The National tribune., 1896-03-05
The ed Ohio Cav.

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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Though
not a member of this regiment L have
studied its history and vainly looked Tor
an organization having more extended
range of military service. Organized IN tne
Summer of 1861, under the supervision oil
Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. John Hutcuins,
near Cleveland, o., the original strength
of the regiment was 1,177. The recruits
numbered about $50, but q detail OF two
officers and $50 men was made IN August,
1862, which formed the 25th Ohio battery.
In January, 1864. while in East Tennessee,
out of 474 in the regiment 40 re-eniisted
as veterans. Those who were living were
mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the
18th of September, 1865. 1t Travelled, as
regiment, on foot, horseback, by railroad anu
steamboat, on land, river, bay, and ocean,
an aggregate distance of $4,000 miles; served
in five different armies, and, according to the
first historian of the regiment, fought In ~
battles, under the following general oihcers ::
Buell., Wright, Hunter, Denver, Sturgis'
Blunt, Solomon, Curtis, SchOfieid, burnside,
Carter. Gilmore ShacklefOTd, Foster, kautZ,
Sedgwick, Wilson, Mcintosh, TOrbert, Custer,
Sheridan, Meade, and Grant Its horses
have drunk from and its troopers have bathed
in the waters of the Arkansas Kaw, Usage,
Cygnes, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Scsta,
Miami, Cumberland, Tennessee, Holston,
Potomac, Shenandoah, Rappahannoek, Rapi-
dan, Bull Run, Mattapony, Pamunkey,
Chickahominy, James, Appomattox, Black
water, NOttoway, and Chesapeake. 1t cam
paigned through Is States and a Territory.
| And the writer eloquentiy adds: :" It's dead,
sleeping where they fell, form videt line
| half across the continent--a chain of pres
| trate sentinels 2 900 miles long" Ohlo's
| official roster reports that five officers and
| % men were killed or died of wounds and
six officers and 1874 men died from disease OF
accident; Al of the latter died In reDsl
prison.-C. WOODRUFF, Adjutant, 64th Ohio
Peru, o.
The 14th N. z.
The regiment WAS organized at Albany
N. Y, May II. 1861, for two years, and was
mustered out May "a, 1868, by reason OF sx'
piration of term. Col. James MeQuade com
manded the regiment during its entire
service, and was mustered out with his com
mand Lieut.-Col. Chas. III. Skillen was
killed in action at Ganes's Mill, Va, june
81. 1862. The heaviest loss suffered by thu
regiment was at Malvern Hill, July /, 1867
while in MJrelrs Division, Fifteenth Corps
TWENTY-FIVE men were killed and 103 wound
also in Griffin's Division. While In the ser
vice it lost a total of four officers and 56 mel
killed and AZ men died.
The 18th N. Y Engs.
The regiment was organized in New Yorl
City for two, years in June 1861, and wa
mustered out June %, 1868. Col JONI
Mcleod Murphy resigned Dec. IL, 1867
Col. Clinton u. Colgate was in command
| - - IL ,ar1fJo cor
vice. The command lost seven men kille'
and three, officers and 119 men by disease
accidents, etc.
The 59th III.
The regiment was organized at st. L0ui:
Mo-, from July 6 to Sept. 8, 1861, to sery
three years At the expiration OF Its teri
, the original members, except veterans, wer
mustered out, and the organization, com
posed of veterans and recruits, retaine
! in the service until Dec. 8, 1860. When IN
s9th Ill. was mustered out at Nashville
June 10, 1865, 202 recruits of that regimen
with unexpired terms were left in the helt
and were transferred to the 59th III. 20
: John c. Keltop, graduate OF West Pom
and an officer of the Regular Army, VIII
first commanded the regiment, reslgne
March /, 1862. He was succeeded by Co
2 | L. sidney IOStj WIN Was III COAhAheehN
ing the remainder Of the service. He ri
: ceived the brevet Of BrigadierGeueral De
e is, 1864. The War Department credits Ii
: regiment with 10 battles, as follows: Pe
;. RIDGE, Corinth, Perryville, Knob Gap, Stor
!. River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Lool
/ out Mountain, Mission Ridge, Rocky Fa'
# Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, Kennesa
Mountain, Smyrna Station, Atlanta, Low
joys Station, Franklin, and Nashville. 4
Nashville, Dec. Is and is, 1864, while
Beatty's Division, Fourth Corps, the cor
mand lost eight killed, SO wounded, al
nine missing. The regiment a'so served
a Stanley's Division, Fourth Corps. Its tot
/. loss in the service was four officers and II
men killed and four officers aud III me
% died. The command was sometimes know
T: as the 9th Mo.