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This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, and mustered into service August 27, 1862. It numbered an aggregate of nine hundred and sixty-four men, gathered from the State at large.
The Fiftieth was assigned to the Thirty-fourth brigade, Tenth division, McCOOK's corps. On the first of October it moved out of Louisville, and on the eighth went into the battle of Perryville. In this engagement, a loss was sustained of two officers killed and one mortaily wounded, and one hundred and sixty-two men killed and wounded.
During the army's advance on Nashville, the regiment was at Lebanon, then the base of supplies. We afterward hear of it in pursuit of John MORGAN, and still further in the building of Forts Boyle, Sands, and McAllister. On Christmas day, 1863, it was ordered to Knoxville, Tennessee. The route lay eastward to Somerset, Kentucky, and thence southward, crossing the Cumberland river at Point Isabelle.
On the first day of the year, 1864, movement began across the mountains. In the severest winter weather, the men dragged the artillery and wagons over the mountains by hand, slept on the frozen ground, in rain and snow, without shelter, and subsisted on parched corn. Soon after arriving at Knoxville, it received orders to join General SHERMAN's army at Kingston, Georgia.
From the twenty-sixth of May till after the siege of Atlanta, the regiment was almost constantly in line of battle. It shared in all the movements of the campaign, and participated in the actions at Pumkinvine Creek, Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Culp's Farm, Nicojack Creek, Chattahoochie River, Howard House, Atlanta, and Jonesborough. During this campaign, the ranks of the regiment were sadly thinned.
Following the battle of Jonesborough, in pursuit of Hood's army, the regiment passed through Marietta, Kingston, Rome, and at last halted for a few days on the Coosa river, at Cedar Bluffs.
On the thirtieth of November it arrived at Franklin, Tennessee. It went into the battle that followed with two hundred and twenty-five men, and came out with one hundred and twelve. It fell back with the army to Nashville, and in the engagements that occurred there on the fifteenth and sixteenth of December, lost several more of its men.
The regiment followed the retreating rebels as far as Columbia, Tennessee, where it was consolidated with the Ninety-ninth infantry, the name of the "Fiftieth" being retained.
We now hear of the newly consolidated regiment in Clifton,
Tennessee,
at Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Kingston, Goldsborough, Raleigh,
Greensborough,
and at last in Salisbury, North Carolina, where it was mustered
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Musician Alexander TITTLE.
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John HALL, William HERBERT. Wesley I. JEFFRIES, John F. RILEY,
William
STILES, George W. GARRINKTON, John B. McCLOUD.
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Captain John CARR.
First Lieutenant John S. CONAHAN.
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First Sergeant John McGOVERN.
Sergeant John ARNOLD.
Sergeant Jacob METZGER.
Sergeant Charles C. LEES.
Sergeant Henry HENSEL.
Corporal John W. JEARL.
Corporal Henry BENSTAKER.
Corporal Edward DAVIS.
Corporal August REIS.
Corporal William WHITTAKER.
Corporal Richard PRESTEL.
Corporal Jacob WEIST.
Corporal John WING.
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John ARDIS, Wesley ACKERMAN, Edward BRADLEY, Thomas BRADLEY, Joseph
BOLTMAN, Peter BERLIN, John W. BLACK, William BENDINGSTOCK, Thomas
BANNON,
James BRENNAN, Patrick BURNS, Joseph B. BOLLINGER, Charles BASONE,
Richard
BERNHARD, Charles A. CHAPPELEAR, George COLEMAN, William CABILL,
Patrick
DUFFY, George C. DRAKE, John ENGLEHARD, Christopher ELLIOTTl, Patrick
FITZPATRICK,
Lawrence FINNEGAN, Michale FORTUNE, John GLASCON, James GRAY
(musician),
William GIBSON, Christopher GREATE, Thomas GALLAGHER, John GALLAGHER,
William
HEIFERMAN, Griffith HEMPHILL, Frederick HOOPER, John HOLLED, John D.
JEWELL,
Henry KULPER, Hamilton KENNETT, Grotlob KEILER, Lawrence KING, William
KRUGER, Jacob KEIFER, John LEMON, Louis F. LOWE, William
LUNSFORD,
James MOONEY, Alexander McDONALD, Hugh McCLEAVEY, Bernard McGONIGLE,
William
MOLLITER, Hugh McCLELLAND; John MAHER, John V. MOZERS, John MIRRIS,
John
MAHONEY, George POLLOCK (musician), Eugene PIQUET, Crawford W. ROLF,
James
REDMOND, William LUDLOW, Stephen SABERLIE, Michael SCOTT, Michael A.
SCOLLY,
Hiram TAYLOR, Joseph TAYLOR, Henry TENNEYMAKER, James R. VAUGHN,
William
F WHITTAKER, Michael WELCH, John WILSON, William YOUNG, Charles
STILLINGER,
Henry SOHREIVER, James WILSON, William GERHART, John REIFER, Richard
WILLIAM,
William WORLAND.
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Second Lieutenant Robert R. MOORE.
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David K. ANDRSON, Jesse W. ADAMS, Corodorn COOK, Israel P. CONROY,
Simon
FOOTER, Peter GORMAN, Robert H. GRIFFITH, Alexander H. GODY, William
HARRISON,
William JACKSON, Charles JOHNSON, Levi JONES, Harry JONES, Samuel
JONES,
Peter LOMAN, Samuel MURALOCH, Peter MURRY, Nathan PARKER, George PHERS,
Girard P. RILEY, Alexander H. REED, Jacob RENNET, Richard SLOCUM, Henry
H. SPEIGG, Andrew STEELE, Samuel THOMPSON, John H. TYSON, Phillip
WILSON,
Barnard WHITE, Henry WOOSTER, Stephen YATES.
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Captain J. W. CAHILL.
Second Lieutenant Anthony ANDERSON.
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First Sergeant Martin V. B. LITTLE.
Sergeant Elias C. STANCLIFF.
Sergeant Joseph H. ROCHE.
Sergeant John L. ISRAEL.
Sergeant Charles I. MEDBURY.
Corporal James TOLKS.
Corporal William GREEN.
Corporal William R. LINDSEY.
Corporal Jacob HONANCE.
Corporal Francis M. TAZIN.
Corporal Henry HELMERING.
Corporal Albert DAY.
Corporal George CONNOR.
Musician Jasper H. MOSS.
Musician George GROVER.
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William BEHYMER, Frederick BARNES, William BURHART, Benjamin
BROWNING,
Solomon BEHYMER, Robert BOYCE, David BUPPS, John CRAWFORD, David B.
CLEM,
George CLEM, John COLLINS, Runyan DAY, George DEBINS, Thomas B. DAY,
John
DUNCAN, W. H. DENNY, Solomon DENNY, John DOTY, Edwin EVENSHIRE, William
ELLWELL, Henry FREY, Benjamin FIFFINS, David FADEN, J. W. FOUTS, John
GREEN,
William GREEN, Middleton HUME, E. L. HOUSE, William HOFORTH, Phillip
HIRGLE,
John HIRGLE, Phillip HAMAN, Levi HAMAN, Francis I. JEFFRIES, Charles
JEFFRIES,
Morris JOHN, Bennet JOHN, George JOHNSON, Valentine KLUMP, Phillip
KAUFMAN,
William KENNEDY, Charles KRUSE, Charles LILLICH, William LILLICH. Edwin
LINDSEY, Haman LEWIS, George MAHL, Sylvester McLEAN, John A. MEYERS,
John
McMAN, J. W. PORTER, Albert R. PIERCE, Elbridge PIERCE, John RYAN,
William
SIMON, Noah E. SUTTON, Sylvanus STROUP, Frederick SNALOR, Lanier
SHAFFER,
Thomas TICE, Odler T. THOMUN, Joseph J. VANEFESSEN, E. WINTERS, Ira W.
WHITE, James WILLIAMS, Charles WILLETT, Williams WHITE, John J. WAHL,
James
WOADOCK. Henry WARE, Frederick WHITEMAN, Charles W. WOADEN, John FICE.
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Captain Lewis C. SIMMONS.
First Lieutenant Columbus CONES.
Second Lieutenant Frank A. CRIPPEN.
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First Sergeant Charles MOORE.
Sergeant Edwin P. EDGELY.
Sergeant Andrew VINCENT.
Sergeant Edwin YOCUM.
Sergeant John CHIGMAN.
Corporal Lemuel WILEY.
Corporal Bartlett VINCENT.
Corporal John N. TURNER.
Corporal Thomas PUTTAM.
Corporal Joshua C. CLARK.
Corporal John HALLED.
Corporal Tyler H. VINCENT.
Corporal Alfred LOYD.
Musician George SAURS.
Musician Charles BASER.
Teamster Henry MACY.
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Joseph ATKINSON, Andrew ARENDOLPH, Joseph BRUCE, James BELLENSTEIN,
Isaac S. BAILEY, Henry La BARBIER, Barney BATTLE, Jacob BUCKMAN,
Richard
BERNARD, Josiah BELL, Samuel BLITZ, Robert CRANDALL, Levi T. COLLINS,
William
CARTER, Maurice CLANTER, Alexander CUMMINS, Andrew CRAWFORD, Alexander
CAMPBELL, Thomas DERRICK, Patrick DALY, George H. DOBBINS, Columbus
DALE,
Christopher ELLIOTT, Charles E. EATON, John F. FERRIS, Lawrence
FINNIGAN,
Charles J. FOX, William GREEN, Israel GATES, Michael GILMORE, George G.
GARIRE, George HARTMAN, Francis C. HILLS, John HUGHES, John HALE,
William
HUNTER, Nicholas HAFFER, William HOMER, Henry JORDAN, George A. JOHNS,
William KELLY, William KINGER, Jacob KING, Christopher KING, John
LOVEMARK,
James A. MURRAIN, Manville M. McDONALD, Charles C. MURPHY, Fabius C.
MOTLIN,
Nathaniel B. MEADER, Theodore MORRIS, Arthur MELLEN, John MORRIS, John
B. MORGAN, John NEWMEYER, Louis NAPLEON, Frank NOHN, Conrad NORTMAN,
Michael
O'BRIEN, Edward H. C. PHILLIPS, Paul RUSSELL, John T. REILY, William
REYNOLDS,
Joseph ROBERTSON, Henry SCHREIVER, Edward STANTON, William SMITH,
Leonard
SMITH, Ebin TERWILLIGER, Henry TAKE, John C. THAYER, John WALKER,
George
WILLER, William WILEY, Nathaniel WILSON, Adolph WEBBER, Martin WEBBER,
Jacob YAST, Conrad YUGAR.
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Captain Isaac J. CARTER.
First Lieutenant Frederick BUCK.
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First Sergeant Jerome CROWLEY.
Sergeant William H. REED.
Sergeant George N. WHITE.
Sergeant Benjamin E. STYLES.
Sergeant Robert CORY.
Corporal Jacob STEIGLEMAN.
Corporal William FANGS.
Corporal William W. WARNER.
Corporal George H. REESE.
Corporal John STILLWELL.
Corporal Lewis GROOMS.
Corporal William McCAULY.
Corporal Mathew MORENEY.
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Simeon ARTHUR, Isaac W. ADAMS, John A. ARTHUR, Andrew S. BOWLING,
Henry
BENN, Frederick BLUM, Orville H. COAL, Edward CORLETT, Allen COCHRAN,
Andrew
CORRUTH, John CHARLES, Thomas CARROLL, John T. CREIGHTON, Eli
DUSENBERY,
Servetus DAWSON, William DAVIS, John DENNIS, John EUBANK, Charles
FALLBUSH,
Joseph W. FREE, John J. FARROLL, William FRANKLIN, James O. GRIFFIN,
Daniel
S. GATES, William GREEN, Christopher HUTT, Perry HOLLAND, James
JOHNSON,
Thomas JOHNSON, Hiram H. KOON, Henry KILLING, George W. LILLY, Frank B.
LAMB, Zachary T. LANE, Daniel M. F. LAMB, Peter LYON, George LOCKWOOD,
Thomas LAWSON, Edward MURRY, Thomas MAGIVIN, Phillip MILLER, David
McKINNEY,
Michael McDERMOT, Martin V. B. NIESE, Charles B. PRESTON, John QUICK,
John
ROCKENFIELD, Lewis ROWND, Paul ROUSSELL, William SLAGLE, Archibald B.
STEWART,
Jeffrey SULLIVAN, Thomas E. SHY, Josiah C. SEARL, John TOMPKINS, John
TURNER,
Benjamin TAYLOR, James THOMPSON, Hiram TAYLOR, Thomas TOOHEY, Peter
TIERMON,
James E. TTHOMAS, John H. VAN HAGE, William B. WITT, John B. WOODRUFF,
John WILLIAMS, John W. WILSON, Robert WILLOUGHBY, David WILLIAMS,
William
WOOD, James WHITE, Asa M. WESTON, James WASMER.
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Captain Leonard A. HENDRICH.
First Lieutenant Oliver S. McCLURE.
Second Lieutenant Edward S. PRICE.
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First Sergeant Charles A. VAN DENNON.
Sergeant David MORRIS.
Sergeant Henry MERRELL.
Sergeant William H. CHILDS.
Sergeant James KELSO.
Corporal Thomas S. SHEAKE.
Corporal James BROWN.
Corporal William A. BAKER.
Corporal William L. COTTOR.
Corporal Joseph CHAMBERLAIN.
Corporal Samuel REDDISH.
Corporal Samuel LOSEY.
Corporal John LINSEY.
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Jeremiah AMMERMAN, Peter ALBERTS, Charles ADAMS, William ASBOLD,
Simeon
ARTHUR, John ARTHUR, Vincent BRIESLAW, William BATES, Milton BLIZZARD,
Stephen BLIZZARD, Christman BIRMAN, John BRYANT, John BENNET, Joseph
CARSON,
John CRIVER, Charles B. CRANE, David H. COWEN, Jackson CULP, Bernard
CLINE,
William DEAN, George W. DEAN, Thomas DODGE, David M. DEAMS, Thomas
EASTERLING,
John FOX, Frank FOX, Charles GOODWIN, Henry HEATH, John F. HEBERLEIN,
Christopher
W. HAMEL, Henry C. HALL, John HAHN, James JOHNSON, John JULIU, Joseph
KEEDLER,
Jacob KLINEMAN, Albert KIGAN, James LACEY, Henry LIBEROOK, Robert
NANIFOLD,
Alexander McCREADY, Richard MARSH, David NOBLE, John ORTON, Owen
OSBORNE,
Andrew PONDER, John PONDER, Peter PECKENY, Carleton PANS, James
PRICKET,
Coleman QUINN, Lain READY, John K REYNOLDS, Luman W. SMITH, Joseph
SPENCER,
Thomas SHRIM, John G. SPAHR, Peter STEFFERS, Thomas E. SHY, Peter
SHILLING,
Joseph STAGMIER, William SPARKS, Gavett VAN KANT, James H. VAN KANT,
Stephen
K. VAN AUSDEL, Asa M. WESTON, John WILLY, Jackson WALTERS, David
WEISENBERGER,
James WEITS, George W. WILLIAMS, Erastus WINTERS, James PRIMMILL.
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This was raised with some difficulty in the spring and summer of
1862.
A banner was presented to it by citizens of Cincinnati. It moved to
Lexington
August 25th, and was in the retreat to Louisville after the disastrous
battle near Richmond, Kentucky. During the retreat it suffered greatly
from heat and thirst. It took part in the battle of Perryville, doing
its
work like veterans. It was in the advance on Nashville, and did useful
service, although not heavily engaged, in the battle of Stone River. In
garrison at Nashville, Murfreesborough, and other points, it obtained
high
reputation for discipline and drill. It was in the opening skirmish of
the battle of Chickamauga, and in the action the next day. Its
subsequent
history includes the relief of Knoxville, the Atlanta campaign, and the
marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. After the great review it
was
mustered out at Washington, June 3, 1865.
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Major Samuel COPLINGER.
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Henry BURAW, Andrew COLTER, John CUSEICK, Charles COMMON (musician),
John GRAHAM, Christy KERNE, John STYNER.
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First Sergeant Rudolph GASSLER.
Sergeant Isaac L. MILLS.
Sergeant Samuel HARPER.
Sergeant George K. FARRINGTON.
Sergeant James C. MILIRE.
Corporal John MILLER.
Corporal John W. STEED.
Corporal John W. COLEMAN.
Corporal Edgar FLINN.
Corporal Jacob WARNER.
Corporal John W. BOWEN.
Corporal William NOME.
Corporal William J. CAMPBELLl
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Philip BOSS, Theodore BARTEL, William GREEN, Mathias HAFFLE, Michael
HARBESMEHL, John KEANS, Adolph NEWIGER, Herman PILY, Theodore SCHNELES,
Phillip SCHAAFFER, Henry WEBBER.
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First Sergeant Horace A. CHURCH.
Sergeant William L. MOXALL.
Sergeant John STAMMEIJOHN.
Musician Charles FIRMAN.
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Thomas DUKE, Henry ELDRIDGE. Francis FALTERS, George KUEVEY, John
KUNSER,
James LINEBACK, Frederick RODGIVER.
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The organization of this regiment was completed in January, 1862. In
February it joined the Third brigade of General W. T. SHERMAN's
division.
Its services included the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, Mission Ridge,
Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nicojack Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel,
Jonesborough, and Ft. McAllister; the pursuit of HOOD in the rear of
SHERMAN,
and the marches to Savannah and the north. Upon appearing before
Columbia,
South Carolina, it silenced a battery by its skilful and rapid fire,
and
assisted in the destruction wrought in that city, as also at
Fayetteville,
four days afterwards. Reaching Washington and passing in the grand
review,
it was taken to Arkansas, where it stayed until August 11, 1865, when
it
was mustered out. It had been engaged in sixty-seven battles and
skirmishes,
and lost sixty killed, two hundred and sixty-four wounded, and fourteen
missing.
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Second Lieutenant William SHAY.
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Sergeant Joshua BAILEY.
Sergeant John LOGAN.
Corporal Gelusia HOWARD.
Corporal Jefferson MOOR.
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John BERGERT, Peter CONKLIN, Charles COOK, John CAWDY, James DAVIS,
Patrick DOWNEY, George ELDER, John FISHER, Henry GRAVEL, John H.
GARRISON,
Joseph GERRICH, Henry HOLMES, Michael HESSELBRUCH, Charles HOWES,
William
HOWES, William JUSTUS, Thomas LOWERY, William JORDAN, Louis LERIG,
James
LYNER, George LINDSAY, John LOYD, Thomas MURRY, Michael MALOY, Martin
MINGIVAN,
George MOZER, Peter MILLINGMAN, Peter McCONNEL, Adam MASSER, John
SCHULEMYER,
Barney SMITH, Louis SCHURTIS, John LORING, Charles MASHER, Richard J.
VOKA,
Louis WEBER, Joseph WHITMORE.
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Nine counties, of which Hamilton county was one, furnished the
companies
for this command. Recruiting for it was begun in the late summer of
1861,
and it was organized and drilled during the next fall and winter, at
Camp
Dennison. February 17, 1862, it took the field with eight hundred and
fifty
men, and was assigned at Paducah to the brigade commanded by General W.
T. SHERMAN. In March it was taken up the Tennessee, and was in both
days'
fighting at Pittsburgh Landing, losing one hundred and ninety-eight,
all
told. April 29th it moved upon Corinth, and was in the attack upon the
works May 31st, being among the first troops to enter the town. Its
commander
was put in charge of the post, it was appointed to provost duty there,
and its regimental colors were hoisted on the public buildings. It was
engaged during the summer in several brief expeditions, was in the
attack
at Chickasaw Bayou on the 28th and 29th, losing twenty men, and at the
capture of Arkansas Post shortly after. It participated in the siege of
Vicksburgh, the battles of Champion Hills, and Big Black Bridge, the
movements
about Jackson, the subsequent operations of the Fifteenth army corps,
to
which it was attached, including the battle of Mission Ridge, the
relief
of Knoxville, and the Atlanta campaign. January 22d it was mustered as
a veteran organization, and at once started home on furlough, returning
with two hundred recruits. In the Atlanta movement it was engaged at
Resaca,
Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickojack Creek, Decatur,
Ezra
Chapel, and Jonesborough. It participated in the pursuit of HOOD, the
marches
to the sea, and northward to Richmond and Washington, and the grand
reviews.
It was also in the charge on Fort McAllister, the heavy skirmishing
near
Columbia, and the last battle of SHERMAN's army at Bentonville, North
Carolina.
June 2d it was transported to Louisville, and thence to Little Rock,
where
it did garrison duty until the middle of August, when it was mustered
out.
During its arduous service it marched three thousand six hundred and
eighty-two
miles, took part in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, and fifteen
pitched
battles; and lost in all -- killed, wounded, and missing -- five
hundred
and six men. It had but twenty-four officers and two hundred and
thirty-one
men left on the day of muster-out.
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Sergeant Major Miles W. ELLIOTT.
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First Lieutenant Timothy J. SULLIVAN.
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First Sergeant Richard J. BURRILL.
Sergeant Francis J. MURPHY.
Sergeant Edgar H. EARNHART.
Sergeant James PARKE.
Corporal Jacob KITTO.
Corporal Joseph KERR.
Corporal Charles H. NICOL.
Corporal John BARRY.
Corporal Edward H. MOON.
Musician Thomas MULLEN.
Musician John BONTA.
Teamster John STASSELL.
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Charles ALBRECHT, Lafayette BURTON, Richard BURKE, Matthias BAKER,
Jeremiah
BROWN, John BRADY, George C. CRUSOE, Michael CLIFFORD, Thomas CALLAPY,
Charles DESMOND, Joseph FIESENS, Henry FREDERIC, Frederick GYER, John
GARDNER,
Samuel HILL, John HEMMINGWAY, Charles HOBBS, Francis HERRICK, Joseph
HUBERT,
Michael HAMMENN, James JARDINE, John S. KELLEY, Hugh KENNEDY, John
KEHOE,
Valentine KENNETT, August KINES, John C. LOCKWOOD, August MARCHMEYER,
Martin
McNAMARA, Edward McGINN, John McWAIN, Michael MATAGUE, Frank OVERMEYER,
Adam OTT, Caspine H. RIGGS, John REARDON, John D. REHLING, John
RODGERS,
Philip SCHMITT, Balser SCHMITT, John SULLIVAN, John TRIMBEN, Henry
WHETSELL,
Louis WISHONPT, Frederick WILDERMANN.
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First Sergeant Edward B. MOORE.
Corporal Joseph FLETCHER.
Corporal Thomas GARDNER.
Musician George H. STANLEY.
Teamster Abram CLEGG.
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John BURNS, William BRINKMEYER, Henry BUHRMAN, John BOOTH, Alvin
DIBBLE,
Columbus DALE, John DONOHUE, Andrew DONLEY, Martin FORD, Godfred GAAS,
Henry GROVES, James HILT, John G. HAUCK, Andrew JACKSON, George KNOW,
John
KNAPP, John KILCHBERGER, Joseph H. MARAR, Felix McCANN, David NEALY,
Michael
STEPHENS, James SHERLOW. Robert SHERER, John TOMSON, Christian WILMER,
Hugh WILLIAMS, Augustus YAGER.
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Michael BURNS. James BURKE, William DEVINE, Bernard McEVOY, John
QUIGLY,
Robert SIMPSON, William C. WHITE.
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Corporal Robert SIMPSON.
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Alvis CHAMBERLAIN, Michael BURNS.
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Sergeant Joseph HICKELY.
Corporal John ZIMMERMAN.
Musician Stephen CANN.
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Francis SANDERS, William MYERS, Joseph KREBLE, Frank BURGES, Stephen
BUYR, George BRENNAN, Jacob DIEHL, Patrick DEBOLT, Robert FIEGEL, James
HAMMER, John HISER, Jeremiah MILLER, John KESSLER, John BECKLEY,
Michael
MAHARTY, John OHLER, Jacob SUMMER, Peter GIELE, Eben LITTLE, Francis
WOOD,
William SMITH, Edwin SMITH, Conrad NIE, Jacob MAGG, Adam FUFFNER.
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This was organized at Portsmouth in the fall of 1861, and suffered much from measles there during the early winter. It first saw the enemy in February, at Fort Donelson, and was on the field, but not engaged, at Pittsburgh Landing. Its subsequent campaigns were about Memphis, in Arkansas, at Vicksburgh with GRANT, and in the Teche and Red River campaigns under BANKS. At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads it lost forty killed, wounded, and missing. The veteran regiment was kept on duty in New Orleans until March, 1866, when it was mustered out.
Captain Levi M. WILLETT's company, organized in the
fall
of 1864, by General Order A. G. C.:
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Antone COYMAN, Joseph COOK, Ganett CALDWELL, James A. DEVIN,
Perinnius
COANS, John FRICK, George W. FARRELL, John GOLSBY, Aaron GUNCLE, Thomas
GREYER, William HAHAN, Patrick HENNESSY, John G. HAMMOND, Bernard
JECKEL,
Robert H. KING, Philemon B. McFADDEN, Jasper MULFORD, Joseph PHOLWINE,
John REINKE, Frederick SHRADER, James SANDS, William STEVENS, John C.
PEIMAN,
William WOODS, William WESLEY, Charles WALKER, Robert WILSON, John
WILLIAMS,
Matthew HEMENIS, John ATKINSON, John BATES, Hiram C. COCHRAN, Michael
FLANAGAN,
Albert HOFFMAN, William HENDERSON, George LEONARD, William MADDEN,
William
OWENS, James WALKER, Albert WATSON, James FERRIS, Thomas SPENCE,
William
SMITH, William SMITH, 2d.
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One company, and part of another, were from Hamilton county. The
regiment
rendezvoused at Camp Vance, Findlay, but moved January 22, 1862, to
Camp
Chase. It was raised between September 16th and February 10th, when it
was mustered in, and started for the field February 18th. It reported
at
Paducah, and was assigned to the Third brigade, Fifth division, army of
the Tennessee. It was very heavily engaged at Pittsburgh Landing,
losing
in three days one hundred and eighty-seven killed, wounded, and
captured.
In November it joined the First brigade, First division, Fifteenth army
corps. It shared the glories of its corps at Chickasaw Bayou, Snyder's
Bluff, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River, Vicksburgh, Jackson,
Mission
Ridge, and the relief of Knoxville; and then endured a terribly severe
march, "hatless and shoeless, and half naked," to Bellefonte, Alabama.
Notwithstanding all this, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans on the
following
New Year's, being the first in the Fifteenth corps to do so. It took
the
a1lowed thirty days furlough, and returned in ample time, with twenty
recruits,
to join in the Atlanta campaign. It was hotly engaged at Resaca,
holding
its ground against three successive charges of an overwhelming force,
and
losing fifty-seven killed and wounded. It was also in the actions at
Dallas,
New Hope Church, Kenesaw (where it also lost just fifty-seven men),
that
on the left of Atlanta, sometimes called the battle of Decatur, where
it
lost ninety-two in a desperate struggle to hold its position, which was
three times captured by the enemy, but finally held by the
Fifty-seventh;
at Ezra Church, on the extreme right of the line before Atlanta, where
it lost sixty-seven, the enemy leaving four hundred and fifty-eight
dead
in front of its line, and at Jonesborough. It took part in the chase
after
HOOD, in which it struck the rebels at Snake Creek gap, and Taylor's
ridge;
in the march to Savannah; the assault on Fort McAllister; in. the march
to Columbia, where it assisted in the destruction of the railroad
buildings;
in the marching and skirmishing through North Carolina to Raleigh;
thence
the walk-over to Wathington city, and the reviews there, after which it
was ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, but was mustered out soon after
arriving
there, August 6, 1865, and was paid and discharged at Camp Chase,
August
25th. It had been moved by rail, steam, and on foot over twenty-eight
thousand
miles; and of one thousand five hundred and ninety-four men borne on
its
muster rolls, but four hundred and eighty-one are believed to have been
alive at its muster-out.
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COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. |
Captain Charles A. JUNGHAUNS.
First Lieutenant Abner J. SENNETT.
Second Lieutenant John STONEMETS.
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First Sergeant Robert W. SMITH.
Sergeant Jacob MICHAEL.
Sergeant William A. ARMSTRONG.
Sergeant Patrick BARRY.
Sergeant Andrew DIFFENBACHER.
Corporal John RICHTER.
Corporal Christian WEAVER.
Corporal Cornelius SHEEHAN.
Corporal Christian BOOST.
Corporal Edward HIPERLO.
Corporal John D. SPENBUK.
Corporal Frederic RAUSCHART.
Musician Samuel HAYDEN.
Wagoner Ira GREEN.
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Henry ALTNINE, John Y. ARMSTRONG, Gerhard BEKER, Jacob BENEDIX,
Franz
BLANK, Charles BUTLER, James CALLAHAN, Alexander CAMBLEN, Patrick
CLARK,
John J. COLLOPY, Thomas COLLOPY, William DAVIS, George DOLCH, Henry
DREYER,
John DUNN, Henry EILERS, Christian EKARETT, Michael EVANS, Nicholas
FELIX,
Martin J. GENOE, Andreas GRADLE, John HOFERMOS, William HUNTER, Anstin
JOYCE, Henry KLINK, John LANG, Lewis LIEVER, Edward McCORMICK, John
MAHONEY,
John MARTIN, Charles MELTZER, James MOLONEY, Paul MAUBER, John
WINDORFF,
Lorenzo PETERSON, Charles RIEMER, George REITT, Phillip RIRCH, Franz
SCHERER,
Dietrich SCHUETTE, Ernst SCHWARZE, George S. SEELEY, Henry SICKMAN,
Henry
SNIDER, John STRUBE, John SULLIVAN, John D. THOLEN, Edward J. TOBIN,
Barney
TWILLING, James WALSH, Frederick MEARHERT, Peter WEBER, Lewis WEIS,
Joseph
WITSCH.
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COMPANY A.
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George HENDERSON, Michael NASH.
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NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. |
Sergeant Herman RETTHORN.
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Jacob ARNOLD, Joseph BUERSTINGER, John ENGLER, Peter GROSSMAN, Mich.
FLANEK, John George FUST, Edward KRONENBURG, John REINHARDT, Wilhelm
RELLHORN,
John SCHLEISCH, John SCHNELLER, Jacob WALDMANN.
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COMPANY D. |
Private William M. APPLEGATE.
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