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To the Civil War Letters of Hancock County, Ohio Hancock Courier and Hancock Jeffersonian Index to the Civil War Letters of Hancock County, Ohio Hancock Courier and Hancock Jeffersonian Index by Correspondents 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 months) Articles: Hancock Courier: April 26, 1861, July 26, 1861, August 23, 1861 Hancock Jeffersonian: April 26, 1861, May 3, 1861, July 5, 1861, August 16, 1861, August 23, 1861 Colonel Jesse S. Norton Jesse S. Norton enlisted as the 35 year old Colonel of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting on April 27, 1861 and receiving his commission May 15, 1861. During the summer campaign of 1861, Colonel Norton was seriously wounded in the hip and captured July 17, 1861 at the Battle of Scarey Creek in western Virginia. Detained by the Confederates only briefly, then paroled, he returned home to recover and mustered out with the regiment August 12, 1861. He was retained as Colonel of the 21st Ohio for three years’ service. He led the regiment through the summer of 1862, where in northern Alabama, a number of problems came home to roost for him. In the first place, he had never been formally exchanged since his capture in July 1861, so his leadership of the 21st Ohio was in direct violation of his parole. In the second instance, his departing divisional commander Brigadier General Ormsby M. Mitchel discovered him at a clambake with well-known Alabama secessionists. Combined with an accusation of stealing then selling government horses for personal profit, Norton spent the next several months shuttling between his home in Perrysburg, Ohio and the capitals of Columbus and Washington, D.C. trying to clear his name. Meeting indifferent success, he resigned his commission to date December 20, 1862. Letter: Hancock Jeffersonian: August 9, 1861 Lieutenant Colonel James M. Neibling (see also 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry-3 years) James M. Neibling, better known as “Colonel Jim” or “Big Jim” among his soldiers, enlisted as Lieutenant Colonel of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a 36 year old Findlay, Ohio resident on April 27, 1861. His commission dates to May 15, 1861. After serving with the regiment through the summer campaign of 1861, he mustered out with the regiment at Columbus August 12, 1861. He reenlisted the three years 21st Ohio on September 19, 1861, serving as Lieutenant Colonel until Colonel Norton’s resignation elevated him to the rank of Colonel to date December 20, 1862. He led the regiment through Stones River, but missed out at Chickamauga. He led the regiment briefly during the Atlanta campaign before poor health relegated him to recruiting duties in Ohio. He resigned his commission December 6, 1864. Letters: Hancock Courier: July 12, 1861, August 16, 1861 Hancock Jeffersonian: July 19, 1861, July 26, 1861, August 9, 1861 Captain James A. Wilson, Company A (see also 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry) James A. Wilson raised Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the opening days of the Civil War, enlisting as a 38 year old Captain on April 19, 1861, mustering into service April 27, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He served with the regiment throughout the summer campaign of 1861 before mustering out with the regiment August 12, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. The letters listed below were actually written by his wife who accompanied him during this campaign. Following his return from service with the 21st Ohio, he raised Company G, 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned Captain of this company October 25, 1861, his commission dating January 4, 1862. He served with the regiment through most of the war, taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta, and the march to the sea before mustering out of service April 12, 1865. Letters: Hancock Courier: July 26, 1861 Hospital Steward Thomas Ray Morrison, Company A Thomas R. Morrison enlisted as a 25 year old Private on April 19, 1861 in Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Findlay, Ohio and was mustered into service April 27, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He was promoted to Hospital Steward on June 1, 1861, serving in that capacity through the summer campaign in the western Virginia mountains until his mustering out with the regiment August 12, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. Following his return home, he later enlisted as a Private in Company D, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving with that regiment in Tennessee until his discharge for disability at Cincinnati, Ohio to date November 18, 1863. His final service in the war was as First Lieutenant of Company A, 198th Ohio, being commissioned to date April 17, 1865 and mustered out May 8, 1865 at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland. Letters: Hancock Courier: May 31, 1861, June 28, 1861 Hancock Jeffersonian: May 31, 1861 (2), June 14, 1861 Private Michael J. A’Herne, Company A Michael J. A’Herne enlisted as a 23 year old Private in Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 19, 1861 at Findlay, Ohio, mustering into service April 27, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He served with the regiment through the summer campaign of 1861 before mustering out August 12, 1861 at Columbus. The following year, he enlisted as a Private in Company G, 87th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisted May 27, 1862 and mustering into service June 3, 1862. The regiment spent its service in the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia where it was among the forces surrendered to Stonewall Jackson on September 16, 1862. The regiment’s three month term of enlistment already being up, the Confederates paroled the men of the regiment. A’Herne was mustered out October 3, 1862. Letters: Hancock Courier: June 14, 1861, July 5, 1861 Private Thomas Fitzgibbon, Company A (see also 3 years’ service) Thomas Fitzgibbon enlisted as a 20 year old Private in Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 19, 1861, mustering into service April 27, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He served with the regiment through the summer campaign in western Virginia before returning home for his mustering out August 12, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He reenlisted with the same company for three years’ service on August 28, 1861, mustering into service September 19, 1861. He participated in the battles of Lavergne and Stones River before he was killed in action on September 20, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Letter: Hancock Jeffersonian: July 26, 1861 “Tau-VS,” Company A Letter: Hancock Courier: April 26, 1861 Private James A. Dixon, Company E I James A. Dixon enlisted as a 21 year old Private in Company E, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 20, 1861, mustering into service April 27, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He served with the regiment through the summer campaign of 1861 and mustered out August 12, 1861 at Columbus. He quickly set to working raising Company A, 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting as First Sergeant September 2, 1861. Promotion soon followed as he was commissioned Second Lieutenant to February 8, 1862, then First Lieutenant to date April 26, 1863, and finally to Captain to date February 10, 1865. Reenlisting as a veteran in 1864, Captain Dixon took part in the battles of Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Atlanta (July 22, 1864), Statesboro, Fort McAllister, and the march through the Carolinas. He was mustered out April 9, 1865. Letter: Hancock Courier: June 21, 1861 Second Lieutenant Joseph Edward Stearns, Company F Joseph Edward Stearns was born in New York about 1840 and enlisted as a 21 year old Second Lieutenant, mustering into service April 23, 1861 into Company F, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served with the regiment through the summer campaign in western Virginia before mustering out August 12, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio. He reenlisted in the 21st Ohio and received his commission as Second Lieutenant of Company B on September 19, 1861. He served with the regiment through the summer of 1862, at which time he was attached to the staff of Brigadier General Joshua Woodrow Sill. He was promoted to the rank of Captain to date August 26, 1862 and served as Assistant Adjutant General. Following the death of General Sill at the Battle of Stones River on December 31, 1862, Captain Stearns resigned his commission February 21, 1863. He died in a train wreck in near Erie, Pennsylvania in March 1864. Articles: Hancock Courier: March 4, 1864 Hancock Jeffersonian: March 4, 1864 Letters: Hancock Courier: June 7, 1861, June 14, 1861, June 21, 1861 “Mt. Blanchard Boys,” Company F Letter: Hancock Jeffersonian: June 28, 1861 First Lieutenant Joshua S. Preble, Company G (see also 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery) Joshua S. Preble enlisted as a 36 year old First Lieutenant on April 26, 1861 in Company G, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The short summer campaign in Virginia ended and Lieutenant Preble was mustered out August 12, 1861. Following his stint with the 21st Ohio, he recruited Company K, 65th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned Captain November 17, 1861, mustering into service December 10, 1861. He served with this regiment only briefly before resigning his commission effective April 14, 1862. The following year, he was commissioned Captain in Battery L, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, receiving his commission May 30, 1863 and mustering into service August 12, 1863. Battery L was assigned to the Knoxville, Tennessee area and spent most of the remainder of the war in that vicinity. In the summer of 1864, Battery L was involved in operations targeted against guerillas, Captain Preble’s report of which follows below. With the ending of the war, Captain Preble was mustered out of service July 25, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Letter: Hancock Jeffersonian: June 14, 1861 Report of Capt.
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