COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY-SIX MONTHS
Captain.--Harvey M. Hall
First Lieutenant.--Andrew J. Works.
Second Lieutenant.--George P. Tinker.
First Sergeant.--Albert Ogle.
Sergeants.--H. Richmond, Arealeus Garlinghouse, Silas W. Irby.
Corporals.--Augustus Beal, Thos. Montague, Roamine Ayers, Henry Tinker,
Albert Hyde, Prior Pavy, Thomas V. Dodd, George W. Dodd.
Musician.--Worden Aldrich.
Privates.--Henry Andress, Elza Andrews, Louis Bodle, Morrison Brown,
Baker Cotton, Cautious Choat, Alfred A. Cole, Thomas Cooper, William
Carson, Robert Cotton, Fernando Damon, Benjamin Drake, Francis Duplaine,
Daniel Estell, Thomas Edmonson, George Fallis, Henry C. Fox, James
Graves, Tobias Gibson, Abraham Gibson, John Gardner, Daniel Harden,
George W. Henry, Roswell Hall, Andrew Hammons, Amasa Hyde, Thomas Holms,
James Johnson, David Leter, Joseph Lentz, Irvin McHenry, John Montague,
James Maxwell, H. McCreary, Alonzo Murphy, Newal Morrison, William Orem,
George S. Orcutt, Adoniram Phillips, Charles Protsman, John Pickett,
James Robinson, David Russell, John Riley, Robert Redding, John W.
Rhoberts (Roberts?), Smith Red, John Sedam, Charles Seward, Frederick
Stucey, Richard Tandy, James Tinker, Valentine Towers, Asa Tyler, Calvin
Weaver, Solomen Wainscott, Smith P. Worstell, William Younger, Allen
Young.
COMPANY C, FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY--THREE
MONTHS.
Captain.--Stephen R. Tinker.
First Lieutenant.--Harris Keeney.
Second Lieutenant.--Allen E. Wiley.
Sergeants.--James L. Gilbert, John Armstrong, Lewis Roons, William
Price.
Corporals.--James W. Lewis, Charles Protsman, Isaac N. Tinker, William
Tessler, John W. Miller, James Cook, John B. Smith.
Muscians.--Charles W. Gray, J.B. Jackman.
Wagoner.--Jere Plew.
Privates.--M. Andrews, William Armstrong, Thomas M. Buchanan, Lewis
Bodee, Benjamin F. Brown, Francis Baxter, William T. Bassie, Francis M.
Brown, Marion Buttorff, John R. Campbell, Alfred A. Cole, Enoch Colon,
William L. Campbell, Thomas H. Downey, William J. Ferguson, H.
Fredenbaugh, Jesse Falkner, Cyrus Gilbert, John J. Gordner, George H.
Graves, Samuel Gevin, Henry Harmon, Silas W. Isley, Thomas J. Jackson,
Albina Jackson, Jacob S. Keller, Charles A. Long, Francis Murphy, John
H. Murphy, John F. Murphy, Newell Morrison, William Maxwell, Solomon
McCallum, Benjamin Bonnel, William O'Brian, Albert Perry, Hiram Pollis,
Ira Peelman, Prior M. Pavy, Wesley Payne, Osias Powell, Hilyard Pitman,
William Powers, William P. Pleasants, William B. Prather, Thomas S.
Robbins, Simeon Roberts, William Reno, D.K. Robbins, Henry Retch, James
Robinson, C.F. Schnittger, Robert Sedan, William Salmon, Louis O.
Tilvers, Henry D. Tinker, Frederick A. Tuttle, O.D. Thompson, A.B.
Vannatter, Allen L. Wiley, Solomon Winscott, John M. Wilburn, A.J.
Works, John Whittinger.
Recruits.--E.B. Atherton, Olin R. Browse, Louis Baduax, John Caslo,
Alfred Grenat, Thomas Hughes, Daniel S. Jessup, Hiram Lutton, Frederick
Mather, Charles R. Phipps, Ralph Platt, Frederick Stucy, Charles L.
Wade.
COMPANY D, EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY--THREE YEARS.
Captain.--R.R. Ruter, William F. Davis, John J. Dibble, J.J. Vanhouten,
William Killen.
First Lieutenants.--William W. Shepherd, Francis A. Lakin, John J.
Dibble, J.J. Vanhoutin.
Second Lieutenants.--William F. Davis, Francis A. Lakin, John J. Dibble,
Henry Sutton.
Sergeants.--William Ford, J.J. Van Houten, John J. Dibble, Francis
Laiken.
Corporals.--James H. Ladd, Aaron Z. Taylor, S.P. Richmond, Thomas
Butler, John T. Ferguson, Isaac Simington, James Sutton.
Musicians.--Hamson Baxter, William H. Johnson.
Wagoner.--Lemon Ross.
Privates.--Allen Baker, John Bennett, Frank Bennett, Isaac Brown, Julius
Campbell, William V. Calvin, Thomas Connell, Cyrus Conklin, George W.
Chase, Charles Clenwood, John DeHart, John Deetz, Harvey Dibble, Abram
Edder, Casper Flousch, Richard Hawkins, George Hickman, John Hunt, John
Ivins, Robert Kelso, George Kyle, Thomas J. Lakeman, David T. Love,
Henry Lutton, Henrico Mead, William Moulton, Lemuel H. Montague, Solomon
McPherson, John McCab, Henry Parker, Edwin Richmond, James A. Richards,
Asbury Roberts, Daniel Ross, Henry Swaker, William L. Tait, Thomas
Wainscott, Allen Wiley, John P. White.
TENTH REGIMENT, INDIANA LEGION THIRD BRIGADE.
In regard to the services performed by the Tenth Regiment, Indiana
Legion, we extract the following facts from the adjutant-general's
report referred to above:
'Fifteen companies were organized in Switzerland County between June 17,
1861, and August 29, 1863. During the first two years of the war, while
martial enthusiasm was at its greatest height, drills and parades were
frequently and regulary held.
'A portion of this command rendered valuable service in guarding rebel
prisoners at Camp Morton in the summer of 1862, and was always ready,
when called upon by the proper authorities, to do duty at any point.
'At the time of Kirby Smith's and Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, 800
officers and men of the Tenth, under command of Lieut.-Col. Stepleton,
volunteered their services, and under the order of the governor, guarded
the border thoroughly, and held themselves in readiness to march to
Louisville to aid in the defense of that city. At one time the Tenth
marched to Warsaw, Ky., for the protection of that place, and on several
occasions was called out to repel threatened invasions. Three companies,
at another time, laid upon their arms along the Ohio every night for
three weeks, watching and guarding against guerrilla bands, which were
swarming in the border counties on the opposite shore.
'Meager and imperfect reports from the officers of this command preclude
the possiblity of enumerating the varied and important services which it
rendered, and which secured for it a high rank among the most efficient
regiments of the Legion.'
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This concludes the chapter on Military Service in the book "History of
Switzerland County Indiana 1885"
I am sure there were other Switzerland County residents who served in
the Civil War, but are not listed among the soldiers in these rosters
(my own ancestor, Isaac N. Robbins, for one). Perhaps, they were
mistakenly omitted or enlisted from a neighboring county. I hope this
has helped some of you. Sincerely, Ruth Hoggatt