Company B

First Name	Last Name	Rank_In	Rank_Out
Daniel G.	Anderson	Corporal	Corporal
Henry L.	Badger	Sergeant	Sergeant
John N.	Ball	Private	Private
Thomas J.	Ball	Private	Corporal
Patterson	Barker	Private	Private
Zeiba B.	Barker	Private	Private
Wilbert E.	Barnes	Private	Private
Wilson	Barnes	Private	Private
Jonas	Beck	Private	Private
Theodore L.	Beers	Private	Private
Henry P.	Bennett	First Lieutenant	Captain
James	Bennett	Private	Private
Murray J.	Bennett	Sergeant	Sergeant
Lyman W	Black	Private	Private
Thornton F.	Black	Corporal	Private
David	Bonar	Corporal	Corporal
William E.	Burk	Private	Corporal
Jesse T.	Burr	Private	Sergeant Major
Frederick S.	Burrows	Private	Sergeant Major
Andrew	Calhoun	Private	Private
Evan	Carpenter	Private	Private
William H.	Colwill	Private	Private
Frank	Craft	Private	Private
Nathan	Craig	Private	Private
John H.	Craven	Private	Private
Norman	Davis	Private	Private
Alfred J.	Dickison	Private	Private
William B.	Dowds	Private	Private
William F.	Duff	Private	Private
Benjamin	Durbin	Private	Private
Calvin	Dush	Private	Private
Jesse K.	Edgar	Private	Private
Hyram	Eggleston	Private	Private
Valentine	Farquhar	Private	Private
Phineas A.	Fawcett	Ordnance Sergeant	First Sergeant
Jacob	Feaster	Private	Private
William R.	Forbes	Private	First Sergeant
Lertin D.	Fornshil	Private	Private
John	Gorsuch	Private	Corporal
Barnet B.	Grenlee	Private	Private
Job	Harden	Private	Private
John	Harden	Private	Private
Solomon	Harden	Private	Private
George	Hardinger	Private	Private
Andrew	Hart	Private	Private
Daniel	Henry	Private	Private
John H.	Hess	Private	Private
Samuel H.	Hess	Corporal	Private
George W	Heweller	Private	Private
Thomas	Hibbitts	Private	Private
Franklin	Hill	Private	Private
Samuel M.	Hobbs	Private	Private
George	Hovler	Private	Private
David	Ireland	Private	Private
Joseph	Jacobs	Corporal	Sergeant
Ezra	Johnson	Private	Private
Daniel	Keefer	Private	Private
William	Kring	Private	Private
William P.	Lafever	Private	Private
William McHenry	Lafferee	Private	Private
George	Lemmer	Private	Private
Joseph	Leonard	Captain	Major
Milford	Lewis	Private	Private
William	Link	Private	Private
George W.	Lore	Sergeant	Sergeant
William H.	Mast	Sergeant	Sergeant
George	McClurg	Private	First Lieutenant
James	Meyers	Private	Private
Samuel	Morrison	Private	Private
Thomas	Nickols	Private	Private
William	Orrison	Private	Private
Jeremiah	Oxley	Private	Corporal
Thomas	Parker	Private	Private
Morris	Penrose	Private	Private
John A	Peoples	Corporal	Corporal
Ira M.	Phillips	Private	Private
Columbus D.	Popham	Musician	Musician
Marquis De L.	Redding	Private	Private
John	Reynolds	Private	Private
Benjamin	Rhodes	Private	Private
John	Rice	Private	Private
John	Robinson	Private	Private
Squire	Robinson	Private	Private
George	Roby	Private	Private
William H.	Roscoe	Corporal	Corporal
John Rufus	Rowley	Private	Private
William H.	Scarbrough	Private	Sergeant
Henry H	Severns	Private	Private
Loring L	Severns	Private	Private
Benjamin	Shir	Private	Private
John	Slayman	Private	Private
John G	Smith	Private	Private
Samuel B.	Smith	Sergeant	Sergeant
John F.	Smur	Wagoner	Wagoner
Harvey B.	Snediker	Corporal	Private
Henry H.	Sovereigns	Private	Private
Joseph	Spencer	Private	Private
James A.	Stewart	Private	Corporal
Robert T.	Stilley	Private	Private
William	Stillings	Private	Private
Samuel	Stokes	Private	Private
Solomon	Taylor	Private	Private
Isaiah	Thayer	Private	Private
Chester	Thompson	Private	Private
Ignatius	Tillett	Private	Private
George W.	Tish	Private	Private
Charles	Tress	Private	Private
John T.	Truesdale	Corporal	Private
John W.	Walker	Private	Private
George A.	Walter	Private	Private
Orin L.	Walter	Private	Corporal
John W.	Walters	Private	Private
George	Werrick	Private	Private
Cyrenius	Wheatcraft	Private	Private
William S.	Wing	Second Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Louis	Woodmansee	First Lieutenant	First Lieutenant
Zachariah	Workman	Private	Private
David	Wright	Private	Private
William A.	Wright	Private	Private
William H.	Wright	Private	Wagoner
Jacob	Young	Private	Sergeant

First Name	Last Name	Rank_In	Rank_Out
Samuel R.	Arbuckle	Private	Private
Thomas J.	Baggs	Private	Private
Jacob	Baltzle	Private	Private
Amos G.	Bargar	Private	Private
Robert T.	Barge	Private	Private
Peter	Battey	Private	Private
Newton M.	Beach	Private	Private
John H.	Beatty	Corporal	Private
John	Bickham	Private	Private
William	Black	Sergeant	Sergeant
William H. H.	Black	Private	Private
Spencer	Booker	Private	Private
Perry	Bottles	Private	Private
Lemuel	Breese	Private	Private
George	Brown	Private	Private
John F.	Burdine	Private	Private
William	Campbell	Private	Private
Henry C.	Carr	Private	Private
William H	Chandler	First Lieutenant	Captain
John W.	Coe	Private	Corporal
Shedrach A.	Cole	Private	Private
David	Colmery	Private	Private
John	Cox	Private	Private
Gilbert Y.	Cronk	Private	Corporal
Francis M.	Curren	Private	Private
Jacob W.	Dalrymple	Corporal	Second Lieutenant
Albert	Davis	Private	Private
Isaac M	Dewitt	Private	Private
Samuel R.	Dille	Private	Corporal
Harrison	Doty	Corporal	Sergeant
Martin V. B.	Ducker	Corporal	Private
James	Durning	Private	Private
Isaac	Ealy	Corporal	Private
Amos	Fell	Corporal	Corporal
Jacob B.	Fisher	Private	Corporal
James J.	Gilkison	Private	Private
Lewis	Girard	Private	Private
Isaac	Hall	Private	Private
Francis M.	Harris	Private	Private
Jacob H.	Henny	Private	Private
Colman	Hollingsworth	Private	Private
Jesse H.	Hudson	Private	Private
Cyrus W.	Humphrey	Sergeant	First Sergeant
Silas E.	Idleman	Private	Private
Barkley F.	Irwin	Corporal	First Sergeant
James W.	Johnson	Private	Private
George H.	Jones	Private	Private
Edmond	Keller	Private	Private
Samuel D.	Kemmer	Private	Private
George W.	Kline	Second Lieutenant	Regimental Quartermaster
James R.	Lambert	Private	Private
George B.	Lee	Private	Private
Chauncey	Lewis	Private	Private
Joseph	Logsden	Private	Private
Jacob R.	Lyon	Wagoner	Wagoner
David C.	Marvin	Private	Private
John B.	May	Private	Private
Daniel	McClary	Private	Private
Royal D.	McDonald	Private	Private
Abraham B.	McGowen	Corporal	Sergeant
John G. H.	Metzner	Musician	Musician
Cyrus	Miles	Private	Private
James	Miller	Private	Private
James N.	Miller	Private	Private
Levi	Miller	Private	Private
Nathan W.	Minard	Private	Private
Daniel L.	Moots	Private	Private
James B.	Mustain	Private	Private
Ninnian D.	Nichols	Private	Private
Simon A.	Numbers	Private	Private
Charles O.	Oldfield	Sergeant	First Lieutenant
George P.	O'Niel	Private	Musician
Reuben H.	Petty	Private	Private
Isaiah	Pinyard	Private	Private
James M.	Poysell	Private	Private
John B.	Rife	Private	Private
George W.	Rigby	Corporal	Corporal
William W.	Russell	Private	Private
Henry	Sanderson	Private	Private
Dewitt C.	Sanford	Private	Sergeant
Alpheus	Schofield	Private	Private
Ezra	Shreve	Private	Private
Harvey A.	Shugh	Private	Private
George F.	Shumate	Private	Private
James F.	Shumate	Private	Private
George S.	Singer	Corporal	Corporal
Matthew D.	Smith	Private	Private
David N.	Soules	Private	Private
Charles W.	Stevenson	Private	Private
John	Stockmyer	Private	Private
Melville B.	Talmage	Private	Private
Wallace	Taylor	Private	Private
Solomon	Taylor	Private	Private
Alfred A.	Thayer	Private	Private
Alexander	Thompson	Private	Private
Chancey	Tottingham	Private	Private
John C.	Tressel	Private	Private
William	Vanator	Private	Private
William	Vanatta	Private	Private
Andrew	Vance	Sergeant	Sergeant
John	Waits	Private	Private
John A.	Watt	Private	Private
William	Weaver	Private	Private
Henry C.	Wells	Private	Private
Peter D.	Wilson	Private	Private
John P.	Wishart	Corporal	Corporal
George W.	Wolf	Private	Private
Samuel P.	Wood	Private	Private
Joseph J.	Wright	Private	Private
Martin M.	Wright	Private	Private
Daniel	Zeigler	Private	Private
Thomas F.	Zuck	Private	Private

An Excerpt from:

HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY, OHIO. ITS PAST AND PRESENT ,

CONTAINING

A CONDENSED, COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF OHIO, INCLUDING AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NORTH

WEST A COMPLETE HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, CITY, TOWNS, VILLAGES,

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, INDUSTRIES, STATISTICS, ETC.; A RECORD OF ITS

SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAR; PORTRAITS OF ITS EARLY SETTLERS AND

PROMINENT MEN; VIEWS OF ITS FINEST BUILDINGS;

MISCELLANEOUS MATTER; MAP OF THE COUNTY; BIOGRAPHIES AND

HISTORIES OF PIONEER FAMILIES, ETC.

COMPILED BY N. N. HILL, JR.

ILLUSTRATED

MT. VERNON, OHIO:

A. A. GRAHAM &, CO., PUBLISHERS

1881

CHAPTER XXXV.

WAR OF THE REBELLION-CONTINUED.

COMPANIES A AND B, NINETY-SIXTH REGIMENT-ORGANI

ZATION-FIELD OFFICERS-MUSTER ROLLS-OUTLINE HIS

TORY OF THE REGIMENT WHILE IN SERVICE-COLONEL J.

W. VANCE-MUSTER OUT.

UPON the call of the President for troops in the summer of 1862, four companies were immediately raised in Knox county. The two first completed went into the Ninety-sixth Ohio, and the other two into the One Hundred and Twenty-first. Joseph W. Vance, a young and promising lawyer of Mt Vernon, who had,-been loyal and active in all that was being done to sustain the Government, was commissioned to form a regiment in the Eighth Congressional district. This regiment rendezvoused at Camp Delaware, became the Ninety-sixth, and the two companies from Mt. Vernon were, through the influence probably of Colonel Vance, assigned positions at the head of the regiment, and became companies A and B.

The field and line officers of this regiment were largely composed of those who had seen service in other regiments. Colonel Vance was without military knowledge, but courageous and able; Lieutenant Colonel A. H: Brown had seen service in Mexico, and had also been a captain in the Fourth Ohio, both in the three months' and three years' service. The major, Charles H. McElroy, had been a captain in the Twentieth Ohio.

The officers of company A upon its first organization were Captain William Mitchell, First Lieutenant William Young, Second Lieutenant George H. Terry. Captain Mitchell had been for several years superintendent and manager of the public schools of Mt. Vernon.

The officers of company B upon its first organization were Captain Joseph Leonard, First Lieutenant Henry P. Bennett, Second Lieutenant William S. Wing.

These two companies bade adieu to their friends and left for Camp Delaware early in August, 1862, and on the twenty-ninth of the same month the Ninety-sixth regiment was organized It numbered one thousand and fourteen men, rank and file.

The following list comprises the members of company B, Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, with date of enlistment:

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Joseph Leonard, July 21, 1862.

First Lieutenant Henry P. Bennett, August 12, 1862.

Second Lieutenant William S. Wing, July 23, .1862.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

(All enlisted in 1862)

First Sergeant Phineas Faucett, August 11,

Sergeant M. J. Bennett, August 15,

Sergeant Henry L. Badger, July 25,

Sergeant George W. Lore, August 12,

Sergeant William H. Mast, August 12,

First Corporal Joseph T. Jacobs, August 11,

Corporal David Bonar, August 11,

Corporal Henry B. Snediker, August 12,

Corporal Daniel G. Anderson, July 25,

Corporal Thornton F. Black, August 9,

Corporal John T. Trusdell, August 11,

Corporal William E. Burk, August 11,

Corporal John A. Peoples, August 12, 1862.

Musician W. S. McGinley, August 13, "

Musician Columbus D. Popham, August 11, "

Wagoner William H. Wright, August 11, "

PRIVATES.

Beck, Jonas, August 12, 1862.

Black, Lyman W., August 9, "

Barker, Ziba B., August 11, "

Ball, Thomas J., August 11, "

Beers, Theodore L., August 13, "

Barnes, Wilbert E., August 9, "

Barnes, Wilson, August 11, "

Barker, Patterson, August 11, "

Ball, John N., August 13, "

Bennett, James, August 6, "

Burrows, Frederick S., "

Burr, Jesse T., August 15, "

Carpenter, Evan, August 12, "

Calhoun, Andrew, August 9, "

Craven, John H., August 11, "

Colwell, William H., August 11, "

Craft, Frank, August 11, "

Craig, Nathan, August 11, "

Dickson, Alfred J., August 12, "

Davis, Norman, August 12, "

Dowds, William B., August 11, "

Durbin, Benjamin, August 11, "

Dush, Calvin, August 13, "

Edgar, Jesse K., August 12, "

Eggleston, Hiram, August 11, "

Fabes, William R., August 12, "

Farquhar, Valentine, August 9, "

Feaster, Jacob, August 13, "

Greenlee, Barnet B., August 13, "

Heweler, George W., August 13, "

Hardin, Job, August 11, "

Habbs, Samuel M., August 11, "

Hardin, Solomon, August 12, "

Hardinger, George, August 12, "

Hess, John, August 9, "

Hibbetts, Thomas, August 9, "

Hardin, John, August 11; "

Henry, Daniel, August 12: "

Hess, Samuel A., August 12, "

Hill, Franklin, February 2, 1864.

Ireland, David D., August 13, 1862.

Kring, William, August 11, "

Keefer, Daniel, August 11, "

Lafever, William P., August 10, "

Lemmar, George, August 7, "

Link, William, August 11, "

Lafferee, William McH., August 11, "

Lewis Milford, August 11, "

Myers, James, August 7, "

McClurg. George, August 9, "

Morrison, Samuel, August 13, "

Minard, Nathan W., August 11, "

Oxley, Jeremiah, August 12, "

Penrose, Morris, August 12, "

Phillips, Ira M., August 12, "

Parker, Thomas, August 12, "

Rhodes, Benjamin, August 2, 1862.

Redding, Marquis D. L., August 13, "

Rowley, John R., August 11, "

Rice, John, August 12, "

Reynolds, John P., July 25, "

Robinson, Squire, August 9, "

Stokes, Samuel, August 11, "

Sevems, Loring L., August 9, "

Shirr, Benjamin, August 11, "

Smith, John B., August 11, "

Severns, Henry H., August 11, "

Slaymon, John, August 12, "

Scarbrough, William H., August 11, "

Stilley, Robert T., August 12, "

Tressel, John C., August 8, "

Fish, George W., August 11, "

Thayer, Alfred A., August 13, "

Thayer, Isaiah J., August 13, "

Tress, Charles, July 25, "

Walter, John W., January 16, 1864.

Wright, David, August 11, 1862.

Wright, William A., August 11, "

Workman, Zachariah, August 12, "

Weirich, George, August 13, "

Walker, John W., August 12, "

Walter, Orin L., August 11, "

Wheatcraft, Cyrenius, August 9, "

Young, Jacob, August 11, "

Walter, George A., February 11, 1864.