Ashland County OhArchives Military Records.....History Of The Mississippi Marine Brigade Other War ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 5, 2007, 12:40 am History Of The Mississippi Marine Brigade THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE. This was a special service, under command of Gen. Ellett, consisting of seven wooden gunboats, engaged in protecting transports on the Mississippi river, and fighting guerrillas or bushwhackers. The men composing the brigade, about 1,500, were all in service, and were mustered out of their commands to be mustered into the brigade by special order from War Department. These were in reality the first veterans of the war, although they have never received veteran bounty. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 1669 Two Hundred Years. 1865 THE MILITARY HISTORY OF OHIO. ITS BORDER ANNALS, ITS PART IN THE INDIAN WARS, IN THE WAR OF 1812, IN THE MEXICAN WAR, AND IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, WITH A PREFIX, GIVING A COMPENDIUM OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, HISTORY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SKETCHES OF ITS SIGNERS, AND OF THE PRESIDENTS, WITH PORTRAITS AND AUTOGRAPHS. ILLUSTRATED. SPECIAL LOCAL DEPARTMENT, IN EDITIONS BY COUNTIES, GIVING A ROSTER OF OHIO'S RANK AND FILE FROM THE COUNTY LN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, REGIMENTAL HISTORIES, WITH HISTORIES OF ITS G. A. R. AND LADIES' AUXILIARY POSTS, and CAMPS OF SONS OF VETERANS. H. H. HARDESTY, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK, TOLEDO AND CHICAGO. 1886. [COPYRIGHTED.] ROLL OF HONOR OF OHIO'S RANK AND FILE FROM ASHLAND COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ashland/military/otherwar/other/historyo54gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb