The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-19

| HYNK1 n " men which fell in
| T-A-E--N. for roll call on
CSS~o ~ Company Is
sheet, ut Camp
Randall. that July morning. in 1861.
1t was made up largely Of farmer boys
from Vernon County. When 1t was de-
cided TO raise the company drummer
and fifer were put into n wagon and
driven out among the farmers. AS the
band played the farmer lads left their
| plowS and planting and sought the
cause of the demonstration. That day
at dinner and supper the question of
enlisting was discussed. Two days
later the required hundred men and
! boys had put down their names. Most
of them were under 20, many under IS,
strapping. healthy fellows. They had
been too busy clearing the land and
making farms to get out and rub
against the world to any great extent.
| They swung their arms eXtravagantly,
| took long steps-walked just as they
did In following the plow or carrying
milk to the springhouse. 1t was hard
to make them look to the front while
on duty; they were staring here and
there, seeing the sights and making
odd comments on scenes. officers and
the other companies. 1t was laughed
at for its awkwardness. A tony chap
said: Look at the gawks"
At that time it was necessary, in
choosing an adjutant. to take him from
the line. There was young lawyer.
graduate of an Eastern college, who
was wanted for adjutant. He was Il
trim built. handsome fellow. and looked
the soldier he proved to be. The resig
nation of a lieutenant of l Company
opened the way. He was commission
ed lieutenant in that company and
Immediately assigned as adjutant. The
boys were all strangers to him, but he
gave them much attention. He liked
those rosy-cheeked awkward fellows
from farms, the rest of us thought, bet
ter than he did the other companies.
He took particular pains to see that l
Company was well drilled Within
three months 1t had the military step
and bearing that gave it rank with the
best-drilled companies in the brigade.
On review its brasses. uniform, mus
ketS and accoutrements were, as the
adjutant used to say, ''in apple-pie or
der" Before the campaigning began
all of the original officers of Company
had resigned. Captain R. X. Dawes.
of Company X, later General Dawes,
father of Charles G., the present Comp
troller of the Currency. was asked If
he was willing that his first lieutenant
should be transferred to Company l as
captain. He had n fondness for the
happy faced. curly-haired lieutenant
and hesitated somewhat, but he
wouldn't stand in the way of his pro-
motion. so Lieutenant John A. kellogg
added bar to his shoulder-straps and
became Is leader. A couple of boys
from Liberty Pole were made lieuten-
ants-Clayton E. and Earl NJ. Rogers.
Let the record speak for Company l.
They participated in every battle of
the Army Of the Potomac save those on
the Peninsula, under Mcclellan. They
were at Rappahannock Station in the
Pope retreat The night before the re-
treat from there it was Company that
was called upon to tear down buildings
and construct bridge across the Rap
pahannock River. At Gainesville no
company in the regiment fought better
or suffered worse 1t was at Bull Run
on the Goth and Both; at South Noun
tain, Antietam. Fredericksburg. Fitz-
hugh Crossing, Charlottesville, Get
tysburg, and in all of the other battles
of the Potomac army up to and includ-
Ing AppomattoX. One of its members
was voted n medal of honor by Con
gress. Sergeant Frank \. Waller. later
lieutenant, captured the flag of the
Second Mississippi at Gettysburg when
the regiment charged the cut and made
prisoners of Major Blair and most of
his men.
In the great review at Washington n
man without an arm. both having been
shot off at Antietam, stood in front of
the Treasury Building waiting for his
old regiment. When it swung to RE
right from the long stretch on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and moved past the great
building the no-armed man was full of
smiles and comments. AS his old COM
pany approached he swung the stub
of the right arm to his hat. removed it,
bowed his head, and said, Il could
kneel to you. Company A" When |
Company passed he did the same. 1t
was the tony young fellow who. nearly
for years before. had said Look at
the gawks,'
From | Company's ranks had fallen
forty-one, killed in battle. Forty-one,
All from one company. or nearly half
of the original number. There were
whole brigades that did not lose as
many men in battle. The wounded
numbered siXty-five. Many were
wounded two or three times. Seven
teen died of disease. Company | con-
tributed one brigadier general, Frank
A. Kellogg 1t contributed colonel.
Frank \. Haskell. who was killed at
Cold HarbOr the day after he had been
recommended for promotion to briga-
dier general With armless A. H.
Young, of Company A, l could kneer'
to Company Is farmer boys.-J. A.
Watrous, in Chicago Times Herald.
A Modern Munchausen.
An old officer who was passing by,
an acquaintance of the Generals, now
a 4