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By DON MILLEBA siring of railroad cars ground to i hall near Patterson's Creek. Va„ ai 5 p.m. Feb. 9. 1SS2.Lorain County’* men of the Eighth OVI were ready to join the rapidly growing movement of troop* against the Confederate force*.Company by company, with one company to each three freight cars, the men loaded onto the train.When the train stopped to unload. the men of Co. I found themselves at Paw Paw Tunnel, in Morgan County, about 23 mHes lrom Cumberland. Here the railroad tracks passed under a mountain. through the tunnel, and on toward Cumberland.The infantrymen unloaded, and' were ordered into a field near the railroad. Here they pitched their tents, then started foraging for rail fences, a favorite material for firewood.The path of an army through the south could be traced by this one means-the missing fences, like locust*, the soklieri scoured the ait*, cleaning it of all rails.By the time they had rested. Co. I * men were ordered to prepare for another move. Excitement reigned, for this was to be • raid on Bloomer’* Gap. 14 mile* from the tunnel, with Co. I a part of the large raiding force._The expected combat failed to materialize, however. The Confederate* had evacuated the area.At Fayetteville. Va.. Lorain Countian* In Co. K. 23rd OVI were getting used to a new commanding officer. Capt. A.A. Hunter.The company'* flret commander. Capt. DeWltt C. Howard of Elyria, had suddenly resigned (Feb. 1) and gone home, without a word of explanation.Capt. Howard, 24. had enlisted June 1. 1861. and saw combat against the Confederates at Car-ni/ex Ferry and other points.Lt. Archie C. Fisk. another Ely-rian. was at this time in Co. E of the 23rd, but later was to be transferred to Co. K. succeed Capt. Hunter as its commanding officer, then to become a captain and assistant adjutant general.Masonic friends of Lt. Fisk, an extremely popular young Elyrian. presented him early in February. 1862 with a sword. And the Ladies Aid Society made its rounds, col-ecting clothing for him to take .tack to the rest of the Lorain County men in the 23rd.During this period, the death toll continued to grow. Company E, 42nd OVI. another Lorain County unit, had by now lcet nine men. Latest of these to die was Sgt. Benjamin F. Morehouse. Carlisle. aged 20. Sgt. Morehouse died Feb. 6, 1862. at Camp Buel. near Ashland, Ky.4g8TUndliarIWilIneMmHelPrivate Joseph H, Lincoln. 44. Ma had been forced by severe illness ‘ y to leave his company. Co. H. 41st OVI. to come home to Pittsfield. There he was to die. just as much a war casualty as those killed by bullets.m.i Doi Ed. has et I bie ArtThe name of Preston Smith, former Wellington postmaster, abo was added to the list of war dead. Smith died in Virginia ty: whore he was serving with the'Job Quartermaster Department. .CliljfiorNext: Plans for a new state; lely ). I of the Eighth on the move.'CnCo.Successful Investin'Ex-DividencMeaning EBy ROGER E. SPEAR(Q) Would you kindly explain the meaning of the term ’ex-dividend’?” E.T.(A) Of course. The term ex-dividend” means the same as without dividend.The board of directors of a company sets in advance the date at which a dividend is to be paid. At the same time they fix anburlier Halo lt;vr I Ho franc.bashwtth.caho(.profiscand
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The Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1962
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