The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-25
SOME MORE "ELEvENTH-HOUR REGI-
MENTSo

already given of desperate fighting and
heavy losses of regiments which came
out during the last months of the war
by no means exhausted the list. Every
one of the regiments organized after the
beginning of 1864 did so with the full
understanding on the part of every man
who put down his name that there was
fearful fighting ahead, and that he was
taking big chances of his getting his
full share of it.
We have heretofore spoken of regi-
ments from States east of the Allegany
Mountains. Let us see how those from
the more Western States Jared.
Ohio began in 1864 by contributing
AZ regiments and battalions of 100-days
men to guard the Notifications, bases of
supplies, and lines of communication in
the rear of our advancing armies, so thsS
the veterans engaged in this duty might
be sent to the front 1t is supposed that
these regiments had "a very soft snap"
Possibly some of them did, but the
greater part had it quite otherwise.
They were thrust far into the enemy's
country, where guerrillas and bush
whackers swarmed, and life was any
thing but picnic. One entire division
of the Tenth Corps was made up of these
regiments, and they did their full share
Of duty in the trenches before Peters
burg. The 135th Ohio had quite a
sharp battle in the Shenandoah Valley,
and lost Z men killed and &c who died
in prison. The 144th Ohio lost 10 men
killed in battle and 50 who died from
other causes. The 16Sth Ohio lost II
men killed. The 171st Ohio had II
men killed. and most of the other 100
days regiments lost men killed. The
last cavalry regiment which Ohio sent
out was the 18th, organized in 1864
1t lost 90 killed and 50 who died from
other causes The men who returned
from the 100-days service, and those who
had been discharged by reason Of the
expiration of their three years, went
largely into the one-year regiments, the
organization of which was begun in
September, 1864, and continued till the
surrender of Lee. These regiments were
numbered from 173 to 1913. Late as it
was, some of them caught it quite
severely. The 174th Ohio lost % killed
and 90 WHO died from other causes
the 175th Ohio lost Is killed and 10S
deaths from other causes; the 1881 Ohio
"a killed and 80 other deaths.
The 18th Ky. Cav was the last cav
airy regiment sent out by Kentucky, and
was not organized until April, 1865, but
it managed to lose s men killed and &c
dying from other causes. The 18th Ky.
was the last infantry regiment from the
State. 1t was organized in November,
1864, and lost killed and 81 deaths
from other causes.
in the beginning of 1864 Indiana
sent out five cavalry regiments-the 9th,
10th, 18th, 18th, and 18th Ind. Cav.
These all saw much very hard and dan
gerous service. The five small regi-
ments lost 81 killed and SO8 who died
from other causes.
The last cavalry regiment sent out by
Illinois was the 18th, organized in Feb
ruary, 1865, and which lost Z men
| killed in battle and 81 who died from
disease. One of her 100-days regi.
ments-the 18th Ill.-lost Is killed in
battle and 80 who died from disease.
The 18th Mich. Cav. came out in the
beginning of 1864, and was the last cav.
airy regiment organized in the State
1t lost Is killed and ia who died from
disease. Michigan organized three in
fantry regiments in the latter part o.
1S64-the 2Sth, 29tb, and 30th Mich
These lost IL men killed in battle anG
211 who died from disease.
Wisconsin organized three infantr,
regiments in the Spring of 1S64--tht
Seth, 9th, and 3Sth Wis. They wer,
at once rushed to the front, and were il
murderous fight before their uniforms
had taken the set of their bodies. Tn