Clinton County IN Archives Military Records.....The Civil War 1886 Civilwar ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 June 2, 2011, 12:26 am The Civil War CHAPTER IX. THE CIVIL WAR. THE FIRST SHELL.—THE CALL TO ARMS.—THE PATRIOTIC RESPONSE. —FIRST COMPANY FROM CLINTON.—ROSTER.—HISTORY OF THREE MONTHS' SERVICE.—HISTORIES OF REGIMENTS IN WHICH CLINTON COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED.—TENTH.—FORTIETH.—FORTY-FIFTH (THIRD CAVALRY).—SEVENTY-SECOND.—EIGHTY-SIXTH—100TH.— 150TH.—154TH.—COUNTY ACTION.—BOUNTIES AND RELIEF.— CALLS FOR TROOPS.—DRAFTS.—MILITIA ENROLLMENT. About daybreak on the 12th of April, 1861, the stillness of Charleston Bay was disturbed by the firing of a large mortar and the shriek of a shell as it rushed through the air. The shell burst over Fort Sumter, and the war of the great Rebellion was begun. In the North the hope had been tenaciously clung to that the peace of the country was not to be disturbed. This dream was rudely broken by the siege of Fort Sumter. The North awakened suddenly to the awful certainty that civil war was begun. There was a deep feeling of indignation at the traitors who were willing to ruin the country that slavery might be secure. There was a full appreciation of the danger, and an instant universal determination that, at whatever cost, the national life must be preserved. Personal sacrifice was unconsidered; individual interests were merged in the' general good. Political difference, ordinarily so bitter, was for the time almost effaced. Nothing was of interest but the question how this audacious rebellion was to be suppressed and the American nation upheld in the great place which it claimed among men. Two days after the fall of Fort Sumter, Mr. Lincoln intimated by proclamation the dishonor done to the laws of the United States, and called out the militia to the extent of 75,000 men. The free States responded enthusiastically to the call. So prompt was their action that on the very next day several companies arrived in Washington. Flushed by their easily won victory, the Southrons talked boastfully of seizing the capital. In a very short time there were 50,000 loyal men ready to prevent that, and the safety of Washington was secured. The North pushed forward with boundless energy her warlike preparations. Rich men offered money with so much liberality that in a few days nearly $25,000,000 had been contributed. The school teachers of Boston dedicated fixed proportions of their incomes to the support of the Government while the war should last. All over the country the excited people gathered themselves into crowded meetings and breathed forth in fervid resolutions their determinations to spend fortune and life in defense of the Union. Volunteer companies were rapidly formed. In the cities ladies began to organize themselves for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers. It had been fabled that the North would not fight. With a fiery promptitude unknown before in modern history, the people sprang to arras. Clinton County had at this time less than 15,000 inhabitants. With a population mainly devoted to agriculture, who knew nothing of war except by history or tradition, it could hardly be expected that a warlike spirit would soon disturb the peaceful population. But we know little of the fire that slumbers in qniet breasts until occasion calls it forth. Immediately after the news was flashed through this country that civil war was begun, public excitement ran so high that it could no longer confine itself to promiscuous expression about the street corners, and people held informal and formal meetings in the city halls^and country school-houses everywhere. THE FIRST COMPANY FROM CLINTON. The first call of President Lincoln met with a ready response in Clinton County, and the citizens were filled with regret that but one company could be accepted. But many other counties, equally patriotic, were so remote from the capital and lines of railroad that they were less fortunate than Clinton County, which was represented by nearly a hundred men in the three months' regiments. One entire company went to Indianapolis and became Company C, Tenth Regiment. The roll of this company was as follows: Captain, John W. Blake (afterward Captain in the three years' service); First Lieutenant, Joseph C. Suit (afterward promoted Adjutant); Second Lieutenant, Samuel H. Shortle (afterward First Lieutenant in the three years' service); Sergeants, Milton W. Newton, Richard H. McIntire, Thomas J. Upton and Uriah Young; Corporals, David F. Allen, Eugene A. Routh, William W. Wilds, Noah T. Catterlin; Musicians, Stephen Aikens and Thomas J. Armantrout; Privates, John W. Abbott, Henry L. Albright, James A. Alley, Francis F. M. B. Amos, William Atwood, Samuel Aughe, William Baker, Leonidas H. Belknap, Myron H. Belknap, James H. Boyle, James A. Blake, Luke H. Blacker, Joseph Carter, Samuel A. Clark, John S. Coffman, Mathias Dawson, Amos J. Durbon, Benjamin W. Fernald, James Gibbons, Freeman Harlin, John T. Hastwick, Martin V. B. Hedrick, William P. Hobson, John W. Hunt, William T. Hutchinson, Andrew Isgrigg, Richard R. Jacobs, Samuel Kelley, Milton S. Knable, David Louden, John McClurg, Orlando G. McLaughlin, William H. McCown, Henry D. McCoy, Joseph Michael, Chamberlin P. Miller, James M. Miller, James W. Moore, William A. Moore, Daniel M. Myers, Daniel Neeves, Israel Packer, Andrew J. Packer, Thomas S. Peak, John O. Price, Ephraim Pritchard, David Richardson, John Richardson, Richard L. Richardson, John L. Rodkey, David Rogers, Daniel Rourk, William Singleton, Amos Stotter, Lorenzo G. Tipton, Thomas Thompson, David Thornton, John W. S. Vandyke, William D. Vice, Reuben Wisco, William Widner, John J. Williams, James A. Williams, John P. Wise, John W. Witt and John A. Yargus. HISTORY OP THREE MONTHS' SERVICE. The Tenth Regiment was organized and mustered into service for three months, at Indianapolis, April 25, 1861, with Joseph J. Reynolds, formerly of the regular army, as Colonel. This officer being commissioned a Brigadier-General of volunteers on the 10th of May, following, Major Mahlon D. Manson was promoted Colonel. On the 19th of June the Tenth, accompanied by the Eighth Regiment, left Indianapolis for Parkersburg, West Virginia, by way of Cincinnati and Marietta. From Parkersburg the Tenth marched to Clarksburg, and from thence to Buckhannon. After a few days' rest, it took up its line of march as part of General Rosecrans's command, toward Rich Mountain, camping at its foot on the night of the 10th of July. Early the next morning the regiment marched by a narrow bridle-path a distance of nearly nine miles, when they were brought to a halt by the enemy's pickets, who fired and ran. The Tenth then took a position behind a hill until ordered to charge the enemy's works, which was done in gallant style, resulting in the rout of the enemy and the loss of his guns. After this the enemy were driven from their chosen position upon the mountain by the combined Union forces. After the battle the Tenth camped on the ground, and the next day marched for Beverly, where it remained in camp until the 24th of July, when it was ordered to Indiana. Reaching Indianapolis on the 28th of July, it was, in a few days afterward, mustered out of service. TENTH REGIMENT (THREE YEARS). The Tenth Regiment was reorganized at Indianapolis for the three years' service, September 18, 1861, and mastered in the same day, with Mahlon D. Manson as Colonel. Company C was made up of Clinton County boys, many of the previous organization re-enlisting, and being re-inforced by a number of new volunteers. Abram O. Miller was to go out as Captain, James H. Boyle as First Lieutenant, and Andrew Merritt as Second Lieutenant. Captain Miller was however, made a Major in the organization of the regiment, so that Boyle became Captain. His place as First Lieutenant was filled by the promotion of James H. McAdams, who was killed at Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 19, 1862. Thomas Thompson was then made Second Lieutenant. Jeremiah Batterton became Second Lieutenant June 20, 1862, on the resignation of Merritt. He died October 27, 1862, and was succeeded by David F. Allen. Company K was also from Clinton County, but is erroneously credited to Tippecanoe in the Adjutant-General's report. As first organized, the company was officered as follows: John W. Blake, Captain; Samuel H. Shortle, First Lieutenant; William W. Wilds, Second Lieutenant. Shortly after, Blake was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fortieth Regiment. Shortle was then made Captain, and John W. Hunt First Lieutenant. Hunt was the last Captain of the company, and Wilds was promoted to First Lieutenant. On the 22d of September, 1861, the Tenth left Indianapolis for the State of Kentucky, and after remaining a few days at Louisville was moved to Bardstown, where it went into camp. Remaining here for about a month, it was marched to New Haven and Lebanon, in which vicinity it remained until the advance to meet Zollicoffer's forces in January, 1862. On the 19th of January it participated in the battle of Mills Springs, or Logan's Fields, and there achieved an enviable reputation for gallantry, the regiment at one time saving the day, by its firm resistance of a desperate charge of Zollicoffer's forces. After the battle it remained in that vicinity until the march of Buell's army to the Tennessee River in March, in which it took part. The regiment reached the field of Shiloh after the battle, and remained encamped there until the siege of Corinth was begun. It then marched with the army and participated in the investment of that place, and the marches which followed the evacuation. "Returning to Nashville it joined in the pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky, engaging in the battle of Chaplin Hills at Perryville. It was then stationed in the district of country south of the Cumberland River and east of Nashville, and afterward joined in the march of the Army of the Cumberland across the Cumberland Mountains to Chattanooga, and participated in the battle of Chickamauga on the 19th and 20th of September, 1863, in which engagement its commanding officer, Colonel Wm. B. Carroll, was killed. January 14, 1864, a portion of the regiment re-enlisted at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in the spring following participated in Sherman's march upon Atlanta, taking a creditable part in the many engagements of that campaign. September 8, 1864, the veterans and recruits were, by order of General Thomas, transferred to the Fifty-eighth Regiment, and on the 19th of September the non-veterans were mustered out of service. The transferred men served with the Fifty-eighth Regiment in Sherman's famous march through Georgia to Savannah, and through North and South Carolina, and were finally mustered out with that organization at Louisville, Kentucky, July 25, 1865. The Tenth had at its organization forty-five commissioned officers, seven non-commissioned officers, and 934 enlisted men; 197 recruits were received, seventy-two veterans re-enlisted, eight commissioned officers died, 177 non-commissioned officers and enlisted men died, forty deserted, making a total of those connected with the regiment of 1,270. FORTIETH REGIMENT. In this regiment Company E was raised in Clinton County; John B. Pence, Captain; Jesse D. Cornelison, First Lieutenant; William A. T. Holmes, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Pence resigned August 12, 1862, and Lieutenants Cornelison and Holmes were promoted one grade each, while John W. Aughe was made Second Lieutenant. The latter afterward became Captain. Richard Kolb and Jasper Kolb were successively First Lieutenant after W. A. T. Holmes resigned. John Holmes was the last Second Lieutenant of the company. A few Clinton County volunteers joined Company F in the same regiment. Samuel S. Williams was promoted to Second and then First Lieutenant after the close of the war. The Fortieth Regiment was organized at Lafayette on the 30th day of September, 1861, and at once proceeded to Kentucky, going into a camp of instructiou near Bardstown. In February, 1862, it moved with Buell's army to Bowling Green and Nashville, and thence it marched into Northern Alabama. When Bragg crossed the Tennessee River and marched northward, the Fortieth was stationed in Southern Tennessee, near the line of the Chattanooga Railroad, and when Buell's army marched into Kentucky the regiment moved to Nashville and marched with the army to Louisville. Thence it moved through Kentucky in pursuit of Bragg, and returned to Nashville in November, where it was assigned to the Sixth Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps. In December it marched toward Murfreesboro, and participated in the engagement at Stone River on the 31st of December, 1862, and 1st and 2d of January, 1863, losing nine killed, sixty-three wounded and thirteen missing—making a total of eighty-five. After this battle the regiment remained in the vicinity of Murfreesboro for some time, and, when the army was re-organized it was assigned to the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Twenty-first Army Corps, commanded by Major-General Crittenden. The regiment participated in the march to Chattanooga, and in the battle of Chickamauga on the 19th and 20th of September. Returning to Chattanooga, it was engaged in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge in November, and then marched into East Tennessee, where it remained during the winter. In January, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization at Blain's Cross Roads, Tennessee, and soon after visited Indiana on veteran furlough. When the Atlanta campaign opened the Fortieth was at Cleveland, Tennessee, whence, May 8, it moved as part of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps, commanded by Major-General O. O Howard. In all the marches, movements, engagements and skirmishes of the campaign the regiment took an active part. In the battles at Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee River and Peach Tree Creek it bore a conspicous part. In the latter engagement it engaged the enemy while in position in the portion of our lines most furiously attacked, at the time Hood made his desperate attempt to break through Sherman's lines. After the occupation of Atlanta the Fourth Corps, to which the Fortieth was attached, was sent back to Chattanooga to observe the movement of the rebel army under General Hood. On reaching Chattanooga the Fortieth was placed on duty until November, when it moved toward Nashville, and on the 15th of December it participated in the battle at that place. After the rout of Hood's army it joined in the pursuit, going as far as Huntsville, Alabama. Returning to Nashville, the regiment remained there during the spring of 1865, and in June marched to Johnsonville, and there took transportation for New Orleans, joining the Fourth Corps at that place. From New Orleans it was transferred with the Fourth Corps to Texas, where it became part of Sheridan's army of occupation.' For some months after the close of the war the regiment was in Texas, and then it was finally mustered out. THIRD CAVALRY (FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT). Company H of this was made of men from Frankfort and vicinity who enlisted in the early autumn of 1861 for the cavalry service. Alfred Gaddis was the first Captain of the company, and was promoted to Major June 24, 1864. Joseph M. Douglass was the First Lieutenant at organization, and resigned May 2, 1862. Uriah Young was Second Lieutenant; May 2, 1862, became First Lieutenant, and July, 2, 1864, became captain. Robert P. Shanklin succeeded Young as Second Lieutenant May 2, 1862, and as First Lieutenant July 2, 1864. Daniel White became Second Lieutenant July 2, 1864. The Third Cavalry was organized as ^follows: Six companies that had been originally organized for the First Cavalry at Madison on the 22d of August, 1861, and sent to the Army of the Potomac under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Carter were, October 22, 1861, united with four companies that had been accepted in September and October, 1861, and sent to Kentucky, the ten companies bearing the designation of the Third Cavalry. In December, 1862, two new companies were organized and added to the regiment. The companies with the Army of the Potomac were designated Companies A, B, C, D, E and F, and called the right wing. Companies G, H, I and K, constituting the left wing of the Third Cavalry, were organized at Madison and transferred to Kentucky in October, 1861. For over a year, the companies were separated and did duty with different commands. On reaching Kentucky the companies went into camp at Camp Wickliffe, where they remained until the movement toward Nashville commenced, in which the companies joined. After the battle of Shiloh they marched to Corinth and thence into Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. The companies marched with different divisions of the army in the Buell and Bragg campaign, returning to Nashville in November and going into camp near Edgefield Junction. Companies L and M were organized in December, 1862, and remained at Indianapolis for nearly a year. When they moved they marched with General Wilcox's command of six months' troops and joined the left wing in East Tennessee. The battalion marched with Rosecrans's army toward Murfreesboro, and was engaged in the campaigns of the winter of 1862, and those of the spring, summer and fall of 1863, terminating with the battle of Mission Ridge. It then moved into East Tennessee under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Klein, where it was actively engaged in scouting and skirmishing until the campaign against Atlanta commenced. Joining ^Sherman's army it moved with it to Atlanta, engaging in all the cavalry operations of that campaign. In the march through Georgia the battalion accompanied Sherman's cavalry, and while at Savannah, in pursuance of the orders of General Sherman, the remaining veterans and recruits were transferred to and consolidated with the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, the consolidation bearing the name of the Eighth Cavalry. After the consolidation the detachment participated in all of the marches, engagements and skirmishes of the Eighth Cavalry, and continued to serve with that organization until its muster out at Lexington, North Carolina, July 20, 1865, and then returned home with that regiment and was finally discharged with it at Indianapolis. SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. The next company contributed by Clinton County became Company K, Seventy-second Regiment, and was raised in the summer of 1862, with Hiram B. Collins as Captain, George W. Ross as First Lieutenant, and James H. Whitcomb as Second Lieutenant. These were commissioned on the 22d of August. Collins resigned April 21, 1863 (afterward being a Captain in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth), and was succeeded by Richard H. McIntire, who was honorably discharged May 26, 1864. George W. Brown was Captain from July 1, 1864. McIntire was First Lieutenant after Ross's resignation, November 13, 1862, and when he became Captain James W. Davis was promoted from Second to First Lieutenant He resigned January 14, 1864, and was succeeded by George W. Brown, who a few months later was made Captain. James T. Quick was the last First Lieutenant, commissioned July 1, 1864. The Second Lieutenants were consecutively as follows, after Whitcomb, who resigned December 19, 1862, but afterward became First Lieutenant of the Eleventh Cavalry: John W. Gaskill, commissioned December 20,1862, died February 20, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee; James W. Davis, commissioned February 20, 1863, promoted First Lieutenant; Carey M. Layne, commissioned April 22, 1863, resigned January 23, 1864, and re-entered service as Captain in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment; James T. Quick, commissioned January 25, 1864, promoted First Lieutenant; William F. Hendrickson, commissioned July 1, 1864. The Seventy-second Regiment was mustered into service August 16, 1862, and left on the following day for Kentucky, arriving at Lebanon a few days after. Here it remained until Bragg's invasion, when it moved with Buell's army, and was continually engaged in marching and skirmishing with the enemy. In November it moved into Tennessee, stopping for awhile at Castillion Springs and other places in that portion of the State. January 8, 1863, it arrived at Murfreesboro, and upon the re-organization of the Army of the Cumberland the regiment was ordered to be mounted, and to serve as mounted infantry. It made several scouts from Murfreesboro, and captured horses enough to mount the entire regiment. The men were armed with Spencer rifles, and were a part of what was known as the Wilder Lightning Brigade. In the campaign against Tullahoma and Chattanooga it was in the advance of Thomas's command, and moved from Murfreesboro through Hoover's Gap on the 24th of June, where it aided in defeating the enemy and driving him from his position, the regiment sustaining considerable loss, including Chaplain John R. Eddy, who was killed by a cannon shot. In all the movements of this campaign the brigade to which it was attached bore a conspicuous part. September 12 the regiment met a brigade of General Pegram's command at Rock Springs, Georgia, and routed it, losing one officer and ten men killed, and a number wounded. It was engaged at the battle of Chickamauga, fighting the enemy for three days, and sustaining a severe loss. After this engagement it was sent in pursuit of Wheeler, and aided in driving him out of Middle Tennessee. At Mooresville, Alabama, November 30, it engaged the enemy, losing a number in killed and wounded. December 31 it was sent to Memphis, where it was attached to the cavalry command of General Sherman's army, and moved with it through Mississippi on the Meridian raid. During this expedition it covered the retreat of General Smith from Okalona. I, then returned to Memphis, and thence moved to Nashville. March 26, 1864, it joined the Third Brigade, Second Cavalry Division. It next moved to Columbia, whence it started on the Atlanta campaign on the 30th of April. From that time until the last of August the regiment was continually engaged with the rebels, and after the capture of Atlanta it was engaged in a great number of skirmishes. When Sherman commenced his march through Georgia the horses of the Seventy-second were turned over to Kilpatrick's division, and the regiment ordered to Louisville to be remounted. December 28 it moved to Gravelly Springs, Alabama, whence it marched with General Wilson's cavalry expedition, which resulted in the capture of Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, and Columbus and Macon, Georgia, with over 8,000 prisoners, a number of pieces of artillery, and an immense quantity of supplies. At the battle of Selma, on the 2d of April, 1865, Colonel Miller, of the Seventy-second, commanding the brigade, was severely wounded. After the capture of Richmond and the surrender of Lee, the regiment was sent out by detachments to intercept the flight of Jeff. Davis, one detachment being in close pursuit of him when captured. May 23 the regiment left Macon for Nashville, and June 26, 1865, it was mustered out of service at that place. June 29 it reached Indianapolis, with 510 men and thirty-six officers, and on the next day, after partaking of a fine dinner at the soldiers' home, it marched to the tabernacle where welcoming speeches were made by Lieutenant-Governor Baker, General Hovey and others. The Seventy-second left the State with an aggregate of 978 men, and lost, during its term of service, 431. EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. In the summer of 1862 about 150 Clinton County men joined the Eighty-sixth Regiment, and were attached to Companies G, H and I. The successive Captains of Company G were John Seager, Nelson R. Smith and Littleton V. Ream; First Lieutenant, Samuel Douglas, Loren G. Cowdrey and Theodore Hesser; Second Lieutenants, Nelson R. Smith, Littleton V. Ream and John Snyder. In Company H the Captains were Milton Bell, Carson P. Rodman and Mathew McInerney; First Lieutenants, James B. Newton, Uriah Thomas and David H. Olive; Second lieutenants, Uriah Thomas, William J. Nees and John M. Cast. The Captains of Company I were William C. Lambert and James R. Carnahan; First Lieutenants, John Gilliland and Thomas H. B. McCain; Second Lieutenants, James T. Doster and Henry Mohler. The Eighty-sixth Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District, organized at Lafayette during the month of August, and mustered into the service September 4, 1862, with Orville S. Hamilton as Colonel. At that time Kentucky was penetrated by the invading columns of Kirby Smith and Bragg, the former threatening Cincinnati, and the latter Louisville. The Eighty-sixth was at once hurried to Cincinnati, arriving there on the 7th, where it was assigned to duty on the defenses at Covington, Kentucky. On the 20th the regiment left, by steamboat, for Louisville, and remained at that place until the 1st of October, when it was assigned to the Fourteenth Brigade, Fifth Division, Army of the Ohio, and marched in pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky. For two weary months the regiment toiled over dusty roads, marching almDst constantly by day and night, frequently skirmishing with the enemy's rear guard, but never being able to force a battle in consequence of the slow strategic movements of the General commanding, until, with half its men disabled by exhaustion, it reached Nashville, November 26. The regiment, in this desultory pursuit and devious countermarch, passed through Bardstown, Danville, Springfield, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Mount Vernon, and reached Wild Cat; thence it retraced its course by the way of Mount Vernon, Somerset, Scottsville, Glasgow, Columbia and Gallatin to Nashville, gaining a good geographical knowledge of the country, but not much information of the art of war; this was to be learned thereafter, on other fields. Upon the formation of the Army of the Cumberland the Eighty-sixth was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third (Van Cleve's) Division, Twenty-first Army Corps. The regiment was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel George F. Dick, at the battle of Stone River, December 31, 1862, and January 1 and 2, 1863, and the division to which it was attached formed a portion of the left wing of the army, on that battle-field. When the right of our army gave way our division rushed rapidly to its support, and arrived in time to materially check the enemy. It was at this juncture that General Rosecrans led a charge in person, which drove the enemy for nearly a mile. The regiment lost in the battle twenty-four killed and twenty-four wounded—a total loss of forty-eight The regiment moved with the main army into Murfreesboro, where it remained until the general forward movement was made upon Chattanooga. While at Murfreesboro, in April, Lieutenant-Colonel Dick was promoted to the colonelcy. The regiment reached Chattanooga early in September, and took an active part in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19 and 20. The regiment fell back with the main army to Chattanooga, and was on duty during the siege of that place. Upon the re-organization of the army and the formation of the Fourth Corps, the Eighty-sixth was assigned to the Third Brigade (Beatty's), Third Division (Woods), of that corps. November 28 a general advance was made upon the lines of the enemy besieging Chattanooga, resulting in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, November 23, 21 and 25. In the assault on Mission Ridge the Eighty-sixth was in the storming column, and aided in capturing eleven pieces of artillery and many prisoners. So determined was the onslaught that the men swept up the rugged hillside and over the enemy's works regardless of commands. The regiment then marched with its division to East Tennessee, and passed the winter of 1863-'4 in long and fatiguing marches and scouts in that country. In the month of April, 1864, the division rejoined its corps near Chattanooga, and early in May moved with Sherman's army on the campaign of which Atlanta was the objective point The regiment participated in all the operations of the main army on this long and arduous campaign. It was actively engaged at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, Kingston, Picket's Mills, where Colonel Dick was severely wounded, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee River, Peach Tree Creek, battle and siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's. It returned with the main army to Atlanta, and, after a short rest, was dispatched with its corps toward Chattanooga to watch and pursue Hood. It being the policy of Sherman to drive that General and his army as far north as necessary, the pursuit was not very vigorous, and upon reaching Gaylesville, was discontinued. The Fourth Corps was then assigned to the command of General Thomas, and moving northward, the Eighty-sixth took part in the battle of Franklin, November 30, and in the battles of Nashville, December 15 and 16. For a short time previous to the battles of Nashville the enemy under Hood had been in position in front of Nashville, commanding its southern approaches. December 15 General Thomas assumed the offensive. Thomas's line was formed with Wilson's cavalry on the right, then A. J. Smith, Wood and Stedman, Schofield's corps being in the reserve. After an opening fire from our batteries Stedman made a strong demonstration on the enemy's right, the real attack being designed for his center and left. Wood carried the strong works in the center. Our batteries then advanced, and Smith assailed the hostile left. Schofield came up on Smith's right, out-flanking the enemy, who began to give way. Our right was thus thrown between the river and the enemy's left, which was hurled back on the center. Wilson's cavalry now pushed forward, and our whole line advanced in the face of a hot fire. The enemy's works were carried, and he fell back in confusion. Night closed the action. The next morning the fight was renewed with decided success, the enemy being driven from each successive line of intrenchments, and falling back to Franklin. The pursuit was briskly pressed, and the defeated and demoralized enemy driven across the Tennessee River, when our army ceased pursuit. After this battle the Eighty-sixth camped at Huntsville, where it remained from January 1, 1865, until March 16; it then moved with its corps into East Tennessee. Beatty's brigade marched from Newmarket to Jonesboro, where it remained until April 20, when the whole corps moved to Nashville, the Eighty-sixth arriving on the 27th. The regiment remained in camp at Nashville until June 6, 1865, at which date it was mustered out of the service of the United States, and at once left by rail for Indianapolis. Arriving at that city on the evening of the 7th, the Eighty-sixth was greeted with an ovation on the morning of the next day, in the State House grove, and were welcomed by speeches from Governor Morton, General Wagner and others; and that afternoon the regiment was paid off and finally discharged. ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. Another company, Captain Sims's, was raised in Clinton County in the summer of 1862, and attached to the One Hundreth Regiment, as Company I. James N. Sims was commissioned Captain September 12, 1862, and on the same date James M. Harland was commissioned First Lieutenant, and Thomas C. Dalby, Second Lieutenant. Captain Sims resigned August 20, 1863, and Lieutenant Harland was promoted to his rank. The latter was killed at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863, and Lieutenant Dalby became Captain. Dalby afterward became Lieutenant-Colonel of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, and was succeeded as Captain by Noah T. Catterlin, who had previously been commissioned First Lieutenant, to succeed Harland. James M. Gentry was the last First Lieutenant, commissioned April 1, 1865. The second Adjutant of this regiment was William H. Ghere, of Clinton County, commissioned June 15, 1863, and resigned May 29, 1864. The One Hundredth Regiment rendezvoused at Fort Wayne. Two companies recruited for the Ninety-eighth Regiment, in the Eighth Congressional District, were assigned to the One Hundredth Regiment, completing its organization, and the regiment was mustered into the service September 10, 1862, with Sanford J. Stoughton as Colonel. November 11 the regiment left for Memphis, Tennessee, and arrived there on the 16th. The regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Army of the Tennessee, and on the 26th moved with an expedition through Northern Mississippi, having Vicksburg for its objective point. The movement, however, was unsuccessful, owing to the surprise and capture of Holly Springs by the rebels. The column then returned to the vicinity of Memphis, and the regiment was assigned to garrison duty at Collierville, and as guards along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. June, 9, 1863, the regiment embarked on transports and joined the array of General Grant at the siege of Vicksburg, arriving in front of the rebel works on the 14th. The regiment took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and after its surrender moved with Sherman's army upon Jackson, Mississippi, arriving in front of that place July 11. Five days were occupied in the siege of Jackson, the regiment being constantly engaged. On the 16th the rebel army evacuated, and our forces entered the place and destroyed its military resources. Daring these movements the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Heath, and formed part of the First Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps. From Jackson the regiment marched to the Big Black River, where it remained in camp during the summer. September 28 the regiment marched to Vicksburg, embarked on transports and sailed to Memphis, arriving there October 9. The regiment at this time belonged to the Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. The regiment moved with its division on a rapid march across the country, to Stevenson and Bridgeport, Alabama; thence over Sandstone Mountain, and down Lookout Valley to Trenton, Georgia, and succeeded in turning the left flank of Bragg's army, then in position upon Lookout Mountain. This column secured a foothold on the mountain and drove the enemy from position, but without following in pursuit, pushed for Chattanooga, and, after a rapid march, reached that place November 23. On the 25th the column moved upon the enemy's stronghold on Mission Ridge, and took part in that severe battle. Its division gained the crest of the hill and held the position, notwithstanding the concentric fire of the enemy's artillery and-his repeated assaults. The fight lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning until dark, and the attack on the enemy's left was so persistent as to draw vast masses of the enemy to that flank, and enable General Thomas to break through the enemy's center. In this battle the regiment lost 182 killed and wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Heath was severely wounded early in the action, and Major R. M. Johnson assumed command of the regiment. The next morning the command moved in pursuit of Bragg's army as far as Graysville. It then moved towards Knoxville, for the purpose of relieving General Burnside. This was accomplished, the head of our column reaching Knoxville December 6. The regiment then returned with its division to Scottsboro, Alabama, arriving there December 26. But a few weeks before this army had left the banks of the Tennessee River with only two days' rations, and no extra clothing, and during that time had fought a severe battle, and marched over 800 miles, through mud, rain and snow, part of the command barefooted, and yet all was endured without a murmur. The regiment remained in camp at Scottsboro until May 1, 1864. The entire army of General Sherman moved from Chattanooga early in May, 1864, on its campaign against the "Gate City of Georgia"—Atlanta. The two hostile armies were separated by Rocky Face Ridge, cloven by Buzzard's Roost Gap, through which runs the railroad. This pass was so fortified as to render it unapproachable. Sherman decided to turn the position. The Army of the Tennessee moved through Snake Creek Gap and threatened the enemy's rear at Dalton. The regiment was attached to this army and took part in all its movements and battles, being engaged at Dalton, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickajack Creek, Chattahoochee River, Decatur, Atlanta, Cedar Bluffs, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station. The regiment then moved with its corps to Atlanta, and camped at East Point, after marching and fighting nearly 100 days. October 3 the regiment marched with its corps in pursuit of Hood, and, after forced marches through Northern Georgia and Alabama, drove Hood across the Tennessee River, left General Thomas to meet and check his further career, and returned to its old camping ground near Atlanta. At daybreak on November 14 the regiment moved with its column for Savannah and the sea. Atlanta lay behind, a mass of smouldering ruins; before was an untrodden path, an unknown enemy and adventure. The march of that army was marked by destroyed railroads and a ruined country. The regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade (Walcott's), First Division, ^Fifteenth Army Corps, in this march. November 22, near Griswoldville, Georgia, its brigade was engaged in a desperate fight. Our position was defended by a slight barricade. The enemy made an assault with a largely superior force, and four pieces of artillery; he was, however, completely repulsed. The action continued four hours, and the enemy made several assaults, only to be met with severe loss. General Walcott was wounded, and Colonel Catterson, of the Ninety-seventh Indiana, took command of the brigade. Forty-nine prisoners were captured, and the regiment complimented by the commanding general. After a perilous march through almost impassable swamps, morasses and over swollen streams, the column debouched in front of Savannah December 10, and entered the city on the 23d. From Savannah the regiment moved with its corps by steamer to Beaufort, South Carolina, and thence through the Carolinas, capturing, successively, Branchville, Columbia, Georgetown and Cheraw, South Carolina, and met the enemy at Bentonville, North Carolina, where a severe battle ensued, and the enemy were defeated and driven from the field. The column then moved to Golds-boro, reaching that place March 26, 1865, having marched 1,300 miles and fought seventeen battles since leaving Chattanooga in May, 1864. The regiment remained in Goldsboro until April 10, and then moved with the army to Raleigh, where it remained until after the surrender of Johnston's army. The regiment then marched by way of Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D. C., reaching that place May 20, 1865. The regiment remained in camp near Washington until June 9, 1865, when it was mustered out of service, the remaining recruits being transferred to the Forty-eighth Indiana, with which organization they continued to serve until its muster out at Louisville, Kentucky, June 15, 1865. The regiment left for the field with an aggregate of 937 men, and returned with 618 men for muster out. It lost in killed in action, and died from wounds, 89; discharged for disability by reason of wounds or otherwise, 225; died from disease, 150; total casualties, 464. The One Hundredth marched, during its term of service, 4,000 miles, was engaged in twenty-five battles, and was occupied as skirmishers nearly one-third of the time it was in the field. After its muster out it started for Indianapolis, and upon its arrival there was present at a public reception in the State House grounds, June 14, and welcomed with addresses by Governor Morton and others. Its members then dispersed to their respective homes. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT. In the early part of 1865 a number of one-year regiments were raised in Indiana, among them the One Hundred and Fiftieth. Thomas O. Dalbey, of Clinton County, was Lieutenant-Colonel and John W. Hunt, Quartermaster. About two-thirds of Company C was made up of Clinton County boys. David T. Price went in as Second Lieutenant, and in three weeks was promoted First Lieutenant. The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District, and was organized at Indianapolis, March 9,1865, with Marsh B. Taylor as Colonel. On the 13th it left Indianapolis for Harper's Ferry, Va., arriving there on the 17th, and shortly after was marched to Charlestown, thence it moved to Winchester, and from there to Stevenson Station, where it remained until the 27th of June. It then marched to Jordan's Springs, near Opeqnan, where it remained until its muster-out, August 5, 1865. August 9 it arrived at Indianapolis with twenty-five officers and 870 men for final discharge, and on the 11th was present at a reception given to returned regiments in the State House Grove, where it was addressed by Lieutenant-Governor Baker, General Ben Harrison and others. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. This was another one-year regiment, raised in the spring of 1865, after the war was virtually over. Most of Company E and all of Company F were from Clinton County. Lieutenants Abijah J. Huff and Joseph Calloway were of Company E, and Captain Hiram B. Collins and Lieutenants Jere M. Palmer and Solomon S. Burgess were the officers of Company F. The One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District, and was organized at Indianapolis, April 20, 1865, with Frank Wilcox as Colonel. April 28 it left Indianapolis, under command of Major Simpson, and reached Parkersburg, West Virginia, on the 30th, where it remained until the 2d of May, and then moved into the Shenandoah Valley, halting at Stevenson Station on the 4th. Here it remained until the 27th of June, engaged in doing guard duty, and then continued, on duty, to Opequan Creek, and there remained until it was ordered to be mustered out. August 4, 1865, it was mustered out of service, and arrived at Indianapolis on the 7th, with thirty-two officers and 734 men for final discharge. On the 8th it was present at a reception given to returned regiments, in the Capitol grounds, and was soon after discharged from the service. COUNTY ACTION. Enlistments were so freely made in Clinton County that no action by the County Board seemed called for until December, 1863. ^The President had then made two calls for large numbers of volunteers, and that the good cause might suffer no discouragement in this county, the commissioners apportioned $1,000 for distribution "among the wives, families, widows and children of all such as are in the service of the United States that are needy, or that may be in the service while this donation remains unexpended." Several citizens petitioned the board to offer a bounty of $50 to each volunteer; but this was rejected at this time, on the ground that the burden of the expense would be unequally distributed through the different parts of the county. In January, 1865, while the county was exerting itself to fill one of the last calls of the President for "300,000 more," the commissioners were again strongly pressed to offer bounties, but they refused again on financial grounds. The following month, however, in special session, it was agreed to give each man who should enlist under the pending call, two obligations of the county for $25 and one for $50, due in one year, and an equal amount due in two years, three years and four years, or, in short, bonds of the county to the amount of $400—a handsome bonus. These bonds were in this form: The Treasurer of Clinton County will pay to __________ or bearer, the sum of twenty-five dollars [or fifty dollars] on the ______day of_____ 186__, with interest from date at the rate of six per cent, per annum, as ordered by the Board of Commissioners of said county at their special session, held February 11, 1865. Witness my hand and seal of said Board of Commissioners at Frankfort, this ___ day of____, 1865. ______________ Auditor of Clinton County. The board appointed a committee, consisting of John Barner (chairman) Eli Armantrout, Dr. T. B. Cox, George L. Kempf and Thomas M. Major, of Jackson Township; Moses Jacoby, of Ross Township; M. L. Martin, of Warren Township; John I. Clark, of Owen Township; John W. Bacon, of Johnson Township, and Abraham Holecraft, of Kirklin Township, to superintend the procuring of volunteers and paying the bounty provided for. The committee was instructed that recruits obtained within the county should be credited to the townships in which they actually resided, but that they were to obtain as many as possible from other counties, and credit such pro rata to the townships of Clinton County. Shortly after, the county committee was relieved of its duties, and the whole business placed in the hands of the respective townships. Each township treasurer was given bonds in proportion to the number of volunteers wanted to fill its quota. BOUNTIES AND RELIEF. The following table shows the amounts expended by the county and the several townships for bounties and relief, from first to last: BOUNTIES. RELIEF. County $136,800 $5,831.57 Jackson 41,000 4,152.00 Washington 14,930 2,000.00 Perry 6,375 2,250.00 Madison 9,790 2,475.00 Ross 28,839 1,512.00 Kirklin 4,100 2,266.00 Michigan 2,800 2,024.00 Warren 6,500 2,082.00 Owen 3,600 1,360.00 Sugar Creek 3,225 1,161.50 Johnson 23,144 1,840.00 Total $281,103 $28,904.07 CALLS FOR TROOPS. Nine calls for troops were made during the war by President Lincoln: 75,000 men, three months' service, April 15, 1861. 42,034 men, three years' service, May 3, 1861. 300,000 men, nine months' service, August 4, 1862. 100,000 men, six months'service, June 15, 1863. 300,000 men, three years' service, October 17, 1863. 500,000 men, three years' service, February 1, 1864. 200,000 men, three years' service, March 15, 1864. 500,000 men, one, two or three years' service, July 18, 1864. 300,000 men, one, two or three years' service, December 19, 1864. DRAFTS—MILITIA ENROLLMENTS. There was no talk of a draft until the third call was made. September 20, 1863, the deficiency for Indiana was 3,003. In Clinton County these townships were short: Washington, 8; Madison, 26; Ross, 13; Kirklin, 7; Owen, 17; total, 71. The enrolling commissioners' returns made at this time contained these items: Total militia, 2,240; total volunteers, 1,031; total exempt, 318-conscientionsly opposed to bearing arms, 52; total volunteers in service, 962; total subject to draft, 1,870. R. P. Davidson was appointed Draft Commissioner for Clinton County; Enos Hoover, Marshal, and Z. B. Gentry, Surgeon. The draft took place in some parts of Indiana October 6, 1862, but before that date Clinton County had raised its full quota, and was safe. The next two calls were filled without recourse to a draft in this State. Under the call of October 17, 1863, for three years' men, Clinton County's quota was 177, which number was promptly raised. At the close of 1864 the Provost-Marshal-General's Department made its final report for the year, according to which Clinton County's credit, under the last three calls was 853 men, an excess of ten over its quota. Another draft was made in Indiana in February, 1865, under the call of December 19,1864, and thirty-five men were to be drafted in this county. As related above, however, the county and town-ship authorities secured the full number of volunteers by using liberal bounties—$400 to each man. It can be truthfully said that not a single drafted man went from Clinton County into the war, although on one or two occasions there was a narrow escape from that result. Two years after the close of the war Adjutant-General Terrell's report showed that Clinton County's able-bodied population, or militia, included 3,576 men. It is not believed that the Knights of the Golden Circle, or the Sons of Liberty, gained any strong footing in the county. If so, their operations were kept very quiet Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA, TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNS, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL HISTORY, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1886. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/clinton/military/civilwar/other/thecivil137gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 48.6 Kb