FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO [Page 109] *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by LeaAnn Rich leaann1@bellsouth.net February 22, 1999 *************************************************************************** HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. Page 109 HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. Adam Plickenhacher, discharged for disability Nov. 5, 1847. Charles Hartz, discharged for disability Jan. 12, 1848. Burchard Steinlein, discharged for disability Feb. 24, 1848. William Kachner, discharged on account of wounds Feb. 24, 1848. Napoleon Meyer, discharged for disability Jan. 16, 1848. Anton Voeth, discharged for disability March 3, 1848. Benedict Diesteizwig, transferred to regimental band. Jacob Tehneider, transferred to regimental band. William Schneider, promoted to Q. M. Sergeant Aug. 20, 1848 SECOND REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, in August and September, 1861. Before this period, it was in the three months service, participating in the first "flurry" of war around Washington city. In the organization for three years, the majority of the field, line and staff had seen three months' service. In September, 1861, the regiment, with a full complement of officers, and over nine hundred men, moved, by order of General O.W. Mitchell, to Olympian Springs, in eastern Kentucky. This was the first regiment of national troops in that portion of the State and the good behavior of the soldiers of the Second regiment did much to remove the general opinion that the "yankees" were anything except honorable. On the twenty-second of October, the regiment made a forced night march, of nearly thirty miles, surprising, and totally defeating the rebels, under Jack May. The rebel loss, in killed and wounded, was considerable, while the Second came off unharmed. Subsequently, the regiment joined the command of General Nelson, and was in the movement on Prestonburg, and the repulse of the rebels at Ivy Mountain, in which it lost two men killed, and seven wounded. From here the Second repaired to Louisville, where it was brigaded, and attached to the division of General O. M. Mitchell. The winter of 1861-2 was passed in perfecting themselves in drill, preparatory to the arduous work before them. In February, 1862, the division, Major-general B. C. Buell commanding, moved on Bowling Green, Gallatin and Nashville, occupying the last-named place. When, on march, General Buell's army moved to the assistance of General Grant, at Pittsburgh landing, the Second Ohio moved, with its division, on Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Fayetteville, and Huntsville, and engaged in several small affairs with the enemy, along the Memphis & Charleston railroad. The regiment was also with the column that first occupied Bridgeport. On Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, the Second Ohio, then stationed at Battle Creek, Tennessee, moved across the mountains, to Louisville, where the army was organized. The Second was assigned to Rosseau's division, in General McCooks left wing, and, with two divisions of that command, participated in the well-contested battle of Perryville, or Chaplin Hills, losing, on the 8th of October, nearly forty per cent. of all engaged. Captains Berryhill and Herel, and twenty-seven enlisted men, were killed, and Captains Beatty, Maxwell and McCoy, and eighty-seven enlisted men, wounded. Our army pursued the flying rebels as far as Crab Orchard, and returned to Nashville. General William S. Rosecrans, succeeding Buell in command, changed the name of the department to the "Army of the Cumberland." Subsequently,the division to which the Second Ohio was attached, was ssigned to the Fourteenth army corps, General George H. Thomas, commanding, where it remained up to the battle of Atlanta, participating in all the marches and battles of that distinguished corps. At the battle of Stone River, December 31, 1862, the Second was closely engaged, and suffered serious loss In this action, the regiment captured the colors of the Thirty-second regiment, Arkansas volunteers. Chickamauga was the next battle ground. In this hotly contested engagement, the regiment lost one hundred and eighty-three officers and men, killed, wounded and missing. Falling back into the intrenchments, they remained until November 24, 1862, when the brigade to which the Second Ohio, was attached, was sent to the assistance of General Hookere, participated, on Lookout Mountain, in his celebrated battle above the clouds. In the battle of Mission Ridge, which occurred on the succeeding day, the regiment made its way to the crest, with slight loss, and captured the colors of the thirty-eighth Alabama. The enemy was pursued to Ringgold, Georgia, where a halt was made. The regiment was in the advance in the reconnoissance to Buzzard's Roost, in February, 1864. In May, following, the regiment formed a portion of Sherman's force for the Atlanta campaign, and on the fourteenth of that month, at Resaca, suffered heavily in an attempt to carry, by assault, the enemies intrenched position, losing Captain Jacob Fottrell, and twelve men, killed, and Captains Staley and Mitchell, and twenty-seven men, wounded. The regiment next moved with the division to the Chattahoochie river, and on July 21, 1864, took part in the battle of Peachtree Creek. Here, First Lieutenant and Adjutant John W. Thomas was killed, the last man of the regiment to offer up his life for the flag. The regiment remained in front of Atlanta until August 1, 1864, when it was ordered to Chattanooga, for final discharge, and some four weeks later was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, having seen thirty eight months of active service. The regiment's loss, killed in battle, one hundred and eleven; wounded, four hundred and twenty-five. SECOND REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY COMPANY B Mustered into service September 18, 1861, for three years. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Captain O.C. Maxwell First Lieutenant, John A. Allen Second Lieutenant, John F. Gallagher NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Sergeant Jacob A. Leonard Sergeant Jacob Thompson Sergeant Tobias Ross Sergeant Benton Richard Sergeant Alexander Schenck Corporal John W. Buehner Corporal Andrew I. Ward Corporal Cyrus Anderson Corporal William M. Adams