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��HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY.

��Sixty-fifth.— (Colonel, C. G. Harker, U. S. A. ; Lieutenant Colonel, Daniel French ; Quarter- master, William M. Farrar ; Adjutant, Horace H. Justis ; Surgeon, John Gr. Kjde ; Mate, John

C. Gill ; Chaplain, Andrew Burns ; Sutler, Huros F. Horner.

Company A — Mount Vernon. A. Cassill, Captain ; A. Ellis and Jacob Hammond, Lieu- tenants.

Company B — Alliance. H. Camp, Captain ;

D. G. Swain and J. Armstrong, Lieutenants. Compan}' C — Plymouth. E. L. Austin, Cap- tain ; Samuel L. Boulby and Frank B. Hunt, Lieutenants. >

Company D — Mount Gilead. J. C. Baxter, Captain ; D. H. Rowland and John F. Hyatt, Lieutenants.

Company E — ^Berea. N. N. Whitbeck, Cap- tain ; T. Powell and G. W. Huckings, Lieuten- ants.

Company F — Millersburgh. E. M. Vorhees, Captain ; N. L. Williams and Jasper P. Brady, Lieutenants.

Company G — Ashland and Sandusky. Orlow Smith, Captain ; C. S. Gregg and Charles Tan- nehill. Lieutenants.

Company H — Guernsey County. S. C. Brown, Captain ; F. H. Graham and Samuel McKinnie, Lieutenants.

Company I — Mansfield. J. Christofel, Cap- tain ; L. B. Eaton and A. Howenstein, Lieuten- ants.

Company K — Findlay. J. Preble, Captain ; Joseph Ransdall and J. C. Matthias, Lieuten- ants.

rVfrr/ ??•?/.— Major, William McLaughlin.

Company A— Mansfield. Gaylord McFall, Captain ; Enoch Smith and Samuel Fisher., Lieutenants.

Company B — Wooster and Lima. J. Buck- master, Captain ; Benj. J. Lake and Hermon Alleman, Lieutenants.

Artillery.— QnWex Bradley (U. S. A.), Cap- tain ; Ayers, McElroy, Ferguson and Baldwin,

��Lieutenants ; recruited at Mansfield, Akron and Urichville.

The Herald noticing the organization of the brigade makes the following comments :

"We cannot close our notice of the Sherman Brigade without a word for Maj. R. S. Granger. Perfectly acquainted with all the details of military service, he has made himself a valu- able officer by the management of the camp and the fine discipline of the men. He is uni- versally liked. We learn that there is some probabilit}" of his exchange."

It will be noticed in the foregoing that Sena- tor Sherman, the- originator of the brigade, was at one time the Colonel of the Sixty- fourth, the first regiment raised. His duties as Senator would not allow him to take com- mand of the regiment, which then devolved upon Col. Forsyth. On leaving the regiment, Senator Sherman issued the following order :*

" The Colonel commanding deems it proper in taking leave of this force, to express his grateful acknowledgments to all the officers and men composing it for their prompt response to the call of their country in its time of need. He will ever remember with the warmest feelings of gratitude the assist- ance rendered in recruiting this force by every man connected with it, and take pride in its achievements ; and feels assured that the}' will reflect honor upon the State from which they come and upon the country they serve.

"He leaves them with more confidence, in that they will have the active service of ex- perienced. officers, who, he is certain, will tem- per military discipline by the forbearance due to citizen soldiers voluntarily assuming the duties of military life.

" He also takes this occasion for himself, and, as he believes, for this entire force, to return his acknowledgments to Maj. Robert S. Gran- ger, Fifth Infimtry, U. S. A., for his valuable services in organizing this force."


 * Dated December 1, 1861.

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