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POSEY COUNTY.Always Played An Important * Part In War.The part that Posey county played in the war of the Rebellion can be recounted with pride by the descendants of the men who responded so nobly to their country’s call. To these same descendants fell the lot to uphold the banner of freedom and preserve democracy and that they did so in a way worthy of tradition dlls us all with pride.The following is a list of the soldiers of Posey county who received promotion as field officers above the position of Captain for gallantry and meritorious services: Genl. Alvin P. Hovey Col. of the twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, until the battle of Shiloh, was promoted, April 28th 1862, a Brigadier General. On July 4th, 1864, he was commissioned a Major General by President Lincoln.Col. Richard F. Barter was an Adjutant of the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers at its organization, and on April 26th 1862, was promoted Major; was promoted again to the position of LieutenuDt-Colonel for gallantry at Shiloh, which he resigned November 27ib, 1863, to re-enter service as Col. of the hundred and twentieth Indiana Volunteers, remaining in that position until August 8th 1804, whence resigned. He received a very serious wound in the hand at the battle of Champion Hill while bearing the colors which had fallen from the bands of the standard-bearer, who had received dangerous wounds during the fight.Richard Owen, who entered the service as Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifteeth Indiana Volunteers, was promoted Colonel of the sixtieth October 21, 1862, which he resigned July 11, 1863.Alfred D Owen, Adjutant of the Eightieth Indiana Volunteers was first promoted Lieutenant-Colonel andthen, cn January 27, 1S64 elevated to the position of Colonel of the same regiment. He was only twenty one years of age when he received the promotionJulian D. Owen, mustered into service as second Lieutenant of Company “C,’! First Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers, was prjmoted Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment March 2, 1864,Mark McCauley entered the First Cavalry as a private in August, 1861, and was promoted to the position of Major of the regiment in July, 1863.Walter J. Hodge entered the army as Captain of Company “A,n Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, August 11, 1*lt;-4 and. was promoted Lieutenant-, C'oionei of the same regiment May 24, 3894, but died of Typhoid fever at Marietta, Ga., before he was muBtered.Jovian Forth, who entered the service as First Lieutenant of Compnny “C,*J First Cavalry Indiana Volunteer in July, 1861, was promoted Major of the same regiment November 7, 1861.Jesse Nash, who entered Company “C,” Sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, as Captain was promoted Major of the same regiment February 8, 1863; resigned August 2, 1863.Sylvamus Milner, who entered the service as Captain of Company “K,” Tenth Cavalry Indiana Volunteers, November 20, 1863, was promoted Major of the same regiment, May 1. 1865.Dewitt, C. James entered the Tenth Cavalry as Captain of Company •*K,n January 11, 1864, and was promoted Major of the same regiment June 1,1895.James M. Carson entered the service as Captain of Company “A,” Ninety-first Indiana Volunteers, September 22, 1862 and was promoted Major of that regiment Nov. 1, 1863.Posey county expended during the war, for local bounties, 8203,202 60; for the relief of soldiers’ families,$34,-384.84, and for miscellaneous military purposes, $5,138,70, making a total of 8242,760.14.Besides her liberality of pecuniary donations, it will be seen that she was generous to a very loyal degree in her responses to calls for more recruits. The population of the county, at the beginning.of the war, in round numbers, was 16,000. The number of men furnished by her as stated elsewhere, was approximated 1,700 Estimating one vote to live inhabitants, the county con tained 3,200 voters, 15 per cent, of whom were, it is reasonable to sup* pose, unfit for services because of old age and infirmities. Deducting this proportion from the total number and the number left is 2,720 men. Therefore, the county furnished 62^ percent of all her able-bodied men for the suppression of the rebellion, in active service, while at least 1,000 of those re maining were on duty as home guards almost constantly. No county in the
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New Harmony Times
New Harmony, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 29, 1918
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