The Military History of Ohio; Its Border Annals, Its Part in the Indian Wars, in the War of 1812, in the Mexican War, and in the War of the Rebellion, with a Prefix, Giving a Compendium of the History of the United States, History of the Declaration of Indepen (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...wounded and missing. The Seventy-Seventh, as a part of Sherman's left center, was in the midst of the terrible struggle at the Corinth road, on the 6th, and fell back in disorder not recovered from during the battle; moved after the Confederates on the 8th, and engaged with Forrest at Pea Pudge; loss, in killed, wounded and missing, in the three days, 220 men. The Eighty-First belonged to Smith's division, and engaged at 1 P. M., on the tth, held the enemy in check until the main line on the right was formed, and took position in that line for the lighting of the afternoon; was actively engaged on the 7th. The Fifty-Third, Sherman's division, was one of the first attacked and the first to break; only two-thirds of its rank and file were fit for duty, and it had the misfortune to be commanded by a coward in this, its first large battle, several of its companies maintained order through the-day, but the action of the regiment drew the censure of General Sherman; its officers, subordinate to the colonel, maintained that their men never refused to obey an order, and never moved without orders, on either day; on the 8th the regiment won praise from Sherman for the pursuit toward Monterey; total loss in the three days, 40 killed and wounded. Its colonel, Jesse J. Appier, was mustered out, ten days after the battle, and Wells S. Jones made colonel. He led the regiment until final muster out. The remaining Ohio regiments arrived with Buell or with Wallace on the night of the 6th. The First lost sixt, killed and wounded; the Sixth, the first troops of Buell across the river, took part in the last charge of the 6th without loss, and was held in reserve on the 7th; the Thirteenth performed gallant service on the 7th, capturing the New Orleans Washington Battery; the F...