Three Ohio Companies Leave Wooster for Camp Mansfield
Judge Welker named Assistant Adjutant General to handle heavy duties. Lieut Jeffries returns home to recruit for Company E. Wayne County Sends three full companies to Camp Mansfield with officers led by Captains Stent Robison Elliott and others, praised for orderly conduct and high enlistment.
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Judge Welker
Ted
Wooster
Camp Mansfield
W. Stent
B. Kenton
H. H Rowe
J. H. Robison
J. Y. Ross
Benton Bearbower
Jonas D Elliott
Edward W Bradley
James McNulty
A Patriot Indeed
A 16th Ohio letter urges Plain township youths to enlist for the Union cause. The writer argues enlistment reveals the value of free institutions and the dangers of a Confederate path, urging soldiers to face hardship rather than a future of ruined homes and fields.
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Ohio
Slater
Plain Township
Letter from Capt McClure’s Company on Tatwell Fight
A Civil War letter dated the 10th describes the Tatwell engagement with the 16th Ohio. Captured gear, casualties, and a reserve action during a rebel assault are noted, with burial of Capt Edgar by flag of truce and mention of heavy company losses. Five new Wayne County military companies are being formed under governor authorization, with officers listed and urged to enroll immediately.
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Ohio
Colnan
McClure
Tatwell
Boteford
Edgar
Wayne County
J H. Downing
Henry Eberhardt
Isaiah Jones
John McSweeney
Henry McGinn
Edward Stanley
Ore Op
Gratitude Letter for Gifted Horse Amid Civil War Era
A dated 1863 letter from Cuawrton B Kumar to a judge expresses deep thanks for a generous gift of a horse. The writer praises patriotism, pledges to use the horse to support the country, and vows loyalty to the government and its cause against rebellion.
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Wooarix
Onto
Cuawrton B Kumar
Hamen
Jasta
Foraging raid and rear-guard action near Tennessee town
A Civil War dispatch recounts the 26th Brigade leaving Cumberland Gap on August 2 for a foraging expedition toward Tazewell. The 16th and 42d Ky. held ground at Big Springs against rebel cavalry, recovering forage and horses, while suffering heat exhaustion and skirmishes. A sharp engagement unfolded as the 16th and 14th Ky. repelled assaults to protect guns and retrace to safety, with 8,000 Confederate attackers and 110 reported losses. The unit recovered forage, captured a few horses and mules, and notes enemy movements toward Kentucky and Chattanooga.
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Comexruam Gap
Broruzr
Cumberland Gap
Tazwell
Big Springs
Wales
Big Sycamore
Tatweil
Rig Springs
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Smith
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Dan Hough
Sammy Relainger
Sager
Huagh
Mathew
Tanbybill
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Liente
de Silva
Corn
Vores
Outot Edgar
Gordon
11Th Tenn. Regt
Kersheer
Mills
Boone
Battha
Stevens
Clinch River
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Casualties Reported By 16th Tennessee at Turvell Engagement
Captain Richeson writes from Cumgge Lane Gap Tennessee dated August 8 1862 detailing the 16th Tennessee casualties from the late skirmish at Turvell on August 6. He notes 54 missing and lists wounded captured and killed with company and officer names and the regiments involved. He reports losses of knapsacks and letters and mentions the enemy force estimated at 11 regiments with infantry artillery and cavalry.
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Tenn
E Foreman
Turvell
16Th Ohio
Daniel Hough
Robert Mathews
Boutsford
James Hoke
Harn
Edgar
Tannyhill
C.B Smith
Tannybill
Morrixson
John Springer
Risinger
Megary
Bunford
Leary H Lawrence
Monroe
Hamrutos Brongson
Letter From a Southern Citizen on Richmond Visit
A captured rebel vessel yields a letter from a prominent Southern State citizen to his wife. He condemns the rebellion, laments the misery in his region, and describes visits to Richmond. He predicts the Confederacy’s downfall, cites dire hospital casualties, and expresses duty to endure burdens without office.
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Union
Richmond Hospitale
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