The formation of the companies of this regiment was begun very early; but the old rule of the regular army, that a full company must be raised before the men can be mustered, hindered its organization. Hon. Charles F. WILSTACH, since mayor of Cincinnati, lent his energies to its formation, and it was known from him as the "Wilstach regiment." July 29th, companies A and B were mustered in, and the remainder, of the regiment, August 13th. It was a cosmopolitan command, thirteen nationalities being represented in it, though six companies were composed mostly of Americans, and the remaining four of Germans. Frederich POSCHNER, jr., an ex-Prussian officer and Hungarian revolutionist, became its colonel. It joined the little army of ROSECRANS in West Virginia in August, and made an exhausting march of eighteen miles the first afternoon. At Bulltown the Forty-seventh was brigaded with the Ninth and Twenty-eighth Ohio, in Colonel R. L. McCOOK's "Bully Dutch brigade." All the regiment, except company B (left in garrison at Sutton), took part in the battle of Carnifex Ferry. An extremely exposed and inclement encampment on Big Lewell mountain followed, but it was by and by in better quarters at New Market, where it sustained a severe bombardment, during four days, from FLOYD's rebel batteries. The Forty-seventh was here almost continually engaged in skirmishing with the rebels. After FLOYD's retreat it went into winter quarters on Gauley mountain. September 19th, three companies, in command of Lieutenant Colonel ELLIOTT, moved to Cross Lanes and spent some months in breaking up guerilla bands. December 5th, the regiment was reunited at Gauley mountain, and passed the remainder of the winter building fortifications, except in January, when it took part in a successful expedition against the enemy at Little Lewell mountain. In May four companies, with some cavalry, made another very fortunate raid at Lewisburgh. At Meadow Bluffs the Twenty-seventh with the Twenty-sixth and Forty-fourth Ohio, formed the third provisional brigade of the Kenawha division. June 23d it forced General LORING from Monroe county, Virginia, to retire to Salt Pond mountain, and captured large amounts of stores. This march of ninety miles in heat of summer, occupied but three days, and was very hard on the force, many of which were prostrated with sunstroke and exhaustion. Various operations against the guerillas and for other purposes consumed the months till the retreat to Gauley bridge in September, when the regiment was largely instrumental in saving the Federal forces from capture. December 30th it was embarked for Memphis. Here it was placed in the Third brigade, Second division, Thirteenth corps, and joined the expedition against Vicksburgh. May 19th and 22d it was in the impetuous assault on Cemetery Hill and lost heavily. During most of the siege its camp was only three hundred yards from the main line of the enemy, and the pickets were so close they could almost bayonet each other. After the city was taken the regiment aided in the pursuit of JOHNSON's force, in the capture of Jackson, and in the destruction of the fortifications and railways about that city. It returned with its corps to Memphis the latter part of September, and was started for Corinth October 9th, as train guard. Short1y thereafter it moved near Chattanooga, and was engaged upon the extreme left in the battle of Chickamauga. It then marched to the relief of BURNSIDE at Knoxville, scantily clothed and fed, many marching shoeless over the frozen ground and leaving their blood in their tracks. January 30, 1864, it was sent in an expedition against Rome, Georgia, and had a spirited skirmish. At Larkin's Landing, the next month, three-fourths of the men re-enlisted, and it thus became a veteran regiment, was mustered as such March 6th, and took its thirty days' furlough, arriving at Cincinnati on the 22d. By May 3d it was again at the front, this time at Stevenson, Alabama, from which it moved in a few days to the Atlanta campaign. In this it participated in the affairs at Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Kingston, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw, and Ezra Church. It was in the pursuit of HOOD to the rear of Atlanta, upon which it was joined by four hundred conscripts and substitutes; was in the famous march to the sea, and at the capture of Fort McAlister, in which its colors were the first to be planted on the works; took part in the occupation of Savannah, the march through the Carolinas, and the great review at Washington. It was then ordered to Arkansas, and served till August 11th, when it was mustered out, but not paid off and discharged until August 24, 1866, when it had served four years, two months, and nine days, and campaigned through all the Star States except Missouri, Florida and Texas.
 

FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel Frederick POSECHNER.
Lieutenant Colonel Lyman S. ELLIOTT.
Major Augustus C. PARRY.
Adjutant John G. DEERBECK.
 

COMPANY C. COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Captain Samuel L. HUNTER.
First Lieutenant Lewis D. GRAVES.
Second Lieutenant John W. DUICHEMIN.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant John H. BROWN.
Sergeant Hiram DURRELL.
Sergeant Elisha J. KNEELAND.
Sergeant George W. PERPHATER.
Sergeant John TURNER.
Corpoml Alexander NESMITH.
Corporal John W. MAXFIELD.
Corporal Claude BAKER.

Frank ABBEY, George BOWER, John BECHLER, Robert M. BURNARD, Zachariah BERMANN, Julius JENNETTS, David G. BROOKMAN, George H. BROWN, James CLARK, James COPE, John COOK, Morris DAVIS, Henry DUVERGE, Charles DAGNER, Jacob FIECHLE, Frederick GRAANOYEL, Joel GRIMM, George GEIGER, Louis HENER, Daniel HESSEL, Charles W. HOSLEY, William HENDERSON, William HARRISON, Samuel JOHNSTON, Charles J. JACKSON, Jacob KNECHT, Daniel KLINE, Clem LAWRENCE, Jacob LEPPERT, Joseph LEVENS, Michael LONG, Alonzo MATEER, William McALLISTER, James MELVINE, Arthur McDONNELL, Edward MORIN, Lewis MILLER, William NOCKER, Charles ROBINSON, Alexander RAVIE, Matthew RHENAKER, Surfein REIF, August H. SEIBEL, Ezekiel STEWART, Henno SEIDEL, Louis SCHOTTINGER, Charles STEWART, Henry SCHUSKE, Henry SCHNEIDER, Christopher SMITH, Thomas W. SPENCER, William TUCKER, Joseph FOITCH, Frank VANDAME, Jacob WHITSEL, Henry WEBER, Henry WEDDENDORF, George WALTERS, George WISLER, Frank WHITE, Benjamin F. WALLACE, William H. WRIGHT, John WALKEN, George YOUNG.
 

COMPANY C. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Alexander FROELICH.
First Lieutenant John G. DIERBECK.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Felix WAGNER.
Sergeant Louis C. KOEHL.
Sergeant August HUND.
Sergeant Adolph AHLERS.
Sergeant Jonas MEYER.
Corporal Henry SCHROEDER.
Corporal William CROSS.
Corporal John H. STEGMANN.
Corporal Ehrnard KUPFER.
Corporal John WELL.
Corporal Julius FOERSTER.
Corporal Alfred PELS.
Corporal Bantalion NUTISCHER.
Fifer William BUCKHAUS.
Drummer Frederick SCHMIDT.
Wagoner Anton ROTHERS.
 

PRIVATES.

Benjamin AVERMAAT, Hermann AHLENSDORF, Henry ASGELMEYER, Frederick ACKERMANN, Thomas BAER, John BRUCKERS, Theodore BINDER, Alonzo BROWN, Henry BRAUN, John BOHLINGER, John BECKER, Reinhold BERNDT, Gottlieb BERNDT, Martin CROSS, John R. CRAIG, Frederick GERLACK, Jacob GOEBEL, Louis GIRANR, Carper HUBER, L. HAMMER, Matthias HUNNINGER, Casper HOFFLING, Louis HINKE, Peter HELBRIEGEL, Conrad HERING, Friedrich HOFFMAN, Blasius HECHT, Henry JACKE, Adam JEBEYAHN, Peter JENRIVEIN, Charles HOLB, William MAESEMEYER, John KNAPP, Charles KOHLBRANDT, Victor KOEHT, Anton KERN, Charles LUDERIG, Emil LESKER, Gustav LELLMAN, John Baptist LIEB, Friedrich MESKER, Frederick MOSSMAN, Louis MULLER, Hermann MORATH, Louis MUND, Joseph MAUS, Jacob OTTLIEB, John RATTERMANN, Philip ROTH, Joseph ROM, Samuel STILLMACHER, Ernst SCHULLER, Charles SCHMIDT, Jacob SCHNEIDER, Frederick SCHUMACKER, Jacob SPRENGART, Louis SCHMIDT, George STOLY, Charles SCHUB, Bernhart SIENER, Jacob THEILMANN, Robert WILLIAMS, William WIGGERMANN, Clem WILLENBERG.
 

COMPANY F.

Private John BOWEN.
 

COMPANY G. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Valentine RAPP.
Lieutenant Isidore WONNS.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant William H. KOR.
Sergeant Samuel F. CAMPBELL.
Sergeant Lewis BROWN.
Sergeant Ferdinand SCHWECKE.
Sergeant Jacob KAMERER.
Corporal George WEDEMEZER.
Corporal Frederick HOFF.
Corporal Valentine CAMERER.
Corporal Charles JECKEL.
Corporal Nicholas KRAFT.
Corporal August SCHEISS.
Corporal James ARCHIBALD.
Corporal William SIMBRUGER.
Drummer John LOTH.
Fifer Theodore WEEGERS.
Wagoner Jacob MITTER.
 

PRIVATES.

Joseph BERDELL, Henry BROKERS, Charles BONDITS, August BEVERMAN, John BLOHM, Herrmann BERCKER, Anthony BECHTOLSHEIMER, William COPE, Albert CREST, Thomas DANGELMEIER, Frederick DECHHAUT, George DORGENS, John DENBLER, Frank ENGLEHART, Weldi TIDELL, Adam FRESBOM, Henry W. GOTT, Francis GYLER, John GLEASON, William HARTIG, Henry HOFFMAN, Jacob HOTZBINER, Henry HEITKAMP, Peter HAHLER, Barney HOPPING, Henry HODDLE, Franklin B. KLINE, Philip KAUSLER, Frederick KERSTUER, Ludwig KEMMER, Charles KUHL, William KING, Louis REMMERG, Henry KLAPP, Charles F. KONIG, John LERHART, Joseph LONG, Frederich LEPIER, Caspar LIER, John LEOPOLD, Hugh McCORD, George MYER, Frank MITTER, George H. MITTER, Frederick PFEIFFER, Adam RENGLER, Henry RICKWAY, Charles ROTTMAN, Henry RIEMEYER, Jacob SCHRAM, Joseph SCHMIT, Adam SCHNEIDER, Joseph SCHMIDT, Louis SCHOEFFER, John SHASSEL, Adam SCHWARR, Edward SCHMIDT, William STENER, John SIMON, Charles SCHOCK, George THOMPSON, David TUCKER, Henry TUNEMANN, John WYMER, John WEIDINGER, Peter WETTSCHEIN, Henry WENDELL, Henap WELCH.
 

COMPANY H. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Charles HELMERICH.
Lieutenant William DUCEBECK.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant George ZEIGLER.
Sergeant Jacob WETTERER.
Sergeant Henry LETTMANN.
Sergeant Gottfried MEYER.
Sergeant William AUGSTMANN.
Corporal Louis SCHWEIGERT.
Corporal Charles ROTH.
Corporal Christopher SCHIFFERLING.
Corporal Adolph GRIMM.
Corporal Andreses KOCH.
Corporal John WAGNER.
Corporal Frank SCHAUPP.
Corporal John ROSLER.
 

PRIVATES.

Christopher ARNECHT, John HOWEN, Albert BERBLINGER, George BRUNS, Anton BREIER, Anton BECHTOLSHEIMER, Henry BRANN, Charles BAIER, John CONRAD, Franz H. CENTNER, Rudolph DUTWEILER, Charles DAN, Rudolph ETTER, Leonhaid EBLE, Franz FLAMIN, Jacob FRANK, Ernst GRAF, Henry GRENLICH, Ulrich GROGG, George GROSSMAN, Ernst HENER, Daniel HESSE, Jacob HERRMANN, Herman HELLER, Charles HELLER, Frederick HILTBRACHT, Benjamin HOFF, Jacob HORLACHER, Christian HESSE, John KONIG, Peter KRAPPE, William KOHLENBERG, Samuel KING, Franz John LEISIE, George LUBER, Christian MUSBECK, Janney MULLER, John MUNEISTER, Theodore OHLE, Gottlieb PEPPER, George PFEIFER, Joseph PRESSLER, Sigismund PFEFFER, Anton RULLE, John ROMHILD, Henry SCHUHMANN, Frederich SANBARSCHWARL, Joseph SPENER, John SCHADLER, William SCHAPERHLAUS, John SCHWANZEL, Charles SCHOCH, Henry STORNBERG, John SPAHR, Albrecht SPAHR, Frederick SCHNEIDER, Nicholas VOLKER, John WELLMAN, Matthias WEIBEL, Charles WEILAND, Jacob WINDSTRIG, Sidwell WOOLERY, Joseph WAGNER, Bonifaz YUDELL, Philipp ZINN, Michael H. ZEIGLER.
 

COMPANY K. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Lieutenant Charles HALTENHOF.
First Lieutenant Frederick FISCHER.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant Frederick SEIDEL.
Sergeant Henry PREMFOERDER.
Sergeant George HEOFER.

John ADAMS, Henry ARNOLD, William BORCH, Conrad BEZOK, Henry BROECKERHOFF, Barney BROECKERHOFF, Ignatz DALL, John DALL, Andrew DENDERTEIN, Sebastian FELIX, ------ GOLDSCHMIDT, John HERRMANN, Henry HERRMAN, Michael HUBER, Anton HORNUNG, Michael HARE, Phillipp JOOS, Nicolas KRICHHEINER, Charles LOEFFLER, John J. MARTIN, John J. MARTIN, 2d, John Adam MILLER, Frank MOOS, Charles NIEMAN, Charles NUMBERGER, Henry OVERMEYER, Henry KOJAHN, Ulrich KAIDY, Frederick RUTH, Adam RADE, Charles SURECK, Nicolas SCHMIDT, Udolph SCHEVEN, Frederick STURMES, Martin VAN DAMM, Albert VOELKLE, Louis WALKER, John WILD, George WINGERTER, Adam WWNZEL, Peter ZANG.
 

FORTY-EIGHTH OHIO INFANTRY.

Organized at Camp Dennison, February 17, 1862, the Forty-eighth was soon dispatched to General W. T. SHERMAN's command at Paducah, whence it was taken up the Tennessee river to Pittsburgh Landing. It was commanded by Colonol W. H. GIBSON, now adjutant general of the State. April 6th it was heavily engaged all day, and it is believed that a shot from its lines caused the death of General Albert Sydney JOHNSTON, commander of the rebel army in this battle. On the second day it was also in action, and suffered severely, losing about one-third of its men in the two-days' fight. Its subsequent battles were at Corinth, Vicksburgh, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Hills and Champion Hills, Vicksburgh again in two assaults under GRANT, Jackson, the Bayou Teche, and Sabine Cross Roads. In the last action, the remnant of the Forty-eighth was captured, and not exchanged until October, 1864, after which it took part in the capture of Mobile. A majority of the old regiment had re-enlisted as veterans, but only one hundred and sixty-five men remained in it at the close of the war. They were ordered on duty in Texas, and not mustered out of service until May, 1866.
 

COMPANY F. PRIVATES.

Edward BYER, Charles BURGER, Samuel ELLIS, Benjamin GIBBS, John J. KANE, Paul JONES, Patrick KEANY, Crogin LOWRY, Philip McGUIRE, Thomas O'ROUKE, Rhody RYAN, Wentlen SHIELS, William WRIGHT, Alfred NICHOLS, Charles McHUGH, Joseph PAYNE.
 

COMPANY G. PRIVATES.

John H. B. FRANCE, John MALADAY.
 

COMPANY H. PRIVATES.

Frank KINGSLEY, Robert WILEY, James D. WOLF.
 

COMPANY I. PRIVATES.

Edward BYER, Paul JONES, John J. KEAN, Charles M. HUGH, Wendlin SHERLIS.
 

COMPANY K. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Samuel G. W. PETERSON.
Second Lieutenant Cyrenneus P. PRATT.
 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Corporal Francis M. SWANEY.
 

PRIVATES.

John W. BOLINGER, James E. BOLINGER, John BLAKE, Patrick CASEY, William J. HELMS, Thomas E. HILL, Charles L. HILL, Hiram H. HILL, Nicholas IRELAN, Richard JONES, John KEAN, Charles KEEVER, Edward KINNEY, Frank A. KINGSLY, Joshua LEE, Joseph M. GLASHAN, Michael MOONEY, Jacob O'DEE, James O'DONNELL, John RILEY, William H. H. RILSE, Henry C. STEWART, Robert WILEY, James D. WOLF, James DAILY, Joseph DELANEY, James DOUGLAS, Joseph ENDERLY, Philip M. EVERHARD, Mark ERWAY, Peter FARLAND, Barney GALAGER, Patrick CONNERS, James CARNEY.