tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118218140200598932024-02-19T03:46:20.572-05:00Ohio at PerryvilleDarryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-71279049713044625062021-04-18T11:57:00.001-04:002021-04-18T11:57:32.949-04:00Cynthiana Talk on Untold Civil War<p>A <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/796715/8347801-the-battles-of-cynthiana" target="_blank">podcast</a> on Morgan and his First and Last Kentucky Raids, with a focus on the battles of Cynthiana, on the Untold Civil War. Thanks to Paul for having me on!</p><p><br /></p>Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-6352021767131232662021-04-04T12:33:00.006-04:002021-04-04T12:33:40.975-04:00Arming the Ohio Infantry<p> Saving this great post by Dan Masters here for my, and your, reference!</p><p><a href="https://dan-masters-civil-war.blogspot.com/2021/03/arming-buckeyes-longarms-of-ohio.html">https://dan-masters-civil-war.blogspot.com/2021/03/arming-buckeyes-longarms-of-ohio.html</a></p><p><br /></p>Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-59691626549905727432020-07-13T21:53:00.002-04:002020-07-13T21:53:38.367-04:00Blog Update<div style="text-align: justify;">
Due to the fact I am now involved with a new website/blog (<a href="https://www.westerntheatercivilwar.com/" target="_blank">The Western Theater in the Civil War</a>), my posts here will be far and few between as I focus more on this new endeavor. It has been a fun ride here, and I will still post on occasion, but most of my blog posts, as related to the Western Theater, will be on the new site. Stop by there when you can, and one can leave comments there as well.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-75007233817351233722020-05-28T10:48:00.001-04:002020-05-28T10:48:41.361-04:00The First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Its Impact on the Civil War - Part II<div style="text-align: justify;">
Some additional notables who served in the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Mexican War.<br />
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August V. Kautz - West Point 1852. Colonel 2nd Ohio Cavalry, later brigadier general and led a division in the Army of the James. Major general of volunteers. Served on the board that investigated the Lincoln assassination conspirators.</div>
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Ferdinand Van Derveer - Colonel of the 35th OVI, later brigadier general.</div>
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George P. Webster - Major in the 25th OVI, Colonel of the 98th Ohio, and killed in battle at Perryville. Ancestor of former FBI director William Webster.</div>
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Carr B. White - Colonel of the 12th OVI.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-5496914185254584262020-05-26T12:42:00.001-04:002020-05-28T10:41:07.701-04:00Pioneer Cemetery<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Close by to where I now work is Cincinnati's oldest cemetery. Known variously as Columbia Church Baptist, Columbia Pioneer, and Pioneer Memorial, it is the final resting place for 180 people, including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War veterans. Maintained (poorly I might add) by the Cincinnati Parks Department, the cemetery is located across from Lunken Airport. It has honeysuckle invading the fence lines, garlic mustard in patches, stones that need to be reset, other stones that need to be cleaned, and a regular and effective mowing schedule. I have reached out to the parks three times now to suggest a friends group be formed, but no reply from our beloved city employees.<br />
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There are also newer veteran stones at the cemetery, placed in a plot near the walkway leading to the steps. This was a project done by a local young man, who also was able to designate two parking places for wounded veterans. Alas, two of the stones have incorrect information, and they are just placed on the ground, and there is a larger memorial stone with information about the groups involved in getting these newer stones placed. After three attempts to reach out to them about the plan for these stones and this plot, and the fact that two of them are incorrect, I finally received a very non-committal reply about how they did the research (poorly as the men with incorrect stones are listed correctly on their older veterans stones, and a check of the rosters verifies this, as well as their graves registration cards), and nothing about the plan for the stones. Terrible.<br />
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There will be more posts on this cemetery as I work on trying to get more awareness going and try to create some sort of support organization.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-39859375393964378892020-05-24T08:00:00.000-04:002020-05-24T08:00:53.922-04:00The First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Its Impact on the Civil War - Part I<div style="text-align: justify;">
During the Mexican-American War Ohio raised five infantry regiments along with fifteen companies, as well as provided troops for the 15th United States Infantry and the Mounted Riflemen. Reading through the various rosters is like a Who's Who of minor Civil War personalities, but perhaps none more so than the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. I might surmise that this single regiment of volunteers may have had a legacy unlike any other volunteer unit from the Mexican War.</div>
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Here are a few of the men who had an impact during the Civil War. More in Part II.</div>
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James P. Fyffe - Colonel of the 59th OVI, led a brigade at Stones River.</div>
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James George - Colonel of the 2nd Minnesota.</div>
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Thomas L. Hamer - While Hamer did not survive the Mexican War, he did leave a lasting legacy. It was Congressman Hamer who nominated one Hiram Ulysses Grant to West Point.</div>
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James F. Harrison - Colonel of the 11th OVI. West Point 1845. Was with President William Henry Harrison when he died, as well as William H. Lytle when he was mortally wounded at Chickamauga. </div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-6893660119305722772020-05-15T15:33:00.001-04:002020-05-24T09:03:31.856-04:00A Mexican-American War Fish Story<div style="text-align: justify;">
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In doing some research for the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry today, I came across two accounts of a fight that took place between the volunteers from Ohio, and their comrades in arms, but not apparently comrades in fish, from Baltimore. From the Niles National Register we have first the story from the Marylanders' point of view:</div>
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<i>Our battalion is joined to one from Ohio, which forms a regiment, and this in connection with two other regiments from Ohio, comprises a brigade. There are also regiments from Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, quartered at this same camp, which is situated on a high bluff of land, from which we can see thousands of tents, and hear the drums beating the reveille.</i></div>
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<i>Yesterday, Lafayette Hands, Andrew Metteer, and some of our boys went over to Barita, and returned in rather high spirits. As they were returning home, some one gave Andrew Metteer a catfish, which Col. Mitchell, of Ohio, who is Colonel of the whole brigade, claimed as his own, and ordered three of his men to take it from him. On the men seizing him, in compliance with the orders of their commander, Metteer drew a dagger and stabbed two of them. Colonel Mitchell then rushed on Metteer with a drawn sword and inflicted several severe gashes on his head, from the effects of which he fell as if dead. Layafette Hands then seized the Colonel, wrested his sword from him, and chased him with it for some distance around the camp, until another sword was handed him, when they had a regular sword fight, lasting some minutes, until the Colonel's sword broke, and he again ran, finally escaping to his own quarters. He then gave immediate orders for his men to turn out, armed with ball cartridge, when out Captain gave similar orders, and marched the Chesapeakes down to meet them. When we arrived, Captain Stuart, who in the absence ordered out the battalion, and we were all full of fight, and I verily believe that our 600 Baltimorians could have whipped the whole 2 500 Ohioans. Dan Wells had taken dead aim at the Colonel, and would have blown him sky high, had it not been for Charles Ehrman, who struck his musket. The Colonel then claimed the command of the whole brigade, and ordered us to out camp, which order we were compelled to obey. Colonel Watson was at Barita, where we immediately sent after him, and on his arrival he started for the camp of Colonel Mitchell, to demand an exploration of his conduct. On his arrival there, however, he was told that the Colonel had started for Matamoras to report to Gen. Taylor, but Colonel Watson is now after him, and I do not know how the spree will end.</i></div>
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<i>The Ohio State Journal publishes the following letter from one of the Ohio volunteers in the army in Mexico:</i></div>
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<i>Be not the least surprised if you should see me in Cincinnati in the course of six weeks. When I volunteered it was to fight, and not to be idle for a year. But I now find the regulars are to be able to defend any post of danger. Gen. Taylor says that one regular is worth five volunteers, and that he only wants volunteers for a stand-by. It would seem that we are kept merely to do the drudgery; and such is the case.</i></div>
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<i>We had quite an affair a short time since. Colonel Mitchell as commandant of this post, ordered a volunteer from Baltimore to bring him something. The volunteer pained no attention to his order. Our colonel then commanded him a second time to perform the service. The volunteer turned upon his heel, and replied that "he would see him d--d first." I was close by doing duty, when Col. M. ordered me and five other cadets to arrest the Baltimorean. He immediately placed himself in a defensive position, and drew a knife, swearing at the same time that he would cut the first man that dared to come near him. Lieut. Col. Weller then approached and ordered us to "stand back"when all party got to fighting. So you see we have had one fight at least.</i></div>
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<i>Our whole regiment and the Baltimore regiment were then all ordered out. But as we had but sic men on the ground, and as the colonel's tent was about two miles from our encampment, out colonel was disarmed and carried to the ground by a superior number of stout fellows, where they laid him down. Two of them were about to stab him, when I backed by our boys, jumped into the melee and released our commander from the ruffians. By this time the field was full of soldiers and the Baltimoreans left. I presume the case will undergo investigation.</i></div>
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Fish story aside the First Ohio did become involved in battle of Monterey, sans fish.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-51914875458896731792020-04-13T07:13:00.001-04:002020-04-13T07:13:23.105-04:00The Fighting Kautzs - Albert<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<i>While not as famous as his brother August, Albert would serve with some distinction during the Civil War and beyond.</i></div>
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Albert Kautz was born in Georgetown, Ohio on January 29th, 1839, one of seven children of Johann Georg and Dorothea and the youngest son. When Albert was five, the family moved to Levanna (near Ripley, Ohio) where they grew grapes on the hills for wine and tobacco on the river bottoms.</div>
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Albert entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland at the age of fifteen in 1854 and graduated as the Civil War began in the spring of 1861. He received a leave and returned to Brown County to visit family and friends. While home some local families asked Albert to teach their daughters how to properly use firearms. Being so close to the Ohio River and the slave state of Kentucky many people thought everyone should be able to defend themselves and their property. Kautz became enamored with and later married one of the ladies he was teaching, Mary Ester Hemphill, of Ripley. She was the sister of Joseph Hemphill who would also become an admiral in the U.S. Navy.</div>
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On June 20th, 1861, Kautz was serving on the <i>USS Flag</i>. The <i>Flag</i> was part of the naval blockade off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. The <i>Flag </i>captured the Confederate blockade runner <i>Hannah Balch </i>and Kautz was ordered to sail her to Philadelphia as a prize of war. On June 25th, the <i>Hannah Balch </i>was in turn captured by the more powerful Confederate privateer, <i>CSS Coffee</i>. Albert and his six crewmen were taken as prisoners of war and held until November of 1861. Only 22 years old at the time of his capture, Kautz developed a system of exchange that would allow the return of Union prisoners for Confederate prisoners and <i>vice versa</i>. He received a parole and had talks with the leaders of both sides, including Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. He eventually put in place the exchange policy that would free thousands of prisoners throughout the war. In his case, Kautz was released with 368 enlisted men and two other officers for the similar number of Confederate prisoners. One of the other Union officers was Lieutenant. John L. Worden of <i>USS Monitor </i>vs. <i>CSS Virginia </i>fame.</div>
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Kautz's next duty was aboard Admiral Farragut’s flagship the <i>USS Hartford </i>in the Gulf of Mexico. Kautz took an active part in the attack and surrender of New Orleans. He was part of the landing party when Farragut ordered the mayor (John Monroe) to lower the Louisiana state flag from the top of the Customs House roof. Monroe refused, citing fear of the angry crowd as his reason. Kautz volunteered to remove the flag and with the escort of marines pushed their way through the ‘howling crowd’. Once atop the Customs House, Kautz lowered the Louisiana flag and replaced it with the United States flag. In Kautz’s words, “The crowd grew more active and as our landing party only numbered three officers, fifteen sailors, and a dozen marines we were victorious but retreated hastily to the <i>Hartford</i>.”</div>
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Kautz was given his own command and promoted to lieutenant commander shortly after the New Orleans adventure. As master of the steam sloop <i>Juniata </i>he captured the much larger British steamer <i>Victor </i>off Havana, Cuba on May 28th, 1863. The <i>Victor </i>was carrying supplies bound for the Confederate Army.</div>
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His next promotion was as the commander of the <i>USS Winooski. </i>The <i>Winooski </i>was in Farragut’s fleet that attacked Mobile Bay on August 5th, 1864. </div>
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After the Civil War, Kautz continued climbing through the ranks at several naval installations and aboard several ever increasingly powerful warships. In 1898 he was a rear admiral in the Pacific Fleet and was in command of the American forces in the Samoan Islands. He was instrumental in suppressing the insurgent forces under the native leader, Mataafa, and securing a lasting peace on the islands. Kautz’s success in Samoa propelled him to his promotion to Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet with the battleship <i>USS Iowa </i>as his flagship. He served in that position from early 1900 until his retirement in 1901.</div>
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During his many years of service his wife lived in her family home, the brick Hemphill House, which still stands on Front Street in Ripley. Albert returned to that house when on leave but upon his retirement the couple moved to Florence, Italy. The admiral died on February 6th, 1907, and in March of that year the cruiser <i>USS Baltimore </i>returned his ashes to the United States. Rear Admiral Albert Kautz is buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife, his brother August, and their close friend, Phillip Sheridan. </div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-79820370037260324242020-04-12T14:29:00.000-04:002020-04-12T14:30:51.408-04:00The Fighting Kautzs - August<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Much is made of the Fighting McCooks, often stated (incorrectly) as fourteen men, sons of Daniel and John McCook, who fought during the Civil War. There is also the "tribe of George" who had sons who served as doctors during the war. Seventeen men in total served the Union, many who would give their lives for the cause of preserving the United States. But there is also another "tribe" from Ohio, the sons of Johann Georg (John George) Kautz and Dorethea Elizabetha Lowing, sons who served with some distinction during the war.</div>
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Johann Kautz, known to his friends and family as George, was born in 1800 in what is now Baden-Wurtemburg. Oldest of six brothers and sisters, he married Dorethea in 1821. Their eldest son, August, was born in Baden while the remaining children were born in the United States.</div>
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Dorethea would pass away in 1874, leaving Johann as a widower for his remaining days. Johann would live until February 22nd, 1888. The couple is buried in the Pisgah Ridge Cemetery, near Higginsport, in Brown County, Ohio.</div>
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August Valentine Kautz - Born on January 5th, 1828 in Ispringen, Baden, August Kautz would have a long career of military service. While some sources indicate that he immigrated with his parents in 1832, the birth of his brothers Frederick in Baltimore in 1829 and John in Cincinnati in 1831 indicate that the family immigrated in 1828. August would enlist in the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Mexican-American War. After the war he would enter West Point and graduate in the Class of 1852 with such classmates as George Crook, Alexander McCook, David Stanley, and Henry Slocum (among others). Kautz would go on to serve in the Pacific Northwest with the 4th United States Infantry, being wounded twice during the Rogue River Wars. In 1857 Kautz ascended Mt. Rainer, speculated by some to be the first white man to climb the mountain. However, as he did not summit the crest, having stopped at the crater rim, the climb is noted as being “incomplete.” </div>
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When the Civil War broke out, Kautz was still in the Pacific Northwest, but made his way east shortly after the war started. He was a captain in the 6th United States Cavalry with McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign. He became colonel of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry and was instrumental in the pursuit of John H. Morgan’s command during the Great Raid of 1863, commanding a brigade at Buffington Island. Late in 1863 he would serve under Burnside at Knoxville. Kautz would be promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in April 1864 and would lead cavalry operations (and co-lead the Wilson-Kautz Raid) in the Army of the James under Ben Butler while commanding a division. Kautz would be nominated by Lincoln and receive a promotion to major general of volunteers in February 1865.</div>
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After Lincoln was assassinated Kautz served on the trial board before becoming commander of the Department of Arizona. He later commanded the Department of the Columbia, achieving the rank of brigadier general (regular rank). He would leave the service via retirement in 1892 and live in Seattle until he died on September 4th, 1895. He is buried in Arlington.</div>
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-77330747661355050162020-04-11T08:25:00.000-04:002020-04-11T08:25:42.549-04:00Frederick Kautz, Tobacco, and the 59th<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Frederick Kautz was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 6th, 1829. He was the younger brother of August (brigadier general during the Civil War) and Albert Kautz (later a rear admiral). A younger brother (George) served in the 39th Illinois while another younger brother (John) served in the 1st Kentucky and later the 82nd Ohio. Frederick lived in Georgetown, Ohio from 1833 until 1844, when he moved with the family to Levanna, Brown County, on the Ohio River. He would have been one of the younger children in the Dutch Hill School while one Hiram (Ulysses) Grant was a student. </div>
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Kautz was fifteen years old when he moved to the Levanna farm. He worked at planting grapes on the hillsides for the vineyard and Broadleaf tobacco on the bottom land. Kautz took special interest in the tobacco and worked on the family farm until he was 21. </div>
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In 1850, Frederick and his brother George joined in the California gold rush. Kautz spent three years in California, eventually becoming the sutler for his brother August’s regiment at Fort Oxford, Oregon and Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory. </div>
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Kautz moved back to Brown County in 1859 and bought a 163 acre farm near Higginsport, Brown County. He raised horses, corn, and wheat on his farm, but his cash crop was Broadleaf tobacco. </div>
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In October 1862 he enlisted as captain of Company G, 59th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served three years and fought at Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and throughout the Atlanta Campaign until discharged with the regiment in Nashville on November 1st, 1864.</div>
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Kautz returned to his Higginsport farm on a furlough some time in the spring of 1863. During that time he found his farm manager pulling some strange lighter-colored tobacco plants out of the seed beds (a small highly fertile and protected plot where young tobacco plants grow until large enough to transplant into the field) and discarding them. Kautz told him to save some of those lighter plants and see what they would become. This was a wise decision because when the plants grew and the leaves were cured they produced a much lighter and milder smoking tobacco. This new variety of tobacco became known as White Burley. It won first prize at the 1867 St. Louis World’s Fair and sold for 75 cents per pound when Broadleaf tobacco sold for seven cents. White Burley was the beginning of the development of the United States cigarette industry. Frederick Kautz’s discovery of White Burley changed the agricultural landscape of Brown County and drove its economy until the late 1990s. If one can tell the difference between cigar and cigarette smoke one can tell the difference between Broadleaf and White Burley tobacco. It is a White Burley plant on the Brown County flag.</div>
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As an effective officer Captain Kautz rode at the head of his company during most of the major battles fought in Tennessee and Georgia. Kautz died in 1909 in his beloved Brown County, Ohio. He is buried at Pisgah Ridge Cemetery next to his wife, Lucinda.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-83143346149400270272020-04-01T07:11:00.000-04:002020-04-01T07:11:00.973-04:00Brothers in Cumberland's Iron Brigade<i>The full text of an entry I wrote for The Ninth Ohio: A Living History....</i><br />
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The 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry had not seen the elephant. Missing out on Mill Springs (having been left in the rear at Somerset), not present at Shiloh or Stones River, the regiment’s service thus far had been marching, foraging, and guarding railroads, but no battlefield experience. While on the field at Perryville with the rest of the brigade, the 35th arrived so late in the evening of October 8th as to have suffered no casualties, while the brigade only suffered 8 casualties. Therefore, unlike the seasoned Germans of the 9th Ohio, and the experienced men of the 2nd Minnesota, the 35th was still an unknown battlefield quantity. That would change at Chickamauga in September 1863, two years after the regiment was formed.</div>
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The 35th was raised from four Ohio counties – Butler, Warren, Preble, and Montgomery. Over half the regiment was from Butler County, two companies from Warren, and one company from Montgomery and a company and part of another from Preble County (where the author’s third great uncle Daniel W. Cooper joined Company G before transferring to Company C as a corporal). The regiment formed at Camp Hamilton at the Butler County Fairgrounds before moving to a more suitable location just north of downtown Hamilton. </div>
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When the 35th marched off to war in September 1861, it was to move into northern Kentucky and guard the Kentucky Central Railroad near Cynthiana. Being one of the first Ohio regiments in the Bluegrass State, it did not even have its National colors, something that the few pro-Union ladies of Cynthiana would rectify when they stitched and presented to Colonel Ferdinand Van Derveer the 35th’s first National flag. </div>
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Serving alongside the 9th Ohio for nearly three years the two regiments formed strong bonds. Even before the 35th had proven its worth there was a camaraderie between the men. Given the fact that approximately fifty men from Butler County were in the 9th, that many of the men in the 35th were of German heritage, and the close proximity between Cincinnati and Hamilton, it is natural that a strong bond would develop. In March 1862 the men of the 9th and 35th were told to arm themselves with clubs and participate in a rabbit hunt. The plan was to drive the rabbits towards the Cumberland River where then the men would be able to capture a great number of them. Things did not go as well as planned, but the 35th apparently captured many more rabbits than the 9th. Good-natured ribbing came about as a result, leading Robert McCook, first colonel of the 9th and now in command of the brigade, to remark to the 35th’s Major Henry Boynton, “That’s quite natural. Your men are a set of darned hounds. Of course you can catch rabbits.”</div>
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The 35th supported the 9th during the aftermath of the murder of Robert McCook, killed by guerillas while riding ill in an ambulance. After finding out about McCook’s demise, the 9th went on a rampage, hanging locals that had been pointed out as participants, burning many homes and buildings as well. It was Ferdinand Van Derveer who finally was able to bring order back o the 9th, but being sympathetic to the 9th’s action, would write “The rebels have been made to pay dearly for this, we burned every house within three miles of this place.”</div>
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In the months following Stones River, Van Derveer took the opportunity to drill his men as a brigade, building an identity and a bond for every unit in the brigade. While the 35th and 9th were on friendly terms, the 35th was not as close to the 2nd Minnesota or the later arriving 87th Indiana. This period allowed the individual regiments to become a closely-knit brigade, allowing Van Derveer to state “Mine is acknowledged to be one, if not the best brigade in the Army of the Cumberland—But it won’t do to brag.”</div>
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I won’t go into the details of the Battle of Chickamauga but rather refer the reader to David Powell’s excellent trilogy that covers the campaign and battle. But I will mention a few items of note. Van Derveer’s Brigade was heavily engaged on both September 19th and 20th, being part of the defense of Snodgrass hill on the latter date. While there were many heroic efforts made by other Federal brigades at Chickamauga, Van Derveer’s men were used repeatedly to engage the Confederates, and the brigade’s training and comradeship was exemplified through its actions and casualty lists. At Chickamauga the 35th would lose 64 men on September 19th (killed, wounded, missing, and captured), while suffering an additional 84 men the next day, mostly in defense of the Snodgrass Hill area (where the author’s ancestor was wounded). The 35th have seen the elephant, and had risen to the occasion.</div>
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The 35th would go on to additional glory at Missionary Ridge in November 1863 where the regiment suffered the loss of an additional 16 men. They would continue to serve through the beginning phases of the Atlanta Campaign, from Resaca to Peach Tree Creek, and then would muster out of service on September 27th, 1864. Men who had joined the regiment later would transfer to the 18th Ohio Infantry.</div>
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The legacy of the 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry lives on in one way – Ferdinand Van Derveer and Henry Boynton were visiting the Chickamauga battlefield after the war, and while walking the ground of the actions, discussed preserving the ground for the future. This idea would morph into the Chickamauga National Battlefield, and Henry Boynton, leader of the 35th at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge (where he would be wounded and earned a Medal of Honor), would serve as a park commissioner and be the leading force on determining where the various monuments would be placed. If there was any question about his pride in the 35th, just look at the prominent location its monument holds on Snodgrass Hill.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-69958836257094601702020-03-28T20:12:00.004-04:002020-03-28T20:17:19.720-04:00The 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry<i>An overdue post as part of my Ohio at Perryville series....</i><br />
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35th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Hamilton, Ohio, and mustered in September 20th, 1861. Moved to Covington, Kentucky, September 26th. Assigned to guard duty along the Kentucky Central Railroad. Headquarters at Cynthiana, until November. At Paris, Kentucky until December. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of the Ohio, November-December, 1861. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to August, 1864.</div>
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Organized by Colonel Ferdinand Van Derveer in August and September of 1861. It served in Kentucky and in 1862 served in Tennessee and at Perryville. The regiment fought at Chickamauga losing nearly 50% of its men while being one of the last regiments to leave Horseshoe Ridge. It charged Missionary Ridge (where Henry V. Boynton earned a Medal of Honor) and served under Thomas in the Atlanta Campaign, taking part in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw, Peachtree Creek and several other engagements of that campaign. The 35th mustered out of service in August, 1864, at Chattanooga. </div>
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Counties Recruited From: Company A - Warren; Company B - Butler; Company C - Preble; Company D - Butler; Company E - Preble; Company F - Warren; Company G - Butler; Company H - Montgomery; Company I - Butler; Company K - Butler.</div>
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Commander - Ferdinand Van Derveer (Colonel). Born February 27th, 1823 in Middletown, Ohio. He was educated at Farmer's Collage in Cincinnati, and had a law practice prior to the war. He served in the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Mexican-American War, and served as a second in a duel between Carr B. White and James Perry Fyffe during the return to Ohio (both of the duelists would serve as colonels during the Civil War). Van Derveer would resume his law practice and serve as Butler County sheriff. He became colonel of the 35th OVI on September 24th, 1861. He mustered out with the 35th, after serving as brigade commander. In January 1865 he was reappointed in the army with the rank of brigadier general and commanded a brigade in the IV Corps until resigning in June of that same year. He returned once again to his law practice, and would serve as judge in the county court of common pleas. Van Derveer would pass away on November 5th, 1892. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio, along with dozens of his former comrades from the 35th. Van Derveer was instrumental in the early efforts to memorialize Chickamauga as a national park.</div>
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-83557175496256766702020-03-21T14:57:00.000-04:002020-07-13T21:45:22.534-04:00Medal of Honor Recipient - Close to Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Exploring cemeteries and finding stories has been a more recent interest of mine, so forgive me for not visiting a Medal of Honor recipient that lives within a mile from where I live (as the crows flies). Today I decided that a) I desperately needed some exercise, and b) it was a perfect opportunity to walk to the local cemetery where this man rests.</i></div>
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Born in 1843 in Lautenberg, in West Prussia, today part of Poland, David Urbansky (or the roster as Orbansky) emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 15. His stated profession was cabinetmaker. After living in New York for several years, Urbansky moved to Columbus, Ohio.</div>
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On October 28, 1861, six months after the war began, Urbansky enlisted as a corporal in the Fifty-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a regiment that was under the command of Colonel Valentine Bausenwein. (Most of Urbansky’s Company B was German speaking)</div>
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Urbansky’s war records shows that he saw action in at least fifteen battles. These included Fort Donelson and Shiloh. At Chickasaw Bayou, the Fifty-Eighth participated in the one of the earliest attacks on Vicksburg, the last remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. When his superior officer was badly wounded, and stranded in no-man’s land, Urbansky, who was all of five feet three inches tall, came to his aid and, braving heavy fire, carried him back to safety. The officer survived. I am still researching to see who that officer might have been but I believe it was Captain Ferdinand Fix who was wounded on December 29th, 1862.</div>
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After the war, Urbansky, whose commander Captain Louis Keller, praised him as “a man of honor and bravery,” became one of 134 Ohio soldiers to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor in action against an enemy force, and one of only six Jewish Union soldiers to receive the recognition. Today, Urbansky’s medal is in the collection of the National Jewish Archives, in Cincinnati.</div>
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Urbansky was discharged from the army with the rank of private (having been reduced to the ranks on April 8th, 1862, the day after Shiloh), on January 14th, 1865. He then applied for, and quickly was granted, American citizenship. A short time later, he married Rachel Henry, from Schenectady, New York. They made their home, and raised their 12 children, in Piqua, a small city north of Dayton, Ohio, where David owned a successful clothing store.</div>
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After a long illness, Urbansky died, and was buried in the Cedar Hill Jewish cemetery in Piqua. After his death, Rachel and her children moved to Cincinnati and shortened the family name to Urban. She died in 1925, and after her burial in the Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, David’s remains were re-interred by her side.</div>
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Unlike many Civil War soldiers who received their Medals of Honor through political patronage in the late 1800s, Urbansky's medal was awarded on August 2, 1879. "The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private David Orbansky, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in 1862 & 1863, while serving with Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry, in action at Shiloh, Tennessee & Vicksburg, Mississippi, for gallantry in actions."<br />
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-72705811609959817722020-02-08T16:49:00.001-05:002020-02-08T16:55:13.572-05:00The Colonels of Spring Grove - William Hopkins Lathrop<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>As I continue to do research into various Civil War topics, I stumble across other stories and people. I thought I had covered all the "full bird" colonels buried in Spring Grove, then come across a Confederate (covered in a previous post), and now another colonel, who commanded the 111th U.S.C.T. and died during the war.</i></div>
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Colonel William H. Lathrop was born May 4th, 1833 in New York and was living in Cincinnati before the start of the Civil War. Lathrop was first commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant with the 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was eventually promoted to Major. He was later assigned to the 3rd Alabama U.S. Colored Infantry as a field officer. The unit was later consolidated into the 111th U.S. Colored Infantry. Lathrop attained the rank of Colonel when the 111th U.S.C.T. was formed in June 1864. The regiment was involved in action at Pulaski, Tennessee and then ordered to defend captured territory near a railroad line at Athens, Alabama. The soldiers built an earthworks fort that they were forced to defend when attacked by Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest. A sharp fight erupted on September 24th that carried into the following morning. The black soldiers feared capture to Forrest knowing that he and his men ruthlessly murdered the black soldiers who surrendered at Fort Pillow in April in what was labeled as a massacre. Colonel Lathrop was either killed in the battle trying to defend the garrison and save his men from slaughter or died of disease at Camp Dennison, the latter indicated on the roster of the 111th. Despite his courageous attempts the fort was eventually surrendered the following day and most of the Union defenders were captured (this action is known as the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle). Lathrop was initially buried near the scene of the battle but was removed and brought back to his home in Cincinnati where he was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in March 1865. </div>
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William H. Lathrop is buried in Section 46, Lot 30.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-39261399950001839702020-02-07T08:49:00.001-05:002020-02-07T08:49:28.785-05:00More on the 59th OVI<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I've been able to get out the last couple of weeks and find some of the gravesites of men from the 59th in Brown and Clermont Counties, east of Cincinnati. The Find A Grave <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1099402" target="_blank">virtual cemetery</a> for the 59th is up to 287 names now. As I look to add pictures to Find A Grave for those men without one, I often come across other 59th OVI men in the same cemetery that I did not have on my list, an it just adds to the enjoyment of this project. I've also been going through the 59th's roster and adding men to the list, but that often takes some effort using a few resources. The men of the 59th, for the most part, have Anglo last names and very common first names, so searching, especially when one does not have a date of death, can be problematic. </div>
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I am also doing some research through old newspapers with accounts of the 59th. One source mentioned an interesting tidbit that I hope to verify - that during the election of 1863 70 of the 300 or so men who voted in the 59th that election selected Clement Vallandigham instead of John Brough for governor. This was unusual as the vast majority of Ohio men serving in the war voted for Brough. This election result of the 59th was reported in <i>The Daily Gate City </i>(in Keokuk, Iowa) on November 3rd, 1863. If another source can be found to verify this result, it would indicate that the men of the 59th were a mixed group when it came to political persuasion and then finding out why some voted for Vallandigham would also make an interesting story.</div>
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The fine folks at Stones River National Battlefield have provided me with their file on the 59th. There are some letters written by men of the 59th that I need to go through. I soon hope to have the 59th's files from Shiloh and Chickamauga as well. Putting these together will help determine if there is enough interesting material to write a regimental history of the 59th. </div>
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-79044093868144066202020-01-24T07:53:00.003-05:002021-06-30T16:22:30.368-04:00The Colonels of Spring Grove - Philip Noland Luckett<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Tucked away in Section 36 of Spring Grove lies yet one additional colonel, Philip Noland Luckett. His story is a bit different than the other colonels I have discussed at <a href="https://ohioatperryville.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Grove%20Cemetery" target="_blank">Spring Grove</a>, in that he was a Confederate. Yes Virginia, there are Confederate soldiers within Spring Grove. Many of the Confederates buried there came from Camp Dennison, where they were being treated for wounds while being held as prisoners of war. Those that died were buried initially at Camp Dennison before being moved to Spring Grove.</div>
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Luckett is an interesting character. Born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1824 (some accounts say 1823), and by age six was living in Chillicothe, where his father served as county recorder. The younger Luckett attended West Point in 1841, but left before graduating. By 1847 Philip had moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he would act as a surgeon in the Texas Rangers, having attended the University of Louisville Medical School some time before his move to Texas but after his exit from West Point. </div>
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In January 1861, Luckett was voted to represent Webb and Nueces Counties in the state secession convention. He was noted as "a handsome man...well informed and agreeable, but most bitter against the Yankees." He would help negotiate the surrender of Federal forces in Texas, then serve as quartermaster and commissary general of the state. By the fall of 1861 Luckett would form the 3rd Texas Infantry Regiment where he would serve as its colonel. The 3rd did not see much action during the war, having stayed in the Lone Star State for most of the conflict. In a stop at Houston in 1863, the city's residents remarked that the Third was "the best drilled regiment in the state." Arthur Fremantle, during a tour of Texas in April 1863, would remark:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Augustus Buchel, a lieutenant colonel in the Third, was a Hessian soldier who fought in the Carlist War in Spain and was knighted by Queen Maria Christina for his bravery in battle. He fought in the Turkish army and served in the Mexican War after arriving in Texas in 1845. He died while attached to a different regiment at Pleasant Hill. </span></div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-88611738733292797482019-12-05T14:11:00.003-05:002020-08-24T17:53:58.456-04:00The Tragic Story of William McKnight<div style="text-align: justify;">
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William McKnight was a member of Company K, 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, during the Civil War. McKnight was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on July 2nd , 1832. His father Thomas was from Scotland, so William was a Canadian, of Scottish heritage, fighting for the Union, in an Ohio regiment. McKnight was a resident of Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio, prior to the war. On March 8th, 1855 he married Samaria Braley of nearby Langsville, and the union would produce six children, Leila, Thomas, Susan, Mary, and twins Martha and Myrta, the latter who were born on July 4th, 1863. Prior to the Civil War McKnight earned a living as a blacksmith and would implore his wife to collect on debts owed by locals while he was awaiting for his pay while serving, as opposed to her obtaining from their families.</div>
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William joined the 7th OVC on September 12th, 1862 and was made sergeant on November 8th, 1862. The 7th was known as the "River Regiment" as most of the companies were filled by men from counties along the Ohio River. Organized at various locations around the state (Columbus, Ripley, Athens, Pomeroy, and Gallipolis), the regiment served three years and was involved in numerous engagements and battles during the war. </div>
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During the Great Raid of 1863, John H. Morgan was chased across Ohio by the 7th Ohio, but McKnight was not with the regiment during this time as he was at Nicholsville, Kentucky training new men for the regiment. On the raid Morgan's command passed through Langsville, where McKnight owned a house and Samaria and the six children, including the two week old twins, were living. The story goes that Samaria was in the act of fleeing as she had heard that Morgan's men would not treat civilians respectfully, but Morgan himself reassured her that no harm would come to Samaria or the children. While waiting for his command to complete crossing a nearby water obstacle, Morgan spent time conversing with Samaria. Regardless, when William found out that Morgan was literally on his front porch, he became infuriated with the thought that the horse thief Morgan had the audacity to speak to Samaria.</div>
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At Cynthiana, Kentucky, during Morgan's Last Kentucky Raid, Second Lieutenant William McKnight* would have his chance to seek "revenge" on Morgan. On the early morning of June 12th, 1864, the 7th Ohio Cavalry, part of Stephen Burbridge's Federal force that had been chasing after Morgan, encountered the Confederates on the east side of town. The resulting fight, which lasted about one hour, resulted in the complete rout of Morgan's men, but during the chase McKnight was mortally wounded on his left side. He languished for a few days before dying. In his pocket was found a poem he had written to Samaria in April, 1852. The paper was stained, perhaps from the blood of William's mortal wound. </div>
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At home in Langsville was a twenty-six year old Samaria, and her six now-fatherless children, aged nine and under, including the eleven month old twins who would not have a chance to know their father. Samaria never remarried, and was supported by her family, and later one daughter who lived with Samaria into her old age.</div>
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While certainly not the only soldier from Canada to fight during the Civil War, it is interesting to note that William supported the Union given his non-American background. And while the Second Battle of Cynthiana is but a small footnote in the annals of Civil War history, his death left as much home front impact as any fellow soldier killed at Chickamauga, or Shiloh, or Gettysburg.<br />
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-91981854578251880882019-12-03T09:56:00.000-05:002019-12-03T19:54:17.394-05:00Breweries Along the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are like me, and seemingly the more Civil War aficionados I meet this holds true, you enjoy a good craft beer after a day of battlefield exploration. The John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail across Ohio is one long exploratory route, and it can take a few days to drive the route and peruse the interpretive panels along the way. Stretching from Harrison on the Ohio-Indiana border, and ending near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, the trail is over 500 miles long. Driving the trail can be thirsty business, and this article is to provide you with breweries along the way to enjoy while pondering the Great Raid.<a href="https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/exhibits/john-hunt-morgan" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/exhibits/john-hunt-morgan&ved=2ahUKEwiJsJbiuJnmAhWuVt8KHRPpCkwQFjAAegQIAxAB" style="background-color: white; color: #660099; cursor: pointer; font-size: small;"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As these breweries are all nearly locally owned, there is an unfortunate possibility that they may not be in existence in the future as small businesses do come and go. As of this writing these locations are open and ready for you to enjoy their craft beer offerings. Let them know that you are driving the Morgan Trail when you stop in! Also keep in mind that many of these breweries have limited days of the week that they are open for business - plan accordingly by checking their websites for open times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fibonacci Brewing Company, 1445 Compton Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45231 - </span><a href="http://fibbrew.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">fibbrew.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brink Brewing Company, 5905 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45224 - </span><a href="http://www.brinkbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">brinkbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Swine City Brewing, 4614 Industry Dr, Fairfield, OH 45014 - </span><a href="http://www.swinecitybrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">swinecitybrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cincy Brewing Co., 607 Shepherd Dr Unit 5, Cincinnati, OH 45215 - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cincybrewingco/" style="font-family: inherit;">facebook.com/cincybrewingco</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">DogBerry Brewing, 9964 Crescent Park Dr, West Chester Township, OH 45069 - </span><a href="https://www.dogberrybrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">dogberrybrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">March First Brewing and Distilling, 7885 E Kemper Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45249 - </span><a href="https://www.marchfirstbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">marchfirstbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fretboard Brewing Company, 5800 Creek Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45242 - </span><a href="https://fretboardbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">fretboardbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nine Giant, 6095 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45213 - </span><a href="http://www.ninegiant.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">ninegiant.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HighGrain Brewing Company, 6860 Plainfield Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45236 - </span><a href="https://highgrainbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">highgrainbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MadTree Brewing, 3301 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45209 - </span><a href="https://www.madtreebrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">madtreebrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bad Tom Smith Brewing, 5900 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45227 - </span><a href="http://www.badtomsmithbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">badtomsmithbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fifty West Brewing Company, 7668 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227 - </span><a href="https://fiftywestbrew.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">fiftywestbrew.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Narrow Path Brewing Co., 106 Karl Brown Way, Loveland, OH 45140 - </span><a href="http://www.narrowpathbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">hnarrowpathbrewing.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Little Miami Brewing Company, 208 Mill St, Milford, OH 45150 - </span><a href="https://www.littlemiamibrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">littlemiamibrewing.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sons of Toil Brewing, 14090 Klein Rd, Mt Orab, OH 45154 - </span><a href="https://www.sonsoftoilbrewing.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">sonsoftoilbrewing.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Sixth Sense Brewing and Taproom, 175 E Main St, Jackson, OH 45640 - </span><a href="https://sixthsensebrewing.co/">sixthsensebrewing.co</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Maple Lawn Brewery, 110 Mulberry Ave, Pomeroy, OH 45769 - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/maplelawnbrew/" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">facebook.com/maplelawnbrew</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Merry Family Winery and Old Mill Craft Beer, 2376 OH-850, Bidwell, OH 45614 - </span><a href="https://merryfamilywinery.com/" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">merryfamilywinery.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Devil's Kettle Brewing, 97 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701 - </span><a href="https://www.devilskettlebrew.com/" style="text-align: justify;">devilskettlebrew.com</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Little Fish Brewing Co., 8675 Armitage Rd, Athens, OH 45701 - </span><a href="https://littlefishbrewing.com/" style="text-align: justify;">littlefishbrewing.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Southside Brewing Co, 62920 Georgetown Rd, Cambridge, OH 43725 - </span><a href="https://www.georgetowntavern.com/" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">georgetowntavern.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Hightower Brewing Company, 3445 Co Rd 16, Rayland, OH 43943 - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HightowerBrewingCompany" style="text-align: justify;">facebook.com/HightowerBrewingCompany</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Dungeon Hollow Brewing Company, 572 Co Rd 22A, Bloomingdale, OH 43910 - </span><a href="https://www.dungeonhollow.com/" style="text-align: justify;">dungeonhollow.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Numbers Brewing Company, 127 N Beaver St, Lisbon, OH 44432 - </span><a href="https://www.numbersbrewco.com/" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">numbersbrewco.com</a></div>
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-78666630152351711872019-08-26T11:29:00.000-04:002019-08-30T06:55:15.103-04:00The 59th Ohio Infantry<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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A few days ago I started a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/59th-Ohio-Volunteer-Infantry-Regiment-108716177160457" target="_blank">Facebook page on the 59th Ohio Infantry</a>, raised from men (and perhaps two women) from Brown, Clermont, and to a lesser extent, Highland Counties. Why did I start another Facebook page? Because the more I learn and study about this regiment, the more I become convinced that a regimental history might be a good book project to tackle. But, I also know that I am not the best researcher out there - I love learning, but digging in, and having the bulldog determination to see a project like this through is a bit daunting. And really, where does one start? How do I know what libraries and repositories might have information on the 59th? Luckily knowing a few folks on Facebook who are Civil War experts is starting to yield some results, and it might lead to a collaborative effort with a noted author, who has offered to work on this together, if we find there is enough source and primary material to put together a good story on the 59th. More on this later if it comes to fruition.</div>
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Because the men from the 59th were mostly from Brown and Clermont Counties, finding their graves has also become a bit of obsession for me. I've already adopted the grave, through the <a href="https://www.civilwaraugusta.org/adoptasoldier" target="_blank">Civil War Augusta Adopt-A-Soldier program</a>, of Sergeant Nathaniel Yates, who is actually buried in Payne Cemetery in Augusta. Yates must have moved to Bracken County after the war, and most likely with his brother, as I have also found the brother's grave in another cemetery outside of Augusta. There are also another half dozen men from the 59th buried in Bracken County, and this really got the bug going for me. To that end I have created a <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1099402" target="_blank">virtual cemetery on Find A Grave</a>, and at this time have 132 men of the 59th listed. I will visit as many of these men as I can, and do a little cleaning of their stone, so that their grave will attract a few visitors as we think about their stories.<br />
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UPDATE: Now 210 men on the Find A Grave virtual cemetery.<br />
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-20557627353789796872019-07-31T15:48:00.001-04:002019-08-30T07:00:16.080-04:00Dodds Cemetery<div style="text-align: justify;">
Every day on my commute to and from work I pass through the crossroads of Dodds. From the crossroads I can see the Dodds Cemetery. Last year I decided to stop to see if there were any Civil War veterans buried there, and came across three men who served in Ohio regiments during the war. While there, I did a bit of stone cleaning on the markers for these three men in an effort to help them stand out in this small cemetery, where dozens of vehicles pass every day.</div>
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Over the last few months I could look out my car window and see the white stone of one veteran stand out, and I knew that the clean up I did last year was successful. His crisp white headstone is definitely something that draws the eye, and I hope that more people stop at Dodds to visit.</div>
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Today I stopped at the cemetery on my way home, and was surprised to see that someone had placed grave markers and flags for these three men. I also saw close up the effects of my cleaning efforts. I will say the stones are looking much better.</div>
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<br />Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-66775246415997485012019-07-28T07:14:00.001-04:002019-12-03T19:39:32.124-05:00Where Did They Come From? Name Origin of Augusta Union Dead<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike most of Kentucky, which was settled from Virginia via the Cumberland Gap, the settlements along the Ohio River were founded by men and women not of Scots-Irish ancestry, but of mostly English. The Ohio River route was traveled by those coming from the mid-Atlantic colonies and states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the surnames of those men fighting in the Union home guard for the most part reflected that heritage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Drake, Augustus C. - The name is either from Anglo-Saxon or Middle English origin and can mean dragon or snake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Landen, Charles A. - An Old English name, most likely from Landon, meaning long hill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">McKibben, Alpheus - Irish (they are everywhere!). The Gaelic form is <i>Mac Giobúin</i>. Mc or Mac means "son of."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Story, William B. - Story is an old Norse name, which became ingrained in England as part of the numerous raids by the Norse, and occupation of parts of England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taylor, B.W.H. - Taylor stems from French and Latin and used in England as an occupational name. In Latin </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>taliator </i>means "to cut."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <a href="https://www.civilwaraugusta.org/" target="_blank">Civil War Augusta</a> group has an Adopt-A-Soldier program in place to mark those fallen Home Guard men.</span></span></div>
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Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-28249784161580046592019-07-08T19:26:00.001-04:002019-07-08T19:26:43.655-04:00Greenwood Cemetery Stories<div style="text-align: justify;">
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In doing research for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1864493140319276/" target="_blank">tour</a> I am leading in October at Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton, I am coming across some rather interesting stories of the Civil War veterans buried there. I've been focusing mostly on the 35th Ohio and the various colonels, and have found quite a few men who were discharged during the war that came home and passed away while the war was still raging. I also have come across a story of a veteran who, after the war, was in a small town in the north part of Butler County, missed the train to take him home, decided to walk along the rails to the next town, and was killed on the tracks by the Chicago express. The accident took place between two towns where a curve in the tracks was located which is why the train did not see the veteran until too late. Now, I question this a bit. Having spent my younger years a few miles from this location, there is only one slight bend on the rail line, and the sight lines are rather long. Now, in the later portion of the 1800s there may have been more trees along the tracks, blocking the view from the engine...plus a train, especially an express train moving at presumably a higher speed, cannot stop on a dime.</div>
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The rail line was not likely moved in the intervening years as the valley it runs through is constricted in some areas by a creek. And of course the area may have been more wooded in the past, but the land there has been farmed for generations so most likely was farmed when the accident occurred. </div>
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I am purposely being vague with details as I will be sharing the full story during the tour. It is far more interesting than what I have shared thus far.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-50034123024988781432019-07-03T06:10:00.000-04:002019-07-04T17:48:31.340-04:00More Boys From Butler County<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs80sywpMh0FkQxfoNNaOtqto7lhLWd4HLQXZ9Wg85T0MTNIO__jDfYObyHaUhb9Sp-42HaNxB6ARJ6vWeShyphenhyphenvutEsiD5V5o8ZtB8W-h2NknWjB-VZjD1iC9Xgmp3cMWq4tnCwyhinRu8/s1600/28th+OVI+national.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs80sywpMh0FkQxfoNNaOtqto7lhLWd4HLQXZ9Wg85T0MTNIO__jDfYObyHaUhb9Sp-42HaNxB6ARJ6vWeShyphenhyphenvutEsiD5V5o8ZtB8W-h2NknWjB-VZjD1iC9Xgmp3cMWq4tnCwyhinRu8/s1600/28th+OVI+national.jpg" /></a>As stated in yesterday's post, there were more men that served as individuals beyond the regiments previously mentioned. Individual Butler Countians served in the following units:</div>
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108th Ohio</div>
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I would venture to state that there were probably at least 5,000 men from Butler County to serve in the Civil War. If so, that means nearly 14% of the county citizenry were in one of these units.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-82973862445147177792019-07-02T14:33:00.002-04:002019-07-04T17:41:44.104-04:00The Boys From Butler County<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am from Butler County, Ohio, sandwiched between Cincinnati and Dayton. During the Civil War the population of the county was about 36,000, and the men from the county did more than their share when it came to serving in the war. Here is a breakdown of units and companies that were raised in Butler County:</div>
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1st Ohio Cavalry - one company</div>
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3rd Ohio - one company</div>
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5th Ohio Cavalry - parts of two companies</div>
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9th Ohio - one company </div>
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12th Ohio - two companies</div>
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26th Ohio - one company</div>
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35th Ohio - five companies</div>
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58th Ohio - one company</div>
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69th Ohio - five companies</div>
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83rd Ohio - one company</div>
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93rd Ohio - three companies</div>
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167th Ohio - nine companies</div>
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Taking the above, if each company is 100 men, then Butler County contributed at least 3,000 men, or 8.33% of the county population, to the war effort. That 3,000 number would be very much on the low end, as more recruits were added to units as the war progressed. For example, the 35th Ohio had a total of 1,700 of men that would eventually be on its muster rolls, even though a regiment was supposed to be 1,000 men strong. <br />
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Next post I will mention the other regiments that had Butler County men serving, just not as full companies.</div>
Darryl R. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511821814020059893.post-37980970155951063872019-07-01T19:41:00.001-04:002019-07-04T17:53:20.007-04:00Ancestors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_ns_uiMk-7qze2c8oTmustDNxU28m95Wa4wDsZhw8i0K2gAVfnolf0mzChF0jKpG14uIPUIUjMuzANSyU2vdqlbbLVZ4TR8k0uBreq0dq_MO5cAAV3LmqPqdmj7WAy0vEhL3hwLIu28/s1600/20190701_140241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_ns_uiMk-7qze2c8oTmustDNxU28m95Wa4wDsZhw8i0K2gAVfnolf0mzChF0jKpG14uIPUIUjMuzANSyU2vdqlbbLVZ4TR8k0uBreq0dq_MO5cAAV3LmqPqdmj7WAy0vEhL3hwLIu28/s400/20190701_140241.jpg" width="400" /></a>At Mound Hill Cemetery, a beautiful cemetery located in Eaton, Ohio, are some of my ancestors, at least two of whom served during the Civil War. Daniel Cooper, my third great-uncle, joined the 35th Ohio on September 7th, 1861, and served all three years. Originally part of Company G, he transferred to Company C and served as corporal. He was discharged on July 16th, 1864 in Columbus, Ohio for wounds received on September, 20th, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Jacob Cooper, my third great grandfather, must have felt the urge to not be outdone by his son by joining the 133rd Ohio, a hundred days regiment, on May 2nd, 1864, and was discharged on August 20th. The roster of the 133rd shows that Jacob was 24 when he joined, but this must have been incorrect as he was 50 in 1864. His pension records show Company G, with his wife as Harriet as his widow, and she is indeed Jacob's wife (and my possible connection to George S. Patton, Jr. as Harriet was a Patton). </div>
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