiddot work~ ~i Iettr~Jurg Y On the ngimeut boin~ w ~ ~ lrVIl ip lli~(llnJ a prHtins -hot irt the Hhnpc of n lHlg conical u e S -II wa~ ftllt fter thlp lmiddotut fi](u 1( cmiddotmiddotl de Orville Carel pickEU it lip and ltl~~ -11 it (r rn ciglt lIllie march to tlll trnn~pomiddottt til1 t He s oln t n 1t 1 f(l tilr it rw-~- m cccunt of it gnmiddott glt In he
le 0 i nllll i )w it i~ l(k~U upon aH an int(t~stng lmiddotelic but cnfnlly lmshy
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J rL ~ cn T P 0- l~ bull r~ nl I ~r rmiddotOi ITlt AD OE OCLL 81 ~nI~U
J 1- Ie I ir filleu th fnl (1ut o d ~()itlie durin the ui lit va~ t~l-n ltl~dllCl It th inp iliU June 27 Ibr~ whilL tlyll( to rcJ-CUC a W) rl 1ll COl1rHle fruIn the Clliray (Quvy(d to Lihhy ldHE vllclo hf n-
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llt1 lbHlt ~i~ wpk- tlud e~chnDhd wns ngaiu taken prboluT ht ((ttJ~hl1r~
1ltTl E j y~d the hRIita]ity f Bemiddotlie IG~t for uc-nrly tW() 11 outh ald thrl uth trat bY ~n hoodwinking the C01111t ()f thenbd ofiiccrRth ccclld tmiddotmeR(curtd
lie ete1lHt1 in the ~nlL( C)n11 lly an euro middotchange ltHid tjoinpltl hiR TCgilnnt
lie i Dnw ((uul) RmiddotC)lUHanl tlR Olll of tllp lamiddot- to return hOUl(
()RI~LF rAi H i1 rn-c ~~)fJd furtull nCYCl wn~ al~ent a Inileuro (r llHlT(h
hatt e n ~ illl in wlJich hi (vrJWI1Y (~ ellbtlg~l1 t r 11- lt gulrr turn f t 1
pilket cllty or tl rqulr tien iuetl dUrilg lmiddot~ thne S~ar gtvic alll
ap~tI all without h in~ ]gt bled either loy lmild (r (ltl~ Aft r the l x p a ion of trt) ya ~_rvico h~ r- lnlitlLi llllIucc(1c ct~I l Corps 11 re mainpd un(-ill1V cl(l~ cf the -11 fruce tht ~ r OCUpillM a prolniruat htJi
ll~ lu~ition as tlru~~it at Algk l ltI Tatr f( rlfilY ytfl nId fill d oth public trt1~~ [lnll i~ now 110 cL SOl Ftlt jlllntur Gr ltluleu anti Lt shy
Grane counti~3 Jc l~ TIl ~I tiD )S n t1llC hoafst soldt- hIlo in l ine of duty at Gaillt~ ~tl1
reclivlU 11 v re Woulltl of Ill( ldt arm aml mllll l1akir im dihlnl tl r r - 1-1( ret ived his dichrte ()( l ~ j~t~ I1nu Jl( ill n quimiddott nHlll t l
folloWS hmiddot rlU in ng()lu u 1gtlt( he cmiddotm for a linlihrmiddot )d ge IrJUS tu 1 cmiddot Umiddot
rau (r pal on in Illeli an hOllrr t1 and lt P(~c+ d citiz 1
HEjl~ HIIO~ ca~cd t hoy~ ampt vdik ltoundcd the ularUl nnd oU the ll16 t p- ou h~ UrULl fr)nl ~1~y l~Cl to 1)1( bullbull MGJ l-O tltubt the ho=~ l)t ~n w~shed him nnd hi- urulll whp~e SOllllCrS cren rally wi 11 annfyencelt but HnTi
0 yea ()rtlelf t ltl Hit all the r gimPllt could not hall d)L8 vithoTjt 1gt11 1
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
iO(jO pli~nn~rf
[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
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Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
H
The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
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Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
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EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
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Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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WAR HISTORY --01-shy
STEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
On Dec 17th 1860 and subsequent conventions of South Carolina and other southern states resolving upon secession from the Federal Unionj
no part of the country exhibited a stronger feeling to crush the hydra seeds of treason than little Steuben the northeast couuty of Indiana Discussion followed by activity in organization in defence of the Union waS the order of the day How prompt the patriotic Sons of the county rallied and the thoroughness of their work is a record of history from the birth of the Palmetto Snake at Charlston South Carolina until its death at Appomattox Court House Va Steuben (Jounty Soldiers were at the front from the first to the last Dr Geo W McConnell one of the first settlers of the county and a prominent man of the State imbuded with vim energy and patriotism alshyways manifested by him in public matters kept communication open between Indianapolis the state capital and Steuben County going their often during the winter of 1860-61 promising the governor any aid he might ask from Steuben County On receipt of the news of firing upon Fort Sumpter Dr McConnell called the first wa meeting over which Hon A W Hendry presided and citizens of all parties wth unity participated with patriotic enthusiasm Resolutions were passedj that The Uuion must and shall be preservedj and Party lines must be no more until the end of the strngle This meeting resulted in the following incident worthy of record
Two nice party poles tall elegant and shapely one Republican one Demshyocrat stood on the Public Square of Angola Committees were selected from each party and in the presence of the people these poles were cut down and cut up A signification that Steubens distinct party lines were no more but were mingled and united for the Union
B J Cro8swait Dr W C Weicht T D Jones and others acquainted with Military tactics commenced to drill the men of the county early in the spring of 1861 and at President Lincolns first oall for 75000 men a company was immediately organized but situated as they were in the northeast corner of the
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state without direct railroad or telegraph communication they to get their application to the Governor in time and when they did with regret informed them that the state quoto of 6000 men under the PresidentF call was filled but so determined and enthuRed were some that they sought
places in regiments of other states
FOURTH MICHIGAN VOL INFT
Mustered June 20 1861
Among the first to benefit from Steuben County was the 4th Mich then beil ing organized in an adjoining county of that state The following wert
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Organized May 16 1861
Steuben County Boys of III COMPLIT B 4TH MICH VOL INFT Il
Aldrich Eugene Croxton L J Meech Fred ) Allan Charles H Crocket Leroy Meek David 1 Adair James H Day Adelbert F Morse Sanford BateF- Charles Davis Enoch Nichols Hemy Baker W T Divelbess George W Prese GeoTge Bixler F M Fisher Homer E Prese Mathias Bender David Fuller Orson Peirce William J Britton William Fitch Edson J Richardson John Burns E C Hacket Andrew Shaffer Alfonzo BTyun Joseph Jones Timothy T Shick Charles Caswell A D Jones Tholllas D Tasker Richard Campbell J E Kemery Absolem Tillotson George Carver Orville Kingley A J heaton Andrew Carpenter W W Monger T J Young George E
A few more of Steuben Boys were in other Companics but owing to want 0
records and othor causes their names cannot be gilen however two Boye art well remembered Lester Scholfield and Henry PetriE both were badly wonnd ed in battle Lester Scholfield now iiYIl~ in Kansas and Henry rctrie is a
noted Physician of Oregon The ahove list was the larg-est ody of men from Steuben County that was
connected with the Army of the potomac Some of these boys never returned killed in battle or died from woulldR and
diRease~ others from woundg and diahilities inci 1ent to a soldiers life were discharged A majority of whom on regaining health reinlisted in other organizations for the war The balance sfrved their full time veteraned in the same regiment
The 4th Mich was at the front to the lust moment of its time Its loss in battle of men and officers was a largo per c(nt above the average of other
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
iO(jO pli~nn~rf
[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
I f
noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
73
Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
77
and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
18
EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
~OF~
STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
)
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
85
MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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state without direct railroad or telegraph communication they to get their application to the Governor in time and when they did with regret informed them that the state quoto of 6000 men under the PresidentF call was filled but so determined and enthuRed were some that they sought
places in regiments of other states
FOURTH MICHIGAN VOL INFT
Mustered June 20 1861
Among the first to benefit from Steuben County was the 4th Mich then beil ing organized in an adjoining county of that state The following wert
a
Organized May 16 1861
Steuben County Boys of III COMPLIT B 4TH MICH VOL INFT Il
Aldrich Eugene Croxton L J Meech Fred ) Allan Charles H Crocket Leroy Meek David 1 Adair James H Day Adelbert F Morse Sanford BateF- Charles Davis Enoch Nichols Hemy Baker W T Divelbess George W Prese GeoTge Bixler F M Fisher Homer E Prese Mathias Bender David Fuller Orson Peirce William J Britton William Fitch Edson J Richardson John Burns E C Hacket Andrew Shaffer Alfonzo BTyun Joseph Jones Timothy T Shick Charles Caswell A D Jones Tholllas D Tasker Richard Campbell J E Kemery Absolem Tillotson George Carver Orville Kingley A J heaton Andrew Carpenter W W Monger T J Young George E
A few more of Steuben Boys were in other Companics but owing to want 0
records and othor causes their names cannot be gilen however two Boye art well remembered Lester Scholfield and Henry PetriE both were badly wonnd ed in battle Lester Scholfield now iiYIl~ in Kansas and Henry rctrie is a
noted Physician of Oregon The ahove list was the larg-est ody of men from Steuben County that was
connected with the Army of the potomac Some of these boys never returned killed in battle or died from woulldR and
diRease~ others from woundg and diahilities inci 1ent to a soldiers life were discharged A majority of whom on regaining health reinlisted in other organizations for the war The balance sfrved their full time veteraned in the same regiment
The 4th Mich was at the front to the lust moment of its time Its loss in battle of men and officers was a largo per c(nt above the average of other
regiments
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
8 11 -und 1 mEt hy cLn )lcOll their r tunl to cuml the rc~~illl(nt wes lt 1 ltPo ~~() C( n Ill-n~nltti them eT) h~hJy for tlwir wOlmiddotk (n ft (cca~ion
LilA cst CIil ent fr( In tle Jolmie~ The rq~imfnt Wl~ rlttiDCU up to t ( I t 1llllent f il~ thpoundo ~middotearB erncc tIe l~t uay llill huur it W upoundfprJ till IlHDYmiddot work~ ~i Iettr~Jurg Y On the ngimeut boin~ w ~ ~ lrVIl ip lli~(llnJ a prHtins -hot irt the Hhnpc of n lHlg conical u e S -II wa~ ftllt fter thlp lmiddotut fi](u 1( cmiddotmiddotl de Orville Carel pickEU it lip and ltl~~ -11 it (r rn ciglt lIllie march to tlll trnn~pomiddottt til1 t He s oln t n 1t 1 f(l tilr it rw-~- m cccunt of it gnmiddott glt In he
le 0 i nllll i )w it i~ l(k~U upon aH an int(t~stng lmiddotelic but cnfnlly lmshy
dle(1 ao it ~ fi11 )aucll with distmction
pound n~) T a 11 I -i C CE- OF n~E ( p C(1 F1iO ~ WHn nCnl~TTI _ D ~O LItG
J rL ~ cn T P 0- l~ bull r~ nl I ~r rmiddotOi ITlt AD OE OCLL 81 ~nI~U
J 1- Ie I ir filleu th fnl (1ut o d ~()itlie durin the ui lit va~ t~l-n ltl~dllCl It th inp iliU June 27 Ibr~ whilL tlyll( to rcJ-CUC a W) rl 1ll COl1rHle fruIn the Clliray (Quvy(d to Lihhy ldHE vllclo hf n-
h o
llt1 lbHlt ~i~ wpk- tlud e~chnDhd wns ngaiu taken prboluT ht ((ttJ~hl1r~
1ltTl E j y~d the hRIita]ity f Bemiddotlie IG~t for uc-nrly tW() 11 outh ald thrl uth trat bY ~n hoodwinking the C01111t ()f thenbd ofiiccrRth ccclld tmiddotmeR(curtd
lie ete1lHt1 in the ~nlL( C)n11 lly an euro middotchange ltHid tjoinpltl hiR TCgilnnt
lie i Dnw ((uul) RmiddotC)lUHanl tlR Olll of tllp lamiddot- to return hOUl(
()RI~LF rAi H i1 rn-c ~~)fJd furtull nCYCl wn~ al~ent a Inileuro (r llHlT(h
hatt e n ~ illl in wlJich hi (vrJWI1Y (~ ellbtlg~l1 t r 11- lt gulrr turn f t 1
pilket cllty or tl rqulr tien iuetl dUrilg lmiddot~ thne S~ar gtvic alll
ap~tI all without h in~ ]gt bled either loy lmild (r (ltl~ Aft r the l x p a ion of trt) ya ~_rvico h~ r- lnlitlLi llllIucc(1c ct~I l Corps 11 re mainpd un(-ill1V cl(l~ cf the -11 fruce tht ~ r OCUpillM a prolniruat htJi
ll~ lu~ition as tlru~~it at Algk l ltI Tatr f( rlfilY ytfl nId fill d oth public trt1~~ [lnll i~ now 110 cL SOl Ftlt jlllntur Gr ltluleu anti Lt shy
Grane counti~3 Jc l~ TIl ~I tiD )S n t1llC hoafst soldt- hIlo in l ine of duty at Gaillt~ ~tl1
reclivlU 11 v re Woulltl of Ill( ldt arm aml mllll l1akir im dihlnl tl r r - 1-1( ret ived his dichrte ()( l ~ j~t~ I1nu Jl( ill n quimiddott nHlll t l
folloWS hmiddot rlU in ng()lu u 1gtlt( he cmiddotm for a linlihrmiddot )d ge IrJUS tu 1 cmiddot Umiddot
rau (r pal on in Illeli an hOllrr t1 and lt P(~c+ d citiz 1
HEjl~ HIIO~ ca~cd t hoy~ ampt vdik ltoundcd the ularUl nnd oU the ll16 t p- ou h~ UrULl fr)nl ~1~y l~Cl to 1)1( bullbull MGJ l-O tltubt the ho=~ l)t ~n w~shed him nnd hi- urulll whp~e SOllllCrS cren rally wi 11 annfyencelt but HnTi
0 yea ()rtlelf t ltl Hit all the r gimPllt could not hall d)L8 vithoTjt 1gt11 1
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
iO(jO pli~nn~rf
[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
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Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
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Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
6~
Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
73
Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
18
EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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At Gettysburg 296 men entered the battle 75 were taken prisoners 100 IV lUnd ed and 50 killed In every engagement during the war they made a I ~l having five Colonels killed in battle and a correspondely large per cent of I ne officers and men
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES Ll WHICH THE 4TH MICH WS ENGAGED
Bull Run Malvern Hill Chancellorsville 8eige of Yorktown Harrison Landing Upperville New Bridga Gainesville Gettysburg Hanover C H Bull Run Brandy Station iIechanicsville Antietum Bristoe Station Gaines Mill Shephardstown Ford Rappahannoch Station 2ew Market Fredericksburgh Mine Run
Petersburg
In the month of September 1861 a detail from Co B was doing picket t1uty on Vanderburgs Hill which locality was noted at that time for its sharp picket firing and the boys becoming disgusted with it determined to punish the Johnes So ona morning Second Sergeant Thos D Jones gethered a
few of Co B Loys around him and they determinded to attack a strong pickshyet post It was just at the peep of day when they started but it was not long before they found what they were looking formiddot- a fight- nor was it long beshyfore that picket post was driven inbadly whiped losing all their equipments The plundor captured by Sergeant Jones and his sqnad was divided as far as it went and the boys concluded they had glory enough for one day
On the 23 of May 1862 the 4th Mich with the rest of the fifth COlpS was en the march one of the Steuben boys Homar E Fisher being fatigued was ullowshyed by the Captain to fall in the rear of the company the Major of the regiment rode up to FishsI and ordered him into the ranks An altercation ensued in which th ~fajor got the worst of it Of oourse Fisher was arrested for insubordination and that night tried by drum head court martial and conshyvicted The next morning th9 regiment was sent out on a leconnaissance to ascertain the site of New Bridge which had been distroyed by the rebels Fisher hearing of the probabilities of a fight begged to go along Hewas allowshye1 to go and in th9 fight that followed on the banks of the Chickahomany he became separated from his company and going alone down to the left compbtly destroyed a strong piket post of five rebelL For his good conshyduct that day his sentance of the night before was commuied This wa3 the third time that a reconnaissance had been made to IJcate this passage of the Chickahomany River and to the glory of rhe 4 h Mch be it said they d d their work well They forded the river to get at the enemy aud drole u brigade of Louisianians from their works with a loss of three men killed and
8 11 -und 1 mEt hy cLn )lcOll their r tunl to cuml the rc~~illl(nt wes lt 1 ltPo ~~() C( n Ill-n~nltti them eT) h~hJy for tlwir wOlmiddotk (n ft (cca~ion
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GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
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[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
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Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
O
THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
H
The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
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Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
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Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
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EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
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Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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LilA cst CIil ent fr( In tle Jolmie~ The rq~imfnt Wl~ rlttiDCU up to t ( I t 1llllent f il~ thpoundo ~middotearB erncc tIe l~t uay llill huur it W upoundfprJ till IlHDYmiddot work~ ~i Iettr~Jurg Y On the ngimeut boin~ w ~ ~ lrVIl ip lli~(llnJ a prHtins -hot irt the Hhnpc of n lHlg conical u e S -II wa~ ftllt fter thlp lmiddotut fi](u 1( cmiddotmiddotl de Orville Carel pickEU it lip and ltl~~ -11 it (r rn ciglt lIllie march to tlll trnn~pomiddottt til1 t He s oln t n 1t 1 f(l tilr it rw-~- m cccunt of it gnmiddott glt In he
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ap~tI all without h in~ ]gt bled either loy lmild (r (ltl~ Aft r the l x p a ion of trt) ya ~_rvico h~ r- lnlitlLi llllIucc(1c ct~I l Corps 11 re mainpd un(-ill1V cl(l~ cf the -11 fruce tht ~ r OCUpillM a prolniruat htJi
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GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
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[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
I f
noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
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Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
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Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
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EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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~ Age and the results of strvice show their marks may it be distant when the mustering out taps are unded for him
GEORGE E YOUNG waR wounded at New Bridge a taken prisoner at Getshytysburg exchanged after two months confinement at Richmond and on acshycount of disability dischnrged on recuperation was commiRsioned as Asst ProvoRt Marshall afterwards as Adjt of the 152 Ind Vol Among the pleasant episodes at the begining vf the war was the marriages of Geo E Young to Elizabeth Freygang and Fred W Meech to Helen Danah both Angola girls These maniages were solemnized by the regimental Chaplain in front of the regiment at dreRS parade on the eve of it departure Comrade Young lived and is now enjoying life with his estimatable wife but poor Fred Meech killed in battle at Gaines Mill Va never returned to greet his bride Such is often the fortunes and teriable realities of war
SANFORD MORSE a resident of Orland and a soldier from May 1861 to March 1866 was recipient of re1gt(1 fale at Libby Prison for a scason while there carnshypd the cognomon of Doctor as by his means his comrades received favors that saved life
EDSON J FITCH after tlnee years service in Co B again volunteered to the end of the war He was thorough quiet and method like in soldiers duties as in citizens work an exellent accountant gentlemanly in demenior he served as Deputy County Auditor wilh ability His soldier record coupled with his comshypetentcy made him fully deserving of the principal position
FORTY-SECOND ILL VOL INFT
More men were called fOr and another block of Steuben County boys who sought immediate service united their fortunes and glory with the 42nd Ill Organized in July 1861
STEUBEN COUNTY BOYS OF co I 42SD ILL
Adams James Finch Robert Miner William Bullard Almon G-reenleaf A N Moorehouse Sherman
Carson 1 Goodale A N Nash Elijah Carson John Hart Thompson Nash John B
Carpenter Gordon Ha-rt Edwin H Opie Benjamin Carpenter Volney Hewett Watson J Opie William J Dickillson Milton Hoover Nicholas Root Orrin E Dickinson Geo L Jarrard William Root Wallace W Evans Robert Kale Henry Spear Robt B Eckright Chas ~finer Thomas Tuttle Hesikiah
These men were ob aiDed nea-r Orland through the medium of a recruiting officer from Chicago Their service was in the south and west
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
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[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
I f
noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
73
Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
77
and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
18
EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
~OF~
STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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LIsT OF nIPORTA~T BArrLES n WIIIcn THE 42ND ILL WAt E~GAGED
s nl1l Xo ]0 Iis~ion Ridge Kene~aw Iountain t PIllow Tunnel Hill Pench Tree Creek
Farminon Rocky Face J onlttiboro o-inth Bmzud ROORt Hpring Hill tOil River Adairvillt- Ka~hville hica1lluga
A nring Exploit of Co I- In dfcnce of IRIand ) 10 the enemy llmtld n batttr) of ~ 64 heny rifltd gUllS Lehina works at a bend of )I~siipli river nbove the lHlanlt1 thu~ commanding the rier nbove mira route iuforled t he Colonel of the 42nd Ill that it wa necessary to silence OJ uitro~ I hCRe gun~ The Colonel select(d Co I for the lmine So one d rIo night Ihey Jwppcd HenUy down the rinr in bents with IDufileuroa oar jltulul nnd en(olt1 the work and effectuly piked every gun taking the ennDY ) com lletel~ h~ urpris thnt the mischief ltffiR dtHle and thty away before lit (t my could rally ill def~nce The nExt night the Union gun bonts run III blockadE Iint1 geting below the I~lalld thm compcmiddotllillg its 5unellder with
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[(lim Car(111 ~lld Ym JtTrrtl wcrc two ncnhCTs that are well knowll fl COUllty good citizen true to eornrtttlc~ liherul to eulls of clbtreuross
public lleuropa middotILL JAltnAllTl waR in the thee months snice pdor to joining C(l 1
wli-ro h l middotmnin( d durin~ tho Tnr since attentive hJ hir businl8~ in a titricfly
quir-t way Jo~ CAns(~ lwd the l(lHltatilD of behb the lJst plovid(r nlH1 forager in
whkh his comrades all flthalcd bnt the (crinth ~waI1p wute compelled hi~ tli~chage He again Ellliskd ill the ]2~th C V 1 Iltl hrR occupied a public po~iiion ftlr mnny ypnrs an- is noted for prnu p+lIeuro~S in its tli-charg( aud i quick to notict and reSLnt rn impsitiOll 01 ll~glpct to n spldicr
(anon fund of armJ life reminiss)le 1 mony he relates Olle which rlo(o Jnnard to be the cigi1al Jisc()vcl0l Gf Ihcllqro quick nddeltion to a
oltlicr~ drill 1ear Seelalir 10 in D(c lHH Co I s gnalding a ~ertill (If lai1~)Hl Jorrru lld G(I1u(ln CnrI(utpf llO llacpd (11 u hiLt A uegro cn-shy
eel it carryhlg whikpy that his I1h~IC hnJ FOil fIor d cpre it il tluty of tl ciuard-i to iamiddotCJtiJt1t8 by samplillg they (lid this 150 well that Cnrrln1tr broke his gun and deprntpoundd f0r camp but Jarrard ~aN tho futUl( the lltcrO R~ a ~o1die1 and htld ltim f~middotr drill in [tl(ut ftH( hri~~Lt facc
middotr-lurch eeL Tho negros nlnsier bcco1nin~ an in cnnp nloLg to lok fur hb I oPC1t Jarrard 1Ia(l him lulllll rs a 1middotcrrit ~n 1 put Ill( Ir 101h tI ou~h til hill Cgtllllelling oblui~nce to orCers by the t t) (f I 1~ (T t [hu 1h rj wl2ro luund marchil1g np f~nd dwn the rnilrond tr k h~ t1H r lief guard
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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TETY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
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The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
73
Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
(
Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
77
and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
18
EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
~OF~
STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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McCLELLENS DRAGOONS
Also about the same time Jackson Tp furnished a squad of volunteers anxious to engage in defence of the flag who found service by going to Chicago and enlisting in Co A of McClellens Dragoons They were sent east to aot as body guards to that General The following are their names Burkett Lafayett Buchannan H Fanning Amos Brown John Carpenter Alvah N Huffman Jack Bennett Guy Davis John Mosier James
A Majority of these men are well known in the County and are DOW resishydents thereof Burkett Carpenter and some of the others were subsequeshyntly discharged and again enlisted
Singly and in squads residents of the County left for the military service Who they all were cannot be given The State Adjt Generals Reports is the best means of knowlege but it is not exact as many gave their place of resishydence where they enlisted and the memory of old citizens is at fault as nearly twenty-eight years have past and many boys forgoten and their friends gone U is believed that Michigan Illinois and Ohio regiments profited by one or nore recruits from Steuben County In searching the Adjt Generals Report he names of Steuben boys appear in Indiana regimentsto wit
NINTH IND VOL INFT Co Dshy Peter Sowle John P Wright
OOMPANY E ~ear William S Ireland John R Nichols John Holewell L W Klink William Richardson James(olgrove H P Leavitt George P R~nner David H
TWENTY FIRST IND VOL INFT A squad of men from Salem Township who were members of Co A
onger P S Meek A W Temple E R ~onger S L Shafistall Adam Vanpelt SameuI nox R B Shaffstall Frank Woodford J C ~cClain L N Setterlin J F
L N McClain Adam and Frank Shaffstall and a few others returned and re prominent in citizens duties and members of the G A R Tho 21st was sent east to Baltimore thence with Butlers expedition to
New Orleans La A portion of this regiment was the fitst to enter the City their band playing Picayune Butlers Coming Coming In 1863 the Regiment was changed into the 1st Heavy Artillery and one of the last to return home
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Th~ battle of Bull Run fought and lost The need of soldiers became mor( pre~tiing Governor Morton now accepted company organizations from th County The first assigned to the 29th Ind Vol organized at La Porte Ind
Aug 1861 to wit OOllPANY
James R Y Jenkins Capt Edward E Sergent
Allen Webster Allen David B Adkins James J Baker Hiram Baker Thomas J Beck Abner W Berger Jhn A Berger D niel Beach Francis H Bendor YilliaID Boyor Juhn Brown Anson Bromley David Bundy Hiram Carpenter James M Cleveland George D Cole William 1I Courtney Alonzo Conrad Elias b Coe Chestt-r Clock Frederick COIDlnings Barney Dennis John 1 Deeler William Dillingham Claudine Delabaugh Joseph J Blco John Everhart Joseph 1L Fales Willard rerrier Jacob Fisher George French Chancey Frink Eli H Gatehouse Jlm~s Gibbons Christian Gleason Adam H Guthrid G~orge E Gnthaie Hugh Haines David
Ricllard W Melendy 2nd
Hackett George lianna poundlenry Haines Philip lianna Nathaniel Hanselman William lianselman Yilliam H lioldridge Harriti V Hutchins Judah Hunt John Hashey Moses B tiutchms John Hunt William Huff~an John W J eilkins William Jennings Charles H Jagger liba J Keyes William H Kerns William Knowles Reuben La Rue John Letcher William )ly~rs Ueorge Alelendy Hram ll 1[elendy Emery Ii 1IcGowan ~ redl~-rjck McGowan 1I1iletu~ gtlcGowan Irtnn~ ~Ioore Corndliu3 Moore YilliaUl S Parker Eiwnd A Parker Eclwin L Petty John Phenecie 1ewis Phonecie James Pheneic1 William C Ruth Dmitl Rhinehart Eli Sattison Wllliam H Sabin Charles E
Lieut
Sabin Oscar C Spangle Lafayette R Stewar AIIJert H trevcnRon Yilliam Stuck Levi A SommeTlott Andrew Sommerlott Franklin Seymour Franklin B Talbot Caleb Taylor Joshua Taylor William J Tingler Simeon Tuttle George D Woodsworth James R Wells Charhs L West Jehn J illobv Frank ilkin Lewis H Wood Frederick B Wooclard Hiram V
R~cruits
Altflan John P BlmiddotonG eorge lierger Chhries J BUWHillUll ItIichael Clise Aaron K AI Carpenter Gilbert Carfield Beujnmin K Dennison Olrudo J Eaton John Elliott Henry E ta~kill Richard J Howarth Preston Hutchins Enory W Hills George V HaUl Jo~eph H Hughey -thomas M Hdll ErHstus P
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King Pete J Lord David Lacey John B Mcsabb Jamea Milier Juseph NOlthwuy Daniel C Pattee Alvah
Priest Willlm Rhodes Hubert Sommeriott Valentine ThomI)son James E Twitchell Theodore Tingler John Taylor JameR Z
Van Cleve William A Willoughby James M Wollcott lSathanieI P Yolicott William H Willson Alexander G Walier Elijah J Young Lewis 1 C
Young Philip L COMPaNY B
Amidon George P Amidol Henry Alurich Isaac 1
Dewolf Sprague P Dixon Robert S Harriman William Shad~ Richard
Renner Robert Schofield John F Shade Christopher
COMPaNY F
Bell David CO~1PaNY H
Jy ByronBa
Irish Challes L COMPaNY 1
k Eli C119r Levi F Agog Peter
Everhart Edmond Everhart John r Quigley James
Rhea Alexander Ryan Patrick Tucker William H
Au IJininger John Unassigned Recruit EnBe PRO~OTIONS IN CO A TO OOMMISSIONS
BuPt James H W Jenkins promoted to Major Bul Lieut Richard W Melendy Captain p Sergeant Irenus McGowan 1st Lieut Fojvate Willard Fales 2nd Lieut Fovate Oacar C SaLin (~uarter Master
Sh1 LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES L HIOH THE 29TH IND WASENGGED
Stone River Perryville irinth 110
LibertyGap Chicamauga Green Kiver Buzzard lioost(t Vergne
CuThe 29th regiment saw its first hard fought battle at Shilo and suffered considshyCaable loss also at Stone River it made a brilliant record but at Chicamaugll C~cllme near being annihilated The regiment was placed at a certain posshyCiun to hold at ali hazzards on the memorial afternoon of Sept 20 V~63 O~here in about four hours time it withstood seven distinct charges of the Dueroy and was only compelled to yield by a flank attack in which tlle followshyIng Steuben boys of Co A were taken prisoners and suffrecl the horrors of IAlluersonville
McGowap Irnu5 Sommerlott Andrew~llen David B Parker Edward A Sommellott Valentinefleveland George D Phenecie James Stewart Albert H EJommings Barney
FHrshey loses B Phen(cie Yilliam C West Jolm J Wood Frederick B KlnO Peter J Preist William
Pattee Alvah V oodarll Hiram W~Mcc+owan Miletus IYollcott Nathaniel
rr-S1fL RE~11~1~CE CES OF bOUE OF CO A EO)S v-nO RETtllmiddotcD AD OW LnI~G IX fHpound COrriTY pampeUsE)TI DU~IEFf rOLITICf= A_D or fOCIlt FlA DI)O
Yeu1 H CCLl- Corronl f Co A Wl~ wound~d at Shilo illl dischnrged He agih enlistd as Captain of Co 12H Iud prumoteu to IIlajor llia1le
ill manner hI) hns extensive ncqlHllhlllCe in V1P county I~f-IY G 11ErEDY first Corpural of Co A was difcharged fo] dilUi ity
an lleceh-ed n comlnimiltll1 as Adjutant of 1~i)ttl Ind Yol finO $(middotlYPU a~ such until the close of the war lie early addaltul lnself to pcpcful pEfui aHl is no practsinr law at Femout~ a man of exten~iyc aCluitanc6 haiL~ Ll by the rromincnt part he has tkcn in bmiinEi politic -InGll1c Odd
Fellow and G A R Association~ anu is tho Scuivr Pn-t rosI CltnnIuHlid(middotr
of (he Connty~ILLI~ll JE~jI~pound WH~ =cverly ~youndel1 at Sh10 still (~ntilf the rebel nli~ _~lf n
in his body ith the be~t hi reccHl as a fnldiltr and ~ince a~ a citizen AAnd rew bull ill lives at Anmiddot)la a c)l1Rtant ~ulierr but us flll of fire and patiolic 5P Franklin a d old and enjoylts his G H comradeship ranklin B
WrrIn1 H KEYr served full three y~ars in Co A aftEr his dschurge btUa ftgain enlisted He now lives in O(~eurogo Tp lie h1o served two (eras lam J County Sheriff allll town~hip of11ces prier leon
ANDtBW SOfMJROTT~ beaTS an hf)nolahle solc11r~ lcord and vGU1Hl= rlge D
prisoner in Andersonville at which place he SIW many of hi~ cocl1pan JaUl(S R
flmo 19 them bis broHler VaicnlinC t1ischargl 15 S~rg(ant tf hi Cl)flll~~ L a 1d is now Pa( Po~t Commander of Pust 20 iO lil ldatl s 1hat whiemk
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nderiiOnville one morning bpfore llaylight he wcnt to ttle (yeLk (0 Latle lis li heard running wat(r on inv~stipati()l dicocrcd clear wtn comming ft~lck B tTe direction of the dead line llJd h~ i~ of th llluilln tht l Wll~ 011-U ~m
first to see ancl drink from thn 10 calld ITovilenco Sll1g that bUI~t [mlujtS
reviv the wretchId prion~~- ~vmmerlott lude (Wtgt attempts to e~ctll(middott P ht time he wrtR rctrken within seven miles of the Unioll LinES lhat use
time he felt discouraged r~~~iel GEORGE D Cl1VIL_ND a resident uf Fiint wrmiddots itlkpn Pscncr ut (h (( III
Innuga and waR a -permanent boarder at Anderon-illgt fur 18 month=- ru1lti (lbeli
tht life ac rtill v ry appucllt a citizen II jJed in CJlt HEsslOl of his iclmin IL d lldu J h J donore an r~specttd 1Jy tUnny f [len F
HEtRY HN~ wns lroruoted Strgeant of his compaly atd R~ fluch tIllE ranking office left to command and jpad uff the rCHlinent of Its co lilll-V J fruro the battle field of CbicaLlHuga He is 10W brokl n down with Sl tYic~onry Y
t resident near 11ctz Lpound-ns I C YO~NG of Clear Lake was one of the eurly recruit of ISG scrmiddot
w) well and faithfll11 untii the close of the war a rCRpecteu and h)1101elt1 citillsII
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zen having the confidence of all He was President of the Steuben County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Assooiation at its last reunion
HIBM B ~fELENDY a substantial and excellent citizen of Salem Tp was promoted Sergeant of his company came through the war with a eteran record Co A Joys or any soldier finds his latch string out He is a sufferer from the effects of campaign life
FORTY-FOURTH IND VOL INFT
Immediately after the depalture of the 29th Ind the 44th was organized and to this Steuben County furnished Co A and parts of other companies W fl H Day B J Crosswait BirgeSmith and others were active in recruit ing VI H H Day went sooner than the rest as 1st Lieut in tho 30th Ind
lhe roster of the 44th from Steuben County is as followesj
Baldin J Crosswait Lieut Col Dr George W McConnell Quarter Master COMPANY A
Charies F Kinney Capt Elias Rose 1st Lieu Birge Smith 2nd LieutArnOld Nicholas Grant Harrison Ryan John SrAumend J1lmes A Griffith Lewis Ryan John JrBarr Charles H Greell Marcena Ryan StephenBennett Wiiliam Goudrich David O Ryan MichaelBuLler Marvin B lIall Leander Ityan JamesEntier Thomas D Hyatt Thomas C Rosser WilliamP elher Giba Humelbaugh Wliliam Robbins Ransom KFonedict John 1 HurlbHrt Charles F Stealy JohnFOI-cn Joseph W Heiler Emanuel Swambaw FrederickShiller James Hutchins John R Snyder Seymour P)ks Francis Heller Daniel Sailor Allen M ])oks Samuel S Hall John Sowle David~t i rl Henry W Imhoff John Showalter Joshuav nk Charles Jackman Joseph Scoles WilliamC lp Miles T Kinnear John W ttrong George WC riin Willlam C Lewis Newel P Stealy ChristianC eveland Spencer J Lords Joseph E Sage Alonzo BC din J Ohil Lords Henry A Scoville Onius DC x Solomon M Lutz John Scoville Hannibalutts Jesse Moffett Thomas R Swain Richard PDotts William H McMuire William Thrasher Oscar BDotts Jacob Merriman James H Tinsley SameulEpkhart John Milnes Joseph Throop Orange
Wing James B Miller Charies Tiffany Davis Jwing Albert H Munday Jasper Thompson Johnwers Adolphus lt ield Henry
egley John rant Marion
Parrott John M Powers Stephen A
Raison Robert
Oberst Christopher Twitchell Henry Twitchell George Yo Van Auken James Van Cleve George W
IG
Ycs Henry right -illiam Yo ltst J osllua 1ilkes RoberL Ycnner William
Rcruits Aluich Frederick H Alddch John L Andlew5 _~ ehtmiah Beil Isaac Black Lkwoou L Chappel JulhlS H Crandal ~middotilas L
Moffett Thomas C
Bevelly Charles S Babcock William Y Bendel V~i11it1m Chandel Francis 8 Dirrim Jame6 G
BlowHr~ Lyman Bailey J ame~
Carey Phinncus Hathaway JOtgtcph M
Aldrich Eugene S Altman Henry H Bennet iOtrIS D Bennet ~lpleom
Bickler Charles N Baylor Elia6 CookJohn Cutler Simon L ElulidfTc HemyElliott~ bamnel H Gaylord Jame vaic~ John
Crampton Henry Crampton John Fetterhoof Albert Gannoll Jerome C Jordall Alonzo Kratzer Emalluel Kerr George Lonbarger Henry Larue Thomas Lewis Frank B Lacy Thomas T Morrison Leland Malott Jacob Miller illard A Martin Elias
CO~)lY D
Stowe Sylvester J COMPANY F
Dirrim Richard Dirrim Robert R Fiemtone I saac Freeby George - Haughey Francis M Kinsly Solomon
COMPANY G
Hubbell Charles P J ohllson Daniel Johnson F Perkins rob
COMPANY H
Wright Jerome COMPANY K
Greenamyer illiam Heffelfinger il1artin V liawky Henry H Higgins Albert Knapp O~cal Long John G l1asE Samucl E Moore Tobias McMillen John O Malanely William Muss~r Edward Morley George
Nyce John F OBrien Christopher Purvis George W larker Dauiel S Richardson J mes Renner Jaru ~ M Stewart Jallic~
Sowle Roben Truby Jacob A J hompson ltobert H Vanolstin ralter Wcst Lewjs Wilson Newtll A Wagner George W
Smith Walter
Rcd GeOlge - Slentz John Slentz George W Turner Stephen Turner Martin B
Iluthan Neuroal Howson O Z Wright Chancy
heYright Samml Ig fl
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noe Orange A Rodgers Madison F]~~on Juseph P II0a11 J lmlS Shank Sylvesier Shank Norma11 C (Squier Samuel E bLut~ Jerry J Waters l)oJomon D Bul rd Shurban I (hilcODt John
COMllfiSBIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF ~TEUJEN CO1Y BOYS
Lieut Col Baldin J Crosswait Died l~t Leint or Quarter Master Dr George Y McConnell Hesig-ned
COMPANY A
Uapt Ch~r1e5 Kinney promoted Major Resignec1
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1st Sergt M B Butler promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut resigned Private Joseph W Burch promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut proshy
moted Captain promoted Major mustered out with regiment Private Lewis Griffith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Captain mustered
out with regiment Private Onius D Scoville promoted 2nd Lieut promoted Captain Co 1
mustered out with regiment Private Gemge W lwitchell promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Newell P Lewis promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment
COMPANY D
Private Syl vester J Stowe promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment COMPANY K
1st Lieut Simeon C Aldrich promoted Captain promoted Lieut Col comshymisdioned Col died Aug 15 64
1st Sergeant Norris B Bennet promoted 2nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut r resigned
Sergeant Eugene S Aldrich pr))notad 2nd Litltut promoted 1st Lieut mustered out a ~ expiratiun of 3 years service
Corporal John G Long promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment
LI8T OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WillOH THE 44TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Fort Donelson Corinth Chattanooga Fort Henry Perryville Chicamauga Shiloh Stone River Mission RIdge
The official reports of commanding officers gives the Forty-fourth laurels at its first engagement at Fort DonelRon of well advanced battle charges and good conduct It capturing one Rebel flag which is now in deposit at IndianapOlis and was one of the first regiments to receive the surrender f Rebel arms and prisoners Its next great record was made at Shiloh fihting all day Sunday on tho left wing participating in a severe and serious check to the enemy a scene of illustration in nearly all Lattle pictnrcs of Shiloh and WOn he cognomen of IRON MEN which stuck to them throughout the war The Forty-fourth was never once demorilized during the the two days battie keeping its lines and position wherever ordered The following Steuben boys are among those that carried the regimental colors until wltJundedj Newdl P Lewis Henry A Lords Lewis Griffith Henry Twitchell of Co A and Sergt O Z Rawson of Co G The flag was riddled with ballb and mos heroicly defended It is consit1ered now that but for the little Brigade to which the 4th was attached Beanreguards boast to water his horse
1st Lieut Elias Rose resigned 2nd Lieut Birge Smith Resigned
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in the Tennessee Rh-er that night would have been fulfiled It WDS again in the fray at Stone River Where it sustained its record and
namE and th battle reports of Chicamauga add a luster to its hi~tory During the dilIrent evolutions incident to a large battle the 44th became utnched from its brigade and hearing heavy fighting on the left Col Alshydrich marchCld his men to that point Its arrival and support was very
fortunate to Gen Thomas and to the day In we~tern regiments an intimacy existed between officers and men not
seen in regiments of the east And in no regiment of the west wns this intimacy more apperant than in the 44th still it did not destroy discipline nor the faitbful perforance of duty nor was the edncation of military tactics neglected as a proof o)f this the following bit of history is gilten In the ~pring of 1865 a nice Colonels sWI)tB was to be given by the ladies of the west to the best drilled regiment in th) ni~y of the Cumberland many regiments competed among them U S Regulars The 44th Ind won the prize and it
was proudly receind by their Colonel
PERSONAL REMINISSCENCEB CAPT CHARLES F KINNEY a gentleman by nature and qualifications genial
as an officer in self respoct resigned for supersedure in promotion to which he was entitled as senior Captain and in common usage by military rules He name home but remained active in support of the Uuion by his influence He was the fonnuer of Kinney ~ Comiddots Bank and died in 1874 an active
influencial citizen with many friends LIEUT ELIAS ROBE on account of ill health resigned but remembers
hi~ regiment anu comrades and never misses au oppertunity with tongue or
pen to interest himself in their behalf LIEUT BIRGE SMITH Ii true patriot wa~ also compelled to resign on account
of ill health He again enlisted as 1st Lient in Co A 129th and uied in Jthe
service as Captain He proved hi~ loyalty with his Ilfe MARUS B Buttler [or meritorious und conscientious service received 1- 0shy
Illotion but ill health caused by sorvice and care of his company of which he was in commanu for Bome time compelled him to resign 1 hough far fr m being well he was elected County Recorder fur two tcrm~ BUU Auditor (ne term bring the first soldier elected to a county office His ulterest in lis comrades is ever manifested He 1S now a resident of Salem Ip
DR GEO W MCCONNELL active at the beginning and active to the e u money time and service were gven that Steubdn County ~houlu lgt~ fully r cshyognized He was the first Quarter Master of the 44th lind one of the lJest to provide for his regiment Comrade M B Butler says the bop IIlways t d good clean straw to sleep on a lUJury not often had aftr the Dr left the u
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Hard conslant service and such it was at the begining necesitated his resignatiou but his active interest in the results of the war or the good of the soldier never relaxed not even at this date with hi~ advanced age htl has the premium of going farther and more miles and presisting until hi6 object i8 accomplished when it is to the welfare of any comrade
LEWIS GRIFFITH O D SOOVILLE GEO W TWITCHELL AND NEWELL P LEWIS by geniel comradeship and soldiers qualifications and meritorious conduct were advanced to commis~ions and are now rltsidents of the county respected and loyal citizens with the record of lopking well to the care of their comrades in the service they havo continued the same at home in sickness distress and final muster out And as remarked by one at the death of Wm Rosser that a Co A boy can die in peace only when Capt Griffith is present and by theIr side 1 hese men now show age and white hairs and the results of over four years of campaign life is quite visiable
FREDERICK SWAMBAW of Co A and NOR~N C SHANK of Co K residents of and neighbors of Jackson Tp both carry wounds and disabilities incnred in the service lhey are Social and anxious to enjoy comradeship whenever able
EUGEIili S Aldrich with a short service in the 4th Mich went as Sergeant of Co K After three years more service wes mustered out as 1st Lieut He is now a resident and business man of Pleasant Lake Ht has in custody one of the old regimental flags of 44th battle scared and old with age and is tenshyderly cared for by the old boys
SAMUEL TINSLEY now a resident of Angola is a remarkable man with a reshymarkable memory and his fund of army reminisscences are many always in a manner quite vivid He was discharged for disability but again enlisted in the 7th Cavalry as he could not be content until the war was ended
THE PATRIOTIO RYAN FAMILY father and four sons in Co A and afterward the fifth son in another regiment This stalwart family performed a true soldiers duty during the war well known in their regiment and to the people of the county The old veteran the father gave his life the stalwart sons returned and the aged widow and mother is often Been in company with her soldier Rons esspecialy at reunionE and none eujoy these better than her Great honor is due to the mothers of soldiers
CHARLES MILLER of Orland one of first to veteran was the commedian and ongster of Co A Many times the boys had the blues sick tired and weary
Charley would enliven the bivouac or march by his fun and songs He waH Vorth more than Doctors to the Regimeut He has moderated somewhat but always has a song for reunions and G A R gatherings
I HENBY W BEARD served his full enlistment and is now living neal Angola Plnd whenever in town ~eeks the comradeship of old soldier~ His stlfvice
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added with age and the strugle for a livelihood shows heavy marks Jums H VAN AUKIN a resident of Pleasant Lake was wounded in battle
and dicharged in Oct 1862 again enlistEd as sergeant of Co A 129th Ind and was severly wOmded at Franklin Van Aukin is peculiar loyal brave ~enerou~ and independent His record in the service while doing duty wa~ not inclined to military red tapE He is a member of G A R Post No 150 and holds the official position of Surgeon an honor promphmiddotd from fhe (act that he is representative of Dr Draks Medicines and is particular willing to apply his remedies to comrades whenever neEded
Co A had among its memberrs probably the oldest mall that went from the County in the person of uncle Stephen A Powers His patriotic saying that 1 am I11Jt to old to battle for my Country will long be remembered Conshy~ienci(lus and true he done R soldiers iuty as long as he could Co A also has the distinction so fnr 118 heard of of having the youngest enlisted soldier that carried a musket from the state of Indiana Silas L Crandall being only 13 years and 4 months of age when mustered although the mustershying officer was made to believe he was older He is now a resident of Angola and interested in the welfare of hiH older oomrades
SEE~TY-FOURTH I D VOL INFT
In August 1862 the Hth Indiana Vol was organized at Fort Wayne Indiana with Company H from Steuben Connty as one principal component part and lllother company with one man from this County Steuben was not rep resented among the field or titaff officers with only one exception that of Caaplain The folowing is the rD3ter of the 74th from Steuben County
Abram M Sowle Chaplain COllPASY c
Layman Eli COMPANY H
Sylvenus B George Capt Lawrence Gates 1st Lieut Benjamin F Dnwson 2nd LieuL
Abbey Jacob D (Jule 3amutll Huffman Silas Burch Halbert C Clark Newton Huffman Asa Bennett Abram )ov HOlJdt Hull AndrewJ Burgees David R lltittillg Simon Hutchms Theodore Bennett John G Benedict James E
llowels Abram S Guthrie William P
Hoover Henry Ireland Jonathan R
Barclow John H Cleland John Crowford Isaac
Gooddch Everett B Gilbert Cornelius Griffith Leaman
Jordan Andrew J Knapp Mortimer 11 Kemery Peter L
) Classon Edgar W Green Francis M Kope David Cope David Cole Nelson
Geer George Hauver John M
Lowther George Letz J Nelson
LightOrenzo Lee Ellis 1-1 Limger tiamuel Lon~dale Geurge Lemmun JulIn B Lemmon James M Lommon Richard M LablOn tiamue Latson Charles Muore Micha~l Moore William Murse Charles A Morse J edediah ~liller Pomeroy Merritt FranCl~ M
ichols J useph B Pomtroy lIenry Phenicie John vr Pettibone Nathan Perfect MiddlJtun Pierce Ora Parker illiam Parker Solomon Pew James Pew Edward
Hus~ Solomon J Hinehar t Jacob l Hummeli Jacot Itumlllell George tinyder J oun tilucum Giles titoul John titeward William H timiley Alonzu ticovulc Err tiines H enry U stutler Jacob tiummerlin Charles ~ 1 hompson Henry Jesker William V ose ueorge Vaughn laHor WillIs William Wood Hiram Warren William H Warren Robert R Wolf William ti Wakefield Harvey Willowby James Iorden bcbuyler 0100 t James
Recruib Blakt Albert K Cornell George Dahufl SimOll Dirlan Cecil Jimiddoturry Hichard Gaylon Henry D George James A Gardner Adelbert George Jilavius J uardner Elisha Jack~on AndreW Kusley ioah Lemmon Henry C Lemmon hdward Perfect Hobert L Pixley Luther Stutler Daniel Stutler William Stewart John U Stewart Philemon P Speglemire David 1hUIJljJIIOLl Wlllialll lOW11- rJ utin h iliHiILS bllH 1 Vilalu llaLtiuUl J
COMMISSIOZS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BvYS
Chaplain Abram 11 Sowle Resigned April 64 Captain Sylvenus B George Rsigned Aug 63 1st Lieut Lawrence Gates promoted Capt Resigned May 65 2nd Lieut Benjamin F Dawson Resigned Dec 62 1st Sergt John Snyder promoted 2nd Lieut Resigned May 64 Sergt Nrid leton Perfect promoted 1st Lieut honorable discharged callSt
Wounds
Corporal Ora Peirce promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt Mustereu Out with lmiddotgiment
Private James Pew promoted 1st Lieut mustered out with regiment Private Henry Hoover promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with lfgimcnt
LIST OF IMPORTANT nAlTLES IN WHICH THE 74TH IND WAS ENGAGED
Munfordsville lfisaion Ridge Chattahoochie Hoover Gap DallaR Peach Tree Creek Dug Gap Lost Monntain JonesbOlO Chicamauga Kenesaw Atlanta
bull ~he 74th Campaigns in G2 were in pursuit of Bragg through KE-n aml 1 TIll
ifu 33 connected with Gen Rosecrans campl1ign and relief of Chatanooga il against Atlanta and Shelmans march to the Sea and through the CHlUshy
lilo Sj and in 65 marched throuhgh Richmond and clOSed with the Grand Reviw
John N Towns John B Lemmon Geo Cornell Wm Warren and Wm F Wolf all of Co H were taken prisoners near Atlanta and confined in Andtrshy60nviUe
BREIT REMlNISBANCES OF THE 74TH DY WM TASKER
After a short stay at Camp Allen Ft Wayne If about one week were taken to Indianapolis and mustered into the U S service on the 21 of Aug 1862 We were then sent to Louisville thence to Bowling Green thence back to Louisville and as part of the 2nd Brigade 1st Division participated in the pursuit of Bragg The 74th was within view of the battle or ierrysville and why we were not ordered to support our oppressed comrades 1 have not seen explained On Dec 7 we were taken ou a nine mile double quick march in support of Hartsville but were to late the Rebel Morgan hali been qUlck r and got away with his prisoners aud ~upplies We theu retUlned to uur quarters then at Ca~tillion Springs from this on we had severltl excursions in pursuit of Morgan but without success we were at Lavergne troll Janurary until June thence to Triune thence moved lowald 1 u1lahoma had a lively ~kirmish with the enemy at Hoovers Gap June 26 and continued the campaign against Bragg We then crossed the Cumberland MOUlltallls and the lilnnesshyseb River and camped in Chattanooga Un Sept Hi we received orders to move we marched all night at day-light stoped to make coffee and when it was about ready the bugle sounded and we had to drink on the run We were in the battle of Chickamauga that day in which we charged and fell back someshytimes in a hurry and again in order contending with clvariy infantry and artillary fianked and got flanked to describe is impossiablo Thus ended the first day our position h9ld and the Rebels on the east side ur Chickamauga Creek Sunday Sept 20 the battle again opened about 10 0 clock with the amall breast works we had made in the night we had the advantage but there appeared to be II disconnection in our battle 11llE the Rebel discovered this filled throngh the gap and flanked us ou the right we hHl orders to get out of that lind we got every mlln for himsdf I for one was lust from my regishyment lind stayed with the 4th Ken that night ~londay lllOrning we found that the army had retreated we followed and at RogtvJLe jOlllcd our commands The army then fell back to Chattanooga the position of the 74th in the seige WIIS between the railroad and Ft Negley Yheu ihe army was reorganized the 74th was assigned to the 3rd brigade lrd divi~iou 14th corps Un Kov 24 we marched out to take part in the grand charge np lis51On Ridge we were soon
ltin position ready for the charg( how ame 01S we waited for the signal at last it came up we went with orders to rest about half-way up but we forgot t ll
on up we go to top driving the enemy from their breast work~ and gUllS lIn front of the 74th was a battery trying to get away but they stayed rIUt
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regiment planted their fiag first on the Ridge is a didputed point we know the 14th was well advanced in the line RO it has a good claim for this honoT we felt glorious fOl we had a part and the victory was complete We pursueurod the enemy as far as Dalton then returned to Chattanooga where we remained until Feb 20 6i when the Regiment with the 14th corps went on a reconnoitrshying expedition towards Buzzard Roost On the 25 had a slight engagement tha night without noiRe took a backward track to Ringgold where we remained until May 10 when we marched with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign The first days march brought us to the RehelR in force at Dalton Kext day made a frank movement to the right through Snake Creek Gap There we JUet tho 129th Ind a grand glad shaking of hands took place We were nnw frequently (ngaged in battles and skirmishes at Dallas May 21 Lost Mountain June 11 Kenesaw June 27 Chattahooohie July 1 Peach Tree Creek July 20 Jonesboro Sept 1 anu many other heavy knocks around Atlanta In October we were ordered in pursuit of Hood northward but called back and in November marched with Sherman to Savannah having frequent skirmishes From Sashyvannah we started on the grand waltz through the Carolins Thi was a march as you please with no communication or supplies subsisting upon the best the Rebels had Fighting the enemy at Fayetteville Goldsboro and Raleigh where we heard the glorious news of Lees Surrender to Glant what rejoicing but gloom followed f)r in a few dayd came the sad nflWS of the assassination of Pred Lincoln The grief of the soldiers was hard to hold within boundR but soon Call1tl the last great capitulation the Rebel Gen JOReph E Johnson with oyer 27000 men liad made terms with Gampn Sherman This seemed nearing the end After long weary round-about marches with hard fought battles anli losses by death the remnant of the 14th were permitted to enter Richmond the stragic city of assult and defence fM foUl years of rebellion Wl arrived atmiddot Washingshyon the 19 of cuay to take part in the Grand National Review May 24 were then sent to Indianapohs and received a reception from Gov Morton OUI discharge an d pay June 16 1865 and scattered for our homes soldiers no longer This is a rapid transit of our three years of weary marches skirmshyishes and battles The hardships sufferings and dangels that were endured seem like a fleeting dream also like a dream but sacred is the memory of comrades strong toy ai and true with whom we sbared canteen cracker and
blanket who with wOlmds and disease were left behind in soldiers graves
Th picasant memories of a soldiers life is upper-most and springs forth at
th asp of hands with comrades but this is less frequent for I find my comshy
ra are falling rapidly around me The cemeteries of this Country are
do Cal with their graves The taps are sounding the final mUEter out bu ~e country remains unc1ivided
lE)lhONAl ~JESTIOS OF SOME OF 00 B BOYS NOW LIVING
CUT LAWRENCE GATEt went first a8 Q Ms clerk in the 44th and is presumshyccl to he the firltt Union man to enter Ft Donelson He did it without orders lead by (uriousity to ~e() what the white flag meant He made a fine looking oillccr for Co H and while on detached duty lost his left leg in a railroad wr~ck He is a mtn with tender re~ard8 for comrade8 He has long been cashmiddot ier in Kinney amp Comiddots Bank nnd hold8 the highest office in the State 1 O O F H~snY C LElIIMON after uarly a years service in Co K 44th Ind (name acmiddot
cid~ntly I)lUittEd in that list) reelllistlu III lhe 74th and served until the end of the Wllr He was immdiately rcogllized at a number one mnn and citizen fillshying official trlst~ ill d s now serving his second term a8 County Treasure
LIEUT BEN F DAw~ol wan an efficient officer but disability compelled him to reHign He is now atturny at law in Angola and has a warm side for old soldiers rights with an cxtended acquaintllnce m state political masonic and (t A R circles fle waR the first Commander of Post No 150
bullJACOB ABBEY a stirling prominent farmer near Plea~ant Lake with his company comrades aud neighbors John B Lemmon Silas R William8 Johu Snyder Jacob Stutl(middotl and others enjoy the ~ocial comradeshIp in the G A R Post named in honor of their own Lrnve company comrade Middleton Perfect
HENRY HOOVER now living near Metz is 01le of its best citizens and nono elljoy8 a 74th reunioll blt3Ltermiddotthlln he
NELSON J LETZ of Scott Tp past Commander and now present Commander of Post No 41i at Fremont is as active JS his age will permit and none i~
more respected thall he ASDREW J ACKBOS of Angola was independent and cool ill battle or skirmshy
i6h strict ill the disclmrge of his duty remainR as strict to-day Ilnd taktR command o( himself in duties of eery clay life
GEORGE AND JACOB ltUMlIIELL steady subbtantial and respected citizens of (ltRego Tp were steady and trulgt during thoir thrspound year~ servIce Great honshyor to their Mother who sent Rix 8untl to the war 80rne nenr returned Truly tbis was a family of patriots
NELBOS COLE of Scott Tp was a goocl liudir and emphatic in his views HiH mother Hellt five sons to battle another of the Nations Mothers She seen ihem nll return but one Samnel died from wounds at Nashville
EIGHTY-EIGHTH niD VOL INFT
Steuben COllnty was represented in Company A of the 88th Ind by two knoOin Angola boys Emile Scholtz and ORcar P Carver Scholtz died In aftElr discharged from diseass contracted in the service Carver iK L TIS I gt11
of TraYers City Mich and COllnty Clerk of Travers County
ONE HUNDREDTH IND VOL INFT -orshy
THE PERSIMMON REGIMENT
On September 101862 this regiment was mustered into the U S sarv i Steuben County furnished [hp following
-oOMPANY B
Joseph W Gillespie Captair Orla J Fast 1st Iilmtbull Edwin Goldsmith 2nd Lieut
Abbott William Bodley Aaron Blanchard Samuel Brooks Henry Brown German Brockway George Bodlev James Bodle) Philo Brauley James Bradlev Daniel Brock Monroe Blass Clarkson D Blas~ Jefferson Burtoll John Betzer Peter Betzer Adam Bailey Samuel Chadwick Samnel Chapman Aaron B Carver Henry W Conkey Manning S Carpenter Chauncy Cole Royal Cook George Casper Levi Caspr Lewis Carpenter Alexander M Cluck George Chapman Edger A Clark fohn C Clevbland Addison Dillingttam Jerome B Dillingham James Davis William
Dudley Grove H Dimon Henry Denman Smith Ebert James M Ellis Charles O Emerich Jonathan Flint ltrancis French George Gore George W Gillespie David S GOOdrich Sila8 Gillespie Rufus R Green David Goodrich Sylvester Hurd Harvey M Hayoes Martin Hayne John Haines Monroe J Hoover Joseph Hiton Lewis L Hoolihan Joseph Jarvis Clement Johnson Henry Johnson Geurlle W Jadwin JOlin P Kellogg Vlliam Kale James Keith L ewiti Lee Clark Musser Juhn McLane Ambrose Northway George F Opie William Pulver William O
CoMPANY c Morrow John K 1stLieut Hand Henry H
Parkar Samuel Parker Walter R Powers George W Root Rodney H Rollins George R Rhodes Gilbert Rodgers Bradley Rude Charles Sabin Marden Sutherland Andrew J Stafford Joseph Shumway Return U Rlltherland Chris C Suppenaugh Tullie Sultz Jacob Scott Henry M Snyder George Snyder Andrew J Soule David Sperry Jackson E Taylor Cornelius Taylor William J Taylor Warren J Taylor Orrin R Wilder Charles H Welch William J Woodworth Homer H WiggioR Nathan Young ltilt-ly Zimmerman John
Recruits Fansha w John H Van AUstin Charles r
Hand Charl~s E
COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS OF STEl JlEX COUNTY ROYgtI
COMPANY JI
Captain Josph W Gillispie resigned Jan 26 UHH
1Rt Lieut Ods J FRst promoted Capt promoted A~smiddott Adjt Gen 2nd Lieut Edwin Goldsmith promoted 1st Lieut promoted Adjt of regishy
ment mustered out with regiment lergt Marden Sabin promoted 1st Lieut promoted Capt mustered out
with regiment Sergl Samuel Blanchard promoted 2nd Lieut mustered out with regiment Private German Brown promoted 1st Lieut and Quarter Master of
regiment mustered out with regiment Private Walter R Park(or promoted 2nd LIeut promoted 1st Lieut musshy
tered out with regiment COMPLY o
bt Lieut John K Morrow promoted Captuin resigned Feb 29 1864 Private Renry H Hand promoted Asst tlurgeon mustered out with Regt
LIST OF IMPORTANT BATTLES IN WHICH THE 100TH IND WA~ EgtOAGED
Litlle RiverSeige of Vicksburg DallR~ Turkey 1 own8eige of Jackson New Hope Church
Trenton Big lhanty Griwuldville
Mission Ridge NlCkajack Savaunan
Knoxville ChattatlOocnee BmnchvIl1(o Decatur Uongulec Creek GraysvillE
Dalton Atlanta ColUlLuia BentonVillelnake Creek Gnp Jonesboro
le~acca Cedar Bluffs lialeign
Kenesaw Lovejuys Station
BRIEF BElINISOENOES OF THE PERSIMMON -EltHMENT BY GILBERT BHOADS
The origin of name persimmons as attaclted to the 100ln regIment came about as follows The bOyR had round out the Jilciouo luaiity of ripe persimshymons the tirst day out on the march frull lCUlptlis hllU llwarJ with order not tu straggle they found a tree and stlll to glthlr H Ill Being green troops they did not know the object of reu buard~ mll llllgered to long and they were all arrested and turned uver t t he Brig Ublilmiddotrnl as straggler~ On being questioned every man an8weled I 8top1)d tu gCL 11erhimmons and got them The General was both exJ Iud aruused lie ent them forward with word to Col Heath that if hIS d-n lTiimmon T(middotgunent ~ould stick in a fight as well a~ they did to the truth and a perilllDlOI1 tree he would appologize He subsequently found occasion to appulvgize hut the name tuck and no set of men feel prouder than a llllmbr of the 100rh to be called
a persimmon boy This regiment at its first oUt-setdoDe guard duty on the Me11lphis 8~Charlesshy
ton Railroad until June 9 1863 when it started for Yicksburg joining Gen Grants army June 14 After the SUlrdnUCr of Vick~burg took active part in
the S(gtige of Jackson 1iss which lasted for five days In October it made a rapid march to Trenton Ga and turned the left flank of Braggs army and reached Chattanooga on the 25th of Nov and took part in th charge up Mission Ridge nnd followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Graysville thence moved to the relief of Gen Burnside at Knoxville Early in May 1864 we moved with Shermans army and had a part in nearly all the engagements in geting to and at Atlanta In October were sent in pursuit of Hood drove him across the Tennessee River and left him to the care vi Gen Thomas and returned to Atlanta In November we left Atlanta in ruins for that adventurshyous and destructive march to Savannah and through the Carolinas After the Surtender of Lee and Johnson we marched by the way of Richmond to Washshyington and on the 14th of June arrived at Indianapolis and received a welcome home by Gov Mortor
It is estimated the Regiment marched over 4000 miles encountering alshymost impassable swamps morassult and rivers and engaged in twenty-nine battles not counting innumerabl o smaller skirmishes They well earned the per~immons
PEBSON~L MENTIOol OF SOME OF THE PERSIMMON BOYS NOW LIVING
SAMUEL PARKER AgtID JOHN HAINES each OVilr six feet in heigllt maro~ed side by side in the lead of their company and shared the ~ame pup teut and blank et are now neighbors and residents of Salem Tp and among its most excellent citizens and G A R members
JOHN MUSSER AND GEORGE POWERS of Metz as worthy citizens have been callshyed upon to fill official and responsiable stations and both exercise fraternity and loyality on all opportunities
HENRY CABVER of Orland u well knewn and respected business man is disabled in a larger degree than rated the results of his army service
GROVE DUDLEY a SUbstantial farmer and citizen living near Orland attends strickly to his business the same as he did in soldier life
JOHN P J~DWIN of Orland one of Steuben Countys best citizens is a worker in the G A R manifestes great interest in all organizations for good and takes especial interest ill Sunday School work
JAOKSON E SPEBRY OBRIoI R TAYLOR and others have made n mark in busishyness since the war They still remain true to the principles they enlisted to defend
ANDREW J SNYDER or Pint loaded down brimfull of comradeship toward any soldier generous to a fault seen the entire serviCEgt of the 100th He is a prominent citizen of Angola and has served two terms as Commander of Post No 150 None reach forth their hands quicker than he to greet a comrade or friend or aid any person in distres~
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THOMAS E LEGG of Co C is rightfully a Steuben County boy but the Adjt
General creJit him to LaGrange as probaly many others have been so assignshy
ed Comrade Legg was a resident and business-man of Angola for some
years H Egt now lives near Orland and is generaly on hand at reunions and
meets his comrades in n pleaned and quiet way CAPT JOHN IL MOBROW of Co C with a known reputation as Attorney af
Law in the County and vacinity with Iifes fortunes and prospects varied stil
holds forth in his chonen profession true to client and to the principlts he
advocted with the sword GILBEBT Rnows formaly of Otsego Tp now lives at Berlin Height~ lt)hio
With previous Rervke in the 15th Ind was a well drilled soldier po~se~sing
ability to in~truct ill taetieR and did so to a conniderable extet 1ll the 100th and could have won a commission but prefered a high privates position
He is now traveling Ralesman for his comrade B F Smith of the same regishyment in the sale of Halls Safes and as such visits hi~ old home COULty often
He is always in attendance at the reunions of the 100th SILAS GOODRICH of Jackson Tp served his full time IS a soldier and shows
the effect of camp mmch and battle for which Uncle Sam allolls him a
small monthly stipend that ought to be doubled JOHN ZIUMEH1HN of York 1p is another old Yet who sawall there was and
by experiepce knows thl round-about route from the Tennesee Rivlc to Washington on foot via Atlanta Savannah and Richmond
SEVE TH CAVALRY (l19rn) REGn1ENT IND VOL
Although there were hut a few of Steuben boys blonging to the 7th Cavalry yet in honor of thus~ few it is right to place on reoord their taluable service in the war
The 7th Cav traversed Tennessbe Missouri and Arkansas made two evere raids into Ilisissippi and clvsed 1ll LOUl~ian and Texas They won Il reputation as flanklrti and advance guard~ and ill sevoral instances saved the Union army from a premature attack anu their trains and suppliEs from capturp They nevelmiddot flinched in need gave direct fierce ~aber charge against saber the most terifying of charges to meet in like manller charged artillery and infantry and won words of compliments from their cummanding General and proved themselve8 to be a complete cavalry organizatioll
We may not have all but register all those we can a ~ertain from Adjt Genmiddots Report and inquiry who left the county
OOMPANY D Dahuff Eli Lidge Adam Tuttle Chester V Fegley George W Mortoff Samuel Tuttle Theodore F Gordan James B Snowberger Robert H Woodworth Brazilian
Shaffer Daniel G
COJOANY K
Burkett Lafayette EdwardR Danford Thomelson David Baker William H Eldridge William H Taylor Orbn Carey Edwin Hyatt William Woodward William Carpentel Almon S Hix Marvin
MmvIN HIX of York Tp one o f t he 7th Cav LOYs is known as a good citizen and Union man He is a farmor with the cares pertaining to such yet as one of the fpw remaining mis~es no oppertunity to attend his annual regimental
meetings
LUAYETTE BURKETT with previous experitince in McClellens Dragoons and
some of tha hard fierce saber claslles in the east and possessing a quick impulsive t emperment and sought iimilar exciting service and was given a sergeants position in the 7th Ind Cav H e bore the regimental colors gallantshy
ly III many a conflict The flag was often pierced with bullets and once ~evered from its Htaff thus making his escape almost a miracle but at last unfortunutly
in u hand to hand sab3l conflict received a mark thut all who now behold him will always r em ember L tfes Jove of excitembnt and dash spirit is unabated
he IS the life of th3 Pos t or comradeship gathering ever ready with song or story to umu~e to obey all calls of service for the distrCossed or aid in public good
CHESTER V TlTTLE a ci tizJn of Steuben Tp joined service with Co D and on reorganiza ton of th e regiment received a Corporals p osition He has be(ll in active buiness as sulesman ut Pleasant Lake and Township assessor for some years and is now County Treasure elect The people will soon have
ample oppertuLity to make his acquaintance and will find him a gentleman in every respect
ROBERT H SNOWBERGER farmer of Steuben Tp remained with his regimiddot ment unt il FeJurary 18 th I dSt3 The Goverment huying need of his service to the last His work wa well done
BRaZILIAN WOODWORTH a resident of Steuben Tp with ancestors in the war~ of 1812 and Revolution alld as a worthy de~cendant exhibited the same spirit for his Countrys defencb He saw previou~ service before joining the 7ht
om whlCh regiment he was among~the last to be mustered out
TWELFTH CA VALRY (127TH) REGIMENT IND VOL
Quite 8 number of Steuben County men enlisted in the 12th Cavalry organshy
ized March 1st 1864
BowerAlfred BellJoshu8 Bowes Michael
OOMPANY B
Cuffey AlonzO J Cuffey Leonard A Call William Cook George
COMPANY O
Harbaugh Henry W J ohnes John Suitterlin James A
Major D Williams Captain George I luttle 1st Lieutenant Lorenzo Taylor 2nd Lientenant
Burt Cornelius Basset James A Baker William H Case Cyrus Cole Henry Critchfield Jacob Cuttler Orrin C Clark William W CJnkey Sorento Cline Lanson Cobb William raUey Syrenous Dirrim William C Dirrim Isaac D Dwelley Archer Depue John Douglass Hobert Darrah Charles L ruller WLsun [Jas IV] Gilitt Homer A Green Allen
Carpenter Alvah N Flowers Abraham L Fee Nathan H Fee Moses
Goudy AlLert J Goudy Henry W Gurtner Henry Horn Stephen Huffman Joseph Huffman Samuel Holcomb Walter Holcomb Leroy Hoadley Howard Holdredgc Dudley Johnson John J Keyes Harvey H Lataun Alonzo Luton Eleazer Moore Samuel C Meek Wilson McClain Daniel N lIcLaugiulll Andrew Nichola Benjamin Orsborn Thomas Parker Frank D Pendall Samuel
COMPANY I
Fee William H Firestone David J Horn Charlea Minard Jesse
Seymour Franklin B Spear Miron L Smilley David Rams Benjamin B Sherwin Herlan Sizemore Garner StO[tgty John D luttle John R ringley George W Tingley Tarren Taylor Ansel Taylor William B Tinsley Samuel Tabor Joseph fabor Lafayette West leaky J WOOd Ellis ood Chares W YigglllS Endre~s
Vilkine Villiam Wilson James H
Hickard Henry B Twiford John fwiford Thomas
In the firat of May the 12th Cav went by the way of Indianapolis to Nashshyville it was then assigned to do duty in the railroad defence from Dacatur tv Point Rock Alabama a distancd of 60 miles infested by Guerrilas and band~ of Bnsh-wackers and were actiyely engaged in skirmishing to rid the country of these unlawfull forces Sept 19 they wue ordered to Tullahoma Tenn t garrison that post and watch Gen Forrest who WIIS thnatning several poinl along the Kashville amp Chattanooga R R thereby having everal skirmish with his troopers In March 1865 it was sent lo New Orleans thence i
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the neighborhood of Mobile where it materialy assisted in the opperations against the forts and defences of that city Iu April and May the 12th Cav parshyticipated in an eight hundred mile raid through Alabama into Georgia and back acrOdS Alabama inio Mississippi The regiment done a great deaL ct scouting skirmishing guarding railroads and government property courier duty ect wa~ constantly on the lookout fm bands of Guerillas and bush whackers They done a part that required constant vigilance and actiTe transit such as cavaLry is designed to be The rEgiment was discharged at Indianapolis NOI ~2 1865
PERSONAL MENTIO~ OF SOME OF 12TH CAV BOYS NOW LIVING
ALVAH N CARPENTER 1st Sergeant of Co I after serving in McCleUens Dragoons took an active part III recruiting for the 12th Cavalry and assisted lDaterialy in drilling the same fSevere disability compelled his discharge in Aug 18ti4 Jie is wellimowu in the county aud has entertained many an audience aR lublic AuclOmeer
HENRY B RIOKARD of Pleasant Lake is known in many parts of the County On account of his army service h e 1$ not the man of health that he would have beeu He had a voice the bush-waeker could hear on occasions of meeting and they did not stop-long to Jistel
CHARLES L DARRAH of Angola witli ruany ups and downs in life since the war but to day the people rejoice and hOllor Chariey for what htl is an honest industrious man posses~lllg a firuHe~ of will that is truly admirable and worthy of imitation A boy (H clilstment he done his duty with an ambition equal to the best trooper Uulll ~Lrlthell l OWll by over tasks and exertions even then sought light duty unhl d bcharged with regiment He IlOW strives for a pension supported by slrollg itiltlve videllce but denied because he did uot make a hopital recurd ~i iJieti wlluld give it the matter would not delay long j1ldging from the way ne runs for office
LrEUT LORENZO lAYLOROf Orland with an extended businesR dealing (oupled with his earnet political vOL has maue him well known throughout the County He shows a deep interest ill his comrades rights and battles for them at every oppertunity
FRANK D PUlKER a boy soldier having an intelligent and an adventurous disshyposition became a favorite With his officers on special duties at headquarters He remained in the service until his regiment was uischarged He was a sales man for many years and is now a merchant at Orlanu He was the first and is now the present Commander of post No 239
STEPHEN HORN of Co C and his father Charles Hom of CJ I were excellent soldiers of the 12th Cav Stephen was mustered out as Sergeant and is now 1 substantial farmer of Pleasant Tp and by whom the aged father and
eteran is cared for HE~BY W AND ALBERT GOUDY brothers from Hamilton were ugly customers
for nush-whackres to meet Henry is now a farmer in Otsego Tp and while in the service had ft reputation as a good cavalry forager
ELEAZER L1TON an excellent citizen of Millgrove was tiilligent in the execumiddot tion of his duty He was Company Farrier baving cbarge of the horses and mustered out with tho regiment as Sergeant
OKE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH IND VOL INFT
Steuben County agAin gained the honor of being to the right and llad of a regiment A small county but it equaled any larger county in the State in obtaining the position ot honor it sending thne Co As Row~ r of Steuben County boys belonging to the 129th Ind Vol
COMPANY A
middotWiIliam H Cole Captain Birge Smith 1st Lieut lhliudeus S Bonney 2nd Lieut
Bpnnett Josiah Burnaru Orsemus Y 13romley Henry Bennett George llromley George Buel Byron Bohart Cornelius Bullard William S Bender David A Cole John CLosRon Asa N Clemons Hezekiah J Crane Leander Cartwright William COle John P Carlin Leander Cory George W Ulemons James Dillingham J arry Dillingham Claud B Guyle Hiram Gilbert John Gilbert Armenus Goff Osmond D Hall John Heath Homer B Hand Albert D Hutchins David
Rosenberger John
Hutchins llerbert HutchiuR William Hansdman David A J am~8 WIlliam Jony Charles A Kope Andrew Kope Henry Kelley Harmon B Lovejoy George w Lee William Leech John H Metz Joshua J McGrew James Mussr BamLel McMinn J oReph Melellltly Emory G McKinley Roderick MRwhvod Jonathan Moore John Mock George Murgan David McGrew Benjamin Powers Josiah Pettee Cornelius Richie Adam Ryan John Renner John Jr Reese Armine T
COMPANY B
8ultz Isaac
Hhftrp Samuel C Stealey John U StLwart William Sergent 1 haodore Stevlns Jacob SwiIt David K SIHJwaterliiram Shatto Isaac h Sabin Augustus D Sowle Hiram Stephens Jacob M Steart Charles SLater Ell 1 aylor ltiRac Taylor Jabper S Tnsk t Leo 1owlIllund Hiram Teeters Lwis 1l1ylor William H Veley Josiah B Van Aukill Juilus Van Aukin Amos Vaughn Amos M Van Aukin James H Weatherwax Henry H Williams John Yo Willoby Francis Zimmerman Joseph
COMPANY C
Bennett Htratton Crandall Charles L Gunn Robert Bundy NathallH I Gnnn Morrison Ryan Horton R
Gunn Morrison Jr
Berlingharu James J
Bohar Ervin Bohart Samuel Beard Myron Haker William F Boyer Francis Bender Alfred H Bender JameR A Benuer Andros Heard Alexander W Berlen John Beck Dennis
Burk Henry Cook Henry CookJohn vetter Marcus
Clark Charles Duguid Moses V Duguid Daviu
COMPANY F
Delong Henry COMPANY G
Williams Richard L COMPANY H
Abner F Pinckion 1st Lieut Carpenter Joshua C Crall James A Damels Sheldon Greenamyre John Heart Andrew Hane John Hendricks Joseph S Kellogg Edwin King Emanuel JIlusRer William A Maberry Charles MC8SeryU John B
COMPANY 1
Lockwoou Delnss ~IcCoy Henry Sutton Alfred Sutton Thomas W
COMPANY K
Kemp Sumner KelRo Adelbert Moore Alexander S
Norix William L letty Aaron Ryan Lawrence Swihart Morgan Sommellott George Slentz Abner Slentz John K Spits Carl Stephenson John Stephensm Nathan Vinton Jacob
Sines Charls W Teft Franklin Thorp John M
Rosencrans Lester N Yockey Andrew
COMllSSIOSS ND PROMOTIONS OF STEUJlEN COUNTY DOYS
COMPANY A
Captain William H Cole promoted Major mustered out with regiment 1st Lieut Birge Smith promoted Captain died April 29 1865 2nd Lieut Thaddeus S Bonney discharged Dec 24 1864 1st Sergeant Emory G Mtlandy promoted 1st Lieut and Adjt of regiment
mustered out with regimtont Sergeant John Cole promoted ~nd Lieut promoted 1st Lieut promoted
Captain mustered out with regiment Corporal Jonathan Mawhood promoted Sergeant Major promoted 2nd
Lieut IDusteled out with regiment Private Armine T Reese promoted Chaplain resigned Dec 12 1864
COMPANY H
lRt Lieut Abner F Pinchion mustered out with regiment
LIST OF IMPOllTANT BATTLES IN VlllCH THE 129TH IND WAS ENGAGE=gt
Rocky Face D(catUl larilnille Kes _teca Atlanta jingt oD Dallh Colnmbia Yh-~ Fork Ken aw Ii ranklin
TtlL 12i1lh Ind Yol w1R organizeu ~Iarch 1 UlG4 and on lbe 30th left camp at llich gau (it~- Ind for Nbhville ltnu On til 5h of April started on a ~UO I llk IHlrch to E Rtltrn Te-nucasee hud H~bigueuro(l to 2nd lnig1iif ht divihiltn 23ru ~l1iJy curp Athr nrtjing nt Char181vll ltnn the (011 ID(V(q
to thmiddot iti of 118 t]nllamp auPllgll aLd for over four Iroutl1S the laquogt-1 ti was
mOld to the fUPlltll of rihht fiuul thell to the left flank Hilt back ltiH to thu LlJt flank or i he rHlv f1Lteillg amy doillg contilluniuHII(middotitiug lytIc llgh G(P
d cllil alltl uulticlitYl1-h (n HtiiLg -Woljt-ll 11(18 Hnu hll(Lll1 (l)Lg in
iu iHl~ulHrabio rilrl111-iumiddot Hlhl luaus lllpurtallt Htti(~ Tnl lurp- WHi
culled Ult Yiup Llat lt r ut --hpllnallci Arlny In O CQbLl 1hl ht gjJ1l1~i Wilh
i ts Crpli W- ~lllt ]11 1l1middot~Ull of R~Jd undlr tile C01111tHl~U uf GelJ
lilUUlil lool Pii 1[ III tll IJnttle~ of FrHllkiill anti I-hvil t Aftt l the utter ruut of th licUb till ltqrillHlit WHS ~eJlt )y th y ()f YahillbtOD to ])ew BclrBt N C allt1 1111tulpated iUIIlHlIY of thl cloillg 1JnLtl(~ of Ite Great Re)eilioll south ot HICItIll(hld ith lt1 ~on of IJrt)( t duty at (halittiC l C ht y wt--re 111UhlcU Jut tLle lHth of Angu-it lti(j cUlll Wllh a n ctp1 (11 fl(m
the h(h s~perattu t lllltf tht peaceful pUl-ujt~ of liftl I hi rthin(l (-~s one ( Int) ltst hl 1dC tillJ y0t it -uw a- nluch haHl Inmiddoticc and InHrclting
a~ burne uldfll ) Cglllllu1i
WAR REMINIECINCliS OF THI~ 12~H
A ltarl - enr Buzzard Hoo~t on oue r the wli 8napiug llIm -mut the
regim ut had marched Ill dar and oped l( night to prel-l HI- lind kq When ju umforlltblely ~t)ttled 01lt118 cailll tl) [ull up auu mon Jill y -tut
up a )y-IlH111 and off into thick tang-Itd woou~ wjth Co A a the lead of tile bligltlj_ The Capt-ull thinkiug nmiddot had gOlle fa-r ll1ough ordlreu ti hdt 10 wan fut Jinthel dilleHon~ 11Llll =--toped the brigade wlllltgt vHiliug laid dOWl1 lud being prj tilell lUll d asleep All at once H llO]-ie and cialter
was Ilard and L cr~ ()f Hebel middotlhymiddot wa~ laded The loys wku up auJ ueiu~ so uJunel carl cattered forgetillg that cayill -y coulu do nul hing in n LhicK woods on a dark night Xine 11Ien f Co A lre toumi quarr ling
OVH the arne tree which the Captaiu [ltok away frum tltem hu all ad
became ttled they all hau a good laugh
In X()tth Cilwlina a man got into the brinde nR pur yoT He had a lalge lualllty of tobacco winch he kqJt at IwadquattltI~ tWU rtfl1Rel tu open waiting
uo dou)t until the boy were farther into the country ant thll get It larger
price for it One day the officers at headquarters were all absent exceptign oue from Co A Somehow on the return of the purveyor and offiicer thpoundmiddot tobacco was miosing and no knowlodge or trace of it could ba fouud About two days after whilEgt on the march the Brig General asked Major W H Cole to drop back to the 129th and ask Co A if they would lend him a little tobacmiddot co to smoke His wish was granted Co A ~ent f(lrward a good Rupply and it was enjoyed by the General The lurveyor was forced to leave his big proffit ou the boys tobacco ullc011ected
PERSON~L MENTIOY OF SO~IE OF TIJE 129TII BOYS NOW LIVING
CAPT JOIL COLE a member of the family that sent all its sons that were Old or large enollgh received ll1erited prOlnotion for his goou soldier conduct
JAMES AND BEgtiJA= lcGmw tlO brother~ who were large but yonng at eruistmeIt clone their uuty wdl and arb honest respcotcd citizens of l1etz
DAVID R SWIFr was also one of the youug bOyti that thought Uncle Sam was in need of his srvice TIe wa~s good a soldier as he is a citizen TIe has held wwn~hip offics and lately retired as County Cummissioner which putiition he helJ for tW0 successive terms
J OR W Williams of lIdz ha~ beeams au excellent 11a(ks111ith since illS
army service He proved true to hi COuntry and remains true to his comrades and Post
JOSUH ASD GlOlltGE BENgtiEpoundT in m~lmiddotch 1H61 just in their teens P10
eu their loyal training by joiUlng Company A and were equal to the best svldier amJUg Hoveys Babies Their father a souier of Co H 74th Ind had given his lifo ftlr his Country previous to the enlitmeut of his sons
CHlIltm L GusnLI of Co U a true boy soluier iJ llOW H resident of PleasshytHlt l)wnship and shgtwes cil) effects of hi servico as a soldiHr lIe is S~nior
Vice Commander of G A H Post ~o 150 IORlgtIWOI GU~lgti of DCuit Tuwnship with two sons Morrion Jr and Robert
wmlt v-itl Cmpany U Tile old veten ems feble nuw but tweuty-file years ago he wan oqual to alJ gtOldier uUlie A~Dmw liA3T AgtiD YVrLLIAli 7IIussER farmers in the easern part of the
County slreu comradltihip in Compan~ H likewise tomiddotday enjoy army remimiddot niscences mingleu with family ties beLlg lrothersmiddotin-law
ALEXANDElI c lIIooR1 of Co K living near Angola is a man of integrity aud character alld wull known hi the County He carries a rememberanoe of a Johnies careles3 Saooting which seriously effects his health
ALFllED II BESDBli Hn independent worthy citizen of TIichland accompanied Lis fsthor and older brother in Compauy R lfreu alone returned
JOSEPH McMINN is remembered by Uncle Sam in a substantial malllJer lor the loss of an arm at l n~hvllc
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Th(re could btl pprflmal mentions of many others who as Gen Hoveys flabi(-~middot as the middotpgiment was called on account of its containing so many boys ~olditr~ clone menmiddot~ service and since proved themselves to be good citizens
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND VOL INFT
At thf beg-iniIlg pf the Ylmiddotllr 1861) with Gen Grant forcing matters about Hiehmond and Gen Rherman trium puantly marching through the CarolinaR morp troops becahlfl necogtssary to rdeive and secure tragic points and advanshytages gained over tho enmy It required loyalty and monoy to fill the Dew caU which wn~ nbsoutly neecled from a populace that seemingly had sent forth all that could Le spared but the re behg ltiifchrrglt d HiElHlS bull LGcgh f( r officers it waR not long before the ranks were filled and the 152lh Iud crganshyized March 16 with tho following members from Steuben County
George E Young Adjutant COMPlNY c
Abbey George HIllmiddott John Shaffer Andrew Alcott George McEl~wnie Walt(l Thompson Alexander Donihue Danil1 lIianges Israel Wlf Adam C George Jetmiddotemiah Moore Robert Woodford Eyran D
OOMPANY F
Aliman Samuel IJoltvnsbury Nehemiah Partriuge Joseph B1lrbe Dennison K Markk Albert SamR Abdillah Kline J amemiddoti Mundy -lanson Rul1wrland William G Lamore Cyprian Nichols Henry Wilson H(nry
COMPANY K
JOSEph M Everhart Captain Madison Rodgers 1st Lieut John T Youn 2nd Lieut
Abramson Engeno Flcagd David MOl~e Edwin R Brugh Wilson Griffith Benjamin F Miller George Babcock David Gilbert Jo-ph Newville Solomon Beck Peter S Grnyham Seymure orton Albert A Culvin Jesse P Gilletl Nelson 1 olen Mostek Chaffee Addison Hunt Joliua Otto Christain Cole Charles Hyler Charles J Pilisburry Daniel Dewitt Willinm Hayden Oliver PilIsbusry K Ihtmiah Dawson Millo D JaCkson Bellfljah PackerOlivpr Dottbull Philip JaCkGon William H Phinicil George DonehnE HenTY Llght Jam( D Parsons Reymore Debow James LlllghTie JameR Rupley Gorge Dougla~R David C JJemeraux Iraac Rima William Evans Robert IJeavitt William W Rhoads Richard Everhart Edmond ~1eEntyre William C Rummell David Everett Benjamin Morse Ezra D Ruth Daniel Freygang Edward Morso Orrin Rosenhurger Daniel
Reed John M Reynolds William Shero FrankliD Sunderland Peter Sattison Godfrey
Williams Washington Wickwire George R
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The 152nd Ind was not in any of the campaigns and battles that the first regiments experilt nced but no doubt if duty (lemanded they would not have been found wanting in patrio-ism and bTavt-ry The regiment was at shy
the preservation of Co K
talking honor
heard of our tha Rebel a gun e
discharged Steuben (Jounty and
general inforshybeen a rllfg
Leady capturt-d by
and a respected citizen thereof has
known as a He is now engaged in other business at Angola but
severshyGriffith is the present Comshy
Lake His remember
Ed
Stocker Dewitt C Wells Marcus O Swartz J acub Williamson James Smith Alonzo A Taylor Orrin Woodward Gborge W
had
tached to one of the Shenandoah provisinal divisions for the many military points in Virginia As remarked by a member of who enlisted at fourteen when he hears the old long time soldiers Boys you had fought four long rears but to us belongs a part of tha we went as soon as we could and so soon as the (Jonfedercy invasion into Virginia Lee surrendered Richmoud was taken and lion collapsed within 60 days Boys if we didnt see a Rebel with were necesdary to the tnd of the war
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF TllE 152ND BOYS NOW LIVING
The boys of this regiment have no large stories to tell When they quietly resumed their places as good citizenpoundlt of remain such
EUGENE ABllAMSON and Ol1l1IN MORSE of Jamestown farmers by occupation are diligent industriou~ and worthy citizens of the county
RICIiAllD RIIOADS tlf Millgrove Township is of a gOOtl mation strictly honest and liberal and his home has always of the noedy orphansbull
GEORGE R WICKWIRE enlisted at the age of 14 and was Mosbys men escaping only by his stratagial movements He is now a resident of Angola and President of the Angola Bauk
EDWIN R MORSE a re~ident of Angola been City Marshall for several terms
WILLIAM H J AOKSON for a time since the war was extensively delllar in stock wool etc gives wool a little attention every season
GODFllEY SATTISON and B F GRIFFITH the only two of the regiment that are pTesent residents of Otsego TownBhip although the township furnished al men Both are the best of men and citizens mander of post No 387
EDWARD FREYGANG iR a resident and busiBess man of Pleasant mirth and capacity of making fun is still exccllent The boys all
1IISCELLA~EOUS E~LISTMENTS
Many resident) OC Sttluben County enliltted in other organizations than those that have beel Enumerated The traces of many have been entirely lo~t probably one- alf cannot be obtained The following is a roster of omissions and miscellaneous enlistments flom St~ubEn COl nty and during
the war
Acker David Aldrich M H Dodley FlemV Badger J C Beard Luman H Beard -light Brainarti W Behnet t Alexander Hock Joseph Barber John Baker William Bennett George (a~ebeer Ed (asebeer Peter Chaffee J H Clark Samuel Carpenter Jcsse H
6 ill Bat Co A J5 M1ch
bull D 88 llid
bull D 59 Ind B 68 Ohio Co I 129 Ind Co - 9 Mieh B 4 Mieh ~a Ind Bat
Co D 7 Ind Cnv Co I ]9 Iud et) B 4 Mich
Co - 18 Ind A H2 lUI A bull Illd H ) Micn
11 S l-iflvy Day H H Lit-ut Co I no Ind DePue Gid Durlam Cecil Dygert R R DoolEy Thomas A Dewitt J D DePue Henry l Durlam Stillwell FItch J o~n T Frederick Geo Frederick D B Fuller Orsou Frost Jerome B
Co - 1 ~licll II H 74 Ind
00 D 2 heh F 171Iieh I 9 Mich II B 14 III
Co D 7 Ind CllV D 7 Ind
D 7 Ind bull M - Ind 11 Ind BGt
Co I 129 Ind Friend Jeffelson L bull A 14 11ich Fletcher Me H 11 Goodale C IV Gray 0 p Guthrie Stephen George lilo Goosebeck Charlc~ GooseLeck J ohu Graham Peter Graham H W Graham Jacob Gibbons John W
bull G 36 9 Mich Band
Co K 44 Ind 19 Ind
B 29 Ind B 29 Ind F 1~5 Ind F 155 Iuo G 155 Ind 1lt 129 Ind
Gibben) Ramuel H Goodman Samuel Gushwa J Guthrie Richard Hamlin George Huffman Sam D Raine Ira S H ellel D Huffman 0 Hanes T V Ingersol Willard Irwin John JonR David Johnson Amos C J I illeR Geo C Knott 11 M Reyes Hiram l ellogg 1 Klmk Eli Kimsey J ( Kelley Eugene
Co C 7 IIich OF 44 Ind bull F ]5 Ino D 7 Ind Cal D7Ind D 7 Ind A 151 Ind bull H 17 hlich bull G 1 Mich
23 Ind But Co A 142 Ind
F HInd D 151gt1ich G 44 Ino
Co D 7 Iud Cay Co D 155 Ino D 142 Ind bull B 13 Ino D 15) Incl
Co K 29 ITltl G 12 11l
Lilleingcl BtJljlnnin G 42 In I~en~ure B(l F Llllt Dauill Lent Jamls Lilln Ii Lucas G It Lords Rubprt C McCune Hobert )lollens Villiam lI100le I eley [onow l3 pnry hlle J Cob lcKegg Albo UberlHiu G(olge PndiJl James PIIROnR Frank Richaro~ J Reel A C Race Thomas Race Scott Ritter P
A t8Ind bull G 44 Ina G 14 Iud F 15 Ind
G 1 Mich 0 K 13 Ind
A 142Ind Co C 100 Ind
Co D 7 Ind Cav D 142 Iud F 155 Iud
9 Mich Band (0 D 155 Ind Co I~ 1 1Iiclt E 147 Iild bull A 142 Iml a) E 14-7 Ind
1 Hch Co - 1 Mich F 811ich
3i1
Rummel Alfred Co 8 m Thomas Alfred Co Ohio Rummel Alexander t Thomas Richard Ohio Rummraquol Henry Til 101 tson William H 54 Ind Slauson Milton B 13 Ind Vaugh L W F 42 III SilliS Charles K 100 lliU Vaughn Dewitt H 3 Mich Shaffer 0 F 1 Mich Vaughn George W C 7 Mich
Shaffstall Nathaniel D 155 Inu Vaughn Tracy G 16 Mich Smith I W D 1 Mich Vaughn Wesley
F 42 m
S berger P D 15) I w l VaIl Cleve J H A 142 Ind Shoemaker R N F If) Ind Van Aukin P
A 142 Ind Shaffer J V F b Ind Vall lelt 0 5 Ind Bat ShaffitaJl Emile H 30 Illd White Vulney Co C 15 Mich Suitterlin John F A 21 Ind Wisner Stephen C 7 Mich
Smith Benj F CoH 1 Mich S S Inliting Paris C C 30 MlCh Stout Joseph CoE 14 Ohio Wilk iubOIl A F 118 Ind Terrill Chester 7 Mich IVillimsoll P K 35 Illd Terrill Elliot 1 Mich Wilder Georg~ K 9 Mich Band
Terrill Edward D 44 III V i11iamson A Co G 2 Mich Tasker William W J E 42 III Webb Andrew J C 30=lInd TholDpRon E P F 155 Ind Yelton D C 7 Mich GTrowbrIdge John E 13 III West Lawrence 17 Ind Trowbridge Enoch III Wilkinson Milo Co K 7)nd Cay
mnSSIONS AND ADDITiONS
Altman Samuel Cd G 19 Ind Kelley Tnomas Co F 13 Ind F 13 IndButler Frank A 22 Iowa Kemp Fred
Baugher John 13 Ind unmiddotsignmiddot1i Ladow Frauk A ~1 Inn Crow John Co A 44 Ind MUR~elwait John 23 Ind Bat Downing Joshua B 13 Ind Nash Rual Co D 13 Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Iud Nichds Ira V D 13 Ind Guise John A 44 Ind Nevel~ Tip 1 Mich Band Hughey Stephen F 118 Iud Nevels Viliam Co 9 Mich Infield Philip a C 14 Ohio lhelp~ Griawold I 29 Ind Infield Jacob C 14 Ohio Quackenbush J Jarvis Alexander F 118 Ind
RECAPITULATION
Of enlisted men from Steuben County
ENLISTED MEgt ENLISTED MEN
4 Mich 44- 88 Ind 2
42 Ill 30 100 Ind 106 McClellens Dragoons 9 119 Ind - 7 Cavalry 21 9 Ind 11 127 Ind - 12 Cavalry 88 21 Ind 11 129 Ind 153 29 Ind 163 122 Ind 93 44 Ind 74 Ind 118
200 Omissions and Miscellaneous 147 Total 1207
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THE DRAFT
On the calls of the President for troops Steuben County was fairly Hemp but by an unfair system of figuriug adopted by the Provost General the county was occa~illlaly compeled to supply deficiencies by a small draft
The followiIig persons weTe appointed county dratt office~s or board Joseph A Woodhull Draft Commissioner
bull Abner Winsor Draft Marshall Alphonso W Wood Examming Surgeon
September 20 186amp the county had credit of 648 volunteers in actual service witn an enrOllllleuronL-coulltillg out 410 exempt of 1406 men fit for military duty On tht- 6th of uctober a draft was hdd to tiupply a deficiency of 62 men of previous callti fhe quoto of all the calls up to and including the call of July HI 1~6j wa~ only delilcient 19 men and theso were obtained witlshyout the draft Under the call of Dec l ~th 11l6middot~ the county quoto was 116 men With tbe impresswu tbat Steuben County was deserving credit of mor men than was allowu l lvn mIR~ioner J A Woodhull and Francis Macartney visited Inilianapoll~ au ll tf Lr leuliug two day~ or more in exshyamining the books at the l r ) (~t tll llern ls office and doing a great amount (If tbinking and figuring thbull - useo ll-n li ue peculier method by which the mot loyal counties contrJtJ utLd thtl IlUtit men fhe officers in oharge acknowledged the fact but l h ord~ l cuuld nut be changed and necessity compeled obedience l be can wao tilled IJ~ 9b volunteers and 20 drafts Lbe total credlts of SLeubtin County dun ing tha war was 845 ~en when probably over 1200 men were residents of the cvu l) at the time of thejr enlistment
BOUNTIES fhe County Commissioners at a special session July 28 1862 maue an
order paying Twenty-five Dollarti bounty to all vulunteers elihsting from the county after that date This order was reaffirmed at a special session Nov 1Uth 186l and the records show that the county paid $25 to bilJ men
The board also at special session Jali 25 11)65 p ast an or(ler to pay $500 bounty for each enlIstment This order with all previous orders was recinded Feb 2 Only one ~ilas Tillottson enlisted withlll the time that the last order was in force and received $500 lVe others claimed to nave enlistshyed within the proscribed time and were paid $100 ach on comprumise in 187 The county also past orders for the relief and aid of soldiers families Each Township also paid local bounties and had its relief funds which were raised either by tax or voluntary subscriptiollF
H
The fCllowin~ table shows the amount paid for bounties and relief by the couufy and township~
Steuben Connty Millgroye Tp Jamestown bull Fremont Clear Lake York Scott
BOUNTIES
$13390 4500 3900 4866
300 5800 4500
BELIFY
$1841 2000
600 1050
100 1500 1400
Pleasant Jackson Salem Steuben Otsego Richland
Tp
Total
)OUNTIE8 BELlEF
5500 25CO 5000 2500
10500 2000 5500 680 8200 800 2500 600
741l66 24571
INDIANA LEGION Dnring the progre~s of the war Governlr Morton fonrd it necessary to
form the militia into brigades regiments and battullions for the preslna middot tion of order enforce the draft to aid in repelliu of raiders etc
Stbubln County was not behind in this patriotio purpose A company was organized in nearly every township but only two companies were sufficiently so organized to receIve commissions from the Governor
FLINT GUARDS Hiram L Smith was commissioned Captain John N Onsterhout 1st Lieut
and N LOLsberry 2nd Lieut April 17 18Cll Horace E DavIs was commismiddot sioned Captain April 29 1861 tv fill the vaoancy caused by the resignation of Capt Smith
ORLAND GUARDS Joal A Fox was commi~sioned Captain Elisha Fuller 1st Lieut and
Geerge W Ntoighart 2nlt1 Lieut August 1 1863 Both the above companies were attached to the Ninth Brigade
Army 8urgeons and Medical Examiners
Surgeon appointments were solicited by several of the counlys best medimiddot cal men Dr H D Wood only was commissioned as extra but patriotism prompted all to hasten to the front at the time of au important engagement Many a Steuben boy was found cared for and brought to life and home by them The people owe a debt of gratitude to our plysicans for their uuiform
bull kinclness to the soldiers thir widows and orphans since the war in ptmiddotnsions The Government appointed Dr C D Rice Examining Surgeon for the
county which he held until his death Jan 4 1875 Dr T B Williams was (hEu appointed and hb was succeeded by Dr H D Wood and he by DJ S H Fuller au old soldier who still hold~ the commis~ion although the government has lat~ly organized a medical board at Angola consisting of Drs T B Williams W H Waller and M V Ransburg The soldier~ are generaly of the opinion that the medical examiners and board have delt justly and fairly with them
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ROLL OF HONOR Of the many that went some never returned killed in battle died from
wounds disea~e and exposure or starved in prison pens The names of all who belong on this list can not be obtained The following is a partial list
with date a11l1 place of death if known
FOURTH MICH VOL INFT COMPASY B
di~d Ilt Georgetown Va Sept 13 61 oause diseaee Davis Enoch Crockett Leroy
killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Monger r J killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Meech Fred IV killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Jones Thcs D killed at Gaines Mill June 2 64 Peirce W J died at Miners Hill Sept - 61 Tasker Richard killed at battle of the Wilderness May 7 64 Tillotson George killed at Shepherd~town Ford Oct 1 62
THIRTEENTH IND V 1 COMPANY B
RlaussGD Milton killed ampt Fort Fisher N C Jan 15 65 COMPANY C
Hyatt Wm H died at Fort Fisher N C Feb 14 65 cause disease Downing Joshua killed at Fort Fisher Jan 15 65
COMPANY D
NichOls Ira V died at Raleigh N C June 6 65
FOURTEENTH IND V I-CO 1 Tillottson Wm killed at Gettysburg July 2 63
NINETEENTH IND V I-CO G Altman Samuel killed at Gainesvlle Augusf Us 62 George Milo died at Washington Dec 8 61 cause wound
COMPANY I
Baker Wm R killed at Antietam Sept 17 62
TWENTY-FIRST IND V I ---CO A Sitterlin John F died at New Odoans Oct 17 62 cause wounds
FORTY-SEUOND ILL VOL INFT COMPANY I
Carpenter Gordon killed in Missouri Jan 31 62 Dickinson Geo L died at Cairo Nov - 61 cause disease Eckright Charle died in Missouri in fall of 61 Finc Robert died in lissomi Dec 18 61 cause di~ease Goodale A N died at Chattanooga from wounds received at Chicamau a Hart Edwin H died in Missouri Jan 62 cause disease Hewett Watson J killed on the Atlanta Campaign July 27 64 Miner Thomas died at Smithville Mo 61
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MorehouRe Sherman died in Missouri - 61 ~ash Elijah killed on the Atlanta Campaign June 27 64 Opie Benjamin died Stono River Dec 31 62 P __ Orrin E dibd at Vicksburg 63 Tuttle Iiesikiah killed at Chickamauga Sept 20 63
TWENTY-NINTH IND V 1 COMPANY A
Allen Web~ter died at Louisville Jan 28 62 Alien David B died in Andersonville Prison Sept 24 64 cause disease Cuurtney Alonzo ltlied at Camp Wood Feb 2 62 cause disease Clock Erederick killed at Cbicamauga Sept 20 63 CriRe Aaron K died at Nashville June 15 65 Carpenter Gilbert died at Nashville April 4 65 DeeIe William died at Nashville Oct 6 62 cause disease Gatehouse JameE died at Camp Nevin Dec - 61 cause ciRease GibbJnR Chistian klll~d at Stone River Dec 31 62 Haiue~ Philip killed at Sh loh April 7 62 Hanua NathaLiel died at Chattanooga -- - 63 cause wounds H msdman Wm H died at Chattanooga Oct 9 63 Huhlndge Harris died at Columbia April 4 62 11all Erastus P dicd at NashVille Feb 8 65 cause disease Kelll~ William died t Annapolis Md Feb - 63 l-lcGowen ililetus died Annapolis Md July 11 64 larker Edwin L died t Andersunville Prison July 27 64 Petty Juhu died at Camp Nevin Dec 11 61 cause disease Priest William died at Danville Va Dec 15 64 SJmmerlott Valentine died in Andersonville Prison May 5 64 iaylor James 11 died at Chattanooga May 12 63 Talbot Caieb killed at Stone River Jal 1 63 ltlulUp~un Jas E died at Nashville April 2d 65 cause disease Van Cleve Wm died at Nashville Dec 12 64 cau~e disease Yood~V)rth J as R killed at Shiloh April 7 62 cause wouuds uoJward H W died in Andersonville Prison June 23 64 -aller Elijah J died at Tullahoma lenn July 10 63 cause disease
COMPANY B
Aldnch Isaac T died at St Louis Dec 5 62 Amidon Henry died at ----- May 27 63 cause disease
COMPANY F
B311 David di-u at Tuscumbia June 18 62 causo disease COMPANY I
Burk Eli died at home Feb 28 62 Phelps Griswold died at Camp Nevin Feb 28 62
THIRTY-FIFTH IND V 1 -COMPANY K lViUiamson Peter died in Texas September 2 65
FORTY-FORTH IND VOL INFT COMPANY A
Bennett William died at Pittsburg Landing March 26 62 Belcher Ziba died at McMinnville Sept 9 63 oallse diease
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died at Fort Wayue Oct 4 6] caue dseiseas (kYeiallC OpelCCt Jied nt l111tsville August 25 62 Eckhart John dieu at h me April 20 62 Ewiuo Jam(~ 13 died nt hom) May 14 62 Ficlc1~ llemy tiied at Uair TIL April 5 62 (Jrtut 1 ~Jtniol died a t Evansville Jan 26 62 Hall 1Lnllcl~i killed It Shiloh April 6 64 Hunle~baubh Yln died at New Albany Jan 11 63 liurlburt Ch~s J died at Calhoun leu 17 62 Jackmll Jos[h killed a t Shiloh April 6 62 LOld~J Jo~sph 11 dipd at Nashville Oct 22 62 cause disease Il ~nnt Ti(wtlf IJ did at Chattan(oga March 10 65 ~IOrti~on IJtlaIHl died at Clticamauga June 26 64 lJurvis Geo r ltlied at Camp D~nnson August 9 (3 cause WOUlltlf
Stenhy John
E rooks Fnncis
died at Caihoun Ky Feb 21 62 cause disease Swaiu RiclglLll dieu at Pittsburg LUJl(ing March 21 62 Throup (raLl bied at ----- April 1 63 cause wounds Van Cleve Geo died at Enlnsville March Iigt 62 Wright William died at St Louis Marcu 2 62 West JOShlamp ltlied at lieoxuk Iowa July 21 62 Wil~on Newell A ltliell at ltOllH July 20 4
COMPANY 1
Bcnrly Charle~ dieu at BatHe CrEeK July 20 62 clluRe diseatie Benuer Yilliam lie at Pittsburg LOLltling Mry ti 2 cause Dunim James G died at Corinth lay 2 62 Turner Stepheu killed at StoDe Ricr Del 31 62
COMPANY c)
Blower8 George died at Corinth Miss June 12 n~ cause di8cRse Carey Phinneusl died at Henderson Feb 2 62 crusE ditiease Johnson F died at Newbern Inu July 15 62 cRuRe diseaFe Rutln-rn Neal dibd on a Steamer AraJ 10 62 cause diseasb
COMPANY iI
Wright Jerome killed at Shiloh II pril 6 62
COMPANY 1
Aldrich Simeon C died at home August] 5 6i as Col of regiment Baylor Elias died at Nashyille Jan 2 ()3 Cutler Simon M died at Battle Greek Tuly 20 62 Mease Samuel E died at St Louis vIo June 11l ()2 McMillen JohL () died at NbW Albany Oct 10 f (ause disease Malanely William died at Nashville Nov 10 63 mH disease Musser Edward died at Henderson Ky April 1112 cause disl2a~e
Walters Solomon died at Keokuk Iowa July 4 62 cause diFease
TliIRTIETH IND V 1
COMPANY O
ebb Andrew J ltlied at Camp Nevin Nov 2J 61 COMPANY H
Sbaffstall Elam ldlled at Camp Nevin Oct 8 61 while on picket by mi~ttke
SEVENTY-FOURTH IND V 1 COMPANY H
Burges Davltl R died at Lebanon Ky Nov 6 62 cause di~ease I3enuetL Abram led at Gallatin Tenn Jan 17 64 cause diseaRe Bermett J uhn U killed at Uhicamaga Sept 19 63 Cole ~aDluel dud at Nashville Dec ] 3 64 cause wounds Cope David died at Iudianapuli August 18 6il cause disease lltiLtlJ ciiuJo1 died at Chattanoog Oct 10 63 caURe wounds GilJerL Corneliu ied at Gallatin Tenn Jan 3 63 cause disease Gder George ltilled at Cnicamauge Sept 19 63 George Flaviu5 J killeJ at AtlanLa Ga August 7 64 Gardner Elioha ditltd at Cuattanooga June 2 61 cause disease Hutchins Theodore ditlL1 at Bowling Gnen Nov 10 62 cause disease Ireland Jo D it died at Gallatin Jan 14 63 cause disease Kemery Peter L killed at JULesLoro Ga Sept 1 64 Liniger Samuel dled at Bridgcpurt Dec 7 63 cause wounds LelllmJll Ricllanl died at Gallatw Jan 16 63 cause disease Latsou l)amueJ died at Bowltni Green Dec 1 62 cause disease Iloure lickael died at Gallatin Dec 15 62 canse disease 1I1u~e J eddedlaa died at Gallatin Jan 28 63 cause disease lerrltt lltrancio ~1 died at Nashville August 28 63 cause disease 1uneuy H enY died at Gllattanuoga April 4 63 cause disease Pew Edward (lieu at Gallatin J an 2~ 63 ltus l)olomon J died at Uhattauooga Jan 2 64
btewart WlliaLll Ii dIed Lt Gallatw Jan [) 63 cause disease -ltout John killed at Jonesboro Sept 1 64 Oanes Jhury R died at Nasuille Tenn March 19 63 mlUsb disease ltewart P P died at Nashville July 2 6-1 cause disease Sppgleuire Dvid died at Indianap olis July 24 64 cause disease dd HIram died at Uallatill Fet 8 63 cause disease Willuwby James died ltt New Ubany Dec 12 63 cause wounds urden gtchuyler died at Gallatin Jan 3 63 cau~e disease
ONE IIUNDREDTH IND V 1 OOMPANY H
Brook5 Henry died at Madison Ind Sept 19 62 I3lUckwltly George fued at Camp Sherman Sapt 14 63 Bodley Philo died at Holly Springs Dec 30 62 lIlass Jefferson died at 13ellefoute 8tation FAb 20 62 Belg()r Peter died at Grand JUgtlction March 5 63 Conke~ Manning S killed at Jonesboro August 31 64 Chadwick lamuel died at Marietta August 26 64 Casper Lewis died at Grand Junction Feb 18 60 Cluck George died at Colliersville April 1 63 Clark John C killed at Atlanta Ga AliJ 21 64 Dillingham J 13 died at Colliersville April 29 63 Ellis Charles 0 killed at Cave Springs Nov ~ 64 Green David died at Memphis Jan 28 63 Haynes Martin died at Memphis Sept 22 63 Kate James died at Colliersville Mar 19 63
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Keith Lewis killed at Jonesboro Ga August 31 64 Lee Clark Jied at Grand Junction Feb 11 63 Northway Geo F died at MemphiR May 3 64shyRood Charles died at Grand Junction Jan 2~ 63 Root Rodney H died at Clattanooga Nov 7 64 Scott Henry M died at Chattanooga June 6 64 Snyder Georga died at Memphis Nov 14 63 Soule David killed at Atlanta Ga Aug 25 64 Taylor Warren J drowned in Mill Creek N C Mar 22 64 Welch William J diad at Memphis April 15 63
SEVENTH IND CAVALRY (119m) REGIMENT OOMPANY D
Hamlin George died at Memphis May 14 64 Moore Wesiey died at -----shy Aprll 18 62
OOMPANY K
Carey Edwin died at Memphis Dec 23 64 causE wounds Edward~ Danford killed Dec 26 63 cause accidant Hyatt William died at Memphis May 30 64 Thomelson David killed Dec 26 63
TWELFTH IND CAVALRY (127) REGIMENT OOMPANY n
Cook George died in Steuben County April 2 64 cau~e disea~e Call William died at Vicksburg March 2) 6f cause disease Jones John died at Nashville Jan 22 65 cause disease Suitterlin James A died af Tullahoma Nov 8 64 causa disease
OOMPANY o Cast Cyrus killed at Huntsville Sept 30 64 Cutler Orrin C died at Hospital Station June 13 65 cause dIsease Conkey Sorento died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Dwelley Archer died at Huntsville Sept 15 64 cause disease Fuller Wilson died at Huntsville July 16 64 cause disease Holdredge Dudley died at BatQl Rouge May 9 65 cause diRease Seymour Franklin died at Vicksburg July 24 65 cause disease Sams Benj B died at Hunt_ville July 31 65 caURe disease Tingley Geo W died at HuntFville August 10 64 cause disease
OOMPANY I
Fee Moses died at Hunt~vill Sept 19 64 cause disease Fee WUliam H dled at Huntsville shy - -
ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-NINTH I D V 1 OOMPANY A
Barnard Orsemus died at Michigan City March 30 64 Clemens Hezekiah died at Chattanooga May 12 64 cause disease Cartwright Wm died at Cleveland June HI 64 cause diseae Clemens JameR died at Charleston May 6 64 cause disease Heath Homer B died at Knoxville April 26 64 cause disease Joney Charles A died at Chattanooga Scpt 12 64 caURe disease
Kope Henry died at Washington Feu 11 65 cause disease Lee William died at Michigan City March 20 64 cause disa~e McKinley Roderick died at Louisville Feb 3 65 cause dis~ase Musser llamuel died at Chattanooga --- shy~lo01e John died at Nashville June 29 64 cause disease Mock Ueorge died at Atlanta Ua July 29 64 cause wounds Powers Josiah died at Chattanooga August 4 64 Smith Birge di~d at New YOlk City April 29 65 as 1st Lt of Company Sharp Samuel C died at Charlotte N C June 11 65 cause disease [ihafer Eli died at ------ Sept 5 64 cause wounds
OOMPANY o Bundy Nathaniel died at Michigan City March 16 64 cause disease Gunn gtlorrison J r died at Nashville June 10 64 cause disease Ryan Horton R died at Marietta Ga July ~7 64 cause di~ease
OOMPANY H
Boilart Samuel died at Cleveland May 16 61 cause uisease Boyer Francis dieu at Anuersollville August 4 64 ilender James A died at Knoxville August 22 64 cause disease Bender Andros died at Nashville August 6 64 cause disease B(ardAlexunderW died at KiI1gston July 22 64 cause disease Carpenter Jnshul uieu at Knuxville August 19 64 cause disease Hendricks J03eLh died at AndersonvIlle August 22 64 cause disease King Emanuel died at Knoxville Sept 1 64 cause disease 1Ilayberry Charles uied at KiJlgston Ua -- shytlesserva Juhn B dleu at Chaltanooga June 15 64 cause disease Petty Aar01 did It Alaloolla Ua June 23 64 cause diRease llpits Carl died at AtlantH Ga Oct 31 64 Stephcllson Nathan d1ed atMlChigan City -- shyVinton Jacob died at New Albany Feb 1 65
COlfPANY 1
L ockwood Deloss died at Knoxville June 12 64 cause disease Sutton Alfred uied at Washington Feb 8 64 cause disea~e
Sines Charles W died aL Nashville May 2 64 cause disease COMPANY K
Clark Charles died at Indianapolis May 3 64 cause disease
ONE HUNDRED AND FORlY-SECOND IND V 1 --COMPANY A Ingersol Willard hed at Nashville Feb 9 65 causp disease Van Cleve John W died at Nahville March 8 65 canse disease
OlE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND IND V 1 OOMPANY o
Woodford Byron D died at Cumberland Md March 25 65 OOl1PANY F
Nichols Henry died at Indianapoli~ March 28 65 OOMPAMY H
Frenoh David J died at Cumberland Md March 27 65 OOMPANY K
Calvin Jesse P died at Indianapolis March 28 65 came disease
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Graham Symour died at Frederick City April 3 65 cause di~ease Gillett Nelson died at Baltimore April 2~ 65 cause diseaRe McEntyre Wm C died at Indianaj)Qlis March 19 65 cause disease Rummell David J died at Indianapolis March 18 65 cause disease Swart~ J ncob died at Ihdianapolis March 10 ti5 cause disease
TWENTY-SECOND IOWA V I-COMPANY A Butler Frank died at DeCro Poinl Texas --- 63
COMPA)1Y AND REGIMEMT NOT KNOWN Infield Philip date and place of death unknown Infield Jacob date and place of death unknown Trowbridge Enoch date and place of dealh unknown Thomas Richard date and place of death unknown
O~lITED
Donihue Daniel Co C 152 Ind died at Quincy Mich MaTch 10 65 Jarvis Alexander Co D 118 Ind died at Knoxville March 19 65 Terrill Chester Co - 7 Mich died at Gettyeburg July - 63
The total number who went and never returned is 238 a long list more than two companies of good men or about every fifth man that went from Steuben County never returned May the people thereof hold thIS Roll of Honor in sacred memory on each 30th day of May the National Decoration Day togther with all other soldiers who were premitted to return home but from causes gethered in the war have found a grave in the different CbITemiddot teries of the county Alld in continuation of Ihe Roll of Honor followes the names of soldiers with organizations to whioh they belonged if known who are buried in the cemeteries of the county
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP
OLD CEMETERY OF ORLAND Brown John Co Clum Jacob Hurd Harvey B 100 Ind Keller Jacou Merrill E D )1cKegg Albro 9 Mich Band
GREEN LAWN OEMENTERY OF ORLAND Larimore J ames Co
OARLTON CENETERY Nevells Tip Co Otto Christain K 152 Ind Wilder Charles B 100 IndCo
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP
JAME~TOWN CElltETERY Dav Samuel Co A Gren Francis bull H Milnes Joseph A Townsley Albert bull B
88 74 44 44
Inll Ind Ind Illd
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
FREMONT OEMETERY Burdick Mathew Co G 4 Micb Cav Cobb William Co C 12 Ind Cav Goff 0 D Co A 129 Ind GOTe John Hughey James B 100 Ind
Holler Jame~
Iiller J I)-eph Rl1s~ell J oh11 l)idesinger Alexander Inlcox Amos
H ]7 Mich A 29 I11d
C 177 Peun A 29 Iud
healey H E Co L G Mich (Jav
CLEAR LAKE TOW~SHIP
CLER LKE OEMETERY
DUgUId Muses Co K 129 Ind DOlllue Garv Jarrard Hudman Charle~ bull G 1 Mic 1IcDowell David ~mith IYilber Seth Troop Henry
JACKSON TOIYNSHIP
FLDIT CE1ETEltY
Brnnett John llevlancl O~mer Bowers Alfred Dove Robort Ebert Isaac liuffman J Snyder Yilliam L Syllabaugh llo~ltrt l)pangle Zachariah middotil~on Henry Yllson Kbwcll
Co 11 5 Ind Cav B 12 Ind Cav II 74 Ind
A 129 IuJ Co EGO NY Eng
Co F 152 Ind A 44 Ind
LAKE GAGE CEMETERY
EvanR Robert Co I 42 III Lock E ~r G 14 Ohio
Jcrrso)l PltUltTE OEMETEltY
Benedict Milton Co Ro~ser William A 44 Iud
PLESANT TOWNSHIP
OIRCLE HILL OEgtIETEUY OF ANGOLA
Brown German Lt Co B 100 Ind Hanselman William A 29 Ind
Kinney Chas Capt Twitchell Henry bull TruE-sdall Samud Van Aukin Julius bull Yandes S L
A 41 Inu A 44 Ind EH Ind A 129 Inltl
OLD CEMETERY OF ANGOLA
Aldrich Simeon A Ice I101es lIeriman Henry Moffett Thomas (J Mason Samuel B Nichols John 8taly John Stealy Christian SCholtz Emile
Col 44 Ind Co I 12 Ind Cay Co A 44 Ind
A H Iud A 72 Ohio E 9 Ind A 44 IIld A 44 Ind A 88 Ind
CRt)CKETT CEMETERY
Ireland Jonathan Co Porter H A F 13 l1ich
SOWLE OEMETEIY
Tabor Joseph Co C 12 Ind Cav Tabor LapoundayeLte c 12 Ind Cay
SCOTT TOIYNSHIP
800= OEMETERY
Davidson Hen) Hutchins John Hutchins John n Jackson Jacob Lentz Heury Moore CorneliuH
Co H 51 Ind A 29 Ind A 44 Ind -100 Ind
A
JORDON OEMETERY
Ewing James Co A Green Harrison A Pew James R Pew Edward R Pattee Alvah A
61 Ohio ~9 Ind
44 44 74 74 2)
11Id Ind Ind Iud Ind
Repperd John H 197 Ohio
bull E 7 ~Iich Cav
rasker W W E 42
DYGERT OE1ETERY
Allen David B Co A 23 lull BadOer J (J D 59 InJ Ellitt Henry Heath Homer
III
50 TRINIn CEMETERYCo A H IndRyan J)hn McLain Ambrose Co B 100 Ind
A 4-4 IndRyan Stephen McLain Charles E 75 ill Taylor Yilliam J Sherrow Franklin K 152 Ind Taylor Joshua Sherrow SuttouK 152 IndTaylor Orrin
A 2() IudWoodward Hiram STEUBEN TOWNSHIP
WICKWillE CE1lETERY Ind PLEASANT LAKE CEMETERYSage Alouzo Co A 44 Ind Bennett Malcom CoK 44 IndTiugler John A 29
(i9 NYInd Danford John Tugler Simon A 29 H 74 IudGeorge S B Capt Ie 44 Ind1I0LDRIDGE CEM~TERY Gilbert Samuel Ii 74 Indlioldridge Dudley Co C 12 Ind Cay Gardner Elibha H H IndGeorge James H 74 IndGilb~rt M YORK TOWNSHIP 4 MichMocherman Adam II 74 IudPerfect Middleton
POWERH CEMETERY H 74 IndPerfect Robert L Co A 44 IndBrooks Fmncis 11 74 IudRo~e Solomon J Ihd I 29 H 74 IudBurk Eli Stutler Daniel Bwoks Renry B 100 Ind Ie 41 IncSisson Joseph A 129 Ind K 44- IndDillingham Jerry Smith Ambrose Ie 44 IndEldridge Henry 13 1mJSmith Illiam H 11
liill AngnHtus G 19 IlldSmith Henry Iud H 129Norrix iUiam L A 29 IndTompson James A 41 IndPowers Stephen A luttle F H Ind powers J 08iah A 129 Ind A 129 IndPettee Cornelius CARum CE-1ETERY H 129 IndSteveu~on Nathan 00 Michhiting Paris C Co C
Vetherwax Henry A 129 Ind
YORK CEMETERY OTSEGO TONSHIPBetzer Peter Co B 100 In(1
OTSEGO CENTER CEMETERY
Hum phrey~ Bob(Tt Co H 151 OhioSALE1 TOIVNSHIP Longsdale George R 74 Ind
NORTH SALEM CEMETERY OTSEGO NORTH CEMETPRYButlbr S S Co K 29 Ind Burch Halbert Co 11 74 IndChenworth Abram 23 Iud Bat Cory George A 129 Iudnicha~dsou Myron H 68 Ohio Yanghn Dewitt R 3 Mich
TURKEY CREEK OEMETERY HAMILTO-l CEMETERY Dunbar David CO Co A 44 IudAndrews H N Dunbar Milton A 29 IndBender WIlliamHaywood Robert F 44 IudBrowu Joseph Ruthman Edward Crnin Ezra
A 41- IndFrench William lALLISTER CEIIETERY 0 R 74 IudGriffith Leamaut9 I ndValiCleve William Co A
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Jones Julius Keyoricc Joseph Martin Henry Martin Albert PhiUipR Benjamlli Packers William Taylor William H
Cu F 44 Ind
A 129 Ind
BICHLAND OENTRB CEMETEBY Battrtlall John W Co K 84 Ind Dmglass Robert Co C 12 Ind Cav Everhart J M Capt Co K 152 Ind Eckhart John A 44 Ind Newville Solomon K 152 Ind
METZ OEMETERY
Goodrich David O Co A 44 Ind
Omitted in the regular list on acconnt of report not being forwarded in season
OOUNrY LINE OEMETEBY-SALEM TOWNSHIP
Altman John P Co A 29 Ind Charlton Edward Co 12 Ind Cav
Andrews John G Minn Cav Conway William Co H 30 Ind
Cary Phineas Co G 44 Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art
Cook Asa 29 Ind MYeJs James (10 A 129 Ind
CookJ l9 Ind Vlam Ramuel H 30 Ind
Cary Davill G 44 Ind
No class of peopls enjoy rOl1llions better than old soldiers the clasp of hanus a look in the eye and thmiddot magic word Comrade bring forth the memory of camp battle march anu sollliN privations Even if the s~diers are perfect strangcrR each knows that the olher was there This feeling also prevails among the citizen~ assembled to witness these reuniom Joy and gooll fElling beams on the countenance of all Heart felt thanksgivings with loy alty to counbY flag and comrade spring fourth in words and tokens of sincere friendship at sight of the badge or button The haud voluntarily extends without thought and the clasp produces a thrill of pleanrc that canshynot be explained in ords and this unexplainell feeling of comyadeship is not equaled by any uther clas order or society and is the nearest to but not the
felling of the home oi rcle No movement wasmade in Steubpn CouniJ for a soldierR reunion until
1879 In August of that year an organization was form ed with N P Lewis 1res IreDU~ McGowan Vice Pres E J Fitch Secy O Carver Treas T H Keyes Chaplain E G Melendy Chief Marshall and an executive COIOshy
mitt~e of one person from each township ReptemiJer 9th was selected as the date of the reunion It was onl of the most enjoyable reunions ever helll ill Stenbltn County the pople turned out in a mass bringmg their bands lt)f mu~ic A free dinner was provided for all By the regiRte kept on that occasion their were 43 Ohio regiments 31 Indiana 16 Michigan 14 New York 3 Wisconoin 2 Penll 2 Kansas 2 Iowa and 3 V S Regulars rcpresentell
The ulmost good oriler and concuct prevailed throughout and many yisitlt)rs from abroad were present
In 1882 the 129th Indiana held a reunion at Angola ~lajur l im E Cole as Preiilent anoi Lieut E G Melendy Secretary Both were n errbc rs of Company A and from Stenben County The 129th was royally welcomed by the ci tizens
A Regimental reunion of the 44th Indiana was held at AngOla October lOth 1883 Lewis Griffith of Steuben County and last captain of Company A was President This reunion seamed as enjoyable to the people as to the soldiers A ilinnur wa provided for them and the Agriculture Association gave them free admission to the Fair Grounds the county fair being held at the time
In 1885 the county organization was again revived with E G Melendy as Pres and A F Day Secy There was n general turnout of exsoldiers anci citizens at the reunion on the Fair Grounds near Angola This county organshyization has IlPld annual reunions with B F Dawson President in J886 and L I C Young President in 1887 A F Day continuing as Secretary With no deminution of fraternal feeling and enjoyment of lhe boys and citizens assembled on both occasions George D Cleveland was elected president for 1888 but owing to other circumstances the tilDe of reunion was crowed out but the organization is not dead
In 1887 a Tri-State Reunion organization was orgaLized and held its reunion on the banks (If Fish Lake Otsego Township with Capt Hoadly of Edon Ohio as president This organization again held a reunilll at the Rame place in 1888 and elected Capt Lewis Griffith pr~sidant fOr 1889
Another regimental rennion was held at Angola Sept 19th 1887 That of thO 74th Indiana by the invitation of Company H and the citizens Capt Lawrence Gates was secretary Those from abroad were hospitably entershytained and the 74th left feeling well repaid in having their reunion in Steuben County
Well never forget onr soldier day~ Their trials griefs and jOYA
The glorious dongs that were alwayR Sung proudly by the boys
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GRAND ARMY OFIRE REPUBLIC --ANDshy
TOMANS RELIEF CORPS
POSTS
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3TEUBEN COUNTY INDIANA
The Grand Army of the ~epublic
It was but natural after the close of the greatest civil war iu history that the soldierswould seek to assemble together to preserve the memories of army associations strengthen fraternal feeling and rendel aid and protection to neeay comrades or those dependent upon them A society calld the Grand Army of the Republio was instituted immediately after the close of the war in 1865 and spread rapidly over the north In the winter of 1866middot7 G~o E Young Lawrence GateR and William Phelps went to Waterloo and WEre initiated into the Grand Army of the Republic came home and organized II
pot at Angola with Comrade Gate~ as comm1nder lhi~ po~t lived nearly thre years Chas F Kinney was commander the secolld year and Wm H Phelp~ the third year uutil it with near ly all other posts in the country disshybanded The order having become to much of a partisan character
In 1877 the Grand Army of the Republic was revied with a new ritual having the same beneficial and fraternal character but with all factions and politi barred It character as being a strictly nonpartisan organizativn is sustai~ in the opinion of prJminent members of all partis who have ample Oppt tunities to judge Although it is not dpuid that individuals seek to use it abuse it for political ends but with ridged rules orders and patriotic leE minded officers nothing of a political nature is allowed to enter the post room And with CHABITY as one of its cardinal principals ill view it is accomplishiIlg a great work and it is wonderfully aidec1 by the Womans Relief Corp~ ThfY find that the mothers wives and daughtltrs as useful and necessary as thy wee during the war in devising ways to strengthen and cncourage in tht doiug of this important work for humanity
Steubn County now has eight G A R Posts under the new uispen~ation Five of these posts hae W R C auxiliarieR All are in good healthy COli dition and working w~lI with full intntion to preservc sustain and keep alive the three great principals of the Grand Army of the Republic FR~TERshyNJTY to one another CHARITY to a comrade his widow aLd orphald nnd LOYALTY to country and flag until the fiual muster out of the old veterans
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Rarter Philip Heller Daniel Heath Horace H Hutchins J R Hart Thomp on Havens Ira S Hagerty J L Hall Joseph Hilbisb Ammon Jeffery A B Johnson N L Kinsey Eli Kinney William Kinsey Moses Koons All Kellogg Josiah Knous James Kritzel Aalon Lint Daniel Lettz N el on J Loop Moses B Lent James Luca G R Mellendy E G Millens William McCune Robert McKehen William McElroy Robert Morlan Lewis Miller H A Marsh Samuel
Bert Hubble E G Melendy
Co D 98 Ohio H 17 Mich D 19 Ohio A 44 Ind I 42 III A 151 Ind H 38 Ohio A 29 Ind E iiI Penn H 85 Ohio G3 Mich h C 38 Olno D 18 Mich
Lieut C 38 Ind H 19 Ohio D 1 Ind Art G 145 Ohio I 149 Penn G 4plusmn Ind H 74 Ind I 21 Ohio G 44 Ind G 1 US Art A 29 Ind C 100 Ind
Co A 142 Ind K 86 Ohio
12 OhIO Bat Co E 65 Ohio A 44 Ind K 1J Ohio
OKeef A Oberst Chri~ Pamter Thoma~ Porter E R Price Jame Parker Sol(mOll Pendill James Parsons Seymour Rus~eJl ~ iliiam Reed Ira Rautz Peter Ryan John Hoper middotWilliam Robbin~ Eenry StOty John D Spangle Lafayette SOnlIDerlott Audrtw Simes Charles Shuttf Joel G Stewart Jmes Showalt~r Hiram bheetR George W Sattisson Viliiaul Tafker WIlliam luWoltM hitl Charles ~st Henry Woouard W Wolcott James Williams Burton Yedge Daniel
Co G 6 Ohio Cav Co A 44 Ind D 101 Penn G 68 Ohio C 1~8 Ohio H 74 Ind
Co K 1 11ich Cay Co K 15~ lnd E 33 NY I 88 jIlll F 17 Yis A 44 luu A 44 Ind
Co B b Ohio CUY C 12 Ind Cnv
Cll A 2J Ind A 29 Ind K lOO Iuu F 4J Oh1O bull Ii 44 Ind A 129 Iud
Co B 6 Ohio Cay Co A 29 Ind H 74 Iuu B H III
Co 11 5 Iild Cav Co A H Iud
Co E 7 Inu Cav Co H 74 Ind
bull F 38 Mich Co C 6 llich Art
PAST POST COYrMANDERS
William TaakerBJGoff Curti~ Cassell
Nelson Lettz E R Porter
The pre~ent post commaLder i~ Nblson Lettz adjutant E G Melpndy There are now 55 membels in good standing from a tOlal enrollment of 102 with an excellent W R C auxillery No 58 organized July 8th 1887 with 14 charter member~ The following is 11 list of the members of W R C No 58
Mrs Madan White Predident
Allen Mrs Martha Caswell Mrs Vina Daugherty Mrs MalY Dewey Mrs Ida ~ollett Nora Hughey Mrs Susan Heller Mrs Josephine Koons Delia
Mrs Ellen McKeehen Seoretary
Kinsey Mrs Mette Kinsey Rusan Michatl Mr~ Martha UcKeehen Mrs Ellen Ryan Mrs Amanda Rantz ~lr Hattie White ~1rs Marian Wilkins Mrs Florenct
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The post hall i~ in the imlUcdiate buisness part of town finely furnishell anll lIivided by foilliug doors and slidts for the sessions of the G A R and W R C anll if )ccasion requirE thrown into one large hall for larger assemblies
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
C H DAUGHERTY a first class jewelry with full service in the ranks can well enjoy the comradehip the G ~ ll gives him He is a zealous worker in any move for its advancement and kind red organization the W R C and S of V For his zeal the 8 of V camp adopted the name of Daugherty Camp Mrs Mary Daugherty is a true auxiliery to her hURband and his efforts for the old veteran
ALL KOONS and Lady arlO both members of the soldier organizations and teilpected fur their elIots and as citizens Comrade Koons was a member of a gallant Ohio Regiment and at litune RIvbr was forced to Racrifice one limb for his country
CURTIS CASSELL also from an Ohio regiment ~6ems much interested iu hi~
post He served one term as ommander and as such gave it hIS best attention He is a much respectec ciLizeu and farmer
MOSES KINSEY a merchauL of long residence in Fremout aud a member of au Ohio company from the adjoilliug county of Williams is stroug in his conviction of right aLu not afraid to advocate them He is a solid member of the G A R and ably sec011l1eltl by his wife Mrs Nettie Kiusey in publio and society s good
B J GOFF has been an active businesR mau of Frpmont tor some years and is well kuowu by I he people He served one term as post commander Like many others he shows the effects of his army service
A D CASWJgtLL a vetetan of the 4th Mich and one of the first to go from Steuben County has long been known as a business and enterprising man of the county
The above are ouly a few of the many active members and are from regishymHnts of other states Personal mention of other members could be given but tnutl and space will uot permit iu this volume
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--- -c0 ALD~ICH P C T
G A R NO13S LOCATED AT HUDSON INDIANA
COL fiIMEON C ALDBIOH was a native of Verrnollt He was born Oct 14 1816 came to Steuben County ill 1844 and was an active busmess mall of the county for yars He served as COll~ty sheriff from 1851 to 1853 At the breaking out of the war in 1861 he was very instrumelltal in raising Company K of the 44th Ind and was elected 1st Lieut With cOllstant service and a natural military ability he rapidly received prornotiom and became colonel of the regiment in July 1863 He died at home August 14 1863 while absent 011
a sick leave from hi~ command He was a brave soldier and good officer
This post was organized ---- 1882 with - - charter members and have made a totampl enrollmnt of 46 yeterans The post has a hall of itmiddot own situated in one of the most pleasant little villages in the county
VRTEBANS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN POST NO 11l8
Anderson J CoK 55 Ohio Brown Charles 1 15 Ohio Clink Charles A 44 Ind Campbell O A 74 Ind Cook N Ind Carr D 13 Mich Chilcoat D B ~ 129 Ind Cotrell J A 23 Ind Doty J 53 Ind Dayhuff S H 74 Ind DiffenbaughA H 110 Ind Deckman J A D 1H Ohio Frederick D B Co L 12 Ind Cav Foster A Co Ind Frederick Samuel I 53 Ind Greenamyre W A K 44 Ind Gren Thoma~ middottPenn Gerrard A C Co I 7 Minn Cav Harbaugh Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Haughey Jobn Co 44 I nd Heckathorn Henry I 53 Ind Hissong J H 51 Ind Irish David G 30 Ind
Knous Thomas UoB8NY Cav Morrison T R Co 21 Ohio Meek Adam A 21 Ind Mellendy H B A 9 Ind Mottinger S B B 29 Ind Mortoff Samuel Co D 7 Ind Cav Miller Jerry C 121nd Cay Mathews A- B Co A- 30 Ind Meed J C Ind Ropp A I 169 Ohio Ropp John A 100 Ind Ringler F Ind
HRow W 513 Ind Stout A CO III Snowberger R Co D 7Ind Cav Snowbergr P Co D 155 Ind KSmith J C 44 Ind Thrasher O B A 44 Ind Vlam John A 44 Ind Whysong J C H 30 Ind Willard Ransom J H 74 Ind Wills J G 53 Ind Wordin W H K 29 Mich
Many of the above persons have been transfered to other 1(518 or received
their final muster out
SIMEON C ALDRICH
COL 44TH IND VOL
Thi~ post nlhhR it a du y to strictly regard Memorial Day in honor of j d ad comrldlts The list of past commanders is not long Comrades Greenashy
uyre and Whysoug fill the list J he post has at present 30 members iL good Htundllig
PEBSOSAL MENTIONS OP A ~EW ACTIVE MEMBERS
J C SMlTll the post adjutant enlisted in a regiment that made an honorshyable record He now gives as strict attention to his dutmiddoties as au officer and mtizpn as he did 25 years ago to those of a soldier
CHARLES CLINK is an independent farmer of Salem Township with a good record in the army and he ~hll sustaiues the same He served as town_p I8sessor until tired of puLlic service
J C WHylONG served his full time in the service as a solQiera aud received marks that are still on his person After his discharge he done provost duty at home until the end of the war He is an enterprising citizen and takes a great interest in public affairs He is courteous to all and true to a friend
D B and SAMUEL FREDEBICK WElre two good support~rs of Uncle Sam during the war and still remah true to conntry comrade and post
ADAM MEEK sacrificed one of his arms for his country but has thanks for life aud his good strong lungs which he gives ent to for the rights of hi~
comradcd and which arB of pedunary benefit to himself as a practical shyauctioneer Comrades and friends will do weU to remember this if needing such servicE-so
JORN and A RoPl two re~pected citizens give strict attention to to their business with the record of pame interest in both the service and G A R
V A GBEESAMYliE is a pleasant gentleman and a first class citizen He has occupied official positions of trust and honor in masonic and G A R societies c~pecialy ill the later having been commander of post No 138 for a number of years
RODEBT and PETEB SNOWBEBGER were valuable soldiers and are valuable citizens and show thElir good fellowship to comrade~ on all occasims
J C Deckman from the 19 Ohio has witneses ill the connty of his soldier qualtties and his neighbors can but spak well of him as a citizen
HENRY HABBOUGH and HENBY HEJKATHOBN both live near the vacinity of Hudson and make it a point to be interested iD social comrade~hip with the members of the post and all other comrades
A DIFFENBAUGH was one o( the charter members and still holds his member ship although he is now a resident of AngOla His record in th~ old 30th Ind was such as to entittlb him to fhe rememberance of Uncle Sam
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-B J CROSSWAIT POST GA R No 150 and lV R C No 37
LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
LIEUT COL BALDWIN J CnOSSWAIT served as 2d Lieut of Capt McLaughlins 90mpany ild Ohio Vo in the Mexican War fie was mustbred June ~4 1846 and mustered out June 18 1847 at New Orltltans He married and lived near Mansfield Ohio until Nov 1853 when he cam to Angola and was one of its actie business men and merchants until the breaking out of the Civil War He was very active in raising -Company A and organizing the 44th Ind and was commi~siolled its Lieut Colone He remained with his command until compeled to return home on a sick furlough from disability incured in the Mexican War it being aggravatE-d by his return to soldier life where he died Feb 20 1862 aged 45 years He was a thorough and fine military offlicer - and proved his ability by the quick thorough organization alJd military appearance of the early Hth
In rememLerance of this Post No 150 adopted the name of B J Crosswait This Pltlst was chartered March 29 1883 with 23 charter members and has enrolled 172 veterans to wit
Arnold Albert Co K 3 Ohio Cav Abramson Eugene Co K 152 Ind Ayrbs Lewis G H Ind Abbott Chancey G 1 Mich Biel Isaac A 44 Ind Burkett Lafayette Co K 7 Ind Cav Bnllard W J S A 129 Ind Beard Henry W A H Ind Bender A H 129 Ind Barjarow Augustus J B 11 Mich Burlingham Jacob F 129 Ind Brooks Riley H B 9 Ind Bakej Hiram A 29 Ind Bowers Squire Co K 1 Ohio L Art Brown Abraham B Co A 46 Ohio Bowers Alfred Co B 12 Ind Cav Bbrlin John Co H 129 Ind Beck Joseph 23 Ind Bat Brown George Co A 29 Ind BramanJohn T K 4 III Cav Ballinger James C 28 Mich Carpenter Jesse H US Vol Navy Colt William IT Majo~ 1l9 Ind
Carson John Co I 42 III Cole John P A 129 Ind Casebeer John H F H Ind Cosner Andrew 26 Ohiobull D
Carver Orviile B 4 Mich Claypool Levi D 65 Ohiu Chappell J H A 44 Ind Carpenter Alvah Co I 12 Ind Cav Crandall Charles Co C 12l Ind Collins James C 100 Ind Cleveland George A 29 Iuc Crandall Lamont A 44 Ind Carr William M QM 19 Ohio Cole Nelson CoH H Ind Clark Samuel H 5 Mich COl John Capt A 129 Ind Culp Miles J A 44 Ind Carter William W C 2il III Cox Solomon M A 44 Ind bull H Dutter Jlrry Co A 1 Ohio L Art Dukes Josiah o H il Ohio Cav
Dawson Ben F Lt 74 Iud
Darrah Charles L C 12 Ind Cav
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BALDWIN J CROSSWAIT
LIEUT COL 44TH IND VOL
DeLanc)middot Henry CoF 120 Ohio Dotts Yillilm li A 44 Ind Ewerrl Adolph A 41 Ind Ewing JOieph
F 82 Ohio Forester Wilham
A 08 Ohio B 4 Mich Fleming Ci-eorge B Co G 10 Ohio Gates LaYlence Capt H 74 Inll Griffith L~ ~is Capt A 44 Ind Gritlith B Franklin K 152 Ind Grsbnalllyer Jolin II 12l Ind Hrn St-phen Co C 12 Ind Cav Huffman W J I D Mich
Fitch Edsun J
Uav lianna R pnry Coli 2l Iud Ransdman WllLam A 2l Ind Hyler William G 2middot1 Ohio
IIarmon Levi D llti Ohio Hutchins Hubelmiddott A 1l Ind
Hirst Joseph H D 2 Ulno Hart Andr~w H 12l Iud Hand Johu H 12l Iud livrn Charie Co I 12 Inll Cav Hackley NRthan Co U 4 Iowa
41 IudHyatt Thumas C A shy 2ti Micb Jmkius Ylliam A 2l 1ml James iJliHm A l~ Iud J acksou H eury II K Iv Ind Jarvis Clement 11 1U Iud Jackson indrew J H H IIlll J ohll~un Robert H Adjt 00 Ind Jarrard William H I 4 111 Keyes Wiiliam A ~l Iud Kratzer Emanuel H Inll KemelY Adsalom
liulJbard William C D
D 4 MlCil
Logan illiam N U H lnd L ewis NeweU P Lt A H Iud Lindley Yilliam D Co D (j Uti Uav
L atsou Alonzo Co C U Iud Cav IilJarger Alonzo CoA 65 OillO Logan Wesley A C 44 Ind
D 29 OhioLutz Robert Legg Thomas C 100 Ind l1or~e Edwin K 152 Ind
A 44 IndMofftt Thomas R ~idrrill William H K 11 Mich 11)I)e John B F 7 Iowa
11 MichMills L E Co H
Morrow John K Capt Co C 100 Iud IudMnsser John W Co B 100
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Moss Tilham CoK uti Ohio McConnell G QM middot14 Inll Morse Sanford Co B 4 Mich Mc11illn Joseph A 12l Inll hlcElIwee S J K 104 lnll
Manges Isreal C 152 Inll Moore AIampxamJer 8 K 12l Inll Moore Robert Co C 152 Ind Miller Thad K Co B tl2 Ohio Morrow Hpnry D H2 Ind Nichob Henry 13 ~ Mich Nimocks George 0 Co C 7 11ich Newnam John C A 44 Ind Owileder Danial K 86 Ohio Poter Abraham D 13 Mich Parsons Fnluk Co E 147 Ind P rORS Aus tin Co E 1311ich Pettee Cornelius Co A 12l Ind Pifer JOEeph Co A 100 Ind Pbleps William H H 30 Ind Porter H A Co l 10 ~Iich
Pember Jamps C 176 Olno ParsoIls Symoul
K 152 Inll Quanc Henry H 18 Mich Hoot W W I 42 III Ityau Michael A H lull Ryan J ameR A 44 Inll IhchardAoi1 John Co B 4 1ICh Richardson IIeury H 152 luG Rboalls Richarll K 152 Illd Rym Lawrence CoH 12l Inll Rummell George CoH 74 Ittll Rodger Anthony Co B 8 lIich ltJav Snyder Andrew J Co B 100 Ind Stinson Peter doK 65 lY SwaulLaugh Fred 1I0 A 44 lad Stone J oh11 W lIo G 8 Ohio Sommerlott Anllrew do A 29 Inll Shank Norman do K 44 Inll Sommerlott Frank lIo A 2l lull Rhowalter Jo~hua d0 A H Lld Swift David K do A 12l ILd Sultz Jacob do B 100 Ind Sowle David do A 44 Ind Sutton Thomas do I 129 Iud Sperry JRckson E do B 100 Iud Sims William 5 Inll Bat
Scoville 0 D Capt Co I 4middot1 Ind
Sayles Charles W D 11 ilich D InllSowle Peter U
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Shore iUiam CoE 32 Ohio Tin ley Samuel A 44 Ind Trowbridge John E 13 III Timbers William E A 20 Ohio Tuttle John R Co C 12 Ind CRV Vme George CoH 74 I nd Vaughn George W C 7 Mich VRughn Tracy G 16 Mich Van Aukin James H A 14 Ind White Volney C 15 Mich WhIting Decatur E 2501 )
Work Gardner ( 12 l ood Ellis Co U 12 Ind ( v
West Henry CoH 44 Iud
illiamson Isaac Lt I ~b 1lld illiams 8ilas R H 7~ lnd iRner Stephen C 7 Mch ickwire George R K 152 Ind Yebb Damiddotid M H 38 Ghio Ware John F 111 Ohio Wolf Jacob Co K 1 OIJo Art illiamd John W Co A 1~9 Ind Wheeler Eugne A 17 l1ich illis William H 74 lnd ood Charles W Co C 12 Ind Cav YUlg George E CoB Mich4
Zm merman John B 100 Ind
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umber of Membels in Good 8t I g n Last Inspection 122
PAST PO~T OMMANDEBS
1883-bi Andrew 80mmerlott 1887
Andrew J Snyder 1885-86 I J psse H Carpenter 1888 Ben F Dawson
Ben F Dawson was again selected Hi c0mmander with John Carson Admiddotjt for 1889 The post meets every Tlim~day llight with a fair attendance from its many membErs rhis po~t being located at the county sea its ca1Js for aid by distrefsed travel il) cmTades aro frequent and none have been lightly turmd away without ill Rome manner providing for his
ncsceRsities This post has an abltgt anxiliary in Y R C No 37 Most noble women
who with unity take a deep interest tli~ir work hae been of incalculable bull benefit to the PORt At least in iuftuencing the moral lind gntlemanly conduct
of its members and have sufficirnty f f funoR and willingnESS to rid W R C No 37 was organized Jul~ 887 with 22 chart(r memberR Mrs
Lizzie TtlwnsHnd was president and Ml Sarah Moore ReCletary for the years 1887 and 1888 Mrs Ann Kemery if ll(sident for 1889 Mrs Moore conshytinuing a~ secretay The following is e enrollment of Corp~ No 37
Berlein Miss Alice Dawson Mr- Lydia Bowman Mrs Ada Dntter Mrs Alpha Ballinger Mrs Ea Gatts Mr~ Tina Brown Mrs Maria Hubbard Mrs Hannah Burkett Mrs Sarah Huffman Maggie Beil Mrs Maggie J enkins MO[ Florence Cleveland Mrs N J Kemery Mrs Ann Carr Mrs Jennie Kemery Rena ColE Nettie G Knott MIS Anna Carson Mrs Lousia Logan Margaret C)le Miss Nettie A Louther Mrs Rachal DeLancy Mrs Minerva McNabb Elizabeth
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Snyder Mrs MaTthal-lerril l-1iss Anna Sowle Mrs Sophial-lore l-lr Hattie Sowle Jane MOOTe 8arah Swift MargaretMill( Thad K Smilley Mrs Eva~1111 bou rIl Mrs Julia Sommerlott ~Irs Strah Ogtp ~lrs DeHia Townsend Mrs LizzioProse Mrs Harriett Trusdale Mrs Susan CPatteE ~Irs ~Iaggie Trusdale 1Iiss Nettie PEW 118 Elizabeth rinsley Mrs Mary Ll)Hgp ~rlmiddotR S M atsou ElizabethPhdp ~lrs Ruth ltu~~ell Suan
Number in Good Standing _mbel l~mber Enrolled -17
G A n Post No 150 are justly proud of their Y R C auxiliary d their (lrk Pre~idcd over in 1887 and 1888 by Mrs Townseud a solJ widow WlOP IJugtband nam is hOllored uy Metz Po~t activo in oth([ levoltut and churoh work Lut takes more than an adive interest ill the W 1 C Her-
u lor too~lf and ladies of the corps take special pains to show rc~pfct alt Nettie
thu( who W()re the blue 1Irs Towusend has been ably aided by lU record
(oll lst Vice and Mrs De Lflucy 2nd Vice and with 1ITs Moo t am pie
their wurks and ~1r Gates to guard the treasurers box which is 1 _elilfs as
fCll all ne~d by the wise counsel of the corps ladie (Jr Reau) K~n1ery
Peter l~ussell cdb them prominent among whom are Mrs Ruost
SDwl Dawon anu other~
PERSONAL MTINTIONf OF A FEW ACTIVE MEl1BEll~ Hulbard
YILLlAM U HUBBARD the post chaplain and his wife ~rs~ lianuD t wdlcupl~lI for th W R C wtre selected for these sacrell offices fvr
k 1 lVll cllritiau reputation and zeal in church temperance llUU
f()eie11ts lJ1dterFIJ~UET_ KB~TZER th~ present quarter master aud the last qual
( on of w 11leient G A R estabJbhcu at Angola oer 20 years lbU is
deeL e It of (Ian LUTZ the little active sewing machine mlcl illurance
l bull butAngola wa ~cond mljutant uf the post and is now the pust ~1l bull~
1 tryklW more of sewiLg machinls than mbdicine Comradfs and
him fllr a machine WIT LTDI H ~EnBILL CUl1llS recommended by a 1Iichigan regilnl t VhEn
he is bsent from the pmiddott ()Ill~thing is wrong Comrade Austin Pro also frOll a )Iichigan regiment ]S I is equal in prompt attendance Both lJ tlwir
familie are repreent-d in the Y R C THAD K MILLER alllliady who reside some distance from Angola U(aed
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it their duty to lend their influence and work for the objects of the G A R
Hnd C R C and this has been considerable ILLIAyr C tioss with full service and additional experience of 18 months
in Ander~onvi1le Prison shows the effects of rebel fare H is strong and deshytermined in his convictions of right He is the present worthy county sheriff
with a second tltrm before him ALBERT ARmiddot()JD hflilR from one of the best Ohio Caalry regiments alld
his steady citizel I [l proves him to have been a number one soldier regulltr
in his attEndm ttl e Ill t meetings and his d llties RrLEY H Bnooh of the ](Iody 9th is as industrious for himself and family
as he was or hi couultmiddoty 27 years ago SQmRE BOWERS hau (xpltriEnce in artillEry and still deals grape and canister
to the euemies of his comraues and their rights JERRY DUTTER of th ~flm( regill (Jlt aud his excellellt little wife are workshy
ing members Ot post and corps and equal to all dutilS lequired o~ them As an extensive reliable and experienced fruit propagat eI Jerry is well known
throughout the county ~WILLlAM H PHELPS a smnJl man but large enough to stop a rebel bullet
at Shiloh and is much disabled thereby so much so that his Masonic bl ethern supplied him with a cano years ago He with his wife Mrs Phelps take
active interest iu the wfllfare of comradek HENRY QUANOE is another Michignn soldier who stands enrolled a a memshy
ber of the G A R iR generaly on h and and a valuable nembH of the post
WILLIAM 11 CAllR served four consecutive years as post adjutant He is It goodpenman and familiar with methods of doing anny work His ability hns beellllsed in many difinent ways e~peuroeiaUy in pens10ns Nakrnllyaffiable and gentlemanly in dem(RnOUr he i~ (very rendy to leud his last cent or talk to a comrade in uistrcss His nearest friend says th only fault is gray eyes
JOSIAH DUKES from the gallant ld Ohio resides SOIDE distance from his post His att(ndanee at post is not frpqu~nt but his will is all right
HENRY DELANOY with a long record of army service is the most quiet man
in Angola and attends his post and to his own business JOSEPH H HIRST carries an honorable remindor of his service His steady
f aithfulnes as a soldier is proven by his steady upright rneformance of dutipound ~ as a citizen and member of the G A R Having the record of being presCo-nt to evely session of the post while Q M in 1888 and of bbing scrupulous strict
RS city clerk and treasure WILLIAll TIMBERS Experenced Andersonville and rebel rations as a prisoner
of war for many months His post knows his vnllle as officer of the guard on
D ecoration D ay
MIDDLETON PERFECT
1ST LIEUT Co H 74TH hID
MIDDLETON PERFECT POST GA R No173 and -W- R C No 99
LOCATED AT PLEASANT LAKE INDIANA
1ST LIEUT 2IDDLETON PEEFEOT was born in Delaware County Obio Sept 1827 and came to Steuben County in October 18a6 He was a farm er by occupation 21ustered in the service as Sergeant of Co H 74th Ind hl ~eTed wlth credit and gallantry and was severely wounded at Chicamauga Not able for fi eld duty he was asigned to recfuiting service and proved a valuable llid to replenisb the thined ranks of the 74th On return to his command be was mustered as 1st Lieut June 1864 but resigned Jan 19 1863 his wound dioabling him for further duty as a soldier He resided at Pleasant Lake after his discharge anll was elected township trustee term a(ter term He died while trustee July 31 1869 respected and remembered by a large circle of friends Among these friends who revered his soldier and citizen lilre qualities were many of hi comrades who organized G A 11 Po~t No 173 Ibis post was chalmiddottered May 17 1883 with 27 charter membflS and adapted the uame of Middletn Perfect
VFTEEANS WHO HAVE ENEOLLED IN POST NO 173
Avery Merritt UI) C 16 Mich HAbby Jacob 74 Iud AId rich Eugene Lt K 44 Iud Beard L H K 63 Ohio
Bohner Edward A 2 Mich
Bohner Sinnary 27 Mich Beirry T E G S6 Ohio Dullard Almon I 42 m Conkle George Clark IV M Co C 1 Mich Art CarEn Tnhu Co A 44 Ind Cartr ~ W C 23 III Dayhnff 8inon H 71 Ind lfgey George Co D 7 Iud Cav Full er S hen H Co I 128 Ind Fisk W G 19 IudIr~ u
Foster ldore F 8 Ohio IFrederi Samuel I 53 Ind
George pound3 Capt CoH 74 Ind GaskHl i0hard A 29 Ind
Goodma Samuel H 44 Iud Goudy illiam Co C 12 Iud CIlV Hall J)hn Co A 44 Ind
Huffman Asa CoH 71 Iud Roward Mariou H ~ Mich Hockenblrger Simon F 5 Iud Kelley Eugene G 4~ III Kelley Harmon A 12 Ind LemmoD Clay K 4 bull Iud LAmmon Bert H 71 Iud Lockamire Joseph H U) l1d Lidge Adam Co D 7Ind elY Miller David CoK 1~J Iud Mnjor Samuel Moore A J Moore IV S A 9 Ii a Miller George K 15~ Ind McGrew Jams A 1 ~ I ud Ross Alanon I If[j Iud Robertson Cyrus 111 15h Rich E Co 2301 l c It Renner David Co E I bd Richard Henry B CoI12IlIi Cw Scovillgt 0 D Capt Co I 44 Iud Strong John C H Iud Smith Jsaiah K H Iud
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Sweet Hiram Co E 21 Ohio Hnydcr John Lt c H 74 Ind Stutler Jacob H 74 Ind Sampson J C K 182 Ohio leegarcl in Elisha K 118 Ohio lyler John I 66 Ohio TuWe Chester V Co D 7 Ind Cav
Numt)r Members Enrolled 60
Vaughn Amos Co A 129 Ind Vanwye Daniel c D 195 Ohio Willard R J H 74 Ind Woodworth B Co D 7 Ind Cav Weldin L F Major 30 Ind Will John Co Young George E B 4 Mich
Number in Good Standing l$5
PAST POST OOMMANDERS
R J Willard John Hall C~ rus Robertson Alanson Ross L F Weldin I
The present command er is I saiah Smith aujutant Merrit Avery
Middleton Perfect Post has a succes1full W R C which was )rganized March 10 1888 with 14 charter members ~1rs Mattie Van Aukin was ~elected PrEsident and Miss Kate C P erfect Secretary Thiamp Corps has been active and interested in the wellfare of the post aud ncouraged the obtaining of a more suitable hall and fitting it up not only this but have done their part in the 1lief of distress wherever found
MEMBERS OF W R O NO 99
Aldrich Mrs Addie C Case Mrs Zelia Carter Miss Maria Corpe 115 Rosetta Foster Mrs Callia Gaskill Mrs Sylvina Hoover Mrs Emma E Knapp Althere
Perfect Miss Kate C Roso rlii s Laura Strong Mrs Lizzie Slatterly Mrs Mary Snydpr Mrs Cornelia Van AukID Mrs Mattie Van Aukiu MlDa ~illiams Mrs Sarah
PERSONAL MEsTIO~S OF A FEW AOTIVE POSr AND OORPS MEMBERS
MRS MATTIE VAN AUKIN an active business woman and an excellent selection (or president has cares of her own yet finds time to do well the affairs of her corps
MISS KATE C PERFEOT daughter of the post and of the comrade the post honors with its Dame is continued as secretary of the corps Every ready to speak and work in the interest of the post or corps aud is the comfort and stay of an invalid mother
JOlIN SNDEB and wife respected citizens of long standing in the county have ministered to the wants of the needy for mauy years With feelings of loyality to comradeship anci charity they are members of post and corps
Mns ZELLA CABE daughter of Comrade Snyder lind wife has bereaved cares of her own but does not forget her fathers comrades in his dayR of danger
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MRS ROSSETTA COBPE having an interest in those that wore the blue united with the corps al~o did Mrs l)hatterly wh)se father was a veteran
COMRADE FOSTER and wife have been found true to tLe principals of the G A R aud W R C and can be depended upon Giving the use of their house to the seHsions of the poat and corps and guarding the same for waht
of a more suitable place MRS MINA VAN AUKIN a noble woman unitEs will noble women for deeds
of charity and fricndhip Hha misses no oppertulllty to aid the old veteran~ E and S BOHNER two suldiers from Michigan answer-Here-and are
ready for dut) at every post meeting JOHN CARLL after a long service in the 44th served Ducle Sam again in the
regulars He is very systematic in Ins duties and doe~ a large amount of
wurk for his post ADAM LIDGE the permanent post chaplain is most always present and at his
station with regularity and preforms it with becoming grace JACOB l)TUTLER with a gOOd soldiers record in the 74t and with many of
his old comrades honurs the name of his Lieut by being a member of the
post RXCIIAllD GASKILL and wife are two active m emLers in their respective
orgamzations Comrade Gaskill gMuerally occupis some official position in
the post and its duties are always perfurmed w~lI ALANSON Ross is a man of intelligence ami ability and has filled official
positions in the post iuce its organization He was the commander for the year lllllS He is respected as a Citizen and for bis zeal in affairs tor publIc
guod DR STEPHEN H FULLEU exhibits interst in all affairs that tend to the betshy
terment of the community aud especiall- of comrades His counsels are wise and his contlibutions of tim~ auu necessaries are not withheld
L F WELDIN of the 30th Inu by meritorious acts won successively a li~utenantil captains and majors eommi~sion It is related that while at home on a furlough butteruat badges were not in fashion or healthy to Wuar in his presence He practisf6 charity to the fullest extent and none exc~ll in
friendship to friends or comrades JOSEPH LOJKAlIURE also of the 30th Ind i~ sturdy and honest and done
yeomans service uuring the war and carries marks to prove It MERRITT AERY is a charter member of the post and for higt businesti qualishy
ficatlons was electeu as its adjutant He enjoys sooial comradeship on all
occasions J C SAMPSON hails from an Ohi regim~nt and post but can uuite with
Indiana boys in sustaining the three magic letters F C L
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MILETUS MmiddotGOWAN Post No 239 G A R
LOCATED AT ORLAND INDIANA
SEBGEANT MILETUS MOGOWAN whom the Orland comrades ha-ve honored was born in Portage couuty Ohio Nov 3rd 1838 He came with his parents in the spring of 1856 to Orland Ind As a youth and a young man he was remarkable for his muscular strength and possesing a distinguishing trait of generosity always ready to assume the burdens of ot-hE-rs This extreme selfshydenial to comrade prisoners the last few month~ of his life hastened his death For patriotism alone he sought an early enlistment with Co A 29th Ind He was soon recognized as a reliable soldier and was trusted by his Ruperior officers and comrades and was promoted step by step to orderly sergeant and diRcharged its onerOUB duties with fidelity He participated in all engagements and campaigns of the regiment and escaped all without inshyjury until the terrible battle of Chicamauga his captain and lieutenants being either detached for other duty or disabled he was put in command of Co A In the first charge he received a severe scalp wound but refused to go to the rear He remained at the head of bis company until the later part of the t1ver- memoriable 20th day of Sept 1863 when he was compeled to surrender with his little band of 19 men being completely surrounded by the enemy Taken to Richmond Va and thence to Danville While strength remained he devoted himself to thto reliet of his comrades until prostrated himself A Clomrade reports that even then he would crawl on his hands and knees from one sufferer to another to learn if he could do aught for them In the spring of 1864 Sergeant McGowan with several other prisoners were exchanged Ht1 reached Annapolis alive but to far gone to rally he died a victim to the inhuman policy of non exchange of prisClner
In his town and home was organizt-d and chartered with 18 charter members Sept 28 1883 Miletus McGowan Post No 239 A more worthy name could not have been selected under which to practice the thr e great principalsshyFraternity Oharity aud Loyalty- which were the well known characteristic of Miletus McGowan
VRTEBANS WHO lAVE ENBOLLID IN POST NO 239
Andersl)n James 00 A 19 Mich Bixler Giles A Co A 11 Mich Alspaugh Peter H 44 Ind Bauow8 John Co C 12 Ind Ca Benedict J E H 74 Ind Carver Henry W Co B 100 Ind Babcock David K 152 Ind I Cleveland A B Co G 3 Ohio (Jav
MILETUS MoGOWAN
SERGEANT CO A 29TH IND
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Clifton James Co Dudley Grove H Bl00 Ind Goodricb ililas Bl00 Ind Green J A Co C 12 Ind Cay Hart Tbompson Co I 42 III Jeffrey A 13 Co K 10 Obio Cay Johnson Amos Co G 44 Ind Jadwin J P Bl00 Ind Luton Elezer Co U 12 Ind Cay Lougbray Charles C 12 Ind Uav Ligbt James Co K 152 Ind Morse Jerome K H Ind Merritt IV S Miller Charles A 44 Ind Miller Willard A 44 Ind Newman Martin C 129 Ind Oura William E 20 Ohio
Numbfr Members EnrOlled 41
Parker Frank D Co C 12 Ind Cay Preist George CoB 4 Micb Preist Milford 59 Ind Parker Ed L A 29 Ind Rosser William A 44 Ind Rbuel Alexander H 100 Ind Robbins Henry Co B 6 Ohio Cay Stafford J C CoD 88 Ind SprEgue Hamuel F 78 Obio Taylor LJrenzo Lt Co C 12 Ind Cay Taylor Orrin R Co B 100 Ind Trowbridge John El00 Ind Twitcbell T heodore B A 29 Ind West Lawrence G 30 Ind Wbipple R Wbipple M
Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Frank D Parker J E Benedict Lorenzo Ta~lor A B Jeffrey
The present oommander is Frank D Parker with John P Jadwin adjutant The Orland ladies are workers but as lj3t bave not rgitnized a W R C
PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW ACTIVE MEMBERS
A B JEFFREY comes recommended by an Obio regiment of cavalIY and has marks of being expo~ed to tne JohJlnies bullets Abe is a number one citizen and believes the dollar tbat bought tbe food paid the soldler saved the Union and good enougb for the soldier who g ave time blood and life is equally good for the bond-bolder whos(- contract was made after the soldier was in tb field_
ALEXANDER RHUEL carries proofs of exposure to rebel fi re wllile a member of the 100tb Ind He is quick to resbnt insults or slurs to self comrade or flag and if friend or comrade are in need he is a friend indeed
GEOBGE PBEIST an unfortunate needy soldier dnne a soldiers duty with many a Steuben county boy in Co B 4th Mich In the Seven Days fight in Virginia he contracted a disability that caused his discharge but by tecbnicalshyity iR denied a rightful pension although aided and in1tlrceded for by neigbbors and friends Will tbese technical points ever be set aside
SAMUEL SPREGUE is one of the trusted offiicers of the post and has been so estimated by the people in public official trusts He takes interest in good society and public good on all occasions_
JEROME MORSE is an intersted worker in his G A R Post and the cause of soldiers justice which he is not aftaid to demand for himself or comrades
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McLAIN POST G A R
No 342 LOCATED AT SALEM CENTER INDIANA
McLain Post was chartered Mny 3rd 1884- with 16 chnrter members and honored a Steuuel 1 0) AmbroRH McLain in connection with three broth~r 8ylvastar N Charle~ and John W McLain
AMBROSE ~fJLuN W 12 Yfar8 of age when he erliRted in company B looth Ind Augu~t 1862 He contracted chronic dificulty and was discharged Jan 1863 and died in fou r weeks aftar his return home and buried in Trinity
Cemetery 8alem Township SYLVESTER McLAIN at the age of 29 enliskd in company M 2ndMichigan
volunteer cavalry Ilis death was caused by disease contracted in the service CHARLES AND JOHN W aged 26 and 19 respectively enlisted in 1862 in comshy
pany E 75th Illinois volunteers Charles returned home on a sick furluugh and died in March 1864 John died at Nashville Tfonnesee cause measels
Thus four brothers of one family gave heir lives for the cause of tho Union and flag They were brothers Of a charler membr of the po~t om
respected com rade L N II II n
VFTEllANS WHO lU E ~NROLLED I POST NO 342
Brown (jharles Co I 15 Ohio Barber Lucian I 129 Ind Beard Howard L Co L 1 Ind Cay BodlfgtY L N CoK 29 Iud Butler M B Lt A Hmiddot Ind Dewitt William K 112 Ind Dewitt John D I 9 MichGillispie D S B 100 Iud GunsauIJi~ E D K 2H Ind Green Thomas Co M 67 Penn Art Gillispie Rufus Co B 100 Iud Hains Thomas 2~ Ind Bat Hains John Co B 100 Iud Kimsey Dr J C K 29 Ind Menagh Hugh B 197 Ohio
Numlgtpr Members Enrolled 30
McLain L N C A 21 Ind Nicbos JORtph B (t 11 U Iud Pari-el Samuel B 100 ltld Ritter Pete-r Lt J 3 Mich Stmwstr George Y D 38 Ohio Sam~ A J 152 Ind Sutierialld A J Bl00 Ind Shatfstall Frauk A 21 Ind Shatfstall Adam A 21 Ind 8hafi~tall N Story Willard Van Pelt Samuel A 21 Ind Van Pelt Otis H 53 Ind Wisel Daniel R Co D 13 Ohio (jav Wolf Andrew 19 Ind Bat
Number iu Good Standing 26
PAST POST COMMANDEBS Charles BrownSamuel Parkr Daniel R Wisel
The present commander is John D Dewitt with M B Butler adjutant
AMBROSE MoLAIN
COMPANY B lOOTH IND
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PERSONAL MENTIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
DANIEL R VISEL is a hail affable comrade to meet and without doubt was of tl- ~ same temperament a a soldier He always attends to the intt-rest of his post and takes just pride in the same
CHARLES BROWN comes from an Ohio regiment with a reminder that it was dangerous to be a soldier but he had staying qualities Charlie is now the Deputy County Treasure
GEORGE STRAWSER also from an Ohio regiment one that many St~uben people know its record ill the field in which George won a record with honorshyable wounds
D S AND RUFUS GILLISPIE both of the same regiment and company are excellent citizens and worthy comrades of th post and are patrons of good socibty aud its usefulness
DR J C KIMSEY a worthy man the government called he went As a physioan he ministered to many comrade soldiers and he bas proved a valushyable aid since in the matter of pensions to many comrades their widows and orphans
~ J SUTHERLAND gave full time with company B 100th Ind and has enlisted for life in the cause l)f pOtit comlmiddotadcsiip
ABDALLA SAMS a native of Ohio but a soldier from Steuben county and is one of its best citizens and progresive farmers
ADAM AND FRANK SHAFFSTALL enlistpd for the war in its early begining and participated in nearly all engagements in which their regiment took a part and fortunately escaped the rebel bullets and disease but to day camshypaign life shows its marks
L N BODLEY is of a patriotic dispoHition and sentiment He continugts his intimacy and deRire fraquo) comradeship by Leing a member of the G A R
L N MaLAIN served neady four ancl a half yeaTS from July 24 1861 until Jan 10 1866 in company A 21st Ird escaped the perils oi war and more fOrtunate than his four brothms whom the post haE memorized He is a quiet citizen but as much of an enemy to treason as of old
JOHN D DEWITT the present commander as an excellent ollicer is II success He keeps his post well in line to its duties and obligations
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LEAMAN GRIFFITH POST
G A R NO 387 AND W R C NO Il l
LOCATED AT HUULTON INDIANA
This post was chartered Dec 13th 1884 with 14 charter members under the name of Baron Steuben a name proposed by T A Beecher Esq an intense loyal citizen of Hamilton as suitable in commemoratIOn of the old revolushytionary hero Pond after vhom the county was named lut in the legining of 1889 the members thought it more appropriate to select a name of a bteubeu County soldier who gave a hfe in the late rebellin which caused the lrigin of the G A I and at the la t state encampment the nantll was changed from Baron Steuben to Leaman Griffith Post Thus every post in the county iti named after a Senben county koldier with the exception of the one at Fremont
LEAMAN GllUITH waR born ill Tuscarawas Couuty Ohio carne with hi parents to Steubeu County enlisted ill company H 74th Indiana and was OLe of its be~t solJiers never complaining but partaking of camp life witn zeal and fiddity He was taken priiloner at Chicamauga but belllg tiO seveTely wounded tho rebel paroled him He wa~ seut tlOme om a furlough he rtltubshymg to accept a Jischarge After uue time he returned to his regiment although dioabled badly He WIth detennined grit participated with his regiment in i-hermuns ~1arch to the Iea through Richmond and the Grald Review at shington He dled at home in thc spling of 18b6 trom the r esult of his wounds He was generous and govern~d by strict ideas of honot j ustice and duty Whoever made his acquaintance found II friend
GRIFFITH POST ENROLLMENT 68 Ohio Holton W L CoH 182 OhioBeard Lumau H Co K U9 Jones M C Co B 12 I nd CavBender Alflll H Iud
bull D IV Ohio Kelley Harmon Co A J2IJ lnllBetz J etieron Bennett J o~iah A 129 Ind Nelson Ira A 129 Ind
A 129 Ind Nichols A L Ii 44 Iud Cosper Ge) H Capt F 44 lnd Oberlin F D G 153 Im1Bennett Ucorge
bull K 152 Culbertsun Charles B 42 Iud Packer Oliver 111d
Rench William Co L l Ind ArtCarlin IJeander A 129 Ind Chappell Asa U 30 I nd Renne~ H G CoB 29 I nd Conley J D E 38 OhiO Stoy Levi H tl8 Inll EI Sweet HIram 21 Ohio Earleston Alexander A 38 Ohio Stoy W H F 44 IndDirrim Robert F 44 Ind
Griffith Lewis Capt A 44 Ind Hatlison Godfrey K 152 Ind Uriffith B F o K 152 Ind Vealey Joseph A 129 I ud F 111 OhioGurtner Henry Co C 12 Ind Cav Ware John E C 12 I nd Cay Wright Charles 86 OhioGoudy William Hunt lheoclore CoB 55 Ohio
LEAMAN GRIFFITH
COMPANY H 74TH IND
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Number Members Enrolled a3 Number in Good Standing 28
PAST POST COMMANDEBB
Lewis Griffith George H Cosper
The present commander is B F Griffith with Lewis Griffith adjutant
The post has looked well to the future and in this far better than any other post in the county being owners of valuable real estate inoluding a fine new business building located on one of the principal business corners of the town which givbs them a commodious well furnished hall for the session8 of po~t and corps The rental of their business rooms below nearly lIlakeB tho post self sustaining The old vetorar learned well in wr time the necessity of reserv~s and support~ and this post has been ably seconded by W R C N III cOllsisting of a ~mall band of noble women
W R C No 111 was chartered with 14 members April 20 1888 Mrs Louisa Renner was ele~ted president and Miss Minnie Beecher secretary for 1888 and were reelected for 1889
Brown Mrs Elva Brown Miss Irene Beecher Miss Minnie Beecher Hattie Chapell Mrs Asa Carpenter Miss Tiva Durrim Mrs Lucy Farnham Mrs Ella Gurtner Mrs Lacretia Griffith Mrs Julia
MEMBEBS OF W B O NO 111
Griffith Mi~s J -ssie Griffith Edna Lemmon Mrs Susie McGrew Mrs Ella N tChols Mrs Clarinda Oberlin Nancy Renner L()nisa Thomas Mrs Phebe Ware Mrs Elizabeth Wright Mrs Anna
PEBSONAL ME~TIONS OF A FEW AOTIVE MEMBEBS
LUMAN H BEABD a Steuben county boy but with service in an Ohio rejiment is one of the reliables in tbe G A R as he is in good citizenship and good works
CAPT GEORGE H COSPER won by merit his commission cheek never pushshyed him ahead In like manner he performs quietly all citizen and society dutieA The captain is very much disabled the rflsult of his sl)ldier life
ASA CHAPELL was of the old reliable 30th Indiana boys and with his regishyment for a season enjoyed its travels and battles over portions of the south Tbis recreation was no benefit to his health as his comrades can testify Mrs Chapell is his faithful lly in W R C work
J D CONLEY a member of the noble 38th Ohio may justly be proud of it~
record and name Comrade Conley was long a residnt of Hamilton bnt DOW resldes at Pleasant Lake
ALEXANDER EARL TON also from the 38th Ohio in whose ranks he prontl hIS devoton to the flag and his haHed to treason by the battle scar on his body His 5~rvice compels his retirement from active hald lahor He IS a mnch resptcted citizen of HamIlton and tooh a great Ileal 01 interest in the procurshy
ing of the G A R property lOBERT HENNER is a hail and hearty comrade whose hand it is a pleasure
to take for its genuine chup ilis disp)siun to render aId or advocate all that is guod or right [lud It I j nst as genuine and full measure Mrs helillH who had a husbanu and sevHaj bruthers 111 the army takes pleasure in aidillg
her husband and his cumraues 111 the good work HIRAM SWEET anothur suldler fWlIl Uhio adopted Steuben county as
Lis horne anu takes active intertot in preservillg (umraueshi p in an its forms His good record ill the ll~t I)hiu IS sustain(lu by his condnct as a citizen ana
business man JOHN WABE the Htbady John CHn put up as many jubs of quiet fun as-aly
old soldier but the rebels gave him a severe WOlllld for Leillg in tlleir way lie
stills performs hi~ duties ill a quiet and thorough manner ROBEBT DIRRIM was severely wuunded at Shiloh whHe at the front fighting
for the right which he is still duiug as a citizell and is now the plesent Q M Mrs Dirrim is also intere~ted in the cause anu is a valuable member of the
corpsMISSES MINNIE AND HATTIE BEEOHER nnder the teachings of a union loving
father to much disabled physically to be a svldier hut lilJeral in time money and words of patriotism on all occasion~ easly embued the sentiments of love for country and revere the deeus of the soldiers thus we find them
enrolled Mus ELLA F ABNHAM an active little bnsiness woman and a worker in any
matter that pertains to the good is fuund in the ranks of the corps MRs PHEBE THOMAS with experience and knowledge uf the casualties of war
in her own family is with her corps in millistering to the returned veterans MBS NANOY OBERLIN in company with three neices Misses Jessie and Edna
Griffith and Tiva Carpenter all Griffith kin take great interest in the corp~ of Griffith Post Its name with brothers father nd uncles prominent members
therein it would not be otherWIse
The same as in the old dark days of war Soldiers find the noble Womans Relief Corps
With true charity enthused they heed The old v~terans pressing wants and need
HIRAM L TOWNSEND COMPANY A 129m IND
HIRAM L TOWNSEND POST NO 405 G A R
LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
At the out break of the war in 1861 therllived with his parents in the vacinity of Metz a quiet thoughtful youth about 15 years of age who was born in Mahoning county Ohio Nov 26 1846 Intense patriotism burned in thl breast of this boy Hiram L Townsend who longed for more years and strength that he might becoma a true union soldier He waited impatiently nntil Janbull 1864 and being about 17 years of age he enlisted in company A 129th Ind in company with many of bis acquaintancas and play-mates From the entrance of his regiment into the service ha was constantly with his command participating in all of its engagements marches and flank moveshyments as Hoveymiddots Babies until after the evacuation of Atlanta He Leing a youth of ability was detailed as clerk at the A A GHn office at Decatur but when the regiment marched in persuit of Hood he insisted on rejoining his comshymand and did active duty during the campaign that terminated in the total destruction of Ho)ds army at Franklin Nov $0 and at NUFhville Dec 15 and 16 1864 Shortly after he was ugain detailed as clerk at ragimental headshyquarters and in Feb 186 transfered to brigade headqnarters as clerk and retained that position nntil the regiment was mustered out of the service Comrade Town~endmiddotwas generous quiet and sincere in all work Lefore him with a timile a pleasant word and greeting for aU As 1 gentlemanly courteou~ citizen and business man was well known in a large territory especially near tletz where he married lived alld on Nov 261882 died just 36 years old the resulting cause his army and campaign service He was buried with Masonic honors of which order he was a prominent and worthy member
At the formation of a G A R post at Metz in the selectioll of a represenshytative name from diseased comrades among others the name of Hiram L Town-end was propoded Capt W H Cole being present gave a historic and fe 3ling tribute of the soldi~r life and soldier qualities of comrade Townsend
The r8sIlIt was a post being chartered Aug 81885 with 16 charter members known as the Hiram L Townsend Post G A R No 405 and have the following
ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS
Adair W C Co E 14 Ohio RmiddotultJr Alfred H 129 Ind Cll-middottJr lhoma~ F 182 Ohio G tlbeny Samuel C 7 Mich C dale Dr C W G 30 Mich
Rix Marvin Cu K 7 Ind Cav Hathaway Joseph Co G 44 Ind Hand Jvhn Hanna Henry
H 129 A 29
Ind Ind
Hauver Herry H 74 Iud
16
Rinehart John CoH 48 Ohio Stowe Sylvlster Lt D 44 Ind Thomp~on Hugh C 195 Ohio Trow1gtridge John E 13 III lustisou W R
E 9 Iud
G 16 Mich
PAST POST COMMANDERS
Thomas Culver Sylvester Stowe Samuel Gibbeny Tracy Vanghn
The preoen t commander is J nhl ~iusser with Sylvester Stowe ad j utan t
PERSONAL MENTIO~S OE A EEW AOTIVE MEMBERS
SlMUEL GIlBENY AND HTEpnE~ YISNER went over ilto hlichigan to be soldier bOYS and the olJ Mich 7th wnti nut atilamuJ of the matelia Both received tokenE of actual p eSLnCtl in iwut GibLcllY by loss of one leg
TRAOY YAGGHN also went with the ~Jichigan boys and~arrieuros his gun shot
mark~ and fo r such exposure suffels through life JOHN TROWBRIDGE cast his lOll t l wldier service in an nlinoj~ regiment
His conduct as a citiz(u vuuch(s or him as a sol dier It lS the best CHARLES MYllIGHT was alllight ill 18Gl For being ~o the rebels shot right
at aud through him but he is ~till rihht Lvely amllegular at his post
SYLVESTER STOW] by merit lll a Lieutcommission His dbvotion to soldier comrade~hip i~ still Ilanifcst~d by his continued official duties in the G A R He is highly respulted as n citizen and neighbor
THOMAS CULVER a merchant but fonumly a soldier boy from Ohio whom to meet in a companionably way is a pleasuro Outtiide the post room his store
is headquarters for the boys DR C W GOODALE by virtue of his profesRion is ~urgevn of the post ahd
is such in the full exteu t of it~ meaning by cale and assistance to all comrades The boys of the county dsire his appvintmpnt on tho mellieal 1gtoard
~ATHlN ROBINSON hails fcm an Ohio regiment and as a citizen iakes a prominent plael in Steuben county and in the counsels jf th( G A n
E R PORTER comes from the 68th Ohio with a good record as a soldier
Harger James Co K 182 Ohio J acksoll Isaac D 189 Ohio Keut John Co K 6 Ohio Cav JcUogg Lorenzo Co B 13 Ind Loughe~d Robert I 7 Mich ~lusser John B 100 Illd McGrew Benjamin A 1~9 Ind Morey Charles
D 68 Ohio lVOlgall Charles A l Yt Porter E R G 6S Ohio 10WEIS George G
( B 1f) 1110 E H7 Iud Rc(-se George K Fl OblO Robington Nathan K Hit Oho
Rinehart David C G Ohiu
Number l~ ~ler- 17(1middot] W
ParRons Fran k
Vaughn Tracy Wolcott Jameti Ii 74 Ind Wilhams Jobu A 129 Ind Wright Chrries M H 75 Ohio nSller Rtcphen S () 7 Mich
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Wells Marcus 0 K 152 Iud ilJiamson Arthur G Mith albelTY George G 60 Ohio iihon Allxander A 29 Ind ZimrLtUlitUl John B 100 Ind
Number in Good Standing 31
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and from Kilpatrick Pust of which post he is a past commander He performs all duties askd or nef-ded of him
FRANK PARSONS none more regular in their attendance at post meetingR or performing assigned duties therein
J ORN HAND was one of Htlveys Babies but the babies proved to be men in the field Johns health tells the story
LORENZO KELLOGG helped out the lath Ind in the lte war with credit and is a creditable citizen neighbor and post member
Recapitulation OF STEUBEN COU TYS G A R MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL PRESENT ENBOLLED MEMBERSHIl
Kilpatrick Post No 45 102 55 Aldrich Post 138 46 30
Cro~swait Post 150 173 122
Perfect Po~t In 60 35
McGowan Post 239 41 28
McLain Post 342 30 26 Griffit h pst 387 33 28 Townsend Post 405 40 31
Total 525 355
In making up the total enrollment some are counted twice by being trans middot fered from one post to another for convenience or for the formation of new posts It is estimated about forty sucll cases occur which would reduce the true Grand Army enrollment to 485 veterans with a loss of about 130 members droped discharged and died Yet there remaines 355 good loyal G A R members true to comradeship and fraternity in Steuben county
AUXILIARIES
TOTAL PRESENT ENROLLED JiEMBERSHIP
CrosswaitW R C No 37 47 31
Kilpatrick W R C 58 16 16
Perfect W R C 99 16 16
Griffith W R C 111 20 20
Total 99 83
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EX-SOLDIERS
RtsiJents of Steuben Oounty whose names do not appear in the enrollment
lists of the G A R posts of the county This roll is made up mostly by inquiry and probably the names of all
are not listed
Aldrich H M Cu A 15 Mich Alvord FE A 2 Mich Alcott George 0 152 Ind Adams Geo B Lt 00 C 4 Tenn Cav Adams Henry Lt Co U 11 Mieh Cav Arnold Nicholas Co A HInd Brooks Samuel bull A HInd Brown J M Co H 12 Ind Cav Butts Gabriel bull Button Alex Capt Barflett J R Bolinge~ A Boyer John Brugh William Bodley F W Brown William Brown Jacob Bailey Samuel Badger J C Barber D K Ball George F Bricker W L Clark William Chapin C W Cooper A C Curwin Stephen Charles H C Cory M L Cleverly Seth Cheney J B Campbell E T Campbell 0 S Chasey Joseph Crampton John Crampton Henry Dooley T A DayAF Denman Smith Dotts philip Deetrick John Y Davis William
M 1 Ind Cay Co H 112 NY I 111 Ohio bull B 42 Ohio A 29 Ind
K 152 Ind B 88 Ind A 129 Ind bull D 0 Ohio bull B 100 Ind D 59 Ind F 152 Ind
C(gt B 65 Ohio H 56 Penn A 49 N Y B 9 Ind bull G 1 Mich C 45 Penn E 9 Ind E 21 Ohio bull G 23 Ohio B 9 NY G 19 Ind II A 74 Ind R 74 Ind A 44- Ind II A 44 Ind II F 17 Ind
CoB 4 Mich bull B 100 Ind
C) K 152 Ind B 129 Ind B 100 Ind
Ewing A H Emerich T Friend J L Fisk 0 W Freygang Ed Forsyth It Fanning A Fenimore J Fletcher M C Furguson Samutl Gasser C H Galn Mtrtin V Griffith M
Co A 44 Ind B 100 Ind A 14 Mich G 2 Mich
Co K 152 Ind H 163 Ohio
McClellens Dragoons 00 H 0 Ohio Cay
Co H 11 Mich H 49 Ohio F 102 Ohio I 72 Ohio
Co H 1 Penn Bat Gunn Morrison S r Co C 129 Ind Gill J I 102 Ohio Gushwa J F 1[5 Ind Griggs D S Co C 149 Ohio Gary A G 44 Ind Gaylord H D H 74 Ind Hufimall C G 111ich Higby J C 44 Ind Hoose Frank Co 0 2 001 Hanna Daniel F 48 Ohio Hanna J acolgt E III Ohio Huntington J E 193 Ohiu Hardenbrook F 0 IH6 Ohio JohnsoL F A Co K 55 Ohio J ohnsou G Vi B 100 Ind Jennings J H F 1gt7 Peun Jennings D C 152 Ind Kemp8umner K 129 Ind Kintner George Co D 189 Ohio Kimmel JR B 29 Iud Klink Eli D 155 Iud Lemmon iV R bull G 169 OLio Lininger J ohn ~9 Inu Lint J S E 38 Ohio Lea~h John bull A 129 Ind LOllagbaugh J bull It HZ Ohio Lords H 0 bull K 13 Iud Lords R A bull A H Iud
79
Ladow Frank Co A 12 Ind Uav Leaman A F (ltmiddot0 74 Ind L wrence Sidney Capt A III III Loekwoou Shad es K 44 Ind Learu D M 29 Ind H Lsh Samutl U 163 Ohio Lytle J A 3 Peunbull K 11lt)ore J C G 41 Penn McKim J Co B 30hit) CalfMcKim G I B Uhio Cay McCoru V CoA 15 Mich lllcKibb n J F I II OhlvMeN aLb James A 29 Ind Metz J T A 1211 Iud McKain George E 81 Ohio Martin () F Il17 Ohio l1or~e Orrin bull K 152 Ind Nolen M K 152 Ind Nichols BChj Co 012 Iud Cay Nichols L CoC l4 NY Nichols Everett Co M 5 Mich Cay Oberlin George Co D 155 Ind Porter Joseph ehaplain 61 U S 001 Porter Samuel D CoG 68 OhioParker D S A 44 Ind Piper W H D 6 Mich Platt H W Co H 3 Ohio Cay Quance Charles E Co C 85 III Rose Elias 0 Lt A 44 Ind Henner J P A 152 Ind Ruth Daniel A 29 1nd Rhin~bart Eli A 29 Ind
Raub J B B 100 Ind
Rosenberger J Reeve W H Rowse J L Story J () Sheaffer 0 Sheaffer J W Stuller W H Shores John Hherman W E Sines S W Smith J W Shade Christain Stage H H Swain G E Hmith A A Terrill Ed Twitchell Geo W Van Pelt H B Van Etta Smith Van Etta L Welder John Wilder G K iVilder e H Whitney J l Woodford J C VVelton D H Wolf A C Wolf Joseph Weaver Abram Wade L W Whitney G W Young L I C Zeigler B F
Co B 152 Ind J 10 Ind C Il15 OhIO
Co C III Ind Cay Co F 1 Mieh
A 81 Ind bull D 1MI Ohio H 152 Ind
Co B 10 Mich Cay Co A 44 Ind D 1 Mieh B 29 Ind
I 9 Mich K 44 Ind
K 11)2 Ind B 44 m
Lt A 44- Iud C 13 Ohio A 174 Ohio
B 4lt1 Ohio CUS Cay
7 Mich Band Co B 100 Ind
I 1 Vt A 19 Ind C 7 Mich C 152 Ind
K 152 Ind E 30 Ind
20 Penn A 18 Mich
A 29 Ind
H 38 Ind
Let there be Peace-GBANmiddotr
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STEUBEN COUNTY 1
INDIANA
Over one hundred young men in steuben county have now enli~teli and more will aR S of V nearly all of whom have been born sinco the great conshyflict who in appearence strikingly represent the age and form of fathers when taking the field twenty-five or more years ago with no personal experience of war or camp except as they may view the effects in the premature infirmities and often in loss by death of a fatherR care and counsels But the result of the great contest has made them realize that they were indeed proud
and Ioble Sons of noble Sires who fught for the preservation of the union Patterned after the G A R they will minister to the wlnts of the disabled veteran and will fll1ow in the footsteps of their fathers on bach 30th of May to deposit emblems in honor of the veteran mustered to tbe other shore
Fraternal ties will bind and educate them to be true to eacn other loyal to to the old soldier loyal to thlgt constitution and flag whose stars and stripR are illuminating the dignity of American liberty and them as true sons of freedom
As this grows the G A R will pass away Soon only thlgt sons will remain to treasure the mPIDories and keep sacred the loyal lessons t) carryon and forward a precious union cemented by blood May their incrlJase double that of th~ Union soldier may they ever remain vigilant and faithful to their obligation of loyality to their inheritance
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PINT SNYDER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 99 LOCATED AT ANGOLA INDIANA
--t-o-t- shyANDBEW J SNYDEB mor a familiarly known in the army and to the people as
Pint Snyder is a veteran of three years service and also son of a veteran his father William L Snyde beiug a veteran of the 50th N Y Pint was a whole souled inpulsive active and loyal soldier As a citizen on the square or in F U amp L he is at once recognized received and ever after held as a friend who never refused to snare bis hard-tack ration or a driLk from his canteen This comradeship companionship and social qualites are peculiar and prominent characteristics of Pint During his two years service aE commander of his POAt he was very instrumental in organizing the W R C auxilary and also S of V Camp No 99 and t being allowable the sons adopt ed the name of Pint Snyder in honor of the man and also receiving him as a charter
member S of V Ca~p No 99 was chartered Feb 8 1888 with 27 chartcr member~
Augustus L Hubbard who had served as a soldier in the regular army was elected its first captain and his knowledge of military tactics has proved to be of great value to the camp The following is the enrolled membership
Black Bascom Burkett William M Barrow Burton Brown Jasper Bowers Herman Carpenter Charles E Cox Scimyler Corder Ernest () Uole Sherman Dutter Jay Gillis Thomas L Griffith Eugene A Goodrich Frank Hubbard Augustus L Hnmphreys Frank B Jennings Alfred B
Kimsey William C Kelley Harry Masterson Charles Oldfield Homer E Pettee Chester Ready Albert Heady Jamf3s Rosser Frank W Rummell Cyrus Snyder Andrew J Swift Brady Swift Carl Timmerman J D Van Aukin Clarance Williams Claud
Number Members 31
OFFIOEBS FOB 1889
Uaptain Brady Swift 1st Lieut William M Burkpoundtt 2nd Lieut Schuyler Cox Orderly Sergeant Thomas L Gilli~ Q M Sergeart J D Timmerman
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D B FREDERICK
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO lOR LOCAfED AT HUDSON INDIANA
--+-x-+-shyD B iBEDERIOZ an 01U cavalry veteran of th~ late war was earnest _and
~inc~re UR a Roldier and is hon~st and industrous as a citizen wii h open libel ~ and work in the cause for tho advancement of his neighbors lnd especiaJy for
a cOlllrade HII enjoys the comradeship of his G A R Post and teaches the
young by fxumple to over honor and remember the soldiers who never returned
as tho~e who were fortunate enough to come back For these well known
generous qualities his llaDle was selected as appropriate to honor a company of youn~ man in the vacinity of Hndson organized for the purpose
of Ineserving the memories of thoir fathErs and their deeds
D n Frederick camp was chartered in March 1888 with 18 charter memuers
and have Hnrolled the folltwing
Anderson I ra Campbell Orville Elliott John Diffenbaugh H T Heckathorn Dan Hartman W tV Hartman 0 S Hockenberger W Hanna A W Hissong Elijah Hartman 0 G Lock John
MortoiI Ira Meeks U G Parnell C G Rowe C A Rowe A E Simon 0 D Shore W H Strorg George Strawser George Strawser Sherman Wisel E L
Number Members 23
The first Captain was U G Parnell The present Captain is O D Simon
The bOys must remember a corporals guard is often sufficient to preserve a
stragic point so be not discouraged
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c H DAUGHERTY
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 135 LOCATED AT FREMONT INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyOUR Comrade U H Dugherty with no sons of his own but fully deserving
for his good soldier record of nearly four years service and since by his exshy
cellent citizenship and interest in soldiers their cause comradeship and all
organizations that will advance their welfare For the intertst thus manishy
fested he is rewarded as not many men can hope to be by many sons and
none know better than he how highly he is honured by a company of
veterans sons who adopted his name for their camp No 13b which
wa chartered May 23 1888 with 20 charter members It still holds its
ranks full with the following enrollment
Allen D Balch E H Badger J Caswell John Curwin W G Goff 0 H Goff A C Gunn U Hall E L Han C E Hughey J
Hubbell C 0 Heiler It Kinsey Elmer Sprague B Sprague Perry Sheets Charles Letts L E Lytle E Light William L3mmon W S Young D M
Number Members ~2
OFFICERS FOB 1889
Captain C O Hubbell 1st Lieut E L Hall 2nd Lieut Perry Sprague
Orderly Sergeant E L Lytle Q M Sergeant U E Hall
This camp under the command of their firRt captain O H Goff won a
valuable sword as 1st prize at the Tri-State G A R Fair held at Angola
ILdiana in May 1888 for having in line the largest per cent of their (
membership The camp has quarters in the G A R hall and do their part ill furmshing
the same and to make it attractive and homp likb
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MBBUTLE~
SO~S OF VETERANS CAMP NO 2U LOCATED AT SALEM CENTRE INDIANA
--t-x-t- shyNo man appreciates or realizes the slgnificace better than our comrade
1 B Butler to have a select company of his commdes sons band themtielves
together for auy loyal and charitaLle PUpose and take upon themselves his name For being a brao defender of the loyal cause which he has ever tauJht since by wurd and example and for his continued and titeufast lorality while f soWier and now as a citizen our comrade he iti thus honoreu in
life and for his remaining days he will care for and foster the hl B Butler
SOilS uf Vetrans Camp No ~6 Til ~amp of Runo uf veteran~ was chartered March 20 1889 with 17 charter
membos and havEo enrolled the following
Butlel Benjamin M Hutler Ora Butler Loren Bodley Isaac Dewitt Elsworth Gillispie William Gillispie Orla Greeu Charles Gunsaullus E Haines Adelbert McLain E 15
~fenagh Joseph Parker George Parker Th)mas Strawser Sherman Strawser George W Sams Lafayette Sams L ewls Wisel E L Wilson Grant Wilson John
Number Members 2l
Some of the above memberti were tran~fered from D B Freut-rick Camp
OFFIOERS FOR 1889
Captain Sherman Strawser 1st Lieut UeOlge Parker 2nd Lieutbull Joseph ~Jenagh Orderly Sergeant E L isel Q M Sergeaut Geo Y iStrawler
Yith good influence around and about them coupled witl the patriotic
wise counsels of the veteran whom they now honor by name the future of this
camp appears bright
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Charles F Kinney L
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP NO 134 LOCATED AT METZ INDIANA
--t-x-t--Capt Charles F Kinney had the faculty to win the confidence of all with
whom he came in contact and of making steadfast friends Such friendship was hIs during life especialy by the old soldiers sons in the vicinity of Metz Comrade Kinney buyhood homo In him was always found a sympathetic friend and counsehr Iu rememberance of these qualities together with his honorable record as a citizen and soldiel his young friends now honor him by to name the world They do homage to a worthy man a soldier and citizen who was well and favorable knuwn in the county
Kinney Camp was chartered May 28th 1888 with 14 charter members Oircumstances wre somewhat against the boys the first year but they still hold their charter and organizalion with this enrolled membership
Brooks J Baster William Guise D Goodale B Hand E Morey G Porter E R
Porter A Powers D Robinson J Stowe W F Williams L Wright L Wright George
The following were chosen officers for 1888 and continued for 1889 Oaptain E R Porter 1st Lieut D Guise 2nd Lieut E Hand Orderly
Sergeant B Goodale Q M Sergeant L Williams
CHARLES F KIN~EY
CAPTAIN CO A 44TH L1D
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RlMINISCENCE FROM A 7TH CAVALRY BOY
I have been requtslld to relate the scenes and o(curences of my army life especialy at the time I was wounded I had seen many sharp fierce cavalry cOl1flict~ first in McClellens Dagoons and Jast a~ sergo-ant in Co K 7th Incl Cav in which I experienced the following reminiscence
In Feb 1864 our army was moving on a great raid into Mississippi I was given a squad of men to burn buildings and property of worth to the euemy millR RtorelouRes graineries etc In paRsing through Holly Springs we burned it plum to the ground oue very nice 13 run stone grist mill went to ashes
This part of the south (n to Egypt Statiou was full of cribs of jerked corn and tobacco and warehouses of graiu all was distroyed by fire to keep it Irom tho rebels Early one morning we wero routed out by heavy picket firing the Johnnie thought we had gone far enough and done enough We had for they made it quite a lively picnic in licking us back We had to run and fight on the retreat lDany of the boys knows how that goes to stop and check the enemy nn alld do the same thing over at the next good place you can find All went well with me uulil the afternoon (If Feb 22d 1864 on what was called the Joy farm uear Okalona Miss we made a nice little chage on the Johnnies whom we found layin~ behind a big fence and we wen forced to gig back In lookillg at them on our retreat I was shot through the nos and left chcek by an explosive ball that seut me whirlling I kl1ew that I wanted to get back at OIlce although badly wounded I wanted my hat and st~rted tor it but the J hnshynieR raiEed a yell it rings in my enrs yet Let it lay yon son of a b-- I did so by telling them what to do with it and started on a run without a hat Music of minie ball yEJl~ with the Jonnies after me I tarried not two balls went through my clothes just enough to burn the skin I got away and come out at Illy own company Sergeant Eldridge caught a horse for me which I rode until the boy got mules rope harness aud au old carriage I rode for three days aud nights to Colliersville sfont to Memphis tbe next day had my wouuds dressed and something to eat for the first after being wounded I stay d at Memphis three month~ gtot to Jays furlough for home and with the pretty f ace the J olllonies had gn l1 me married my best girl weut back and sHrved my time carne hOlDe and we llnw have one son and fmr daughter and one grand child that takes tho cake
I belong to th G A R my good wife to the W R C and my son to the Son8 of Veteran5 I love nd en joy po~t meetings and reunions I and mine honor the 30th of May we devote in strewing emblems )f respect and rllffipmshybcrance of my comrades especinlyof those who were shot by my side or wounded or sickend by di~ense died and never returntd I thank my God for my safe deliernce then and his constani mercy since
Yours in F C amp L LAFFAYETTE BUBKETT Co K 7TH IND UAv
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BATTLE OF STONE RIVER As SEEN BY MARVIN B BUTLER 1ST LIEUT CO A 44TH IND VOL
The 44th Ind bivouaced on the Nashville Pike on the evening of the 30th of Dec 1862 Here we made our beds and rapped ourselves up III our blankets and laid down and slept soundly dreaming of home and loved ones all unconscious that 011 the morrow this place would be a noted battle field
Early the next morning the la~t day of the year our regiment moved to th front of Gen Ros(n~rnntz headquarters When the g~neral came (Jut he walked llong the regimcnlllline and talked cordially to the bOYS assuring us that a tcrriable battle was pentting and urged all to stand by the flag and their guns and by an means to sho(t low While he was yet talking to us the conflict had commenced Oll the rlght and on looking in that direction we could see that our right wing was gradually giving away While here an m-dAr comes to move OIU cJlunln to the left After going a short distance heavy firing opened in our rcar Ouc column halted a moment then startEd on the double qnick alon~ lhe main pike in that direction fur fully a mile reaching the point we fltlund th~t the ]ebel calvay had captured our bagage train JURt as wa came up the rebels gave way amI went helter skelter acrost the field urged ltn by a battery uf Parrott guns firing deadly VOlleys info their retreating ranks All this time our rigt wing had been sor~ly pressed and had gradually swung back like R gate upon it~ hinges until it stoud at nearly a Ti~ht angle to the battle line of the morning
From herb we were moved back on the ttoublo quick alung the pike about oppoRite of the then rebel right and mov~d in Lattle line with om skirmishers in front Ve came to a high fence which we let down in gaps trD or twelve roJs apart through which we passed And formed our line of batlle lying ctown along the edge of the woods We had scarcely got our pOSItion when we were hailed by the most terriable fire from the rebel line pbout twenty rods in front and also from the woods all our Iight Th~ air was full of the messengers of death and shells from thci- batteries on our right and Iront Ihe longer the battle waged the hotter and more consenhated tlte bnemys fire grew It was an unequal contest for our single line we had to fall bnck or be annihilated Our line waR withdrawn leaving our dead and wounded to the mercies of the enemy and moved forward again alung th pike whele we were able to check the enemys advan~e and hold our position fur the balance of the day That night we laid on the field not to dream or sleep but t ) think
Euiy on the morning of~J all 1st 1863 the division to which the 44th WIS
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attached moved to the left crossing the river at the ford and formed our line of battle in the face of the enemy with the 44th (On the extreme left Here we remained all day keeping up a constant skirmIsh fire with the enemy and as night closed in laid down ou the flOzen ground to aleep dream think orfreeze From force of circumstauces aud not from ohoice I froze
The early morning of the lnd was oppned about sunrise by a lively artillery duel between our left wing and the enemys right which lasted an hour or mo~e FOr those who were throwing these shells it might have been Iun but for us poor frogs who watched them it was death A the artillery duel subsided a sharp skirmish fire began all along the line which was kept up until about 2 P M when all became still The position of the 44th as stated above was on the extreme left and with a strip of high weeds and fine brush and a number of white-oak trees just in front Beyond this strip of brush was a l~vel plain terminating at the foot of an uneen ridge or hills covered by oak timber In this woods tnp enemy Vas massed under the command vf Gen Beckenridge The river about eighty roes in our rear a very rapid and crooked stream cuts through the solid rock forming steep banks from five to fifteen feet in height A masseJ enemy in ftlmt lJO support and only one small ford to cross the river was not a very pncloautillg pesition to be in From 2 P M to neaTly 3 the stillnesltl was absolutely oppressive nut look the enemy is all alive Their activity resembles the swarming of beES Men are gathershying together in squads and companies regiments lUe pouring down from their cover in the wood and forming in columns by ctivisioas at the foot of the hill What a battle line How magnificent and s~Rtematicly they move as it inspired by one man and ontl thought they come shaltlily but surely un
Prior to and while this was gomg on in flont Rosencrantz was not idle From fifty to seventy-five piecies of artillery were planted on an elevation that crowned the river on the rear side of us and supported by a strollg force of infantry
The enemy comes The stillneRs is yet unbroken They fire not a gun until they reach a point not more than fifteen or twmty rods from om fr)nt then the rebel yell broke forth followed by musketery and artillery The sceI~e
can only be comprehended by those who have felt and heard the roar and
storm of battle Their solid line of scatering flame leaped through the clouds of drifting smoke and filled the air with a murderous hail of shot shell
grape and bullets Our Hingle line checked this mass of enemies only for 1
few moments perhapR we fired from three to four rounds and then as the charging columns rntied us back our artillery elevated over us opened
their mouths and while we crossed the field there Lebhed fourth a fire which
shook the very earth So short was the line on which it was planted aud so
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rapid the firing that the roar was like the burstirg forth of a long pent up volcano or an hundred thunder storms concentrated in one The ~moke rolled in great clouds and hid the sun the balls fiew so thick and close over and around that it seamed one could have caught his hands full by holding th m in position Grlvel stones dirt and debris of IIll kinds fill the air As I looked across the field as the smoke perchance was lifted by the breeze on either side were men draging shattered and bleeding limbs holding a torn arm covering some gastly wound about the head or face falling and calling for help rising and struggling to rt-ach the rear or falling all around me never to rise again Oh that fild of battle I ~ee it in my dreams Its devastatior and carnage 110 lanJltuage can picture nor no genius can paint
Twice I fell from exhauRtion caused from inhaling the thick powder smoke and to save myself from capture I fianked off to the right striking a point ncar the river at an old double log building surrounded by a thick growth of large treen Here I rested for a while but not long shells were screaming through the trees balls beating against the hfluse like hail and the rebels were extendiug their line to the right No safety or security anywhere nothing but to cro-s the rIver or be taken prisoner or shot where I was To the river I took leaped down its precipitious bank and struck out into the cold water up to my arms Itnd keeping close to the enemys side under the cover of the steep banks I finally reached thlgt ford but was so exhausted when I reached the opposite side that I had to crawl up the slipplt3ry bank on my hands and knees and found my place in our own lines
The enemy had now reached the river and the climax of their charge Massed as they were under the concentrated fire of the artillery and the heavy line of fresh troops held in reserve and now brought into action at close range Breckenridges columns melted away and the survivers fied panic -striuken from the field leaving their dead and wounded in our hands The victory was complete and ours That night thE 44th regiment planted its colors on thebreastworks of the enemy and laid down to sleep and dream on the battle field
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THE 129th IND VOL --AT THEshy
BATTLES OF FRANKLIN ~~ NASHVILLE BY E G MELENDY ADJUTANT OF TBE BEGIMENT
On the 23rd of November 1864 thE 129th Indiana left Johnsonville Tenn to join forces with Gen Scholfield who wa~ opposing the advance of Gen Hoods army at Pula~ki The regiment arrived at Columbia at 3 oclock the morning of the 24th and at day-light took a position Lorthmiddotwest of Columbia We rEmained there until Iiearly dark when we were ordered to pitch tents and ~pend the night We had hardly made ourselves comfortable when we were ordered to strike tents and move at once to the right We marched rapidly to the east bank of Bigby creek nearly south of our former position and formed in line along its banks facing the wtst Details were Immediately made and work commenced to prepare breastmiddotworks Thi~ work continued steadily on until about a oclock in afternoon of the 25th when work ceased The men being very tired concluded to pass the night as comfortshyable as possible but were agin ordered to move and with a oolored gentleshyman as guide started for a new position near the railroad bridge After a long march the gnide succeeded in losing the regiment in a swamp At this Col Zollinger got hi~ dutch up and nearly scart the life oul of the nigger and then discharged him J D Mawhood of company A volunteered to lead the regiment out of the wilderness which he did in short order A halt was mndA until daymiddotlight when we found that we were occuping our first position A line was immediately formed our right reaching the railroad a few rods from the bridge and facing the suuthmiddotwest The building of works again commenced and continud steadily until the night of the 27th when the railroad bridge after being well filled with lumber from a aw mill close by was set on fire The regiment crossed oVtr on the bridgp while it was still burning to the uorth side and took a position back of the bluffs on the banks of the river Daymiddotlight Rhowed us the enemy on the opposite siele of the stream occuping our old positill For a man to show himself Wll~ to become a mark to the rebels bullets And while lying here William James of com pany A was severely wounded The 28th and 29th until five oclock in the Itfternoon was spent ill returning rebel shots and building works We then lit out toward Nashville for the enemy was on the east north and south of us We arrived at Spring Hill about dark but Gen Scholfield ordered Col Zollinger with his command to march back about two miles and guard a
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cros~ road until relieved We remained until nearly midnight when Gen Cox and staff in passing told the colonel they were the rear of the federal army and the rebs were in close pusuit For once Col Zollinger disobeyed orders he not
waiting to be rtolieved started north with his rbgiment Camp fires of Hood8 army extended two miles or more along our line of march and east of the pike for about half mile aLd we were occasionally reminded 0f their near proximity by now and then a zip of a minnie-ball From here to Franklin it was a pellshymel hurry skurry march The 129th a rrived at Franklin at the break of day sracked arms and preparFd a hasty blmiddoteakfast While eating Gen Scholfield rode up not reco)gnizing us as the regiment he ordered to the cross-road said Hurry up boys we have lots of work to day Hastily leaving the breakfast we were marched south of the city a line of battle fvrIDed and bUIlding of works commenced We worked uutil aLout 3 oclock anu stoped to make coffee and warm up the remains of our breakfast While busy Itt this we noticed a commotion up the line to our leit Looking in front we saw as mngnificent a ~ight as ever witnesled Hoods army three lineR of battlfJ deep advancing at quick step in perfect alignment A sight nenmiddotr to be forgott en Dinner wa~ postponed until after we had entertained our rebel frit-nds and they were Teshyceived according to thc rules of war Our brigade the 2d of the 2d division occupied the right of the ~pace between Columbia and Carter Creek pike the 1st brigade on our left and its left near the famous CaTter House on the Columbia pike Whpn the enemy was near enougb in tact before our adshyvanced picktots could get in the reception commenced This continued until long after dark The rebels were persi8tant desperate and brave They made charge upon charge and hand to hand fights It is one of the desperate battles now recordet in history It was near our right where the rebel Gen Pat Claiborne in leading a charge rode up until the front feet of his white horse were over our works when they were both shot dead at the same time
The 1211th went into the fight with 60 rounds to each man they shot these away and all they could get from the 183rd Ohio a regiment in our rear also sevflral full boxes containing 1000 cartridges each About ten omiddotclock our regiment stole away under the cover of the darkness and crossed the railroad bridglt over the Harpeth river the bridge burning while we crossed marched for Nashville where we arrived the n ext morning Dec lot about ten Oclock That night we entered ibe city and took a position east of FtNeagly and enjoyed the first real rest and sleep since leaving Johnsonville the 23rd of Nov
The regiment remained in camp nntil the 15th of December when we marched out with the 2lrd army corps to paTticipate in the great battle of Nashville that added another star to the glittering crown of Old Papmiddot thomas a m ilitary genius of the grandest type The position of the 2nt
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brigade the fi day was iL upport of Yi1son~ calalry until aftblnoon when it began to prepare (or other work and about ~ix oclock it participated in th~
grand chage that swept the enemy from their pORition and oyer hills doubshyling them up so that at niblt their pObition was parallel with Granny Whiles pike In thi~ char the regiment lost a number of men The fight was OVbf
for the day An incident I will rlate that ccured here to show the natural disposltion of some ~oldi~rs to be on the look out for good thlllgR to eat and tenacity to keep it amidBt danger and death Ben McGrew of Co A while advancing on this chmge through the tall weeds caught aud ~tuck to a rabbit which he had for supper Our lines were formed but not much fighting done the 16th of Dec except constant skirrnlshing by cavalry and extendipg of the Union lines southward until about thretl oclock in the afternoon thEn the Union army made thdr grand and final charge virtualy ending thl battle Hood whole left IlllP was crushed like an egg sheU sendlllg the reb(ls who were not taksn prisnoro flying across the country toward the Franklin pike their only way of retreat Pursuit was continued until the last of Hoods army had crossed the TenneHsee river The regiment next prepared to take the journey to North Carolina Ln j oin Gen Shermans forces and be at the death of the great rebellion
II ciosing this article and in jus tice to Col Zllinger I wish to say that during a recent visit of the colonel tv Bshington htl obtallled from Gen SchOlfield commander of the U S army an order reli~ving him from guardshying with his regiment the cross-road two miles south of Spring Hill Gen Scholfield expressed much relief to satisfy himself about that matter He emembered giving the order but iu the excitement of the times forgot them and the number of the regiment and haying never heard from the command he had felt uneasy about them eyer since
The 129th from its first entering the service until its diRcharge was active participants in all the leading campaigns and engagements of the southwest and materially assisted in the grand round up in North Carolina Its record is a part of the history of the state and also Steuben county espeoialy company A which fairly won laurels and honored the right of the r~giment
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COMPANY H 74th IND --AT-shy
MISSIONARY RIDGE The battle commenced Nov 23rd 1863 at which time our regiment was n
part of Bairds division 14th army corps and was held in re~erve On that and the day following but little fighting was done in the center however Sherman was busily engaged on the left and to the right Joe Hooker was making his name famous on Lookout Mountam We watched the fight on the right quite anxiously through a field gla~s of Capt Gates of our company Even after dark we could see the flash of arms of both armies as our men advanced aLd the southernffs ftltU back
We were satisfied our chance would come on the third day of the battle as both left aud right wings had had plenty of work and the center would have to finish the job The m(rning of the 2bth dawned and after a hurried breakfast Bauds division was ordered to the left to assist Gen Sherman in a charge The 74th led the hurried tramping division but were halted by staff officers with thtlt news that Gen Sterman had not room to operate the divIsions already at hand We were turned back to the left of the center and with care keep out of sight of the enemy for our health until an open field had to be crossed to reach the desired position The 74th with the 10th Ky and 10th Ind on its right formed in the front line the 14th and 38th Obio two large regiments cllse behind us for the second line we pressed forshyward until nearly at the top of a hill called Orchard Knub and here were ordered to lie down and wnit for the signal of six guns from Ft Wood While waiting tbe signal the rebel artillery commenced to shell us Sand and gravel waR plowed up and thrown into our faces but little actual damage was done
As we gazed upward toward tbe ridg and enemy our thoughts were busy with tbe possibilities to come O for the signal for action at last it is given the bugle sounds forward up we spring with loud hurrabs and yells start forward on a run T o stop or hesitate meant death A terrible fire came from the enemy on the ridge as we passed the old rebel camps at a lively ~peed We could not halt here as ordered for death dealing misiles were coming in thick and faRt An incident OCCDrbd here the boys will remember a sbeH struck Ind exploded in an old vacated rebel ~hanty hurling the roof against corporal James Pew covering him so completely with the debris that we had to extricate him as we passed Harvey Wakefield was struck by a canister ball and hisgnn ent so that he was forced to pick another for future use
But on on up up p~1 mell we went using our guuR to aid us up ihe steep
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hill siJe in SOlle pc~ crawling 01 all fours till auu ul we wellt lr(tVln~ th Haying We got there ju~t the ammiddot We rcacheJ the ~utnruit the bHyonet in ROlle in~tances was useu and uehohl the ridge is ours hurral
Hardly hau our color~ been planted on the work~ when a whole r(middotLtd Uil1S ion attacked us on the flank it was dark nl around ns find the fiHob of fire arms alone gniding ns iu our U(fellCe and mauy brne men went down to death Col Phelp of the Hth Ohio commanding the brigade while ~tanding by our regiments flag urgitg the men to stand steady fell dend a reue Imllet had pierced his breast Our company casualities were fortunately light Robert Warren was wounded and once Orlenzo Light droped as thltluh killed but on examination we found a bulle t had paRsed through eight folds of his Llauket and sloped at the ninth aud last It was a narrow escape with life but many cloe chances occur in war However we held the ridge and drove the rebels away and commeuced to protect ourselve immediatdy uy prparing uew works aulidpating a second attack bnt I hey came uot e lay with arms ready among the dead on the ridge that cold dark night The llext morning it fell to my lot with six other comrades from company H to assist in burying our own Rlso the rebel dead Never can I forget the unpleasant and hupied way of the burial of thos) tall stiff mell of the enemy on thai side-hiH of Missionary Ridge Of this detail Sergt Sam Cole 0 fathe~ as familiarly called among the bOYS afterwards lD battle met a soldiers death and a ~oldters burial After our burial duties on the ridge had been performed we attempted to wash with out little water had some hot coffee and hardmiddottack and left for Ringgold where tle enemy had withdrawn Here we expected another-skirshymish but the enemy did no waiting for it and passed on through the gap At the time we felt glad but afterwards we saw them during the Atlanta campaign for 104 days with continous fire fight and battle
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