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Every ThursdayRIcUnend. IndianaVol. I. No. JOPeteuuy t, 1901Wayne County and the Civil WarCamp Wayne Organized, Many VolunteerBy... Bi/ll RoJtftUIM firs cuiw formsd In Indiana. co, iu organized In Richmond.The flrel fcemed in ladles* waa Cenp Morten M Indians polls. Let or (Me* ware Oil Into opera-tloa: Camp Sullivan. imianapolls. Csmp Vigo. Tone Heute, Camp TIppecenoe. Lafayette. end Ceap •syne. Richmond.Theee camps were the points oC departire tor the TOlunteer soldiers.Indians never Bad to set up a recular draft sendee, because the stale provided note than Us Quota moat of the time, with the ekceptloo cf Octoher. 1*82. when a few men were drafted on the sround of equalizing the Burdens Is toealltlaa in arrears.E»en then the number put Into the field hr conscript km was comparatively small. The war was enled as It was began. mainly by volunteers.• • •In panning South Ninth and E streets, stop for a moment andvisualise an army camp In place cf the fire station that# now. ear- , rounded by home*.That waa the scene In Richmond one hundred years aso. There were few houses. If any. at that tlae In the south of Rlcb-of the Civil War came about In 1881. Indiana waa amcog the very first to have men volunteer few the war. A cent waa set up in Richmond, namrd Camp wayne. after Wayne canty, aa Camp Mortem in Indianapolis was named in hence of Oovtreor Oliver P. Mortem, out fovemor at the time.see In a sheet time Indiana tad mat her quota. Men fron all waOs of Ufe were arulowa to join. Laborers. farmers, shop kaapars and doctors. One of the local physic!ana who volunteered was Dr. Joel Valla. Later the Valle school In Richmond, wes named in his hence.Men humed to be trncrng thefirst to l«n. to war, n« realizing lhay were tomgage In tha the hardships later.They were sheet of supplies, guns, clothltg and other equlp-mmt. The loyal women of Richmond tel up groups in churches, halls am private homes to aew. quilt. knU sad prepare bandages to be sent to the Une cf battle.The fact that their loved onea. has bands, sens, troth res end sweethearts, were going ewsy. To aure. didn't ceane to ba of kspcetanct to then. Bat there was a ]ob to be dee* am they alio answered the call lo do what they cculd.Many of these brave women were the early settlers of this country and they, aa well as the men. saw the due need to protect their country. Many wcsnen went to can pa and helped with the cue am nosing d the sanded.The local depcr was a place of tew as well as Joy. Vast crowds of clllxeaa went to seerm men off on the trams carrying them to the ftoola. Almost every day they said their fare we Us. many never to return. Knowing (his down deep, they refused lo fears Interfere with the week of supplying aid.Neuly all the volunteers wtie sent to Indians polls and from there to the vuricms pouts of hauls, am lo the encanpmrau.India tn was the cmly state lo send the* own ladlara teed hoMt to the wu. so s Cavalry unit could be set up. Hcases were ss nuch s shortage as anything eUe. Many were killed, an their rtdeti were, and ihcae that were not. sere many tines taken by the enemies.Richmond had several men who went down In hutory flt;r then bravery. To name s faw of the hundreds: Lleutenant-Coltmel W. W. Dudley, who wu captain of Co. B and cennacded the regiment after the fall cf Lleuten-aMColCMl A.O. Baclman U Antletam. Allen W. Ogborn of Co. B killed In action.II would lake too lemg to llat the long line cf gallant men who were wounded so) killed la ihla great rebellion.They will ba long r*nes£*red. as men of valor, and for Ihalr devotion In keeping this Called Stales u one free nation.
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Thu, Feb 09, 1961
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