Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-06

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EDWIN A. PARROTT,
Speaker of the House,
From Montgomery, is Lawyer. He was
born the 30th of Nov. 1880, in Dayt ton, Ohio;
was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, where he graduated in the Regular
Course, in lS49; took his second degree at
his alma mater Chree years afterward; cast
his first Presidential vote for Taylor, and
last two for Lincoln; began his profession
al studies with :. Craighead, Esq, OF Day
ton. and after reading about two years went
to the Law School at Cambridge, Mass;
remained there but few months. when he
returned to Dayton toengage III business;
kept up his studies, and the subsequent
year was admitted to practice by the Su-
preme Court of Ohio; was elected to the
House in 1862 beiug the first member from
his county for ten years, Other than Dem
ocrat: was conservative in politics, but i'm
mediately on the first call tor troops offered
his services TO the Governor; recruited three
companies from tine lst Ohio Militia in
which he was Major; resigned his seat, and
under detail from the Governor, started for
Washing OH in charge of 1000 unOr- -anized
volunteers, April 18th, 1861. He was de-
tanned under orders, at Harrisburg, Pa, and
the troops organized as lst and 2d Regts
Ohio VOnunteers, and MIR. ParrOtC was
chosen Lieut.. Co. of lst Regt. He served
throu ! II three months as Lieut. Col. In ne
fall reorganized Regiment for three years;
was promoted to Col. in Feb, 1862; was de-
tailed as A. A. Prov. Mar. Gen. OF Ohio,
In April, 1868, and org lnized bureau in this
State; resigned Feb 1864.
Dayton Z. o.
BREV. MAI. GEN. HENRY B. BAN
MING,
From Knox, is a Lawyer; was born in the
county he represents, and is twenty-eight
years of age; cast his first Presidential vote
for Douglas, and last one for Lincoln en-
tered the service as a'private in the 4th
Ohio, in the three months service, on the
10th of April, 1861; was elected Capt. of
Co. "B" OF 4th Ohio was reelected in the
three years organization, Capt. of same
company, without opposition; served in
the 4th Ohio, under Mcclellan in Western
Virginia and Shields in the Valley until in
the spring of 1862; was appointed Maj. In
April, 1862, of the 52d Ohio, by Gov. Tod.
Before he joined the SD Ohio, he was
ordered to the command OF the S7th Ohio,
a three months Regt. At the expiration of
this Regt's term of service, he was appoint
ed and commissioned Lieut.. Col. of the
l25th Ohio, and Joined the army of the
| Cumberland at Franklin, Tenn, in jan,
| 1868. Here the 125th Ohio was placed in
the same Division with the l2lst Ohio.
The latter Regt. had up to this time won
| for herself no enYiable reputation. She
was sadly in want of drill and discipline.
All the officers of the l2lst Ohio united In a
written request for the transfer of Lieut..
Col. Banning to this Regt. Gems. GOrden,
Granger and Rosecrans approved the re-
quest and the transfer was made. Under
the command OF Lieut.. Col. Banning the
| l2lst Ohio soon became one of the best
drilled aud disciplined Regis in what was
then called the ReserVeCorps. Lieut.. Col
! Banning was promoted to Col. at the bat
\ tie of Chicamauga, where he led his new
command to battle; and on that bloody
4 field no Regt. did more, nor harder fight
ing than the 12lst Ohio on that fatal Sab
bath afternoon. when Steedman's Division,
in the language of Rosecrans, "saved the
-army of the Cumberland" The l2lst Ohio
1 occupied the right of the Division, and
captured the 22d Ala. cOlors, the only col
ors captured in that engagement. In the
reorganization of the army of the Cumber'
Hand, the l2lst Ohio was assigned to the
l4th Corps. The part taken by Col. Ban
ming and his Regt. In the Atlanta Cam
paign' mas paSseu ,HeH n.SSor{ ~ anu h,'om. w.
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srn,od ona has s;n nce % heap pUn psnnojntad % Rreu
Mai Can any En~ nv 'S a. onv ot3cars Aid moro y,
harior 6ghtjn1 than Gem Ranning, n,
was in thirteen pitched battles. He entered
the service private che iotn Oh Aprll, 1861
ana was mustered OUT as
Brev: MAJ. zen: IN Dec 1000. az
Legislator, MS course mas Jus