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Proceedings of Reunions Held at Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 11-12, 1894 \V'^'P'^'^'^'<^'f*1^¥v¥'^^¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*'V¥¥'9j^, mffimmumM ^ SOUVENIR I %5.8RiGA^ "X "^^^ iGULAR BRIGADE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND Gc Ml:*'•^• 973o7406 As7a 1501398 GENEALOGY COLLECTION •/ ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRA «x)^ '/vAI 3 1833 01190 9972 /^' DflYID LflKEN Presiderit Association Survivors Regular Brigade Association of Survivors REGULAR BRIGADE FOURTEENTH CORPS Army of the Cumberland PROCEEDINGS OF REUNIONS HELD AT PITTSBURGH PA., Sept. J I- J 2, 1594 CRAWFISH SPRINGS, GA., Sept. 18-19, J 895 ST. PAUL, MINN., Sept. 1-2, J 896 COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept. 22-23, 1897 HISTORICAL SKETCH BY CAPT. Frederick Phisterer Roster of Membership and Death Roll of the Brigade During the War OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE BATTLE OF STONE RIVER, TENN. Columbus, Ohio|: PRESS OF JOHN L. TRAUGER 1898 1501 39R OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Officers J 894-5 Presiilent David Laken Columbus, Ohio. Vice-President Wm. J. Carson Muucie, ludiana. Secretary-Treasurer Edwin C. Beach Columbus, Ohio. Chaplain ThEO. W. BRAKE Toledo, Ohio. Color Bearer Henry E. ScoTT Columbus, Ohio. Bugler Thomas E. Hite Columbus, Ohio. Executive Committee Geo. W. Hughes Galena, Ohio. Philip Game Canal Winchester, Ohio. Fr.^nkiin J. P.ARKER Columbus, Ohio. Adam F. Snyder Columbus, Ohio. Officers 1895-6, 1896-7 President David Laken Columbus, Ohio. Vice-President Wm. J. Carson Muncie, Indiana. Secretary-Treasurer Geo. W. Hughes. Galena, Ohio. Chaplain Theo. W. Brake Toledo, Ohio. Color Bearer Henry E. Scott Columbus, Ohio. Bugler Thomas E. Hite Columbus, Ohio. Executive Committee Philip Game Canal Winchester, Ohio. Daniel S. Wilder Columbus, Ohio. Franklin J. Parker Columbus, Ohio. Adam F. Snyder Columbus, Ohio. Officers 1897-8 President David Laken Columbus, Ohio. Vice-President Thomas J. Smith De Graff, Ohio. Secretary-Treasurer Geo. W. Hughes Galena, Ohio. Chaplain Theo. W. Brake Toledo, Ohio. Color Bearer Adam F. Snyder Columbus, Ohio. Bugler Thomas E. Hite Columbus, Ohio. Executive Committee Philip Game Canal Winchester, Ohio. Edwin C. Beach Columbus, Ohio. Daniel S. Wilder Columbus, Ohio. Aaron B. Cleveland Columbus, Ohio. BULLETIN 1. We would deem it a great favor if our comrades would give us the addresses of any comrade who served in our brigade, whose name is not on our roster of 1807. 2. Members in arrears for dues are requested to pay up, as we are always in need of funds, and it is not right that so few should carry our organization in a financial way through. So remit your dues and do it every year to the Secretary and Treasurer. 3. Comrades are requested to advise the Secretary of any error in the roster, such as misspelling of name or residence, etc. 4. Notify the Secretary of any change of residence, if permanent. Give full postofifice address, state, county, town, and street number. 5. Notify the Secretary promptly of the death of a comrade in your community. 6. Those of our comrades who were of the excursion part}' to Chickamauga, Ga., in September, 1895, who desire a copy of the photo taken at Stone River Cemetery, can secure same by addressing Gier's, Photographer, 115^ College St., Nashville, Tenn. 7. We would also add that photographs of any of the objects of interest at the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Military Park can be obtained from Judd, Photographer, Market St., Chattanooga, Tenn. Catalogues of his work furnished on application. REGULAR BRIGADE BADGE. We have many inquiries in regard to our badge. We would state that the badge adopted by our organization is made by Messrs. Torch and Lee, 25 Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. Price $1.50, cash with the order. The badge is of good metal and heavily plated and of good workmanship. GEORGE W. HUGHES, Secretaiy. INTRODUCTION NEW book generally contains an Introduction, sometimes apolo- getic or perhaps explanatory. In accordance with this custom we also offer a prefatory word to the comrades of our Association in behalf of our little book. We are awar-e of its defects and regret its imperfections. It is our first attempt as an author and we are of opinion that it is our last. In its preparation we found little room for flowery diction. Our aim was a simple, faithful narration of facts. In our attempt to give this we encountered many hindrances and discouragements that we had not ex- pected; but with persistent effort and energetic, resolute determination to succeed we surmounted most of the difficulties and now present this Souvenir as the result of our labors. It is a source of comfort to us to know that our comrades are not merciless critics, who will read our unpretentious production for the pur- pose of finding fault. We feel that their sympathy is with us; that they will make generous allowance, will appreciate our work and accept it in that cordial, friendly feeling known only to comrades. We promised that our Souvenir should contain halftone photo en- gravings of Major Slemmer of the 16th Infantry, Major Caldwell of the 18th Infantry, and Major Carpenter of the 19th Infantry. We made every effort in our power to procure pictures of the above named ofificers, but were not successful. Should this failure occasion any disappointment the fault is not with us. It was our original intention to present in this publication about fif- teen illustrations. It will be seen that we have greatly exceeded that num- ber and have thereby also increased the cost of the book. As President of the Association of the Survivors of the Regular Brigade we desire to return our sincere thanks to Colonel Frederick Phis- terer for his labor in our behalf in preparing the Historical Sketch in this work. We also, in common with all our comrades, gratefully acknowledge our indebtedness to our comrade James H. Mohr, recently deceased, for the roster of the dead of our Brigade, which list he, some years ago, kindly prepared and presented to us. We recognize with many thanks the support received from our com- rades in the form of subscriptions for this volume. We are under special obligations to General Anson Mills, U. S. A., and Colonel Andrew S. Burt, U. S. A., for their generous financial aid, kind words of encouragement and other assistance rendered. In conclusion, we express the hope that our comrades all may be deeply interested in the perusal of this Souvenir and profited by reading the narration of patriotic services and heroic deeds performed by the Regu- lar Brigade on many occasions; and, while thus reading, may they not forget to drop a tear, as, in tender remembrance, they recall the name of some dear comrade who lies sleeping in the land of the South. DAVID LAKEN. Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1897. DAVID LAKEN OMRADE David Laken was Ijorn in Franklinton, now part of Columbus, O., October 22, 18-41. He attended the city schools until he reached his 12th year, then started out to fight the battle of life. His first employment was in the office of the Ohio Statesman, then at the southwest corner of State and Pearl streets, in the early winter of 185.3. And he worked at different places until he reached nearly the age of 18, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of brick mason, with the well known contracting firm "at that time", Messrs. Jacob Snyder and Christopher Kemmerer. At the outbreak of the rebellion he was one of the first to offer himself, on the first call for troops (three months men). He was a member of Company "C", 2nd O. V. I., Captain A. O. Mitchell commanding. He returned home after being discharged, and shortly afterwards, AugT.ist 3, 1861, he re-enlisted in the 18th Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant the same day by Captain Kellogg, then in command of the station. His first duties were the drilling of new recruits, and many comrades of Company "C", 1st Battalion, Company "B", 2nd, and Company "D", 2nd Battalion received their first lessons in the school of the soldier from comrade Laken. He had the honor of being the right guide of the first detachment sent from the Broad street Barracks to Camp Thomas, August 11, 1861. The detachment was under the command of 1st Sergeant Henry B. Free- man, now Lieutenant Colonel U. S. A. At the organization of the first three companies of the 18th Infantry, then known as A, B, C, but afterwards as Company "B", 2nd Battalion, Company "C", 1st Battalion, and Company "D", 2nd Battalion, comrade Laken was assigned to Company "D", 2nd Battalion, his company com- mander being Lieutenant Wm. P. McCleery, and a more perfect gentleman we have never had the pleasure to become acquainted with. He remained in camp until his Colonel detailed him to go out in the recruiting service. Soon afterwards he returned to his duties. Sergeant Freeman had orders to take with him a recruiting party and report to Lieut. Morgan L. Ogden, then at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and he prevailed on Mr. Laken to go with him. Here he remained until Sergeant Freeman received his promotion as 2nd Lieutenant. He re- lieving Lieut. Ogden, and Lieut. Ogden, with comrade Laken, went to Sandusky, Ohio, to open up a new recruiting station. Here he was when orders were received to break up and report at Camp Thomas im- mediately. He was with his company with the first detachment that left Camp Thomas for the South. This detachment consisted of Company A, B, C, D and F, 1st Battalion, and Company D, 3rd Battalion, under com- mand of Major Caldwell, and Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F, 2nd Bat- talion, under command of Major Townsend, Colonel Carrington in com- mand.
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