The following is from the above mentioned book. My Father bought this book at a estate
sale several years ago. I thought I would share this with other's .
Linda Stratton
I am including the CONTENTS of this book, but because of the length of the text will
only type out the section about the Officer's and men (roster). There is some information
in these lists and I will include them also. If anyone has a question,I would be happy to
look and see if it's in the book.
Last updated December 9,1998
CONTENTS
ORGANIZATION
ORDERED TO THE FIELD
BATTLE OF MIDDLE CREEK
PIKETON
DOWN SANDY
UP SANDY AGAIN
FRANKLIN,TENNESSEE
FIRST BATTLE OF FRANKLIN
TULLAHHOMA CAMPAIGN
WARTRACE AND TULLAHAMA
CHICAMAUGA CAMPAIGN
BATTLE OF CHICAMAUGA
MOCCASIN POINT AND SHELLMOUND
BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
MISSIONARY RIDGE AND RINGGOLD
WINTER QUARTERS
BLUE SPRINGS
ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
FROM RESACA TO ACKWORTH
FROM ACKWORTH TO THE CHATTAHOOCHIE
SEIGE OF ATLANTA
JONESBORO, LOVEJOY, AND ATLANTA
PURSUIT OF HOOD
DRIVEN BY HOOD
BATTLE OF FRANKLIN
APPENDIX
Honor to Whom Honor is Due
Letter from Dillion P. Current.--Capture of Company "H"
A visit to the Battle Fields about Chattanooga
Amount of Ammunition used in Battle
Letter from Lieutenant Richard B. Cowling
Letter from Assistant Surgeon William H. Matchett
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel James Watson
Letter from Charles W. Wheeler, of Company "E"
Influence of Imagination on Wounded Men
Reduction of Transportation in 1863 and 1864.--Field Hospital after Battle of Chicamauga
Letter from Lieutenant J. M. Wasson --Adventures in Southern Prisons
The Great Flood at Piketon
BRIEF MILITARY HISTORIES
Field and Staff
Non-Commissioned Staff
Band
Company "A"
Company "B"
Company "C"
Company "D"
Company "E"
Company "F"
Company "G"
Company "H"
Company "I"
Company "K"
Additional Names
Summary of Casualties, &c.
(This section is what I am copying my information from.)
BRIEF MILITARY HISTORIES
of the
OFFICERS AND MEN
of the
FORTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
[In the following pages names will be found in the rank held at
original muster of the regiment,or it recruits, at date of enrollment,
and all changes will be there noted. All owing further service wheth-
er as recruits, veterans, or by sentence of court-martial, were, on the
10th of December, 1864, transferred to the 51st O.V.V., although
many such never joined the regiment, being sick in hospital, or in
prison
Abbreviations--En. Enrolled. V. E. --Veteran Enrollment ]
FIELD AND STAFF
Colonel Jonathan Cranor
Lieutenant Colonel, with authority to recruit the regiment, August 21st, 1861. Colonel,
September 11th, 1861. Commanded detachment of Eighteenth Brigade, Army of Ohio, from
March 14th, 1862. Commanded the Post at Gallipolis,O., October, 1862. Commanded the
District of Eastern Kentucky, winter of 1862-3. Resigned on account of disability,
Februrary 5th, 1863. Brevet Brigadier General, with rank from March 13th,1865. Other
service -- En. as Private in Regular Army during the Mexican War. On duty with Captain
McCrea at Newport, Ky., and Captain Lyon at Detroit, Mich., recruiting. Mustered out with
rank of Sergeant. Captain of Company "I", Eleventh O.V.I., in three months' service in
1861. Military Claim Agent for State of Ohio, April 29th, 1863.
Winchester,Ind.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter W. Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel, September 12th, 1861. Dismissed November 22d,1862
Major Jacob E. Taylor
Major, October 29th, 1861. Colonel, February 5th, 1863. Commanded Second Brigade, First
Division, Fourth Army Corps in 1864. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Georgia, October 7th,
1864. Other service--Captain in Thirtieth O,V.I., August 28th,1861/ Colonel of One Hundred
and Eighty-eighth O.V.I., March 4th, 1865. Mustered out with regiment September 25th, 1865.
Brevet Brigadier General, with rank from March 13th, 1865.
Burlington, Iowa
Surgeon Alexander McBride
Surgeon, September 7th, 1861. Resigned April 1st, 1862. Subsequently on duty in hospital
at Camp Chase O. Dead
Surgeon John N. Beach
Surgeon, April 14th, with rank from April 1st, 1862. On staff duty as follows: Surgeon of
the Third Brigade, Army of the Kanawha, in fall of 1862 at Gallipolis,O. Medical Director
of the District of Eastern Kentucky, winter of 1862-3, at Cattletsburgh,Ky. Medical Director
of Third Division, Army of the Ohio, in spring of 1863, atFranklin, Tenn. Surgeon of First
Brigade, First Division Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October 1863, until the close
of his terrm of service. Operating Surgeon in Field Hospital of First Division, Fourth Corps,
during the Atlanta Campaign. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864.
West Jefferson, O.
Assistant Surgeon Joseph C/ Kalb
Assistant Surgeon, October 3rd, 1861/ Resigned Februrary 6th, 1863. Assistant Surgeon
Forty-second O. V.I. March 10th, 1863. Resigned August 27th, 1864.
Henry, Ills.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew E. Isaminger
Assistant Surgeon, August 22d,1862. In charge of Medical Department of regiment inn 1863
and 1864. Mustered out at Mashville, Tenn., December 6th, 1864.
Leadville, Col.
Assistant Surgeon William H. Matchett
Assistant Surgeon, Februrary 8th, 1863. On detached duty by orders dated as follows:
General Hospital, Franklin, Tenn., May 12th,1863; to remove the sick to Nashville,
and close the hospital at franklin, June 1st, 1863: General Hospital at Tullahoma, Tenn.,
august 16th, 1863; General Field Hospital. Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23rd, 1863;
Brigade Hospital, Blue Spring,Tenn., February 14th, 1864; to open Post Hospital at
Cleveland,Tenn., February 22d, 1864. Mustered out at Pine Mountain, Georgia, October
7th, 1864. Surgeon One Hunndred and Eighty-sixth O.V.I. March 1st,1865. Mustered
out with regiment.
Greenville, O.
Chaplain Samuel A. Brewster
Chaplain, October 15th, 1861. Resigned October 31st, 1862.
Eaton, O.
Adjutant James B. Creviston
First Lieutenant and Adjutant, September 9th, 1861. Resigned March 9th, 1862. Other
service--First Lieutenant in Eleventh O.V.I., in 1861. Captain in One Hundred and
Ninety-third O.V.I., March 11th, 1865.
Hillgrove, Ohio
Quartermaster Joseph L. Kissenger
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, August 24th, 1861. Resigned March 14th, 1863.
Athens, O.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF
Sergeant Major Harrison E. McClure
En. as Private in Company "G", October 12th, 1861. Sergeant Major, November 15th, 1861.
First Lieutenant and Adjutannt, May 9th, 1862. Captain, March 19th, 1864. Promotion
declined. Mustered out Nashville,Tenn., December 6th, 1864.
Piqua,O.
Quartermaster's Sergeant Ewing M. Wickersham
En. as Private in Company "B", September 17th, 1861. Quartermaster's Sergeant,
October 10th, 1861. Mustered out March 15th, 1864, to accept promotion in
Sixty-seventh Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry.
Paoli, Kan.
Commissary Sergeant Lansing R. Moody
En. as Private in Company "B" , September 28th, 1861/ Commissary Sergeant,
October 10th, 1861. First Lieutenant, March 14th, 1863. Assigned to Company "F".
Resigned March 10th, 1864.
Wilmington, O.
Hospital Steward Abijah J. Miles
En. as Private in Company "I", November 5th, 1861. Hospital Steward, November 5th,
1861. Discharged, 1862.
Cincinnati, O.
Chief Musician Hiram Andus
En. as Private in Company "E". Chief Musician, November 27th,1861.
BAND
First Lieutenant Johiel G. Dungan
First Lieutenant, September 25th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862, at
Columbus, Ohio.
Dead
First Sergeant Richard Acton
En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Dead
Sergeant George W. Worrell
En. September 28th, 1861/ Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Sergeant Martin W. Dungan
En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
London, O.
First Corporal Francis M. Griffith
En. October 2d, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Coporal Seymour J. Reed
En. October 2d,1861. Detailed from Company "B". Died, Piketon, Ky., 1862.
Corporal Arthur M. Nelson.
En. September 22d, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
PRIVATES
Brown, Peter. En. October 2d,1861. Detailed from Company "C".
Betts, Thomas. En. September 28th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Crane, G. W. En. October 1st, 1861. Detailed from Company "B". Mustered
out September 30th,1862.
Willlmington, O.
Finefrock, Isaiah. En. October 16th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Hoover, Enos. En. October 10th, 1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
Kennelly, Patrick. En. September 28th,1861. Mustered out September 30th, 1862.
New York City, N.Y.
Swisher, John. En. October 2d,1861. Detailed from Company "E". Mustered out
September 30th,1862.
