History of Hamilton County Ohio
XI. Military History of Hamilton County
Fifth Ohio Cavalry
pages 173-176
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FIFTH OHIO CAVALRY.

The beginnings of this regiment were made early in August, 1861, under authority from General FREMONT, by Colonel W. H. H. TAYLOR and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas T. HEATH. At first it was the Second Ohio cavalry, but was changed to the Fifth by Governor DENNISON. Recruits were rendezvoused at Camp Dick Corwine, near Cincinnati, till November 5th, when the regiment was ordered to Camp Dennison. February 26, 1862, orders were received with much enthusiasm to proceed to Paducah. The command was now one thousand one hundred and forty-two strong, mostly recruited in Hamilton and Clermont counties. It reached Fort Henry just after the victory of the Union forces there, and in a few days proceeded by steamer to Savannah, on the Tennessee river. March 14th it was transported to a point near Eastport, and made the first expedition of the Federal forces on Mississippi soil. Frequent skirmishes were bad near Pittsburgh Landing, and parts of the regiment were on numerous scouts until the battle there, which was its first general engagement. It bore itself heroically in both days' fight, though under the most unfavorable circumstances, and for a time received


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its orders directly from General GRANT. Early April 8th it formed the advance and flank guard of General SHERMAN's reconnoisance, and about eight miles out charged the enemy's cavalry, driving it some six miles, and capturing many prisoners and much material of war. At Corinth it was the first on its part of the line, to enter the town. It was constantly on duty till July 27th, when it reached Memphis, was armed with Burnside carbines, and allowed a rest. Two battalions were heavily engaged at the battle of Hatchie, while the Third battalion fought with ROSECRANS at Corinth. Companies B and M were in the brilliant action at DAVIS' Mill, where a large rebel force was checked by one greatly inferior, and they were specially commended in orders by General GRANT. In the spring and summer of 1863 the regiment, then in the Second brigade, Cavalry division, Sixteenth corps, was employed in guarding Memphis and the Memphis & Charleston railroad. July 30th it started for Camp Davis, Mississippi, where the Third battalion, which had been long detached, rejoined it. This battalion had also seen very active and honorable service, and in February, 1863, suffered the loss of Major C. S. HAYES, commanding the battalion, who was killed near Hernando, Mississippi. It was engaged in forty-seven actions and skirmishes while serving independently of its regiment, marching and scouting over fifteen hundred miles, and capturing more than three hundred prisoners, and as many horses and mules, with not more than twenty-five men and horses killed and taken, and fourteen wounded. At once after the reunion of the battalions, the regiment marched to attack a brigade of the enemy's cavalry, which they drove through Baldwin to Guntown and returned with a number of prisoners. It was then assigned to the Second cavalry brigade, and was almost constantly engaged, in scouting and skirmishing. In the latter part of August Major RADER, with the Second battalion got on the wrong road, ran into a large force of rebels, and was completely stampeded, with a loss of nine men and thirty-five horses. October 16th, by personal order of General SHERMAN, the regiment joined the advance of OSTERHAUS' division, Fifteenth corps, on Chattanooga, and had sharp fights at Tuscumbia and elsewhere on the route. For ten days it was about constantly engaged. Part of the regiment served as train guards during the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, while another part acted as escorts and couriers. Its next service was in east Tennessee, and the Third battalion was a part of the brigade which cut its way through the enemy and gave BURNSIDE information of approaching relief. The next spring the regiment effected a veteran organization, and was assigned to the Third division, Fifteenth corps. During the Atlanta campaign it saw much hard service, by which many of the men were dismounted and were unable to procure remounts. After July 13th the regiment remained the rest of the summer at Cartersville, guarding the railroad. November 8th it joined KILPATRICK's division, Second brigade, and began the march to the sea. In this it had numerous engagements, particularly distinguishing itself at Waynesborough, as also in the march through the Carolinas, losing seventy-three killed, wounded, and missing in the unfortunate affair at Monroe's Cross Roads, where KILPATRICK was surprised by HAMPTON. After the peace the Fifth held in order the sub-district of Morganton, comprising seventeen counties in western North Carolina, and then all that region. It was finally mustered out after a splendid but most arduous service, October 30, 1865.
 
ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION.
FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel A. H. H. TAYLOR.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. HEATH.
Adjutant James C. HARRISON.
Quartermaster William H. MCFARLAND.
Surgeon Charles THORNTON.
Assistant Surgeon George SPRAGUE.
Chaplain Richard R. PIERCE.
 
FIRST BATTALION.

Major Frederick SCHERER.
Adjutant Joseph N. SHULTZ.
Quartermaster James LOWE.
Sergeant Major William D. DAMPSTER.
Quartermaster Sergeant Benjamin BROCKHAM.
Commisary Sergeant Charles KRUSE.
Hospital Steward Leander SMILEY.
Saddler Sergeant Charles WHITELY.
Veterinary Surgeon G. COLVIN.
 
SECOND BATTALION.

Major Elbridge G. RICKER.
Adjutant Daniel SAGER.
Quartermaster James C. SLATTERY.
Sergeant Major Robert MAJOR.
Quartermaster Sergeant William HEATH.
Commissary Sergeant Henry H. CRAPOE.
Hospital Steward Thomas STILES.
Saddler Sergeant Henry PIERCE.
Veterinary Surgeon John COLVIN.
 
THIRD BATTALION.

Major Charles S. HAYS.
Quartermaster John E. CRAIG.
Quartermaster Edward CRAPSEY.
Sergeant Major Abner F. DAVIES.
Quartermaster Sergeant Charles E. GRIFFIN.
Commissary Sergeant Boston W. SHERER.
Hospital Steward Mead JARVIS.
Saddler Sergeant Charles BRAFFITT.
Veterinary Surgeon George M. DIMICK.
 
REGIMENTAL BAND.

Bandmaster, Leonard WORCHESTER; Musicians, Peter WILLIAMSON, Samuel CARNES, Foster TODD, James TODD, George BARNES, Thomas LONG, Edward A. KELLOGG, John F. OWENS, John H. PENNY, Titus H. PENNY, Titus S. HEYER, Solomon FANNINGER, Jacob BARNEY, William ECHMAN, Mack HOPKINS, William S. LINDER.
 
COMPANY A.

Private Lafayatte LEEDS.
 
COMPANY B.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Philip TRONNSTINE.
First Lieutenant Richard C. O'BRYAN.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Adam LANDFRITH.
Sergeant James BEGLE.
Corporal Henry FRANK.
Corporal Lucas ROMANVIETZ.
Corporal Joseph ROTHAN.
Bugler John F. HOFFMAN.
Saddler Charles W. WHITLEY.
 
PRIVATES.

Henry BOHAER, Samuel COLLINS, Gustoph CHRISTOPH, Benjamin R. CRIST, Thomas D. DALE, Peter ECKHART, Jacob F. GRESSLI, John GRIFFIN, Frederick GREENER, Michael KLINE, John MAUERER, Albert MULLES,


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Henry WICKHAUS, John ROTHAN, William REDROW, William RICH, Joseph RETZ, Joseph ROMANOWITZ, Joseph SCHULTZ, Christopher SPRASSER, Robert THOMPSON, Americus WILSON, Christopher ZEHENDER.
 
COMPANY D.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Charles S. HAYS.
First Lieutenant Samuel WARMSLEY.
Second Lieutenant William JESSUP.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Andrew GILBERG.
Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas A. LEMMON.
Sergeant C. L. BURNELL.
Sergeant John PENNY.
Sergeant A. B. WARMSLEY.
Sergeant Robert WINNINGS.
Corporal Aaron B. GUARD.
Corporal Nathan LONG.
Corporal Charles RICHTER.
Corporal Isaac D. BOLANDER.
Corporal James D. HANNEGAN.
Corporal Isaac SCOTT.
Bugler John M. ROBINSON.
Bugler Silas S. HAYES.
Farrier James J. KELY.
Farrier George WERNER.
Farrier Hugh GORDON. Saddler Henry BURKHARDT.
Wagoner Frederick EPPERT.
 
PRIVATES.

Thomas ATKINS, C. BISHOP, Michael F. BRIGHT, John S. BOWLES, William BINGLE, John BROBST, Joseph BROOS, George BURNELL, Thomas W. BUTTS, James CRAWFORD, Peter M. CLOUSE, Jacob M. CLOUSE, John COLVIN, Aaron DAVIS, Henry DORINANN, Jacob H. GILBERG, George GREEN, Charles C. HAYES, Joseph H. HAYES, Joseph HOOPER, Arthur HILLS, Patrick HAGGERTY, John C. HELMICK, Henry H. JONES, Bruce KEAN, George KEAN, John H. KING, Edward LADD, Margina LAPISH, John LOWRY, M. H. MCFARLAND, John MCLEAN, Isaac MCLEAN, John MARTINEY, James H. MILLER, John H. PENNY, Richard PENNY, Michael RIERDAN, William S. REAGAN, Turner STUART, Elijah SQUIRES, Thomas R. STEVENS, John SCRIBER, Lorenzo D. TANNER, John L. WRIGHT, Lewis WINGERT, August WINTERS, Nicholas WERMER, Jackson WILLIAMS.
 
COMPANY F.
PRIVATES.

William COLLINS, Kilian GHRET, George W. MCGREW, Peter SCHOTSMAN, John TIGN.
 
COMPANY G.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain John G. CURTIS.
First Lieutenant John T. TAYLOR.
Second Lieutenant James T. PORTER.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant John PUMMELL.
Quartermaster Sergeant Evan A. J. SAUNDERS.
Sergeant David PERRY.
Sergeant Henry SLUGHT.
Sergeant August M. RIDDLE.
Corporal John M. ROBINSON.
Corporal Daniel BOHAM.
Corporal Samuel N. SMALLWOOD.
Corporal C. C. SMALLWOOD.
Corporal A. J. BUMMELL.
Corporal Samuel ARNOLD.
Corporal George W. ROCKEY.
Bugler N. T. PIERCE.
Bugler Samuel W. LEWIS.
Farrier John HITCHINS.
Farrier August ROSE.
Wagoner John CRANE.
Saddler Andrew HACKENLOOPER.
 
PRIVATES.

Richard B. ARNOLD, 0. P. APPLEGATE, John M. APPLEGATE, W. H. ANDREWS, E. A. APPLEBY, Joseph APPLEGATE, Henry BARNES, Joseph C. BRADY, David M. BARR, Joseph M. CRANE, John R. CUMMINGS, C. F. CLARK, Michael CONNELLY, E. F. DILL, Daniel R. DAVID, Zadok DAVIS, John ELLIOTT, Edward EBERLEE, George M. ELLIOTT, D. E. FLEMING, John FLEGE, James GARBERT, H. C. HOPING, Francis HENRY, Charles HELLER, Joseph F. HOPING, Patrick HIGGINS, James JONES, Thomas JONES, Ralph JONES, John JONES, Valentine JOHNSON, George N. KIRBY, Simon KARSH, S. B. LAYMAN, Isaac LONG, Morgan LEASURE, Blasure MILLER, Thomas MURRAY, Peter MORRIS, John ODING, Alexander PENDRY, J. B. POWELL, B. PODESTA, James REDDISH, Allen REED, David REED, Charles RUFFIN, Charles SHERBECKER, Edward SHAW, Leander SMILEY, Frederick SCHWARTZ, O. A. SMITH, Isaac FAGGS, D. VANBLANGEN, H. C. WARMOTH.
 
COMPANY H.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Chester M. POOR.
First Lieutenant B. W. THOMPSON.
Second Lieutenant John H. HUBBELL.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant J. E. OVERTURF.
Wagoner D. B. WEBSTER.
Farrier Andrew E. APPLEBY.
 
PRIVATES.

William N. ALLEN, William P. BALLANCE, Edward BRINKLEY, Spencer BELL, Henry A. COTMAN, Asa CLUENGER, James DOOLEY, Samuel W. DAVIS, Patrick DIGMAN, James DOLAN, Joseph DOERLER, J. F. DENNIS, Charles W. DAVIS, W. G. EVANS, William W. FANNING, Christopher A. FRIESCHTE, Edward HOPKINS, Samuel HOWES, Valentine HILL, J. L. LAWRENCE, George O. LUDLOW, John MCCRACKEN, Charles MARKS, James MEE, M. F. MEE, Jackson MCCORD, Michael MALONE, Haspin MITCHELL, D. MCCARTY, B. F. MAHEW, B. F. PACKER, E. J. PRESTON, John PETERSON, August S. RICE, Simon RAWTH, Robert B. SMITH, Seneca SMITH, George WANSBRAUGH, Arthur WANSBRAUGH, Benjamin WEBBER, Thomas DOBBINS, R. T. SCOFIELD, Charles F. ADAMS.
 
COMPANY I.
COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

First Lieutenant Charles H. MURRAY.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant William B. CAMPBELL.
Corporal Frederick RUGGLES.
Corporal John MCCAMMAN.
 
PRIVATES.

Michael CURRY, John FRANK. Nicholas FRANK, Thomas HOGGANS, Herman KEIMENSCHNIDER, Henry WETZEL, Joseph WOOLFLAYER.
 
COMPANY K.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Norris R. NORTON.
First Lieutenant William OWENS.
Second Lieutenant Elijah T. VAN CLEVE.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant William H. BRITWHISTLE.
Sargeant William FENELL.
Sergeant Anthony SUYGART.
Sergeant William H. SHADDINGER.
Sergeant Christopher W. GOSHEN.
Corporal Edward C. LITTLE.
Corporal William J. BROWN.
Corporal Dedliff J. HOFF.
Corporal Franklin HUBER.
Corporal Benjamin F. MILLER.
Corporal Allen LEWIS.
Corporal William BROWN.
Farrier Archibald CAMERON.
Saddler Samuel FECHNER.
Bugler Felix MULLER.
 
PRIVATES.

George C. ALLEN, Lennox BURNETT, Lemuel CRIPPEN, John COLLY, John H. CRAIG, Patrick DUNNICAN, James DONNELL, William EMERSON, Daniel FLAGG, Benjamin K. EMERSON, St. Clair FECHNER, F. L. FECHNER, Hugh GORDEN, Frederick GLEICH, Charles A. HEDGES, Francis F. HOWE, Joseph HENLEY, Alexander HUBBARD, Charles C. JEFFRIES, Monroe KIRK, Theodore MONTAGINER, Dorsey C. MITTEN, Henry C. MADER, Edward MENDENHALL, Patrick MAXWELL, James MARTIN, Joseph G. MARIOTT, James L. PINE, Charles A. RANSOM, Charles L. REYNOLDS, George W. ROBINSON, Diedrich RAVENS, Artillos STARKEY, John SECTON, Oran


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SMITH, John SHAY, Benedict SPEATH, Henry SNIDER, Madison SIM, William H. TREADWAY, Marion TOD, Charles WOODEN, Luther S. WRIGHT, Joseph WHITESELL, Peter WICKHAM, Jason WEBB, Cassius M. MILLER, John KENNELL.
 
COMPANY L.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Quartermaster Sergeant Stephen C. COUREY.
Private James GARBRETT.
 
COMPANY M.
COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Captain John HENRY.
 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant Charles A. MILLER.
Corporal James MILLER.
Corporal James C. WATSON.
Corporal William BENSON.
Wagoner Lewis MARCHER.
 
PRIVATES.

William ABERCROMBIE, Joseph BURCHARD, John BOFFING, John N. CONRAD, John DIEKER, Adam ENDRESS, Constantine FRICKS, Charles R. HOWARD, Henry HAYDEN.

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