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��HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY.

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��covered the crossing of the Fourteenth Corps. The command to which tlie regiment belonged took a prominent part in the siege and reduc- tion of Atlanta.

AVhen the army of Hood began its raid upon our communications, the regiment marched to the relief of Resaca and from there to Colum- bia, where it was engaged in a slight skirmish. The regiment did not participate in the battle of Fi'anklin, but was assigned the duty of cov- ering the withdrawal of the forces and the re- treat to Nashville. At Nashville, the regiment formed the extreme left of the army, where, upon receiving orders, it moved forward and captured a fine battery of four brass guns and some thirty prisoners. The regiment partici- pated in a movement on Franklin Pike, about five miles from the city, capturing prisoners to the number of two commissioned oflScers and 100 men. The entire loss in the two days of the fight was two officers and one man killed, and two officers and twenty-four men wounded. After following the enemy to Lexington, Ala., the corps moved in the direction of Hunts ville, and the regiment went into camp at Bird Springs

��about the 5th of January, 1865, and remained till the 15th of March, when it moved into East Tennessee.

It moved by railroad to New Market, Tenn., and marched from there to Greenville, arriving on the 5th of April, and on the 23d was ordered back to Nashville, arriving about the 1st of May. From this time till the 16th of June, it was in camp near Nashville, Tenn., when orders were received to move to Texas. It arrived at Indianola, Tex., July 9, disembarked and marched to Green Lake, a distance of twenty miles. On the 10th of August, it started for San Antonio, a distance of 150 miles. The scarcity of water, the extreme heat and the want of suitable rations, made this one of the severest marches the regiment ever endured. It reached the Salado, a small stream near An- tonio, on the 21st of August, and remained there and in the city till November 21, when it was mustered out and ordered to Columbus, Ohio, for final discharge. Arriving at Colum- bus, Ohio, December 25, it was finally dis- charged from the service of the United States on the 27th of December, 1865.

��ROSTER OF FIFTEENTH REGIMENT, SHOWING ONLY NAMES OF OFFICERS FROM RICHLAND COUNTY,

��Date of Rank. Commission Issued.

��Colonel iMoses R. Dickey August 7, 1861....

Major A. R. Z. Dawson July 22, 1864

riiaplain ...'R. L Ganter |September20,1861

Captain Hiram Miller Iseptember 11,1861

Captain. ...A. R. Z. Dawson |September 11,1801

Captain A. C. Cummins September 12,1801

Captain Andrew M. Burns.... April 30, 1862

Captain T. E. Douglas July 1, 1862

Captain George W. Cummins.. March 18, 1863....

Captain.,... Calvin R. Tal't January 1, 1863...

Captain Cyrus H. Askew [March 18, 186-t....

Captain A. L. Smith November 26, 1864

Captain Alex B Lord January 18, 1865..

Captain L. Doolittle jjanuary 18, 1865..

Captain C. P. Lieter February 2, 1865..

Captain Joseph N. Welker ! February 28, 1865J

Captain David Weh iMarch 29, 1865. ...I

First Lieut. ,T. C. Bowles 'August 31, 1861...'

First Lieut. T. t. Douglas September 11.18611

First Lieut.! Andrew M. Burns. ...tSeptember 12,1861!

��August 7, 1861.... July 22, 1864 .. October 21, 1861.

��Remarks.

��Resigned October 21, 1862.

Mustered out with regiment.

Resigned April 15, 1862. October 17, 180l..lResigned July 27, 1862. iOctober 17, 1861..IPromoted to Major. October 17, 1861.. Resigned April 2ft, 1862.

iMay 10, 1862 Resigned March 18, 1863.

July 10, 1862 Transferred to Invalid Corps.

April 7. 1863 jMustered out.

Ijune 10, 1863 [Mustered out.

March 18, 1864.... Resigned June 14, 1865.

November 26^, 1804'Declined promotion.

January 18, 1865..' Honorably discharged January 19, 186'

January 18, 1805.. Mustered out with regiment.

February 2, 1865.. Commission returned.

February 28, 1865 Declined promotion.

March 29, 1865 Mustered out with regiment.

October 21, 1861. .[Resigned May 17, 1862. (•ctober 17, 1861..jPromoted to Captain. October 17, 1861..iPromoted to Captain.

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