Submitted to the USGenWeb Project by: jlwaite@weir.net This information may be freely copied, but may not be copied for monitary gain. Hancock County Soldiers in the Civil War COMPANY F Captain James E. Morrow recruited nearly al of Company F in Hancock County, the officers and privatew of which are as follows: OFFICERS James E. Morrow, Captain Theodore L. Apple, First Lieutenant James L. Steel, Second Lieutenant Thayer Melvin, First Lieutenant Charles A. Freeman, First Lieutenant John W. White, First Lieutenant PRIVATES Peter Catlin John Eskin Robert Jackson James Wycoff James Brown William McCrea Octavius Reed John Sweeney Egbert P. Shulter Thomas Gardner Thomas Farnsworth Martin Kemp Simpson O'Brien William Hart Martin V. Brandon William Chapman Henry Farnsworth Thomas J. Lockhart William Allison Benjamin Heckathorn Abraham Moore William Root John Allison Clinton Moore Robert Marshall George W. Hunter George Kemp Joshua Peterson Jesse Kemp James A. McCarty Alex. Lockhart Henry J. Maxwell John Sullivan Samuel Chapman John Hutchinson John Porter James Bradley W. E. Lowery W. M. Miller William Snider John N. McCarty David Householder John Kemp John Pearce COMPANY G CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS This company had but a few ment from Hancock county. The author has benn informed that the following persons included all from this county. OFFICERS Oscar F. Melvin, Captain Thomas Lloyd, First Lieutenant Joseph O. Adams, Second Lieutenant George W. Edie, Corporal PRIVATES C. B. Armstrong, Private John N. Edie, Private Daniel Kerr, Private John C. Pugh, Private John W. Plattenburg, Private Albert E. Bonsall, Private James E. Morrow, Private John A. Bonsall, Private On January 7th, 1862, this regiment participated in an engagement at Blue's Gap, Virginia, and was in the command of General Lander at the evacuation of Romney, January 10th, continuing under him until his death at Paw-paw Tunnel, Virginia, which occurred in February 1862. It subsequently formed a part of the third brigade of Gen. Shield's division, and bore an active part in the battle of Winchester, Virginia, March 23rd, 1862, and werved with this division during the campaign in the Valley of Virginia through the months of April, May and June, in the meantime performing creditable and laborious service. At te battle of Prot Republic, Virginia, which occured on the 8th adn 9th of June, it lost heavily. It was assigned tot he fourth brigade of Rickett's division of McDowell's corps, of the Army of Virginia, July 1862. Whilst in this command it participated in the actions at Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Thorough-far Gap and the second battle of Bull Run, which engagements all took place in August. A detach- ment of five companies of this regiment was attaked, on the 5th of September, by Gen. Imboden's brigade, and repulsed with small loss. On the 11th, before day-break, it was again attacked, by surprise, by a detachment of Imboden's brigade, under command of McNeil, in which the camp and a large portion of the command were captured. On the 30th of January, 1864, it retreated to New Creek, W. Va., before a superior force under command of Gen. Early. The regiment was sent to Wheeling on a veteran furlough on the 25th of February, 1864, and on April 1st it joined General Sullivan's command and was attached to the second brigade under command of Colonel Thoburn. In the months of April and May, 1864, it was in General Siegel's campaign in the Shenandoah valley and engaged in the battle of New Market, May 14th and 15th, 1864, and meritoriously engaged in the battles of Piedmont and Lynchburg, and retreated with General Hunter's army in its retreat fromLynchburg to the Kanawha river. Participated in the campaign of General Crook against Early in the Shenandoah valley, and was in the battles of Snicker's Ferry and Winchester. August, September, October it was actively engaged with Sheridan's army, at Cedar Creek, at Berryville, at Charlestown, and Halltown. On the 26th day of November, 1864, it was mustered out of service by Lieutenant Henry C. Peck, Fourteenth United States Infantry. ~~~~~~~~ Source: History of The Pan-Handle