OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Martin FLESHMAN - Soldier History Civil War
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For: bafann@sunline.net

Barbara,
   This is the last Fleshman serving Ohio that came up:

Uriah Fleshman:

Residence not listed; 22 years old. Enlisted on 8/13/62 as a Private. On
9/12/62 he mustered into "E" Co. OH 118th Infantry. He died of wounds on
7/19/64 at Knoxville, TN He was listed as: Wounded 6/27/64 Kenesaw
Mountain, GA. 
Sources: - Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

The General Assembly; The Roster Commission. Official Roster of
the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. 11 vols. 
Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1886.


                          Regiment History      

              OHIO ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY 
                            (Three Years) 

One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry. - Col., Samuel R. Mott;
Lieut.-Cols., John Walkup, Thomas L Young, Edgar Sowers; Majs.,. Lester
Bliss, John W. Kincaid. This regiment was or- ganized at Cincinnati and
Camp Mansfield from Sept. 12 to Nov. 7, 1862, to serve for three years.
It moved with other troops toward Lexington, Ky.,and at Cynthiana was
detached to guard the railroad. It was similarly occupied during nearly
the entire first year of its service and then moved into East
Tennessee,receiving its baptism of fire at the battle of Mossy creek
where it lost about 40 killed and wounded.The regiment was engaged in
marching and counter-marching, with nothing of spe- cial interest
occurring until the campaign of 1864, when in May it moved upon Dalton
and from there advanced upon Resaca. At this place it participated in a
charge upon the enemy's works and out of 300 men actually engaged it
lost 116 in less than 10 minutes. After a few days' rest it engaged in
the fierce battle of Dallas, bearing a gallant part. It was also engaged
at Kennesaw mountain and in the final movements which occasioned the
fall of Atlanta, losing in these latter operations about 75 men. At no
time during the campaign,after June 1, did it number over 250 men and it
was diminished at one time to 120. After the fall of Atlanta it fell
back to Decatur, where it rested a short time and then joined in the
pursuit of Hood. It participated in the battles of Franklin and
Nashville and the pursuit of the retreating Confederates as far as
Columbia. It then proceeded to North Carolina, where it participated in
the capture of Fort Anderson, being the first regiment to plant its
colors on the walls. It was engaged in the action at Town creek,and in
the final movements against Gen. Johnston at Mosely Hall. It was
mustered out on June 24, 1865.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.


Bob---(Take your pick.)


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