History Of Delaware County Mustered into service at Indianapolis, Ind., September 9, 1862, with Felix W. Graham, Colonel in command. It was mustered out June 16, 1865.
Officers, 51; men, 1,191; recruits, 522. Total 1,764. Officers died, 1; men died, 216; deserters, 125.
FIELDS OF OPERATION
Indiana border, in 1862-63; in Kentucky, in 1863; pursuit of Morgan in 1863; East Tennessee, in 1863-64; against Atlanta, in 1864; Stoneman's raid in Georgia in 1864; in Tennessee, in 1864; Kentucky and Tennessee, in 1865.
The Fifth Cavalry was engaged in twenty-two battles and skirmishes. It marched 2,400 miles, and was transported 1000 miles by water. Took 640 prisoners; the total of casualties being 829, as follows: Killed in action, 34; died from wounds, 13; died in rebel prisons, 115; died in hospitals, 74; wounded in action, 72; catured in action, 497; officers wounded, 6; officers killed, 1; officers captured, 17. Total, 829. Only three from Delaware County are set down to the Ninetieth Regiment.
COMPANY C.
Henry McDermitt, mustered out June 15, 1865.
Samuel Mann, mustered out June 15, 1865.
William Nation, discharged November 12, 1862.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST REGIMENT (THREE YEARS).
This regiment was mustered into service at Wabash, Ind., on the 17th of September, 1862, under command of William Garver, Colonel. It was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., on the 24th of June, 1865. At the mustering in of the regiment, there 44 officers, 904 men, 124 recruits--in all, 1,072. Upon being mustered out, it was found that the casualities of the regiment had been 4 officers and 246 men killed; 41 deserters.
FIELDS OF OPERATION.
Against Kirby Smith, in Kentucky; in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1862-63; Rosecrans' campaign in thos States during the year 1863; against Atlanta, in 1864; the pursuit of Hood during the same year, and Sherman's march to the sea, concluding in the march through the Carolinas in 1865. The regiment was engaged in 12 battles and other action; marched 3, 507 miles; went by rail 759 miles and by steamer 650 miles, making in all 4,916 miles. Its route traversed Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The battles in which it participated were the following: Milton, Tennessee, March 18, 1863, in which 43 were killed and wounded; McMinnville, Tennessee, April 20, 1863; Hoovers's Gap, Tennessee, June 24, 1863; Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863---loss 3 killed, 85 wounded and 16 missing, in all 114; Mission Ridge, Georgia, November 25, 1863---loss 34 killed and wounded; Adairsville, Georgia, May, 1864: Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864; Cassville, Georgia, May 19, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 27, 1864; Kenesaw, Georgia, June 27, 1864; the siege of Atlanta, from July 21 to September 2, 1864, including Jonesboro, on the 1st of September.
COMPANY E.
Isaac Bales, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Fegruary 21, 1863.
Samuel Bales, discharged March 16, 1863.
Ephraim Howell, discharged February 14, 1865.
Rolla F. Howell, mustered out June 24, 1865.
William E. McDaniel, mustered out June 24, 1865.
John Yost, missing in action at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863.
MORGAN'S RAID REGIMENTS---(MINUTE MEN). July 8, 1863.---Late at night, word was brought to Indianapolis that about six thousand cavalry, with four pieces of cannon, had crossed the Ohio River and were moving on Corydon. Gov. Morton at once called for troops, and, within forty-eight hours, 65,000 men had tendered their services. Thirteen regiments and one battalion were organized immediately for the emergency. One regiment was formed July 9; six regiments were mustered in July 10; five regiments July 12, and one July 13. The regiments were numbered from the One Hundred and Second to the one Hundred and Fourteenth, inclusive. The statistics of these regiments are exhibited in the following: One Hundred and Second, organized July 10, contained 623 men, under command of Col. Benjamin M. Gregory; mustered in the same day; mustered out July 17, 1863. One Hundred and Third, organized July 10, 1863, containing 681 men, under command of Col. Lawrence S. Shuler; was mustered into service the same day; mustered out July 16, 1863. One Hundred and Fourth, organized July 10, 1863, with 719 men, under command of Col. James Gavin; mustered into service the same day; mustered out July 18, 1863. One Hundred and Fifth, organized July 12, 1863, with 713 men, Col. Kline G. Shryock in command; mustered into sevice the same day; mustered out July 18, 1863. One Hundred and Sixth, organized July 12, 1863, with 792 men, commanded by Col. Isaac P. Gray; was mustered into service the same day; mustered out July 18, 1863. One Hundred and Seventh, organized July 12, 1863, with Dewitt C. Rugg, Colonel in command; was mustered into service July 12, 1863; mustered out July 18, 1863. One Hundred and Eighth, organized July 12, 1863, with 710 men, commanded by Col. William C. Wilson; mustered into service the same day; mustered out July 18, 1863. One Hundred and Ninth, organized July 10, 1863, and mustered into service the same day, with 709 men, under command of Col. John R. Mahan; was mustered out July 17, 1863. One Hundred and Tenth, organized July 12, 1863, and mustered into service the same day, with 836 men, under the command of Col. Graham N. Fitch; mustered out July 15, 1863. One Hundred and Eleventh, organized July 15, 1863, with 733 men, and mustered into sevice the same day, Col. Robert Conover in command; mustered out July 15, 1863. One Hundred and Twelfth, organized and mustered into sevice July 10, 1863, with 703 men, in command of Col. Hiram F. Braxton; was mustered out July 17, 1863. One Hundred and Thirteenth, organized and mustered into sevice July 10, 1863, with 526 men, commanded by Col. George W. Burge; was mustered out July 16, 1863. One Hundred and Fourteenth, organized July 9, 1863, and mustered into service the same day, with 383 men, under the command of Col. Samuel Lambertson.
The One Hundred and Tenth Regiment contained two companies from Delaware County---Companies E, of 92 men, and F, 65 men. The One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment contained four companies from Delaware County---Companies A, 88 men, D, 58 men, F, 47 men, and I, 68 men. For the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment, Delaware County furnished no regimental officers. Company officers and men were furnished that regiment, as follows:
COMPANY E.
Captain--Albert L. Zimmerman.
First Lieutenant--Joseph H. Kirk.
Second Lieutenant--W. B. Williams.
Sergeants--John M. Russey, William L. Little, Samuel C. Spalding, William H. Current and John B. Pence.
Corporals--Sell L. Davis, William H. Scudder, John Kirby, Webster Smith.
Privates--James T. Austin, robert Adams, Jacob Aughe, Henry Adams, Edward W. Brady, Samuel Brady, Thomas S. Benham, Spencer H. Benadum, Marion Baldwin, Franklin Benadum, Robert Beuoy, William Crouch, George Coffeen, Edward H. Cowan, Joseph Clark, James M. Catterline, John A. Deal, John A Douglass, David Duffenbaugh, Lewis Ethell, Joseph Fox, Andrew J. George, George S. Howland, Samuel R. Hutchison, Mornay Helm, Daniel Huffer, Samuel V. Huffer, George Hazzard, Adelbert Haines, Cyril Jones, George Kirby, Hall Little, David Lynn, John A. Lovett, James McPherson, John Messick, Henry Mathews, Squire Miller, James Mack, Frederick McClellan, Frank McClellan, John R. Mason, Elder M. Mitchener, Cyrus Neely, Joseph Newman, George W. Nixon, Thomas Parker, William H. Powell, Samuel Parker, Thomas Q Parker, Samuel Rodman, Richard L Richardson, Francis M. Richardson, Patrick Ryan, Frederick E. Retz, George W. Reasoner, Henry Rodman, Levin W. Shaffer, Stephen Streeter, John W. Scudder, Charles Sweeney, Joseph Steele, Timothy Shannon, James Thomas, Leonidas S. Turne, Henry Vice, George W. Watson, Henry Worrell, Ambrose Willson, Levi Wilcoxin, John Wilcoxin, William B. Waldo, Albert Wright, William Winslow, John Youky.
COMPANY F. Captain--James r. Nation.
First Lieutenant--William Wright.
Second Lieutenant--William Nation.
Sergeants--J. W. Thornburg, Noah Harrold, Isaac Sowerwine, William Graves, N. E. Conn.
Corporals--John Needham, George Miller, Benjamin Brown, James J. Crouch.
Privates--Peter Asher, Isaac Arnold, Shem Bowers, George Bowers, Samuel Brown, William Brown, David Brown, Charles Brown, George Besser, Michael Bowers, Charles W. Clevenger, Jonathan Clevenger, John Clevenger, Albert Culbertson, John Carmichael, Milton Davis, Isaac Downing, Taylor Gibson, William Gibson, George Gibson, Walter Gibson, Richard Gibson, Ephraim Harrold, Milo Harrold, Valentine Harrold, Aaron Hill, George Heath, James T. Harrison, Lewis Johnson, Charles Johnson, James T. Johnson, J. M. McKinney, Abram Micham, Thomas Madden, William Needham, Isaac Needham, James Powers, isaac Rinker, John Simpson, John Sherman, Thomas Shaw, George W. Stephenson, Joh W. Tuttle, Darlin Tuttle, W. S. Thornburg, Thomas Thornburg, Reuben Thompson, Sherrod B. West, Charles H. Weaver, Harvey White, William Windson, Christian Williams, James Wright.
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH REGIMENT---(MINUTE MEN).
COMPANY A.
Captain--J. H. Koontz
First Lieutenant--Alexander Miller.
Second Lieutenant--John J. Jones
Sergeants--John T. Runolds, George W. Kilgore, William F. Coppersmith, William Applegate, Gilbert S. Taudrey.
Corporals--Samuel Jones James W. reynolds, Henry C. Parkison, Isaac Neely.
Privates--James R. Applegate, David Antim, Elliott Allen, William Combs, James W. Curtis, Roark Cole, William Cock, Theophilus Davis, Cyrus Dragoo, Conrad Dippell, Daniel Dragoo, Isaac Eppard, Jacob Erther, C. E. Gilbert, Andrew Gray, William Gilbert, Sylvanus Hawk, William Harmon, William Horn, William W. Hensley, John W. Howell, Isham Humphrey, James A. Jester, Charles E. Jones, Alfred F. Jones, John W. Jones, William H. Jones, Vachel Kendall, William R. Landry, George Liable, Stewart H. Literal, William Marker, Richard N. Miller, George McKinley, William J. Morgan, Benjamin F. Neely, Matthias Pitser, Michael Pitser, William Pitser, Samuel Parkison, William S. Pitser, John Paty, George W. Parkison, William J. Patterson, Richard M. Rader, William Rader, Jesse M. Rollins, William H. Reynolds, George W. Reed, John Shields, Joseph Stewart, John A. Swift, John Swift, Jacob Staley, William N. Stewart, Jesse Swift, Jacob Shimer, James Taylor, John W. Taylor, John B. Turner, Darlin M. Tuttle, Jerry Van Note, S. S. Van Note, David Van Buskirk, Hugh Walker, Jesse H. Williamson, Matthew S. Walker, William N. White, Philip R. Weicle, James Williamson, Josepth T. White, F. E. White, Nathaniel Yingling, Hamilton Yingling.
COMPANY D. Captain-- Christopher C. Ruggles.
First Lieutenant--Levi Clark.
Second Lieutenant--William H. Props.
Sergeants--Charles Carter, Owen M. Wilson, George Reynold, Isaac Lewis, Matthew McCormack.
Corporals--Joseph M. Reynolds, George F. Black, Jacob Stiffler, John Mendwall.
Privates--James V. Abbott, Hiram Adams, Robert Brant, Allen T. Brandt, Lucas Brandt, William D. Barley, John Cohorn, Dennis Cabinall, Dillard Drake, Charles Ellis, Daniel Green, Jeremiah Gerrard, Benjamin Holdren, Daniel Haines, John Haines, Frederick Haines, Daniel Jackson, Peter B. Kennedy, Nelson Kirkpatrick, Calvin Keenan, Uriah Low, James Mitchell, William McCormack, John R. Mansfield, Robert Mansfield, James Northcut, Edward Purdue, David Pixley, Thomas Retherford, George Stafford, James R. Stafford, John Stafford, John Shideler, Joseph K. Shideler, John Sebring, William Smith, B. F. Slonaker, Frederick Stiffler, Jacob M. Slonaker, Jerry Thomas, Hiram Vincent, Lewis Vincent, William Walburn, Goldsberry Wilson, James Williams, Abijah A. Younce.
COMPANY F. Captain--James P. Snodgrass.
First Lieutenant--Hiram H. Harter.
Second Lieutenant--Peter Trimble.
Sergeants--David Reed, James Moore, William Tinker, Jefferson Snodgrass, Samuel Finner.
Corporals--James Childs, James McLaughlin, James Smith, Lewis McLaughlin.
Privates--Thomas Antrim, William C. Antrim, Jefferson Antrim, David Antrim, Robert Baley, James Curts, Thomas J. Danner, Richard A. Danner, Sylvester George, Levi Hawk, Jacob Isley, Samuel Isley, George McLaughlin, John R. Miller, William McLaughlin, Jefferson McLaughlin, Samuel Noble, William F. Null, Green P. Reeder, James Reed, James M. Reed, George W. Resoes, Amos Ratliff, Samuel Reed, Samuel Stout, Barnet B. Stephenson, John Stout, David Shepherd, George W. Secrist, Matthew S. Swift, William G. Snodgrass, Joseph Thomas, Francis Van Buskirk, Samuel Welch, Samuel A. White.
COMPANY I. Captain--Jacob H. Wysor.
First Lieutenant--Daniel W. Place.
Second Lieutenant--Joseph Edmonds.
Sergeants--Ozias L. Elliott, Frank Addington, Thomas Jones, Benjamin Place, Moses Butts.
Corporals--Henry Snyder, John Heffner, Peter Fagle, James Carpenter.
Privates-- James Adams, James Andrews, Watson Adams, William Berry, John Berry, William J. Berk, John D. Bunch, William H. Brown, John W. Branson, Job M. Crabtree, George Coffeen, James Campbell, Wellington Cunningham, Patrick Dure, Jacob Dodson, John Dungan, Ezra Dick, Henry Dick, Levi Dick, John Decamp, Walter Everett, Michael Frewner, John M. Flinn, Squire Freeman, George Feathers, George Gordon, Ervin Graves, William Gordon, Robert Hines, Henry Hankins, George Huff, James Kinney, Henry Klein, Charles King, David Lee, Jerry Muncey, Squire Miller, Samuel Muncey, Thomas Moore, Laf McCormick, James Cline, Reuben Prichard, George Parker, Samuel Parsons, George Robinson, Samuel Rodman, William Rich, Francis Shell, Jasper Snyder, Samuel Swear, Joseph Turner, Cole Wingate, Charles C. Willson, George Willson, Joseph Walling.
The regiments numbered 110 and 111 were not called into the field, and were mustered out July 15, 1863, two or three days after they were mustered into the service.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT (SIX MONTHS).
Mustered into service at La Fayette, Ind., September 17, 1863, and mustered out in Februay, 1864.Officers, 39; men, 958; recruits, 15; died, 95; deserters 13. STATISTICS.
Colonel--Thomas J. Brady; mustered out, time expired. Re-entered service as Colonel of the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment; breveted Brigadier General March 18, 1865.
The field of operations occupied by the One Hundred and Seventeenth during the period of its service, was chiefly in East Tennessee, among the mountains, and for the most part in midwinter. As a consequeince, the ordeal was a severe one, and the officers and men suffered accordingly. Their work, neverthless, was well done, and deserving the commendations of the people.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT (SIX MONTHS). Mustered into service at Wabash, Ind., on the 16th of September, 1863, with 38 officers and 949 men; subsequently 30 recruits were enlisted and incorporated with the regiment. Col. George W. Jackson was placed in command. The casualities of the campaign made the following showing: died, 81; deserted, 26.
COMPANY C.
Captain--Albert L. Zimmerman, mustered out--term expired.
First Lieutenant--Samuel C. Spalding, mustered out--term expired.
Sergeants--William J. Current, Robert H. Clift. William A. Crouch, Abner Saunders, Henry Lyon.
Corporals--George Reese, George W. Watson, William Nixon, George Reasoner, Alexander McKinley, Josiah Saucer, Morris Michener, Daniel Huffer.
Musicians--Charles Warner, John Brennan.
Wagoner--John Dickersort.
Privates--William Brown, Milton Burnett, Zachariah Blake, William Burke, Job Crabtree, James M. Clark, Jasper Culbertsen, Elisha Conner, James Campbell, Reedy Cowgill, Andrew J. Driscoll, Dillard Drake, John W. Dewitt, John P. Dunning, Caley T. Ellis, Henry Evans, William Emerson, Joseph Foreacre, Joseph Fox, Michael Fanner, Jefferson Fusan, Michael Friedline, Isaac Gibson, Charles Gibson, John Gibson, George W. Gibson, Peter Hester, Mornay Helm Frederick Huber, George S. Huston, James Jarnigan, Eli Janigan, Silas Jenkins, Robert J. Jones, Thomas Karnes, Jacob S. Keller, Philip Larkins, William Lastutter, William J. Lee, Andrew J Lyon, William McCormick, John Messick, Elias Miller, Adam Michener, Dennis Martin, William T. Merill, William R. Newhouse, Joseph New house, Joseph Noble, Patrick Owens, James Parker, George Parker, Oscar Parker, William H. Painter, Orson Potter, William Rich, William H. Richer, John Shuman, James Summerville, Martin Smiley, William H. Scudder, William H. Steel, John W. Scudder, John Tuttle, John M. Thornburg, Theopilus Thornburg, Philip Woodward, William P. Waldo, Henry C. Worl, Samuel L. Warner, Noah Wirt, Joseph Ward, Simon Young.
ACCOUNT OF THE REGIMENT. It left Indianapolis for Nicholasville, Ky., on the 19th of September, 1863, reaching Cumberland Gap, in Wilcox's command, on the 3d of October. From there, it marched to Morristown, Greenville, Clinch River; engaged in the battle of Walker's Ford, Tenn., December 2, with a loss of one killed and fourteen wounded, subsequently covering the retreat of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry, though strongly pressed by a full rebel brigade on both flanks. After moving to Tazewell, in the mountains, and to other points in that rough and difficult region, it marched to Maynardsville, Tenn., in the month of January, 1864. Thence it moved again to Cumberland Gap, Camp Nelson, and to Indianapolis about the middle of February, 1864. A few days later, the men were mustered out of service and returned once more to their homes.