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HISTORY
OF THE
FIFTY-EIa^TH
OHIO
VOLUNT R INF NTRY
IN
THE
W R
OF THE REBELLION
FROM 86 TO
865
WRITTEN BY:
CLARENCE O
SOEHNER
r e t ype d
and RECOPIED BY
MRS RICHARD O SOEHNER
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PBL FACE
Several years
ago,
upon Kj
return
from
Vicksburg,
liississippi,
af t e r
a v/eek
spent in attending
the
dedicat ion
of
Chic llonuments a t
the
Vicksburg National Park, and follo / ing
sorce
of the
routes gone
over by
the 58th Ohio Infantry,
in
v/hich ray Grandfather, Lt Col- Dister, v/as a
meniber, I rade an
effort
to find more detailed information
of the
regi*-
only
to find that no history had ever been
written
of this organi--
zat ion until I finally
decided
to write a complete
history
of the Plf ty-Eightli
Chio
Volunteer
Infantry,
for
the information of
the
decendants
of
this , -
.fighting regiment, and trust
their
deeds will be treasured as a
precious ) / \ \
/ legacy. ^
^ would no t
have
under taken t h i s l a bo r b ut fo r th e
zea lous
prompting of
the fol lowing, then surviving
members,
of
the old
58th, y/ho
i
have
now
a l l
pas sed over the
great
divide
which separates time from
v,
~ e te rn i ty , r
\ Captain
Louis
Keller, Captain Joseph Lister and Lieutenant
Charles Stroedter of
Dayton,
Ohio; Si.
Boysell,
Lima, Ohio; Lieutenant
Theodore Dickman, V/apakonetta, Ohio; Lieutenant Theodore
Scheldt,
Fort
Eec oyery,
Ohio.
Among the
serviceable works
I
have consu l ted
and
c i t ed , these
deserve special mention;
Ohio a t Shi loh , Ohio a t Vicksburg , Ohio
in
the
War ,
^^ein Tagebuch Im Hevolutions Kriege by Lieutenant Johann Stuber,
58th
Ohio
Infantry,- and ii /ar of the Bebellion Offic ia l Hecorda ,
^ Series
I ,
Volume XVII,
Parts
I and I I .
7
VT SN
i /
l
J
Ju l y , 1921
. 1 5i
itilViW
. ^ll
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KISTOHY OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH OHIO 701.UJ1TS2H
IIJFiUOTfiY
1)
4 I the urgent necessity for an increase of the Union Armv
oroornen ?M additional contlgenfo? ^
t ooh
hold
of this ;ntt:r>ith e r^^^^^ ^ the Goyer
Ohio InfantrTT regimenta
tp organize at that time
was
the
58th
was thoi- 1- >1^ Sianing the intention of the organizers of the regiment
r ^ be recruited in Counties throughout the state where there
ere large German Fopulations
the
intention heing that
it
should he
the
ath OaV
(37th
Ohii). Ohio).
The
Srd Geman
Regiment
-.
. , ^ .. .Captain Peter Dister (Later Kajor
and
Lt. Col.), Oantaln Oaliev
>nd
teinster^Heer
Breran
vicinity. Lieutenant Theo. Dictaan
in
ftxnsxor, wear BreEen, and iijiglaae County, Ohio,
brcflni7oa w ^^ an expiration of three
months
seven companies had been
at^^Oh ' ^ average of ahout
eighty
men to a company and were
mohilized
t
Camp
Chase, about four miles south of
Columbus,
Ohio, fere rest of ^^1/ ?
time
was
Opent in
perfecting
themselves
in the
School
of
the Soldier . r.H
Were
t r a n s f e r r edDece i iO j e r ,
three con^panies
of the 61st Ohio^^v ^
ss , r~ s : ;
oS; =
=' -
Colonel; Valentine Bausenwein
Lieutenant polonelj Ferdinand
Rempel
R.ajdrj Peter
Bister
Surgeon: Reiner Schallern-
, -^j -itant: Remain Lujeane
^.^artermaster; Peter A.
Bishop
Fred
vir
Richmann
'' Sergeant ]v aJor: Theodore Scheldt .
Company A'*
Andrew Gallfy
..
i s t I ieu tenant :
Theodore
BiclmiGnn
2nd
Lieutenant;
Michael
l^el ler
^ 1st 3ergeant: Charles Kette ' ' : ' '
Company,
Captains Joseph
11* Brown
.
1st
Lieutenant;
Charles Straedter
2nlJieutenaijtji.,.^_^^
^
^ Company C
Captain; Laceritz Barentaen ' ' .
-1st
Lieutenahts E. J .
Brauneis
2nd Lieutenants
Erhardt
Goehl
Compan2^
D
y Captains
Andrew
Huher
Is t
Lieutenant; Henry Bohl
2nd Lieutenant; V/illiam Rhode ' '
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Company
S
Capta in :
Albert
Stehly
st
L i e u t e n a n t :
August Bie rwl r th
2nd
L i e u t e n a n t :
P e t e r Kaufiiiann
Companj'-
p *
Captain;
J o h n Bun s
1 s t
L i e u t e n a n t :
Wil f o r d
S t i e r s
2nd
L i e u t e n e n t :
F r ed e r i ck
Teusche r
Company
G
Captain:
Bap t i s t
Beukle r
s t L i e u t e n a n t ;
Osca r Von Br ab en d e r
2nd L i e u t e n a n t ;
Conrad B .
Krause
Corrpany
H
Capta in :
Ezr a J a c k s o n
1 s t L i e u t e n a n t :
Christopher C.
Knlser
2nd
L i e u t e n a n t :
Wm. H. Hul l s
Company
WJ
Captain;
Sa r u e l 1'.^ Llo r r i son
1 s t L i e u t e n a n t :
Wi.
Robey
2nd L i e u t e n a n t :
Stephen
Defenbnugh '
Company K
Captain:
Cha r l e s
A^
Ba r k e r
st L i e u t e n a n t :
Wi l l i am S .
F r i e s n e r
2nd
L i e u t e n a n t :
Lea nd er E .
Hodge
2)
I; officers was
taken
from the ircrning report of the',:
58th Ohio on
the
daj'' i t lef t
Ccuj p
Chase
for
the South Too
much
room would he --
j taken up in
making
a report of all resignations and vacancies filled, caused hy
: sicJm death and other causes A complete
roster of
officers aiid
men
of
th e
58th Ohio can he found
in Official Eoster of
Ohio
Soldiers in th e
' War
of
the Eehellion,
Vol.
V .
The
regimental hand
consisted
of
twelve musicians,
recuited
from
/
the musically inclined enlisted
men
of the different corpanies of the
regiment,-.1
^der
the leadership of
William Goehl
of Coliuribus, Ohio.
The uniform and equipment of
the
regin.ent consisted of light blue
Irphsers, dsrk blue blouse,
black
overcoats, black hats, regular
army
pattern i^
trimmed with brass eagle on right
side
and
large
feather on left side, brass
horn in front v/ith the number of the regiment - 58 - and
company
letter in ail-
ver underneath: horn. Each enlisted man was equipped with haversack,
canteen,
knapsack,
blanket, belt
ana
side arms The
first rifles issued to the regiment
were of
Austrian
manufacture and weighed fourteen pounds, bu t
they
were soon
.excKa.n'ged'~;f^r Snfieid. Bifle>
The
^oionei, V. Bausenwein> had seen'^sorvice
in . the
German army and
was just six
months in Air.erica when given coirma'nd
of
the
regiment.
v
Ke
spoke
a very broken English
and
reading and vvriting
in
our language
was very diff icult
for
him. He was discharged from th e army early in August,
1 8 6 2 .
-Ened,^Bempel,-,--d4d-~no-t--lave---fn--the~-fro-nt^-wi-t-h
the regiment but received an appointment as Provest-harshal
and
shortly
after
r es igned .
'>i.-had^'seen- ac'txv0^'-bervd-ce--in'-:'the''^German
a' rmy-
and
'as'i 'c ptairt'cftom^^thfe' 'ILst^ Ohid 'Vblunheeriilnfasn,'tr2r
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Eental evolutions,
it
v/os
io-iJ
? finally to the Battalion and
Bei^i-
regiinent v/ent through the
sntireaeroa;onv of -i^
' In
January
the entire
review
before lisny of the officers at
C-rn fh Jarade.
and finally
naosed
in
ipon
.ts appearance and efficiency. ^oneratulated
the reglnent
^^en it^,ltarcfe$~1,|:^.;,:^^--^^^
^he 58th Eegir.ent.
was January
8th, 1862
clrrrr^
J^^augaration.
ShortJr^rfter
tHi^Ti :^
S^ar:? t,hey w:re Lsp ted hi
Qner i oj. Chio, who in a few w^t iJ-t-cea oy tn e Go\'-ernor and
Miutant
appearance and emciency. They^were
fh theiri upon
their
House and presented with
a
heaufi m the rotunda of the State
^Oluabus. After
the presentation
by
the the
Qentian ladles of
donaideratlon of the
Governor AUiulnt r ' lttee,
Colonel Bausenweln
in
^n Engiinh.
following
which,
the
recile^rgatXefclelr: f1 1' ^
- - regiment ma now awaitinj^
mfrnVi-
^ snd returned to cairn,
tlirfsvM forl shit fuMt- Officers
h.ir
families and friends before
leaving
ne
1
?' ^tion
to
enable
them
to
visit
^iyOfe6r1JLlved^na f Adventure .
arched
from
CamTsS^eTrColuKS^-O^
Ohio
the
^an
Handle^te
iiiprning. Leaving th li+tio v t. ^his at one o'clock thl i'nii
lelf S
eoloM flyln/they
Cairo
anc?
then down
the Tennpoc^^p f and down the
Ohio
arrived
on
the
morning
of
the 13th
l+1^
when Private Bnton Keppler.
CoLat
^
-t
Ifo^ned-
From
here tS h 3 j . v j i ax on e
V A advancpri no oi>-4 l . P'ri' In the assault on thp''Ti'hri'+ n^ -
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and clDOut the
S'^,.e
tin;e they began a
t er ri fic r if le
fire; this
was
answered by
heavy
vol leys
froiii the r i f les of the 58th Ohio-
The
58th now advanced and supported Taylor*s Illinois Battery on the
fiashville Road and successfully held that iir.portant position against the re bel
divis ion
coiriE'^jrided by
Bushrod Johnsfon.
The
rebels
on their repulse, reported that i t was Impossible to take
the
h'ashville
Road as i t was filled
v/ith regular
soldiers. This
mistake
occurred
from
the fact
that
the
men
of the 58th
Ohio wore
hats with the regulation
feather
and dark blue uniform
usually
worn
only by the
regular
army.
regiment
advanced
to about three
hundred
yardp
from the Fort where
i t was under terrific fire of grape and cannister. After dark the firing grad-
ually
ceased and the
58th,
after
being relieved
by
another regiment,
marched
about three hundred yards to the rear and stacked arms. Shivering with
cold,
and hungry, they spent
their
second
night
lying on
the
frozen ground,
i t
being
impossible to make
fires
for waniith or copking, on account of the close proximity
of the
enemy.
Early on the morning of the 16th,
th e
regiment Was marched to the
cen ter o f the line,
where
i t
remained about two hours,
cold,
hungry, and
with
bayonets fixed, awaiting
the coEJiand
for
the
finul
charge upon
the Fort.
Finally from the r ight,
loud
cheering was
heard,
which
rolled
from
regimant
to
regiment
and
soon
the
glad
t idings
reached
the
58th
of
t he sur render
o f
t h e
ort
In battle l ine the 58th now advanced into
the
center
of
the
Fort,
pulling down a rebel flag, the first one
that
many men of the regiment ever gazed
upon.
Quantities
of provisions were
lef t
by the rebels, which were soon
devoured
by the fan:iahed Union troops. The 58th occupied tents left by the enemj'
for
over
a v/eek,
until
th e arrival
of their
own
tents
ahd camo equipment.
The regiment was encaniped here un t i l klarch 6th, when
it
marched on
sixteen
rnles
to Fort Henry on
the
Tennesae River? kiich time
was
now taken up
/
with
company
and
battalion dri l l .
The weather
was
cold and wet,, causing
much
sickness.
Gn Saturday,
Varch 1 5th, the regiment r ecei ved o rder s ta. board
the
steamboat
'^Silver
kbon'-.
The ty/o
other
regments of the
brigade,
6ath and
78th
Ohio, also received orders and
boarded the
s tearboats
Mnnehaha
and Chateau .
I t took practically the entire
day and
part of the nighty
until
a ll
equipment
had
been loaded,
when f inally a ll three boats car ry ing the
brigade
l e f t
At
about
9 jOO
M
on
the
miorning
of the 18th of k^rch the
58th
landed
at
Crump*3
Landing, close
to
a
small
town called Sa-yannah and marched about a .
mile where camp was estalblished a t Stoney Lonesomxe v .
On March 26thI General
Lew
Wallace held a revieyr,coh8isting of the
56th, 58th,
and 78th Ohio Infantry, l l th and 32nd
Indiana Infantry
and two
batter^
ies of arti l lery. General
Lew
Wallace complimented
the
58th upon i ts appearance
on
this
oc c a s i on
On Sunday
morning,
March 30th, regimental Inspection was
held, with
full marching equipment. : Af ter the i nspect ion the body of Private
John
Shenk of
Company
B ,
who
died at
the hospital,
was
buried with military honors.
On
the
following
Sunday,
April
6th,
heavy
firing
was
heard
in
the
direction
of
Pittsburgh
Landing Shllnh^T which is about
fifteen
mileaL-fnom the
. .
W b^^e^eth.
At
noon the
regiment recexm&re:L4fej:a^(i^tL2: il te_t j^^
mepwere^Xs
sued,ten dexs...
rat
ions. About one o clock the regiment, 630 strong,
begap i t s march towards Shiloh, in
heavy march ing
order , taking-r-^e- *ShtD iptk:s^^
RoadrTel-'vigg
southwa3t7~tawg,gkJ;iieL..j:.jMr b^
.
The
y/eathsr
was
exceedingly
warm for
the time of year and the regiment
passed piles of overcoats, blankets and equipment dropped by
different regiments
j preceding the 58th.
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ree inent
and
the
river
road
to the tattle field. ^ I'lttshurgh
Road,
then via the
I
for
the nighu'^^ro'^fires^oculd^h-'^ ^ ^tacted
arms
and slept
Of
the rebels
heil- c
oL
bv
i - ^= bt
a
he.vv thunde r
ar.d
plainlj
heard hut
nof^ir
coulii
he i
'' '''S
ories of the
'rounded
could
be
contending
amiec. ^ of
the
I
Brigade, LeAvamPa Z o^
'hayer-e
Wn^e,
after
which V/allace's
Division
adv^L-dat
dcuMt^J' ^
a
terrific
the position occupied by
the
enemy
the nigh?
^re^us.
enery left^l
ttsL Sste^r.lt'a- ? o^coats and unlioriLs
which the
, have the opoortiuHtv o-- ^ regirent did not
terrific
an^
effoiuvet
the.enemy, as
the artillery fire was
both
The
regiment
now
passed Til -hr;
Graeir
o.-_ .
battery,
dead
rebel artillervTr^r apa ho-seo i , *l ^
horses were
still
hitched
to
the
Caison- t'^Xh??
vf*
hitch
their
horses or
splice
their
g-unr. cot
have tine
to lun-
coolness
and galla^t^'a^id'^he'hall^of'bullets^^iTS^I ^'' ^^-^'^^^
respigeHt-hn^neWrfCTrrf^^ of
the
Inv
tvpcp the enet iy vrs now s t nd
ddvanced-to^nrt;iL^ll4^^
tr^r was statioreci
or xT:r'7^3>^;..~.^
i .t w j f XflTan-
This
made
the twelve paces to i ts
rear.
Dtgter aligned the
reelrgnt with
thJt^of f ;,sreat tact
and courage,
iajor
was nine men h^lled^w?
yfg.lJfth the dead, ar^wowi^djrthe
^neral
Lew^n^cs
and
st^f-i^-rad'rTKrougrTHF'^csEBr ^
d iv i s i on an d watp
conduct in1h?samfr whlcf
^^th
for
their
On A^il iv^; 1=he Brttisof Shilch
In'eetablishiS cLp
Towtrll^^^flrtL'l
bff:rt:na?t-- SL^r^hfoSra^?:??
owing
the .
Xo.nteth^w;^wgt^^rnhe
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St to
destination.
ca.p
was .ade for the
lile town f-oStioro? i . ^ '\fSit:ent arrived at I'urdy, a
pleasant
to
the resit,ent enckn^ped ahout four and^LSf^aef'rorS-V'tof^^T K
'-hjii^d^i^hUeJailroadj_3hifib.nuna-fnQr.:
Corinth
to
at 9:00 tLt- o\nTn t
lag about
fifteen
n.ile:
to
. .Jidcwn
c r
ltri
ana the regiment
marched
ahout seven rne^ ^ ^ camp was
broken
before daylight
Katohie
Elver. About 150 yards frov thi a a bridge over the
where the
Mississippi
and
LntralXllrhd ^
railroad bridge
is
situated
A
and C were detailed to Junction. Companies
itarohed to Bollver,
about
a Bille nd
f''h
^
balance
of
the regtoent
Offlr.p about
a
half
mile
from
the town.
rom
the bridges,
and
established
detailed
as advance
^iTgTU un lii:. Ths
58th
was
bordered
with prospeSTS^^^
but
were later ordered Wk'tf'itfpreviou1^' np'^ora^^^^
day
it
acted
as
rear
guard
and
also^rntsLH sL M
The
following
trains
of the
divlsio^
burnished
details to guard
the
escort wagon
Memphis anfeSed alorthfLnhl
T?, f f cu r t een mdlss frc^
about five
s loulsviile Railroad for
, V, -ifcja*
i^ince
i e a v in g h i i o h the
regieen^hp d
v^y-g 1 -i>+ w
mp
that
IfteSoorin th^FairKoL^^
^i
from Memphis and established
With
excellent
driL ng
w:t rand :ifkcm dPots.
S th^on^^fs^^t^ft^m^
drinking water,
it
is
alau
lXi
4-^+r~
gdv/-'bej.ly
and
aaually
poor
the
wagTro^tl 'ed
for Wt'oringto^^
baetgd^along^^
beside the SSnd Indiana lnfantry ^^ reoiment moved
to
Gera.antown and encamped
b u w
Ueut'LanTc
itef
tiTTda
; > ^^inzer of
Company IT'
followed with an address
in
JSngliah
i
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On V/ednesday,
July 2Srd, the
regiEient r ecei ved o rder s to report
a t
3^^
Helena,
Arkansa-s,
v/hich
is
about one hundred iniles I roBi lleHiphis* The same day
the
regiifient boarded two boats, and arrived at Helena late
the
ssirie nights The
following day
the regiment lef t
th e boats Pvbout noon and marched through
Helena,
a
neat
l i t t l e tov/n of about
1500
inhabi tants
and
made
camp
about
one mile
from
. :
t o w n .
General Curtis i s now in command of th i s d i s t r i c t with th e fo llowin g
organizat ions,
12th , 1 7th ,
and 32nd
Lissouri
Infantry,
58th
Ohio
Infantry ,
Koffinan s Ohio
Battery
from
Cincinnati,
V/oefle*3
Battery
from St. Louis,,
Ito.,
Fremont Hussars , Benton' s Hussars ,
practically
a l l German organizations. The
58th
Ohio
is
now part of General Qaterhaus* Pivision ^d Brigaded, undajgAiiher- -
coDir.anT^rx iilbHrrhnods-il^oiBrFIy CoIoneT TyiM^e-^ Infantry) J^lich
bad
blood'*
existed between members of the 58th Ohio and I s tUobraska Infant ryi /
which terminated in a free
for
a i l f ight in which the Kebraskans cair.e put second-
best. Angered
at
this they
returned
and began
firing with pistols into
the,
camp-i;
of th e 58th. This:
was ^ust before
dress parade
and
the officers had
a, difficu^
task
keeping their
men
from loading their
r if les
and returning the f ire. In
r effort to separate th e
rioters; .Kia.ior
Bister was
painfully
cut in .the face by one
of thp Hebraskans Brass parade^as held on schedule, after wnicnjthe
guards
In--^
both,
nan.pg
were
doubled
fo r
the
.n ight
On
Friday,
August
16th,
the
58th Ohio and
76th
Ohio Infj5iat.rx,..
four
pieces
of Hoff mari*^3 Hattery received orders f o go ~^wn
the
Ivlississ-ippi^vBi^^
a'
reconnoltering expedition.
The^: 58th and ops seation o~arjlLiliij^y
li'9^
-
bout - while the _76th v/TS^ s^nd s ec tioirof theTBattery boarded the . - V *
JVicBowell . The t r ip down the
river
was both
pleasant
and interesting, and
blessed with beautiful weather On Saturday afternoon, about one o*clock, Ser-
/;]
geant
Fel ix Lat in ,
of Company A from Baytoni Ohio, fel l overboard.
sldered
a good
swimmer,
but on account
of the
heavy
clothing
and boots he was
wearing
at the time,
made it
impossible for
him
to
save
himself and /he.
was /,drowned,
before, the l i fe boat could reach him.' - , . - , . ^ ^ - > ,
'V'' The
expedition continued
dov/n
the
river,
several gunboats
just^Ha-ving
joined
th e b oats carrying the t roops . * . . ^
. Early llbnday morning hurried orders were received to disembark on the+
f>nn^wp nV. Skirmishers
were
^sent ahead and soon
entered-the
caii:p
of an
ehtirbjy
regiment
Theen^y
made
hasty retreat soiiie time
before
and-the
.tents
V7ith
blanketsv
plothing and camp equipment.
.-4.-.
v
t Headquarte
rs. threak-
an t
offi rs
v t en t . -was ^louna xne
mo r n i n g
reporii-^ou.
shoiw^fthe^orcS to be the.;21st'Iiouidana-Eegiment..iLouisana-Tigers]
this reglmep-^
alqo
fell,, .hands
of the
58th.
^ ^ y ^ te r marching about
eight
miles in the
direction
the enemy was going,
th e
regiment was suddenly halted by a shot from one
of
i ts
field pieces..
Company
A** was deployed as skiimishers,
going
through corn fields and woods, and fol lowed
> by
the balance
of
the
regiment)
i t
arrived
at
a
railroad
station
and
nearby
a long
passenger t rain with engine ready to make
i ts
departure. The rebels had alreddy ; -
,,
entrained
and were
ready
to leave, when
several
well directed shots from th e
ar t i l lery
made them retreat- into
the
woods.. ~
'r
, V The depot,
cars
and engine and a
railroad t res t le
near by were .burned^
and the regiment, tired and hungry, returned to the boats with 57 rebel prisoners.^
7 ^ On the same day a new b oat. Fair Flay , which had . lust ' lef t . Eew
^Orleans', the dight before, v/as captui?d v/ith 3000 Enfield Rifles; ^six
field
j pieces, horses for the officers^ and a
quantity
of
ammunition.
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The
town near the captured camp i s
cal led Mill ikens Bendi
ahout
twentv- f ive
miles
from Vickshurg,
Mas .
The follov/ing day
Colonel
Woodi in '
j charge*''Sinb ^e ftpedlTion, ofde'redr-ar&ennen from each regiment to report on the
rama^ ^'konarch , I*70ness and Sampaon'* to make a
reconnaisahce
up the Yazoo
Pdver*
The
rams
were
accompanied by
the steam ships B^nton andJiS.t.Louia>
Colonel Hood 'n^'.qt.pr flf^noTrpArtifid th is
expedition*
- > They ?/ent ahout forty miles up the Yaaoo River , d es tr oyed a battery
of
48
po^d ca l iber
s iege
guns Close by they encountered
a
force of
about
5000
rebels*
The rams fired several shots , but
the
expedit ion
being
only
small
in
. 'number,
did not
get
v;ithin f i r ing
distance of the enemy# '
' .
On
the night
of
th e 22nd the expedit ion started on
i t s
return,'with ^
the
loss
of one
man. Private
August
Herman
of
Company '*E'S who was drowned
by
'
fa l l ing from
a ram
into the
r iver . On
reaching the mouth
of
the
Yazoo
the ex-
'
pedi t ion
l e f t the rams and joined t h e i r regiments on
board
the
cteamboats
and
the tr ip
back to Helena began
the same
day# - V
^ About noon of the
25rd,
Sreenville, Msa* was reached The cavalry ' t
and ar t i l l e ry followed by^etacjim-ien-tB~o^~Pn#&ja.-u:yLj^rt tne
ooats and adva^ed-
. ug^' a blitterv
j^ t
the ^bjsls had erected at this
point#
After the
artillery had
fTfedseveral shofsT^Ke* infantry advScecTT only
to
find the rebel a rt il le rymen ^
.
to
have
fled
In
haste,
leaving
the
body
of
one
rebel
soldier
who
was
kil led
by -
' artillery
fire
The detachments marched back to the
boats
and the trip up the
^
r iver
was again resumed# , \
T Towards evening a landing was again made for the purpose
of
burying
-
two
members of the
regiment,
one from '*B and
another
from K company*
I t was
\ , .
beli'eved
th ey d ied from yellow fever . , , ; ,
.V, morning of
the
25th , they a r r ived a t
a
spo t
where th e r iver
//,
I -
by:
the
58th,
left the
boats and
advanced
about 100 paces
when
they received'ilie* 'V
W lay down# The gunboats threw a well directed f i re in
the
direct ion . . : v
of the woods,
a f t e r
which a
ha l f
of a
company
of caval ry advanced a t a gal lop
' towards
the
woods.
They
were met by a t e r r i f i c
r i f l e
f i re
from th e re be ls The
troop
returned
v/ith
the
loss of
one
man
killed
and tv;o wounded. ^ ' v - '
^1
-
The
58th
now advanced
in b attle formation,
Hoffmann's Battery firing,,^
idver'their heads. The rebels now hastily retrea-ted and the landing jsarty returned-^
to the
boats, having captured
sixteen
rebel
prisoners
and obtained some valuable
information# ' _
On
th e
morning of the 26th,
they
were
met
by
the
steamboat', Jatan ,
- carrying
the
12th Missouri Infant ry and one sect ion of V/oelfle's Bat tery,
also
provisions and
coal*
' . ,
V y.-.' They were ordered sent out to meet the b oats by the Commanding General . .
at Helena, who became alarmed at th e long stay of this reconnaisance party. The
Jatan'* with the
relief
party on board accompanied them on their return
trip
,
? 'T^ ^ ..to Helena. - ;
4^ / About two
o c lock
Su t l e r AndrewBaer
o f
Columbus, Ohio,
f e l l
overboard
tyv y,' and
before
help cou ld r ea ch ' him ?;as drowned. AiuOng the horr i f ied s pe ct ato rs to ;
t h i s t ragedy was h is bro the r ,
who had
j u s t jo ined him
to
help in th e su t l e r
,
d iv ided i n to tw o s t reams, wi th an i s l and i n th e
middl
' Qn
the_27th.
.about four PJi, the,-xegiment arrived
a t
-chappy
to.
ge t .
nun , . f
back
to
t he i r old camS^and i.t3....nlease.nt assoc ia t ions . IM j
hdai ft l ly ' thanked
the
regiment
fo r
t n e l r
conduct
throughout
t h i s expedit ion
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v. tk
iC-r
(9 )
juat returned^from Colmbu^ hlo*' whe Colonel Bauaanweln, who
had
^.boa, the
daughter oHn innuenWM
r
the Colony treated the entire rot-ir=er^r^ Coluitbus,
Ohio.
Kiat evening
arro ama
nl'
ll omoera
JTEBrWEE-
inarrlage.
It ir reported tSTwlhe and
beer gwlgg^lsfiv
bla reoei
regiirentsl band intf>nnlnc-ip^ ^A-t-v. f i^owecr ireely, the strains of the
dlaperae
until
l^
Stef
Up
ot
Sverr i?. skirmish drill and battle exercises.
SSuSSLSJSssr ;
^ held r iSit lnrand1In?1^^ff^ . the offlce5o of~IKe-r-
to the 3eorgi^rr;::L:g^t:^^i,:r^l^t:^
. eyeing ^^aAdlUgft Ur Ohio wlth'the
beat'
tlcally.
evS
^
S^ifwIrtL'
luch
sicteearanrdeath/^^
'
nineteen
years^of
^e and aix'^feet
t ll ^h^^'^^^^
Company , a
boy
barely .
. boa ^
2nraiU4^ivi3iL^trbe
atatio
T received marching orders anrthei '
3teele.a
Biviaion
w^re ordered to Pilofhf^b isa^ri ' vil
the. 76th Sfth boarded the ateairegJ-LaCroaae and .
^StiTi-tOO
l^-thraltrrlon'^tiSfS
t'f
and uif^ook ;
trthrbur^coner
law hadrid.
. On Thursday a
short
atop
was
made L'col^.Lf Fy '
they arrived t Cairn
m e./i j. ^ , ^ xumDus,
j&y.
The same
evening
-
.vlelona.
T^oIllUo *
gL^tstrret^tiirL'^^Tb' '
ahout
sixty
miles
froir St
Tnnio
^^ere. The next morning
at a point '
callsd . ijittja p..i.n On'sund^ '
tn.J.aad:-ait-a-8B:all town
.. Iha inhabitants oonsiated
moB+iv
of-b this friendly
little
town. : ,
tthe
troops.
A U
^p'atUn
'rthru '
^-profitable business fron tho trooo-
P-^tion
in the
town
and enjoyed quite a,
.plentiful
here
and'the
two
weeks
Lenrat thlDlacrr
-'
'
rr|coUections
to the members of the 58tL '' Pleasant
On
the
rfip'impnt was
a*
/ol i l iasaamahder: in r
officer ^ thA^^TT
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Saturday,
Cctoberirth,
ard
the
regiirent
begen
its
inarch to
Pilot
Knob, Mc#,
about forty-five miles from
3t.
Genevieve.
The first day
twelve
miles were covered,
the
roads being
very
hilly
' following day stztaen miles
wore
covered and camp was made ner
This town contained quite a German population
^d alt..cu|h It was
ounday,
the
rear
doors of the saloons
v^ere found ooen
to all
Who had
a
thirst
*
The next
morning
the last twelve miles of the march were made and
camp
established
in a woods
close to
Pilot Knob-
i
following Sunday orders
v/ere
received
and
the
regiment n-arched
about two miles to Ironton, a short distance
from
this place where a small fort
was situated, the regiment made
camp beside
the 76th Ohio. Hufilmnn s Battery'
was a l so s ta t ioned he r s
On Friday, IJovember 7thi Captain Beukler retui'ned
from
Ohio with
thirty recruits
which
were
divided
among the companies of the regiment.
Sunday,
November 9th, a general inspection was held and the follow
ing day
a
review
of the entire division was
held by General
Davidson of St. Louis*
November
12th,
the
regimient
marched
back to its old camp at St.
Geneviere,. but its stay at that
place
was of short duration, for on the
16th
^era
were received to v.ove.
The regiient boarded
the
ateaiiiera
igX-JiagXsJ^a
ohite
Cloud
for
l.eKphi3_asji from
there
to Helena. Ark., where the rBvlment
aa?rived^jgj foV
^T new gan t2afTon3 had arrived since the departure of the 58th
several
months
before.
The
camp was
now kno jm
as
Camp
Steele
and
the 58th
was
^
'
coiiTuanded
by
General
Hovey. and
Is t
Brigade
consisting
/
^ ^^M-MlLJ^^antry, ora, i^tn and ran
j\:i330uri
Infantry and Ituffganna
Battery, expedition corcprisirig the Bight Wind 12th
Army
Corps,
Army of
the
Tennesae,^commanded by li^ajpr
General
William
T.
Sherman, U.S. a, embarked at
f ^cphis,
Tenn.
December 20th, 1862, for operations against TTicksburg. Mas. '
force consisted Of the First Division,
commanded
by General A.
J- Smdth, Section
Division, coEDanded
by Genera] Korgrn L.
Smith ,
Third Division
commanded
by General
George
W A^organ,
totaling
32 regiments
of infantry and
eight
batteries of
artillery
with
an
aggregate
of
20,523
men-
On
Konday,
December
20th, this force
was
joined at
Helena,
Ark. by the
Fpurth
Division, commanded
by^neral Frederick Steele
with
eighteen
regimehts
of infantry and
one
battery-
artillery,
totaling
12,510 men, making
an
aggregate
of
33,053 men
ready for
duty.
'
This force, with necessary rations, forage,
amjsiinition
and land
transportation,
marched
down the
river with
the
co-operation
of
the Mssissippi
Squadron
in comrand of Acting Rear Admdral
David
Di Porter, tJ.S-N.
The
58th Ohio
wan part of the Fourth Division,
boarded
the stecir.er Polar Star
and
Te^ V HelVna,
'fWe'^ahbut twenty miiWs'untii '^'''
r
, - - - kansas bank. On
the
Mss
icrsr^pi sloe ii^
1;he
^htire section
as
light
as
day.
On
Viednesday,
December
23rd, the journey
was
continued
until
10:00
PL
when a atop v/as made
for the night.
*
Thursday, December 24th, the journey did not begin
until
noon,
g,hortlx^tfiim.Ialand-NumbeT-^-Si---ar~Boldver-Stationj-TOs-iras S-ed .Scme^irrire ^^ter~^
. V was passed and other places familiar to the 58th, which had visited '
; these peaces several
months
before while
on
a tour of reconnaisance
transport continued its journey
down
the river until about 2:00
o
clock
Christmas morning,
when
Lillikens
Bend was
reached
and
stop made until .
\
daybreak.
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4 4.V , ChristEas (Jay a gur.boat
p.-iq
rom, foUoe(a
by
transports oontain-
pSf.
General
Frank Blair, consisting of the-68-ttf-0}rlr8T~'
^atn,
^oth
ana 31st Missouri, went
up
the ra2e-fllnreT-BTBl-WTie4.ea--(ii--eto
ofr-ne-l' r boats on
the right side of the
river at the plantation
J, ^ L ( Obnson Plantation).
After
a heavy bonbardt'ent bv the
gunboat the
peth
advanced about two
bivouaced
for
,
bn wrapped
in their blankets, lay on the ground with a light
a
^ v
v '
Chrlstitaa nights
spent
happily
around
he fireside with
their
dear ones. j m ^
errie= following Eorning, the
march
was resuired and driving in
the
PlaS^tion
wbe
1 ''^.
^1 the timber at a place known as ilrs. lake's
neafth^whiS ^ousfornifw ^battery
of
two guns planted
,,
Bayou^
Asection of
Huffmann's
Battery was
Sklrv4.b. f-r^^i
towards
the right and placed in
line
of
hanfon a ^ opmpanles
held
in
reserve..
They
crossed
a bayou near at
.
.
babbiting their horses
across,
and soon encountered the
b^ignishers in^e of from gO^-o-^GgyBhev H.eve t.e
e
the
briS or difficult
ford or pass.
Upon reaching
a'line of rifle nit ' ^1'
l
Ihir,
nf
mii.ni.etnjf
fppm
Jine - rifle pits, constructed along the levee
bri^hf^pposite
aborelinih^^
up tilldarr^ taking
cover
in
the
abatis, a;
sharp fire was
kept
Kirser of Comnenr ^ ^ ^^''' ' tKem being the brave
Captain
.inser of Company
H who was
shot in the head and instantly killed.
entne Sunday,
the
28th,
the
regiment was
under arms
before daybreak end
FOvee ''be division of General Iforgan
advanced
from
the White
Smith S~aaertb position and the division of General K. 1.
h fnL right.
.aoat.UXiQa...the
Fourth Division, of
i^^e 58th waa^ p advanced with the right of th)rDivisror upoTlffe'1[^^
Geiiegjl..l8; t,. Alth*a'
'At'-mr'peiii.fethe'
68th rested
^SfiTliimSp ms
being p'rspSST
sfore t could be^aerved, orders were: S.S
' poTjn wes
b ein fi p re ci
but before
it could
be_aary.ed, orders were recdT9l'ct ^raavaas^^d---f'he--rS^^^
. the balance of the brigade,
wae now
withdrawn for the
General Lorgan who was hotly engaged with the eneir^y in .
^ront of the White House. In executing this
movement,
the
troops were exposed to
the^
tire
of their own
artillery'
as well as that
of
the enery.
It
was
getting
dus^
and unable to
niake any
further reconaissance the 58th was marched into a
wopds and rested
upon
their arms,
and
without fires, acting as reserve to the
ou tpos t s
On
l-onday, December 29th, 1862, the 58th
was
assembled
while
the
artillery
was
pouring a heavy fire into the hills
a.id
front, but
was
answered
with
very
little spirit. Bo rifle fire was
heard
at this time. Tha_.5ajaltu.
the balance
of Blair's
Brigaiie,
was
now
being
formed
in
the
woods
between Thosp-
sor^j^ a^ar-erfcH'saw bayou, a sHgwrafstance
beHna-tils
bavou 'which cnrb'STi^
^^''
^:be-TUi5 atBrrpSlht and
this bayou was an
entanglement
formed
iiS.jASJl'Ji>_ainall-_ca ttonwood~-t-pee3--en1rwa-ned~ amoTrg-~th e~~stUBip~3'TTfie~ b id ^ o3f
bayou
was about ICQ yards wide, with
quicksand, a.nd
15 yards wide water,
aoout
three feet deep. The bank on the opposite side
wes steep and
obstruotd
by abatis,
crowned
by a
line
of rifle pits. On
the slope
above this was^
still
Mother
line oi rifle pits
and above
this
on
the plateau
wes the
country
road.
the ocrt.. being thrown on the lower
side
for
a
parapet
which
covered
batteries
and sharp anooters.
Batteries
were also placed on the heights to the right
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ana left, hioh enfiladed
the rifle
pits r:r.d road.
of tattle
about'lhO
feef^art^^thristh
1111^01 ,+
two lineeN
\ irorit and the
58th
Ohio Infantrv Ir tha m ^ tantry holding
the
right I
pied the left frci TnETM29tH~nrs^ettrlInSw' tiasouri Infantry
ocou-i
the
29th
Kieeouri
atTCrJo -U'ht
conpa^y of
1
Orders were
given
to'fS bayo^^tfs
SUard.
one
roimd
to be fired by all artiller on the'fiefri
was
twelve there
was
a crash of artillerv''ard at J itinutes before
yigade
rushed
out
of
the
woods
with hea^t
u '
oomand
To
the
Charge
the
ba^ about
ten feet in the heigth they oasLd descending
a f
cotton
woods
and went through
the
bayou
corta- field of thickly set
^d waa^,orossed slowly
under
the ' ujIrrous-TlM'-dr ^ titey J.
crossed, ..hey gncount^ e eteeir-Kr']. . Jhen this
was
.
lines of_f|fie itTTT---^^ Trrn-|- crowned with tlTZZ
aad;:gaCISecrhail of
b
1
^id
the
bursting shellTlir^driiV of^the entire hill
was
a clood^JF';
eecond line of rifle pits.
Here th
tuf < '^'
taehed
to the i
rushed for the third line of
rifle
. A
able
works
only
to
tour nnt their lives J.:
nnd
cT^rnrrrTTTr^.-.:.
i Mgntenant Cplpiiel Diater J
^fglMlMgTOg^htrronejildl^ anTcmira~l
ead, at
the
feet pf his men
wi.~^
y _
f^xi hanlrwtr.Ho
efforts to urge forward and ^nc
our
a conspicuous for
his
' ;V
It is useless to appj, worL to ^ ^ entire charge. r
thus
shed their blood for their'coMtL -
^tol3m
of those
who
instances of individual courage.
T
^e^'v
nori '''' = iht
arms
and
cannister to such a
deeree
^ f their fire of air.aH
^ding^the .treat begun
the
rfgi.ent
and eettinfortleirkn ,
t^ll'^^jtul^
thoj^ht lost. Hraotically ever^ kLivor orthrS ^n
botdis or
bullets on his
clothing
or body
Liv tf
hu epUnters of
M ;
carried his knapsack containing^ong other^blf '? t:Luft of
Ootpany
A ,
J Vi
engagecent and
during the day he axrerienced nec
through
the entire
oounted,
by the light of:a
candle
si'ytv-two hnV upon his return
Uy
splinters of bOEbs and buH^ts
durW
^
through the blanket,
cade ' '
OHio,
had a rifle ball
throughl^s'ca^t^r l -':,
Private
LeiChtle
frOE Payton. .
:th: gno^d'iidSrird-t.:: ^
.....
r s . s ;
-
. . .
z k s
tive strenvtb
rt rr
about one.third
Cenersl Sherman's Coimand
oonaisted''of^?^
+ ^ ^ ' ntire loss of
wounded, twnety-five eixty-five
captured or
missing
538,
aggregate
1776?
i^en
tciHed
189,
wounded
940,
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1st
Serg. Philip Froehe
Gorp
John Werren
Pr iTa t e John Pr i ck
Pr iva t e
Bernard Kachhold
Pr i va t e
Hzra Kerr
Pr iva te
Harr i son Kerr
Pr i va t e
Vu. Ochahim
Gorr-pany
Captain
Pe t e r
Kaufniann
Private Thorias V/ittehurg
(Inpossihle to get a true report this
d y
on
account
of only a few men having reported
hack to the regiment*)
Cornpany - P
Private Jacob
Burgoon
Pr ivate John W. Coffin
Private
Joseph
Wisciver
Pr iva te Alex KcBonald
Coihpany
G
Captain John
G. Anderegg
Lst
i t . JoGob Raring
Is t
Serg. Hudolph
omke
Pr iva te Freder ick Beck
Private Joseph Bachrnan
Pr iva te Jacob Kochehdo rf er
Pr i va t e
C has. L utz
Private
Ernest
Bpemer
Pr iva te
Chas.
Weache
Private George Sisenhut
Private
August
Wagner
Company R
Captaij^
Chris t C.
Kinser
Serg .
El ias Dodroe
Serg . Jo hn K rin n
Fr ed
Walke r
l i s
Smi t h
^d rew
Borden
Pr i va t e
Sam
S t i n e r
Private
George K oss
Pr iva t e Char les
Hanson
Pr iva t e Rober t Branum
Private Benj . Bramon
Private Sol. Boyer
Private
Paulus
Bisley
Company
Capta in Korr i son
-Corp
Corp-
Corp,
inmi--Arr-Jbrhh roir
Private
John
A. iVyers
Private
Christ Schelenburg
Pr iva t e Abraham Beaver
iitm
Wounded and captured
Ki l l e d
K i l l e d
K i l l e d
W ounded
V/ound
ed
V/cunded
Ki l l ed
Ki l l ed
Ki l l e d
K i l l e d
K i l l e d
Wounded
Captured
V/ounded
Ki l l e d
Ki l l ed
Killed ;
Ki l l e d
K i l l e d
K i l l ed
Ki l l ed
Wounded
Wounded
K i l l e d
K i l l e d
Wounded
Wounded
Wounded
K i l l e d
Ki l l e d
Ki l l ed
Ki l l e d
Wounded
Wounded
Wounded
Wounded
Wounded
KiXred
Ki l l e d
K i l l e d
Wounded
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Captain Fr i ssner
L t . Di e i e n b a c h
Serg . James A.
Brown
Fr iv f t e
V/il l iam Harr i son
Private
John Gilpin
Wounded
Wounded
Wounded
K i l l e d
Ki l l e d
(15)
^iany
men
were
slightly
wo inded
and
after
having
their
wounds
dressed,
never reported
same. Cf
these
several
died later from, the effects
of these
supposed wounds and a nun.her became perii;anently disabled.
Details were sent forward,
under
a flag of
truce,
to collect
the
wounded
and bury the dead.
Upon their
return, they reported finding the
body
of
oriicefs and men v;ere pfaHTchliy tHppM b The graves of Col.
^^sterjind other .officers of the 68th were marked
and
the hodi^ TfrSTpiaced* ^
iF renches aha
marked
so ttey coulT
On
January
4th, 1863,
the
58th boarded their boat at
Johnston s
Plantaticn
and steam.ed to Mlikens Bend, La., taking part in the operation in
the reduction of Port
Kindman on January
11th, this battle is
mere
generally
known
as Arkansas Post.
The
brunt of
this battle
fell
upon
Hcvey
and
Thayer's
Brigade.
The
casualties in Bladr's Brigade, in
which
the 58th
was
then attached,
w ere f ew .
After this
engageic^^^
the
regiment eiicnmped about four
miles
south of j
Vicksburgh
On Friday,
February 6th, ^^h^58th^
receij:_G^^^
Admiral Porter>lor duty on the gun boats and the fbilowihg assigrmiQnts were made.
Companies
A'Vand
B on
th e
Companies G ,
F
and G on
the
Company D
Company
2
Coiupany
il
Conpany
I
Ccmpanj^ K
B^iound City
Ben ton
Caronde le t^
Baron
de Kplb
Pi t t sburg
Linden
Lou i s v i l l e
Company C refused duty on
the
gun hoats but was later placed on
the
Cincinnati . Some of the officers not
satisfied
with their assignirent on
gun
boats resigned. There
was
also miuch dissatisfaction am orig tlie
men, m any
Thinking
that inasmuch as they enlisted voluntarily in the army i t was an injustice to
place
themt
on giin boats* But, inasmuch as the reginieht
was
much depleted fn
nuE^ber
on account
of i ts
heavy losses and the survivors heing allssaaonacl veterans
made their duty on
th e
gun boats very
valuable.
i/:ost
of the time was taken up in
patfoling
the river* Large forces
of Grant's Army were working night and day in digging a canal to chahge the
course
of
the
Kiss iss ippi
River*
On
B.arch
15th about 3:00
Ail
the gun boats
Mound
City , Carondelet ,
Cincinnati , Pittsburg ,
and
St.
Louis went up
the
Yazoo
Biver
and stopped
at Johnston*s Landing, the ..same place where last Decembar thft rAgTTT oTit iiegar-
its
fight among the Chlckasaw Hills, but no landing was
made.
They fihalLy proceeded
up the Black River
and
for three days rode through
this
stream, bozvaered on both
sides
by woods and heavy undergrowth.
Finally
emerging from
the
woods
they
reached a
large
plantation, to the aatoni3hij:eht of the Hegro
plantation
workers.
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aen
ir forr
p cavalry was observed and the followinr r.crnlng they
were
1000 tarll kJ.
1 advLoed about
aireotsd
shots frcr. tho
gun
boats
aoattored the rabels.
arrivir'e on
thi^ 5th
finally ordered to return,
rriving on ^ne ^5th o. Inrch at the mouth of the Yazoo Elver.
Ihis ended the expodltlon of Sear Cre^t 1 vhich
t>,.> nntv, 1..=+
or
nounnod, several later died
on
the Karine
Hospital
Boatt
tude
vith
't'velvn'^h
return
from
this
expedition
the
iren
were
given
more
lati-
e- passes they visited
many
places of Interest. Suite a
Heglment) which was near,
disDensinfi
very^gto^beerrhlch Gld at t ^
incidentally the
sutler, who
was
for an aiiy
ti^ fup
full.
. ^ isntr- Ye
cents
run
+h
hiPK orders vere received to
make
ready to
raL The Vicksburg.
About ten
o'clock
the start
was
?h
WSl af nirsM^a f if
transports, headsd bv
M M ^ ^7
tha Caronde le t s S^-ound Citv
:3
rerected''abourirc'of
citf
of^nGlJsburL''SrreLfs
a*-vu
erecxea
aoout IOC cannon of heav^ calibers
^ start
was
made, going
down
the Klssisslppl very alow,
and
no
llvhr-
the boaL^shfuld
ti' o^lps and orders were given
that the
machinery
on ' .
iie oo&ts should run as
quietly
as possible.
4.V
, ; and Carondelet were at the he.nd
of the
river obbds.ita wViat-o
tae Cham
of Jiills connect
with
tJie
city
of yickshurg
and where
the first
hat-
bolf ^ suddenly
the
rebels cpened
a heavy fire upon the
otbr:: Orders were at
once
given for full
speed
ahesd .
-innlr..
Constructed
harges filled
with
cotton,
and
at tho be-
innir-a of
the
engageiaent set
them
afire, llshtlng
the
river
and
oltv a- lieht
as day. The
sky
was blood red,
shd
the hills
darted
with tongs of flsx;-, bl
Z
wts Z
h
fi^
suceessfully'returned
by
tL
uxi
boats,
tne
enwir
alfair lasting
about
two
and
one-half
hours.
oaciyi . passing the city, the
clock on
the court house could he plainly
een, it^ was .^ust 11:30 H. The
Benton
fired
eighty-one
shots
and
done
a.uou anage to tne asserhled
military
and civilians who
were
flocking' in
the streets of the city.
j.
yxvaijt, xu
n-x
t
3nnton and wounded four men. On the '-J/ound
fVd. seriously wounded. Every
hOat
was hit at least three
or
four
es
out no
serious oer;age cone, lifter
passing
the city
the
entire
force went
eo-=fa^bItf
f ^^
Warrsntown , where the
rebels
had
.np^r Of
fwelYe
pounders. . These
were q,uiakly
silenced
and
after
-ssing this
town,
they proceeded eevefai
miles and
anchored for the liight.
several
dayfwa^^^ad^
^ot3
went
as as
ew
Carthage,
where
a
stop of
Gulf wro the river on April 22nd Until Grand
yf^^-^-*----- sgQ^^-enegy-..hadr^lran4ed~upo-ft-ir-h-3di^
The
HeF^un^
nrpd
tn^mtu^^^
at a^,out
2000 yards from
the
fort,
hut few shots
were
^t,+ +' hoats ^re now stationed .ahout forty miles
from
Yickshurg,
ut
tne lire from
the
mortors could
dasily
he seen at night
and
the
thunder
of
their
artillery distinctly heard.
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fully
phased t'blockLfffyL'Sburr'art=' anng
euooess-
at
Kew
Carthage.
loaded
with
Union Troops
began a un boats
hours, silencing every g,, in the fo^t C
lasted
about three
xive
second
shells, the other
bots
in
oorparlscr n'*'''
b'* 200
tent was
continued
and was even
core
te-rl^r evening
the
boiubard-
trocps
were
landed
ano
encanped
beswrihrtroor
b^Hflonal
bardicent
lasted about
two
hours when the f -
landed.
The bou-
I'he loss on the iL; o fV
Srsdually ceased.
pf Company -v- who was
instt^ly
L'lled ' ' '-yrederlclc Perlvold.
nineteen men.'wer?hl1bv
f
sL\'l ' ?,or w
consisting
of
Of the
crew vvere
iren.bers%f CoSany
'4./afd
fou
Ueuter.ant
Hr.erlng
of Coapanv cu Ls'alarser?,
u,?
J.he551h.
P-ece
Of tb^ffne
Off
the
right leg
at the
toL ^
holes,
caused by large
caliber
Droiectilee'h^t^
f elve
large
in
recoanoltering
and
picket duty.
her.
i^uoh
tine
was
taken
up
the
58th with tn're^^en were^ordered^^^^tb * lieutenant Scheldt
of
land and report at Youngs
Point
abm
+^+
? ooKBiander of the liound City to
mission was to
take
official
reports as
tftL t^k^ I'heir
\
tion of rebel prisoners. 0 ^ and
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return of CaptairOallf^ofOaotol^Tf turprlaed at
the
^
v.. f
wi
v-uly salute and the boats began to dress un o- in n+ha*.
Cs. w.ss pS:r
Vichsbure
at di r-f
the Kisslssiippi
and bordering the City of
now thrtb'l tfoooro Ss
began
s^ing
their appearance
Ld
entrenchtteats.: jeen stacking tnelr arcs and aarpblng out of their
B.
j
1.
^ Berful transfoneat ion
scene now
presented
itself on
the boats.
dancing. Officers shaking hands? d
Mother
salute was being ^ired froc all
ships
in honor of
the
SurrendBr of
Black
Hawk ,
headquarters
boat,
had
already
landed
ht
the
I^he? o? t
^ d
sailors and shortly after
th?^1ty. landing regiaonts of infantry
who
began
patrolling
passes
Practically
all
the crew
on
the gunboats received
w?r??ce?ved Of ? V- a^pedltion.
Towards evening
news
hree
day
light at Gettyahurg, Pa. in which General Keade
turned back the entire rebel arny of General Bobert E.
lee.
This report e?bo'
caused moh
reooicing and irany believed the War would soon
be
over
1
On fcpnday, July ISth at gjOO
PM
CcEpany A lost one of its
irevhpr,
prcfetsi?rMd ^h?rb^^^*' ^V
''' 52 years
of age.
a drug^st
by
at
th
??
t
ooK'r
oearer
in
the
SSth:
for sore
tike.
He
was
buriL
Cava?;y : ?h MUUry Wobo '
- yplunteers
received
orders
that
thoy. wg^.,
J-J STea frpDi gun bout duty anfi were to report to Kaior Ez ra aTftrVetnn
coraianding officer
of
the 5^jCMp^t^Tickebnrs.fo7t;^
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This
w.5.3
jo,Ycu3 news to the regin;ent for all were disgusted with
their
six iionths of hard
dut;
spent on
tine
hoats.
The
carp of the 56th
was
situated in the northern
part
of the city, close to the river. Non-conjr.issioned
officers
frcB a ll companies
were
sent
hone
to return with drafted nen to fill
the d e p l e t e d
r a n k s
of th e 5 8 th .
Lany
of the
officers
were also allowed to go hone on furlough.
On Thursday, August
6th,
Lieutenant, Joseph, ptst
left.
for. Cairo on
the ,heat
Lu2:ina,ry
v/ith the oody
of his
hrotpdr,, the, late Lieutenant Oolonol
Peter Dister of the 58th,,
who
v/as
killed
at
Ghickasaw
Bayou
on
Lecenher 9th,
1862. He accoKipanied, the body heme to Dayton,..Ohio,
where
burial service
iwas
held. at^ Qmanuel Catholic Churchi*
The
funeral procession consisted of a Battalion
ayor and
Cfty
,Council,
^*'2veral
fratern,^MQ;rdr iiT^^o.iU.'6wsd by
relatives and frisnds. -He 7/as buried at St. Henry.
Cercetary
v/ith military honors.
4i.bcut-.twenty-thrae years: later ,
the-vbody v/us
takea. up,..and,,now.
Cejfatery;.nea^r-Dayton, Ohio.
Private
Barthclarious
Trenthardt,
Company ''D , 58th Ohio, died
-ifptenibdr 4th, 1862, of typhus Fever. lie was born in
Kantpn
Bern^ GeiTuahy.
Lieutenant
Joseph
Dister
and
Lieutenant Louis Keller arrived in
canp
on
.aeptember 5th, after a thirty day furlough 7/hich was spent at Dayton,
Ohio.
Private Alois Pucha, Company
A ,
68th
Ohio, died October
1st,
1862,
pi fever.
He was
sick
about
one week. He
leaves
a
widow and
three children,
who
reside at
Dayton, Ohio.
He
v/as
buried in the
Geinetery
at
Vicksburg,
liiss.
Cn October 13th an election for Governor of Ohio 7/as held.
The
polls
opened at
ten o*clock.
Three
judges and two clerks were sworn in. Soldiers not
twenty-one
years of age or who
were
not born in this country and did not have
citizens
papers^were not allowed
to
vote. 43 over
half of
the SSth present
in
cai?p were born in Oermany and had
taken
out no
papers,
the vote >a3 rather light.
Sighty-three votes
were
cast, thirty-one for
Yallandingham
and fifty-two for
Johh^^
j ^ ^ ^ On November 1,
1863,
the
58th
became part of the 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 17th ilrm?/
Corps. The
infantry
regiments
of the
brigade
consisted of
tn e 72nd
l l inois 17th Wiscohsin
and
1St
Kansas^
On October
ISth^
Lieutenant
Colonel Jackson
returned after spending
sixty
days
in
Ohio
on
recruitine
duty.
7ath
him
were
Sergeant
L.
Krimm
of
Company
'A and Sergeant Miller of Company C .
On Hovember 13th, Lieutenant Colonel Jackson returned to Ohio on
recruiting duty The expiration of the two year term of service fo r the 58th
was
'
f
drawing
near
and
an order of the War
Department was
issued
allowing every m.an who
-
would
re-enllst^400 00
bounty
and a leave of
absence
for
thirty
days, sam.e to
take
effect
on
th e
day
they arrived in
Columbus, Ohio.
. Lieutenant Kette of Company 3
was
designated as Eeoruiting Officer
. fo r the regiment.
Che
hundred and four of the veterans re-ehlisted and the or -
ganiaation nov/
became
known as the 58th Ohio Fplunteer Veteran
Battallion
and
ccnhlsted:
of:
f i v e c o ^
^;;
.
^ Tuesday, February 12th,- Battalion drill was held, the
first
tim:e
^
in
fourteen
months.
:
.V;:
Several days l at er Lieutenant Colonel Jackson returned from Ohio after
oi' sixty days, bringing t h i rt y r ecr uits and commissions for sixteen
o ff i b e r ^
n; :
. On
Monday,
February
22nd, \7ashir3gton*s
Birthday, the
customnry
salute
01 34
guns was fired. At 9.00
AM
by order of the Post
Gommandant
General '
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Vicksburg were paraded
down Cherry
Street to Washington
in close
ord-r
^whl*trr
to the Court Eouse,
where all
troops were
luassed
) ' i. troops in front and colored troops in the rear- After
v/P3^'re^d^t ''r
^ ^egir.ental
hand,
Wa-;hingtons Farewell address
and General
.BrainL? ^ Illinois. Short talks
were
n-.ade hy
General
AcArthur
Several
days
later
the
58th received
220 new Soringfield
Bifles to
replace
the
sar.s
nuKher
of
Enfields
that
had oecpme
unserviceable,
^ 4.
veterans
of the
22nd
Ohio
who
had re-enlisted
were
t rans ie rred to the 58th Ohio. aaouu wer-
-Pro-h 1100
20bh,
Easter
Eay,
was
celebrated
with
a special dinner,
re.h
band concert. 2ver,- tent plentiful^
supplied'^with
easSr^gga
j Swilay, tay 22nd, the
veterans
of the 58th
who
had
re-enlisted
received their thirty-day furlough.
Before
leaving, the regtoLt wis assertled
offers =T^ Colonel Jackson, after which
the
following
S Co^rHonor Sdal^'''''' the regiment and received
the 17th
Henry Odarfald, CoEpany E'V 58th Ghio,
kedal of
gold
in-
scrihed Fort Donelspn, Shiloh, Chiokaaaw Bayou, Viokshurr.
1st
lieutenMt
TTilliam Hhode,
Adjutant
58th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantr-,
medal
of
pld,
icscrihed
Fort
Sonelson,
Shiloh,
Chiofcasaw Bayou,
Ark
ansas
Post,
Viokshurg. oj-uu , ara
SergSMt
Stuber Johann,
Oocpany A
58th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry,
ffiedal
of silver, inscribed Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, VioksbUT-g.
Private
David Crbanskj , Ootpany
B 58th Volunteer Infantry, medal of
Silver, inscribed Fort Dbnelson, Shiloh,
Arkansas
Post, Chickasav;
Bayou.
Grand
Gulf,
Vicksburg. V
/ . Servant
Frederick
liusller,
Corcpany 0
58th Ohio, medal of Silver, in
scribed Fort Bonelson, Shiloh, Chickaaaw Bayou, Vicksburg.
Sergeant
Philip
Froebe,
Company
B
SSth
Ohio,
medal of silver, in
scribed Fort Bonelson, Shiloh, Chickaaav/ Bayou, Vicksburg.
Private
Frank Guckert,
Company
G^
58th
Ohio,
medal
of silver, in
scribed Fort Bcnelsbn, Shiloh,
Chickasaw Bayou,
Vicksburg,
Sergeant
Benone
3. Blosson, Company K 58th Ohio, medal of silver, in
scribed Fort Bonelson, Chickasavf
Baycu,
Grand
Gulf,
Aricansas Post,
vicksburg
Ist Sergeant
David Jenkins, Cottpany
K
58th
Ohio,
medal
of. silver, in-
sorxbed Fort Bonelson, Shiloh, Chiokasaw
Bayou,
Grand Gulf, Arkansas
post ,
Vicksburg.
Corporal James
Brown, Company VK
58th
Ohio,
silver
medal,
inscribed
Port
Bonelson,
Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg-
Private Phomas Bisbenett, Company
K'* 58th Ohio,
medal of silver, in
scribed Fort BonslsOn, Shilohi
Chickasaw
Bayou, Arkahses
Post,
Grand
Gulf, Vicksburg.
The
furloughed
veteraas, cohsiatihg of
im
men
arid
five captains,
namely, Gapthiri Gallfy, i?hpd8, Huis, Friesnes and Roby, marched to the dock
,
^gra
they ^boarided the A. Eorey^^*^ .arrivingvat
Eow Albariy, Ind*
;on Saturday,
.iune
4Lth
arid
then
rail finally
arriving
at Coluiiibus, Ohio, June
ICth, where
they
were royally received.
y^Mle the re-9riliste veterans were on furloughi-:the remaihdQf of
the regiment received orders
on
July 10th to
accompariy
the 72nd
iUinpia
and one
brigade cf colored troops on an expedition. They marched in the direction
of
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Gibson,
canie in
cont='ct
itv, ^
jnich lasted iiiDcut
two
hcur-> cavalrv
Aft
vounded. i,any or-^-cn^ enen^
retreated
with
i--
i a
il^jht
In
: :v
Jnckaon of
the 58th
Ohio anl re'fr-'t'Tn eutenant COcaei
^ Gapt,Gin Ivforriann n-f n in
corir'.and
of Cantti ^ colonel
o f
h^in-y
^ . ^locn 01 Conianr i h-j,^ x. ^^pta in ilndersffj?
of
I'eine
senouea;-
ill. ^
the
re/JssZf T the
hoat -^.^^
e
sad
:
end load
their rln;1 ^h.,
i-rivate Louis Oreporrof
r^
discharge
of a rf?, 7
ldn
Of Comrauy
C I ?.
^^^t-Pany H ,
Eortallv
wr.m^f'. t
h^dhs of
Ko 3 aurvlTsd about fro
hours
'.fterr^\^''^
On J
r -
t-a child, r-sidln^
,
o
feaching Vlokshur-.
Earohlng
orfi^rv
o' '^h, at 5:00
il/;.
Oil
satisfied
rith
tni
^
btate^to^'o
forlcClei?
SteenH
Bapuhlioan
ca^Jdater '' Ibs vot eT.corlhf^U
T
iJurinfi- Chric?tTr>co
..,r^
i coixi, the
whose term of service hflrt
-k
? receiver that c,n i.
near Coluffibus Ohio J expired to prepare to r-ot ' ^ iisted
men
^ With
the
rl ' nt ?
ator out.
0^0^^^ ^
P
Chase,
, S S t t w i l
^ . , rsgirient would ideo ^
^^aclvSon made
a
short adrirfao
j.
and trusted they
would arrl
account of
their'te^^of
part cf tha hoif,,. bafelv and in +4r= + f ' aervioe expiring
tegifent
oelobrated
witVthr .a-nd
telat^ves^^^Thrha?
SPtten
ehrlstEaa
eve
by
all
tL
' aes,
it
beinfa ne^^V^'
'
On Pecettber%?h
58th.
fcr-
n Pecsfber
mh nif
.
^Spa:~:^ --d^d^?L^:S
and
prov^dMy/' '' ^' left
behind, the 5e?repent\?trt1nalfgeneral
On
L:arch Pth
-4.
general routine
S2
Cn i 'riday. Aorii latj,
-u*
. account of the sufrendL or r
celebration
was beld in
Vi,.v
v
.
Grant. All
hous= frf
General Lee
and
Mg
.rrv +
^ffckaburg,
on
laternb.
Thiri
ta
decorated
wS
fL
heral
^oyed at the prospect o y the Patriotic inhabilant^^^h^ iapanese
,Knibn.
laie r^elo
^ f ^he was.nnd
*?oaou^l'' ^
ere crowded with both = if '^'^cabed by stern rprn= ^ Wotory of the
,
-de at the
r1 ^
-Xu^^d^td s^^ct^tre
Oalro,
orrrinriL^rf '^' ^h/ the
steax.er
Sulton^
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^ Monday evening, Captain Prieaner, the
nev
coDJiiander of the 58th
Ohio Yeterrjn Battalion, left rith twenty-one veterans of the regir.ent on the
j hoat
Sultana
to
guard
9 C paroled Union
Soldiers
who were to he sent to rfp
Chase,
near
Colunhus, Chio,
for final
muster
out.
On
Saturday, April 29th, re
ports
were received that the boilers
of
the Sultana exploded
when
ahout
ten
miles from Memphis and that only ahout 500 cf the entire 2067 on hoard
arrived
safely. Lost of the po.rcled prisoners were from Chio, Indiana and Tennesee,
and
had
been
confined
at
Andersonville
and
Cahawha
since the
battles
of Shiloh,
Chickamauga and Gettysburg.
Capta,in
Priesner and five
men
were saved, sixteen
men were
lost .
Following are
the
names
of
the
men of
the 58th who lost
their
l i v e s on th e Su l t ana .
Company
It 1 1
Pr i v a t e David
Keus t a d t
CoL.pany
C
Private
Hiram Campbell
Company D
Pr i v a t e John C.
Baue r
Pr i v a t e
Pe t e r Breson
Gonpany
Private
Phi l ip
Baads
Private Frederick
Young
Company g .
Pr i v a t e John Hawken
Prlyate John Lowery
Conipan^^
H
Pr i v a t e
Bcbe r t
Bramum
P r i v a t e J o h n El l lick
Pr iva te Chr is topher Kincer
P r i v a t e
Samue l
Wil son
Company I
Pr i v a t e
V/ i l l i am
Wel l s
Gompan2> K
P r i v a t e
J acob
esitler
P r i v a t e
Jom.es tuller
r V \ Private George Kerns Z : ; -
On Sunday, E ay 1 5th, the ent i re
58 th re gim en t, u nde r
conytiand of
. ,
Captain Louis Keller ,
iaafched
to the depot and boarded
t ra ins to take
them to
the
Big
Black Hiver Stat ion.
The 7th Ohio
Battery> eq\iipped
as
infantry
accom-
^ the, feglm-ent* .'
After
arr iving a t
the i r
des t ina t i cn
they marched
to
Jackson,
Mss .
. and encamped about thrqa squai re s f rom the s ta te
house.
About th i s t ime. Captain Fr iesne r who ?;as save d from the i l l r - fa ted
. ;
Sultana ,
reported
back to
the
regiment, with
the
raidc
of
Lieutenant Colonel.
On
Thufada2s
June
15th, the regiment l e f t Jackson by
t ra in
and about
,
four
hou r s l a t e r de t r a ined a t Canton, Kis s . Vfliere th e reg iment marched with
band playing, to
the
cour t house
and
encamped in
the court
house parki
On Wednesday, June Sla t camp was broken and the regim.eht marched
to
th e depot and en t r a ined
gpihg
to Grenada, about 85 Biiles from
CantQhii
On Thursday, June 3Cth, the regiment held a dress parade in the town
o f Grenada b efo re t he h ea dq ua rt er s
of
General K^ltby .
On Friday, Jiily i4 th , camp was broken and re-established about two
miles f rom town . This was a
very
good camp location and far more healthy thaii
the canp
just : vacated.
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coD^and olthf^a 'o- GLId^
Jfriesner took
over
the
fte
ioet 0. Greoeoa. She reglasnt was
aseisned
the followioe poete.
OoEpany A , conianded
by
Captain Morrison
Conpany
B' , eoEtanded by Captain Keller
Company
C , cocicnnded
by
Captain Froebe
on ,'
V
Captain Gellhausen
ocpany S ,
oocianded by Captain
Dister
to t
to Seua tob ia
to Holly
Springs
t c zford
to
B la ck H iv er St at i on
camp at GremdfLfweat'^^r^toM 'h f CPtain Keller, left its
panLs
goipd to Sair ew
:ta1^L ''
rail, followed
by
the
different
com-
^
and
after
f short'atay^Irrlverii^Wo^^h
regiment assembled
at
Jackson
part of the city# ^ estebiished carop in
the
southern
hich tcok'pX'ia::M:yrs:pL&::/i86f
leave the
same
day for
hone J 1 ^
Pr'ePhrations
were made to
an
Old
veteran 0? thr58tr hif f
^he
boats
the
body of John Bevers.
honors. Finally the ^ath 4. r was buried with military
up
the
riv^rpLsinglJe
cHr^d'hl
if
Tr
he seen
on
deck,
taking
a
last
tiew
of
scenes
in
wMch
the
58th'hartS
a prominent part, and which
now
historic-
Taking
the''lKircLmi1lS'arr?vfd'arS^ i?
day.
following day they a-rived
in CoiM^^n n-
on Tuesday
and
the
off and
received
their dlecMrgf^rtihcaJes? ?
were going by
every train -^bo^vt
> 7 I* sfiiR evening fonner itenibera
the deeds of the ghlant bSth |lo jHofbut'mi S. '= V'
honorable ^ battles
in
which this regiment bore an
A pril 6th and
7th,
186S
to
Jiay
2 0 t h ,
1868
During April, Riay and June, 1862
August 1 9 t h ,
1862
August 22nd, 1862
August 2 3 r d , 1862
August 2 6 t h , 1862
Dec.
27th,
28th and
29th,
1852
January 1 1 t h , 1863
Karch a i s t
1863
fort
Bcnelspn, Tenn-
-Siege
o f
G or ihth
. Jurdy
.
jdillkenB iendi La. .
Baines Bluff,
Oreecville,
l a s s . -
Boliver
Landing, lllss.
Chickasaw Bayou, Kiss.
Arkansas
P o s t , Ark.
Deer Creek, K i s s . .
On
gunboats ruirming blockade past
?ick3burg,
Ki ss.
Grand Gulf, K iss. . .
Black fiiver, K i s s .
Lake
Providence,
La .
Fort Morgan, Ala. .
A p r i l
1 6 t h ,
1863
A p ri l 2 9th ,. 1863
A ay 17th to 22nd, 1863
J u n e
I G t h ,
1863
.
August 5 th to 23rdi
1864.
returned ut df the r-slment. tho few surviving members
anrSrLd tw ' ^hem the tattered and
blood
stained oo^Ls
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to
coiLaeitiOrate the achievettenta^of^Ohl^ dedicated thirty-four nionwneats
n *v ^c^ieveffienta
of
Ohio orgajfjizationa at Shiloh Tenn
58th Ohio. fiell stands the tton^ent of the
-rLIrSrSKH ^
rsr.s .ss. ..
s sj.r..X r2
;s
Ijfjssr
Boleisnly
dedicated.
f derate Army,
these
fiionumenta
were
^ rotunda of, Hall at
Dayton,
Ohio a beaatifnr
tal)let
was
erected
by
Dister
Post Yl> r
Colonel Peter Dister, in whose
lionor
the G p lieutenant
unveiled by two little Viria a ^ed. 5?he tablet waa
on Septen^r 25th 19iif daughter ofCoionel
Dister,
cos,redes of the
58th ME
loL'eU
f the
survlvlns'
soidlers at the side of Coionev;^ t L 5^' as one of the
two
Johnson.
f orspan^ li. ^arinstinUv kiUef
fh f ^ ifam
other
ootrades
of
the
old 58th
iara
nrnont
+*
Ptin
louia Keller
and
several
ises^ory
f
their departed con^p^ last tribute to the
In thp blank silence of the
narrow
toab
Ola; may rest, which rapt their hniran birth
V^t alljunconquered
by
that silent
doom.
of their deeds still walks the
earth.
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