HISTORY

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FORIIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER

JOHN N. BEACH,

LONDON, OHIO:
SHSPBERD * CBAIG, FBINTBBS,
1184.

PREFACE.

This volume is offered to survivors of the regiment ae
an outline history only ; a bare statement of events with
which we were closely identified, arranged chronologic
ally, leaving comrades to supply details from memory.
A more minute history would require access to official
reports, orders etc., which the writer has not been able to
obtain. What there is of the military history of the Officers
and Men has been obtained under great difficulties.
When the writer first determined to make a complete ros
ter of the regiment, he expected to find all the material
for such a paper in the Adjutant-General's offica, at Co
lumbus, but beyond the original muster-in rolls, this
office has no records of our regiment, all others being
at Washington Oity. Personal application for permis
sion to copy, as well as a similar application by Ac^'utant-
GeneAl Smith, of our State, was met by the statement
that no copy of the rolls could be made by others than
the clerks of the Department, and that they were so
pressed with work that the courtesy was impossible. Por
this reason, all facts as to recruits, promotions, transfers,
discharges, deaths, etc., have been obtained through a
very general correspondence with comrades, many of
whom have valuable memoranda. Great care has been
taken to verify all statements as to those killed, dying in
hospital, discharged or transferred ; and all those enrolled
and not thus accounted for, or by muster-out, may fairly
be presumed to have served out their full time.
Doubtless, errors and imperfections will be found in
the roster, but it may serve as a basis for another, when
some one, with better facilties, may undertake a more
perfect record. As it is, the writer offers the result of his
labors to his old comrades with the hope that they will
find it of interest and value.
West Jkffbrson, 0., Jnne, 1884.

CONTENTS.

Organization  9
Ordered to the Field  II
Battle of Middle Creek   14
Piketon  18
Down Sandy  :  21
Up Sandy Again  26
Franklin, Tennessee  28
First Battle of Franklin  30
Tullahoma Campaign  33
Wartrace and Tullahoma  35
Chicamauga Campaign  ,  37
Battle of Chicamauga  42
Moccasin Point and Shellmound  49
B,attle of Lookout Mountain  53
Missionary Ridge and Ringgold  57
Winter Quarters  62
Blue Springs  63
Atlanta Campaign  66
From Resaca to Ackworth  69
From Ackworth to the Chattahoochie  73
Seige of Atlanta  80
Jonesboro, Lovejoy, and Atlanta  83
Pursuit of Hood  v  88
Driven by Hood  92
Battle of Franklin  97
APPENDIX.
Honor to Whom Honor is Due  103
Letter from DiUion P. Current. — Capture of Com
pany "H"  105

Vlll
A Visit to the Battle Fields about Chattanooga  107
Amount of Ammunition used in Battle  112
Letter from Lieutenant Richard B. Cowling  113
Letter from Assistant Surgeon William H. Matchett..ll6
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel James Watson  120
Letter from Charles W. Wheeler, of Company "E"  122
Influence of Imagination on Wounded Men  124
Reduction of Transportation in 1863 and 1864.— Field
Hospital after Battle of Chicamauga  127
Letter from Lieutenant J. M. Wasson. — Adventures in
Southern prisons  132
The Great Flood at Piketon  140
BRIEF MILITARY HISTORIES.
Field and Staff  145
Non-Commissioned Staff  149
Band  150
Company "A"  151
Company "B"  162
Company "C"  -..  172
Company "D"  182
Company "E"  191
Company "F"  200
Company "G"  208
Company "H"  217
Company "I"  227
Company "K"  235
Additional Names  243
Summary of Casualties, &c  244

iiISTOR."5r

FORTIETH REGIMENT 0. V. INFANTRY,

ORGANIZATION.
The first call of the President for three hundred thou
sand men to aid in putting down the rebellion was made
at a time when the conditions for recruiting were not fa
vorable or encouraging. The result of the battle of BuU
Run had shattered the hopes of. the North that a cam
paign of sixty days would end the war. Up to mid
summer of 1861 the magnitude and duration of the strife
inaugurated I at Fort Sumpter had not been dreamed of,
but when twice sixty days had passed and found the
South not only with armies daily growing stronger, but
with the plainly expressed sympathy of France and Eng
land, as well as the good-will of no inconsiderable element
in States not seceded, the extent and serious character of
the undertaking gradually dawned upon the Northern
mind. In August of that year it was proposed to raise another
Ohio regiment, and Governor Dennison commissioned
Jona,than Cranor, late a Captain in the Eleventh O. V. I.,
Lieutenant-Colonel, with authority to recruit such regi
ment, to be called tlie Fortieth 0. V. I. The appointment
was made at th^ su^^estion of Major McDowell, of the

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regular army, later a Major-General. With such authori
ty, Lieut. Col. Cranor set about the work assigned him,
and early in September recruiting was fairly commenced.
The several companies were enrolled as follows ;
Company "A" was enrolled by William Jones, at West
Jefferson, Madison Co., Ohio, reported at Camp Chase,
September 10th, and was mustered into the service Sep
tember 19th, 1861.
Company "B" was enrolled by James Haworth, at
Wilmington, Clinton Co., Oh o, entered Camp Chase, Sep
tember 13th, anJ was mustarjd into the service Septem
ber 19th, 1861.
Company "C" was enrolled by Thomas Acton, at Lon
don, Madison Co., Ohio, reported at Camp Chase, Sep
tember 10th, and was mustered into the service Septem
ber 21st, 1861.
Company "D" was enrolled by James Watson, at Lon
don, Madison Co., Ohio. re])orted at Camp Chase, Sep
tember 10th, and was mustered into the service September
SOth, 1861.
Company "E" was enrolled by John D. Gennett, at
Versailles, Darke Co., Ohio, entered Camp Chase, Sep
tember 19th, and was mustered into the service October
5th, 1861.
Compary "F" was enrolled at Camp Chase by John L.
Reeves and John F. Mahon, and was mustered into the
service December 12th, 1861.
Company "G" was enrolled by Charles G. Matchett, at
Camp Chase, and was mustered into the service November
21, 1861- .
Company "H" was enrolled at Camp Chase by Wm.
Cunningham and Mathew 0. Junkin, and was mustered
into the service November 21st, 1881.
Company "I" was enrolled at Camp Chase by Andrew

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R. Calderwood, John W. Smith, and Milton Kemper, and
was mustered into the Service December 9th, 1861.
Cojnpany "K" was enrolled at Camp Chase by Alexan
der A. Knapp, and was mustered into the service Novem
ber .SOth, 1861.
On December llth, 1861, the organization was com
pleted and mustered in as a regiment.
During all the time following the enrollment and mus
tering of companies, the work of drill, and training in
the duties of the Camp had gone steadily forward, so
that by the time of the completion of the organization,
the regiment was a body of men noticeable in the Camp
for its discipline and splendid material, and its apparent
efficiency was a matter of pride to officers and men.

ORDERED TO THE FIELD.
For some months following the attack upon Fort
Sumpter the position of Kentucky was that of neutrality.
Absurd as this position seems now in the light of subse
quent events, yet it was fairly maintained until in July,
no ^rmed bodies of either beligerent being found in the
State until the 9th of that month, when Bishop General
Polk occupied Columbus, Ky., with a large Rebel force.
Preceding this, however, much recruiting for either side
was done in the State, but the points of rendevous were,
for the Rebels, along the northern line of Tennessee, and
for the NationaUsts, in Indiana, opposite Louisville, and
it was not until July 2nd that Camp Dick Robinson, a
few miles below Lexington, was established for recruiting
purposes for our army. This period of neutrality was
probably no disadvantage to the North, for although the
loyalty of Kentucky to the Urdon cannot be doubted, as

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in proof of it she sent fifty-five thousand brave soldiers
into the Union armies, yet there was a large element, and
the ruUng class, that were Secessionists, and who would
have forced Kentucky out of the Union had the war been
precipitated upon her territory early, as it was in Vir
ginia. From July there was no farther hesitation on
either side in occupying strategic points in the State, or
sending forces where they were needed. The mountain
region of Eastern Kentucky'was decided in its adherence
to the Union, and yet there were sufficient Southern sym
pathizers among the mountaineers to invite the Confeder
ate forces there for subsistence among the people, and to
prevent enlistment in Federal regiments. In October,
Colonel WilUams had collected, at Prestonburg on Big
Sandy, a force of two thousand, and from this position
threatened an invasion of Central Kentucky by way of
McCormick's Gap. To repel this threatened invasion.
General Nelson was ordered from Maysville with a small
force, and marching by way of Olympia Springs and
Hazel Green, at both places having spirited engagements
with Rebel cavalry, he reached Prestonburg, only to find
that the enemy had retreated. Pressing forward. Nelson
overtook the enemy a* thfe mouth of Ivy Creek, October
Sth, when, after a sharp engagement, the Rebels retreated
in disorder. General Nelson continued his march to
Piketon, but the Rebel's having retreated through Pound
Gap, our forces were withdrawn to Louisville.
Soon after the close of Nelson's campaign up Sandy,
the Valley was again Overrun by irregular bands of Rebel
soldiers, and the loyal populatioh subjected to many an
noyances and depredations; and early in December Hum
phrey Marshall, wiibh a force estimated at from three to
six thbttSaiid mto, invaded Eaatern Kentucky and took
a position on the road from PaintvUle to Prestonburg.

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To expel this invading force. General Buell, commanding
the Department of the Ohio, organized the Eighteenth
Brigade, Army of the Ohio, composed of the Fortieth
and Forty-second Ohio Infantry, the Fourteenth and
Twenty-second Kentucky Infantry, three battalions of
Woodford's Kentucky Cavalry, and McLaughlin's squad
ron of Ohio Cavalry, with Colonel James A. Garfield in
command. To take our place in this new organization, and be ready
for our part in the proposed campaign, our regiment left
Camp Chase in the afternoon of December 17th, and
went by rail to Paris, Kentucky, and went into camp on
the farm of Brutus Clay, where we remained long enough
to be supplied with the necessary wagon train. Leaving
there, the regiment marched for Prestonburg with a view
of getting to the. rear of Marshall's position near Paint-
ville. On this march we passed through Mt. Sterling,
Hazel Green, McCormick's Gap, and Saliersville. The
march was a hard one, the roads were wretched, the mules
unbroken and almost unmanageable, the rain almost in
cessant, and take it altogether it was a march that would
have tried the patience and stamina of veterans. At
Licking Station the march was interrupted for two days
by high water, and no means of crossing the streams, and
before advancing, the regiment was ordered to Paintville
instead of Prestonburg.
Meantime, Colonel Garfield, with the larger portion of
the brigade, had marched up the Sandy Valley from Cat-
lettsburg, and on the evening of January 7th, encamped
near Paintville, Colonel Bolles with his West Virginia
cavalry having driven the enemy's cavalry from a strong
pdsitioh at the mouth of Jennings Creek. On the 8th,
Colonel Garfield With his own regiment, and a portion of
the Fourteenth Kentucky, made a demonstration against

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Marshall's position, two miles south of P.^intville, but
found it abandoned, the enemy having become alarmed at
Garfield's approach in front, and our position at Licking
Station with the apparent purpose of getting in his rear
at Prestonburg.

BATTLE OF MIDDLE CREEK.
Our regiment rested at Paintville on the 8th, for the
purpose of drawing supplies of clothing, shoes, and ra
tions. Colonel Garfield ha,ving fallen back from his ad
vance, the entire brigade was at Paintville on the night of
January 8th, Leaving a strong reserve under Lieutenant
Colonel Sheldon, the brigade advanced on the moming of
the 9th, towards Prestonburg ; Colonel Cranor, with four
companies, commanded by Captains Jones, Acton, Reeves
and Knapp, being in advance. No enemy was found until
after night-fall, when our advance was fired upon at Ab
bott Mountain. Farther progress for the night being im
practicable, the troops bivouacked, and without fires, or
shelter from a cold, drenching rain, passed a wretched
night. It is not probable that Colonel Garfield on the
morning of the 10th had any clear conception of the po
sition of the enemy, as in fact, from the nature of the
country, and the lack of any considerable demonstration
on the preceding night, it was impossible that he should
have. So, when the battle was opened on the 10th, it was
the result of several detachments being sent forward to
feel the enemy. On the right, two companies of Ken
tncky troops were sent forward to develop the enemies
dispositions for defense, while on the left, Captain Jones
and Captain Reeves, with two hundred men from the
Fortieth Ohio, crossed Middle Creek, and at one o'clock

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became engaged with the enemy. The reinforcement of
these two advanced detachments soon brought on the bat
tle. Colonel Garfield ordered Colonel Cranor, with five
hundred men from the several regiments of the brigade,
to the left, there to take command. The main force of
the enemy was concentrated on our left, where the fight
ing, although irregular, was at times severe, and continu
ed with but slight advantages to either side for several
hours. During this engagement upon the left, the enemy
made an attempt to turn the right of our little army, but
was handsomely repulsed. The reserve, under Lieut.
Col. Sheldon, having now arrived, at 4 p. m. Colonel Gar
field made preparation to jjress the enemy at all points^
but before any general advance of our line had been made,
Colonel Cranor ordered Captain Knajjp, of the Fortieth,
and Captain Williams, of the Forty-second Ohio, to
charge the enemy in their immediate front with the bayo
net, an order that was executed in the most gaUant style,
and before which, just as the early gloom of a winter
night fell upon the scene, the enemy fled, and the battle
was ended.
This, the first battle in which our regiment was engaged,
was remarkable in many respects, and in none more so
than in the disparity in numbers and losses. On our side
the force actually engaged did not exceed nine hundred,
and Colonel Garfield reports his losses as one killed and
seven wounded. Humphrey Marshall's forces were esti
mated at not less than thirty-five hundred, and Van Horn,
in his History of the Army of the Cumberland, places
the loss of the enemy at one hundred and twenty-five kiU
ed. This would give them a loss in wounded, supposing
the usual ratio of killed to wounded, at over six hundred,
or a total of say eight hundred. In the absence of any
such numbers left on the field, and any official report by

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Humphrey Marshall, I think Van Horn's estimate should
be considered as somewhat loosely made. Another re
markable thing was the prompt success of the expedition
in the face of so many difficulties. There is no doubt
but that Marshall's forces were largely overestimated.
Late in 1861 there was a disposition to greatly exaggerate
the force of the enemy in Kentucky. General Buel, Janu
ary 3d, 1862, in writing General Halleck, estimates the
enemy's force at eighty thousand men on a line from
Bowling Green to Columbus, Kentucky. This was ex
clusive of the forces under Zollicoffer advancing from
Cumberland Gap, and those under Marshall in the Sandy
Valley. The results of the campaign against ZolUcoffer,
and that against Forts Donaldson and Henry, demon
strated the comparative weakness of the enemy, and it is
now understood that their forces did not reach half the
number estimated by General Buell. Pollard, in his
"Lost Cause," in speaking of the inadequacy of General
Johnson's force for any forward movement late in 1861,
says, "the people of the South were as much imposed .
upon by this false estimate of the Confederate forces in
Kentucky, as were the people of the North;" and says
farther, "that it is doubtful if General Johnson ever had
over twenty- three thousand men at Bowling Green, where
General Buell estimated their force at forty thousand."
In view of these facts, I think we may safely say that
Marshall's forces on Sandy were overestimated as to num
bers. If not, it is difficult to understand why Marshall,
a veteran officer, who had won distinction as the leader
of Kentucky troops in the Mexican war, should have per
mitted the movements of our separate columns until we
leisurely got into position at Middle Creek without oppo
sition. Familiar as he was with the topography of East
ern Kentucky, and knowing as he must haye known, our

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exact strength, if he had three or four thousand men, it
is surprising that he did not strike Cranor's column on
its march through the mountains, or Garfield's as it march
ed up Sandy, but should remain idle until the separate col
umns should form a junction and attack him at leisure.
But granting that he had no more than half the force gen
erally conceded to him, the result of the campaign was no
less remarkable than gratifying. To the people of the
North the news of our success came like a gleam of sun
shine on a cloudy day. For nearly a year they had given
freely of their men and treasure, and in return had the
disasters at Big Bethel, Ball's Bluff, Bull Run, and Bel
mont, a series of reverses that almost seemed to demons
trate that Southern impetuosity was more than a match
for Northern patriotism. Skirmish though it was, when
compared with later contests, yet it was the first of a
series of victories that scattered the clouds of doubt from
Northern minds, and gave prestige to the National arms.
Followed as it was, soon, by the defeat of General ZoUi
coffer at Mill Springs, and the capture of Forts Donald
son and Henry, it should be grouped with these more
important engagements, and should have its fair share of
praise when we come to consider the events that first
caused a feeling of doubt throughout the South as to the
ultimate success of their cause.
On January llth the brigade moved to Prestonburg,
but the difficulties in getting supplies at this point caus
ed its withdrawal to Paintville, where it went iiito camp.
February 1st, the question of supplies having been solv
ed, the force again moved up Sandy by steamer to Pike
ton, the movement having for its object the final expul
sion of Humphrey Harshall from the State. When we
reached Piketon the enemy had passed Pound Gap, fifty
iniles to the south, anJl no farther pursuit was attempted.

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PIKETON.
The retreat of Humphrey Marshall virtually ended the
mission of the Eighteenth Brigade in Sandy Valley, as
there were no subsequent efforts on the part of the enemy
to invade Eastern Kentucky. True, a few weeks later a
body of Virginia militia, reported at five hundred, took
possession of Pound Gap and threw up intrenchments.
The place probably was intended to be held as a post of
observation. On the 14th of March, with six hundred
infantry and one hundred cavalry, Colonel Garfield
marched against the position, and on the evening of the
15th reached the foot of the mountain two miles north of
the Gap. On the morning of the 16th, sending the caval
ry up the Gap road, thus attracting the attention of the
enemy, he ordered Colonel Cranor, with a portion of the
Fortieth Ohio and one company of the Twenty-second
Kentucky, to make a flank movement, hoping to surprise
the enemy. With the one company of Kentucky troops
in advance. Colonel Cranor and his detachment crept up
the mountain side through the brush, the movement be
ing somewhat concealed by a driving snow storm, and
reached a point within a few hundred yards before the
enemy discovered his approach. The enemy opened fire
upon our skirmish line, when Colonel Cranor rapidly ad
vanced his whole line. Taken completely bj^ surprise,
after the exchange of a few volleys the enemy fled down
the southern slope of the mountain, our cavalry pursuing
them vigorously for several miles into Virginia. Our.
troops passed the night at the foot of the mountain, and
in the abandoned Rebel camp, and the next morning,
after burning all stores that could not be carried away,
the expedition started on its return to Piketon.
A few days later. Colonel Garfield, with the larger por-

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tion of the brigade, was ordered to Louisville, leaving
Colonel Cranor in command of the detachment consist
ing of our regiment. Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry, and
McLaughlin's squadron of cavalry.
Our life at Piketon was uneventful in a military point
of view, and yet it was not without interest. There was
sufficient of exciting rumors of an approaching enemy
to keep us on the alert and to justify occasional scouts
by infantry and cavalry. In addition to this, there was a
novelty in thus being isolafed from the world that had
its charms. During the months of February and March
there was unprecedented high water, the river rising at
one time seventy-two feet in eighteen hours. During
these floods large steamers came up to Piketon ; one, the
Bostona, a large Ohio River packet, making several trips
to this point. Even as late as the middle of April the
"Sandy Valley," a small but elegantly fitted stern-wheeler,
continued its trips to our camp. With such conven
iences, of course we were well supplied with rations and
forage, an'd got our mails with considerable promptness
and regularity, but after the middle of April the river
subsided and the condition of things was materially
changed. For a few weeks later, however, the "Little
Eva," a large flat-boat, with a steam engine as motive
power, accasionally came up, but its capacity was too
small to be pf advantage in bringing forward military
stores. The little nondescript, however, was always wel
come, and its shrill whistle down the stream was hailed
with a shout. Long after its last trip the camp was fre
quently aroused from its lethargy by some warrior imi
tating the whistle of the "Little Eva" from a point below
the camp.
After the withdrawal of the steamers, all our supplies
were brought in "push boats" from the mouth of Sandy,

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a distance of one hundred and thirty miles. These boats
were sixty feet long and eight or ten feet wide, and were
pushed against the rapid current by crews of lusty men.
They were our only means of receiving suppUes and were
efficient, but it was a slow and laborious method of mov
ing freight or passengers. It being found too slow for
postal purposes, our mails were brought up in a canoe,
Jake Houston, of Company "A," making several trips in
a canoe with the mail to and from the mouth of Sandy.
The special feature, however, of our stay at Piketon,
and one the longest to be remembered by survivors, was
the large amount of sickness among the troops. The
Forty-second Ohio left Sandy near the middle of March,
only three months from the time of leaving Camp Chase,
and yet a history of that regiment reports their loss by
death up to that time at eighty-five. This was much
larger than ours, but the year we spent on Sandy was
raore disastrous to our regiment than either of the two
following years, when in Tennessee and Georgia we partici
pated in several great battles, and for months was almost
constantly under fire. Up to the time of leaving Eastern
Kentucky in February, 1863, our losses were: From
resignation on account of ill health, fourteen ; discharged
for disability, fifty-one ; died from disease, eighty-three ;
casualties, three ; making a total loss of one hundred
and fifty-one, nine-tenths of this loss being in the first
four months after leaving Camp Chase.
This alarming mortfility among a body of men who, a
few inonths previous, were remarkable for their vigor, was
not due to any epidemic, as we had nothing of the kind
during the year, but arose largely from exposure, and pos
sibly somewhat from want of attention to proper hygiene,
a niatter which was much mpre closely looked afteir later
in the service. The march through' the mountains to

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Paintville was one of constant exposure and hardship.
With a wagon train larger than would have been allowed
to a division of troops in 1864, and with mules unbroken
and unreliable, it was no small labor to the men to get
the train along by pushing and pulling. This, with the
continuous rain, and full streams which the men were
often compelled to wade, keeping constantly wet for days,
broke down hundreds of men, so that on their arrival at
Paintville they were in a state of exhaustion. Then came
two more days of exposure and excitement at Middle
Creek, then two weeks of encampment in what was liter
ally a sea of mud at Paintville, all of which made the
men fit subjects for the virulent form of typhoid fever,
and the intractable form of diarrhoea that followed and
continued through all our stay at Piketon. In addition
to these primary causes there were errors in cooking, in
location of camps, a want of proper policing of camps,
and many other mistakes that the same officers and men
would not have made a year later. It is not to be sup
posed that all our deaths during the year occurred at
Piketon ; Many of them died at our Post Hospital at
Ashland, a few at Louisa, and a still less number at home.
The mortality among the sick at Piketon, however, was
so great that scarcely a day passed without a dead com
rade being carried from one or the other of the hospitals.

DOWN SANDY.

During the months of April and May our life at Pike
ton becaine extremely monotonous, and the men watched
with some pleasure the gradual diminution of our for
age and commissary stores, as the probabilities were that
when these failed we would go down the river. At last

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the order to move to Prestonburgh came, and on the 13th
of June the movement was made. This movement with
our trains was a matter of no little difficulty, as ihe floods
had washed away all traces of roads. Several days of
preliminary work by the Pioneer corps were required be
fore the train could be sent forward. The sick and most
of the stores were sent down on push-boats. The troops
got excellent camping grounds at Prestonburgh, and our
month's stay there was very pleasant. The people were
social, and many of the officers were quartered in the
village. The notable event of our stay there was a cele
bration of the Fourth of July, one feature of it being an
excellent dinner gotten up by Company "D," to which the
regiment was invited. Another event of importance to
us, while at Prestonburgh, was the visit of the Paymaster,
who was received with the utmost cordialty.
July 18th. Ordered still farther down the river to Louisa.
Stores and sick sent down the river on push-boats. On
the passage down. Major McLaughlin, of our cavalry,
died. He had been ill for some weeks, and had been
urged by friends to go home on sick leave, but with a
stern sense of duty he refused to leave his squadron.
Just as the boats were starting out on the morning of the
19th, he looked long and intently at the beautiful scenery
and expressed great deUght in everything around, and an
hour later,-just as we were passing Lost Creek Shoals, he
died. His wife, who had been notified of his iUness, was
then on her way up Sandy to visit him, and met the body
at Louisa.
We remained in Louisa nearly two months, having
what is usually caUed a "good time." In other words,
there was no duty other than picket, daily drill and dress
parade. For the first time in our Sandy Ufe, dress-parade
became a matter of interest. The town contained a few

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hundred inhabitants, nearly all of whom came out to see
our dress-parades, which gave to our camp a somewhat
lively appearance. Another feature of our encampment
at Louisa, was a large influx of visitors from Ohio. Quite
a number of ladies from home spent several weeks with
us, making camp life seem very much like a pic-nic.
September 13th. Moved down to Cattletsburgh, at the
mouth of Sandy. I do not think any farther movement
was contemplated just then, or if any, it is more than
probable that our destination was Louisville. The tide of
war was against us in Tennessee, in fact we had been
nearly driven from the State. General Bragg was strain
ing every nerve to outstrip Buell in a race to Louisville.
General Nelson had met with a disastrous defeat at Rich
mond, Kentucky, August 30th ; General Morgan had been
compelled to abandon Cumberland Gap, and with his
force of ten thousand men was in full retreat through
Kentucky, while Colonel Lightburn was being driven
from the Kanawha Valley ; in fact, it looked as though
the war was to be transferred from the Tennessee to the
Ohio River. The position of Colonel Lightburn was so
critical that troops were hurried to his aid, we leaving
Cattletsburg September 16th, and^reaching GallipoUs the
next day. Lightburn's troops were encamped at Point
Pleasant, a few miles above, while our regiment went
into camp one mile above Gallipolis, on the Ohio side of
the river. Whatever the emergency might have been
calling for the concentration of troops there, it had evi
dently passed before we reached GaUipolis. Many new
regiments were ordered there, which, with General Mor
gan's force just arrived after its forced march of two
hundred and fifty miles from Cumberland Gap, made
quite an army. But in a short time this imposing force
melted away, the larger portion of it embarking with

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General Morgan for Vicksburg, smaller detachments
going elsewhere, and we remaining at Gallipolis. At this
point the Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry was assigned
to our brigade, and an acquaintence began that only ter
minated with the muster-out of our regiment. The gal
lant Hoosier regiment was by our side on many long
marches and in many hard-fought battles in 1863 and
1864. While at Gallipolis our life was but a little variation
from that in the Sandy Valley, consisting of only the
ordinary camp duties. One event, however, broke the
monotony. Information having been received that Col.
Jenkins, with a force of five hundred rebels was at Buffalo
Shoals, a few miles up the Kanawha from Point Pleasant,
an expedition was organized and sent out for its capture.
Colonel Tully, with infantrj^ and cavalry, was to proceed
UD the eastern bank of the Kanawha and get in the rear
of the enemy, while Colonel Cranor, with eight hundred
men, went down the Ohio River twelve miles by steamer.
and disembarking at dark, marched all night, reaching
the vicinity of the enemy just at day-light. The enemy
proved to be in much stronger force than had been report
ed and strongly entrenched. Not hearing from Colonel
Tully, and deciding that an attack by his force alone was
anwise, Colonel Cranor ordered a retreat, and the column
returned to Gallipolis.
October 14th. We were ordered to Guyandotte, Va.,
an old town on the Ohio River, the main portion of which
had been bumed by order of Colonel Zeigler, ofthe Fifth
Virginia Federal Infantry, some months previous, in re
taliation for some depredations by the rebels. At this
point our brigade consisted of our own regiment, the
Eighty-fourth Indiana, McLaughlin's Cavalry, and the
One-Hundred and .Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, stationed

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 25
at Ashland. The troops having been for some time all
withdrawn from Sandy Valley, the Confederates had again
become troublesome ; irregular bands of soldiers, or guer
rillas, annoying the citizens in many ways. So loud and
frequent were the calls for protection from the citizens
that Colonel Cranor determined to make a demonstration
with a portion of his force, hoping to ^surprise and cap
ture some of the marauding bands and frighten others
from the country. With eight hundred men he marched
to Cattlettsburgh, October 24th, intending from there to
go as far Southwest as Grayson, thence by Louisa and
Trout Hill to Guyandotte, thus effectually scouring the
region suffering most from rebel presence. Por some
days before starting there had been rumors of an aggre
gation of these rebel gangs at some point up the Guyan
dotte River, but the rumors did riot take shape to deserve
attention until the evening of the 24th, when Colonel
Trussler, of the Eighty-fourth Indiana, who had been left
in command at Guyandotte with a small force, thought
they were sufficiently definite to justify a notice to Col
onel Cranor, then at Cattletsburgh, that our camps were
in danger from an attack from Guyandotte Valley. On
receipt of this information. Colonel Cranor abandoned
his expedition and marched rapidly back to Guyandotte,
and was greatly chagrined to find that the alarm causing
his backward movement was unfounded. On October
3oth another scout with a less force was made into the '
country towards Sandy, but no force of the enemy was
met and the expedition returned without results.

26 KISTCIRT OP THB

UP SANDY AGAIN.

November I4th the brigade moved to Cattletsburgh,
mouth of Sandy River. Both officers and men of our
regiment had a great aversion to spending another winter
in Eastern Kentucky, where no opportunity for active
service or distinction was afforded. Prior to leaving
Guyandotte, Colonel Cranor had gone to Cincinnati to
make a personal appeal to General Wright to have us
transferred to a more active theatre of war, and we march
ed to Cattletsburgh fully expecting from there to go to
LouisviUe and farther South. On the 17th Colonel Cra
nor returned, bringing the news that the new Military
District of Eastern Kentucky had been made, with him
self in command, with headquarters in the field. On the
19th the troops, with the exception of a small guard,
were sent to Louisa, the District Headquarters still re
maining at Cattletsburgh. During the winter our regi
ment escaped with but little sickness ; the Eighty-fourth
Indiana, however, suffered severely, an epidemic of
measles putting large numbers in hospital
For some weeks previous to our reoccupation of the
Sandy Valley, Colonel John Diltz, of Piketon, had been
engaged in recruiting the Thirty-ninth Kentucky Infan
try, the rendezvous being at Piketon. November 19th
Colonel Diltz started six push-boats loaded with guns,
clothing, &c., for his regiment, up Sandy. November
26th these boats had reached Louisa without guard, when .
Major Taylor, in command there, sent a small force from
our regiment to guard the boats. At the mouth of Geor
ges Creek, twelve miles above Louisa, Major Taylor
deemed it unsafe to proceed farther, and proposed to
guard the boats at that point until the Thirty-ninth

FORTIETH OHI6 VOL. INFANTRY, 27
Kentucky could march down the river and take charge of
them. Acting under the instructions of Colonel Diltz,
who regarded the valley as being clear of any rebel force.
Lieutenant Hamden, in charge of the boats, discharged
the guard furnished thus far by Major Taylor, and pro
ceeded on up the river. December 1st, one hundred men
of the Thirty-ninth met the boats, and on the morning
of the 4th another detachment had arrived, making in all
nearly two hundred and fifty men with the boats. On
this morning, December 4th, the expedition was attacked
two miles above Prestonburg, the guard routed and boats
captured- The loss was considerable. Colonel Diltz, in
Ms report of the matter to Department Headquarters,
complained of the inadequate protection afforded by
Colonel Cranor. This led to an investigation which
showed that Colonel Cranor was ignorant of the starting
of the boats, had not been caUed upoa for a guard, and
that the guard furnished by Major Taylor, at Louisa, was
at his own suggestion and not in response to any demand
made by Colonel Diltz, and no blame could be attached
to Colonel Cranor or Major Taylor.
Continued ill health led to the resignation of Colonel
Cranor, February 5th, 1863, a loss that was fully appreci
ated by every man in the regiment. Colonel Cranor had
not been popular with the regiment for some months after
its organization. His military training as a subordinate
in the regular army, made him a strict disciplinarian as
commander of a regiment, requiring of each man prompt
obedience to orders, and proper deference to rank. These
qualities, which first attracted the attention of Major Mc
DoweU to him while in command of a company in the
Eleventh Ohio, and which doubtless caused his appoint
ment, with authority to recruit the Fortieth, did not fully
Buit the democratic notions of the rank and file of our

28 HISTORY OF THB
regiment, and they were disposed to look upon him as
something of a martinet, if not something of a tyrant.
A few months however, of Colonel Cranor's efficient drill
and discipline, changed all this feeling, and every one not
only accorded him rare ability as a commander, but re
gretted that we shpuld not have him with us in a new
field, where his seniority, as well as rare fitness for com
mand, would give him an opportunity for distinction,
which our isolated position for a year had denied to the
officers and men of the regiment.
The resignation of Colonel Cranor was followed by the
promotion of J. E. Taylor to Colonel, William Jones to
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Thomas Acton to Major.

In February 1863, orders came for the transfer of our
regiment and the Eighty-fourth Indiana, to Tennessee
and on the 19th of the month companies "A," "B," "C,"
"I," "H" and "K" left on the Swan and Transfer, and on
the 21st, the remaining companies followed on the Leslie
Combs and proceeded to Nashville, reaching there March
the 1st, and were placed in camp two iniles south of the
city.' We were assigned to the First Brigade, First Divis
ion, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, this being
a new name for the Army of Ohio, so we were stiU in our
old army organization. Our new brigade was ma,de! up of,
the Fortieth Ohio, Eighty-fourth Indiana, and Ninety-
sixth and One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois. It was
well known later as Whittaker's brigade, and although
subsequently much strengthened by additions, it always
retained the above named regiments in its organizatdon. .

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 29
The bloody, but undecisive battle of Stone River, fought
on the last days of 1862, left the Army of Rosecrans
grouped in and about Murfreesboro, while the enemy had
fallen back to the general line of Duck river, Por some
months following General Rosecrans gave his attention
to the recuperation and re-enforcement of his army pre
paratory to another campaign. Although no attack in
force was apprehended from the enemy, yet with his great
superiority in cavalry he was able to annoy us greatly, in
many instances capturing out-posts, and keeping the
whole army on the lookout. Mareh 4th, a general recon
noissance was made to ascertain the strength and position
of the enemy in our front. On this date, Colonel Coburn
started from Franklin with a force of three thousand, and
met the enemy three miles north of Spring Hill, the en
emy retreating and our forces occupying Spring Hill.
The next day he made a farther advance, but at Thomp
son's Station he met the enemy and was defeated with a
loss of half of his command.
On March Sth, the day of Colonel Coburn's defeat, we
were hurried from Nashville to support the expedition,
but did not reach Franklin in time to be of service. The
enemy however, still holding a threatening position at
Spring Hill, on the 9th, General Granger advanced against
him, driving him from Spring Hill, and on the day fol
lowing, drove him across Rutherford's Creek near Colum
bia. The high, waters of Rutherford's Creek and Duck
River prevented any farther pursuit, and the expedition
returned to Franklin on the 12th. In this short, but
sharp campaign, our regiment participated, a proper in
troduction to its future comrades of the Army of the
Cumberland. During our stay in FrankUn the duty was very heavy —
as in addition to the large- picket force maintained in out

30 HISTORY OF THE
front, large details were made daily to work on Fort Gran
ger, a large earthwork on the north bank of Harpeth River,
and commanding the town and railroad crossing. Aside
from the hard work, the stay in camp at Franklin was
pleasant, as we were in a delightful situation, and in di
rect communication with Nashville and home. The cav
alry of the enemy however, still continued to hover in
our front, and on March 25th General Forrest, attacked,
and captured,at Brentwood, midway between NashviUe and
Franklin, two regiments of our Division, the Twenty-
second Wisconsin, and the Ninteenth Michigan. Early
in April, the mounted force of the enemy in our front was
so greatly increased that some alarm was felt for the safety
of our reserve corps of seven thousand men at Franklin.
General Van Dorn with nine thousand cavalry, two regi
ments of infantry, aud several pieces of artillery, was re
ported at Spring Hill, and along the pike south of there
to Columbia, and on April 9th, General Stanley was or
dered from Murfreesboro, by way of Triune, to strengthen
General Granger at Franklin.

FIRST BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.
It is quite probable that the movement of General Stan
ley from Murfreesboro on the 9th, precipitated the attack
made on FrankUn at noon on the 10th. If Van Dorn
could have had any hopes of a successful attack on Fran-
Un, he knew that it must be made before General Stanley
could reach there.
On the morning of the 10th, our regiment, with Captain
Matchett of company "G.," in command, was sent out to
picket our front south of FrankUn. Although we had a
strong cavalry picket stiU farther out, yet, apprehensive'

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 31
of danger. Captain Matchett disposed his small force so
as to best resist and attack. At the Carter House, a some
what prominent feature in another and greater battle,
companies "A." "B." "E." and "I." were left as a reserve ;
companies "G." and "H." were sent forward on the Col
umbia pike, company "C." to the left on a divergent pike,
while companies "D." and "F." were posted on a pike
leading to the right. While in this position, a large
mounted force suddenly drove in our cavalry, and made
a furious attack on our advance posts, but were so warm
ly received, that it fell back in some disorder. Company
"C." being peculiarly exposed. Captain Matchett ordered
"A." and "B." to its sunport, these companies coming up
just in time to check a second attack, and save company
"C." from capture.
Although these initial assaults had been bravely met
and repulsed, yet it was evident that the enemy was in
such force that it was impossible to hold that position
much longer, and when' Captain Matchett saw a long line
of battle advancing he ordered his men to fall back slow
ly, still keeping up their fire upon the enemy. This ret
rograde movement was the signal for the rapid advance
of a great mass of mounted rebels, and before we could
reach the protection of the town, the enemy was upon us,
dashing beyond us, through the village, and down to the
pontoon bridge. The artillery of Van Dorn was advanced
and took position at the Carter House, and from that
point threw shell into Fort Granger, and our camps on
the north side of Harpeth River. At this time, our regi
ment was broken into detatchments, each man, or group
of men, fighting the enemy wherever he appeared, in front
or rear.
Although the charge of Van Dorn through and over
our regiment, through the town, and almost up to the
muzzles of the guns in Port Granger, was a brilUant and

32 HISTORY OF THE
daring feat, yet it was fruitless, as unsupported by infan
try, the daring riders had to get out of Franklin more
rapidly than they entered. The big guns of the Fort
opened upon them, and the rapid movement of our forces
just across the river, caused them to fall back, leaving
dead and wounded all along their track of advance and
retreat. It is difficult to understand the object of this attack.
There is no doubt of the fact that Van Dom had a force
sufficiently large to seriously endanger our small Corps
at Franklin, but the attack on the 10th was not made with
a, persistence which promised any good results. It is
probable that, knowing of General Stanley's approach,
his dash into Franklin was in hope of capturing our reg
iment ; this failing, he got out of the way promptly, not
wishing to take the chances of finding General Stanley in
his rear.
' The- losses of the enemy are not certainly known, as
the killed and wounded in the extreme front were doubt
less removed. In, and near the town, we found eleven of
their dead, among them three officers. In addition to
this, we captured about fifty, m ost of them wounded
The loss to our regiment was all from companies "A.,"
"B." and "C." The killed, were Sergeant Wilson Bur
rows of Company "A."; Tom Huntingdon, and Wash
Link of Company "C," and Babb of Company "B."
Woolheather and Brady of Company "C," died of wounds
the same night. A strange feature of the casualities was
the almost entire absence of any but mortal wounds. In
addition to those above r mentioned, I do not remember
of but one other wounded man in our regiment. Morrow
of Company "B." There were ten missing, captured, so
our total loss was sixteen.
The remainder of our stay at Franklin was witiiout
epecjifil incident

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 33

TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN.
AU through the later part of winter arid the spring of
1863 there was a continuous, and somewhat acrimonious
correspondence between General Halleck, Commander-in-
Chief, and General Rosecrans, with regard to an immedi
ate advance against Bragg, the former, urging an aggres
sive campaign at once, the latter, making repeated calls for
reinforcements, and declining to move until his army
could be jbrought up to his ideal standard of efficiency.
Month after mpnth passed with no decided changes in the '
relative position of the two armies, but early in June
there were indications of an advance in the near future^
At this time Bragg occupied a strong position, his in
fantry front extending from Wartrace to Shelbyville, with
strong bodies of cavalry on either flank. At Shelbyville
was General Polk's Corps, strongly intrenched, and pre
pared for any attack, which it seemed probable Rosecrans
would make when he saw fit to move. Rosecrans, how
ever, not wishing to encounter the formidable opposition
certain to be met with in General Polk's front., determin
ed- to keep up an appearance of an attack on Shelbyville,
while the real movement should turn the right of Bragg's ¦
army, thus forcing him from his intrenchments, and to a
battle on ground of his own selection. The first step in
this movement against Shelbyville was the transfer of our
corps from Franklin to Triune, thirteen miles on the road
to Murfeesboro. The march was raade June 2d, our reg
iment being the rear guard, and getting into camp aftfe'r
dark. We remained at Triune three weeks, during whieh
time there were many reconnoissances, many dashes of
the enemy upon our lines; and each day bringing with it

34 HISTORY OF THE
rumors of an attack. On June llth, so apprehensive
were we of an attack in force that the troops were kept
nnder arms all day j and on the 13th, our brigade was
sent out on a reconnoissance, but retumed at dark, with
no other incident than a slight skirmish with our old
friends, Van Dorn's cavalry.
June 23d, our corps was moved to Salem, within five
miles of Murfreesboro. Our movements were only a part
of a general plan, and for several days our position was
not greatly changed, waiting for proper disposition of
forces on our left ; the whole movement doubtless being
delayed by incessant rains that, from the 24th, rendered
the roads almost impassable. On the 27th, we marched
towards Shelbyville, our advance encountering the enemy
at Guy's Gap, and after a sharp fight, forcing him back
upon a strong line of earthworks four miles north of
Shelbyville. It now being apparent that General Polk
with the main part of his infantry had abandoned Shel
byville, and withdrawn across Duck River, General Stan
ley, with Minty's brigade of cavalry, charged the intrench
ments and routed the enemy, pushing him into Shelby
ville. General Mitchell coming up on the right flank, the
defeat was total, our forces following the retreating foe
closely into, and through the town. The results of the
action was the capture of all of the enemy's artillery, and
about five hundred prisoners, while two hundred were
either killed or drowned in attempting to swim Duck
River. Our regiment took no part in the capture of Shelbyville,
our brigade having been halted for the night at Guy's
Gap. The next, day, we marched back to within eight
miles of Murfreesboro, and on the 29th returned again to
within five[[miles of Shelbyville ; these apparently aimless
movements doubtless being made with reference to opera-

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 35
tions of other portions of the army. June 30th we march
ed into Shelbyville, our part of the Tullahoma campaign
being finished.
The part borne by the reserve corps in this short but de
cisive campaign, seems tame in comparison with some of
its experience a few months later, but no part of the army
was more honorably or conspicuously engaged than we
were. The entire loss to our army in the campaign of
nine days, which forced Bragg from his entrenched line
from Wartrace to Shelbj'ville, and gave us possession of
middle Tenijessee, was only eighty-five killed, four hun
dred and eighty-two wounded, and thirteen captured.
During our stay at Shelbyville our regiment was quar
tered in and about the town, doing duty as provost guard.
The people of the town seemed much pleased with the
advent of the "Yankees," as, when our corps marched in
with banners flying, it was greeted with cheers and wav
ing handkerchiefs, and if the population were not mainly
loyal to the old flag, they had a happy faculty of concili
ating what just then was the dominant power.

WARTRACE AND TULLAHOMA,
We remained at Shelbyville until July 3d, when much
to our regret, we were ordered to Wartrace, eight miles
distant, on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.
Marched at 7 A. m. in a drenching rain which continued
all day. The road was in a wtetched condition, the streams
all full, through which the men had to wade.
Got into camp at 6 p. m., our regiment occupying an
old rebel camp at the junction of the two railroads. The
country, for quite a distance around Wartrace, had been
occupied by Bragg's army, and was in a horribly filthy

36 HISTORY OF THE
condition, and out principal duty for several days was to
thoroughly clean up our camps and surroundings. The
difference between the Federal and Confederate armies in
attention to sanitary condition of their camps was seen
here as elsewhere, the latter seeming to have given no at
tention to this matter, allowing the dirt and filth that
must accumulate about a camp, to remain undisturbed.
With us, the most thorough policing was enforced. Not
only was it the duty of the officers of each company and
regiment to see that the quarters were thoroughly swept
each morning, but a medical officer from the. brigade was
detailed each day whose duty it was to report any failure
in the performance of such duty on the part of a company
or regiment. By these means our camps were kept sciu-
pulouslj' clean.
The country around Wartrace was very fine, and there
being no enemy near us, men and officers enjoyed frequent
rides into the country. July 8th, the first train of cars
arrived from Nashville, and the next day, the road was
sufficiently repaired to allow them to go on to Tullahoma.
With our communication to the rear undisturbed, our six
weeks stay at Wartrace, although monotonous, was rather
pleasant. The only incident of interest was the visit,
August 3d, of General Rosecrans and staff, who came to
review the troops. To most of us this was the first view
of the leader of the army, but to our regiment. General
Garfield was an old acquaintence. His greeting to the
men of our regiment, many of whom he had known per
sonally on Sandyj was cordial in the extreme.
August 12th received orders to march. Marched at 3
p. M., and encamped at 9 p. m., south of Duck River. At
dawn on the 13th, our regiment in the advance, we started
for Tullahoma, and went into camp there at noon. Agaitt
BO unfortunate as to get into an abandoned rebel camp.

FOKTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 37
where we remained until the 17th, when we moved into
,town, our regiment being quartered on the railroad near
the depot. While at Tullahoma, Lieutenant-Colonel
Jones of our regiment, was in command of the Post, Col
onel Taylor having gone home on recruiting service. The
village was a co,sy looking place in spite of the previous
presence of a large army. There were numerous fine
springs in the vicinity, and the place had been for some
years quite a summer resort, A large hotel for accommo
dation of visitors was used by us as a hospital. Several
large forts, with long lines of breastworks reaching for
mi'es into the country, showed how difficult it Avould have
been to have forced Bragg out by a direct approach.
When Bragg abandoned Tullahoma on the night of
July 29th, and tetreated rapidly across Duck River, the
Cumberland Mountains, and the Tennessee River, the
former pressure from General Halleck for an immediate
advance against the enemy's new position at Chattanooga
was resumed. As in the spring. General Rosecrans de
clined to move until the conditions were favorable. The
repair of the railroad to Bridgeport, 'the ripening of
the growing com in the country, and more cavalry were
three things he deemed essential to a successful advance,
July 25th the trains were running to Bridgeport, but it
was not until August 16th, that the advance began.

CHICAMAUGA CAMPAIGN.
It is difficult to conceive a more difficult task than that
assigned our army. Chattanooga has such natural de
fenses on the north as to make a direct approach in the
face of a determined enemy not at all promising. The
Cumberland Mountains were to be passed, then, if ap-

38 HISTORY OF THE
preached by way of McMinnville, Waldron's Ridge, and
last, the Tennessee River ; or, if crossing the Tennessee at
Bridgeport, then came Sand Mountain, and Lookout
Mountain standing almost impassable barriers in our
way. The difficulties of a direct advance were so great
that Rosecrans decided to force the evacuation of Chat
tanooga as he had done Tullahoma by a flank movement.
This plan depended for its success upon deceiving the
enemy, leading him to suppose a direct attack was in
tended, while the real movement should be rapidly made
on his left flank. In pursuance of this plan, August 16th
the movement of infantry and artillery was commenced
across the Cumberland Mountains, and in a few days
quite a force was in Sequatchie Vallej'. From this point,
two brigades of cavalry were sent over Waldron's Ridge,
and were there joined by two other brigades coming in
from the extreme left at Pikeville, making in all six or
seven thousand men in the Tennessee Valley. This force
occupied the north bank of the river from William's Is
land to Kingston, the main force however, being opposite
Chattanooga, and at the mouth of North Chickamauga
Creek. The shelling of the city by Wilder's artillery, the
long front occupied by our men, and the presence of large
bodies of infantry in Sequatchie VaUey, had the desired ef
fect in entirely misleading General Bragg as to Rosecran's
plan of campaign. While his attention was given to the
threatened attack in front, or an effort to turn his right
flank by crossing the Tennessee at the mouth of North
Chickamauga, where Sherman did the following year, the
real movement to the enemy's left was in progress. This
movement cannot be noticed here in detail ; it only need
be said that the army commenced crossing the river Au
gust 29th, at Caperton's Ferry, Bridgeport, Battle Creek,
and Shellmound ; that by September 4th, nearly the en-

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 39
tire army was on the south bank ; that September 7th,
and Sth, Chattanooga was being evacuated, and on the 9th,
General Crittenden rnarched in and took peaceable pos
session. With scarcely a skirmish, without loss, and as
the result of the most brilliant strategy, Chattanooga, the
objective of all movements of our army since Stone
River battle, the gateway to the South and East Tennes
see, thus fell into our hands. In all the war there was
nothing more brilliant, nothing more completely success
ful, than the movements by which Rosecrans forced the
rebel army out of Chattanooga.
While the feint on the left and in front of Chattanooga
was in progress, we were lying quietly at Tullahoma, but
the movement to the right, the first steps of which was
the crossing of the Tennessee from August 29th to Sep
tember 4th, soon caused an advance of the reserve corps.
While at Tullahoma our brigade had been scattered, the
Ninety-sixth lUinios being at EsteUe Springs, the One
Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois at Fosterville, Company
"E." of our regiment at Manchester, and Company "F."
seven miles out doing guard duty at a bridge. The ad
vance of the army in front reunited our detachments,
and September 7th we started on the campaign that ended ^.
at Chickamauga. On this day, marched thirty milea apjd
encamped at Cowan, foot of Cumberland Mouritaift.^ ,
The roads were very dusty, and the march was very fatig
uing. September 8th, marched early ; all day crossing the
mountians. Roads rough, many wagons breaking down,
dust intolerable, altogether a hard day's work, and all
were glad to get into camp at dark within four miles of
Anderson. September 9th, marched to Stevenson, getting
there at 3 p. m. The heat, dust, and hard work of, the
three preceding days caused many of the men to break
down, some of whom were left in general hospital at

40 HISTORY OF THE
Stevenson. September 10th, marched to Rridgeport,.
reaching there at 3 p. m., and going into camp one and a
half miles down the river from the railroad bridge across
the Tennessee. September llth, remained in camp all day.
September 12th, crossed the river and went into camp.
The evacuation of Chattanooga probably led to the im
pression that our campaign was about closed, at least
everybody went to work to clean up the ground as if for
a long stay. While thus occupied, orders came to store
all tents, baggage, everything that could hinder a rapid
movement, and with twelve days rations be ready to march
at daylight next moming. All the afternoon and evening
was thus spent, packing personal effects, overhauling the
sick list, and determing who should remain, and in load
ing the few wagons that were to accompany us. Septem
ber 13th, marched early and steadily, with scarcely a halt
until dark, when we were halted to allow coffee to be made.
Rested until 11 p. m. when we took the road again and
marched all night. In the morning of the 14th had our first
view of Lookout Mountain, and as we passed over the
nose of the mountain had a fine view of Chattanooga,
the little town that for nearly two years had been the ob
jective of large armies. Passing down into Chattanooga
Valley, and crossing Chattanooga Creek, we got into camp
at Rossville, five miles south of Chattanooga at noon.
By way of explanation of our sudden movement from
Bridgeport, a brief notice of the movements of the advance
corps of our army is required. Chattanooga having been
evacuated, our army in three columns, was in full pursuit
of, what was supposed to be a retreating army. General
Thomas in the centre, with one corps was marching
straight for LaFayette ; Crittenden with another corps
was on the Ringgold road, while McCook with a third
corps, was far to the right, straining every nerve to get, in

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 41
the rear of Bragg's fleeing army. By the 10th, the day
after our occpation of Chattanooga, all of our widely
separated corps met with such opposition as to demon
strate that the enemy was no longer retreating, but was
possibly in such force and position as to endanger the
safety of our culumns which were too far apart to be of
any assistance to each other. Pollard, in his Southern His
tory, says that an attack on our columns in detail was
ordered by Bragg to be made on the 10th. General Bragg
then had almost his entire army at Lafayette, near which
was General Thomas with a single corps. The plan was
to fall upon General Thomas with such a mass as to in
sure his distraction, then, by a rapid, march to Rossville
and out the Ringgold road, crush Crittenden's corps, and
finally, by a retrograde movement intercept the corps of
McCook before it could escape to the westward of Look
out Mountain and annihilate it. When we consider the
strength of Bragg's army, vastly superior to ours when
all of its parts were united, we cannot doubt that the at
tacks ordered to be made on our separated corps on Sep
tember 10th, if made with the vigor and determination
that characterized the assaults on our lines on the 20th,
would have been "successful. But they were not made
on the 10th, nor at all, until time had been allowed for
the concentration of our army. The precarious condi
tion of our army on the llth, 12th and 13th, accounts for
the forced march of the Reserve Corps, or our portion of
it, fifom Bridgeport to Rossville.

42 HISTORY OF THE

BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.

On the 15th and 16th, the Second Brigade of our Divis
ion, General Mitchell's, reached Rossville. For several
days our regiment had entire rest, although sounds of
distant cannonading heard nearly every day kept us on
the alert. On the morning of the 17th, General Steed-
man, with Mitchell's brigade, made a reconnoissance to
Ringgold, but finding the enemy in force, he returned to
Rossville on the moming of the 18th. Later in the day
of the 18th, our brigade, with a section of the Eighteenth
Ohio Battery, was ordered forward on the Ringgold road,
and when four miles out our advance was fired into. The
brigade was halted, a line of battle formed, and with com
panies "A" and "B" of our regiment in front as skirmish
ers, we advanced. A sharp skirmish followed, we having
one killed. Ninety-sixth Illinois, and three wounded.
At dark firing ceased and our brigade, with companies
"A" and "B" of our regiment still in front, bivouaced
for the night in line of battle.
On the morning of the 19th our regiment was sent to
the support of its two advanced companies, and was soon
engaged with the enemy, Forrest's cavalry dismounted,
and fighting as infantry. Advancing, driving the enemy
across a small stream, other regiments were sent to its
support, and desultory, but sharp fighting was continued
through the day, resulting in a loss of about fifty killed
and wounded. In our regiment we had three killed,
Daniel Lilly, Company "A," and Benjamin Diets and John
Winters, Company "H," and fourteen wounded. During
the day our Second Brigade, with General Steadman,
came up from Rossville, and at night our Division lay on
its arms, the men without blankets and not permitted to

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make fires, suffering greatly through the night. Our hos
pital for the day was at McAfee's Church, a little frame
structure near a fine spring, and near which General
Steadman was quartered. There was no disturbance duri
ing the night, and when the morning came, bright and
beautiful, the warm sun scattering the dense fog which
hung over the low-lands about us, we were greatly sur
prised at the quiet iri our front. Our wounded had all
been sent to Chattanooga the night previous, and every
thing was in readiness for the battle which we all expect
ed to begin with the daylight, but the morning came and
showed us no enemy in our front, and in fact the, quiet
to our right, three miles distant, where the day previous
the roar of battle was continuous, almost lead us to be
lieve the enemy had retreated. At 8^ o'clock, however,
the sounds of battle to our right showed that the battle
of the day preceding was not decisive. These sounds
continued, growing into a roar that shook the pines above
our heads, but about McAfee's Church everything was as
quiet as though the group about it was the ordinary con
gregation gathered there for service on that Sunday morn
ing. To understand this quiet, and our subsequent move
ments, it will be necessary to glance for a moment at
what had transpired in our front and rigjit on the 19th.
On the 17th our army was at Crawfish Springs, the left
being at Lee's Mills. On the 18th, it being evident that
the enemy would attempt a crossing lower down, our
army was extended to the left. Up to the 17th we still
held the crossings of the Chickamauga on the roads lead
ing back to Rossville, but on the night of the 18th the
infantry of the enemy effected a crossing at Reid's, but
after a single brigade had crossed, Colonel Dan McCook,
with a brigade of our corps, succeeded in burning the

44 HISTORY OF THE
bridge. During this night three-fonrths of the rebel army
had crossed to the west bank of the Chickamauga, a fact
that was entirely unknown to General Thomas. On the
moming of the 19th, Colonel McCook, supposing the bri
gade which had crossed at Reid's bridge was insulated,
suggested a movement for its capture, a suggestion which
General Thomas followed by sending General Brannan
with two brigades to reconnoitre the road to the burnt
bridge, and if practicable, capture the brigade supposed
to be separated from any support by the Chickamauga.
This tentative movement brought on the battle of the
19th, as instead of a single brigade, the rebel army was
found on the west bank of Chickamauga. The heaviest
fighting of the 19th was on our center and left. The re
sult of the day's work was favorable to us, but not deci
sive. During the night, General Thomas, in anticipation
of an attack from a largely superior force the next morn
ing, drew back and shortened his line, the same move
ment being made by Bragg with his right, shortening that
part of his line, and massing his forces for a determined
attack on General Thomas' left on Sunday morning.
This condition of affairs explains the quiet in our front
on Sunday morning.
During all the forenoon of Snnday we remained quiet
with the roar of battle only a few miles away. It seemed
as though friend and foe had forgotten us, and men and
officers chafed at the enforced idleness. At 11 a. m.. Gen
eral Granger having come up from Rossville, it was de
termined to march to the right. Although ordered to
hold the roads back to Rossville and Chattanooga, yet
there being no enemy in our front, and the roar of the
guns seeming so mueh Uke an appeal for help. General
Granger deteirmined to respond. Marching through the
woods from the Ringgold road, we struck the Lafayette

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road, along which we marched, guided by the sound of
the cannon. Near Cloud Spring we found the road in
possession of Forrest's cavalry, which we brushed away.
At this point was a sad sight. The grounds about the
Spring had been the site of our hospital. In the fluctua
tions of the battle on Saturday and Sunday forenoon,
the place had been run over by the enemy, and hundreds
of wounded were laying about without attention.
The battle sounds indicating the position of our lines,
we left the road at Cloud Spring and marched at a sharp
angle with the road through the fields to the right, the
rebel cavalry hovering upon our left and rear, killing and
wounding some of our men, but failing to arrest our
progress. The position of our army at this time was critical in
the extreme. During the forenoon the right had been
broken into fragments, and sent whirling back to Ross
ville and Chattanooga, bearing with it General Rose
crans. General Thomas, unaware of the extent of the
disaster on his right, was still fighting stoutly, and hbld-
ing at bay overwhelming numbers. At any time after
noon Thomas had no more than sixteen thousand men,
exclusive of Steedman's two brigades, all of these being
engaged, and not a regiment in reserve, while opposed to
him was not less than forty thousand, many of whom
were fresh, having up to that time been held in reserve.
The enemy, equally ignorant as General Thomas of the
xiomplete demoralization of our right wing, and still sup
posing it to be in fighting condition, lost valuable time in
cautious approaches to our right, but by the middle of
fhe afternoon they had developed General Thomas' exact
position and were getting in on his flank and rear in such
force as to make the result of the next hour's work be
yond all doubt a rebel success. Thomas' line had

46 HISTORY OF THE
shrunken to only a few hundred yards in length, occupy
ing a circular ridge, its convexity to the enemy ; to the
right of this, and at nearly right angles with it, was a ridge
held by the enemy, and through a gorge of which a large
force was advancing to a position exactly in the rear of our
sorely tried army. At this critical moment, when all
hope of reinforcements with which to beat back the new
danger must have fled. General Thomas saw a body of
troops approaching from the north through the fields.
The clouds of dust so obscured the column that it was
impossible to distinguish whether it was friend or foe.
Sending a staff-officer to meet it, with instructions to wave
his hat if it were reinforcements he waited in suspense
until the signal was given that help was approaching,
when he rode down the hill from the Snodgrass House to
meet General Granger, and hastily explaining to him the
situation, sent him with his two brigades to the point of
danger not three hundred yards distant. As the enemy
moved down the northern slope of the ridge, and through
the gorge, to the rear of General Thomas' right flank, our
two brigades, led by General Steedman, charged the ad
vancing foe with a fury that could only have been an
outgrowth of the impending danger, and in twen+y min
utes the rebel host had melted away and both gorge and
ridge was held by bur brigades. For a half hour there
was a lull, the enemy forming and massing for a desper
ate charge aU along our line, during which time our two
brigades had formed line of battle from the right of Gen
eral Brannan, who up to our arrival had held the extreme
right of Thomas' army. At 4 p. m. the blow came. All
along our line the battle raged with the greatest fury.
Eight divisions, nearly all of Bragg's army, making as
sault after assault upon the ridge held by less than twenty
thousand of our forces. Brannan's division, with our

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 47
two bi*igades, did not number over six thousand men, and
in our immediate front was Longstreet's corps of ten
brigades, or not less than twenty thousand men. This
corps made repeated and most determined assaults on
our position, but was repeatedly repulsed, our men per
sistently holding the position gained in the first charge-
As night approached the efforts of the enemy became less,
and at sundown General Thomas, by order of General
Resecrans, commenced the withdrawal of his troops to
Rossville. This was effected without loss to our brigade,
but some of the force, who were last to leave were fiercely
assailed by the enemy and suffered severely. Taking the
Dry Valley road we marched leisurely, the enemy not
pursuing, and at midnight we were in our old camp at
Rossville. Worn out, the men dropped down to sleep
by the side of wounded men who had drifted back from
the battle-field, and awoke next morning to find the
grounds about the Spring and Ross House covered with
wounded and bleeding men.
Such was our part in the battle of Chickamauga. No
history of the battle fails to mention the prominent part
of our two brigades, and yet no history gives sufficient
prominence to the importance of our timely arrival on
Sunday afternoon. And yet without General Granger's
two brigades at the critical moment, the utter rout, if not
annihilation of General Thomas' few divisions was abso
lutely certain. Our valor was fully appreciated by the
enemy, as General Hindman, whose division we routed in
our first charge, declared that "he had never seen Federal
troops fight so well, while he had never seen Confederate
troops fight better." Another evidence of the valor of
our men is the unexampled losses. In our two brigades
of less than four thousand men, we lost, between 2 p. m.
and sundown seventeen hundred and thirty-two in killed

48 HISTORY OF THB
and wounded, or over forty-five per cent, of our entire
force. September 21st, after drawing rations, fell back towards
Chattanooga, and after a short rest was ordered to the
summit of Mission Ridge. Fires were built along the
ridge at night, and breast-works were thrown up as if the
position was to be permanently held, but during the
night our forces were quietly withdrawn within the de
fenses of Chattanooga; the enemy following the next
moming and occupj'ing Mission Ridge and Lookout
Mountain, from which lofty position he looked down
upon the "Gateway" to the East and South, but which he
was to possess nevermore
In this battle we lost two valuable officers : First-Lieu
tenant Cyrenius Van Mater, of Company "G," and Captain
Benj. F. Snodgrass, formerly of "G," but then in com
mand of Company "A." Both of these gentlemen had
enlisted as privates, and had fairly won their promotion
by strict attention to duty, their soldierly bearing, and
the exhibition of many qualities that entitled them to
command. In the withdrawl from Mission Ridge on the night of
the 21st, we were unfortunate in losing one entire com
pany. Captain Meagher, in command of Company "H,"
and some others, detailed from the regiment, in aU about
one hundred men, was on picket, and when the forces
were withdrawn, failed to receive notice, if any was sent,
of the movement. The next morning when the enemy
advanced, our picket had a short but desperate fight^ but
of course was overpowered, and of the number captured
faelongingj to Company "H," nineteen died in rebel
prisons.

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MOCCASIN POINT AND SHELLMOUND.
September 22d. Our brigade marched through the city,
across the river, and went into position on Moccasin
Point, opposite Lookout Mountain. Just above our
camp, on the point of the ridge nearest Lookout, was the
Eighteenth Ohio Battery, which for the next several
weeks kept up an artillery duel with the enemy's guns on
top of Lookout.
On the same day that we occupied Moccasin Point,
our wounded were all moved across the river to thc
Stringer farm, one and a half miles north of Chattanooga,
and from this point, all those able to travel were given a
twenty days furlough.
For many days after our army was in the defenses of
the city, there was a general expectation of an attack by
the enemy, but aside from artillery firing, and an occa
sional sortie, there was no disturbance. Bragg, looking
down from his place on Mission Ridge, upon our forts
and long lines of earth-works around the city, wisely
forebore to assault them, preferring the more tedious, but
more promising process of starvation. During the seige
of Chattanooga, although there was no absolute suffering
among the troops from want of food, yet the men were
for weeks on exceedingly short rations. There were great
losses from starvation, however, among the horses and
mules. Our base of supplies was at Bridgeport and Ste
venson, only an hour's ride distant by rail, and a few
hours by steamer,' but the engmy holding Lookout, and
the south bank of the river, effectually controlled this
short line, leaving us only a route over Waldron's Ridge, a
distance of seventy miles, and the worst road imaginable.

50 HISTORY OF THB
It was impossible to supply the necessary rations and
forage by this long route. The unusual, and continued
hard work soon began to show its effect on the poorly fed
stock, and within a few weeks we lost ten thousand mules
and horses from starvation. They became so weak that
they would drop down dying in the harness, and so thick
ly were their dead bodies strewn along the narrow moun
tain roads, that one could walk a long distance by step
ping from one carcass to another.
October 2nd, General Wheeler captured our train in
Sequatchie Valley, coming up from Bridgeport, where it
was left when we marched from that place September 13th,
burning four hundred wagons, and killing, or taking
away with him, sixteen hundred mules. This train con
tained the tents, blankets, and many of the knapsacks of
the men, as well as all of the personal effects of the offi
cers of our brigade. The loss was a serious inconven
ience to men who had been without blankets, or a clean
shirt for nearly a month.
October 9th, by previous order of the President, there
was a consolidation of the several corps of the Army of
the Cumberland, the Fourth Corps being formed by unit
ing the Twentieth and Twenty-first. The Reserve Corps
was abandoned, it mainly going to the Fourteenth Corps.
Our brigade, however, was sent to the Fourth Corps, and
was known as the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland.
October 19th, General Rosecrans transferred the com
mand of the Army of the Cumberland to General Thomas,
by order of the President. "Old Rosy," as he was famil-
Uarly called in our army, had gone before the transfer
was generally known, and when his farewell to his army
was circulated, there was a feeling of profound regret
among officers and men.

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The question of supplies was becoming a serious one,
and without an early solution of it, the fate of the army
was easily foreseen. Without a shorter line to Bridge
port and Stevenson, the army must soon give up Chatta
nooga. The plan of relief was originated by General
Rosecrans before he was removed, and was subsequently
carried out by General Grant. The initial step was the
floating of troops on pontoon bridges from above the
city, past Lookout, to Brown's Ferry, there to secure a
lodgement on the left bank of the river. The movement
was made on the night of October 26th, and was success
ful. In support of this movement our regiment was
ordered down to the Ferry on the 27th, where our men
threw up intrenchments, and remained in line of battle
during the night at a point between our camp on Mocca
sin Point and Lookout. The 28th, opened with heavy
artillery firing from our batteries on Moccasin Point and
the rebel guns on Lookout. Later in the day, the guns
on Lookout were turned towards Bridgeport, where the
Eleventh Corps, the advance of Hooker's column from
Bridgeport, was passing towards Brown's Ferry. At one
A. M., October 29th, the rebels made a fierce assault on
Geary's Division, Twelfth Corps, then somewhat isolated
at Wauhatchie, several miles back from Brown's Ferry,
in Lookout Valley. The continued roll of musketry
convinced us that there wps hot work across the river,
and prepared us for the order to march at daylight.
Crossed the pontoon at sunrise, and marched about four
miles along the western base of Lookout. During this
march we were constantly under fire from the big guns on
Lookout, but our brigade only lost four, one killed and
three wounded, all of the Ninety-sixth Illinois. The
battle of Wauhatchie had ended before our arrival, but
we remained in position until the afternoon of the 30th,

.52 HISTORY OF THE
when we marched back to our camp on Moccasin Point.
The movement of the last few days had settled the question
of supplies. General Hooker had a firm hold on Lookout
Valley, the river was opened to Bridgeport, and Chatta
nooga was no longer in a state of siege.
October 31st, received orders to be ready for an early
march next morning down the river towards Bridgeport.
November 1st, marched early, crossing the pontoon bridge,
after being detained by a break in the bridge for several
hours, and going into camp on the same ground where
we had halted for breakfast on the moming of September
14th. During the day, met Colonel Taylor coming to
rejoin his regiment after an absence of two months on
recruiting service. November 2nd, marched at daylight,
and reached Shellmound before night. November 3d,
our regiment, with the Ninety-sixth Illinois, was sent two
miles up Nickajack Cove, where we went into camp on
the mountain side. The locality having plenty of timber,
the men at once began the erection of cabins, and in a
week's time had a village of rough, but comfortable log-
cabins. November 6th, a train of cars came down from
Bridgeport, the first since Bragg evacuated Middle Ten
nessee in June. This, and the Paymaster on the ISth,
were the most notable events of our first three weeks stay
at Shellmound.
November 19th, drew six days rations, an indication of
work, and on the 20th ordered to move. Left everything
in camp but forage and rations, marched two miles, and
after standing about for several hours in a drenching
rain, marched back to camp, where we remained all of
next day. November 23d, marched early, going bj'^ way
of Whiteside, and getting into camp in Lookout Valley
at dark.

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BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
The order for us to return to camp on the 20th, was in
consequence of delay in the execution of General Grant's
plans. The assault on Lookout was to have been made
on the 21st, instead of the 24th, as it was. The general
plan of action was as follows : General Sherman was to
effect a crossing of the Tennessee below the mouth of
South Chickamauga, and assault the northern extremity
of Mission Ridge ; General Thomas was to concentrate
his forces on his left to act in concert with Sherman,
while Hooker, with Geary's Division of the Eleventh
Corps, and two brigades of our corps, was to hold Look
out VaUey, and make a demonstration against the enemy
upon the face of the mountain. Up to the 23d, there was
no expectation of Hooker doing more than simply en
gage theenemy's attention, and prevent him from detatch-
ing forces from Lookout to the right of Bragg's line,
where the real effort was to be made. On the 23d, how
ever, there were two events that changed the possibilities
for General Hooker. The advance of our forces in the
centre, one division of our own corps being prominent in
the movement, drove the enemy from his intrenched
lines, held for many weeks, back to the line of Orchard
Knob, a position we, held. This new position not only
gave us a good point from which to assault on the 25th,
but it caused Bragg to transfer a full division from Look
out to strengthen his right, and centre, against what
seemed a threatening demonstration. Another event of
the day was the failure of Osterhau's division of Sher
man's army to cross the river at Brown's Ferry. The
pontoon having broken, with the division on the left bank.

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it was ordered to report to General Hooker. Thus, the
withdrawal of a rebel division from Lookout, and the
addition of a division to General Hooker's slender forces,
made the splendid victory of the next day possible.
What was intended on the 21st, to have been a mere feint,
on the 24th, was a grand success, by which the left wing
of Bragg's army was hurled from a position that seemed
impregnable. At 4 A. M. of November 24th, we were under arms and
ready to advance. Recent rains had so swollen Lookout
creek that it was not fordable. and Geary's division,
with our brigade, was sent to cross the creek higher up,
while the remaining force should construct bridges to
cross in front, the crossing to be covered by our position
on the right bank of the creek. The movement was
promptly made, we crossing the creek at 8 A. m., and by
11 A. M. the entire force of ten thousand men were on the
right bank. Our movement up the creek, shrouded in
the morning mist as it was, did not seem to be noticed by
the enemy, his attention being centered on Osterhau's di
vision, which was making preparation to force a crossing
in his front. With Geary's division in front, and our bri
gade a short distance in the rear, our right being near the
palisades, we advanced around the face of the mountain,
until at 11 A. M. we connected with Osterhau's division
on our left, thus extending our line of battle from the
palisades to the base of the mountain. Thus in position,
the whole line advanced, while the batteries on Moccasin
Point, and others posted on available hills in Lookout
Valley, kept up a steady fire upon the face of the moun
tain, preventing concentration, or change- of position of
the rebel forces. Climbing over boulders, and creeping
through the brush, our part of the line advanced cau
tiously until the enemy was developed, when it pushed

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forward rapidly, regardless of the fierce fire in front, and
the plunging shot from the mountain top, driving the
enemy about one mile to a line of breastworks, which
were charged and captured. At this point Geary's divis
ion halted in obedience to orders, that the whole line
might be readjusted preparatory to a further advance, but
our brigade, thoroughly aroused and forgetful of orders,
pushed through the front line, and continued the pursuit
of the demoralized enemy. Our regiment in advance, the
brigade charged two additional lines of works, capturing
them with a section of artillery at the Craven House, and
the right of our regiment, led by Lieut Col. Jones, pushing
on far beyond the rest of our line, and at one time was
actually in the rear of the rebel line of battle, a position
of danger from which it escaped by a prompt retrograde
movement. The rapid movement of the right of our line,
and especially our brigade, resulted in turning the left
flank of the enemy's position on the face of the mountain,
and gave us many hundred prisoners, who thus cut off
from retreat toward the Summertown road, and exposed
to the deadly fire- of our artillery from the Valley, prompt
ly surrendered, and were gathered in by Osterhau's divis
ion. At the point where Lieut. Col. Jones, with a portion of
our regiment wisely fell back, the enemy, having been rein
forced from the top of the mountain, made a more deter
mined stand, and our troops having nearly exhausted
their ammunition, and a heavy fog settling down upon
the face of the mountain, enveloping both armies, no
farther efforts to seize the Summerton road were made,
the heavy fighting ceasing at 2 p. m. Later, communica
tion with Chattanooga having been opened, fresh troops
came up the mountain, bringing ammunition, and reliev
ing our brigade, which was allowed to drop back out of

56 HISTORY OF THE
line of the severe skirmish fire which was kept up until
near midnight. Without blankets, overcoats, or shelter,
and with no chance for the always welcome hot coffee,
our men dropped down upon the wet ground and shivered
through the night.
History will differ as to whether the capture of Lookout
was a battle or not. General Grant is reported as saying
it was nothing more than a skirmish. To any one famil
iar with the ground over which we advanced, and the
great advantage the enemy had in position, it will always
be a matter of surprise that our success was so sudden
and so complete. Whether it arose to the dignity of a
battle or not, there is no other feature of the war that will
so long live in poetry and painting, or is so firmly fixed
in the memory of the hundred thousand spectators who
from Mission Ridge and Chattanooga Valley, with strain
ed eyes watched the progress of this struggle amid the
mist, and fog, and battle-smoke that hung over the front
of Lookout. And whatever there was of honor, whatever
there was of glory, whatever there was to live in history,
in this brilliant dash across the face of the mountain, our
brigade should have its full share, for it was it, and more
especially our regiment, that reached the flank and rear
of the enemy's defenses, thus cutting off, and rendering
certain the capture of the larger part of their forces in
their works at the foot of the mountain.
The losses in our regiment were eleven killed, viz :
Major Thos. Acton, Jacob Long and Nelson Glaze, Com
pany "A;" James W. Scroggy, Company "B ;" Richard
Evans and George Kenzla, Company "C ;" Creighton
Allen, Richard Beetle, Edward Goodlandor, and William
Emmett Bigelow, Company "D," and Irvine Smith,
Company "K," and fifteen wounded. Among the latter
was private Wylie Church, Company "I," who died in

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hospital at Bridgeport, a few weeks later, and Sergeant
Daniel CoUett, Company "B," who died from his wound
some months later.
The death of Major Acton produced a profound sensa
tion in our regiment, as he had the love of his old com
pany and the respect of the entire cammand. He was
"Offieer of the Day," and in fuU dress uniform, a fact
which possibly invited the fatal bullet.
Before daylight on the morning of the 2.5th, we were
ready for action, fully expecting that the morning would
bring a renewal of the struggle, with its shot and shell
from the summit, and the fierce fire in front, but just as
the sunlight touched the brow of Lookout, a shout arose
from our lines, a shout by a single soldier, caught up by
another, by a hundred, by a thousand, by ten thousand,
and spreading away down into our camps in Chattanooga
Valley, sixty thousand men echoed our greeting to our
flag, which, from the Point of Lookout, floated in the
"golden dawning of a grander day." The mountain was
ours.

MISSIONARY RIDGE AND RINGGOLD.
During the entire day of the 24th, comparative quiet
had prevailed along the lines of our army fronting Mis
sion Ridge. The movements on the 23d and 24th, how
ever, which gave Sherman a hold on the northern
extremity of Mission Ridge, and advanced the Unes of
our centre several hundred yards to Orchard Knob, found
everything in readiness for the great work yet to be done-

58 HISTORY OF THE
General Grant still had in view the success of General
Sherman on the right wing of Bragg, and it is somewhat
curious to notiee how the great cuccess at Mission Ridge
came contrary to the proposed plan. Lookout was as
saulted to prevent a concentration of the enemy in front
of Sherman ; General Thomas was weakened to strength
en Sherman where the main attack was to be made, but
victory came at unexpected points. First, the left wing
of Bragg's army was tumbled off of Lookout by us on
the 24th ; next, the weakened rebel centre was pierced by
General Thomas, while . yet . Sherman was thundering
away at the right flank of Bragg's army.
The heavy fog, or mist, which hung over the valley,
and around the foot of the mountain on the morning of
the 25th, prevented us knowing if the enemy had given
up his hold on the valley or not, and to develop his po
sition, our regiment was sent forward to reconnoitre.
Advancing down the east side of the mountain, and into
the valley, the evidence of evacuation was complete, as
the rebel dead, and abandoned guns and stores, all spoke of
precipitate flight during the night. This determined, our
forces moved down from the mountain in obedience to
orders to move out on the road to Rossville. At the
crossing of Chattanooga creek, a deep stream, with pre
cipitous banks, we were detained several hours, the enemy
having burned the bridge in his retreat. The crossing
effected, we advanced rapidly towards Rossville, pushing
the enemy before us up Mission Ridge and through the
gap. At Rossville our forces were disposed as follows ;
Osterhaus' division, marching through the gap, took
position on the eastern slope of the ridge, our two bri
gades in the gap, and Geary's division on the western
slope, and thus formed, we were ordered to sweep the
ridge towards the north.

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Meantime, while we were marching from Lookout, and
getting into position at Rossville, the rest of the line was
not idle. Sherman had been pounding away at Hardee
on the north end of Mission Ridge since daylight, Gen
eral Thomas sending division after division to his support,
while Bragg made a corresponding depletion of his centre
to strengthen Hardee. At length the opportunity for the
centre came, and six cannon shots from Orchard Knob
gave the signal to advance at 4 p. m., and the historic
charge on the ridge was made, Wood's division of our
corps being the first to reach the summit. While General
Thomas' troops were struggling up the ridge in front of
Orchard Knob, General Hooker gave the order for the
rapid advance of our Une. The enemy here held a breast
work thrown up by us on the night of September 21st,
and made a sharp resistance, but our two brigades dashed
forward, sweeping all before them, the rebels fleeing down
the mountain side only to be captured by Osterhaus, or
along the ridge to fall into the hands of one of Thomas'
divisions now advancing tort^ards us. Our captures at
this point amounted to two thousand men, and one gun.
among the prisoners beirig a son of John C. Breckinridge, '
At sunset our work was done, and we held Mission
Ridge the whole length of its front. General Hardee only
still holding his position opposite Sherman. Bivouaced
for the night on the rocky summit we had so nobly won.
November 26th, ordered in pursuit of the enemy. At
10 A. m., marched back to Rossville, and out on the Ring
gold road, passing over the same route taken by our
brigade September 18th, and the scene of our battle
September 19th. At Chickamauga, and Pea Vine creek,
we were greatly delayed, the enemy having burned the
bridges. Crossing the men on a temporary bridge, swim
ming the horses acrosSj and leaving the artillery, we pressed

60 HISTORY OF THE
forward, overtaking their rear guard ¦ at sunset, and skir
mishing with them until midnight, when we halted forthe
night. November 27th, moved early, our brigade in the rear*
Our advance began skirmishing with the rear guard as ear
ly as nine o'clock. Pressing them closely, many captures
were made before reaching Ringgold, through which theen-
emy was pushed, but who finally made a stand on Taylor's
Ridge, and in the gap through Avhich the railroad passes,
just east of town. The position was a strong one. A
ridge several hundred feet high, through which was a
narrow gorge. The ridge and front was held by Cleburne.
and the gap was defended by a battery of artilery. Our
artillery had not yet come up^ but Hooker determined to
feel the enemy at once, and a brigade of Osterhaus' divis
ion was sent forward, and meeting with opposition, other
brigades were sent in support, until a strong line of bat
tle was pressing upward toward the summit. Up to this
time, the enemy's defense had not been vigorous, but now
he showed his strength by delivering a terrific fire in
front, while he sent a brigade to either flank of the as
saulting column. Our men fought gallantly, but were
forced to retire, which they did slowly, closely followed
by the enemy, who made a desperate effort to push us
across the railroad and into the town. At this juncture,
Geary's division was ordered up, and a brigade sent to
the left, where a gorge seemed to offer some protection to
an assaulting column, but which proved the most fatal
point in the line, as the enemy, concentrating there, was
enabled to pour in a most destructive cross and enfilading
fire. The brigade struggled up the gorge, however, the ,
Seventh 01>io reaching' the summit^ but no column CQuld
stand the terrible fiie pf the enemy long, an4 our forces
fell back, the Seventh Qbio alfpost annihilated. Just ai

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 61
this time, our brigade marched through town, and form
ing in line of battle at the railroad, was about to be sent
to the assistance of the assaulting column, but General
Geary, seeing the utter hopelessness of the attack, with
drew the troops.
This assault was ill-timed and disastrous, and was said
to have subjected General Hooker to sharp censure from
General Grant, who came up in the evening.
November 28th, sent our wounded back towards Chat
tanooga on flat cars, which were pushed by our men as
far as Chickamauga Station, ambulances taking the
wounded from that point. Our brigade engaged in tear
ing up the railroad. Destroyed ab otit one mile of track,
heating, and twisting the irons, so that nothing but a roll
ing mill could ever make them again available. Night
very cold, and as the men had neither overcoats nor blank
ets, there was much suffering. 29th and 30th, idle in
camp, the only duty keeping up good fires. December
1st, marched at 2 A. m. in the direction of Chattanooga,
our march being made by the light of the burning town
Marched all day steadily, and halted for the night on the
ground where we formed for an advance on Lookout No
vember 24th. The day was very cold, the ground being
frozen hard, the roads rough, and the men, from expos
ure, and want of sleep on account of cold, as well as the
long day's march, were as much broken down at night as
at any time during their service. December 2nd, marched
early and steadily, reaching Shellmound at 3 p. M. Never
did home seem more delightful, more comfortable, than
did our cabins perched on the hillside, to our weary, foot
sore regiment.

62 HISTORY OF THE

WINTER QUARTERS.
After our retum to Shellmound. we had several weeks
of uninterrupted rest. The winter was exceptionally
cold, January 1st still being remembered North and South
as the "Cold New Year's day." Our regiment however,
was comfortably housed, well clothed, and well fed, so
that the winter passed pleasantly. Contrary to expecta^
tion, the severe campaign caused no sickness, and a few
days rest removed all trace of the hard work. The good
health of the regiment I think is proven by an entry in
my diary. Under the supervision of Steward Otwell, and
Will Carver a squad of men had worked a week in the
erection of a commodious log cabin for a Hospital. It
being finished, I wrote in my diary January 19th : "Doc
tors Isaminger and Matchett looking sharp after a patient
to put in our new Hospital."
During our stay at Shellmound, Lieutenant-Colonel
Jones resigned on account of ill health. This, and the
loss of Major Acton at Lookout, caused the promotion of
Captain Watson, Company "D," to Lieutenant-Colonel,
and Captain Reeves, of Company "F," to Major. . Our
rest gave time for consideration of the question of re-
enlistment. At one time, the feeling was so strong as to
make it probable that enough would re-enUst to continue
the Fortieth as a Veteran organization, but only "E," "G,''
"I" and "K" finally had a sufficient number of veterans
to hold their organization, although every company had
quite a number of re-enlistments.
By the middle of January the weather had greatly mod
erated, and by the last week in the month it was delight
ful, almost like April weather in Ohio. This pleasant

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weather made the men restless, and long for a more active
life and change of locality, so, when orders to march
came on the 25th, everybody commenced preparationn
with alacrity.

BLUE SPRINGS.
January 26th, marched at 10 A. m. and when two miles
out from Shellmound went into camp, waiting for our
wagon train to get through the "Narrows." 27th, marched
and camped for the night at Whiteside. 28th, marched
at 7 A. M. and went into camp at 3 p. m. at foot of Look
out Mountain, waiting for our trains to pass over the
"Nose" of Lookout. 29th, marched through Chattanooga,
and out by Orchard and Bald Knobs, and camped at foot
of Mission Ridge. 30th, marched leisurely, passing over
Mission Ridge and went into camp about noon at Tyner's
Station, where we remained until February 3d, when we
marched to Ooltewah, fifteen miles east of Chattanooga.
By February 6th our brigade was grouped about Blue
Springs, four miles south of Cleaveland, on the road to
Dalton. During February there was much anxiety felt for the
.small army of General Sherman, who on the 3d of the
month left Vieksburg with twenty thousand men, and
pushed boldly for the interior of Mississippi. This move
ment was to have been supported by a column of eight
thousand cavalry which left Memphis February 1st, feut

'64 HISTORY OF THE
which was met, and beaten by the enemy before forming
a junction with Sherman. This failure arrested Sherman's
movement at Meridian, one hundred miles east of Vicks
burg. To make a diversion in favor of Sherman, by pre
venting Bragg from detatching any forces to assist Gen
eral Johnson, who was opposing Sherman, or, in case any
considerable force had been sent from Bragg to Missis-
sipi, to attack his position at Dalton, our division, with
Long's Cavalry, and three divisions from General Thomas'
army, were put in motion towards Dalton February 22nd.
Only the movements of our regiment and brigade will be
noticed here.
February 22nd, marched early and camped at Red Clay,
fifteen miles from Dalton. • Several deserters came in dur
ing the day, and the citizens along our line of march
seemed delighted at our advance. 23d, marched at 2 p.
ivr. rapidly towards Tunnel Hill. Colonel Long, with the
cavalry, skirmished heavily with the enemy, driving his
videttes to within four miles of Dalton. Camped for the
night at 10 P. m. on Tiger Creek; about three miles from
Ringgold. 24th, marched at 9 a. M., falling back to Dr.
Lee's on Red Clay road, thence again toward Tunnel Hill
by another road. Reached a point within one mile of Tun
nel Hill, but at dusk, fell back again to Dr. Lee's. 25th,
marched at 4 a. m. taking the road to Dalton. Demon
stration all along the line against the enemy, our brigade
encountering the enemy in Rocky Face Valley, and skir
mishing with him all day, losing four killed and twenty-
five wounded. After night fell back again to Dr. Lee's.
It being demonstrated that the enemy was in strong
position, and with superior fbrces, any farther efforts to
dislodge him were deemed hazardous, and even to longer
maintain our threatening attitude was deemed unwise,
and on the 27th we commenced olir return march.

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and reached our camp at Blue Springs the next day.
March 1st, ordered to Charleston, eleven miles north of
Cleveland, at the crossing of the Hiawasa river by thc
East Tennessee railroad. Left camp at 9 a. m. and reach
ed Charleston at sunset, having inarched all day in a
drenching rain. Just across the river, in the village of
Calhoun, was a large number of sick, left by Long's bri
gade of cavalry when it started on the late reconnois
sance. Dr. Isaminger, of our regiment, took charge of
them, fitting up an old Academy building for a hospital.
iMarch 9th, returned to Blue Springs, and went into camp
near division headquarters.
March 22d was characterized by a heavy snow storm.
The snow was ten inches deep, a thing unknown there.
The citizens seemed to think the Yankees had brought
with them their New England weather. April 10th, the
brigade was formed in a square to witness a most humili
ating scene. A member of our regiment, by sentence of
Court Martial, had his head shaved and was drummed
through the camp. Whatever previous breaches of dis
cipline he may have been guilty of, later, he was a good
¦,?oldier, and was killed at Kenesaw, Georgia, in June fol-
fowing- The month of April passed with but Httle of interest.
There were the usual rumors of an attack by the rebels,
or an early advance on our part, and by the 27th, orders
to send all extra luggage back to Bridgeport, gave prom
ise that a movement in the near future was probable.
On the 29th, the baggage was sent away, and on May 2d,
.^11 soldiers unfit for active service were ordered to report
with discriptive rolla at Brigade hospital preparatory to
being sent to the rear. ,

t)6 HT.STORV OF THK

ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
At noon. May 3d, we marched out on the road to Dal
ton, going into camp at Red Clay. May 4th, marched
early and encamped at 3 P. m at Catoosa Springs, where
we rested until May 7th, waiting for the concentration of
the Grand Army of Sherman in front of Dalton. At this
time our brigade was coniposed of the following regi
ments :
40th Ohio Infantry, 35th Indiana Infantry,
51st Ohio Infantry, 84th Indiana Infantry,
99th Ohio Infantry, 96th Illinois Infantry,
21st Kentucky Infantry, 115th Illinois Infantry.
tt was the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, a position we retained through
the campaign.
The first movement of our forces contemplated the
forcing of the enemy from Tunnel Hill, and a threatened
direct attack upon his main position in front of Dalton,
while the real attack should come from a portion of our
army sent through Snake Creek gap to operate upon the
lines of communication in his rear, thus forcing him from
his strong position at Dalton, and compelling him to
give battle on ground of our selection. On the 7th, the
initial step of this proposed plan of operations was taken
by the advance of the Fourteenth corps upon Tunnel
Hill, where it met with some resistance, but upon the ap
pearance of our corps coming up on the left, the enemy
retired to Buzzards Roost, we occupying Tunnel Hill at
noon. From our position on Tunnel Hill Ridge, the
enemy was plainly seen occupying Rocky Face Ridge,
an impassible mountain, cloven by Mill Creek, the gap

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. b7
through which it and the railroad passed, being known
as Buzzard's Roost. On the Sth, our division, in Une of
battle, advanced one mile into the valley facing Rocky
Face, skirmishing with the enemy through the day, but
retired to Tunnel Hill at night. On the 9th and 10th,
very decided demonstrations were made against the
enemy at all points, and although there was no determin
ed assault, the pressure was sufficiently great to keep the
enemy fully occupied, which was the purpose of General
Sherman. Meantime, General McPherson, with the Army of the
Tennessee, had passed through Snake Creek Gap, and
reached the vicinity of Resaca as early as the afternoon
of the 9th, but finding it strongly fortified, and his flank
exposed to an attack from Dalton, he prudently fell back
to the southern mouth of the gap, a position, he prepared
to hold, thus keeping the road open for the army which
was to follow. On the 10th, it being evident that Mc
Pherson would fail to reach the communications of the
enemy, arrangements were made for the transfer of the
whole army, with the exception of our corps, to the rear
of Dalton, and on the llth, orders for this movement
were issued. At sunrise on the 12th, the movement com
menced through Snake Creek Gap, and by evening nearly
tiie whole army was concentrated near McPherson at the
southern mouth of the gap. During the 12th, there was
no force in front of Dalton but our corps and Stoneman's
cavalry, a fact probably not known to the enemy. Dur
ing the night of the 12th, Johnson's army was quietly
withdrawn, and on the morning of the 13th, we marched
through Buzzard's Roost, and passing through Dalton
at noon, went into camp for the night nine miles south.
-Marched early on the 14th, taking the main road to Resaca.
Skirmishing commenced early, and continued until it was

68 HISTORY OF THE
lost in the roar of battle. In the battle of the afternoon
our division occupied the left of the line, and although
all through the day the enemj^ had been pressed slowly
back, yet late in the afternoon there were evidences of a
concentration upon our left that looked much like an
offensive movement. It was not long before all doubt
upon this point was removed, as the enemy came down
upon our front and flank in overwhelming numbers. The
assault was so desperate, and in such force, that our regi-
merits -wavered, and fell back in disorder. The exposed
position of our division had been reported to General
Thomas, who, in anticipation of what occurred, had or
dered a division from the Twentieth corps to our support,
and without its prompt appearance our division would
have been badly handled, as without reserves, it was being
driven by a force it could no longer withstand. The
credit of the repulse of the enemy at this point, however,
should not be given wholly to the troops from Hooker's
ijorps, as the Fifth Indiana Battery, posted in a position
by General Stanley in anticipation of a possible reverse.
had sensibly cooled the ardor of the pursuing foe before
the infantry got into position. The writer was in a posi
tion to witness the exciting scene, and until then, had no
conception how rapidly guns could be fired. As the .
stream of fugitives .from the front came drifting back tcf.
the left of the battery, closely follow«d by the enemy in
overwhelming numbers, the six guns were brought into
action, and for a half hour there was almost a oontinuo^^^
stream of fire from their muzzles, hurling grape and can-
nister at short; range into the faces, and enfilading the line .
of the pursuers, a fire so hot and steady that the enemy .
halted. At this juncture a division from Hooker's corps
came uf> and the enemy was effectually checked.
Or the 15th there was heavy fighting, mainly by •

l-'OKTIETH OHIO VOL, INFANTRY. 69
Hooker's corps, although along the whole front of our
¦corps there was heavy skirmishing and artillery firing all
day, but with no decided successes. During the night the.
onemy abandoned Resaca, and by morning his entire
army was south of the Oostenaula.

FROM HESAOA TO ACKWORTH. '
In thc pursuit of the enemy from Resaca, as from Buz-
•/ard Roost, and in fact during the whole campaign, thc.
Army of the Cumberland was the central column, follow
ing in the direct path of the retiring foa Early in the ,
morning of the 16th, the Fourth corps marched through
Resaca, a little hamlet whose few houses showed the ef
fect of our artillery the day previous. The march for the .
day was slow, as we were constantly enga,ged with the rear
guard of the enemy which stubbornly resisted our ad
vance. On the 17th, the front of our corps was covered ¦
by a heavy rear guard of the retreating foe, and skirmish- ;
ing commenced early. The enemy, cavalry, artillery, and ,
at aome points infantry, were disposed in successive lines',
behind barrioades, and were evidently wiUing to be attack- .
ed. When pushed from the first position they withdrew
through the lines of the second, only to take another and,
similar position in the rear. In this manner, we pressed
them back all .day, and in the evening, so vigorous was our.
press,ure, that ^ batl^e «eeHaed imminent, but night coming .
. on the fighJijig ce^,&ed,,and we encamped for the night a,

70 HISTORY OF THE
few miles from Adairsville. Marched on the 18th through
Adairsville, meeting with no opposition during the day,
and encamped at night near Kingston. At 8 A' m. our
corps, our division leading, marched toward Cassville.
The enemy was soon developed and pressed slowly back
for several miles, when a strong force was seen approach
ing in two lines of battle. Our division and Wood's di
vision were promptly deployed in front, with Newton's in
support, and awaited the onset. The enemy, seeing our
readiness, halted and covered the front of his Unes witb
barricades. Our artillery, however, forced him from his
first line, and night coming on, the enemy withdrew from
our front, and we went into camp near Cassville, where
the whole army was concentrated.
It is well known that the Confederate General Johnson
on the 18th, planned an attack on Schofield's army when
it was beyond supporting distance from the other corps ;
and that on the 19th a general engagement was contemp
lated, and the threatened, attack on our corps on the
evening of that day, was the opening of what was ex
pected by the enemy to be a decisive battle : but Generals
Hood and Polk, who were in our front, suddenly decided
their positions untenable, and the plan was abandoned.
The question of responsibility between Johnson and his
Lieutenants, Hood and Polk, for the failure of the pro
posed battle, forms interesting chapters in several South
ern histories. On the night of the 19th, the enemy
abandoned his strong positions about Cassville, and
marching through Cartersville, crossed the Etowah the
next day.
For the next three days the army, grouped about Cass
ville, rested, waiting until the railroad could be repaired
and suppUes brought up. On the 23d, with twenty days
rations in the wagons, the army raarched, not directly

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upon the enemy in his strong position at Altoona, but
making along detour to the right, aiming to get upon his
railroad communications at Marietta. Our corps left
camp in the afternoon, and crossing the river four miles
south of Kingston, halted for the night at Euharlee.
Marched at 9 a. m. on the 24th, passing through Styles-
boro, and crossing a spur of the mountains, camped on
Raccoon Creek, near Bumt Hickory. 25th, march to
wards Dallas resumed. Geary's division of Hooker's
corps in the advance, met the enemy in force, the collision
bringing on a bloody engagement known as the battle of
New Hope. All the divisions of Hooker's corps being up,
at 5 p. M. a desperate assault was made upon the enemy's
position, w'hich was repulsed, to be repeated again and
again, but the position was too strong, and at dark our
forces drew off. During the fight a terrific thunder storm
came up, but the roar of artillery, and the rattle of mus
ketry, could be heard above the elemental war. Our corps
had been rushed up in support of Hooker, but only
reached the field at the close of the battle. During the
night, however, we got into position on Hooker's left.
It was now evident that Johnson's army was squarely
across our road to Dallas, and prepared to dispute our
further progress. The 26th was spent in concentration of
the army, and placing its several corps in position. In
getting our position our brigade was under a heavy fire,
not only from the skirmishers, but from the main line of
the enemy. The opposing armies were quite near each
other, in strong intrenchments, with the artillery in com
manding positions. So close were the enemy's lines in
our front that for several days almost an incessant fire
was kept up from the breastworks, the pickets being re
Ueved at night, and each man on the picket line covering
himself by digging a pit, or securing the shelter of a

72 HISTORY OF THE
¦ friendly log. At no time during the campaign were we
exposed to a more fatal fire from sharp-shooters, as the
slightest exposure was sure to invite a bullet. On the
27th, an effort was made to turn the right flank of the
enemy, and for this purpose, Wood's division of our corps
was withdrawn from the line, and with a portion of the
Fourteenth corps, was sent to the left to feel for the right
flank of Johnson's army. At 5 p. m. an attack was made,
resulting in a repulse and a great loss. Preceding and
during the attack, pur portion of the line kept the enemy
fully occupied in our front. The day's work resulted in
a loss of fifteen hundred to our corps.
During the 28th, we were engaged in brisk skirmishing.
On the 29th, thc enemy demonstrated in our front, and
all through the day we were engaged, although no direct
attacks were made. The demonstration against us was a
feint to cover an attack on our extreme left, which was re
pulsed with great loss to the enemy, a fair offset to the
losses in our corps on the 27th. During the next few day.s
our army was shifted gradually to the left, the movement be
ing made in the face of the enemy, and each new position
being strongly intrenched, even if intended to be occupied
only for a few hours. The enemy, recognizing the fact
that he could not prevent us reaching the railroad, aban
doned his long line of intrenchments on the night of the
4th of June, and fell back to another line a few miles; north
of Kenesaw. Resting on the 5th, we moved leisurely on
the 6th, and at 10 p. m. got into camp at Ackworth.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INF.\NTRY.

FROM ACKWORTH TO THE CHATTAHOOCHIE.
Our army remained quietly at Ackworth awaiting the
arrival of supplies, and pleasanter weather. The rain,
which commenced on the 4th, was almost continuous un
til thc last week of the month, making the roads almost
impassable. In addition to the drenching rains, the
weather was unusually cold, making campaigning an or
deal that tested the hardihood and patience of our men.
On the 10th, the whole army moved forward, feeling for
the enemy, who was understood to occupy a chain of hills
from Kenesaw to Lost Mountain, with Pine Mountain
midway between these points, and considerably in front
of the main line. Left camp at 8 a. m., marching towards
Marietta, and skirmishing with the enemy in the after
noon. Next day, made but slight change ; in fact the
rain was so continuous that all active operations were
.suspended. On the 14th our forces were again in motion,
and the Army of the Cumberland was drawn closely
around the front of Pine Mountain, our brigade occupy
ing a central positipn. The movements of the day were
accompanied with sharp fighting. In the afternoon, a shot
from the Fifth Indiana battery, posted with our brigade,
killed General Polk, who, with Johnson and Hardee, were
.pibserving our movements from the top of Pine Mountain.
-That night Pine Mountain was abandoned, and early on
the 15th we marched over the mountain, driving the enemy
from a line of out works beyond. The main line was
, reached about one mile from Pine Mountain. Geary's
division of Hooker's corps, assaulted this line just to our
right, but, was forced tp retire with a loss of several hun-

74 HISTORY OF THE
dred men. At this point, our line was so close to that of
the enemy as to make exposure as dangerous as though
on the skirmish line. Pickets were relieved in the dark
ness of night, and each man protected himself by a gopher
hole, a pile of stones, or rails. It was at this point that
Captain Simonson, our Chief of Artillery, was killed by a
rebel sharpshooter. He was crawling along on the skir
mish line, to be able from personal observation to better
direct the fire of one of his batteries, rolling a log before
him for protection, when hewas killed by a bullet through
his head.
On the 16th there was skirmishing all along the line,
and on our right changes were made that endangered Lost
Mountain, the rebel left. In the aftemoon there was
heavy cannonading, which was continued far into the
night. From a position on Pine Mountain, the night af
forded the grandest exhibition of fireworks imaginable.
From Kenesaw, and all.' along the line of hills to Lost
Mountain, the enemy's 'guns|were belching forth flameS)
while our artillery was in full play.
During the night of the 16th the enemy abandoned Lost
Mountain, and several miles of intrenchments, his left
falling back three ' miles, to a new line pf works already
prepared, on the Marietta side of Mud Creek. On the
17th, we moved forward, driving the enemy's skirmish
line before us across Mud Creek, and our skirmishers in
trenching on the west bank of the little stream, from
which position the enemy made two attempts to dislodge
them during the night. On the 18th an advance of the
other two divisions of our corps, secured a position and
intrenched within a hundred yards of the enemy's works-
During the night the enemy withdrew. Early ' on the
I9th, our division leading, our corps advanced, and forc
ing the enemy across Nose's Creek, halted. The enemy's

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position was well defined, and so strong that two weeks
constant pressure resulted in no important change in rel
ative position.
On the morning of the 20th, General Stanley, with two
brigades of our division, crossed Nose's Creek, and driv
ing back the enemy's skirmishers, fortified his position.
In the aftemoon, our strong skirmish line still farther
pressed the enemy back, carrying a hill covered with a
dense undergrowth. The brigade followed promptly and
at once threw up barricades, which enabled us to hold
the hill in the face of the most desperate assaults. Kir-
by's brigade, of our division, carried a hill near by at the
same time, but was not so fortunate as to hold it, the
enemy driving our forces from it with loss.
The operations at this point on the 20th of June, find
little place in history, but after Chickamauga, it was the
bloodiest day in the history of our regiment. Most of
the regiment was on the skirmish line, and took part in
the movement which gave us the hill, the movement re
sulting in slight loss when compared with what followed
after dark. At this time, the skirmish line had been re
lieved, and was in the rear, but just after dark the regi
ment was ordered forward to reinforce the Thirty-fifth
Indiana, which for some time had been resisting very
determined efforts of the enemy to break our line. In
the darkness, considerable time was lost in getting into
position, and when an advance was made it was only to
find the enemy in quiet possession of that portion of the
Une where the Thirty-fifth Indiana had been a short time
previous. Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, who was leading
the way in this movement, was captured before it was
known to the regiment that any portion of our works had
been abandoned, although the silence at this point was
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was continuous. The true state of affairs having been
ascertained, Colonel Taylor ordered an immediate ad
vance of the regiment, and after a short, but desperate
struggle, in which bayonets were used, guns used as clubs,
»nd men hauled over the works by the hair of the head,
we retook and held the barricade against repeated as
saults of the enemy. As evidence of the severity of this
night engagement, we mention the fact that t-«'0 hundred
wounded from our two brigades came into hospital that
pight, our regiment contributing a large proportion of this
number. Although there was continuous fighting during the next
week, including an attack on General Hooker by Hood's
corps on the 22d, as it did not involve our regiment, de
tails need not be mentioned here. On the 27th an assault
was made at two points on the rebel centre, one of these
being immediately in our front. The assaulting columns
were Davis' division of the Fourteenth corps, and New
ton's division of our corps. At 8 A. M. Davis' division
occupied the intrenchments thrown up by our brigade,
while we were inoved to the left to Support Newton. For
twenty minutes before the assaulting columns moved, all
the artillery available poured a concentrated fire upon the
points to be attacked, while McPherson and Schofield
made strong demonstrations on the eneriiy's flank. The
distance to the rebel line was about six hundred yards,
arid the way was rough, and hear the enemy's Une, waS
obstructed by felled trees, the branches interwoven, form
ing a mesh through which it was alrnost impossible td
force a passage. Frorii the start, Davis' division waS
fitibjected to a galling fire of artillery arid musketry, bnt re
gardless of this, it pushed forward until the enemy's W0rk6
were reached. Exhausted With their rapid ria'oVeriient, and
despairing of carrying t'he wdi-ks, thfe;^ halted. TbeSi-

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. Tl
position was critical. To retreat was annihilation, to re
main was hazardous, but choosing this, they protected
themselves as best they could until night, when they for
tified their position within a few yards of the enemy's
works. Newton's assault, which we were to support, failed be
fore reaching the rebel works. The obstructions and
entanglements held the column under such a terrific fire
that it was recalled, our division not being ordered for
ward. Our loss in these assaults was not less than three
thousand men, and only demonstrated that the enemy's
works were impregnable. A sad feature of the engage
ment was the terrible fate of some of the wounded.
During the fight, the leaves and grass caught fire, and
many wounded, left lying between the lines, -were literal
ly roasted, preseriting a horrible sight when brought into
our hospital.
These assaults were unfortunate, and there must have
been some doubt as to their propriety among military
men, and General Sherman has taken some pains to ex
plain his reasons for ordering them. At 9 p. m. of the
same day, he wrote General Thomas as follows : "Are
you willing to risk the move on Fulton, cutting loose
from our railroad?" Says General Thomas in reply:
"What force do you think of moving with? If with the'
greater part of the army, I think it decidedly better than
butting against breastworks twelve feet thick, and strong
ly abatised," which was as near a criticism as the grim
old soldier probably c'ai'ed to make on the work of his
superior. The result of these assaults probably precipitated the
flanking movement which followed a i&m days later, a
little delay being necessary to fill the wagons with sup-
j^ies.

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June 28th and 29th, comparative quiet in our front.
The sick and wounded being sent to Big Shanty station
for transfer to hospitals in the rear. June 30th, the ene
my made a feeble demonstration in our front, but were
easily repulsed. Captain Charles Converse, Company
"D," was killed, and half a dozen of our regiment
wounded. July 2d, the flanking movement commenced, General
McPherson moving to the right, threatening Johnson's
rear, while our army remained in position in front, keep
ing the enemy as fully occupied as possible. During the
night the enemy vacated the line about Marietta, and on
the morning of the 3d, we marched through their works
at the point where Newton had made the assault on June
27th. An examination of these defenses showed how
hopeless an assault would be. Marched to the right of
Marietta, through the grounds of the Military Academy,
and on the direct road to Atlanta. Overtook rear guard
of the enemy four miles south of Marietta, and drove
them forward into a strong line of earthworks. By mid
night our lines were pushed close up to the enemy where
we intrenched. On the 4th our division, our brigade
leading, charged the enemy in our front, Smj'rna camp
ground, capturing their skirmish line, and developing
their main line. About one hundred of our division
wounded. July .5th. Enemy again fell back from our
front last night. Moved forward to the Chattahoochie at
Vining's station. Supposed the enemy were all across
the river, but found strong force still on the right bank in
strong position at the railroad crossing. From the high
hill at Vining's station, we got our first view of Atlanta,
the "Spectral City," eight or ten miles distant. It seemed
so near that we felt that our campaign was nearly ended,
6ut it took us nearly two months longer to get into the

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city. On the 7th, locomotive with train from the North,
steamed into our camps, its whistle being ansAvered by
another in the rebel lines not a mile distant. July 9th,
Johnson withdrew the remainder of his forces across the
river, burning the bridges after him. In our immediate
front, with the exception of artillery firing accasionally,
CA-erything was quiet from the 6th to the 10th. On the
10th, our division moved to the left, farther up the river
to Phillips' Ferry, where the 23d corps had crossed on the
Sth. Idle on the llth, but On the 12th crossed the Chat
tahoochie in the afternoon, and moving down the left
bank went into camp at Power's Ferry about fourteen
miles from Atlanta. Everything quiet on the 13th, 14th,
15th and 16th ; no firing even by pickets. On the 17th,
moved suddenly in the afternoon down the riA'er in sup
port of our Third division, which was covering the cross
ing of the Fourteenth and Twentieth corps at Pace's
Ferry, and returned to camp at night.
By the 17th our entire army Avas across the Chattahoo
chie. and in the following position : Army of the Cum
berland, our corps being its left, on the right. Twenty-third
corps to our left, and the Army of the Tennessee the ex
treme left. The proposed movement was a right-wheel,
the right of the Army of the Cumberland being the pivot.
The enemy were on the south bank of the Chattahoochie
below the mouth of Peach Tree Creek, and along a line
of hills on the south side of this creek. At 8 a. m.
marched on the road to' Atlanta, crossed Nancy's Creek,
and halted at Buckhead, scA'en miles from Atlanta. The
I9th, was passed in efforts to secure a position on the
south bank of Peach Tree Creek. Our diA'ision marched
in the aftemoon toward Decatur, driving the rebel cavalry
before us and across the north fork of the creek, on the
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80 HISTORY OF THE
Atlanta. On the morning of the 20th, General Howard
with Wood's division joined us, and we moved forward
to form a junction with the Twenty-third corps. This
movement drew us out of the battle of Peach Tree Creek
that afternoon. The battle was expected to crush the
Army of the Cumberland, but only Hooker's corps, and
Newton's division of our corps, were engaged. The de
feat of the enemy was decided. During the day we ad
vanced on the Cross Keys road toward Atlanta, skirmish
ing heavily, and at 11 a. m. were brought to a halt by the
enemy in our front. July 21st, skirmishing all day, our
skirmish Unes being crowded as closely as possible to the
enemy and intrenched. Captain Clement F. Snodgrass,
in command of Company "A," killed on skirmish line.
During the night the enemy abandoned his Peach Tree
Creek line of works and withdrew into the defenses im
mediately around the city. On the morning of the 22d
we moved forAvard early and soon found the enemy in a
line of works quite near the city.

SEIGE OF ATLANTA.

In the grand right wheel of the whole army, which
ibegan on the 18th, the several armies were approaching
Atlanta on widely separated, but converging roads. The
Army of the Cumberland was the right, and the pivot,
iwhile General McPherson, with the Army of the Tennes-

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see, was several miles to the left, nnd having a much
longer road to travel than Ave of th i right. During this
moA'ement there Avere neccessarily gaps between the
armies, and the enemy had chosen the time to strike
Hooker's Corps on the 20th, Avhen Schofield and McPher
son Ave're too far to the left to be of assistance. Not sat
isfied Avith this, another assault was made on the 22nd,
this time on our extreme left, Avhere McPherson, with the
Army of the Tennessee, Avas getting into position. The
attack was sudden, unexpected, and mado with despera
tion, and for a time was successful, but Avas finally re
pulsed with a loss to us of thirty-five hundred in killed,
Avounded, and missing, while of the enemy, three thou
sand were left dead on the field.
On the e.'/ening of the 22cl, our lines on the north and
east Averc close up to the city, so near that at many points
Ave could look into its streets. In closing in upon Atlanta,
thc Army of the Tennessee, and the cavalry still farther
to the left, had destroyed the railroad to the east beyond
any possibility of early repair, and our armies settled
doAvn in front of the city Avatching for a chance to assault
or inviting one from the enemy. Thc experience on both
sides hoAvever, was such that there was no disposition to
assault fortified" lines, and for many AAceks there Avas not
much to change, the monotony of skirmish firing. This
was continuous night and clay, to Avhich was added oc
casionally cannonading, the artillery all along our lines
for miles pouring tons of shot and shell upon the doomed
city, intending, as General Sherman says, to make it of
"little value as a large machine shop, and future depot of
supplies." This continued picket firing .resulted in many
casualties daily, not only on the picket line, but in thc
quarters,. as men were frequently killed behind the works
by bullets descending... By July 25th .the train was up to

82 HISTORY OF THE
our camp, the great bridge across the Chattahoochie hav
ing been rebuilt in six days.
During all this period of apparent Avaiting for an op
portunity to brea'c th? eii-i-ny-'s line, moA'em3-i';s wore
quietly going on having in view the breaking of the Macon
raUroad, the only channel of supplies now left to the
enemy. Infantry was quieti)' AvithdraAA'n from our left
and sent to the right, so that by August 1st our corps,
which. had been in the right Aving of the army, was the
extreme left. This movement to the left commenced on
the 27th, at the same time strong bodies of caA'alry moA-ed
from either flank, all thc movements, both of infantry and
cavalry, having in A'iew the breaking of the railroad south
of Atlanta. On the 28th, while the Sixteenth Corps Avas
getting into position near Ezra Church, on. our extreme
right, the enemy attacked it suddenly, and Avith great
force. Although the Irunt of the battle Avas borne by
?¦wo diA'isions of Logan's corps, the repulse Avas decided,
the enemy leaving seven hundred dead upon the field.
But to return to our own movements. Our position
from 23d to 27th was much exposed, the only safety
being close up under the works. On the 27th our brigade
moved one mile to the rear, occupying an old rebel line
of A\-orks. Army of the Tennessee moved in our front
froni left to right. Heavy cannonading in our front.
28th, went to the front and found a 64-pound rebel shell
in my quarters of the day previous. In afternoon, heaA'y
firing several miles to our right ; battle of Ezra Church.
To August 1st, quiet in our brigade. At dark, August
1st, moved to the left to take the place of the Twenty-third
corps which goes to the right. Our Brigade Headquarters
at the "Soap Factory" where we were intrenched, two
hundred yards in rear of main line, from which we had
a fine view of the city. August 3d, demonstration ordered

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in our front. Our brigade advanced against the rebel
skirmish line, carrying it at some points, but being force 1
to retire. Loss inconsiderable. On the 5th the demon
stration was repeated, probably to attract attention from
our right. On the night of August 9th, the artillery all
along our . lines opened on the city, and Avas replied to
vigorously by the enemy's batteries, keeping up a most
infernal music for several hours. The same entertain
ment on the night of the 14th, continuing without a mo
ment's cessation all night. In the afternoon our division
made another demonstration against the enemy in our
front. Found the enemy ready for us. Tavo of the
Ninety-sixth Illinois killed, and several wounded in our
brigade.

JONESBORO, LOVEJOY AND ATLANTA.
August 25th, the seige of Atlanta was abandoned. The
stretching of our army many miles to the right, reaching
for the railroad, failed in its object, as we ahvays found
the enemy behind works too strong to be assaulted, and
the cavalry raids about Atlanta had also failed in serious
ly interfering with the enemy's coirimunications. The
sick and wounded, and surplus wagons, having been sent
back to an intrenched position north of the Chattahoo
chie, to be guarded by the Twentieth Corps, the remainder
of the ariny commenced the movement around the city.
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84 HISTORY OF THE
Howard having been assigned to the head of an army, a
vacancy made by the death of McPherson, moved out of
the trenches at dark,, losing quite a number of stragglers
during the night. Halted at 2 A. M. of the 26th. March
ed at 8 A. M., the enemy shelling us as Ave moved out.
Went to the right and encamped eight miles southAvest
from Atlanta. 27th, marched at 8 a. m., skirmishing with
the enemy's cavalry and forming line of battle near
Mount Gilead Church. 28th, rested until 4 p m., when
we moved to West Point railroad and encamped for the
night. 29th, engaged in tearing up the raUroad towards
Atlanta. Our brigade thoroughly destroyed two miles of
the track, burning the ties and heating and twisting the
iron. Rested in afternoon. Encamped at Red Oak. On
the 30th, moved eastward toward Macon railroad, our ad
vance division skirmishing with the enemy. Slst, moved
toward Rough and Ready on Macon road, Avhere, in con
nection with the Twenty-third Corps, we thrcAv up barri
cades facing Jonesboro. Continued skirmishing through
the day. Encamped half a mile from the railroad. Dur
ing the day, a division of the Fourteenth Corps had
reached the railroad, and from stragglers captured, learn
ed that two corps of Hood's army had passed +0 Jones
boro. The Army of the Tennessee, on our extreme right,
and going by way of Lickskillet and CampbeUton, was
now in front of Jonesboro.
The orders for September 1st, required a concentration
of all the forces at Jonesboro. Our corps moved early*
to the railroad, and began: the work of destruction toward'
Jonesboro. In the afternoon the battle of Jonesboro Avas
fought, resulting in a signal victo?*y for our army. When
the' battle opened, our division was rushed forward, but
we were so delayed by the thickandeigrowth, and .the
sturdy resistance of the i enemy's skirmishers, that,^

FORTIEl'H OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 85
although deployed, the fury of the battle had passed be
fore aVc reached the field. Night closed the contest, tie
enemy faUing back to Lovejoy Station, our forces bivouac-
ing on the battlefield. Early in the morning of the 2d,
our corps pushed on in pursuit, reaching the starion at
noon. We Avere promptly formed in line of battle, our
division on the left, and at 3 p. m. the order to advance
was given. A nearer approach to the enemy shoAvC'l his
position across the railroad to be too strong to assault,
and particularly as this point of approach Avas completely
swept by Hood's artillery. Supposing that the Army of
the Tennessee would hold the enemy by an attack on his
left, a movement that was to ha\-e been co-operative Avith
our advance. General Stanly made an effort to turn the
right flank of the enemj'. Our division; Avith Wood's, Avas
sent to the left, but the ground was so broken, the streams
and marshes were so numerous, that Ave did not get into
position until 6 p. m., when the order was giA'en to charge.
Wood's division dashed forward and seized the enemy's
works, but could not retain its hold, Avhile our division
was exposed to such a sweeping fire of artillery, and the
ground before it bemg open, the order to charge was coun
termanded. Both divisions intrenched. On the 3d, 4th,
and 5th, our regiment occupied a more exposed position
than at any time in the campaign. In our immediate
front there was a den^e undergrowth which hid the enemy
from view, but Avhich did not prevent their buUets pass
ing over'and through our camp. The picket firing was
incessant, and any exposure above the breastAvork was
hazardous. John Gray, of Company "C," was killed at
this point byabuUett from the enemy's Une, while stand
ing on a slight elevation just in rear of our works.
To go back a little. During the night of September
1st, loud: sounds were heard in direction i of Atlanta. On

86 HTSTORV OF THE
the morning of the 2d a reconnoisance from the Chatta
hoochie Avas met by the Mayor, avJio formally surrendered
the city. General Hood, in evacuating on the night of
the 1st, destroyed immense quantities of supplies and
ammunition, and it Avas the explosion of the latter that
Ave had heard at Jonesboro, and Avas the first intimation
of the abandonment of the place. On the 3d the cam
paign Avas declared at an end, and orders issued for the
return of the armies to Atlanta for rest. On the 3d, 4th
and 5th, our sick and Avounded, and trains Avere being
sent to the rear. On the night of the 5th, Ave quietly
withdrcAv from our intrenchments and fell back to Jones
boro, where the Fourteenth Corps had remained after the
battle of the 1st. The night march was a hard one, as
the recent rains rendered the roads almost impassable,
Our brigade halted at 2 A. m. of the 6th, Avhere Ave remain
ed all that day. Moved e.nrly on the morning of the 7th.
and encamped for the night within eight nriles of Atlanta.
No skirmish firing, and no looking out for the enemy.
On the Sth, marched early, passing through Atlanta and
out on tne Augusta railroad, our brigade going into camp
two miles from the city, near the battle-ground of July
22d. For nearly a month following the occupation of At
lanta our forces had uninterrupted rest. The change
from the constant picket firing, the constant watchful
ness, the continuous strain on the mental and physical
man of the preceeding four months, was wonderful. So
far as we were concerned, the war seemed to have ended
with our campaign, and our camps soon took on all the
appearance of permanent quarters. The frame buildings
in and around Atlanta afforded material for huts, and it
was not long nntil "Headquarters," and many company
quarters, were substantially fitted up as if for the winter.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. »7
The usual policing of the grounds daily Avas enforced,
and our camps AA'ere models of cleanliness. This thor
ough "housekeeping" Avas a matter of surprise to the
enemy. The day following our evacuation ofthe trenches
in front of the city, the Atlanta papers amid all their
rejoicing at what they supposed Avas a falling back of
our army, found space to compliment General Whittaker
on the cleanliness of the ground occupied by his brigade,
a position they recognized by papers, reports, &c., left in
camp. But while the army Avas thus resting, General Sherman
vvas not idle. To him, it must have been a period of
greater anxiety than any during the campaign. The cap
ture of Atlanta, from the opening of the campaign in
Maj'-, had been looked upon as a fixed fact by officers and
men, and it is not at all probable that Sherman was any
less certain of this than Avere his men. But Atlanta Avas
"ours, and fairly Avon." What next? Hood's army Avas
still in our front, and AA'ith it there, further progress Avas
difficult. His army could be pushed back, as it had been
from Dalton to Lovejoy, but the long line over Avhich
supplies were brought for a great army could not be .far
ther stretched Avith safety. The "March to the Sea," de
monstrated that the country was able to supply the army
while moA'ing rapidly, but a campaign that required
time to clear an enemy out of intrenchments, and to re
build bridges, Avould have required supplies from North
ern depots. That no backward movement Avas contemp
lated by our great Captain, or by General Grant, is shoAvn
by the act of sending away the citizens, the accumulation
of stores, and the construction of a shorter line of M'orks
around Atlanta by which a comparatively small garrison
could hold the city against a large army. Whatever
doubt there may have been as to our next moA'ement was
removed by the enemy September 20th,

88 HISTORY OF THE

PURSUIT OF HOOD.
Up to September 20th, Hood's army had remained at
Lovejoy wha e we left it. On that day he moved to Pal
metto. This, in connection Avith Forrest's appearance in
Tennessee Avith eight thousand cavalry, indicated Hood's
intention of getting on to the railroad in our rear, thus
eompelling the Avithdrawal of our ai-my from Atlanta, or
failing in this, to invade Tennessee. This latter plan
was not impracticable. With the Tr.ans-Mississippi forces
of Smith and Magruder, and the large number of desert
ers Avhich he hoped a northern movement would recall to
his ranks, joined to his army, he might fairly expect to
enter Tennessee Avith as large an arrry as faced us at
Dalton in May. With such an armyin his rear, Sherman
must abandon Atlanta and the territory gained in a four
months struggle. So reasoned Hood and his advisors.
To meet the possible danger in the rear. General Thomas
was sent north to provide for defense. On the 29.th of
September Hood began crossing the Chattahoochie, and
by October 1st the rebel army Avas all on the north bank.
October 2d, Stewart's corps struck the railroad north of
Marietta, Avhile the remainder of the rebel infantry mov
ed towards DaUas. By the 4th. haAdng captured the
garrisons at Big Shanty and Ackworth, the enemy was
advancing on Allatoona, where Ave had an immense quan
tity of supplies. On the 5th, this position Avas assaulted
by French's rebel division, which, after a desperate strug
gle, Avas repulsed. From the 5th to the 10th the inten
tions and movements Of the enemy were not well under
stood, but on the llth the Avhole • rebel army. moved
rapidly toward Resaca, and on the same day demanded

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its surrender. General Baum refusing to capitulate. Hood
made no attack, but sent detachments to break up the
railroad toAvard Dalton, the garrison of Avhich place sur
rendered to him on. the 13th. Thus, in ten days. Hood
had effectually broken the railroad from Big Shanty to
Dalton, having captured all the garrisons excepting those
at Allatoona and Resaca. Leaving General Hood at
Resaca, aa'c will go back to note our OAvn movements.
At midnight of October 2d, orders were received for
marching ; the Twentieth Corps to remain iu Atlanta and
at Chattahoochie bridge, Avhile the remainder of the army
should go in pursuit of Hood. Our division marched at
daylight on the 3d, crossing the river by the bridge near
the railroad and going into camp five miles from Marietta,
near Smyrna camp ground Avhere our brigade fought July
4th. October 4th, marched at 8 a. m. passed through Mar
ietta and encamped in the old rebel line of works near
where oiir brigade charged them June 20th. October 5th,
marched slowly. Battle at Allatoona in progress. Gen
eral Sherman, Avho was with our corps, Avhile signaling
from 'Kenesaw assurance of support to General Corse at
Allatoona, witnessed the repeated repulse of the enemy
at that, point. Encamped for the night at Pine Mountain.
The enemy having withdrawn from the railroad, our arm
iesTested on the 6th. Prom our position on Pine Moun
tain we had a fine view Of the relative position of the
armies. Our corps in the centre. Army of the Tennessee
on the Powder Spring road to our left, Army of the Ohio
on Burnt Hickory road to our right, the wings far in ad
vance, the line of camp fires Stretching out a great cres
cent, while far in advance of the horns Of the crescent.
could be 'Seen Hood's camp j&res near Dallas.
On the 7th, while at Pine ^Moutitain, Companies '5A,"
'B;""G*'^and "D" were mustered out, with several offijfsers,

90 HISTORY OF THE
among them being Colonel Taylor and Assistant-Surgeon
Matchett. At 4 p. m. on the Sth, moved to the railroad
one mile south of Ackworth. Night very cold. 9th,
moved to west of railroad and went into camp. Went to
work "fixing up" as if to stay. October 10th, marched at
3 p. M., crossed Alatoona Mountain and Etowah River, and
at 10 p. M. bivouaced at CartersA'ille. In passing through
Alatoona Gap, saAv evidences of the scA'cre fight there on
the 5th. The freshly made graves and great num'oers of
rebel wounded, attested the severe loss of the enemy.
It being understood on the llth. that General Hood
was marching on Rome, our armies were put in motion
-with orders to be concentrated in and about that place by
the evening of the 12th. Marched early on the llth, and
encamped for the night one mile from Kingston on the
Rome road. 12th, marched early. A tedious march, the
Fourteenth corps Avi Ih its train being on the same road and
the road rough and hilly. Got into camp three miles from
Rome at 10 p. m. General Hood did not attack Rome,
but had moved rapidly on Resaca, a fact that Avas un
known to us on llth and 12th. In the p. m. of 13th, we
were marched rapidly towards Resaca via Calhoun. Biv
ouaced in Ridges Valley. 14th, marched at daylight,
passing through Calhoun and Resaca, and encamped for
the night on the ground where the Fifth Indiana Battery
eo effectually repulsed the enemy on the evening of May
14th.. At. this juncture it seemed practicable to bring Hood to
bay. He was at Dalton, his line of retreat being through
Snake Creek Gap, the route of our flanking column in
May. . Sherman, at Resaca, disposed his forces to inter
rupt his retreat and force him to fight. The Army of the
Tennessee moved early on the 15th, to the southern en
trance, of the gap, meeting the enemy and checking his

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advance; the cavalry were sent to Buzzards Roost to
threaten the enemy there, while our corps marched in p.
M. over the Chattogata Mountain, expecting to strike the
enemy in flank. Reached the gap at dark, only to find
the Army of the Tennessee in pursuit of the enemy, he
having taken the alarm and retreated by the northern
entrance before it could be closed by cur cavalry. At 10
A. m. 16th, marched out northern entrance of Snake Creek
Gap, through Villainow, and went into camp at 4 p. m. on
the Lafayette road. 17th, army resting. All broken
down teams, surplus baggage &c. sent to Chattanooga.
On the 18th, army again in motion, and by 20th Avas
grouped in and about Gaylesville, Ala. Up to this date
it seemed probable that Hood intended a crossing of the
Tennessee at Bridgeport, or at some point east of Muscle
Shoals, an cA'ent doubtless earnestly desired by General
Sherman, he telegraphing General Thomas to give Hood
a "free pass" over such a route. If such a crossing had
been made Sherman Avould undoubtedly have continued
the pursuit, but by the 20th, Hood's position far to the
westward indicated no disposition to cross the Tennessee
at, any point east of Decatur, and all pursuit Avas aban
doned. At Gaylesville, scA'cral days were spent in actiA'e
preparation for the great "March to the Sea" by Sherman
with sixty thousand men, Avhile our corp s, Avith all dis
mounted cavalry, was to be sent to General Thomas.
The writer having been absent for the next twenty days,
has no personal knowledge of the moA'cments of our reg
iment and Avill only say that our corps left Gaylesville on
the 27th, and reached Pulaski, Tenn., on November 1st
and 2d, where he rejoined the regiment November 14th.
The entry in my diary for that day is : "Found the brig
ade about one mile from town. Isaminger has just got
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bunks," which, as the afternoon was cold and snow fall
ing, was not an uncomfortable prospect.

DRIVEN BY HOOD.
November 1881 presented the remarkable spectacle of
two .great armies that for six months, like tvvo pugilists,
had been clutching at each others throat, and dealing
ponderous blows, turning their backs on each other, one
marching south and the other north, each intent on an
invasion of the enemy's territory. The one, a hundred
thousand strong, had forced the other of half that num
ber back a hundred miles, but so adroitly had the lesser
army been handled that after four months of continuous
fighting it was intact, and able to force the larger army
into a retrograde movement of more than a hundred
miles. Sherman, with sixty thousand men, was on his
great march through the South. With Hood on the Ten
nessee, and the vise-like grasp of Grant on Lee's army in
Virginia, there were no forces in the Confederacy that
could oppose the veteran and victorious legions of Sher
man. There is nothing of more thrilling interest in all the
hisjiory of the war than the story of Hood's invasion of
Tennessee. The interest North and South was more cen
tred around him during November than Sherman. Under
the circumstances there could have been but little appre
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aside the question of supplies, there Avas none ; while the
movement of Hood to the north indicated that thc South
did not hope to oppose Sherman, but fully expected the
success of Hood in Tennessee to more than offset any
damage done by Sherman in his bisection of the Confed
eracy. In the North the anxiety at this time was intense.
The great disparity in the strength of Hood's army and
that opposing him Avas sufficient ground for alarm, while
the great disaster to our cause whieh a defeat of General
Thomas would be was appreciated. Even after the battle
of Franklin, in which Hood lost one-fifth of his army, the
anxiety in the North Avas scarcely lessened, and his pres
ence in front of Nashville was a menace that was looked
upon with solicitude. The campaign Avas disastrous to
Hood's army to a degree not paralleled by any other of the
war, hence it has been criticised as illy planned and badly
managed, but it Avas so nearly a success that we should
credit him with judgement in its planning as well as au
dacity in its execution.
At the opening of the campaign Hood had forty thou
sand infantry, twelve to fifteen thousand cavalry, and the
usual force of artillery for an army of that proportion, a
larger force than that with which Johnson confronted Sher
man in May. Not only was his army numerically strong,
but no army of the Confederacy was ever so completely
stripped of all incumbrances, was ever more confident.
In this army were no less than forty-one Tennessee regi
ments, made up of men who had.been driven from their
homes months and years before, and who now, as they
looked with wistful eyes toAvard Columbia, and Franklin,
and NashviUe, and the great North beyond, felt an assur
ance of success that prepared them for any sacrifice.
To oppoae this formidable army, Thomas had a move
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Twenty-third corps and two divisions of our corps, and
four thousand cavalry. In all his department he had less
than fifty thousand men, all of whom, aside from our
little army at Pulaski, were in garrisons at points neces
sary to hold. Unable to meet Hood in the field until he
could be reinforced, his efforts Avere directed to delaying
his march north until he could organize an army from
returning soldiers, and troops promised him from Mis
souri. The duty of retarding Hood's progress fell upon
General Schofield at Pula.ski, and so far as is necessary to
illustrate the movements of our oavu regiment, vre will
notice the progress of events from November 19th. At
this date it was evident that Hood Avas aiming for Colum
bia instead of Pulaski, but so slow Avere his movements
that it Avas not until the 21st"that Schofield commenced
the removal of public propert}' to the rear. On the 22d,
the Twenty-third corps fell back towards Columbia,
guarding the trains. On the 23d, our division marched
at dark, halted at midnight for a rest, and again marched,
reaching Lynville just at daylight. Continued the march
on the 24th, and reached Columbia just at dark, a dis
tance of twenty one miles. This rapid march was in
support of Cox's division of the Twenty-third corps,
which preceded us, and reached Columbia just in time
to save the town from capture. As soon as we arrived
we were formed in line of battle and intrenched. At tbis
point strong works were throAvn up, while the cavalry on
either flank was so placed as to oppose the crossing Of
Duck River by the enemy, and to give notice of his move
ments. 25th, at work on breastworks. The enemy in ¦
our front evidently dismounted cavalry. Skirmishirig in
front all day. 26th, Hood's infantry in our front, press
ing our lines. Enemy charged and took a portion of our
Une at 5 A. m., but were driven out at 7 a. m. General

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Cox, with tAVO brigades, crossed and intrenched on the
north side of Duck River last night, and on the night of
the 26th, an effort was made to cross the entire force, but
a severe storm and the darkness of the night prevented
the movement. Night of the 27th, crossed to the north
bank of the river. The 2''th it Avas c^ear that the enemy
would cross Duck River above and beloAV Columbia, and
at 8 A. M. on the 29th, our tAvo divisions marched toAvard
Franklin, but when foilr miles out, our division, Kim
ball's was halted and formed in line of battle facing east,
General Stanle}', with Wagner's division, going on to
Spring Hill, Avhere he arrived barely in time to prevent
the capture of our trains by thc rebel cavalry. Later in
the day heavy bodies of infantry appeared and attacked
our single division Avith no support nearer than twelA'e
miles. The enemy's attack Avas made Avith spirit, but
coming under the fire of several batteries of artillery that,
en route to the rear, had been fortunately halted there,
he fell back, supposing the heavy artillery fire indicat
ed a large infantry force. As night came on a corps of
rebel infantry was in line of battle facing the Franklin ,
pike, while tAvo others were near. Meantime, Cox's divis
ion of the Twenty-third corps was still at Columbia,
opposing what seemed a determined effort of the enemy
to cross at that point. Hood, unable to cross his artil
lery at other points, massed it at Columbia v/here it Avas
so used as to lead Schofield to think that the larger part
of the rebel army was still at that point, a mistake that
was near being fatal. At 3 p. m., Avhen Schofield left
Duck . River, ten-twelfths of the rebel army were in his
rear, and on Stanley's flank at Spring Hill. Reaching
Spring Hill at 7 p. m., he left there at 10 p. m. with the
Twenty-third corps and pushed on to Franklin, leaving
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the trains. At 7 p. m. General Cox left his position in
front of Columbia, and we our position on Rutherford's
Creek at midnight, our division getting into Spring Hill
at 2 A. M. of the SOth. This night march was rapid but
silent, as for a long distance we were within a half mile
of the camp-fires of the rebel army. So far, all was Avell,
but the peril Avas still imminent. A train of eight hun
dred wagons was still in and about Spring Hill, and it
was not until 5 a. m. that the'last wagon was started.
Our position was to the right and rear of the train, and
soon after daylight the advance of the enemy commenced
skirmishing with us. At noon we halted on a ridge of
hills south of Franklin, and Avent into position as if we
intended to defend that point. Not a mile in our rear
was the rebel army, which, on observing our halt, deploy
ed to the right and left of the pike, spreading out like
two great wings, and with a long line of battle marched
steadily toward us across the beautiful valley. It not
being our purpose to fight there, and the enemy having
been delayed long enough to allow our trains to get well
• out of the way, we withdrew rapidly and at 3 p. m. ato
were within our defenses at Franklin.
General Schofield with the Twenty-third corps had
reached Franklin at daylight, and had thrown a line of
works a mile and a half long around the town on the
south side. The works were crescent shaped, a grea*
bow, drawn from the river above to the river below ' the
town. Our division occupied the right of our line, and
it was the extreme right tip of this crescent where our
regiment was posted, and as the assault was made direct
ly On the centre of the crescent, we Were but slight, par
ticipants in the great battle.

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BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.
It was not General Schofield's wish to fight at Frank
lin. He was straining every nerve to get his trains across
the Harpeth, and was less apprehensive of an attack there
than he was of the enemy crossing above or below and
getting on his flank or rear. In fact, up to 4 p. m. it was
not believed that the enemy would attack. More than
half our force Avas on the north side of Harpeth, so dis
posed as best to protect the trains then moving toAvard
Nashville, and to counteract any efforts at flanking move
ments by the enemy. Not more than ten thousand men
were in our line. Of these, two brigades were posted at
some distance in advance with orders to fall back in case
of an attack, and one brigade, Opdycke's, of our corps,
having been the rear guard during the day, was in re
serve. From our position, comparatively unexposed, we had
a fine view of the first .steps of the assault, and it was
worth a year of one's lifetime to witness the marshaling
.and adyanQe of the rebel line of battle. Emerging from
the woods in the most perfect order, twQ corps in front
an^ iQue in reserve, ppthing could be more suggestive of
strength, .and discipline, ftnd resistless power than was
this long line of gray ai4vancing over the plain. Massing
on ;tbe Cplvmbia pike, tbe great waye came rolling on,
pushing .a.way .the %WQ brigades and following them close
ly, poured through our line of Avorks, and almost withput
Ajstruggje, Hood had thus gained a Ipdgpafnt in the yery
(jftntre of .our line- The enemy made haste to stfengthep
the hstid Qif jfeh? iCOlupm thus tjhruit t^hrpugh pur c^nt^e,

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and using batteries captured, commenced enfilading our
line. The teams from the captured batteries went thun
dering to the rear, which, with a stream of frightened
camp-folloAvers, and men from the two brigades that came
rushing back from the front, created the impression that
the disaster was fatal. The forces of Hood Avere all con
centrating at this point, and the advantage so early and
so easily gained, promised to General Hood the destruc
tion of the only army that lay between him and the Ohio
River. The moment was critical ; General Stanley, in
his report, says that it AA'as the most so of any he had
ever known in battle.
At 4 p. M., when the battle began. General Stanley was
with Schofield in Fort Granger, on the north side of
Harpeth River, but at the first sound of battle he rode
rapidly to the scene, arriving there just as the rebel wedge
was being driven through our line of Avorks. Approach
ing Opdycke's brigade, then one or two hundred yards in
rear of our works, he Avas about to order it forward, but
found it already with fixed bayonets ready for the ad
vance. The impetuous charge of this brigade, led in
person by Stanley and Opdycke, soon turned the tide of
battle, and in twenty minutes the enemy was driven from
the intrenchments and the army saved. For the next
two hours assault after assault was made upon our line
in a desperate effort to make another break and regain
the advantage obtained at first, but each attempt was re
pulsed with great loss. The firing was kept up with more
or less severity until 11 p. m., and at midnight we fell
back through the town, across the Harpeth, and marched
for Nashville. This night march was about the most
wearisome of any in our experience. The road was
crowded with wagons, artillery and infantry, all struggl
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of sleep, having had none since the 28th. At daylight of
December 1st, we were at Brentwood Hills, nine miles
from NashviUe, where we halted for breakfast. In after
noon, reached the defenses of Nashville, where we drop
ped down to sleep regardless of all the surroundings.
It has always been a matter of surprise that Ave escap
ed so easily from Duck River and Spring Hill on the
29th. Save an attack by Forrest's cavalry, which was
easily repulsed, and later, one by cavalry and infantry,
which gave General Stanley and his one division some
hard fighting, there was no attempt all that day and night
when our little armj', incumbered by its trains, Avas
stretched from Duck River to Spring Hill, to strike us a
serious blow. Had an attack been made on Stanley at
Spring Hill, or on Schofield as he moved from Columbia
to Spring Hill in the afternoon of the 29th, or on our di
vision at any time prior to our arrival at Spring Hill at
2 A. M. of the 30th, with anything like the ferocity that
characterized the assault at Franklin, the result Avould
almost certainly have been the capture or destruction of
Schofield's army. General Hood, in his "Advance and
Retreat," lays the blame for the failure on General Cheat
ham, who, he avers, had repeated orders to attack on the
29th. A paper read by an officer in Forrest's cavalry, at
a meeting of the Southern Historical Society, intimates
that it was Hood's own indecision and want of confi
dence, and lack of capacity to comprehend the condition
of affairs at the critical moment, that led to the failure to
attack with vigor. The surprise at this lack of general
ship was not all on our side ; the rank and file of Hood's
army seemed to know that a golden opportunity to strike
a fatal blow had passed when our rear guard left Spring
Hill at daylight on the SOth. In a recent visit to Ring
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the First Georgia Infantry (Confederate), and who was
with Cleburne's division Avhen it made the attack on
Stanley at Spring Hill on the afternoon of the 29th. He
attributed mueh of the failure to press the attack imme
diately to the unexpected heavy fire from thirty pieces of
artillery, Avhich, on their way to Franklin, had fortunate
ly been placed in battery on .an eminence near the villagey
and Avhich indicated the presence of a large infantry force.
This, however, did not account for the lack of prompt
action a Uttle later, and the failure was discussed freely
by all grades of the rebel army, it being generaUy under
stood that Cheatham had failed in executing orders with
his usual promptness.
The loss of life at Franklin Avas probably greater than
in any battle of the Avar, considering the number engaged
and the small spot of ground fought over. Our loss in
killed and wounded was twenty-three hundred, one half
of which was in the two brigades that were exposed in
front. The enemy's losses were nearly seven thousand, a
large proportion of this number being at the point where
our lines were broken, and where repeated attacks were
made to again effect a breach. As evidence of the great
loss of life at this point, it is said that Colonel Stafford,
of the rebel army, was found in the. ditch erect, the dead
having fallen around him so thickly that when he re
ceived the fatal bullet he did not fall, but Avas found next
morning "stiffened in death and partly upright, seeming
still to command the ghastly line of his comrades lying
beneath the parapet."
On December 1st, Hood followed us, and by next morn
ing was in our front. Our position in the line was just
to the right of the Granny White pike, and from it we
had a fine view of the rebel line, one and a half miles
distant, their cftmp-fires presenting &m8gnifieent spectdcle

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at night. Our men immediately commenced intrenching,
and this, with the heavy details for picket, made the few
remaining days of our service more than ordinarily hard.
On the 6th, 7th and Sth, mustering out of officers was
in progress, and on the 10th the A'eterans and recruits,
and all OAving further serA'ice, were transferred to the
Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteers.
Such are the outlines of our regimental history, drawn
as faithfully as the meagre records from which to gather
facts, and personal recollections, weakened by a lapse of
twenty years, would allow. It is a story of three years of
sacrifice, of devotion to duty — a record of noble deeds of
which we may be justly proud.
TAventy years make great changes. The youth of our
regiment who survive, are now gray-haired, while the
middle-aged of twenty years ago are looking back over a
life nearly spent. These changes in individuals are not
more marked than in the political Avorld, the life of the
nation. States then separated are again united ; political
differences, questions in dispute between the North and
South, difficulties in the Avay of reconcilliation that
seemed insurmountable, have melted away as have the
trenches and earthworks that sheltered the opposing
armies, until now, the Great Rebellion seems like a thing of
the far past. Busied with the duties of everyday life, that
great episode in our lives is thought of less and less every
day, but there are times Avhen it comes back in all its
freshness ; Avhen the march, the lonely picket, the skir
mish line, the line of battle, the assault in the face of
blazing batteries, seem but events of yesterday, and Avith
thoughts of these comes a fiood of recollections of dead
comrades left far up Sandy, or who gave up their lives in the
prisons of the South, or, gathered from the battle-fields ol
Tennessee and Georgia, sleep in the beautiful cemeteries
at Murfeesboro, Nashville, Chattanooga and Marietta.
May the grass grow green over the graves of these our
dead heroes.

JLIPiFEliTIDIX:.

HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DOE.
It is quite surprising that there should have been dis
pute as to the comparative value of the services of the
different commands participating in the battle of Lookout
Mountain. Where each one bore its part so well, one
would suppose that the proper credit would have been
cheerfully conceded to all. But such was not the case.
While yet. the smoke of battle hung over the mountain
side, wrangling as to whom belonged the credit of the
brilliant victory began. The forces under Hooker on
that day were strangers to each other, and from widely
separated districts. Geary's division of the Twelfth
corps Avas just from thc Army of the Potomac, Osterhaus'
division had just arrived with Sherman from the Missis
sippi, while Whittaker's and Gross' brigades of our divis
ion, were from the Army of the Cumberland, and it was
natural that each should look with some jealousy upon
any claims that disparaged its own prowess.
The moA'cment that gave us the mountain with so little
loss, comparatively, was the rapid advance of our right
wing, Geary's diA'ision and our brigade, Gross being
with Osterhaus on the left near the foot of the mountain.
This movement, which flanked the main rebel force on
the mountain side, and left it to fall into Osterhaus' hands
an easy prey, was led by Geary's division up to a certain
point, where it halted in obedience to orders, that the whole
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obeyed, it would have cost us scores of lives, as it would
have allowed the retreat up the mountain of the rebel
force in front of Osterhaus, and this, manning the works
near the Craven House, would have required a struggle
to dislodge it. But fortunately, our brigade, not under
standing the order, or Avith the bappy inspiration that
prompted our troops the next evening at Mission Ridge
to make the memorable assault without orders, ran through
Geary's division, charging the several lines of works be
fore reaching the Craven House, and the right of our reg
iment reaching a point in the rear of the rebel line. This
rapid advance of our regiment, clutching thc rebel left at
a point so near the Summertown road that Lieutenant-
Colonel Jones, who led the right wing of our regiment,
insists that if supported by one thousand men, the move
ment would have put us in possession of the road, thus
virtually giving us control of the mountain, was the no
table feature of the battle. With this known to every
body, yet the sun had not gone down before the claim
was made that the credit of this bold .dash belonged to
Geary's division, and a somewhat acrimonious dispute
was had between General Whittaker and officers of the
eastern division over the matter. In proof of the just
ness of our claim General Whittaker pointed to the dead
of our regiment, lying near the captured guns, and aU
along the line of advance from the point where Geary's
division halted. The dispute was closed by General
Whittaker ordering Colonel Taylor of our regiment to
take charge of the guns, and a squad was accordingly ide-
itailed who hauled them down the mountain by moonligjhct
and turned them over to the Ordnance officer. The foj-
iowioag «opy of the receipt now in ipoeaession pf Hw.
iReese N.iOren, shows to whom ibelonged .the credit pf csip-
4urijag the guns :

fortieth ohio vol. infantry. 105
Camp at Lookout Creek, |
November 25th, 1863. j
Received of J. N. Oren, Sergeant of Company "B"
Fortieth 0. V. I., tAvo pieces of Artillery, captured by the
Fortieth regiment 0. V. I at the battle of Lookout Moun
tain. B. F. Croxton, First Lieutenant
and Ordinance Officer, First Division Fourth A. C .
Another fact, though of small interest, in connection
with the capture of Lookout Mountain has been pervert
ed. A hundred thousand men saw our flag flying from
the point of Lookout in the early dawn of November 25th,
where for Aveeks the flag of ths en3my had baen a target
for our guns on Moccasin Point, and the question was,
"Who placed it there?" The credit has been awarded to
many, but it properly belon|,s to a member of the Eighth
Kentncky regiment of our brigade. This fact was so Avell
known then that it is surprising that the credit should
ever ha\'e been claimed for any one else.

LETTER FROM DILLON P. CURRENT — CAPTURE OF COM-

The capture of Company "H," and the long imprison
ment of its officers and men, was an event of peculiar
sadness. On the night of September 21 the company,
with some other details, in all about one hundred men,
were on picket, our forces then occupying Mission Ridge.
During the night our army was withdrawn within the de
fenses of Chattanooga. By some mistake Company "H"
was not relieved, or called in, or if orders were given for its
recall, they never reached Captain Meagher, in command

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of the picket. When the rebels advanced on the morn
ing of the 22d, they soon had our picket surrounded and
captured, although not until after a desperate resistance.
The Avriter has no official report of the strength of the
company, on that moming, but he has b^en able to get the
names of thirty-eight of the company who were captured,
which was doubtless nearly its full strength. Of these,
nineteen, just one half, died in rebel prisons. Dillon
P. Current, to whom the author is under many obliga
tions for facts relating to the history of Company "H,"
was among tbe captured, and in a recent letter, he so
clearly pictures the horrors of prison life in the South in
1863-4 that an extract is given here. He writes :
"I am sorry that our company history has not been fiir
nished you more completely. A company that was al
ways ready for duty, however haz-ardous, need not be
ashamed of its history, and it Avill always be a matter of
regret that there are no records now that will give the
fate of every man, that it might go into the history of our
regiment * -* * The first blood spilled in our regiment
was from our company. J. A. McConkey, who was mor
tally wounded on a scout from Piketon, Avas the first man
of our regiment to lay down his life on the altar of his
country * « * I give you all the facts I can recall con
cerning our capture, but no one but the Recording Angel
can tell the sufferings of those taken prisoners on that
memorable 22d of September, 1863. The long weary
months of confinement in crowded, filthy pens, dying by
inches, eaten up by vermin, .ind starving to death ; of all
this, you can have no conception. Men who would,
starve to death, with almost daily offers of plenty to eat
on condition that they would desert their flag, men who
chose death in its most horrid form, before dishonor, de
serve to have their names written on tablets of silver in

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letters of gold, and it is a proud recollection that not one
of our company even contemplated such a step, although
two-thirds of our whole number died, the most horrible
of deaths, died from starvation. Years have passed since
then, but the horrors of my three hundred and fifty-five
days of prison life are fresh in my memory,"

A VISIT TO THE BATTLE FIELDS ABOUT CHATTANOOGA,
A visit to a battle-field giA'es one a better idea of the
battle than can be obtained from written history, even
when aided by the most accurate maps. The battles of
Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge AA'ere so simple in
plan, and their execulion so slight a departure from the
plan, that they are to some extent easily understood, but
even they are better understood after one has walked over
the face of the mountain, or driven out to Fort Wood, to
Orchard Knob, along the base of Mission Ridge, and
climbed the steep hill up which our lines charged on thc
evening of November 25, 1863. But I think it impossible
fqr any one to get a clear idea of the battle of Chicka
mauga without a v?sit to the field, and a talk with per
sons who live there and thoroughly understand the
topography of the neighborhood. With certain localities
fixed in the mind from previous personal acquaintance,
or from reading well written histories, an interview Avith
these old citizens will make all the complicated move?,
ments of the great battle plain.
The "writer spent some time at Chattanooga in 1881,
and again in 18S3, and during both visits look oc-

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casion to go over all the battle-fields, interviewing every
ope who, from actual observation, had any knoAvledge of
the inovements of the armies in that vicinity in the fall
of 1863, and as comrades who look over these pages may
sometime go over the same ground, a few words as to the
shortest road to all the points of interest may not be out
of place.
Of course you will go to the top of Lookout. Tha
view from here is worth a visit to Chattanooga aside from
any associations with the Avar. The Smoky Mountains
of North Carolina in the dim distance to the east. Mis
sion Ridge to the east, Waldron's Ridge to the left, with
the Tennessee River coming in from the east and striking
the base of Lookout with such force as to turn it back
upon itself, thus forming Moccasin Point — aU these are
seen at a glance and make up a picture that one is not
apt to forget. But unless you have a guide, thoroughly
familiar with local history, you will miss much of inter
est and value, as every feature of the grand view has as
sociations that add much to the interest with Avhich they
are looked at.
Three hundred feet from the top of Lookout is the
Craven House, an object perhaps as well remembered by
our army encamped in Chattanooga Valley in November,
1863 as any other. It is possible to reach this by creep
ing down the rocks from the summit, but you will fie
more, likely to go direct from Chattanooga. It is a long
walk from the city, and if you have a party, you wiU be
likely to take a carriage, which after an hour or two of
struggling among the boulders on the mountain side, will
land you at Mr. Craven's. The house, from the foot of
the mountain, looks much like that which stood there in
186J, long and low, with a porch fronting the city. The
present house, however, replaces the old one which was

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burned down, and is a half story higher than the old one,
otherwise similar. Mr. and Mrs. Craven are aged people,
but intelligent and exceedingly courteous. They occu
pied this spot all through the seige of Chattanooga and
up to within two days of the capture of the mountain,
and are thoroughly familiar with all the movements in
the valley beneath. Sitting on his "stoop," with the aid
of a poAA'erful glass, he will f oint out to you the rebel line
during the seige, from the base of Lookout all the Avay
round the city to the river on the north, will show you
Fort Wood, Orchard Knob, where the Star Fort was,
Cameron HiU, and our lines drawn close about the city.
Our battery on Moccasin Point was an old acquaintance,
and he and Mrs. Craven aa'UI laugh heartily as they tell
you how they used to Avatch for the puff of smoke from
our guns, and get under cover from the shell they knew
would burst in the vicinity. They do not think their
house was the target, but shells aimed at the Point, three
hundred feet above, were apt to burst in uncomfortable
proximity. From this "stoop" you can almost see BroAvn's
Ferry, and he will point out to you our line of march
from our camp on Moccasin Point down to the ferry,
October 27th, and again on the 29th, Avhen we crossed the
pontoon to go to the support of Geary at Wauhatchie.
Mr. Craven was, and is, a staunch rebel, but enjoys a visit
from those who drove his friends from the mountain.
In visiting the battle-field of Chickamauga, you will
drive to Rossville and there take the Ringgold road which
will take you to McAfee's Church. If, hovvever, you have
only one day, it will be better to take the right hand road
from Rossville, which will take you to Crawfish Spring,
thirteen miles from Chattanooga, as from the spring you
can take in the entire field on your retum to the city.
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jvater bursting out from the base of a hill, and well worth
a Adsit from Chattanooga. About the spring was located
the hospital for the right wing of our army, as Cloud
Spring Avas selected for the same purpose for the left wing
on September 19th, 1863. At this point you will find Mr.
Lee, proprietor of what was known as Lee & Gordon's
Mills twenty years ago. He is exceedingly affable and
wiU give you a better idea of the movements of both
armies from the 15th to the 19th of September, 1863, than
you can get from any history. From the spring you will
drive to Lee's MiUs, two miles distant, where the Lafayette
road crosses the Chickamauga. Leaving here you wiU
drive towards Chattanooga on the Lafayette road a short
distance, when turning to fhe left, you will go through
the fields where the right wing of our army was shattered
on Sunday forenoon, passing the spot where stood the
widow Clem's house, now burned, General Rosecran's
headquarters on Saturday, September 19th, until you
reacht the Snodgrass House, five miles from the springs,
and three miles from Lee's Mills. The Snodgrass House
stands on the northern end of the Horse-Shoe Ridge,
where General Thomas made his gallant fight on Sunday
aftemoon. This house was General Thomas' headquar
ters from Saturday night at midnight until he left the
field Sucday evening. Mr. Snodgrass was with him all
day on Sunday, and wUl point you to the exact spot where
he stood most of the day beneath a large oak. He wiU
show you our exact Une of march through his farm from
the north, after leaving the Lafayette road at Cloud
Spring, and from his door will point out the place, only
a few hundred feet to the west, where we charged Hind
man's division, then just coming over the ridge. Mr.
Snodgrass is infirm from age, but if you will take him in
your carriajge he will go with you to this point, which

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many of you will recognize, and from there will go over
the ridge and point out the position of the rebel line.
All along this line you will find graves, many of the
bodies having been removed, however, for burial elsewhere.
One trench, holding the dead of a Kentucky Confederate
regiment, has never been disturbed, and a board at one
end says that fifteen of the regiment lie buried there.
Hundreds and thousands of visitors have gone over these
grounds in the last tAventy years, yet if you will look care
fully you will find battered bullets, fragments of canteens
or cartridge boxes, and not unfrequently pieces of a skele
ton. All about the summit of the ridge you will notice
the wounds in the trees, now overgrown, but leavdng a
scar. At the house Mrs. Snodgrass will show you pistols,
bayonets, bullets and broken sabers, and for a trifle will
alloAv you to bring away some of these relics.
From Snodgrass' you Avill drive east through the AVOods
to the Layfayette road, the trees along the route showing
ugly scars, and shallow pits from Avhich bodies have been
removed being seen at many points. Reaching the road
you will inquire at a farm house, just where the battle of
Saturday, September 19th, Avas, and will be told that it
was all around there, that in the yard around the house
where you make the inquiry, men of both armies fell dead.
The same story will be told you at other houses as you
go towards Chattanooga until you reach Cloud Spring,
so that in all the seven miles ride from Crawfish Spring
you have not been off the battle field.
You will hardly recognize Cloud Spring as it is now in
an enclosed field, and the ground around is overgrown
with brush and briars. You will find here William H.
Hargrave, Second Lieutenant Company "K" First Con
federate Georgia regiment. His left arm is useless from
a shot through the shoulder received from our men Sep-

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tember 19th, in sight of his own house. A half hour's
talk with him will be pleasant and profitable, as he can
give you a clear idea ofthe rebel movements on that part
of the Une on Saturday, and of our movement from IMc-
Afee's Church on Sunday forenoon. He will point out a
large pit not far from the Spring where were buried eighty
"Yankees" after the battle, using the term "Yankee" when
speaking of our soldiers Avith as little idea of disrespeci
as we use the word "Rebel" when speaking of the Con
federate soldier.
From Cloud Spring you w'll drive a mile farther on the
Layfayette road toAvards Chattanooga, when leaving it you
will turn to the right, and crossing another mile of woods,
you will reach the Ringgold road at McAfee's Church,
where you will find everything looking exactly the same as
you left it twenty years ago. From the church you will
return to the city by way of Rossville Gap, in passing
through which you will have a vieAV of the ground over
which our brigade charged up the hill in the evening of
NoA'ember 25th, 1863, and of the Ross House, now over one
hundred years old, around which so many hundreds of
our wounded were gathered on the morning after the
great battle.

AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION USED IN BATTLE.
It is difficult to understand, or appreciate how much
amunition is used in a battle. Those who have gone over
a battle field and seen the undergrowth of timber almost
entirely shot away, or, as at Kenesaw, seen head logs a

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foot through, beat into shreds, as if with a trip-hammer,
can have some idea of the storm of lead and iron neces
sary to produce such results, but even they cannot under
stand the vast amount used. General Jacob D. Cox, 'm
his "Franklin and Nashville," says that at the battle oC
•Franklin, a hundred wagon loads of amunition were used
from the train of Fourth Corps alone. Astounding as
this statement is, it does not give one so clear an idea of
the amount of lead shot away in a battle as a statement
of Mrs. Snodgrass, around whose house the storm of bat
tle raged so fiercely on Sunday afternoon, September 20.
1863. In answer to a question as to how the battle af
fected them financially, she said that everything on their
farm was destroyed, and that she and her children vvould
have starved if it had not been for the lead they gatherefl
-from the battle field. She said that they gathered hun
dreds and thousands of pounds of bullets whicli they sold
in Chattanooga at five cents per pound. This crop did
not fail them for some years, and even yet the plow turns
up many bullets, although they are no longer an article
of commerce.

LETTER FROM LJEUTENANT RICHARD B. COWLING.
In. cprrespondence with comrades during the prepara
tion of this work, thpy^riter has come into possession of
many interesting reminiscences and histories of personal
adventures, spmp of which should he placed on record.
The following extract from a letter from R. B. Cowling,

il4 HISTORY OP THB
of Company "D," now of London, Ohio,,wiU be found of
interest :
* * * "I was appointed by General Steedman his
division Postmaster, about a month before the battle of
Chickamauga, and at his request accompanied his staff
and was with him through that memorable battle of Sun
day, September 20th, 1863. In the woods beyond the
little log house on the hill, that was used as a field hospi
tal, occurred the hottest fight of the most famous battle
of the war. The charges and counter charges of the first
hour after our arrival on the field had so decimated
Steedman's staff that I thought at one time all would be
killed. At one time, between 3 and 4 o'clock, the condi
tion of affairs was decidedly critical. The desperate
assaults of the enemy, in overwhelming numbers, caused
our line to waver, and there was a feeling that all was
lost. At this moment Steedman seized the flag of the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois, which regiment was
falling back in some disorder, and galloping to the top of
the hill, rode back and forth between the lines of battle
where it seemed a man could not live a minute, and shouted
to his men : "Boys, you may go back, but the old flag
shall not." The effect was electrical. Never was enthu
siasm greater. The inspiration that came from that fear
less ride brought the boys to the top of the hill with yells,
and a momentary victory was secured. At this point
Steedman gave me a written order to carry to another.
part of the field. Putting it in my blouse pocket with
other orders, I started. In galloping over the field, pick
ing my way amid the dead and wounded, I heard my
name called, and looking around I saw a young Corporal,
a mere boy, belonging to our regiment, with whom I had
been on picket many times, whose right leg had been torn
off close to his body, as I supposed, by a shell. He had

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torn up his blouse to staunch the blood, and begged most
piteously that I should bring him a Surgeon. My orders
requiring dispatch, I rode on hoping to return soon, but
I never saw him again. At this point I either lost my
way, or the lines had been changed, for I ran into a squad
of rebel cavalry. LeaA'ing the road I took to the woods,
the rebels following and shooting at me until I ran into
General Sheridan's division.* His salutation was : "Who
in the hell are you?" I replied that I AA'as a courier from
Steedman. He asked me the position of our forces in
front, and on my replying, he ordered an advance of his
deployed and depleted division, which did not seem to
number a thousand men. By this time it was nearly
dark. Having lost my orders in my flight, my mission
unfulfilled, and with gloomy forebodings, I hitched my
horse and slept at the foot of Mission Ridge, to wake the
next morning and find myself between the pickets of the
two armies. Hastily mounting my Sleek, but blind and
wind-broken mare, I rode rapidly into Chattanooga and
reported to Steedman, who expressed surprise at seeing
me, as he supposed I had been killed as most of his mes
sengers of the day previous had been. Then and there
for the first time, we drank together from the same can
teen." * * *

* Sheridan had been driven with the right wing of our anny in
the forenoon, had fallen back to Bossville and was now coming
out on the Lafayette road to Thomas' support.

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LETTER FROM ASSISTANT-SURGEON WM. H. MATCHETT.
In a recent letter from Dr. William H. Matchett, Green
ville, Ohio, furnishing the facts as to his several details
for duty AA'hile Assistant Surgeon of our regiment, and
which facts are given elsewhere, there is much of general
interest. When we left FrankUn, June 2d, 1863, Dr.
Matchett Avas on duty in the Post Hospital at that place,
and on that day was ordered to remove the sick in Hos
pital, and those left by the troops moving, to Nashville,
and return and close the Hospital, turning over the prop
erty to the quarter-master. The first part of the duty
performed, he returned to Franklin, and his subsequent
oxperience is best told by himself. He writes as follows :
* * * "Having performed this duty (i. e. removing
the sick to Nashville) and returned to Franklin, I found
all in trouble at the hospital. The enemy had captured
the town and taken possession of the hospital. They
had taken the horses of Dr. Casterline and Dr. Cleary, as
well as their clothes, blankets, and everything about the
building that they wanted, and departed without making
any effort to cross the river and attack the fort then gar-
isorii,ed by the Eighty-fifth Indiana, Colonel Baird com
manding. I proceeded to collect the remaining effects,
and hunt up the nurses who were hid in the garret, and
loading the property into Avagons of citizens pressed into
the service for the purpose, at dark onthe Sth of June, 1
crossed the bridge over Harpeth, and turned the stores
over to the quarter-master as ordered. As I approached
the fort I noticed quite a commotion in the camp of the
Eighty-fifth Indiana, and inquired of Surgeon Hobbs the
cause. Just then a squad of cavalry rode up having in

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charge two soldiers with white havelocks on their caps.
V ithout replying to my inquiry as to the cause of the
excitement. Dr. Hobbs said, 'Thank God, there they are.'
Colonel Williams, a son of Captain Williams, U. S. A.,
who fell at the battle of Monterey, Mexico, and his Adju
tant, Lieutenant Peters, both of the rebel army, were
taken as spies in the camp of the Eighty-fifth Indiana.
They represented themselves to be Inspectors of U. S. A.
and had papers in their posession signed by Secretary of
War, and General Rosecrans authorizing them to in
spect the Post at Franklin. They were politely received
by Colonel 'Baird, and claiming to have been robbed by
the rebels. Colonel Baird presented them with fifty dollars.
After a pleasant interview they started on their return
to Nashville just at dark. , Colonel Watkins, of the Sixth
Kentucky Cavalry, who was present, suspected they were
not what they seemed, and the suspicion growing stronger
after they had left, he sent a squad of men after them.
Upon being brought back into camp, and charged with
being spies, they made no farther effort at concealment
of their true character. They were tried by a court-
martial the same night, convicted, and by order of Gen
eral Rosecrans, hung the next morning, June 9th, at 9
o'clock and 45 minutes, I being detailed by Colonel Baird
to decide when they were dead. They were hung from a
small walnut tree, I think, near the spring between our
old camp and Fort Granger. The hanging was a bung
ling affair. A scantling was spiked to the body of the
tree at a right angle, a lower limb being sawed off a few
feet from the tree and acting as a brace to the horizontal
scantling. To the latter the ropes were attached, and to
the necks of the victims, who stood upon a board placed
across the body of an army wagon. All things being
ready, the wagon was driven from leneath, and the poor

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men were left dangling in the air. Colonel Williams
strugghid for four or five minutes, motioning with his
hand to tighten the knot, then grasping the rope above
his head, lifted himself up, turned his head in the noose,
and dropping himself suddenly, succeeded in strangUng
himself. The adjutant^ died in a few minutes and without
¦A struggle. This incident in my army life can never be forgotten.
The victims had neither their arms pinioned, nor their
faces covered, so all the horror of such a death was un
disguised, and I must confess was more than my nerves
could well stand. The regiment, Eightj'-fifth Indiana,
was draAvn up in a hollow square, standing at 'arms port,'
and in a position that all could see the doomed men as
they were choked to death, and I do not think there was
a dry eye among all the hundreds of men who had looked
upon death in battle without emotion, but this terrible
scene unmanned them all.
Life extinct, we cut the bodies down and buried them
there with the other silent dead of that unnatural war.
Colonel Watkins said that this Colonel Williams was a
lieutenant in the regular army in the same company with
himself when the war broke out, and that he had served
as an aid to General Scott for several months in 1861. He
had an alius, Anson LaAA'rence, and was said to have taken
this name that he might inherit a valuable estate in the
South. All these facts were elicited during the trial, at
which I was present. I never ean forget my feelings at see
ing these noble looking men executed. I never thought
it right, but thought they should have been locked up,
kept in close confinement until time would have more
fully shown the degree of their guilt. Yet this is war, in
exorable war. * * *
I rejoined the regiment at Tullahoma, at noon June

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15th. Settled our mess account, and on the 16th, took
charge of the General Hospital at Tullahoma, where I re
mained until September ISth, when I again went to the
front. I found my pony at Bridgeport with all the bag
gage of the regiment left there Avhen you marched from
there. In company with Robt. Davis, Hospital Steward
of the Eighty-fourth Indiana, and leading poor Roan.
sick with the distemper, I started to find the regiment.
Staid all night in the woods near Whiteside. Next d;iy
marched all alone, Davis, myself and pony, reaching the
foot of Lookout at night. Next morning, SOth, met a
horseman who told us of the hard fighting beyond the
Mountain. (Chickamauga). Davis Avould go no further,
and returned to Bridgeport. I Avent over the Mountain
alone, leading Roan, and in the evening of the 20th fell
in with Speers' East Tennessee brigade of our corps just
as the stampede occurred in the gap at Rossville. Not
being able to hear anything of our regiment or brigade, I
drifted back with the Tennesseans until Point of Rocks
near the Craven farm was reached, where General Speers
halted his command, and threw up barricades. Hero we
had quite a skirmish with the enemy, having several
wounded. On the 22d, Surgeon A. T. Lea. Sixth East
Tennessee Infantry, gave me a certificate to show that 1
had been with him on duty for the last two days, and bo-
fore daylight on the 23d, I crept dovcn the mountain, and
crossing on driftwood under the railroad bridge over
Chattanooga Creek, slipped along the river bank under
cover of tall weeds until I got within our lines. Reported
to Surgeon Perin, Medical Director, and was ordered on
duty in the Field Hospital across the riA'er from Chatta
nooga."

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LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES WATSON.
In addition to many great battles, the advance from
Dalton to Atlanta was characterized by continued skir
mishing, and daily fierce and bloody struggles, many of
the latter being scarcely mentioned in history. What we,
of our regiment, speak of as the "Battle of Kenesaw"
was only one of scores of fierce struggles that occurred
in different parts of our long line during the campaign.
Scarcely a day passed without similar engagements in
which a single brigade, or possibly a regiment, would
suffer severely. To us the 20th of June, 1864, AA'as a day
and night that is scarcely less distinctly remembered than
is the 20th of September, 1863, as the former was scarcely
less disastrous to us than the latter. The account given
in preceeding pages is meagre, only giving the general
features of the engagement. Knowing of what interest
any details will be to comrades, the writer has no hesita
tion in giving place to the following letter from Lieuten
ant-Colonel James Watson, written in response to a re
quest that he furnish his recollections of the fight at
Kenesaw. He writes :
* * * "I find that I remember but little, and, in
fact, know but little of the Kenesaw business except that
which was, as it were, personal to myself So far as my
individual adventure is concerned I can give you a brief
statement of that, although I hardly suppose you want
that. I was that day in charge of the skirmish line in front
of our brigade, having about one hundred and fifty men ;
of these about one-third were killed and wounded, so you
see we had a hot time of it. The rebel skirmish line was

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posted in the AVf-( ds rnd undogroAvth that skirted the
hills, and sometimes but a few steps inten'ened betAveen
the opposing .«kirniisliers as the respective lines Avere, at
different points, pushed forward and backward. After a
hard day's Avork in which there A^as more than usual close
and dangerous fighting-. Ave Avere relieved and went back
to get our supper.^. I fonnd U]ion reaching our regimental
line, that Jack, the cook, liad been demoralized. While
holding the mule that carried our n}eFS outfit, tbat ani
mal was shot through the neck, and in fear that the next
ball might strike him. Jack lad fled, <ir at least, Avas not
to be found, and no sis^ns of supper Avere apparent. While
brooding over this inhospitable pro.spect, about half-past
eight o'clock. Colonel Taylor came to me and said he had
been ordered to take the regiment up to the broAv of the
hill where a fierce night fight A\'as going on, but that being
unacquainted with the ground he had lost his way and
the regiment had straggled back. He asked nie to go
with him and place the regiment in position, saying I
could then retum and rest. I started Avith him and we
soon had the regiment on the Avay to its new position.
Colonel Taylor had been ordered to reinforce the Thirty-
fifth Indiana, which had been engaged in a struggle with
the rebels for some time. I went ahead of Colonel Tay
lor and the regiment to select as best I could inthe dark
ness, the position our regiment should take, A terrific
fight was raging to the right and left of us, but immedi
ately before us the firing was desultory and scattering. I
was in some doubt as to just where to locate the regi
ment, and asked a soldier who appeared to be coming
back from the line, where the Thirty-fifth Indiana was.
He said : 'Just in front, and they need help, too.' So
forward we went. It was quite dark, and when I reached
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by our men, I could just discern a number of men
standing quietly on the opposite side. Thinking they
were our skirmishers, who had been driven back, I Avent
up to them and spoke to them, and soon discovered that
I Avas a prisoner in tbe hands of tbe rebels. Being several
steps in advance of Colonel Taylor and others of the
regiinent, I think I Avas the only one captured just at that
time, I remained a prisoner until September SOth, Avhen
I was exchanged at Atlanta, Ga.
As I said aboA-e I am not able to give you any facts
about th'e general moA^ement of our troops that day, as
my attention Avas closely confined to the work I had in
band." * * •*

LETTER FROM CHARLES W. WHEELER, OF COMPANY "E."
In connection Avith tbe above, portions of a letter from
Charles W. Wheeler of Company "E," who Avas captured
the sarae night will be of interest, particularly as most of
it refers to matters occurring subsequent to Colonel Wat
son's capture. He writes :
* * * "Colonel Taylor with the left wing of the reg
iment. Companies '"H," "E," "K," "G" and "B," was ad
vancing towards the works still supposing them held by
the Thirty-fifth Indiana, when we were met by a sharp
fire. We were ordered to halt and lie down, at the same
time our men calling out to the rebels "not to shoot their
own men." Some of Captain Matchet's men had retumed
the fire, when we were called to by the enemy that 'we
were shooting our own men.' The real facts were soon

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ascertained, when Colonel Taylor ordered us forAvard to
the works, only three or four rods in front. We Avent
forward under a murderous fire, and in less time than it
takes to tell it, found ourselves faee to face Aviththe Forty-
sixth Georgia regiment which held the barricade where
we had expected to find the Thirty-fifth Indiana, It was
a tight place. Tbe rebels swarmed on the opposite side
of the works, and pointing their guns into our faces de
manded our surrender. We were in such close contact
that some of our men Avere dragged over the Avorks and
thus made prisoners. At this moment, all who had not
been com,pelled to surrender, dropped back in the dark
ness until they formed connection AA'ith the right Aving,
when the whole regiment advanced and charged the works
and retook them. The struggle Avas desperate and the
loss severe upon both sides. * * * Those of u? taken
prisoners were taken to General Gest's headquarters,
thence to Marietta, where we were turned OA'er to the Prov
ost Marshal. Wtiile we Avere with the soldiers at the front
we were well treated ; in fact there Avas no evidence of any
thing but good feeling towards us. The young man who
had the honor of pulling me over the works into rebeldom
apologized for his rudeiiess,and assured me that they would
not harm me, and asked earnestly : 'Why don't you'uns go
home ; we'uns are tired of fighting.' The Provost Guard
however was not troubled with much courtesy. They took
a business view of matters. While in Une we AA'ere ordered
to open our knapsacks, when we Avere cooly robbed of
everything we had, A corporal opened my portfolio,
taking my letters, paper, and fine gold pen. When re
monstrated with he said he would ask the captain if I
could retain the pen. That officer took the pen, remark
ing that he would take care of it for me. I had the sat
isfaction of saying to him that I thought the Confederacy

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was getting pretty low when its officers would rob a pris
oner of a gold pen.
In the afternoon of June 21 .st. Ave Avere put on the cars
for Atlanta, and sent thence to Macon. At this point we
Avere placed in line and the officers selected out to remain
there, Avhile the rest of us Averc sent to AndersonviUe, the
corr mencement of months of imprisonnient, the horrors
of AA'hich no one can under.'^tand but those Avho were in
mates of the loathesome, horrible prison pens of the
South. * * *"

INFLUENCE OF IMAGINATION ON WOU^N'DED MEN.
It is a fact well-known to old soldiers that many times
wounds receiA'ed in battle Avithout the recipient knowing
of the injury until, perhaps, blood running into his shoes,
or staining his clothing, Avould attract his attention, or
the attention of his comrades. Even mortal wounds
were unnoticed for some time, until failing strength or
other consequences Avould call attention to the facts. It
is related of a an officer in the Crimean Avar, who had
both legs carried away with a solid shot, bringing him to
the ground, that his impression for some time was that
he had simply fallen into a hole in the ground.
On the other hand wounds of a trivial character, re
ceived in a manner to attract immediate attention, or in
a location that would indicate great danger, and from
their nature cause pain, often produced a degree of an
xiety and alarm that seemed ludicrous when the really
slight character of the injury was shown. Many such
cases are remembered by the writer, one or two of which
will be mentioned.
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wf-s a large proportion of serious injuries, the ambulance
bringing back to the little church used as a temporary
hospital, some who subsequently died of their wounds.
Among those brought back was Peter Harrington, of Com
pany "C," a most excellent soldier, and the last man any
of his acquaintances would suspect of heing misled by
his imagination. He was a large man, reiiuiring several
men to lift hira from the ambulance and carry him into
the church, where he Avas tenderly laid upon two slab
benches placed side by side. 'Shot through the hip,' was
his laconic reply to the surgeon who inquired as to the
nature of his injury. A glance seemed to prove this, as
his clothing Avas torn and slightly soiled with blood.
Further examination however, shoAved no other injury
than a mere scratch. The facts AA-ere that a shot, acannon
ball probably, had struck his canteen and bayonet hang
ing by his side, tearing them away, with portions of his
dress, the bayonet doubtless striking him on the hip, pro
ducing sharp pain, and drawing blood. It was a close
call, and Harrington might Avell suppose the wound ser
ious. His surprise was only equalled by his delight AA'hen
he learned that his wound was only superficial.
Another case, similar in some respects, is worth relat
ing as the injured man was well known to every man in
our regiment who was with us in Georgia. At the battle
of Chickamauga very few mounted officers of our brigade
escaped death or wounds. General Whittaker, than Avhom
no braver man ever led a brigade into battle, A\'as among
the wounded. He was literally 'shot from his horse.'
This fact is well known to all, but there were some feat
ures of the incident not so "well known. In a recent in
ter view Avith Major Moe , Steedman's Chief of Staff in 1863,
now a civil engineer at Chattanooga, Tenn., that gentle*
man gave me the following version of the incident. He

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happened to be looking at General Whittaker Avhen the
bullet struck him. The effect was singular It did not
tumble him off his horse simply, but seemed to lift him
right out of the saddle into the air. Supjiosing him killed
or mortallj' Avounded, he dismounted and Avent to him.
The bullet had struck bis sword belt,Avorn low doAvn, had
passed through it, and apparently passed directlj' into
the abdomen. In reply to his inquiry of how badly he
was hurt, Whittaker said : 'Moe, Walter C. Whittaker has
had his last call, his time has come,' atthe same time un
fastening his belt, and glancing at the hole in his blouse.
Moe ventured to hope that it Avas not so bad as that, but
'the General insisted there could b»no mistake, the Avound
was mortal. While he still farther loosened his clothing,
each garment showing the passage of i he bullet, he charged
Moe with his 'last words' to his brigade then in the hot
test of the fight a few rods distant, and it is creditable to
General Whittaker that at a moment when he beUeved
himself mortally wounded he thought less of himself than
of his brigade, and of the great struggle then pending,
the successful issue of which was of such vital impor-'
tance to our army and the country. In the midst of these
'last words' the bullet dropped to the ground. The sight
of it produced an immediate change in the mind of Gen
eral Whittaker, who, mounting his horse, said : 'Moe,
Walter C. Whittaker is all right yet aAvhile.' It is proper
to say that the wound, though not so serious as at first
supposed by General Whittaker, was a contusion that
disabled him for some time.

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REDUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION IN 1863 AND 1864. FIELD
HOSPITAL AFTER BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.
It is surprising hoAV long a time it took to learn just
how much, or rather, how little baggage and camp equip
age was compatili'e Avith the perfect efficiency of our
armies. In 1861 troops were sent to the field Avith an out
fit that seemed to contemplate permanent encampments,
and it was many months before we learned that the large
trains required to haul the tents, and trunks and cots of
officers, as well, many times, as the personal effects ofthe
men, Avere incompatible Avith effective service. During
our stay in eastern Kentucky Ave had for our regiment a
train, aside from that required for amunition, larger than
was allowed a division in 1864. Our outfit of tents was
of the old Sibley pattern, large, unwieldly structures, re
quiring much time and labor to put up and take down,
but which in our comparatively fixed positions were,
doubtless, as appropriate as any qther form of shelter.
Every officer had his trunk, or box, if not a veritable 'Sar
atoga,' yet large enough to carry one or two suits of cloth
ing, a small library, and many other things required to
minister to the comfort of the individual. The men were
loaded with personal effects, not more than then seemed
necessary for comfort, but which experience proved ut
terly useless as well as burdensome.
Although many officers had sent home their trunks and
boxes prior to going to Tennessee, yet it was not until we
were in camp at Franklin in the Spring of 1863, that there
was systematic cutting down of dead weights by order.
At this place we were quartered in the "bell tent," a
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bui^ an ori^er came to discard this, substituting for it the
shelter tent, better known in the army as the Purp tent.
This change' met with decided opposition from the men,
an opposition that was good natured, but Avhich was out
spoken nevertheless. The first day they were put up the
general disgust Avas manifested b)'- the men sticking their
heads out of Avhat seemed like playhouses for children,.
or more like dog kennels, and barking like dogs. Unpop
ular as this change was at first, it is not at all probable
that the men would have voluntarily gone back to the old
order of things ai.-v months later, even if the old tents
eould have been hauled along and unloaded every night-
The shelter tent Avas simply two bits of canvas, or drill
ing, about five feet square, having buttons and button
holes that the tvvo could be united, Avith loops along the
borders to facilitate fastening to the ground Avith pins.
Each man carried half a tent, and at night nothing was
required but that a comrade should furnish the other
half, when fifteen minutes work with a hatchet, or even a
strong pocket-knife, would furnish two forked sticks, a
slender ridge pole, and slight pins with Avhich to fasten
doAvn the edges. When set up the highest part Avas
scarcely three feet from the ground, but under this frail
shelter the men would sleep soundly, protected from the
night dews or CA'en storms of rain. In cold Aveather four
men AA'ould occupy one of these tents, thus affording ad
ditional blankets as Avell as extra pieces of tent with
which to cloSe up the ends. Tbe last time the writer saw
a 'dog tent' in use was at Nashville in December 1864.
For several days prior to the great battle that pulverized
Hood's army there was a continued storm of rain, freez
ing as it fell, and covering everything with a sheet of ice.
Under their frail shelter tents our men slept soundly, al
though their tents, and oftentimes their blankets, were stiff
with ice.
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baggage allowed officers and men at Franklin and during
the summer of 1863, yet the matter did not reach a fine
point until after the battle of Chickamauga. At that time
much of the baggage of the army was in the rear, and
did not reach the front until after the raising of the
seige of Chattanooga. During the seige, officers and men
learned how little was absolutely required for comfort,
and never afterwards incumbered themselves with any
superfluous baggage. At this time our division hospital
probably afforded a fair sample of the lack of camp
equipage that pervaded the army, although in the matter
of personal effects, the attatches of the hospital Avere
doubtles worse off than others, as all our effects had been
left at Bridgeport, and were subsequently captured by
Wheeler in Sequatchia VaUey while en route to the front.
The straits to which we Avere reduced for clean clothing
were ludicrous ps well as annoying. Among six medical
officers on duty at the hospital who Avere quartered in a
small tent in which there was plenty of straw and but
few blankets, tbere was not a single extra shirt for several
weeks, a fact that would have given but little concern had
it not been for the 'gray backs' that managed to get a
foothold in the seams of their woolen shirts, and which
nothing but boiling would dislodge. To meet the emer
gency they borrowed a sanitary shirt, or a shirt from the
sanitary stores, a brilliant hued calico garment, which
went the round of the entire mess, each man Avearing it
long enough to boil his own. Of course but little atten
tion was given to personal appearance ; in fact as a rule,
this seemed to have been entirely lost sight of. Our Chap
lain however, always neat as possible in his dress, would
not entirely yield to circumstances, and surprised us one
day by appearing in a paper collar which he had cut from
a sheet of foolscap.
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gage allowed to the troops was reduced to a minimum,
beyond which it seemed the cutting dovvn process could
not go. No tents were allowed to brigade, division, or
corps headquarters, and even General Sherman was said
to have had no shelter but a tent fly. Of personal effects,
officers of high grade were often as destitute as the men ;
in many cases apparently from choice. Colonel Taylor
of our regiment, and commanding our brigade for a time
in 1864, seemed to have a thorough contempt for super
fluous baggage, his bedding consisting only of an old
gray plaid shawl. With a bed of leaves, and his boots
for a pillow, he would roll himself up in his shawl and
sleep as sweetly beneath the pines of Georgia as if on a
patent cot, with a feather pillow, and several blankets,
without which no well-regulated officer thought himself
properly equipped for the field in 1861.
The battle of Chickamauga left thousands of wounded
men on the hands of medical officers Avith scarcely any
hospital supplies to meet the emergency. This was from
no want of foresight, but neccessarily followed from the
rapid movement of the army in September, and the unex
pected great battle. On Monday, September 21st, the
writer, with Dr. Bane of the One Hundred and Fifteenth
Illinois, and Dr. Williams ofthe One Hundred and Twenty-
first Ohio, by order, rode into Chattanooga to look after the
wounded of our division. The scenes about the city were
sad indeed.- The Crutchfield house, all the churches, and in
fact, nearly the entire town, was occupied by wounded.
But few medical officers were there, their duties having
kept them with their commands on Sunday. No effort
was made on Monday to bring order out of the existing
chaos, and the entire day was spent in feeding the wound
ed, and giving proper surgical attention to such cases as
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the wounded were moved across the river two miles north,
where a meadow, sloping down from a wooded hill to a
stream of spring water, was selected fpr hospital grounds.
The extreme north part of this meadow was given up to
tbe use of the First division of our corps, and at sunset
that CA'ening, the writer and Dr. Bane went there, to find
a score or more wounded lying on the ground. The next
day the arrivals were numerous, and wounded kept com
ing in for several days from the town, and from the bat
tle field, being removed from the latter place under flag of
truce. There were few or no tents to be had for several
days, but every effort was made to shelter the wounded
by flys, shelter tents, and large tarpaulins furnished by
the Quartermaster, For several days there was no effort
to get the wounded off the ground where they lay on
straw. In fact it seemed impossible, without lumber, with
out nails, or anything with Avhich to build bunks or cots,
to improve their condition in this respect. The construc
tion of a single bunk, howcA'er, set an example that was
followed throughout the great hospital, and at the end of
ten days there were, of those so seriously wounded as to
require confinement, but iew who were not on rude but
comfortable bunks. The first bunk was made by driving
four forks intp the ground on which were placed cross-
pieces at the head and foot. On these were placed length
wise, strips split from cedar rails, and these covered with
straw. A blanket, or half of a shelter tent spread over
the straw, and a knapsack for a pillow, afforded a com
paratively comfortable bed. John Blotner of Company
"E," who was nursing the stump of his good right arm,
was the first man to occupy such a bunk, a fact the writer
remembers distinctly, as he was the architect and builder
of this pioneer bunk of the hospital.
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after the establishment of the hospital, so that there was
no real suffering from exposure, notAA'ithstanding the in
adequate protection, and when the rain came a week later,
all were under shelter, many hundreds of the slightly
wounded having been sent over Waldron's Ridge to hos
pitals in the rear, or furloughed home, thus releiving the
pressure in hospital.

letter from lieutenant j. m. wasson — ^adventures in
southern prisons.
Rensselaer, Indiana, )
March 1st, 1884. f
My Dear Doctor :
Your letter of February 21st, asking for a brief history
of my capture and imprisonment, is received. I hasten
to reply, and will give you facts as I remember them ; not
suppposing, however, that my personal adventures will
be of much interest to old comrades, only as they are il
lustrative of one feature of our soldier life that but few,
fortunately, of our regiment had any personal knowl
edge of.
I was captured on MissionaryRidge, September 22d, 1863,
in company with Captain J. C. Meagher, and I think
about twenty of his men, Conpany "H." [There were
thirty-nine of Company "H" captured that day.] There
were also with us on picket, or skirmish line. Captain H.
H. Hawkins, Lieutenant Morse, and Lieutenant Irwin, of
the Seventy-eighth Illinois, and Lieutenant C. W. Earle,
Ninety-sixth^ Illinois, with parts^ of their companies.

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Having some suspicion of our unusually exposed posi
tion, we strengthened our barricades, making them triang
ular in shape, and awaited the approach of the enemy.
First came a sort of irregular skirmish line, a lot of bum
mers in fact, some of whom we gathered in as prisoners.
Very soon, however, we were attacked by a strong force,
and after a short but sharp engagement we were surren
dered. We were immediately relieved of our swords,
(Lieutenant Earle and myself, however, breaking ours and
throwing them away,) belts and side-arms, and were
ordered into line and marched down the ridge to Ross
ville, where we found all that plain around the spring and
toward Chattanoogo, covered with rebel troops recently
arrived from Virginia. We were held heie nearly all day,
during which time we talked freely with rebel officers and
men, and were treated by them with the utmost courtesy.
Opinions as to the final result, or importance of the bat
tle just fought, were frankly exchanged, they being very
confident tbat they would be able to push Rosecrans
across the river without delay. While the large force
present, as well as apparent discipline, seemed to justify
their confidence, yet it was apparent that they had no
great disposition to press the fight again that day.
About 4 p. M. we were started for Southern prisons, on
foot. Marched and encamped that night at Tunnel Hill.
Here we drew our first rations from the rebel government.
The ration consisted of half a pint of corn meal to eacb
man. Joining our supplies, I made mush without salt,
in a quart can for Captain Meagher and myself. Next
day we marched to Dalton, where we drew another ration
of meal and remained over night. The next day we were
taken on the train about forty miles south, where we left
it, and were turned over to the care of Home Guard of
ficers and conscripts. Here we were stripped of every-

134 HISTORY OF THE
thing that they could utilize, or the lack of which would
make us more uncomfortable, and were treated with the
utmost insolence. Is it possible thatthere were such ruf
fians in the rear of our armies, guarding prisoners we sent
from the front? If I thought such the fact, I would al
most blush that I was ever a soldier.
Our next stop was at Atlanta, whence we were moved
leisurely to Richmond, being treated with every indignity
and having very little to eat during the journey. At
many places we were greeted by the ladies waving their
handkerchiefs at us to attract our attention, then holding
one end to their necks and the other above their heads,
as much as to say they would enjoy hanging us. Reached
Libby Prison about 9 o'clock p. m., September 28th. Be
fore entering the building we were placed in line, and the
officers were ordered from among the men, and with two
exceptions I have never seen any of the latter since. Up
on entering the office of Libby, our names and rank were
entered in a register, and we were adA'ised to turn over
all our money to the authorities with the understanding
that it would be returned to us when we left, or were ex
changed. This advise was coupled with the statement if
our money was not so turned over voluntarily, we would
be searched, and all valuables confiscated. Under the cir
cumstances I thought best to loan the Confederacy $150,
and am sorry to say that the exploded concern still owes
me that amount.
We were then ordered up a flight of stairs and into the
''Chickamauga room," where we were greeted with cries
of "Fresh fish ! Fresh fish I" a term applied to all new pris
oners. The room being dark I groped my way until I
found a vacant plaice and laid down. Morning revealed
a large room, the floor covered with men lying in rows,
and packed like sardines in a box. At 9 a. m., guards

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entered and announced roll call, the prisoners all being
ordered into fours when a sergeant proceeded to count
the files. Rations were then issued, a ration consisting of
a very small loaf of bread and a little soup, but this,
scant as it was, soon gave way to a small piece of very
poor corn bread. General Neal Dow, who was one of our
number, said when this ration was issued : "We are now
getting down to the dregs of the Confederacy."
I will not attempt to describe any of the scenes of
Libby, the horrors of this prison having been so often
told as to be familiar to all, so far as any one can under
stand them without having been -a prisoner there. Ex
change, or some plan of escape occupied all our thoughts.
Captain Meagher was fortunate in being exchanged early.
Imprisonment bore heavily upon him, but he was always
ready to sing a song, tell a story, or play a game of whist.
I think he was the happiest man I ever saw the day he
was told of his exchange. As for myself I was always on
the lookout for a chance to escape. Accidentally hearing
of a tunnel being dug I determined to leave by that route
as soon as those doing the work had gone out. In the
evening of February 9th, 1864, the tunnel was finished
and utilized. I crawled out in company with a Lieuten
ant of a Kentucky regiment about 10 p. m., passed liesurely
by the guards, saluting them occasionally, and thus got
safely out of the city. We soon reached the fortifications,
luckily striking a point where the pickets were not very
vigilant, and crawling over one of the big guns, we went
rapidly forward, and at daylight had reached a point
eight miles from the city where we lay quiet for the day,
suffering greatly from cold. At dark we pushed forward
rapidly, meeting a squad of rebel cavalry which we eluded
by dodging into the brush. At 9 p. m. of the third day
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136 HISTORY or THE
who fired upon us but fortunately Avithout hitting us,.
We were prisoners again, all our hopes of freedom, meet
ing friends, and joining our regiment had vanished into
thin air We were taken to General Picket's headquar
ters, and from there retumed to Libby. As a punishment
for our attempt to escape we were confined in a dark,
damp cell for eight days, the cell being so crowded that
we could not lie down. During this confinement no one
entered the cell, our ration of corn bread being passed in
through a hole in the door. Imagine our filthiness when
we were let out more dead than alive, of what we fully
expected wouM be our grave. Men talk of forgetting
the past. Never!
May lOtb, 1864, we left Libby for Camp Oglethorpe,
Macon, Ga. Here we were allowed to build a few long
sheds for shelter, but not suffioient to accommodate the
great number there. Want and misery were to be seen
on every hand. Insufficient shelter, insufficient clothing,
insufficient and bad quality of food broke down the pris
oners rapidly. Here I did my first ATork at tailoring,
making myself a pair of pants from an old army over
coat. In July, Colonel Watson was brought to Macon,
and from him I got my first news from my regiment since
my capture. Several attempts at escape, by tunnelling,
were made here, but all were thwarted by vigilance of the
guards. General Stoneman's raid, of which we heard
through the guards, gave us a little hope, but instead of
releasing us he was himself brought in a prisoner.
In August we were moved to Charleston, S. C, aad
oonfined in the city prison, or slave pen, in the burnt dis
trict, under the fire from our own guns in the harbor.
Every morning we would throw out the shells that failed
to explode, great big fellows, big as camp kettles.
At this point some parties came into the prison ajiidl

FORTIETH, OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 1 57
proposed to us that if we would giA'e our note, with poAver
of attorney to collect $150 from our government, they
would give us $300 in Confederate money. Being rather
a rapid writer I soon had the $300, and am happy to say
that the man with the "power of attorney" has never put
in an appearance. A portion of this money I invested
immedietely in sweet potatoes at the rate of $20 per bushel.
In September we were moved to Columbia, S. C. Ar
riving there we were ordered off the cars, and after stand
ing three hours in a drenching rain, we were marched
six miles into the country and went into camp, which we
named Camp Sorghum, in honor of our finst ration of
sorghum molasses. Establishing a strong guard and fix
ing a dead line, they gave us some old axes and we began
the erection of huts, and planning escape. Three of us
determined to run the guard the first dark night. The
opportunity soon came, and taking leave of jiur mess,
we crawled close to the dead line, intending to run be
tween the guards, but were mistaken in their position and
ran right on to them. One of our number got away, an
other lost his left arm, and a bayonet coming in close
proximity to myself I concluded to defer my escape to
another time. Wood getting scarce on the inside of the
dead line, they occasionally extended the guard to allow
ua to get fuel. Major English and myself, taking advan
tage of the want of vigilance of some new guards, got on
the outside and hid in the brush until dark, when we
started for the mountains, traveling all night. Next day
lay quietly between two logs. Late in the afternoon we
saw two soldiers with a dog approaching. They came
within twenty feet of us when they suddenly turned in
another direction and disappeared, much to our relief
The colored people proved to be friends in every instance,
by furnishing i)s food tknd, guiding us on our way. At

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Unionville, S. C, two inches of snoAv fell, and we lay for
two days in the loft of a cabin in Avhich there was a sick
colored man. The old master called each day to see the
sick man, little dreaming that two Yanks were holding
their breath about a foot above his head. The snow dis
appearing, Ave bid our friends adieu, and bearing with us
their best wishes, Ave pushed along as fast as possible,
crossing the Blue Ridge about December 20th, 1864. We
one night cam? onto a troop of rebel cavalry, Avho lucki
ly for us were all asleep. Too polite to disturb them, we
quietly backed out and went on our Avay. Getting into
the raountain region of Norch Carolina Ave began to find
Union men ; also fell in with other escaped prisoners and
all traveled together Raached Jack Loftice's, a good
Union man, and took breakfast Avith him, our first meal
at a table in fifteen months. In his yard stood the hind
axle and Avheels of a Avagon. Moving this and some litter,
he took up a straAV, and pointing to a hole in the ground,
invited us to drink. The old man had his barrel well
concealed, but it yielded a fair article of whisky. That
day we traveled ten miles, all the rest of the journey hav-
been made at night. Reached 'Squire Baines, who was
a deacon in the church, and who put in his spare time in
running a contraband still. Being anxious to reach one
John Woods, further up the mountain, the deacon closed
his still, and filling a canteen with apple-jack, went for
some miles as our guide. Bidding the kind old deacon
good bye, we pushed on as rapidly as possible to Woods',
only to learn when reaching there that he had been gone
for two days, piloting a party of our men over the moun
tain. Here we were shown caves where men had been
successfully concealed from the conscripting officers for
two years. Leaving Woods' we again pushed forward
into the mountain, traveling several days, suffering great-

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 1,J9
ly fron cold and hunger, and when another day would
have put us across the Smoky Mountains into the friendly
region of East Tennessee, we suddenly fell into the hands
of a band of Cherokee Indians, who rushed upon us, fir
ing their guns and yelling like demons. I shall not at-
temept to describe our feelings. Almost Avithin our lines,
and all our efforts for nothing ! It is only necessary to
say that we were glad that we were not murdered out
right, but were taken to Colonel Thomas, who was in
command, and were marched back through Ash-
ville, N. C. to Geenville, S. C, where Ave were landed in
the debtors room of the jail on the second floor. After a
confinement here of ten days, we again tried our hand at
escape. With a case-knife notched on the back we sawed
off an iron bar, and prying out others from the windoAV,
soon made a hole large enough for a man to craA\'l through.
Everything quiet, we drew cuts Avhich should go out first.
The lucky man, grasping a rope made out of a blanket,
crawled out, slipped, kicked the lower windoAv in, and
dropped to the paA'ement with a thud. The old jailor
bounced out of bed, rushed around the house, then up
stairs to our room. Hastily examining our place and
plan of escape he pronounced it good, and immediately
turned the rest of us out. The next morning, as we learned
later, he rushed down to Captain BoUes' quarters and re
ported the prisoners all escaped. Old Bolles fairly boiled
over with wrath, swearing vengeance upon us if we were
retaken. This was about the close of January, 1865. We
pushed straight for the Blue Ridge, traveling until day
light. The next day we lay concealed in a pile of corn
shucks, where a colored man assured us we would be safe
if quiet. One of our number, in spite of protest and en
treaty, crawled out to look around, and was discovered
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rounded by a crowd who shouted to us : "You'uns come
out of thar, or we'uns will burn the shucks." Yielding
to fate we came out and were soon back in jail, being con
fined in the dungeon about a week. From this place we
were taken to Spartansburg, S. C, where we remained
one night in jail. Following this we were removed to
Charlotte, N. C, to SaUsbury, N. C, to Danville, Va., and
finally landing in our old room at Libby. After a night's
stay there, next day, Sunday, was sent to City Point for
exchange. Reached Annapolis, Md., April 7th, 1865,
Avhere I remained two weeks in hospital. From here I
went to Washington City, where I settled my account with
the Government May 5th, and reached my home in Ohio.
May 10th, 1865. Very truly yours, J. M. Wasson,
Late Lieutenant Company "H" 40th 0. V. I.

THE GREAT FLOOD AT PIKETON,
Our first winter up Sandy was characterized by unus
ual rains, and as a consequence, the river kept at a stage
unknown to the inhabitants up to that time. This was
fortunate for us, as without the full river we could not
have remained so far up the valley as we did. Humphrey
Marshall had, during his stay near PaintA'ille, subsisted
his army off the country, but he could not have done this
much longer. His advance through Pound Gap contem
plated an invasion of central Kentucky, where he would
have found full granaries and smoke-houses, but the ad-

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vance of our brigade, and the little battle of Middle Creek,
changed his plans somewhat. Unable to go forward, he
was compelled to abandon the valley at once, if for no
other reason than that he could no longer subsist his
troops with no supplies nearer than Virginia. Without
the unusually full river we Avould have had the same dif
ficulty in permanently occupying the valley above Paint
ville, or even Louisa. In the following winter, when we
were at Louisa, the river having its usual winter stage of
water, too much for push-boats and too little for steamers,
the question of supplies was someAvhat troublesome, they
having to be hauled in wagons a part of the time from
Terman's Ferry, midway from Louisa to Cattletsburg, be
yond which even small steamers could only occasionaUy
pass. To have subsisted our brigade in the winter of
1862-3 as far up as Piketon would have been impossible.
As it was in '61-2, there was sufficient AA'ater in the river
to float the largest steamers, whose whistles then for the
first time awoke the echoes among the hills above Paint
ville. With such facilities we were kept well supplied
during all our stay in the upper valley of Sandy.
In the latter part of February occurred an extraordinary
rise in the river, knowii to us as the "Flood at Piketon."
The village of Piketon then consisted of a single street
along the bank of Sandy, on the "bottom." The site can
only be regarded as bottom land, when considered in con
nection with the towering hills around it, as it was fifty
or sixty feet above low water mark. Our camp was just
below the village on the bank ofthe river where it bends,
making an obtuse angle, and was a few feet lower than
the Anllage site. Back of the camp and the village, the
ground was slightly depressed, and still farther back were
high ground and hills where the rest of the brigade was
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established, but as it still lacked twenty to thirty feet of be
ing ' bank full'' no fears were entertained of any trouble
from that source. About the middle of February there
Avas a heaA'y snow fall in the mountains, and this melt
ing, in connection Avith the rain in the last Aveek of the
month, produced the unprecedented rise in the river. On
Thursday the rain commenced, but it was not until Fri
day morning that there Avas any considerable change in
the river. On Friday morning the Capit la, a large side-
wheel steamer, with a cargo of baled bay, corn in sacks,
coffee, bacon and hard tack, tied up to a sycamore oppo
site our camp. The cargo Avas unloaded and piled on the
bank in the usual place. By 10 o'clock a. m. the river
was rising rapidly, and at 2 p. m. Colonel Cranor ordered
the stores removed to higher ground. The water still ris
ing, a second, and finally a third removal was ordered.
During the afternoon the rapidly swelling stream was
watched with curious interest. Eye witnesses describe
the rise as not by inches, but by feet; that looking up
stream what seemed like a wave a few inches, or a foot or
more high, would be seen rolling down, and this waA'e
marked the rise of the water. It was not until near night
on Friday that there were any fears for the safety of the
camp, but in the evening an order was issued to strike
tents and seek higher ground. The order was too late,
for by this time water was passing through the low ground
back of the camp. A few tents were removed, but most
of them were left standing. After the water got over the
banks, it spread so rapidly that the men were glad to es
cape, leaving everything behind, and seeking shelter in
the barns and houses of the village. It was not long
however before these were invaded, the inmates being
driven to upper stories. It was a night of terror. The
rain continued, the darkness was intense, and as the

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muddy flood crept upwards in the houses, and the roar
ing of the angry current on all sides increased in volume,
all considered the possibility of the entire village being
swept away. So strongly Avas David Whitesides of Com
pany "D" impressed with this idea that he waded from
the "Dorsey House," the only hotel in the place, and
climbed a tree Avhere he spent the night. The morning
came at last, showing our men looking out from upper
story windows. Backof the tovvn and our camp, was a rapid
current ten to twenty feet deep, Avhile in the village and
in our ca»ip, it was from three to six feet in depth. The
Capitola still swung from the same sycamore, but its hawser
was attached at a point sixtj' feet above that ofthe morn
ing preceeding. The forage and commissary stores were
all swept away, as well as many of the tents. These,
however, being firmly staked down, resisted the current
astonishingly, sothat a large proportion were saved. The
channel of the river was filled Avith a ra,ging, surging,
muddy flood, bearing upon its tawny bosom, houses,
barns, haystacks and the debris of ruined horaes from the
country above. In the early morning everj'thing in the
shape of a boat was utilized to visit the carap and rescue
such property as could be removed. The Swan, a small
steamer, moved about over the camp and came up into
the village, rendering material aid to our imprisoned reg
iment. Sudden as had been the rising of the river its subsi
dence was no less rapid. By the middle of Saturday
forenoon it had began falling, and by night, town and
camp had escaped from its muddy embrace. The loss
was heavy in stores, otherwise slight. A few horses and
mules Were lost, one of the latter lodging in a large tree
at a height estimated at from sixty to eighty feet, above
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444 HISTORY OP THE
or recovered, and by Sunday morning the regiment was
back in its old quarters engaged in a heavy job of "house-
cleaning." The saddest feature of the terrible Friday
night was the drowning of J. B. McDowell, of Company
"D." Being ill, when the regiment was compelled to va
cate the camp, Captain Watson arranged for his remain
ing on the Capitola over night. During the night he
anfortunately feU overboard and was drowne i.

BRIEF MILITARY HISTORIES

DFFICERS ANn MEN

FORTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

[In the following pages names will be found in the rank held at
original muster of the regiment, or if recruits, at date of enrollment,
and all changes will be there noted. A 11 owing further service wheth
er as recruits, veterans, or by sentenceof court martial, were, onthe
10th of December, 1864, transferred to the 51st O. V. V. , although
many such never joined the regiment, being sick in hospital, or in
prison. Abbreviations — En. Enrolled. V. E. Veteran Enrollment.]

FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel Jonathan Cranor.
Lieutenant Colonel, with authority to recruit the regi
ment, August 21st, 1861. Colonel, September llth,
1861. Commanded detachment of Eighteenth Bri
gade, Army of the Ohio, from March 14th, 1862.
Commanded the Post at GaUipolis, 0., October, 1862.
Commanded the District of Eastern Kentucky, winter

146 HISTORY OF THE
of 1862-3. Resigned on account of disability, Feb
ruary 5th, 1863. Brevet Brigadier General, with rank
from March 13th, 1865. Other service — En. as Private
in Regular Army during the Mexican War. On duty
with Captain McCrea at Newport, Ky., and Captain
Lyon at Detroit, Mich., recruiting. Mustered out
with rank of Sergeant. Captain of Company "I,"
Eleventh 0. V. I., in three months' service in 1861.
Military Claim Agent for State of Ohio, April 29th,
1863. Winchester, Ind.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter W. Taylor.
Lieutenant Colonel, September 12th, 1861. Dismissed
November 22d, 1862.
Major Jacob. E. Taylor.
Major, October 29th, 1861, Colonel, February 5th, 1863.
Commanded Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth
Army Corps in 1864. Mustered out at Pine Moun
tain, Georgia, October 7th, 1864. Other service —
Captain in Thirtieth O. V. I., August 28th 1861.
Colonel of One Hundred and Eighty-Eighth 0. V. I.,
March 4th, 1865. Mustered out with regiment Sep
tember 25th, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General, with
rank from March 13th, 1865. Burlington, Iowa.
Surgeon Alexander McBride.
Surgeon, September Tth, 1861. Resigned April 1st,
1862. Subsequently oif duty in hospital at Camp
Chase, 0. Dead.
Surgeon John N. Beach.
Surgeon, April 14th, with rank from April 1st, 1862.
On staff duty as follows : Surgeon of the Third Bn-

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 147
gade, Army of the KanaAvha, in fall of 1862 at Galli
polis, 0. Medical Director of the District of Eastern
Kentucky, winter of 1862-3, at Cattletsburgh, Ky.
Medical Director of Third Division, Army of the
Ohio, in spring of 1863, at Franklin, Tenn. Surgeon
of First Brigade, First Division Reserve Corps, Army
of the Cumberland, July 24th, 1863, until after battle
of Chicamauga. Surgeon of Second Brigade, First
Division, Fourth Army Corps, Army of the Cumber
land, October 1863, until the close of his term of
service. Operating Surgeon in Field Hospital of
First Division, Fourth Corps, during the Atlanta
Campaign. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., Decem
ber 6th, 1864. West Jefferson, 0.
Assistant Surgeon Joseph C. Kalb.
Assistant Surgeon, October 3d, 1861. Resigned Febru
ary 6th, 1863. Assistant Surgeon Forty-second 0,
V. I., March 10th, 1863. Resigned August 27th, 1864.
Henry, Ills.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew E. Isaminger.
Assistant Surgeon, August 22d, 1862. In' charge of
Medical Department of regiment in 1863 and 1864.
Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864.
Leadville, Col.
Assistant Surgeon William H. Matchett.
Assistant Surgeon, Februray Sth, 1863. On detached
duty by orders dated as follows : General Hospital,
Franklin, Tenn., May 12th, 1863 ; to remove the sick
to Nashville, and close the hospital at Franklin, June
1st, 1863 : General Hospital at Tullahoma, Tenn.,
August 16th, 1863 ; General Field Hospital, Chatta-

148 HISTORY OF THE
nooga, Tenn., September 23d, 1863 ; Brigade Hospital,
Blue Spring, Tenn., February 14th, 1864 ; to open
Post Hospital at Cleveland, Tenn., February 22d,
1864 ; Division Field Hospital, July llth, 1864. Mus
tered out at Pine Mountain, Georgia, October 7th,
1864. Surgeon One Hundred and Eighty-sixth O.
V. I., March 1st, 1865. Mustered out with regiment.
Greenville,' 0.
Chaplain Samuel A. Brewster.
Chaplain, October 15th. 1861. Resigned October 31st,
1862. Eaton, 0.
Chaplain Salem T. Griswold.
Chaplain, December 19th, 1862. Mustered out at Nash
ville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864. Died at Greenfield,
0., August 22d, 1883.
Adjutant James B. Creviston.
First .Lieutenant and Adjutant, September 9th, 1861.
Resigned March 9th, 1862. Other serAdce — First
Lieutenant in Eleventh 0. V. I., in 1861. Gaptain in
One Hundred and Ninety-third O. V. I., March llth,
1865. HiUgrove, Ohio,
Quartermaster Joseph L. Kissinger.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, August 24th, 1861.
Resigned March 14th, 1863. Athens, O.

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NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Sergeant Major Harrison E. McClure.
En. as Private in Company "G," October 12th, 1861.
Sergeant Major, November 15th, 1861. First Lieuten
ant and Adjutant, May 9th, 1862. Captain, March
19th, 1864. Promotion declined. Mustered out Nash
ville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864. Piqua, 0.
Quartermaster's Sergeant Ewing M. Wickersham.
En. as Private in Company "B," September 17th, 1861.
Quartermaster's Sergeant, October 10th, 1861. Mus
tered out March 15th, 1864, to accept promotion in
Sixty-seventh Regiment U: S. Colored Infantry. Paoli, Kan.
Commissary Sergeant Lansing R. Moody.
En. as Private in Company "B," September 28th, 1861.
Commissary Sergeant, October 10th, 1861. First Lieu
tenant, March 14th, 1863. Assigned to Company
"F." Resigned March 10th, 1864. Wilmington, O.
Hospital Steward Abijah J. Miles.
En. as Private in Company "I," November 5th, 1861.
Hospital Steward, November 5th, 1861, Discharged,
1862. Cincinnati, O.
Chief Musician Hiram Andrus.
En. as Private in Company "E." Chief Musician, No
vember 27th, 1861.

150 HISTORY OF THB

BAND.

First Lieutenant Johiel G. Dungan.
First Lieutenant, September 25th, 1861. Mustered out
September 30th, 1862, at Columbus, 0. Dead.
First Sergeant Richard Acton.
En. Septeraber 28th, 1861. Mustered out September
30th, 1862. Dead.
Sergeant George W. Worrell.
En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered out September
SOth, 1862.
Sergeant Martin W. Dungan.
En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered out September
30th, 1862. London, O.
First Corporal Francis M. Griffith.
En. October 2d, 1861. Mustered out September 30th,
1862.
Corporal Seymour J. Reed.
En. October 2d, 1861. Detailed from Company "B."
Died, Piketon, Ky., 1862.
Corporal Arthur M. Nelson.
En. September 22d, 1861. Mustered out September
30th, 1862. privates.
Brown, Peter. En. October 2d, 1861. Detailed from
Company "C."

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Betts, Thomas. En. September 28th,. 1861 Mustered
out September 30th, 1862. .
Crane, G. W. En. October 1st, 1861 .Detailed from Com
pany "B." Mustered out^eptember SOth, 1862.
Wilmington, 0.
Finefrock, Isaiah. En. October 16th, 1861. Mustered out
September SOth, 1862.
Hoover, Enos. En. October lOth, 1861 . Mustered out
September 30th, 1862.
Kennelly, Patrick. En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered
out September SOth, 1862; New York City, N. Y.
Swisher, John. En. October 2d, 1§61 . Detailed from
Company "E." Mustered out September SOth, 1862.

COMPANY "A" FORTIETH 0. V. I.
Captain William Jones.
Captain, September 5th, 1861. Major, February 5th,
1863. Lieutenant Colonel, February 25th, 1863. Com
manded the Regiment from September 1st, to Novem
ber 1st, 1863. Commanded the Post at Tullahoma,
Tenn., September 1863. Resigned on account of dis
ability, February 28th, 1864. West Jefferson, 0.
First Lieutenant Orlando C. Bowles.
First Lieutenant, September 5th, 1861. Captain, Feb
ruary 5th, 1863. Resigned September 9th, 1863.
Piketon, Ky.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Lilly.
Second Lieutenant, September 5th, 1861. Severe acci
dental wound at battle of Middle Creek, Ky., January

V-)'! HISTORY OP THB
loth, 1862. Resigned on account of disability from
wound, July 20th, 1862. Other Service — Captain in
One Hundred and Thirty-third 0. V. I., in 1864. Died
at City Point, Va., July 22d, 1864.
First Sergeant William Dillon.
En. September 5th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Novem
ber 1st, 1862. Resigned January 24th, 1863. Re-
enlisted in same Company March 3d, 1864. Trans-
fered to Fifty-first O. V. V. Dropped from roll at
Nashville, June 16th, 1865. Maxinkuckee, Ind.
Sergeant Jacob Houston,
En. September 5th, 1861. Reduced to ranks. Detailed
as Sergeant of Artillery. Mustered out October 7th,
1864. In Seventeenth O. V. I., in three months' ser
vice in 1861.
Sergeant Marion Simpkins.
En. September 5th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, February
Sth, 1863. Resigned January 2d, 1864.
Carson City, Nevada.
Sergeant Thomas Price.
En. September 5th, 1861. Discharged for disability,
1862. Emporia, Kan.
Sergeant Wilson Burrows.
En. September 5th, 1861. Killed at FrankUn, Tenn.,
April 10th, 1863.
Corporal Ralph Robinson.
En. September 5th, 1861. Mustered out October Tth,
1864. Alton, 0.

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Corporal Lawrence Englesperger.
En. Septeml^er 5th, 1861. Mustered out October Tth,
1864. West Jefferson, Ohio.
Corporal John H. Plymell.
En. September 5th, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant. Dead.
Corporal Elisha BidweU.
En. September 5th, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant. Was
wounded at Lovejoy, Ga., September 2d, 1864. Died
of wound few weeks later at Chattanooga.
Corporal James Blair.
En. September .5th, 1861. Detailed into Pioneer Corps.
Colurabus, Ohio.
Corporal William Perry Taylor.
En. September 5th, 1861. Dropped frora roll on Big
Sandy, 1863.
Corporal William M. French.
En. September Sth, 1861. V. E. March 15, 1864. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at Victo
ria, Texas, October 3d, 1865. Dead.
Corporal Charles Schwartz.
En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out at Pine Moun-
tainj Ga., October Tth, 1864. SteUa, Kan.
Musician Frederick Olney.
En. September Sth, 1861. Promoted to Chief Musician,
1863. Mustered out September 19th, 1864. Chief
Musician in One Hundred and Eighty-eighth 0. V. I.
in 1865. Mustered out with regiment. Warsaw, Ind.

154 HISTORY OF TIIE
Musician Jonathan Hammil.
En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out at Pine Moun
tain, Ga., October Tth, 1864. London Ohio.
Teamster James Roberts.
En. September ,5th, 1861. Dead.
PRIVATES.
Anderson, Allen. En. September Sth, 1861.
Anderson, William. En. September Sth, 1861.
Adams, Hamilton. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864. Lintner, 111.
Augsberger, John. En. September Sth, 1861. V E.
March 28th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-First 0. V. V
Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Mt Rose, Mo.
Arrowhood, John. En. September 5th, 1861. Dropped
from the roll.
Altman, Charles T. En. September Sth, 1861. Wounded
at Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Mustered
out at expiration of term of service. Mounds, Mo.
Bradley Calvin. En. October 2d, 1861. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864.
West Jefferson, Ohio.
Butler, WilUam T. En. September Sth, 1861. Discharged
for disability at Camp Chase, 0., 1861.
BidweU, Benjamin. En. 1861. Killed at Chicamauga,
September 20th, 186S.
Burkhardt, WilUam. En. September 5th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability at Camp Chase, 0., 1862. Dead.
Bradly, Henry K. En. September 25th, 1861. Died at
home, on furlough, 1862.

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Bradly, H. F. En.
BidweU, Mahlon. En. September Sth, 1861. Discahrged
for disability, 1863. Milford Centre, 0.
Byerly, David. En. September 5th, 1861. Discharged
for disability. Dead.
Brown John. Recruit. En, December Sth, 1861, Trans
ferred to Eighth regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps,
August 20th, 1863. Mustered out at Chicago, Janu
ary 1st, 1865. Pierceton, Ind.
Chambers, Samuel. En. September Sth, 1861. Mus
tered out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864.
West Jefferson, 0.
Clark, Thomas. Recruit. En. V. E. January 2, 1864.
Wounded at Phillip's Ferry, Chattahoochie River, Ga.,
July llth, 1864. Arm amputated. Transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps, December Sth, 1864. Dead.
Chambers, James. Recruit. En. February 5th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at ex
piration of term of service, February 10th, 1865.
West Jefferson, 0.
Cochran, Marion W. En. September 5th, 1861.
Chenoweth, Thomas. Recruit. En. V. E. March 26th,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1864. Raymond Kan.
Cartwright, James. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E. Jan
uary 21st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Clifton, Jackson. En. August 28th, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, eye shot out, September 20th, 1863. Mus
tered out December 23 d, 1864. Georgesville, 0.
Clover, James. En. September 5th, 1861. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864,

156 HISTORY OF THE
Cochran, John. En. Septeraber Sth, 1861. In hospital
at muster out of Company. Dead.
Dubois, Joseph. Recruit. En. September 1st, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 4th,
1865.
Dunson, Howard. En. September 5th, 1861. Died, May
29th, 1863.
Doren, Henry. En. October 18th, 1861. Mustered out
October 20th, 1864. En. in Company "H," Sixth Regi
ment U. S. Veteran Volunteers, in 1865. Severans, Kan.
Devol, Oscar. En. Septeraber Sth, 1861. Captured at
Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864.
Duff, Jonah.. En. Septeraber Sth, 1861. Died at Hazel
Green, Ky., January, 1862.
Dyer, Lemuel. En. September 5th, 1861. Died, Vining
Station, Ga., August 10th, 1864.
Davenport, Edward. En. Died at home. May, 1862.
DiUon, WilUam. Recruit. En. March 3d, 1864. (See
Sergeant. )
Englesperger, Jacob. En. September Sth, 1861. Mus
tered out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Faye, Edward. En. September Sth, 1861. Died at Nash
ville, Tenn., 1863.
Ford, Jackson. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga.,' October 7th, 1864. Dead.
Grifiin, Patrick H. En. September Sth, 1861. Died at
Louisa, Ky., 1862.
Garrabrandt, Andrew J. En. September Sth, 1861. Pro
moted to Corporal, and to Sergeant. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.West Jefferson, O.

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Groff, Benjamin. En. September .5th, 1861. V. E., Jan-
, uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Bellemore, 0-
Gray, WilUam. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E., De
cember 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty first 0. V. V.
Lilly Chapel, 0.
Glaze, Nelson. Recruit. En. 1862. Killed, Lookout
Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Gray, James W. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E., Febru
ary 28th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
London, O,
Harrington, George. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
London, Ohio.
Harrington, Alonzo. En. September 5th, 1861. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
Hann, Maurice. En. September Sth, 1861. Promoted to
Corporal. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Ga.. Octo
ber Tth, 1864. West Jefferson, 0.
Hammond, John. En. September 5th, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., 1862.
Hann, Arthur. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out
at Columbus, 0., October Tth, 1864. West Jefferson, 0.
Hann, Levi. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864. KiUed in an
affray at West Jefferson, O., 1866.
Hubbard, Thomas. En. September, 1861. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
West Jefferson, 0.
Hubbard, William. En. September, 1861. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. Dead.
Hubbard, Samuel. En. September, 1861. Captured at
Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863. Mustered out. Pine
Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.

158 HISTORY OF THE
Henderson, Charles C. En. September Sth, 1861. Died,
Paintville, Ky., January, 1862.
Harkness, Joseph S. En. September Sth, 1861. Dropped
from roll on Sandy, 1862.
IrAvin, Joseph. En. September .5th,- 1861. Mustered out,
October 7th, 1864. Dead.
Ingalls, George. En. September Sth, 1861. Promoted to
Sergeant, and to Commissary Sergeant. Mustered out
October 7th, 1864. Rising, Neb.
Ingalls, Rufus W. En. September .5th, 1861. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864. Shelby, Neb.
Ingalls, Frank. Recruit-. En. Promoted to Sergeant.
In Three Months' Service in Seventeenth Ohio in 1861.
Dead.
Johnson, Firman. En. September Sth, 1861. Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Died from
wound in Field Hospital.
Kingman, George A. Recruit. V. E., February 29th, 1864.
Kelso, John. Recruit. En. August 25th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by General
Order 6T, June 21st, 1865. Dead.
Long, John. En. Septeraber Sth, 1861. In hospital when
Company mustered out.
Long, Jacob. En. September Sth, 1861. Killed at Look
out Mountain, November 24th, 1863. In Three Months'
Service in Sevent'eeth 0. V. I, in 1861,
Lilly, Henry C. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered
out. Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
Lilly, Daniel. En. September 5th, 1861, Promoted to
Corporal. Shot through the head at Chicamauga,
September 19th, 1863, Sent, in an unconscious con
dition, to Chattanooga. Time and place of death
unknoAvn.

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Leiter, George. En. September Sth, 1861 V. E. Decem
ber 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V
Lilly Chapel, Ohio.
Maher, MatheAV. Recruit. Mustered out at Pulaski,
Tenn., Noveraber 6th, 1865. West Jefferson, 0.
Martin, John H. En. September 5th, 1861.
Moody, Hezekiah. En. September Sth, 1861. IMustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
West Jefferson, 0.
MiUer, Francis R. En. September Sth, 1861 Wounded
at Middle Creek, Ky., January 10th, 1862. V E. March
15th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V
W^est Jefferson, 0.
McNamarra, Thomas. En. SeiJtemher oth, 1-861. Dropped
from the roll.
Murphy, Hugh. Recruit. En. August 15th, 1862.
Wounded at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Trans
ferred to 51st 0. V. V. Dead.
Olney, George B. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered
out by order of Secrerary of War, September 19th 1863.
Elmwood, Ills.
Olney, Wilson. En. September Sth, 1861. Captured at
FrankUn, Tenn., April 10th, 1863, Wounded at Chick-
araauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864. Died at
West Jefferson, Ohio, July 26th, 1880.
Olney, J. S. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. In Three Months' Service in 1861.
Dead.
Plummer, James. Recruit. En. V. E. January '2d,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered
out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865. Dead.

160 HISTORY OF THE
Plymel, George W. En. September Sth, 1861. Promoted
to Corporal. Wounded at Lookout Mountain, Novem
ber 24th, 1863. Mustered out October Tth, 1864. '
Irwin, Station, 0
Pearce, Thomas. En, September 5th, 1861. Promoted
to Orderly Sergeant. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga.,
September 20th, 1863. Detailed, and sent home on
recruiting service, March 14th, 1864. Mustered out
at Columbus, 0., September ITth, 1864. London, 0.
Paugh, Soloraon. En. Septe»iber5th, 1861. Discharged
for disabilitj'- at Camp Chase, 0., 1862. In Three
Months' Service in Third 0. V. I. in 1861. Seventeen
months^ in 12th O. V. C.
Pratt, James. !l^ecruit. En.
Reno, WiUiam. Oct. 20th, 1861. Mustered out at Eangs-
ton, Ga., October 20th, 1864. West Jefferson, O.
Roberts, Charles C. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862.
Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863,
and at KenesaAv, Ga., June 20th, 1864, Discharged
for disability, March 16th, 1865. West Jefferson, O.
Studebaker, Augustus. En. September Sth, 1861.
Scott, Otho H. En. November 25th, 1861. Promoted
to Orderly Sergeant. Commanded Company "A" from
June SOth, 1864. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn.,
December 8th, 1864. In Three Months' Service in
Seventeenth 0. V. I. in 1861. Muncie, Ind.
Stokes, Edward. En. September Sth, 1861.
Suver, Jeremiah. Recruit. En. August 19th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V, Mustered out at Nash-
A'ille by Order 6T, June 21, 1865. Harrisburgh, O.
Scott, Isaac. Recruit. En. August, 1862. Died, Louis
ville, Ky., July 1863.
Stewart, Isaac. Recruit. V. E., February 2Tth, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at
Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.

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TiUman, EU. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E., March
28th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out, Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Plain City, 0.
Thomas, Mackey. Recruit. En. August 2Sth, 1862. Dis
charged for disability, September 1st, 1863, at Wartrace,
Tenn. West Jefferson, 0.
Tainor, Stephen. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered
out December lOth, 1864. Five Points, 0.
Wheatly, David M. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E.,
December 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V.
V. Discharged by sentence of General Court-martial.
Wood, Jonah. En. September 25th, 1861. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864. London, 0.
Williams, Thomas B. En. September Sth, 1861. Pro
moted to Corporal. Mustered out at Pine Mountain,
Ga., October Tth, 1864. Cisco, IU.
Whitney, J. K. Recruit. V, E., January 2d, 1854.
White, Calvin. En. September Sth, 1861. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. Clifton, Kan.
Williams, Albert. Recruit. Promoted to Sergeant. Cap
tured at Frankhn, Tenn., April lOth, 1863. Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
'^'oung, Isaac. En. December Sth, 1861. Mustered out
December Sth, 1864. Dead.

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COMPANY "B" FORTIETH 0. V. L
Captain Jambs Haworth.
Captain, September ITth, 1861. Acting Assistant Ad
jutant General for District of Eastern Kentucky in
winter of 1862-3. Resigned, February Tth, 1863.
Olathe, Kan.
First Lieutenant Charles J. Ent.
First Lieutenant, September ITth, 1861. Captain, Feb
ruary Tth, 1863. Wounded at Chickamauga Septem
ber 19th, 1863. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Ga.,
October Tth, 1864. Wilmington, O.
Second Lieutenant John J. Barlow.
Second Lieutenant, September 14th, 1861. First Lieu
tenant, February Tth, 1863. Resigned, October 13th,
1863. Wilmington, O.
First Sergeant James B. Nickerson,
En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered out to accept pro
motion in Sixty-seventh Regiment, U. S. Colored In
fantry. Dunkirk, Ind.
Sergeant Ewing M. Wickersham.
En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted to Quartermas
ter's Sergeant October 10th, 1861. (See non-commis
sioned staff. ) Paoli, Kan.
Sergeant Thomas McVay.
En. September 17th, 1861. Died at Piketon, Ky., 1862.
Sergeant Jerome B. Smith.
En. September'lTth, 1861. Reduced. Columbus, 0.

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163

Sergeant Lansing R. Moody.
En. September 28th, 1861. Promoted to Commissary
Sergeantj October 10th, 1861. (See non-commis
sioned staff. ) Wilmington, 0.
Corporal Daniel CoUett,
En. September'lTth, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant. Sec
ond Lieutenant. First Lieutenant, May 9th, 1864.
Wounded at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November
24th, 1863. Died from wound, May SOth, 1864.
Corporal Jesse N. Oren,
En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant, July
ITth, 1862. Captured at FrankUn Tenn., April 10th,
1863. Commanded Company "B" during Atlanta
campaign. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Ga., Oc
tober Tth, 1864. Gurneyville, O.
Corporal William M. Wain.
En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant. Dis
charged for disability, December 5th, 1862. Lumberton, O.
Corporal Robert E. LaFetra.
En. September ITth, 1861 Discharged for disability. Dead.

Corporal Porter Van Tress.
En. September ITth, 1861.
vember 1st, 1862.

Tromoted to Sergeant, No-

Corporal Isaac Doan.
En. September ITth,
tober 20th, 1862,

1861 Promoted to Sergeant Oc-

164 HISTORY OF THE
Corporal.Henry C, Cowgill.
En, September ITth, 1861. Discharged for disability,
October llth, 1862.
Corporal Jacob H. Allen.
En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant Feb
ruary Tth, 1863. Olivet, Dakota Ter.
Musician William H. Buntan.
En. September ITth, 1861.
Musician William Vandevoort.
En. Died, 18T8.
Teamster Johnson Crawford.
En. September ITth, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps,
October 10th, 1863. Mustered out September 22d,
1864. MartinsvUle, O.
PRIVATES.
Austin, William D. Recruit. Killed at Kenesaw, Ga.,
June 20th, 1864.
Arnold, Samuel I. Recruit. En. August 2Sd, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Nash
viUe, by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865. New Antioch, O.
Beavins, Joshua. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 23d, 1863.
Boring, Henry. En. September ITth, 1861. Discharged
for disability, December 19th, 1862,
Bariow, James M, En. September ITth, 1861. V. E., De
cember 28th, 1863, Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out at Camp Dennison, O., June 26th, 1865-
Lumberton, O.
B^bb, Alpheus. En. September ITth, 1861. KiUed at
FrankUn, Tenn., April 10th, 1863.

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Breckford, James E. En, September ITth, 1861. Trans
ferred to Company "F" October 31st, 1861.
Barnes, James A. En, September ITth, 1861. Discharged
for disability, October 22d, 1862.
Carter, Joseph M, En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
Piketon, Ky., May 19th, 1862.
Curl, Edgar, En. September 28th, 1861. Promoted to
Commissary Sergeant, April 9th, 1863. Quartermaster's
Sergeant, February 16th, 1864. Mustered out at At
lanta, Ga., September 28th, 1864. Cincinnati, 0.
Crane, G. W. En. October 1st, 1861. Transferred to
Band. (See Band).
Carver, William R. En. September ITth, 1861. Detailed
for duty in regimental hospital in 1862. Mustered out
at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Tth, 1864.
Chestewee Mill, Tenn.
ConkUn, David F. En. September ITth, 1861 Promoted
to Corporal, AprU 21st, 1862. Sergeant, May 1st, 1864.
Mustered out at Atlanta, October 17th, 1864.
Lumberton, O.
Carr, Nathaniel. Recruit. En. September 2d, 1862. Died
at TuUahoma, Tenn., August 22d, 1863.
Clarke, Isaiah. En. September 17th, 1861. Dropped
from roll, Louisa, Ky., December 18th 1862.
Campbell, WiUiam. En. September 17th, 1861. Died at
MartinsvUle, O., August Tth, 1862.
.Crawford, John A. Recruit. Promoted to Corporal,
September 25th, 1863. Killed at Kenesaw, Ga,, June
20th, 1864.
Crawford, Charles H. Wounded accidentally, July 4th,
1862. Finger amputated. Discharged for disability.
Martinsville, Ohio.
Daniels, George H. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered
out October 7th, 1864.

166 HISTORY OF THE
Damiels, Joseph B. Recruit. En. August 23d, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at
Nashville, by Oredr 67, June 21st, 1865.
Dean, Joseph N. En. September 17th, 1861. Xenia, O.
Darbyshire, James. En. Promoted to Corporal, Octo
ber llth, 1863.
Edward, Archibald. En. September 17th, 1861.
ElUs, EU. En. September 17th, 1861. Wounded near
Dalton, Ga., February 2Sth, 1864. Died of the wound
at Ringgold, Qa., February 28th, 1864.
Edward, Nathaniel. En. September 17th, 1861. Acci
dental gun-shot through lung at Tullahoma, Tenn.,
September 6th, 1863. Died of wound, Septemer 7th,
1863.
EUis, John W. En. September 17th, 1861. Wounded at
Burnt Hickory, Ga., June 1st, 1864. Dead.
Fleming, E. B. Recruit. Wounded at Chickamauga,
Ga., September 20th, 1863. Died of wound at Nash
ville, Tenn., October 9th, 1863.
Fleming, John V. Recruit. Wound«d and captured at
FrankUn, Tenn., April 10th, 1863. Died of wound in
rebel prison at Columbia, Tenn., July Sth, 1863.
Goodrick, William J. Recruit. Wounded at Chicka
mauga, September 19th. 1863. Transferred to Invalid
Corps.
Grifiith, Marion. En. 1861. Mustered out at Columbus,
O., at expiration of term of service. . Wilmington, O.
Guttery, Henry. En. September 17th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, August 5th, 1862.
Harlan, Elias D. Recruit. Promoted to Corporal, July
17th, 1862. Mustered out October 7th, 1864. Oakland, O.
Hoover, Jacob A. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered
out October 7th, 1864,

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 16T
Haines, Jacob H. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Lynn, Ind.
Hardesty, William M. En. September, 1861. Mustered -
out September 27th, 1864. Bloomington, 111.
Hodgson, George S. En. September 17th, 1861. Died,
Ashlan,d, Ky., February 22d, 1863.
Hart, Silas. En. September ITth, 1861 Promoted to
Corporal. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant, February 7th,
1863. First Lieutenant, March 19th, 1864. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga. , October Tth, 1864.
Hoover, William R. En. September 17th, 1861. Died at
Camp Chase, O., October Sd, 1861.
Hiatt, Marshal. Recruit. En. August 23d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at Nashville,
by Order 67, June 21st, 1865.
Hunnicutt, WUUam H. H. En. September 17th, 1861.
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Holloway, Charles. En. September 17th, 1861. Wounded
at Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died of wound,
June 2Tth, 1864.
Hallam, John M. En. iSeptember ITth, 1861. Wounded
at Chickamauga, Septeraber 19th, 1863.
Hale, Elwood. Recruit. En. August 20th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Nashville,
by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865.
Haug, Ferdinand. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864 Miltonvale, Kan.
Hawk, Silas P. En. September 17th, 1861. Promoted
to Corporal, March 15th, 1862. Captured at Kenesaw,
Ga., June 20th, 1864. Eight months and two days in
rebel prisons at Andersonville, Savannah, Millen,
Florence, 8. C, and Goldsboro and Wilmington, N. C.
Escaped to our lines Pebrurary 22d, and was sent

168 HISTORY OF THE
to Annapolis, Md., thence to Camp Chase, O., where
he was mustered out April 13th, 1865, Harveysburg, O.
Hendershott, Jacob C. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at
NashviUe, by Order ^7, June 21st, 1865.
Hendershott, David W. En. September ITth, 1861. De
tailed as blacksmith. Dead-
Helems, John. Recruit. Blackford, Ind.
Jeffries, WiUiam. Recruit. En, September 29th, 1863.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Jenkins, George. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Wilmington, 0.
Kiser, Isaiah. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. Xenia, 0.
Lewis, Evan J. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at Nash
ville, by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865.
Lytle, Clarkson. En. September ITth, 1861. HiUsboro, O.
Leake, Stephen. En. September ITth, 1861 . Discharged
for disabiUty, October 20th, 1862.
Luckey, Barney. Recruit. En. August 23d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at Nash
viUe, by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865. Boehmer, Ind.
Morrow, Samuel I. En. September ITth, 1861. Wounded
at Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863. Died of wound.
May 6th, 1863.
Murrel, John. Recruit.
Morris, WiUiam H. En. September 17th, 1861. Pro
moted to Corporal, July 1st, 1862.
McFadden, Charles. En. September 17th, 1861. Wound
ed at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24th, 1863.
Died of wound at Tullahoma, Tenn., Deceraber 27th,
1863.

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McVay, Robert H. En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted
to Corporal, February Tth, 186S.
McVay, Luther. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864.
Moorman, Thomas E. En. Septeraber ITth, 1861. Cap
tured at Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died in rebel
prison at Millen.
McFadden, Harrison W. En. Septeraber 17th, 1861.
New Antioch, 0.
MUler, WiUiara H. En. Septeraber ITth, 1861. Wounded
and captured at Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died
of wound in rebel prison, Atlanta, Ga., July ITth, 1864.
Middleton, WiUiara H. En. Septeraber 17th, 1861. Mus
tered out October 8th, 1864. Richmond, Ind.
McGruder, William Z. En. September ITth, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, December Tth, 1862.
MiUs, John M. En. Septeraber ITth, 1861. Discharged
for disability, November 13th, 1862.
Mooney, Francis. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Chickamauga, (ia., September 20th, 1863. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Palestine, 111.
MitcheU, John F. En. September ITth, 1861. Captured
at KenesaAV, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Mills, George W. D. En. September ITth, 1861. Dis
charged for disability November 28th, 1862.
Mahan, Michael I. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Dead.
Newman, Joseph M Eu. Si.piomber ITth, 1861. Pro
moted to Corporal DecemlxT 5tli, 1862.
Owens, John. En. September ITth, 1861. V. E., Fehru:
ary 2Sth, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
O'Neal, George M. En. September ITtli, 1861. Died at
Camp Dennison, ()., December Sth, 1863.

170 HISTORY OF THE
O'Neal, .James B. En. September ITth, 1861. Promoted
to Corporal October 20th, 1861. Died at Ashland, Ky.,
March ISth, 1862.
Pugh, Edward N. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864.
Peebles, Joshua B. En. September ITth, 1861. Dis
charged for disability October 22d, 1862.
Quigley, Samuel. Recruit. En. August llth, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June
18th, 1865.
Railey, Joseph C. En. Septeraber ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864.
Rix, WiUiam. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at Chat
tanooga, Tenn., October 1st, 1864.
Reeder, Miles. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Reed, Seymour J. Eu. Transferred to the Band Sep
tember 28th, 1861. Died at Piketon, Ky., 1862.
Robinson, Robert K. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 13th, 1863.
Sheppard, Levi P. En. September ITth, 1861. Dropped
from roll Januaiy 14th, 1862.
Scroggy, Jaraes W. En. September ITth, 1861. Killed
at Lookout, November 24th, 1863.
Snyder, Abraham. En. September ITth, 1861. Wounded
at Kenesaw, Ga., June 2Tth, 1864. Mustered out Octo
ber Tth, 1864. ShelbyvUle, IU-
Stephens, WilUam H. En. September ITth, 1861.
Sabin, John W. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864-
Sparrh, Robert S. En. September ITth, 1861. Wounded,
Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 30th, 1864. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. Xenia, 0.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 171
Speers, WiUiam J. En. 1861. Captured, 1864, near
Kingston, Ga.
Thatcher, Milan. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862, Mus
tered out June 28th, 1865. New Antioch, 0.
Vandevoort, Paul C. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
Cattletsburgh, Ky., February 8th, 1862.
Van Tress, Turner W. En. September ITth, 1861. Wound
ed, Lovejoy, Ga., September Sd, 1864. Mustered out
October Tth, 1864. MonticeUo, Mo.
Van Tress, George. En. September 17th, 1861. Mus
tered out October Tth, 1864.
Vandevoort, Alpheus. Recruit, New Antioch, 0.
Vestal, Spencer W. Recruit. Cuba, 0.
Woolery, Nathaniel. En. September ITth, 1861. Wound
ed near Rossville, Ga., September 18th, 1863. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Wilmington, 0.
Wain, Jesse B. En. September ITth, 1861. Wounded
and captured at Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Mus
tered out October Tth, 1864. MonticeUo, Mo.
Wilson, WiUiam J. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
NashviUe, Tenn., August 10th, 1863.
Woolery, Calvin. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. Martinsville, 0.
Wain, Jared A. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864.
Wood, Joshua. En. September iTth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. New Burlington, 0.
WaU, Absalom. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
Camp Chase, 0., November 13th, 1861.
Young, James L. En. September ITth, 1861. Captured
at Kenesaw, Ga., 1864. Died at St. Louis, Mo., on his
way home at close of war.
Young, John C. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864. ' Dead.

1T2 HISTORY OF THE
Yeo, Joshua L. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
out October Tth, 1864.
Yeo, Williara H. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 18th,
1865.

COMPANY "C" FORTIETH 0. V. L
Captain Thomas Acton.
Captain, August 24th, 1861. Major, February Sth, 1863.
Killed at Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
First Lieutenant Delamar L. Deland.
First Lieutenant, August 26th, 1861. Captain, Febru
ary Sth, 1863. Wounded at Lookout Mountain No
vember 24th, 1863. Mustered out at Pine Mountain,
Ga., October 8th, 1864.
Second Lieutenant James C. Peck.
Second Lieutenant, August 28th, 1861. First Lieuten
ant, February Sth, 1863. On the staff of General
Whittaker as Aid and Acting Assistant Adjutant
General, 1863-4. Mustered out. Pine Mountain, Ga.,
October 8th, 1864. Other service. Orderly Sergeant
in Seventeenth Ohio in 1861. London, 0.
First Sergeant Ezra TuUis.
En. September 19th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Febru
ary Sth, 1863. First Lieutenant, March 19th, 1864.
Not mustered. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Ga.,
October Sth, 1864. Dead,
Sergeant Charles C. McCormack.
En. September 16th, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga
Ga., September 20th, 1863. Died at Knoxville, Iowa,
October 10th, 18T5.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 173
^Sergeant Thomas E. Graham.
En. September 1st, 1861. Remained in Camp Chase
when regiment went to the field. Columbus, 0.
Sergeant James W. Ware.
En. September 1st, 1861, Wounded at Chickamauga,
September 20th, 1863, Mustered out at Pine Moun
tain, Ga., October 8th, 1864.
Sergeant A. W. Kirkley.
En. September 15th, 1861. Promoted to First Sergeant.
KiUed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20th, 1864.
Corporal Henry Kelley.
En. September 18th, 1861. Transferred to Pioneer
Corps. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October
Sth, 1864. Somerford, 0-
Corporal Daniel Fleming.
En. September 1st, 1861. Dropped from the roll.
Corporal David TuUis.
En. September 15th, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga,
September 20th, 1863. Transferred to Invalid Corps,
Corporal David M. Clark.
En. September 1st, 1861. Promoted to Sergeant. Mus
tered out October Sth, 1864 , at Pine Mountain, Ga.
South Charleston, O.
Corporal WiUiam EUars.
En. September 1st, 1861. Discharged for disabiUty, 1862.
Corporal H. McDaniel.
En. September 1st, 1861. Died, Piketon, Ky., April
14th, 1862.

174 HISTORY OF THE
Corporal S. L. B. McMiUen.
En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered out October Sth,
1864. Killed by accident at Columbus, 0., 1878.
Corporal 0. A. McCaula.
En. September Sth, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga,
Ga., Septeraber 20th, 1863. Mustered out October Sth,
1864. Served three months in Seventeenth 0. V. I.
in 1861.
Musician George H. Phifer.
En. September 10th, 1861. Mustered out October Sth,
1864. • Dead.
Musician James Lyon.
En. September 19th, 1861. Detailed as Regimental Post
Master. Mustered out October Sth, 1864. Dead.
Teamster Newman Whittaker.
En. September 1st, 1861. PRIVATES.
Andrew, Benjamin. En. September 1st, 1861. Dropped
from the roll.
Anderson, William. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E.
December 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
London, Ohio.
Allen, Jeremiah. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E. Jan-
uaryi2d, 1864. Wounded on picket in front of Nash
ville, Deceraber 3d, 1864. Died in hospital, Decem
ber 13th, 1864.
Althen, John W. En. September 1st, 1861. Killed at
Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863.
All en, Homer. Recruit. Died, April Sth, 1862, at home.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. ITS
Bennett, Wallace. En. September, 4th, 1861. Captured at
Franklin, Tenn., AprU 10th, 1863. Mustered out Octo
ber Sth, 1864.
Butterwick, Henry. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864.
Betts, Charles. En. September Sth, 1861.
Berry, John. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E. December
28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October, Sd, 1865.
Brady, John. En. September 13th, 1861. MortaUy
wounded at Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863.
Brown, Peter. En. September 4th, 1861. Detailed into
Band. Died at NashviUe, 1863.
Baker, George. En. September 19th, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864. Colurabus, Ohio.
Bates, EdAvard. En. September 20th, 1861. Wounded
Pine Mountain, Ga., June ISth, 1864. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October 8th, 1864. Mansfield, IU.
Blaine, WilUam A. En. September 19th, 1861. V. E.
January 4th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V
Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Coin, Patrick. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1864. South Charleston, Ohio.
Cox, John. En. Septeraber 1st, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered
out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
S. and S. Home, Dayton, O.
Curtis, James. En. September 24th, 1861. Mustered
out May ISth, 1865. London, O.
Curran, Patrick. En. September ISth, 1861. Ambulance
driver. Mustered out, March, 1864, by special order
of Secretary of War. * Columbus, O.

176 HISTORY OF THE
Claridge, Pleasant. En. December ISth, 1861. Transferred
to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out, March 28th, 1865.
Five Points, 0.
Chamberlain, George. Recruit. Captured below Atlan
ta, Never returned.
Cook, John W. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered out at
Detroit, Mich., March, 1865. Mt. Sterling, 0-
Cook, Josiah. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Nashville,
June 21st, 1865, by Order 6T. Big Plain, 0.
Candler, Francis M. Recruit. En. August SO, 1862.
- Transferred to Fifty -first O. V. V. In hospital from
September 10th, 1864. Mustered out at Detroit,
Mich., March, 1865. London, O.
Emerson, George. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E. Decem
ber 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V
Mustered out October 3d, 1865, at Victoria, Texas.
Waterloo, O.
Ehni, John. September 4th, 1861. V. E. December,
28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
South Charleston, O.
Eastman, Dyer B. En. September ITth, 1861. Died at
Franklin, Tenn., 1863.
Evans, Richard. En. Killed, the first one of our regi
ment, at Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Entier, Phillip. En. Died at Nashville, Tenn., June SOth,
1863.
Fleming, Alonzo. En. Septeraber 1st, 1861. Mustered
out December ISth, 1864. Alton, O.
Plodt, Jacob. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1864. * Macon, Mo.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. ITT
FuUington, John. En. Dropped from roU. July 16th, 1862,
Garrard, Silas. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E., Decem
ber 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Graham, William. En. September 23d, 1861. Wounded
at Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Dead.
Gearhardt, Christ. En. September 1st, 1861. Captured
below Atlanta, 1864.
Gamble, George. En. September 1st, 1861. Wounded and
captured at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863.
Died in rebel prison.
Gray, John. En. September 10th, 1861. Killed at Love
joy, Ga., September 4th, 1864.
Geer, George W. En. September 19th, 1861. Captured
below Atlanta, 1864. Mustered out at Pine Mountain,
Ga,, October Sth, 1864. Wood LawuirNeb.
Guyton, William. En. September 3d, 1861. Discharged.
for disability, July 4th, 1863. West Jeffers(jn, O.
Hornbeck, Preston. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered
out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October Sth, 1864.
Heskitt, Spicer. Discharged by sentence of Court-mar
tial, 1862.
liutchinson, W. J. En. Septeraber 1st, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 21st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October Sd, 1865. Three raonths in
Seventeenth O. V. I. in 1861. London, 0,
Huntington, Thomas. En. September Sth, 1861. Killed,
Franklin, Tenn., AprU 10th, 1863.
Harrington, Peter. En. September 26th, 1S61. Wounded
at Chickamauga, Ga., September 19th, 1863. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864. Afton, 0.
Harrington, Irwin. Recruit. En. October 24th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Vic
toria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.

1T8 HISTORY OP THE
Howe, John R. Recruit. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga.,
September 20th, 1863.
Hull, Elijah. Recruit.
Hurlburt, Garner. Recruit. Dropped from the roll.
Ing, James. En. September 19th, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863. Mustered
out Colurabus, 0., October 6th, 1864. Somerford, O.
Kenzla, George. En. September 19th, 1861. KiUed at
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Kelley, William J. En. Captured on picket, November
2d, 1863. Dropped from roU.
Long, William. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1861. LaFayette, 0.
Link, Washington D. En. September 19th, 1861. KiUed,
FrankUn, Tenn., AprU 10th, 1863.
Lusch^ George. Recruit. En. December 3d, 1861. Wound
ed at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out March 9th, 1865.
Link Harvey. Recruit. En. December 13th, 1861. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out December
15th, 1865. ¦ Dead.
Lyon, George. Recruit. Killed, Jonesboro, Ga., Septem
ber 1st, 1864.
Lyman, Henry. En, September 1st, 1861, Promoted to
Corporal. Died, Ashland, Ky., March 1st, 1862.
McCaula, George M. En. September 19th, 1861. Mus
tered out October Sth, 1864. Springfield, IU.
Moreland, ' John. En. Mustered out October Sth, 1861.
* London, O.
McMillen, James S. En. September 4th, 1861. Wounded
accidentally at Catoosa Spring, Ga., 1864. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864.
Michael, John. 'En. September 1st, 1861. Died, Piketon,
Ky., May llth, 1862.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 1T9
Myers, Granville. En. September 20th, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864. On his way home, killed by a
sentinel at Nashville, Tenn.
McCaula, M. J. En. September Sth, 1861; Died, Ash
land, Ky., February Sth, 1862.
Murray, Robert B. En. September Sth, 1861. Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out
at Columbus, O., September 14th, 1864. London, 0.
Madigan, Michael. En. September Sth, 1861. Captured,
Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863. Wounded, Chicka
mauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out October
Sth, 1864. London, 0.
Moreland, Thomas. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E.,
December, 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Peoria, 111.
Morain, John. Recruit. En. August 29th, 1862. Killed,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Melvin, Madison M. Recruit. En. August SOth, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by
Order 6T, June 21st, 1865. Springfield, 0.
Melvin, Samuel. En. Died, Ashland, Ky., March 19th,
1862.
Nattrie, Benjamin. En, September 19th, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864. Three months in Seventeenth
O. V. L in 1861.
Postle, Jefferson. En. September Sth, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., February Tth, 1862.
Palmer, James H. En. September 5th, 1861. Transferred
to Company "F," December 1st, 1861. Dead.
Peck, John. En. September 15th, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out at
Pine Mountain, Ga., October Sth, 1864. London, 0.
Prugh, A. A. En. September 19th, 1861. Discharged for
disabUity, September 12th, 1862.

ISO HISTORY OF THE
Paine, Minor. En. September 24th, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1861. , London, 0.
Aaj, WiUiam. En. September 2d, 1861. Dropped from
roll on Big Sandy.
Rose, George. En. September Sth, 1861. V. E., Decem
ber 28th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October Sd, 1865.
S. & S. Home, Dayton, 0.
Rider, John. En. September 3d, 1861. After the death
of Richard Beetle, carried the flag at battle of Lookout
Mountain. V. E., December 28th, 1863. Wounded
near Dallas, Ga., May Slst, 1864. Transferred to
Fifty-first 0. V. V. Promoted to Sergeant, July 20th,
1865. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
South Charleston, 0.
Rinehart, Peter. En. September 1st, 1861.
Reed, Benjamin. En. September 20th, 1861. V. E., Feb
ruary 27th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Roberts, PhilUp L. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June
ISth, 1865.
Robey, Michael. Recruit. En. August 24th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 18th,
1865. Lilly Chapel, O.
Robey, David H. Recruit. En. V. E., December 28th,
1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out
at Victoria, Texas, October Sd, 1865. Lilly Chapel, O.
Roberts, George W. En. October 9th, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864. Severans, Kan.
Riley, John. Recruit. Wounded at Kenesaw, Ga., June
20th, 1864. Discharged for disability, August 23d,
1865. S. & S. Home, Da,yton, O.

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Shipps, Laban, En. September 1st, 1861. Died at home,
September 4th, 1862.
Smith, Cicero C. En. September 6th, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864
Suverly, Adam. En. September Sth, 1861. Wounded
and captured, Franklin, Tenn., April 10th, 1863.
West Jefferson, 0.
Spencer, Oliver. En. September 3d, 1S61. Mustered out
October Sth, 1864.
Spring, Elijah. En. September 19th, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1864. Alton, O.
Soward, William. Recruit.
Stuckey, Charles. Recruit. Big Plain, O.
Taylor, Oliver. Recruit. En. August SOth, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at Nash
ville, by Order 67, June 21st, 1865.
Wetherill, James G. En. September Sth, 1861. Captured
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out
November 12th, 1864.
Wilson, James. En. September 1st, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out, Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865. Alton, 0.
Woolheather, Martin. En. September Sth, 1861. Mor
tally wounded, FrankUn, Tenn., April 10th, 1863.
Watson, George. En. September 1st, 1861. Mustered
out October Sth, 1864.
WilUams, Clem. En. V, E., December 28th, 1863. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. , London, 0.
Watrous, George, En, October 25th, 1861. Mustered out
November 10th, 1864. London, 0.
Yeats, William. . En. September 5th, 1861. Mustered out
October Sth, 1864, London, 0.
Yeardly, Joseph C. En. September 19th, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., 1862.

182 HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY "D," FORTIETH 0. V. I.
Captain James Watson.
Captain, August SOth, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel,
March 19th, 1864. Captured at Kenesaw, Ga., June
20th, 1864. Exchanged at Atlanta, Ga., Septeinber
SOth, 1864. Coramanded the regiment from October
1st, 1864. Mustered out at NashAdlle, Tenn., Decem
ber Sth, 1864. Columbus, Ohio.
First Lieutenant Charles Converse.
First Lieutenant, August SOth, 1861. Resigned, Febru
ary 17th, 1863. Reappointed, March Sth, 1863.
Captain, March 9th, 1864. Killed on skirmish line,
Kenesaw Ga., June SOth, 1864*
Second Lieutenant James Dungan.
Second Lieutenant, August 26th, 1861. Resigned,
November 12th, 1863. Lima, Ohio.
First Sergeant Charles Cover.
En. August SOth, 1861. Second Lieutenant, November
12th, 1862. First Lieutenant, March 19th, 1864.
Assigned to Company "I," March 24th, 1864. Mus
tered out at Pine Mountain, Ga., October 7th, 1864.
London, Ohio.
Sergeant Daniel H. Thomas.
En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out October 7th,
1864. Finley, O.
Sergeant James P. Thacker.
En, August SOth, 1861. Died at Camp Chase, Ohio,
December 2Sd, 1861.

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Sergeant Joseph F. Woods.
En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out at Columbus,
Ohio, September 14th, 1864. MUford Centre, 0.
Sergeant Addison Deffebaugh.
En. August SOth, 1861. Reduced. Detailed as Hospi
tal cook. Dropped frt)m roll in 1864.
Corporal William A. Rouse.
En. September 17th, 1861. Sergeant. Discharged for
disability January SOth, 1863. Dead.
Corporal John W. Gosslee.
En. August SOth, 1861. Detailed for duty in Post Hos
pital, Ashland Ky., 1862.
Corporal Joel H. Worthington.
Eh. August 30th, 1861. Discharged for disability,
October 1,1862. Served three months in Seventeenth
O. V. L in 1861. Dead.
Corporal Benjamin Emery.
En. August 30th, 1861. Sergeant, November 12th, 1862.
Mustered out October 7th, 1864. London, Ohio.
Corporal Melancthon Worthington.
En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out October 7th,
1864. Served three months in Seventeenth 0. V. I.
in 1861. West Canaan, Ohio.
Corporal Richard B. Cowling.
En. August SOth, 1861. Sergeant, December 2Sth, 1861.
Second Lieutenant, August 25th, 1863. First Lieu
tenant May 9th, 1864. Detailed as Division Post
Master in 1863. Mustered out October 7th, 1864.
London, Ohio.

184 HIBTOEY OP THE
Corporal James M. Real.
En. August 30th, 1861. Springfield, 111.
Corporal George P. Robinson.
En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out October 9th,
1864. MarysviUe, 0.
•
Musician McDonough Frazelle.
En. August SOth, 1861. Discharged for disability, De
cember 17th, 1861. West Canaan, 0.
Musician James Finch.
En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out, October 7th,
1864. LaFayette, 0.
PRIVATES.
Alien, Madison C. En. September 20th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, June 1st, 1862.
Allen, Creighton. En. September 20th, 1861. Corporal.
Killed, Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Anklin, Martin. En. August SOth, 1861.
Babb, Eugene. En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out
October 7th, 1864. West Jefferson, O.
Brittingham, Ethan. En. September SOth, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., March 4th, 1862.
Britton, Harrison. - En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863.
Beach, Marshall P. Recruit. En. September 6th, 1862.
Discharged for disability, July 17th, 1863. Plain City, O.
Beach, Benjamin. Recruit. En. February 29th, 1864.
Detailed for clerical duty with Corps Surgeon. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Died at home in Plain
City, 0., March 21st, 1865.
Byers, Isaac. En. September 20th, 1861. Teamster,
March 10th, 1862. Dead.

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Byers, Marion. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Beetle, Richard. En. Color-bearer. Killed, Lookout
Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Bancroft, William, Recruit. En. September 21st, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. To Veteran Reserve
Corps, April 7th, 1865. Los Angelos, Cal.
Bigelow, William Emmett. Recruit. Killed, Lookout
Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Carr, Samuel. Died in Madison county, 0., in 1881.
Clarke, John. Corporal. Brigade Post-master. Died at
Bridgeport, Tenn., June 23d, 1863.
Conklin, George W. Recruit. Killed, Chickamauga, Ga.
September 20th, 1863.
Conklin, James M. Recruit. En. January 18th, 1862.
, Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by
Order 67, June 21st, 1865. Dead.
Conklin, James E. En. September 23d, 1861. Discharged
for disability, 1864. Dead.
Conklin, Edward B. En. September 2Sd, 1861. Wound
ed, Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863.
West Mansfield, 0.
Conklin, David. En. September 23d, 1861. Mustered
out October 7th, 1864. Plain City, 0.
Crego, Isaac. En. August SOth. 1861. V. E., January,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865. PoweU, 0.
Couples, Joseph B. En. August SOth, 1861. Corporal,
December 25th, 1861.
CornwaU, T. W, En. August 30th, 1861. London, 0,
Cooney, W. T. En. September 28d, 1861. Corporal,
March 27th, 1862.
Coberly, Edwin. Recruit. Dropped from roll, Kings
ton, Ga., 1864.

186 HISTORY OF THE
Converse, Austin Z. Recruit. En. August 30th, 1862.
Discharged for disability December llth, 1864. Carroll, O.
Dascher, Frederick. En August 30th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, July 17th, 1863.
Dulany, Thomas J. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. LaFayette, O.
Douglass, Hiram. En. September 17th, 1861, Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Hardy, Neb.
Dungan, Lucien. Recruit. Dead.
Eastman, John. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Bridge
port, Tenn , September llth, 1863.
Forshee^Charles. Detailed into Eighteenth Ohio Battery.
Forshee, Joseph. En. September 17th, 1861. Hardy, Neb.
Frazelle, Augusta. En. August SOth, 1861. Transferred
to Invalid Corps, December 17th, 1863. West Canaan, 0.
Flood, James W. En. August SOth, 1861. Discharged
for disability, 1864. Dead.
Fisher, James B. En. V. E., January 15th, 1864. Wound
ed, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Transferred to
Fifty-first 0. V. V. Dead.
Grace, Ferdinand L. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1864. Hilliard, 0.
Gray, WilUam. En. August 30th, 1861. Died, Ashland,
Ky., February 26th, 1862.
Goodlander, Edward. Recruit. Killed, Lookout Moun-
tuin, November 24th, 1863.
Haggendoffer, John F. En. September 30th, 1861. Died,
Cleaveland, Tenn., April Sth, 1864.
Hiser, Benjamin. Killed Chickamauga, Ga., September
20th, 1863.
Hughes, Albert B. En. August SOth, 1861. Detailed into
Pioneer Corps.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 187
Hawn, Phillip. En. September Sth, 1881. Discharged
for disability. May Ist, 1863, Remington, Ind.
Hickman, John. En. September 8th, 1861. Mustered
out November llth, 1864. Unionville Center, 0.
Hemenway, Edward. Recruit. En., 1862. Died, Hos
pital 19, Nashville, Tenn., March SOth, 1863.
Harrington, William. Recruit. En. September 6th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at
NashvUle, June 2l8t, 1865. Peru, Neb.
Harrington, Luther. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty first 0. V. V, Mustered out at
Nashville, June 21st, 1865. West Canaan, 0.
Hagar, Aureleus. Recruit. En. September 6th, 1862.
Wounded, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Dis
charged for disability. January Slst, 1865. Plain City, O.
Hagar, Levi. Recruit. En. September 1st, 1862. Dis
charged for disability. May, 1864. Mt. Victory, 0.
Irwin, William L. En. Discharged for disability, July
9th, 1863. Pharisburg, 0.
Jones, Berthier. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Franklin,
Tenn., May 1st, 1863.
Kaupp, John. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, January
26th, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky.
Lee, William A. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Amputation at
shoulder-joint, September 26th. Died, September
SOth, 1863.
Lewis, Andrew. En. August 30th, 1861. Discharged for
disability, December 9th, 1861, at Camp Chase, 0.
West Jefferson, 0.
Lewis, Reason F. Transferred to Invalid Corps, July
18th, 1863. Now blind. West Canaan, O.

188 HISTORY OF THE
Lilly, WilUam. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Ashland,
Ky., February 26th, 1862.
Myers, Henry. Recruit. En. September 1st. 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty -first O. V. V. Mustered out at Nash
ville, June 21 st, 1865.
McCann, Robert. Recruit. En. 1862. Discharged for
disability, February, 1863. Dead.
MaxweU, Patrick. En. August SOth, 1861.
McPike, John. En. August SOth, 1861. London, 0.
McConnel, Samuel. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., May 14th, 1862.
Miller, Simeon. En. September 20th, 1S61.
McDoweU, J. B. En. September 17th, 1861. Drowned,
Piketon, Ky., during the great flood in Sandy River,
February 24th, 1862.
Mercer, Alpheus F. En. September 18th, 1861. Killed,
Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20th, 1864.
Newman, Joseph. En. August SOth, 1861. Dropped
from roU, October 21st, 1861.
Patterson, John, En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Louisa,
Ky., December 2Sth, 1862.
Paine, James. En. August SOth, 1861. Dropped from
roU, October 21st, 1861.
Powers, Jasper. En. August SOth, 1861 . Died, Camp
Chase, 0., December 17th, 1861.
Peters, John C. Recruit. En. January lOth, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Hunts
ville, Ala., June 18th, 1865.
Peters, George M. En. September 25th, 1861.
Piper, WilUam L. En. August SOth, 1861. Mustered out
October 7th, 1864. Piqua, O.
Porter, Gyrus. En. August 30th, 1861. Died, Piketon,
Ky., May 6th, 1862.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 189
Price, Anderson. Discharged for disabiUty, Camp Chase,
0., October 13th, 1861.
PurneU, George H. Recruit. En. August 19th, 1862,
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out, Nash
vUle, Tenn., June 21st, 1865.
Richie. David. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Piketon,
Ky., March 2d, 1862,
Robinson,- Samuel Bruce. En. August SOth, 1861. Mus
tered out, Columbus, O., December 4th, 1864. Plain City, 0.
Robinson, S, W. En. August SOth, 1861, Mustered out,
Atlanta, Ga., November 9th, 1864. Kenton, 0-
Robinson, David N. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June
18th, 1865. Kenton, O.
Spencer, David.
Sidener, John T. En September 17th, 1861. Wounded,
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Sidener, WiUis S. En. August SOth, 1861.
Seldonridge, David. En. August SOth, 1861. Died, Camp
Chase, 0,. December, 13th, 1861.
Snodgrass, Delmer. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Marysville, 0.
Snodgrass, Robert. Recruit. Killed, Resaca, Ga., May
14th, 1864.
Shumway, Lewellyn. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Discharged for
disabiUty, January 2d, 1864.
Sagar, George M. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died, June 21st, 1864.
Sagar, Francis Marion. En. August SOth, 1861. Died at
home, March 18th, 1862.
Sayer; John W. Lost overboard from a steamer on Ohio
River, February 24th, 1863.

190 HISTORY OF THE
Stroup, James R. Discharged for disability, October 9th,
1862. Range, 0.
Stamp, Samuel Wesley. Recruit. En. September 6th,
1862. Killed, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Taynor, Isaac. En. August SOth, 1861. Killed, Kenesaw,
Ga., .June 22d, 1864.
Thompson, George W. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded
and captured at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Thacker, EUas. En. August SOth, 1861. V. E., January
Sd,'1864. Died, Nashville, November 12th, 1864.
Taylor, William. Recruit. Discharged for disability, 1863.
Voght, WilUam. En. August SOth, 1861. Killed, Chicka
mauga, September 20th, 1863.
Voght, John. Dropped from roll, Cattletsburgh, Ky.,
February 20th, 1863.
Ward, George. En. August SOth, 1861. Discharged for
disability, November 17th, 1863.
Woodman. James M. En. August SOth, 1861. Wounded,
Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Exsection of shoulder-
joint. Died, September, 1864. '
Wolford, Henry S. En. August SOth, 1861. Promoted
to Corporal. Wounded near Dalton, Ga., February 25th,
1864.
Whiteside, David. En. August SOth, 1861. Fairbury, IU.
White, Joshua. En. August SOth, 1861.
Wyncoop, Samuel. En. August SOth, 1861. Transferred
to Pioneer Corps. Dead,
Walker, James. En. September 18th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, AprU 16th, 1862.
Vandevoort, Samuel. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Appointed Chief Musician, August 13th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Promoted to Second
Lieutenant, May llth, 1865, Dead.

FORTIBTH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 191

COMPANY "E," FORTIETH 0. V. I.
Captain John D. Gennett.
Captain, September 18th, 1861. Resigned April 2Sth,
1862.
First Lieutenant William Osgood.
First Lieutenant, September 18th, 1861. Captain, June
4th, 1862. Resigned August 3d, 1863.
Second Lieutenant Elisha C. Ward.
Second Lieutenant, September 25th, 1861. Resigned
AprU 18th, 1862.
First Sergeant James Allen.
En. Speptember 1, 1861. Sergeant, October Sth, 1861.
First Lieutenant, February 25th, 1862. Captain,
September 1st, 1863., Transferred to Fifty-first 0.
V. V. Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d,
1865. Dead.
Sergeant Robert T. McGinnis.
En. September 18th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, April
25th, 1862. Resigned. Versailles, 0.
Sergeant John W. Kearns.
En. September 18th, 1861. V. E. January 2d, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Sergeant, Janu
ary 10th, 1865. Mustered out at Victoria, Texas,
October 3d, 1S65.
Sergeant Isaac N. EdAvards.
En. September 18th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Janu
ary 12, 1863. First Lieutenant, August 5th, 186S.
Mustered out October 10th, 1864. Larimie, 0.

192 history or the
Sergeant John C. Hoover.
. En. September 29th, 1861. V. E. January 2d, 1864.
Orderly Sergeant, January 2d, 1864. Captured at
Kenesaw. Ga., June 20th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-
first O. V. V. Mustered out Oct 3d, 1865.
Corporal William H. Hagans.
En. September 27th, 1861. Mustered out September
28th, 1864. Member of Company '"A," Thirteenth
O. V. I., in 1861. In Fourth Regiment, United
States Veteran Volunteers from March 2d, 1865 to
March 2d. 1866. Died, Iowa City, Iowa, July, 1883.
Corporal Levi P. Brandon.
En. September 27th, 1861. Mustered out at expiration
of term of service.
Corporal William H. Brown.
En. September 18th, 1861. V. E. March 19th, 1864.
Sergeant, same date. Transferred to Fifty-first O.
V. V. Mustered out October 3, 1865. VersaUles, O.
Corporal Sanford Brandon.
En. September 1861. Wounded at Lookout Mountain,
November 24th, 1863. V. E. March 19th, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out
October 3d, 1865. BerUn, O.
Corporal George W. Larrimore.
En. September 1861.
Corporal Moses Dougherty.
En. September 2Tth, 1861. V. E. January 2d, 18G4.
Sergeant, Saptember 28th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-
first O. V. V. Mustered out October Bd* 1866.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 193
Corporal Hirarn Pitzenberger.
En. September 18th, 1861. V. E. January 2d, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out
October Sd, 1865. Casey, IU.
Corporal John SAvisher.
En. September 2Tth, 1861. DetaUed into Band.
Musician Henry H. Biddinger.
En. September 2Tth, 1861. Promoted to Chief Musician.
Musician Gustavus Paine.
En. October Sth, 1861. Died at Ashland, Ky.
Teamster Andrew D. Burt.
En. October Sth, 1861. Discharged for disability, Pike
ton, Ky., 1862. PRIVATES.
Adkinson, Alexander. En. September 2Tth, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky.,
Allen, John. En. September 2Tth, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Died at home, January, 1864.
Andrus, Hiram. Appointed Chief Musician, November
2Tth, 1861.
Biddinger, James H. En. September 2Tth, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Corporal, May 1st, 1864. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out October
3d, 1865
Boyd, Isaac P. En. September 2Tth, 1861. V. E., March
26th, 1864, Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out, October 3d, 1865. Brock, O.
Beason, Henry. En. September 2Tth, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out, October 3d, 1865.

194 HISTORY OF THB /
Blotner, John. En. September 2Tth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Arm amputated,
September 23d, 1863. Discharged for disability,
March 20th, 1864. VersaUles, O.
Brandon, Squire. En. September 2Tth, 1861. Discharged
for disability. Dead.
Boyd, Jacob W. En. September 27th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865. Chickasaw, 0.
Brown, John. En. September 18th, 1861. Died, Ash
land, Ky.
Brandon, William V. En. September 18th, 1861. Wound
ed, Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863. Died in
hospital from wound.
Ballinger, Isaac. En. September 18th, 1861. Mustered
out at expiration of time.
Blotner, Solomom. En September 18th, 1861. Missing,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Brown, WilUam. En. September ISth, 1861. Wounded,
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Captured, Kenesaw, June 20th, 1864.
Exchanged and reported at Camp Chase, 0.. May 18th,
1865. Mustered out at Camp Chase, June 22d, 1865.
Boyd, Joseph. Recruit. En. August 9th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Invalid Corps. Brock, 0.
Butcher, John. En. September, 1861. Wounded, Chick
amauga, September 20th, 1863. Served fuU time.
Ballinger, Reuben. Recruit. En. August 20th, 1862,
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by
Order 67, June 21st, 1865.
Curtis, WilUam. En. September 18th, 1861. Died, May
4th, 1863.
Clayton, George B. En. September 18th, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., 1862.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 195
CampbeU, Joseph W. En. September 18th, 1861. KiUed,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Christy, David. En. September 18th, 1861. Captured,
Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-
first 0. V. V. Mustered out. May 4th, 1865. Bradford, O.
Davidson, Henry. En. September 18th, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., 1862.
Davidson, Robert. En. September 18th, 1861. Died in
Eastern Kentucky.
Davidson, Levi. En. September 18th, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, 1862.
Edwards, Thomas. En. September ISth, 1861. V. E.,
January, 2d, 1864.
EUiott, Oliver. En, September 18th, 1861.
EngUsh, John. En. October 4th, 1861, Sergeant. V.
E , January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
First Lieutenant, February 20th, 1865 Portland, Ind.
Finckbone, Isaac. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Captured, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th,
1864. Never returned ; doubtless died in rebel prison.
Gibson, Hopkins I. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Trans-ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Greer, Vincent B. En. September ISth, 1861. V. E.,
March 26th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out, October 3d, 1865. Willowdale, O.
Hawkins, John. En. September, 1861. Served full time.
St. Mary's, 0.
Hercules, Philip. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first 0.
V. V. Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d,
1865. Ansonia, O.
Hathaway, EUas. En. September ISth, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864.

196 HISTORY OF THE
Hole, John S. Recruit. En. August 23d, 1862. Wound
ed, Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O.V. V. Mustered out by Order
67, at NashviUe, June 21st, 1865. CeUna, 0.
Hole, Henry A. N. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Versailles, 0.
Hanselman, WiUiam. En. September ISth, 1861.
Hutcheson, John. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V..
and Veteran Reserve Corps, January 10th, 1865.
Hughes, Charles L. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.
January 2d, 1864, Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.»
Mustered out, October 3d, 1^65. Brock, 0.
Jackson, Abram. En. September ISth, 1861. V.E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus-
out, October 3d, 1865. Versailles, O.
Kemper, Franklin. En. September 18th, 1861.
Knee, PhiUip. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Died,
Green Lake, Texas, July 24th, 1865.
Lee, Zephaniah. En. September 18th, 1861. V, E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Cor
poral. Mustered out October Sd, 1865.
Lyon, Isaac N. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first O.
V. V. Killed in an affray in Randolph county, Ind.,
September llth, 1883.
Lyons, Jacob. Recruit. V. E., January 2d. 1864. Killed
in front of Atlanta, Ga.,1864.
Lyons, Milton. Recruit.. Transferred to Fifty-first 0.
V. V. Mustered out March 9th, 1865. JoUet, IU.
Metzgar, John W. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first 0.
V. V. Died in East Tennessee, April l'5th, 1865.

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Marker, EU. En. September ISth, 1861. Wounded, Au
gust Sd, 1864, in front of Atlanta, Ga.
McDermott, Lewis. En. September 18th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, 1862.
Metzgar, Daniel. En. September 18th, 1861. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Ansonia, 0.
Midford, Amos T. En. September 18th, 1861. Wounded
at Atlanta, Ga., August 25th, 1864. Arm amputated
next day. Mustered out March 21st, 1865.
Washington City, D. C.
McKnight, Alfred. En. September 18th, 1861. Died at
Ashland, Ky.
Neal, Alexander. Recruit. En. September 2d, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out by
Order 67, June 21st, 1865. North Star, 0.
Osgood, Edmund. En, September 18th, 1861. Served
full time. Versailles, O.
Pitzenberger, Flavins F. En. September 18th, 1861. V.
E., January 2d, 1864 Transferred to Fifty-first O. V,
V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Pitzenberger, M. M. Recruit. Versailles, 0.
Pitzenberger, EU. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 21st,
1865. Versailles, O.
Pitzenberger, Isaac. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out Octo
ber 3d, 1865. Versailles, 0.
Pitzenberger, Andrew E. Recruit. Wounded, Kenesaw,
June 20th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Ratliffe, John F. En. September ISth, 1861. V. E., Feb
ruary 29th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty -first 0, V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Lewistown, IU.
Riggle, Isaac. En, September 18th, 1861. Served full time.

198 HISTORY OF THE
Richardson, William, En. September 18th, 1861. Killed,
Chickamauga, September, 20th, 1863.
Radenbaugh, James M. En. September 18th, 1861. Died
at PaintviUe, Ky., 1862.
Resor, WiUiam H. En. September ISth, 1861. Served
full time.
Shook, Eli C. En. September 18th, 1861, Died at Pike
ton, Ky., 1862.
Sanders, WiUiam H. En. September 18th, 1861. Served
full time.
Shanor, Frederick. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.
January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V,
Mustered out June 17th, 1865.
Shanor, Robert. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Transfrred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865. North Star, 0.
Shaffer, Elias. En. September 18th, 1861. Served fuU time.
Snell, John. En. September 18th, 1861. Mustered out
December 12th, 1864.
Stonerock, Jacob. Recruit. En. August, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out, Nashville,
July ISth, 1865. St. Mary's, O.
Speelman, Isaac. En. September ISth, 1861, Wounded,
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Mustered
" out March 20th, 1864. Versailles, O.
Swisher, Alexander. En. September 27th, 1861. Trans
ferred to Invalid Corps, Versailles, O.
Swisher, Arthur, Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred toFifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by Order 67,
June 21st, 1865. Versailles, O.
Stonerock, Jonathan. En. November 1st, 1861. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V, Mustered out at Victoria,
Texas, October 3d, 1865. Versailles, 0,

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Sneed, James. En. October 4th, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864,
Whitehard, WiUiam, En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October Sd, 1865.
Walkup, Thomas E. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. St. Mary's, 0.
Weaver, David. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty.first O. V. V. Ser
geant, January 10th, 1865. Mustered out October 3d,
1865. Union City, Ind.
Wolf, William. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Corporal. Transferred to Fifty-first Or
V. V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Webster, 0.
Weaver, Daniel G. En. September 18th, 1861. V, E.,
January 2d, 1864. Versailles, 0.
Ward, David. En. September 18th, 1861. V. E.,. Janu
ary 2d, 1864. IBrock, O.
Wheeler, Charles W. En. September 18th, 1861. Cap
tured, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Exchanged, Feb
ruary 24th, 1865. Mustered out at Columbus, Ohio,
March 27th, 1865. Ansonia, 0.

200 HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY "F," FORTIETH 0. V. I.
Captain John L. Reeves.
First Lieutenant, September 25th, 1861. Captain, Oc
tober 26th, 1861. Major, March 19th, 1864. Mustered
out December Sth, 1864. Union City, Ind.
First Lieutenant John P. Frederick.
En. as private, September 2Sth, 1861. First Lieuten
ant, October 26th, 1861. Resigned, January Slst,
rS63. Castine, O.
Second Lieutenant John F. Mahon.
Second Lieutena;nt, October 2d, 1861. First Lieutenant,
February 10th, 1863. Quartermaster, February 15th,
1863. Captain, May 19th, 1864. Mustered out Oc
tober Tth, 1864. " Dead.
First Sergeant Joseph Brewster.
En. Septeraber 25th, 1861. On furlough, and killed by
railroad accident. Union City, Ind., June 28th, 1862.
Sergeant Nelson White.
En. September 25th, 1861. V. E., January 1st, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. First Lieutenant,
January 10th, 1865. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Salamonica, Ind.
V
Sergeant Abraham J. Brake.
En. September 2Sth, 1861. In command of Provost
Guard, at Brigade Headquarters, from November,
1863. Mustered out September 26th, 1864.
Salamonica, Ind.

fortieth OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 201
Sergeant Hampton R. Bennett.
En. September 25th, 1861. Died, Union City, Ind.,
February 2Tth, 1862.
Sergeant David S. Knous.
En. September 25th, 1861. First Sergeant, July 1st,
1862. Second Lieutenant, February 10th, 1863. First
Lieutenant, March 19th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-
first O. V. V. Captain, January 10th, 1865. Mus-
terpd out at Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865.
Sterling, Kan.
Corporal John W. McKay.
En. September 25th, 1861. Sergeant, March Ist, 1862.
HoUandsburg, Ind.
Corporal William H. McLaughlin.
J]n. September 25th, 1861. Mustered out September
26th, 1864. * Bryant, 0.
Corporal William Ingle.
En. September 25th, 1861. V. E., January 1st, 1864.
Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died from
wound, July 16th, 1864.
Corporal Henry Frazier.
En. September 25th, 1861. Died, Lancaster, Ind., March
80th, 1862.
Corporal John Q. A. Andrews.
En. September 25th, 1861 . Nurse in Jiospital, April llth,
1863. Mustered out September 26th, 1864. Dead.
Cpippyal Lu;tjiejr PuRlp.p.
IJn. ^,eptpm]3er 25th, 1861. V. E., January 1st, 1864-

202 HISTORY OF THE
Corporal Theodore W. Porter.
En. October Sth, 1861. V. E., January 1st, 1864. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out October
3d, 1865. Dead.
Corporal WiUiam B. Simmons.
En. September 2Sth, 1861. Discharged, January 4th,
1364. North Lawrence, Kan.
Musician Isaiah Ryan.
En. September 25th, 1861. Chief Musician, July 12th,
1862. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Portland, Ind.
Musician Edward Shules.
En. September 25th, 1861. Died, June 9th, 1864.
Teamster Jason 0. Brewster.
En. September .2Sth, 1861. Ambulance driver. Mus
tered out September 26th, 1864, Hunnewell, Kan.
PRIVATES.
Addington, Lewis. Recruit. En. April 20th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by Order
6T, June 21st, 1865. Camden, Ind.
Bennett, Friar. En. September 25th, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., March ITth, 1862.
Butcher, John W. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 1st, 1865. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October 3d, 1865. Salamonica, Ind.
Butcher, George W. En. September 25th, 1861. Corporal.
Sergeant. V. E., January 1st, 1864. Transferred to
Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Brake, George. En. September 25th, 1861. Corporal,
March 1st, 1862. Discharged for disability, September
14th, 1863. Salamonica, Ind.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 203
Beard, Lewis. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Wounded near Dallas, Ga., May 2Sth, 1864.
Arm amputated. Veteran Reserve Corps, November
14th, 1864. Mustered out January Slst, 1865.
Salamonica, Ind.
Beard, WilUam P. En. September 25th, 1861, Corporal.
Sergeant. Orderly Sergeant. V. E., January 1st, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Second Lieuten
ant, June 16th, 1865. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Salamonica, Ind.
Brownlee, James. En. October 23d, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, August 22d, 1862.
Boze, Peter. Recruit. .
Beckford, James E. Transferred from "B," October Slst,
1861. V. E., January 1st, 1864. Killed, Kenesaw, Ga.,
June 20th, 1864.
Bailey, Eli. Recruit. Died, Franklin, Tenn , April 10th,
1863.
Brady, Francis. Recruit.
Brown, WilUam. Died, Piketon, Ky., March 19th, 1862.
Carsey, David. En. October 13th, 1861. Died, Camp
Chase, 0., November ioth, 1861.
Cole, Daniel B. En. October 10th, 1861. Dropped from
roU, November 10th, 1861.
Cox. Martin. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty -first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Pittsburgh, Ind.
Caidy, Patrick. En. October 23d, 1861. Killed, Chicka
mauga, September 20th, 1863.
Emerson, Heman. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E.,
February 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1866.
Eagy, Samuel. En. September 25th, 1861. Discharged
for disability.

204 HISTORY OF THE
Eagy, John. En. October 21st, 1861. Boundery City, Ind.
Erheart, George. En. September 25th, 1861 . Received
seven wounds at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Freestone, Jabez H. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E.,
January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Dead.
Frederick, Thomas. En. September 25th, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., February 21st. 1862.
FerreU, John. En. October 18th, 1861. Discharged for
disability, August 2Sth, 1862. Mt. Pleasant, Ind.
Fetterman, Michael. En. October 20th, 1861. V. E., Feb
ruary 1st, 1864. Killed, Atlanta, September, 1864.
Farley, James. En. October 25th, 1861.
Gann, Thomas. Recruit. Dropped from roll, 1862.
Hahn, William. En. September 25th, 1861, V, E., Jan
uary 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October 3d, 1S65. North Topeka, Kan.
HoUoweU, George W. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E.,
February 1st, 1864. Wounded near Dallas, Ga., 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out Oc
tober 3d, 1865. _ Ridgeville, Ind.
Harness, Adam. En. September 25th, 1861, Died, Nash
viUe, May 13th, 1863.
Hamilton, George W. En. October 16th, 1861, V, E.,
Janukry 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Henry, George. En. October 9th, 1861. Detailed into
Eighteenth Ohio Battery, July 34th, 1863.
Inglauf. John. Recruit. Dropped from roll, July 22d,
1862.
Isabel, Frederick. Recruit. Dropped from roll, July
22d, 1862. '
Johnson, Henry. En. October Sth, 1861.
Johnsbn, Rufus W. En. October 16th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, August 21st, 1862. Athens, 0.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 206
Keller, Joseph L. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E„
January 1st, 1864. Wounded near Dallas, Ga., 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out Oc
tober 3d, 1865. Ft. Recovery, O.
Keltnor, Benjamin En. September 25th, 1861. Dropped
from roll, Camp Chase, O., 1861.
Kimble, George W. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E.,
January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October Sd, 1865. Rose Hill, 0,
Lambert, Jonathan. En. September 25th, 1861. Died,
Piketon, Ky., AprU 22d, 1862.
Linscott, Jonathan. En. October Sth, 1861. Pioneer Corps,
AprU Sth, 1863. V. E., February 29th, 1864.
Lindsay, James W. En. October 12th, 1861. Discharged
for disability. May 29th, 1862.
Lucas, WilUam. En. October ITth, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 1st, 1864. KiUed, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864,
Lane, Lewis. En. October 13th, 1861.
Lewellyn, Thomas E. En. October 21st, 1861. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Dismissed by sentence of
Court-martial.
McLaughlin, Henry. En. September 25th, 1861. Died,
March 1st, 1862.
McLaughlitt, Hiram. En. September 25th, 1861. Mus
tered out September 26th, 1864. Salamonica, Ind.
McLaughlin, John. En. September 25th, 1861. Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out
October 14th, 1864, Salamonica, Ind.
McMillen, James. En September 25th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, February 10th, 1863. Newark, O.
Mendenhall, James. En. September 25th, 1861.
Ridgeville, Ind.
MitcheU, Jackson. En. September SOth, 1861. Dropped
from roll, December Sth, 1861.

206 HISTORY OF THE
Mengol, John. En. October 19th, 1861. Dismissed by
sentence of Court-martial.
Mason, John S. En. October 24th, 1861. Killed, Kene
saw, Ga, June 20th, 1864.
Might, WiUiam. Recruit. En. October 1st, 1862. Musi.
cian. Transferred to Fifty -first 0. V. V. Mustered
out by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865.
O'Neal, Joseph. Recruit. V. E., March llth, 1864.
. Wounded, KenesaAv, Ga , June 22d, 1864. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out October Sd,
1865. Union City, Ind.
Phillips, Lewis. En. September 25th, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, August 26th, 1862. Mt. Pleasant, Ind.
Pierce, Joseph. En. October 14th, 1861. Discharged for
disabiUty, October 6th, 1862.
Poison, Joseph. Recruit. Baltimore, 0.
Ritenour, George. En. October 14th, 1861. Dropped
from roU, November 20th, 1862.
Ritenour, WiUiam H. En. October 14th, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., March 12th, 1862.
Ruth, Alfiricis. En. October 22d, 1861. Transferred to
Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Sawyer, Demira. En. September, 2Sth, 1861. Dropped
from roll, July 20th, 1862. Pt. Recovery, O.
Sutherland, WiUiam H. En. September 25th, 1861. V.
E., January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V.
V. Mustered out October Sd, 1865. Ft. Recovery, 0.
Sherman, WiUiam H. En. September 25th, 1861. V. E.,
January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Strader, WiUiam N. En. September 25th, 1861. Cor
poral, July 1st, 1862, Died, June 3d, ISTO.
Strader, Simeon. En. September 25th, 1861.
from roll, July, 1862. Salamonico, Ind.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 20T
Spotts, John. En. October 20th, 1861. V. E., January
Ist, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October Sd, 1865.
Snellbaker, Edwin. En. September 25th, 1861. Corporal.
Killed, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Spillman, James. En. September 25th, 1861. V, E., Jan
uary 1st, 1864. Killed, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Stanley, Jefferson. En. September 25th, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., March Tth, 1862.
Spillman, Jacob. En. September 25th, 1861. Dropped
from roU, July, 1862.
Stanley, ArchUaus, En. October 10th, 1861. Wounded
by guerrillas. Discharged for disabiUty.
Stultz, Lorenzo D, En. September 25th, 1861. Pioneer
Corps, AprU Sth, 1863. V. E., February 9th, 1864. .
Staley, Thomas J. Recruit. V. E., February 6th, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Second Lieutenant,
January 10th, 1865. First Lieutenant, February 20th,
1S65. Deerfield, Ind.
Shelton, John W. Recruit. Died, Georgia, June Sd, 1864.
Sentman, Jacob H. Recruit. Ft. Jefferson, 0.
Taylor, John H. En. September 25th, 1861. Dropped
from roU, October 13th, 1862.
Tipple, James. En. October 2Sd, 1861. Wounded near
TuUahoma, Tenn., September 4th, 1863.
Thomas, William W. Recruit.
Vinings, Minor S. Recruit. Jordan, Ind.
Williams, John. En. October Sth, 1861. Discharged for
disability. Dead.
Wallace, Levi. Recruit. Dropped from roU, February
Tth, 1863.
Woodward, Franklin. Recruit. Wounded, Kenesaw,
Ga., June 20th, 1864. Died in hospital, Chattanooga,
July 3d, 1864.

208 HISTORY OP THB

COMPANY "G," FORTIETH O. V. I.
Captain Charles Gordon Matchett.
Second Lieutenant, October 7th, 1861. Captain, No
vember 4th, 1861. Commanded the regiment at bat
tle of FrankUn, April 10th, 1863. Mustered out
November 21st, 1864. Died, Greenville, O., March
24th, 1881.
First Lieutenant Cyrenius Van Matkr.
En. October 7th, 1861. First Lieutenant, November
4th, 1861. KiUed, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Second Lieutenant William Bonner.
En. October 7th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, November
4th, 1861. Resigned, November 29th, 1862.
First Sergeant James A. Fisher.
En. October 7th, 1861, Second Lieutenant, January
24th, 1863. First Lieutenant, January Sth, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Captain, January
10th, 1865. Ponco, Neb.
Sergeant Benjamin F. Snodgrass.
En. October 7th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, April 25th,
1862. First Lieutenant, February 5th, 1863. Captain.
KiUed, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Sergeant David Fruitt.
En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., December 26th, 1863.
Sergeant Steam J. Houston.
En. October 18th, 1861. Transferred to Engineer Corps.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 209
Sergeant Elijah Lott.
En. October 7th, 1861. Mustered out November Sth,
1864. Spartansburg, Ind.
Corporal William Potter.
En. October 7th, 1861. Sergeant. V. E., January 1st,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. First Lieu
tenant, January 10th, 1865, Mustered out October
Sd, 1865.
Corporal Henry L. Hyde.
En, October 7th, 1861. Discharged for disability, Jan
uary 25th, 1864. New Madison, 0.
Corporal Thomas M. Boyd,
En. October Tth, 1861, Sergeant, Wounded, Chicka
mauga, September 20th, 1863. Earlham, Ind.
Corporal John M. Wasson.
En. October Tth, 1861. Sergeant. Detailed for clerical
duty at brigade headquarters. Second Lieutenant,
November 29th, 1862. Assigned to Company "A."
Assigned to Company "H," May 25th, 1863. In com
mand of Company "K" a part of the afternoon of
the battle of Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Captured with Company "H" on Mission Ridge, Sep
tember 22d, 1863. In rebel prison nineteen months.
Exchanged April, 1865. Mustered out by Special Order
ITl, at AnnapoUs, Md., April 13th, 1865. First Lieu
tenant, March 19th, 1864. Rensselaer, Ind.
Corporal Samuel T. Smith.
fen. October l^th, 1^61. Sergeant, June 4th, 1862 De
tailed for duty as Steward at Post Hospital, Ashland,
Ky., December, 1862.

210 HISTORY OF THK
Corporal John T. Marian.
En. October 29th, 1861. V. E., December 26th, 1863.
Corporal William H. Douglass.
En. October Slst, 1861. V.E., January 1st, 1864; Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out at Vic
toria, Texas, October Sd, 1865.
Corporal Ferdinand Hoover.
^n. October Tth, 1861. Killed, Chickamauga, Septem
ber 20th, 1863. PRIVATES.
Anderson, William B. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E.,
December 26th, 1863. Captured, September 2d, 1864.
Died, Andersonville prison, October Sth, 1864.
Brown, Benjamin. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., Feb
ruary 28th, 1864. Heltzerserville, O.
Banner, William C. En. October 26th, 1861. Died,
Nashville, October 10th, 1863.
Bender, William. En. October 14th, 1861. V. E., De
cember 26th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Corporal, July 1st, 1865. Mustered out October 3d,
1865.
Bose, Stephen. En. October 20th, 1861. Captured at
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out
January 26th, 1865. Chattanooga, O.
Baird, James. En. October 29th, 1861. Died, Nashville,
June 25th, 1863.
Buchanan, Frank. En. October 2Sd, 1861 . Died, Pike
ton, Ky., March 19th, 1862.
Bailey, WiUiam M. En. October 29th, 1861. Wounded,
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1861. Woodington, O.

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Bailey, John L. Recruit. En. October Sth, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 21st,
1865. Woodington, O.
Baird, WUUam T. Recruit. En. August Sth, 1862. Died,
Ashland, Ky., February 23d, 1863.
Cunningham, Levi F. En. October 26th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Greenville, O.
Crumerine, Isaac N. En. October 29th, 1861. Wounded,
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Died, April,
1864.
Clark, Levi T. En. October 29th, 1861.
Cunningham, William. Recruit. En. August Sth, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June
21st, 1865. Dead.
Colvin, William M, En. December 29th, 1861. V. E.,
January 1st, 1864. Died, 1864.
Dean, William F. En. October Tth, 1861. V.E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Denise, Aaron. En. October Tth, 1861. Wounded, Look
out Mountain, November 24th, 1863. V. E., December
26th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-firstO. V. V. Mus
tered out at Victoria, Texas, October Sd, 1865.
Spartansburg, Ind.
Denise, Denice. En. October Tth, 1861. Wounded,
Chattahoochie River, Ga., July Tth, 1864. Mustered
out November Sth, 1864.
Douglass, WilUam. En. October 23d, 1861. Discharged
for disability, July 18th, 1862.
Devor, David J. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Veteran
Reserve Corps, December Sth, 1864.
Devor, Nicholas. Recruit. En. August 14th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June 21st,
1865.

212 HISTORY OP THE
Elstun, John. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Capt^red, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V, Mustered out Oc
tober 3d, 1864. GreenvUle, 0.
Edinger, James C. En. October 23d,' 1861. Died, Lick
ing Station, Ky., January 7th, 1862.
Edmington, WiUiam. En. October 22d, 1861. Dexter, Iowa.
Etmyer, WilUam H. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Dropped from roll, January 7th, 1863. Union City, Ind.
FoUen, Isaac. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V, Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Skeels Crossing, Ind.
Frick, Rudy. En. October 7th, 1S61. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Harrisville, Ind.
Frick, Noah. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., December
26th, 1863. Captured, Kenesaw, Ga.. June 20th, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Corporal, July 6th,
1865. Mustered out October Sd, 1865. Chattanooga, 0.
Ganger, Daniel. En. October 15th, 1861. Died, Piketon,
Ky., May Sth, 1862.
Harter, Abel. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., January 1st,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered
out October Sd, 1865. Dead,
Harter, Levi. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., Januj|,ry
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustere^
out October Sd, 1865. New Madison, O.
Hartle, Noah. En, October 2ist, 1861. V. E,, December
26th, 186S.
Hartle, J. B. En. October 26th, 1861. Wounded, Chidk-
amauga, September 20th, 1863. Died at home. May, 1864.

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Hartle, Simeon. En. October 26th, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 1st, 1864, KiUed, Atlanta, Ga., August Sth, 1864.
Heck, Milton H. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., Decem
ber 26th, 1863. Died, Atlanta, Ga., 1864.
Hooper, WUUam. En. October 20th, 1861. Died, Mt.
Sterling, Ky., January 10th, 1862.
Hays, Asa. En. October Tth, 1861. Transferred to In
valid Corps, December, 1863.
Huffman, Joseph L. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., De
cember 26th, 1863. Died in the Service.
Huston, Frederick. En. October Tth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863, and Lookout
Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Mustered out De
cember 26th, 1864. Muncie, Ind.
Hoover, JohnC Recruit. En. August 18th, 1862. Wound
ed, Chickamuaga, September 20th, 1863. Invalid Corps,
December, 1863. Dead.
Henning, Joseph. Recruit. En. September 1st, 1862.
Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 2Tth, 1864. Transferred
toFifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out June 21st, 1865.
Geneva, Ind.
Huff, Layfayette. Recruit. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga.,
June 20th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Icenour, William. En. October 26th, 1861. Mustered
out, Pulaski, Tenn., November 5th, 1864.
Jordan, David. En. October 26th, 1861, Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863, V. E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865.
Koenig, John. En. October Tth, 1861. Detailed as regi
mental barber* Dead.
Keller, Amos. En. October 24th, 1861. Teamster. Rose Hill, 0.

214 HISTORY OF THE
Lay, David. En. October ISth, 1861. Died, Ashland,
Ky., May Sth, 1862.
Lay, John W. En. October 15th, 1861. V. E., January
Slst, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Lantz, Hiram I. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., Decem
ber 26th, 1863. Wounded. Transferred to Fifty-first
O. V. V.
Miller, Daniel. En. October Tth, 1861. Died at home,
March 3d, 1862.
Miller, Joseph. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., February
29th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October 3d, 1865. HiU Grove, 0.
McCabe, Joseph W. En. October Tth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. V. E., December
26th, 1863. Wounded and captured, Kenesaw, Ga.,
June 20th, 1864. Arm amputated in rebel hospital,
Atlanta, Ga.
McClintick, Martin.. En. October Tth, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 1st, 1864. Killed, Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July
20th, 1864.
McCUntick, Oliver. En. October 29th, 1861. Died, 1882.
Moyer, Simeon P. En. October 26th, 1861. Died, Camp
Chase, O., December Sth, 1861.
Metzner, John A. En. October 25th, 1861. Corporal. V.
E., January 1st, 1864. Wounded, Burnt Hickory, Ga.,
May Slst, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Sergeant, July 1st, 1865. Mustered out October 3d,
1865,
Miller, Michael J, Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862.
Wounded, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Mannix, George. Recruit- En August 13th, 1862.
Dropped from roll, January Tth, 1863. Greenville, 0.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 2l5
Moyer, William H. Recruit. En. February Sth, 1862.
Wounded, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Died
from AVOund in hospital.
Moyer, Levi B. Recruit. En. February Sth, 1862. Cap
tured, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Transfer
red to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out July 20th, 1865.
Oliver, Francis M. Recruit. En. August Sth, 1862 Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out, Nashville,
by Order 6T, June 21st, 1865. Greenville, 0.
OtweU, Curtis W. Recruit. En. August 2Tth, 1862.
Hcspital Steward, August 2Tth, 1862. Mustered out,
Nashville, December, 1864. Independence, Kan.
Piatt, Solomon. En. October 26th, 1861. V. E , Febru
ary 2Sth, 1864. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga , June 2Tth,
1864. Died from wound in hospital.
Robison, George W. En. October 25th, 1861. Died, Ash
land, Ky., February 23d, 1862.
Rush, James. En. October 15th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Captured, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Died, Andersonville prison, February 5th, 1865.
RoUin, Justine L. En. October 23d, 1861. Corporal.
Sergeant. V. E., December 26th, 1863. Transferred to
Fifty-first 0. V. V. GreenviUe, 0.
Rudy, Cyrus T. En. October 29th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Thigh amputated. Died in hospital at Nashville.
Rudy, Rufus P. Recruit. En. August 13th, 1862. Died,
FrankUn, Tenn., May 10th, 1863.
Reeder, John. En. October 24th, 1861. Rose HiU, 0.
Stephens, Samuel F. En. October 15th, 1861. Died,
Camp Chase, 0., 1863.
Straight, WiUiam H. En. October 15th, 1861. Died,
Ashland, Ky., February 22d, 1862.

216 HISTORY OF THE
Straight, Stephen. En. October 15th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Rose Hill, 0.
Scott, Albert. Fn. October 7th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864.- Coleton, 0.
Sebring, Firman. En. October 7th, 1861. Sergeant. V.
E., January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V.
V. Sergeant, July Sd, 1865. Mustered out October
3d, 1865, Dead.
Sweet, WiUiam K. En. October 7th, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Smith, Abram T. En. October 21st, 1861. V. E., De
cember 26th, 1863. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 29th,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Dexter, Iowa.
Snyder, Asa. En. October 26th, 1861. Rose Hill, 0.
Suma, WiUiam W. En. September 25th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, August 15th, 1862. New Madison, O.
Swarthwood, Frank J. En. November 18th, 1861,
Portland, Ind.
Swarthwood, Daniel. En. November 18th, 1861. Died,
Piketon, Ky., June Sth, 1862.
Stahl, Ezra. Recruit. En. August ISth, 1862. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Died from wound,
October 27th, 1863.
Shafer, John. Recruit. En. February Sth, 1862. V. E„
Febiruary 28th, 1864. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June
27th, 1864.
Snell, Jacob. Recruit. En. September 4th, 1862. Dis
charged for disability, April 17th, 1863.
Tourney, Jeremiah. En. October 7th, 1861. Corporal.
V. E., December 26th, 1863. Captured, Kenesaw, Ga.,
June 20th, 1864-

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VermilUon, James W. En. October 7th, 1861, V. E.,
December 26th, 1863, Captured, Kenesaw, Ga , June
2Tth, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O, V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865.
Whitehard, Isaac. En. October 19th, 1861. Died at
Piketon, Ky., April 14th, 1862.
Weaver, John. En. October 19th, 1861. V. E., January
1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865. Versailles, 0.
Winning, Abram. En. October 19th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, December llth, 1862. Greenville, 0.
White, Jonathan, En. October 19th, 1861. V.E. De-
• cember 26th, 1863. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Wise, John. Recruit. En. August ISth, 1862. Dis
charged for disability, 1863. Dawn, O.
Wise, Benjamin. Recruit. En. August 19th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at
Victoria, Texas, October 3d, 1865. Dawn, 0.

COMPANY "H," FORTIETH O. V. I.
Captain William Cunningham.
En. September ITth, 1861. First Lieutenant, Septem
ber 25th, 1861. Captain, November 19th, 1861. Re
signed, AprU 25th, 1862.
First Lieutenant John C. Meagher.
En. September 17th, 1861. First Lieutenant, Novem
ber 19th, 1861. Captain, AprU 2Sth, 1862. Cap
tured at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863, Paroled
from Libby Prison, Va., MarCh, 1864. Died at home
May 4th, 1864. '

218 HISTORY OF THE
Second Lieutenant George D. Stone.
En. October 9th, 1861. Second Lieutenant, November
19th, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 4th, 1862. Cap
tain, March 19th, 1864. Promotion declined. Mus
tered out at Nashville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864.
Wintersville, O.
First Sergeant Joseph Douglass.
En. September 17th, 1861. Sergeant, November 19th,
1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps, September 1st,
1863.
Sergeant Joseph Allen.
En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out December
6th, 1864.
Sergeant William Schwyhart.
En. September 17th, 1861. First Sergeant, April Ist,
1862, Captured at Mission Ridge, September 22d,
1863. Fifteen months in rebel prisons. Arbor Hill, Iowa,
Sergeant George W. Wilson. '
En. September 17th, 1861. Died at Ashland, Ky.,
March 29th, 1862.
Sergeant Abner A. Kelley.
En. October llth, 1861. Sergeant, November 2l8t,
1862. Captured at Mission Ridge, September 22d,
1863. Mattoon, HI.
Corporal Reuben I. Malone.
En. October llth, 1861. Sergeant. Captured at Mis
sion Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died in rebel
prison, Andersonville, Ga., April 25th, 1864.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 219
Corporal Timothy V. Sills.
En. October 9th, 1861. Discharged for disability,
AprU 16th, 1862.
Corporal Samuel W. Henderson.
Eli. September 17th, 1861. Sergeant, October 28th,
1862. Captured at Mission Ridge, September 22d,
1863. Died, Andersonville, Ga., July 15th, 1864.
Corporal James M. McCurdy.
En. October 9th, 1861. Mustered out December 6th,
1864,
Corporal Thomas R. McCuUough.
En. October 12th, 1861. Killed at Kenesaw, Ga., June
20th, 1864.
Corporal Abraham T. Markle.
En. October 12th, 1861. Captured at Mission Ridge,
Ga., September 22d, 1863. Died in prison, Rich
mond, Va., November 30th, 1863.
Corporal James M. McCoUum.
En. September 17th, 1861, Wounded at Chickamauga,
Ga., September 20th, 1863. Wounded and captured
at Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Newcomerstown, 0.
Corporal John A. McConkey.
En. October 7th, 1861. Color Guard. Killed in a
skirmish near Pound Gap, Ky., March 10th, 1862.
Wagoner William S. MUler.
En. September Tth, 1861. Dropped from roll.

220 history of the

PRIVATES.
Alexander, Thomas. En. September 17th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, December 20th, 1861.
Bines, David. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1,864.
Blampied, John W. En. September 17th, 1861. Cap
tured at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died at
Richmond, Va., December 27th, 1863.
Brown, George I. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured
at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Mustered out
at Columbus, Ohio, Deceraber, 1864.
Bigley, Alfred. En. September 17th, 1861. Died at
Ashland, Ky., AprU 6th, 1862.
Current, George. En September 17th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, July 2d, 1863. Died, September 10th,
1868.
Current, DiUon P. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured
at Mission Ridge, Ga., September 22d, 1863. Exchanged
November Sth, 1864. Mustered out, December 29th,
1864. Columbus Grove, 0.
Current, Wesley. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured
at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Dead.
Carr, James. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured at
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died of small
pox at DanviUe, Va., March 10th, 1864.
Chaney, Jacob M. En October 7th, 1861. Transferred
to Invalid Corps, April 6th, 1864, Wheeling Station, O.
Chambers, WiUiam H. En, October 9th, 1861. Trans
ferred to " I," December llth, 1861.
Cole, Robert. En. October 9th, 1861. Wounded, Kene
saw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Arm amputated. Died,
Chattanooga, June SOth, 1864.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFAHTRY. 221
Crowley, Nathan. En. October 9th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1864. Mustered out,
Columbus, 0., December, 1864.
Chalfant, James. Recruit. En, August SOth, 1862. Trans
ferred to "E" November 19th, 1864. Dead.
Day, William. En. September 26th, 1861. Transferred to
InvaUd Corps, September SOth, 1863.
Dodds, Isaac. Recruit. En. August 25th, 1862. Dis
charged by order of Secretary of War, July 2d, 1863.
Wintersville, 0.
Dugan, George S. En. September 17th, 1861. V. E.,
February 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Marietta, O.
Davis, George. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863.
Deets, Benjamin. En, September 17th, 1861. Killed,
Chickamauga, September 19th, 1863,
Dawson, Levi. En. October 9th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864. Kimbleton, 0.
Dusenberry, Daniel. En. November 16th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, December SOth, 1862.
England, Isaac N. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Died
at home January 28th, 1863.
Gibson, Robert. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Chickamauga, September 19th, 1863. Died, Anderson
viUe prison, July 13th, 1864.
Grimm, John.W. En. September 17th, 1861. V. E., Feb
ruary Sth, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Grandstaff, Jeremiah I. En. September 17th, 1861. Died,
Louisville, Ky., December lOth, 1863.
Gibson, Colin. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Anderson
viUe prison. May Sth, 1864.

222 HISTORY OF THE
Gallagher Charles. En, September 17th 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. La Rue, O.
Gay, Jesse. ¦ En. October llth, 1861. Discharged for
disability, October Slst, 1862. .
Gibson, William. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Danville,
Va., May 10th, 1864.
Hartford, Michael. Recruit. En. August 20th, 1862.
Died. Franklin, Tenn., March 24th, 1863.
Holmes, Hiram. Recruit. En. August 20th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out by Order 67
June 21st, 1865. Fernwood, 0.
Hartshorn, Martin Van. En. September 17th, 1861.
Mustered out December, 6th, 1864.
Hubert, Andrew F. En. September 17th, 1861. Trans
ferred to Invalid Corps, September 1st, 1863.
Hicks, Silas John, En. October llth, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Escaped from a
train moving prisoners from Andersonville, and
reached our lines at Atlanta, Ga., September 17th,
1864. Mustered out, Nashville, December 6th, 1864.
Holmes, Thomas B. En. October llth, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863.
Hicks, Thomas. Recruit. En. August 14th, 1862. Cap
tured, Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, An
dersonville prison, August 16th, 1864.
Holmes, David. En. November 26th, 1861. Captured at
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Exchanged, June,
1864. Mustered out December 6th, 1864,
.Johnson, Hamilton. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864.
Jones, Enoch. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL, INFANTRY. 223
Jones, Edward. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864.
Johnston, Augustin. En. October 9th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, December Sth, 1863. Hospital Nurse.
SteubenviUe, O.
Junken, Mathew O. En. October 10th, 1861. Assisted in
recruiting the company. Transferred to "I," December
llth, 1861. Dead.
Kelley, Henry. En. October 9th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864.
Kelley, James. En. October 9th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864. SteubenviUe, O-
Larrison, William. En. October llth, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864. Cambridge, 0.
Larrison, Daniel H. En. October llth, 1861. Dropped
from roll, November 16th, 1861.
. Larrison, John R. En. October llth, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864.
Little, Francis. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Anderson
ville prison, January 20th, 1864.
Mullen, Bernard. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864.
MiUer. WUliam. En. September 17th, 1861. Probably
identical with the wagoner.
Malone, Alfred. Recruit. En. August 14th, 1862. Cap- •
tured. Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, An
dersonville prison, July 16th, 1864.
Miskimmens, Allen. Recruit. En. September 17th, 1861.
V. E., January 1st, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0.
V. V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865.
Miller, Eli, En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864, Kimbolton, O. *

224 HISTORY or the
Malone, EUas. En. September 17th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Mustered out,
Columbus, 0., December, 1864.
Morlatt, John W. En. September 17th, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, December 24th, 1862.
McGiU, Joseph. En. September ITth, 1861 . Mustered
out December 6th 1864.
McCuUough, Robert F. En. October Tth, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, July 25th, 1863.
McCoUum, Isaac. En. October Tth, 1861. Discharged,
January 29th, 1863, by Orders 36 and 65, War Depart
ment. Newcomerstown, O.
McKeehan, John. En. October Tth, 1861. Hospital
Nurse. Mustered out, NashviUe, Tenn., December 6th,
1864. S & S. Home, Dayton, O.
McKim, WilUam. En. October Tth, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864. North Salem, O.
McKee, Jacob P. En. November 16th, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864. North Salem, O.
Markle, Abraham T. Promoted to Corporal. See Corporal.
MaxweU, WiUiam. En. October 14th, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864. SteubenviUe, O.
McMullen, Joseph. En. November 16th, 1861. Died,
Prestonburgh, Ky., July 10th, 1862.
McCuUough, Franklin J. Recrmt. En. August 22d, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out Octo
ber 3d, 1865, at Victoria, Texas.
McConnel, Joseph. Recruit. En. August SOth, 1862.
Died, Stevinson, Ala., September 21st, 1863.
Porter, Harrison. En. September ITth, 1861. Mustered
Out December 6th, 1864. Kimbolton, 0.
Porter, WilUam. En. October 14th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Anderson
viUe, November lOth, 1864.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 225
Porter, John A. En. November 1st, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Mustered out,
Columbus, O.. February 1st, 1865. Greenfield, 0.
Porter, James. En. October 14th, 1861. Captured, Mis
sion Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Andersonville
prison, September 17th, 1864.
Porter, W. C. Recruit. Captured Mission Ridge, Sep
tember 22d, 1863. Died, AndersouAdUe, November 16th,
1864.
Parker, J. Recruit. Captured, Mission Ridge, Septem
ber 22d, 1863. Died, Andersonville prison, September
20th, 1864.
Parsons, George S. Recruit. En. August 14th, 1862-
Captured, Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died
in prison, Richmond, Va., 1864.
Parks, George. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Engineer Corps, July 29th, 1864. Springfield, 0.
Reed, Lynas D, En. November 16th, 1861. Died, Nash
viUe, Tenn., July 18th, 1S63.
Rice, Irwin. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864.
Richerson, John. Recruit. En. August 14th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Invalid Corps, September 1st, 1863
Ross, Aaron. En. October lOth, 1861. Discharged for
disability at Louisa, Ky., June llth, 1S62. WintersviUe, O.
Ross, Alonzo. En. October lOth, 1861. Captured, Mission
Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died in Andersonville
prison, September 1st, 1864.
Ross, Edwin. En. October lOth, 1861. Wounded, Kene
saw, Ga., June 19th, 1864. Mustered ont, December 6th,
1864.
Rose, Johnson. En. October 20th, 1861. Mustered out
December 6th, 1864.

226 HISTORY OP THK
Shimer, James. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Sheely, William. En. September 17th, 1861. Mustered
out December 6th, 1864.
Sheely, Christian. En. September 17th, 1861 . Captured
at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1864. Died, Danville,
Va., of small-pox, January 26th, 1864.
Stevinson, Daniel. En. September ITth, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, Ga., September 22d, 1863. Seventeen
months in rebel prison. Newcomerstown, O.
suis, Timothy V. (See Corporal.)
Squibb, Ezra. En. October 14th, 1861. Died, Ashland,
Ky., March Sth, 1862.
Thomas, James Y. En. September ITth, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died from ex
haustion, enrottte from Florence to Charleston, S. C.
Trimmer, WiUiam. En. October 9th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died, Anderson
ville, prison, May lOth 1864.
Telfer, Samuel- Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Died,
near LaFayette, Ga., of congestive chill, November
10th, 1864.
Vansickle, George. En. October 9th, 1861. Discharged
at Louisa, Ky., August 2Tth, 1862, by sentence of Court-
martial.
Vansickle, WiUiam, En. October 9th, 1861. Captured
at Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1868. Mustered out
at Columbus, O. Guornsey Station, 0.
Whites, WiUiam. En. September 17th, 1861, Died, Ash
land, Ky., February 18th, 1862,
Wharton, Abner. En, October llth, 1861, Mustered out
December 6th, 1864, Hebron, O.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 22T
WiUis, Benjamin. En. October 9th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Died in rebel
prison, Danville, Va.
Winters, John. Recruit. En, August 24th, 1862. Killed,
Chickamauga, September 19th, 1863.
Winters, William S. En. October 9th, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, March 16th, 1863. Dead.
Wilson, Robert. Recruit. Newcomerstown, O.
WiUiams, Ebenezer. En. September ITth, 1861. Mus
tered out December 6th, 1864.
Welsh, James. En. November 25th, 1861. Captured,
Mission Ridge, September 22d, 1863. Mustered out at
Columbus, Ohio.

COMPANY "I," FORTIETH O. V. I.
Captain Andreav R. Calderwood.
Second Lieutenant, October 15th, 1861. Captain, De
cember 12th, 1861. Resigned on account of disabil
ity, June 28th, 1862. Re-appointed, August 25th,
1862. Resigned, January 6th, 1863. GreenviUe, O.
First Lieutenant Milton Kemper.
En. October 26th, 1861. First Lieutenant, December
12th, 1861. Captain, January 12th, 1863, Mustered
out, Nashville, December 6th, 1864. Killed in arrest
ing a criminal, June 4th, 1869.
Second Lieutenant John W. Smith.
En. as private, October 19th, 1S61, Second Lieutenant,
December 12th, 1861. First Lieutenant, January
12th, 1863. Captain, March 19th, 1864. Mustered
out, Nashville, December 6th, 1864. GreenviUe, O.

228 history op tHb
First Sergeant James F. Coffield-
En. October Slst, 1861. Sergeant, December llth, 1861.
Sergeant Clement F. Snodgrass.
En October 18th, 1861. Sergeant, December llth, 1861.
Second Lieut«nant, January 12th, 1863. First Lieu
tenant, January 20th, 1864. Captain, April 1st, 1864.
Assigned to Company "A." Killed, Atlanta, Ga.,
June SOth, 1864.
Sergeant John R. Donaldson.
En. October 18th, 1861. Sergeant, December llth, 1861.
V. E., February 28th, 1864.
Sergeant WilUam H. Wakeman.
En. November 7th, 1861. Discharged for disability,
July 16th, 1882. Dead.
Sergeant David R. Brown,
En. October 23d, 1861. Sergeant, December llth, 1861.
Corporal George Cake.
En. October Slst, 1861. Mustered out December 9th,
1862, to accept commission in Ninety-sixth P. V, I.
BerUn, 0.
Corporal John Kearns.
En. October 19th, 1861. ^Captured. Exchanged, and on
way home, lost by explosion of steamer Sultana,
Mississippi River, 1865.
Corporal Charles I. Yeats.
En. November 9th, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Carps,
February 20th, 1864.
Corporal William Smith.
En. November 15th, 1861. Discharged for disability,
July 15th, 1862. Dead.

jrOETIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTUT. 229
Corporal Jacob Edwards,
En. October 19th, 1861. V. E., January 3d, 1864. Cap
tured, November SOth, 1864. Exchanged, and on
way home lost by explosion of steamer Sultana.
Corporal John A. Hamilton.
En. November 7th, 1861. Sergeant. Wounded, Chick
amauga, Ga., September 20th, 1863, Columbus, 0.
Corporal James L. Kemper.
En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged for disability, July
18th, 1862. Lima, O,
Corporal Michael Shiltz.
En. October 2Sth, 1861. Sergeant Captured, Chicka
mauga, September 20th, 1863. Exchanged, March
10th, 1865. Laramie, 0,
Musician Enos Calderwood.
En. November Sth, 1861. Discharged for disability,
February 22d, 1863. Dead.
Musician Wykoff C. Marlotte.
En. November Sth, 1861 . Discharged for disability,
August 4th, 1863. Dead.
Musician Thomas Wait.
En. December, 9th, 1861. Died, Piketon, Ky., May 22d,
1862. .

230 HISTORY OF THE

PRIVATES.
Astingtall, Benjamin. En. October 25th, 1861. Left
sick in Camp Chase, 1861.
Arneet, David P. En. November 15th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, December 9th, 1862.
Amor, William. En. October 15th, 1861. Transferred to
Fifth Indiana Battery.
AUensworth, James. En. November 19th, 1861.
New Richmond, 0.
AUensworth, OUver P. En. November 19th, 1861. Dis
charged for disability, October 22d, 1862.
New Richmond, O.
Brining, Jacob J. En. October 20th, 1861. Died, Nash
ville, Tenn., June 16th, 1863.
Bourquin, Peter F. En. October 21st, 1861. Versailles, O.
Buchanan, Stewart. En. October 21st, 1861. Killed at
Chickamuga, September 20th, 1863.
Briggs, Isaac. En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged for
disability, July ISth, 1862.
Barker, Joshua. En. October 23d, 1861. Wyandotte, O.
Beebout, David W. En. November 9th, 1861. Corporal.
Boyer, Cyrus M. Recruit. Died, Atlanta, Ga., September
16th, 1864.
Boyd,' John. Recruit. En. August 20th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June 21st,
1865.
Bowers, William. Recruit.
Chambers, William W. En. November 3d, 1861. Wounded
at Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Invalid Corps,
February 20th, 1864. Mustered out May 29th, 1865.
Chambers, WilUam. En. October 21st, 1861. Transfer
red from "H." Laramie, 0.

PORTIITH OHIO VOL. INPANTKY. 231
Chambers, Samuel S. En. October 21st, 1861. Died,
Piketon, Ky., June 9th, 1862.
CoUett, Henry. En. November 14th, 1861, Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Mustered out.
Greenville, 0.
Conner, James. En, October 21st, 1861. Dead.
Church, WyUe. Recruit. En. August 18th, 1862. Wound
ed, Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Thigh
amputated next day. Died, Bridgeport, Ala., De
cember Sd, 1863.
Church, Noah. Recruit. En. August 18th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Dewees, Barnabas. En. October 20th, 1S61. Versailles, 0.
Demarra, Stephen. En. November 17th, 1861.
Denise, William. November ITth, 1861.
Davis, Lewis S. En. October 19th, 1861. Sidney, 0.
Dennison, Andrew. En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged
for disability, March Tth, 1863. Dead.
Dudgeon, Charles. Recruit. Died on cars near, Steven
son, Ala., November 16th, 1863.
Davis, Elias. Recruit. En. September 15th, 1862, Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June 21st,
1865. OUve HiU, Ky.
Edwards, Thomas. Recruit. Died, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1S64.
Frabie, Nicholas. En. October 22d, 1861. Died, Ashland,
Ky., December 18th, 1862.
Fox, Conrad. En. October 22d, 1861. Dead.
Fleming, John. En. D«cember 6th, 1861. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out January 12th,
1866. Columbus, O.
Frazier, WUUam. En. November 6th, 1861.
New Richmond, O.

232 HISTORY OP THK
Flecker William. Recruit. Dropped from roll, January
Sth, 1863.
Ginn, William. En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged for
disability, July 15th, 1862. Dead.
GutshaU, John. En. November 19th, 1861, Invalid
Corps, February 12th, 1864. BUnd. Ft. Recovery, O.
Gray, John. Recruit. Died, Bridgeport, Ala., January
Sd, 1864.
Gray, Nathaniel. Recruit. Died, Franklin, Tenn., March
13th, 1863.
Gruber, David. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out January
21st, 1865.
Harper, Thaddeus. En. December Tth, 1861. Died, Pike
ton, Ky., May 2Tth, 1862.
Hanselman, William. En. November 21st, 1861. Cor
poral. Versailles, O.
Icenagle, Adam. Recruit, En. August 20th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Died, Huntsville, Ala.,
February 25th, 1865.
lonhoff, Samuel. Recruit.
Jones, Lewis. En. October 2Sth, 1861. Berlin, O.
Junken, Mathew 0. Transferred from "H." Discharged,
January Tth, 1863. Dead.
Johnson, Mayberry. En. October 19th, 1861. Corporal.
Keller, George. En. November 27th, 1861. Berlin, O.
Larminach, Henry. En. October 22d, 1861. Discharged
for disability, April ISth, 1862. VersaUles, O.
Lappin, Alexander. En. November 25th, 1861. Corporal.
• Dead.
Low, WUliam. Recruit. Killed, Chickamauga, Septem
ber 20th, 1863.
Maze, Nelson. En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged for
disability, August 18th, 1863. Bryan, O.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 233
Mussulman, WiUiam. En. October 18th, 1861. Versailles, O.
Mendenhall, Nathan. En. October 22d, 1861. Wounded
and captured, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Musser, WiUiam. En. December, 7th, 1861. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out March 19th, 1865.
Riohmond, Ind.
Morgan, Mathias. Recruit.
Macomb, Ferguson. Recruit. Died, March 19th, 1863,
at Ashland, Ky;
Muller, Wallace. Recruit. Dropped from roU, Piketon,
Ky., March 20th, 1862.
Morris, James. Teamster.
Mayes, (Myers?) David. Recruit. En. August 20th. 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June
21st, 1865.
Ong, Lindly. En. October 16th, 1861. Died. Ashland,
Ky., July 6th, 1862.
Ortman, Thomas H. Transferred from "C," December
1st, 1861.
PiUiod, Francis. En. October Slst, 1861. Wounded,
Kenesaw, Ga„ June 27th, 1864. Mustered out Decem
ber, 1864. Versailles, O.
Perkins, George. En. October 21st, 1861. Discharged
for disability, October 14th, 1863. Greenville, 0.,
Palmer, James H. Transferred from "C," December 1st,
1861. Discharged for disability, October 24th, 1862. Dead.
Richardson, Hiram. En. November 27th, 1861. Killed,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Rodgers, Cyrus M. Eui October 15th, 1861. Commis
sary Sergeant, February 19th, 1864. New Richmond, O.

234 HISTORY OP THK
Rohr, George F. En. November 18th, 1861. Corporal.
Transferred to Eighth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps,
October 29th, 1863. Mustered out December 9th, 1864.
Dayton, 0.
Ratliff, Joseph. Recruit. Dropped from roll, Louisa,
Ky., January 7th, 1863.
Scott, Samuel. En. December 2d, 1861. Died, Paris, Ky.,
December 27th, 1861.
Shamo, Henry. En. November 2d, 1861. Corporal.
S. & S. Home, Dayton, 0.
Stonerock, Aaron. En. October 18th, 1861. Corporal.
Wyandotte, 0.
Soupp, Victor. En. November 1st, 1861.
Starrett, David. En. October 23d, 1861. Wounded, Look
out Mountain, November 24th, 1863. Dead.
Smith, Isaac. En. November 12th, 1861. Captured,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Dead.
Simpson, Mathew. En. November 4th, 1861. Sergeant
Major, March 9th, 1862. First Lieutenant, May 9th,
1864. Not mustered. New Richmond, 0.
Seymer, Henry. En. November 12th, 1861. Dead.
Stine, David. Recruit. En. August 22d, 1862. Transfer
red to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Sheppard, Andrew. Recruit. En August 24th, 1862.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out June
21st, 1865.
Seaton, John. Recruit. En. August 28th, 1862. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V.
Tordo, Charles. En. November llth, 1861. InvaUd
Corps, January 12th, 1864. Dead,
Taylor, Benjamin. En. October 18th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, July 2d, 1862. En. in One Hundred and
Twenty-fourth Indiana V. I. Dead.
Taylor, Oliver. En. October 18th, 1861. Corporal.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 235
Weaver, Alfred. En. October 18th, 1861. Discharged for
disability, October 19th, 1862.
Waggler, Christian. En. October 24th, 1861. Wyandotte, 0.
Waggler, Jacob. En. November 4th, 1861. Wyandotte, 0
West, Henry B. En. November 9th, 1861. Corporal.
Wounded, Chickamauga, Ga., September 20th. 1863.
New Richmond, 0.
Winters, Samuel R. En. October ISth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Winters, Isaiah H. En. October 15th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Washington, Robert. En. October 28th, 1861. Wounde<f,
Chichamauga, September 20th, 1863.
Williamson, William. Recruit. Dropped from roll, Louisa,
Ky., January Sth, 1863.

COMPANY "K," FORTIETH 0. V. L
Captain Alexander A. Knapp.
Second Lieutenant, October 24th, 1861. Captain, No
vember 26th, 1861. Wounded, Chickamauga, Sep
tember 20th, 1863. Resigned on account of disability,
March 16th, 1864. Union City, Ind.
First Lieutenant David J. Roop.
En. October 25th, 1861, as private. First Lieutenant,
November 26th, 1861, Resigned on account of cQs-
ability, January Sth, 1863. Second Lieutenant in the
Three Months' Service, 1861. CeUna, 0.
Second Lieutenant Bybon B. Allbn.
En. as private, October 25th, 1861. Second Lieutenant,
November 26th, 1861. Resigned, January Slst, 1863.
Muncie, Ind.

236 history op the
First Sergeant Charles L. Toner.
En. October Slst, 1861. Wounded. Chickamauga, Sep
tember 19th, 1863. V. E,, January 2d, 1864, Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. First Lieutenant, Jan
uary 9th, 1865. Mustered out by Special Order 171,
April 13th, 1865. Jackson, Mich.
Sergeant William H. Topping.
En. November Sth, 1861. Second Lieutenant, February
10th, 1863. Wounded, Chickamuga, September 20th,
1863. First Lieutenant, March 19th, 1864. Mustered
out on account of wound, June 1st, 1864.
Crooketon, Minn.
Sergeant, George W. Williams.
En. October 2Sth, 1861. V. E., January 2d, 1864.
Wounded at NashAdlle, Tenn. Transferred to Fifty-
first 0. V. V. Mustered out October 3d, 1865
Sergeant Obed H. Beardslee.
En October 29th, 1861. Killed, Chickamauga, Septem
ber 20th, 1863.
Sergeant William T. McDonald.
En. NiOvember 12th, 1861. Died, Ashland, Ky., March
7th, 1862.
Corporal Benjamin P. Williamfl.
Em. October 29th, 1861. Wounded, Chickamauga, Siep-
tember 20th, 1863. V. E., January 2d, 1864. Wound-
ed,Keniesaw, Ga., June 20tih, 1S64. Thigh amputated.
Kischarged for disabiMty, May 29th, 1866. WilksvUle, 0.
Corporal Philip Dearworth.
ISn. October 28th, 1861. Wounded, Kenesaw, <3«., June
20tti, 1864. Ft. Recovery, 0.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFAKTBT. 237
Corporal Andrew J, Stickleman.
En. October 29th, 1861. Dropped from roll, Louisa,
Ky., 1862. Celina, O.
Corporal John A. Dye.
En. November Sth, 1861. Died, Ashland, Ky., May, 1862.
Corporal Daniel Leseney.
En. October 29th, 1861. Discharged for disabiUty, 1863.
Ft. Recovery, O.
Corporal James B. McDonald.
En. October Slst, 1861. Wounded, Chickamauga, Ga.,
September 19th, 1863.
Corporal Thomas Snyder.
En. November Tth, 1861. Died, Piketon, Ky., March,
1862,
Corporal David I. Galeanor.
En. October 30th, 1861. V. E., Jajiuary 2d, 1864.
Wounded at Atlanta, 1864. Died in hospital from
wound.
Musician Joel 8. Hoyt.
En. October 2d, 1861. Mustered out, Pulaski, Tenn.,
November 6th, 1864. Ft. Recovery, O.
Musician Francis M. Croucji.
En. November 12th, 1861. Promoted to Chief Musician. Dead.
Teamster Michael Keister.
En. November 15th, 1861. Coldwater, 0.

238 HISTORY OP THE

PRIVATES.

Arbaugh, Joseph B. En. November ,15th, 1861. Dis
charged in 1862. Coldwater, O.
Butcher, John, En. November 21st, 1861. Discharged
for disabiUty, 1862. Union City, Ind.
Butcher, Samuel. En. November aist, 1861.
Butcher, Martin. (Possibly same as above.)
Beardslee, D. J. En. October 2Sth, 1862. Mustered out
December 23d, 1864. Osceokj'Mo.
Bigham, Jacob. En. November 2d, 1861. Discharged for
disability, January 12th, 1863. Elsie, Mich.
ColUns, Solomon J. En. November 14th, |861. Died,
Piketon, Ky., March ISth, 1862.
Constable, John L. En. October 29th, 1861. Died, Ash
land, Ky., February 25th, 1862.
Clum, Hiram L. En October 29th, 1861. Woimded, Pine
Mountain, Ga., June 10th, 1864. Died from wound,
Chattanooga, June 20th, 1864.
Colton, Elijah. En. October 29th, 1861. V. E., Febru
ary 2Sth, 1864. CrawfordsviUe, Ind.
Carmack, Charles. En. October Slst, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Dead.
Carmack, Ephraim. En. October Slst, 1861. Killed at
Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864.
Casebeer, Andrew J- En. November 2d, 1861. V. E.,
January 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Coon, George W. En. November 7th, 1861. Wounded,.
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Died, NashviUe,
Tenn., November 2Sth, 1863.
Clark, George. En. November 14th, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Beaver City, Neb

PORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 239
Crouch, David E. En. November 21st, 1861. V. E.,
March 20th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V.
Sergeant, July 1st, 1865. Mustered out October Sd,
1865. Celina, O.
Collins, Thomas. En. November 29th, 1861. Dead.
Cole, Nathaniel. En. November 26th, 1861. Mustered
out November 26th, 1864. Dead.
Denny, Thomas H. En. November Sth, 1861. Dropped
from roU, 1862. Millbrook, Mich.
Denny, William. En. November 9th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1861. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1866. Ft. Recovery, 0.
Denn}^ Jasper. En. November 9th. 1861. Tipton, Ind.
Dye. James R. Recruit. V. E., February 1st, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out Octo
ber 3d, 1865. Millbrook, Mich.
Dearworth, John P. (Probably same as Corporal Phillip
Dearworth.) V. E. January 2d, 1864. Ciaptured, Ken-
• esaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Seven months in rebel
prisons. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865.
Denny, Harvey. Sent home from Camp Chase, 0. Died,
1S62.
Denny, Frank. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V.
V. Mustered out June 2l8t, 1865.
Ely, Frank. Recruit. Transferred to In A'alid Corps, Sep
tember aoth, 1863. Neenah, Wis.
Ely, Frederick. Recruit. V. E., February 1st, 1864.
Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga., June 20th, 1864. Transferred
to Fifty-firstO. V. V. Sergeant, July 1st, 1865. Mus
tered out October 3d, 1865.
Edmonson, William. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first
O. V. V. Mustered out June 2l8t, 1865.

240 HISTORY OP THB
Fought, William H. En. October 28th, 1861. Geneva, Ind.
FrankUn, Aaron. En. October 28th, 1861. Discharged
for disability, April 4th, 1863. Macedon, O.
Franklin, George W. En. October 28th, 1861. Dropped
from roll, Louisa, Ky., 1862.
FrankUn, Jasper. Recruit. V. E., February lat, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out Octo
ber 3d, 1865. Macedon, O.
Fox, Joseph H. En. November Sth, 1861.
Franks, Jackson. Recruit. En. May 20th, 1864. Trans
ferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mustered out October 3d,
1865.
Ganger, John. En. October 3d, 1861. Coldwater, O.
Gaggan, Patrick. En. November 15th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. Celina, O.
Gray, John 0. En. November 15th, 1861. Transferred
to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 19th, 1864.
Coldwater, O.
Harry, William, En. November Sth, 1861. Dropped from
roU, 1862. Portland, Ind.
Hedrick, William. En. November 2d, 1861 . Discharged
for disability, 1863, Ft, Recovery, O.
Houk, Micheal H. En. November 22d, 1S6L V.E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Wounded, Kenesaw, Ga,, June 20th,
1864. Leg amputated, Winchester, Ind.
Hunter, EUsha H. En. November 29th, 1861, V. E.,
January 2d, 1864, Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V, V,
Mustered out October 3d, 1865. North Prairie, Minn.
Hempsmyer, Christian. En. November 17th, 1861. Dead.
Haas, Cyrus. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V.
V. Mustered out at Nashville, June 21st, 1865.
Medarysville, Ind.
Hoyd, Henry. Recruit. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V.
V. Mustered out October 3d, 1866.

POKTIETW OHIO VOL. INPANTRT. 241
Keister, George W. En; November 7th, 1*61. Coldwater, 0.
Keister, David. En. November 7th, 1861. Penanno, Mich.
Kennard, John. En. November ITth, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. CeUna, O.
Leseney, Daniel. En. October 29th, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Holt, Midi.
Lipps, Joseph. En. November Sth, 1861. V. E., Janu
ary 2d, 1864. Tranaferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mus-
terer out, Victorift, Texas, October 3d, 1865, Peoria, 111.
Lipps, George. Recruit. V, E., February 1st. 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first O. V, V. Ft. Recovery, 0.
Myers, Nathaniel. En. October SOth, 1861. Elsie, Mich.
McDonald, James H. En. November 15th, 1861, Kidder, Mo.
McDaniel, John E. En. November 2d, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 18W, Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Cor
poral. Mustered out October 3d, 1865. Ft. Recovery, 0.
McFeely, Alfred, En. October 28th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 2Qth, 1863. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Corporal, July 1st, 1865. Mustered out
October 3d, 1865. Marion, Ind.
McGee, John. En. October Slst, 1861. Captured, Kene
saw, G^. June 20th, 1864. Celina, 0.
Mott, James Z. En. November 3d, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Commis
sary Sergeant, July 3d, 1865. Mustered out Octoljer
3d, 1865. Ft. Recpvery, 0.
McMurry, Samuel A-
Root, Hezekiah. En. Npvember 14th, 1861. V. '&, , Janu
ary 2d, 1364. Transferred to Fifty^rst 0. V. V. Mus
tered ont October 3d, 1865.

242 HISTORY OP THK
Stickleman, Henry. En. November 2d, 1861.
Stretchberry, James. En. November 15th, 1861. V. E.,
January 26th, 1864. Wounded. Chattahoochie River,
Ga., 1864. Weston, O.
Stretchberry, Robert. En. November 12th, 1861.
Smith, Irvin J. En. November 15th, 1861. Killed, Look-
'out Mountain, November 24th, 1863.
Smith, Washington. En. November 3d, 1861. Died,
FrankUn, Tenn., April 20th, 1863.
Shatto, Adam. En. November Tth, 1861. V.E., January
2d, 1864. Wounded, Atlanta, Ga., 1864. Transferred
to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out October Sd, 1865.
Dunkirk, Ind.
Shatto, John. En. Noveraber 21st, 1861. V. E., Febru
ary 28th, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Cor
poral, July 6th, 1865. Coldwater, 0.
Smith, James. En. November Sth, 1861. Bellefontaine, 0.
Sutherland, John. En. November Sth, 1861. Mustered
out November ITth, 1864. Ft. RecoA'ery, 0.
Swartz, Asbury. En. October 2Sth, 1861. Dead.
Steele, Francis. En. October 29th, 1861. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Killed, Kenesaw, Qa., June 20th, 1864.
Scott, Marion H. En. November 18th, 1861. V. E., Jan
uary 2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Dead.
Snyder, Oscar. En. October 26th, 1861. Wounded, Chick
amauga, September 20th, 1863. V. E , February 1st,
1864. Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered
out October 3d, 1865. Portland, Ind.
Topping, George W. Recruit. V. E., February 1st, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V, V.
WiUiams, John W. En. October 29th, 1861. Wounded,
Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. V. E., January
2d, 1864. Transferred to Fifty-first O. V. V. Mus
tered out October Sd, 1865. Wellston, 0.

FORTIETH OHIO VOL. INFANTRY. 243
Wells, WiUiam. En. November llth, 1861. Dropped
from roU, 1862. Macedon, 0.
Wells, Benoni. En. Noveraber Sth, 1861. V. E. January
2d, 1864.
Waldren, Daniel. En. Noveraber 13th, 1861.
Winters, John. En. October Slst, 1861. Died, Ironton,
0., AprU Sth, 1862.
Woodring, Jonathan. Recruit. Wounded, Chickaraauga,
Ga., September 20th, 1863. V. E., January 2d, 1864.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out Oc
tober 3d, 1S65. Hazel Green, Kan.

ADDITIONAL NAMES.
Clarridge, Enoch Harvey. Company "C." Recruit.
Transferred to Fifty-first 0. V. V. Mustered out at
Victoria, Texas, October Sd, 1865. Chalmers, Ind.

CORRECTIONS.
Page 11, line IS from top, for "July," read September.
Page 12, line 6 from top, for "July," read September.
Page 20, line 5 from bottom, for "epidemic," read epi
demic of contagious diseases.
Page 37, line 15 from top, for "July," read June.
Page 43, line 7 from bottom, for "attempt a crossing
loAver down," read attempt a crossing of the Chicka
raauga lower down.
Page 82, line 10 from top, for "raovement to the left,"
read movement to the right.
Page 95, line 15 from top, for "our single division,"
read Wagner's division of our corps.
Page 166, first line, for "Damiels," read Daniels.

SUMMARY.

Killed in battle  58
Died of v?ounde  -  28
Died of disease  140
Died in rebel prisons  29
Drowned  •  2
Lost on Steamer "Sultana"  2
Dead of the Regiment  259
Resigned  >  25
Discharged for disability  92
Wounded*  143
Cftjitured  ,.  88
*The rifiiiiber of wdUttded recorded falls short of the actual
number, as many slightly wounded were never reported. Aside
from this, the above summary is substantiaUy correct.