Guernsey County OhArchives Obituaries.....Carothers, William Dales May 28, 1865 ************************************************ 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: Deidre Badker berniebadker@iowatelecom.net January 29, 2012, 8:30 am Family research as of 2012 William Dales Carothers was born September 9, 1843 Irel​and to William L. Caro​ thers and Sarah Dales.​ Emigrated with his parents to Guernsey, Ohio about 1847. Believe he died May 28, 1865, a​ casualty of the Civil​ War. Buried at Bell Cemetery, Liberty, Guernsey, Ohio. Found in the 1850 census living at Monroe, Guernsey, Ohio: Ann (should be William) Carothers 33, Sarah Carothers 27, Ann (should be William) Carothers 7, Jno (John) Carothers 5, Jno (George) Patterson Carothers 2. Found in the 1860 census living at Liberty, Guernsey, Ohio: William Carothers 43, Sarah Carothers 49, William Dales Carothers 16, John Carothers 14, George P. Carothers 12, Margaret J Carothers 9, Agnes Carothers 7, Andrew Carothers 3, James Carothers 5. William fought in the Civil War for the Union Side. He joined the 15th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company B, enlisting as a Private on August 8, 1862 at the age of 21(if dates are correct, he was only 19 yrs old). Enlisted in Company F, 101st Infantry Regiment Ohio on 30 Aug 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company F, 101st Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 Dec 1862 at Bowling Green, KY. (William was a casualty of the Civil War.) From information found: Regimental History- OHIO - 101st INFANTRY (3 years): One Hundred and First Infantry. - Cols., Leander Stem, Isaac M. Kirby; Lieut.- Cols., John Franz, Moses F. Wooster, John Messer, Bedan B. McDonald; Maj., Daniel H. Fox. This -regiment was organized at Camp Monroeville, Aug. 30, 1862, to serve for three years. In September, although not quite ready for field service, it was hurried by rail to Cincinnati and thence across the river to Covington, Ky. to assist in repelling a threatened raid by Kirby Smith. In October it marched with the Federal force in pursuit of Gen. Bragg, and was engaged in the battle of Perryville. In this, its first encounter with the enemy, the regiment bore itself well and bravely, meriting and receiving the praises of its brigade and division commanders, and losing several men. It then moved into Tennessee and in the spirited encounter at Nolensville in December particularly signalized itself, behaving like a veteran regiment and capturing 2 bronze field pieces. At Stone's river it was in the hottest of the fight and on the third day of the battle was one of the regiments transferred to the left, where with the bayonet it helped to turn the tide of battle. The regiment lost in this engagement 219 killed and wounded. When the Tullahoma campaign was inaugurated the regiment moved with that portion of the army that demonstrated in the direction of Liberty gap, where it was engaged with Cleburne's Confederate division for two days. It crossed Lookout mountain to the field of Chickamauga, participated in both days of that battle, displaying great coolness and gallantry, and during the heat of battle on the second day retaking a Federal battery from the enemy, fighting over the guns with clubbed muskets. It marched with the army on the Atlanta campaign and was actively engaged in the almost constant fighting of that arduous march. It moved with the army around Atlanta, fighting at Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station and then returned to Atlanta. It followed Hood into Tennessee and was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It was mustered out on June 12, 1865. Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2. Additional Comments: Censuses transcribed as found, obvious spelling errors not corrected. Information found believed to be correct, some discrepancies found as there were numerous men named William Carothers living at about the same time in the same area of the country. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/guernsey/obits/c/carother1241gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb