I have seen very few photos of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry. If you have
pictures filed away somewhere I would like very much to see them. Do any
of you know where the photos are that are mentioned in the following
Vevay Reveille newspaper article?
http://www.switzerland.k12.in.us/VevayNewspapers/1890/18900424/R024P353.TIF
1890Apr24 Vevay Reveille p.4,col.2
E. H. Martin, who was Captain of Co. C, 3rd Ind Cav, resides in
Cincinnati, and is employed in a cigar factory in that city. Recently he
met John G. Long (who was soldier in his company.) in Cincinnati, and
said to him that he (Martin) was now old, feeble, and in poor health,
and that he might not live much longer, that he had photographs taken
during the war, of many of his comrades, and that their relatives would
probably treasure them, and gave him the photographs of the following
soldiers of 3rd Cavalry: Benjamin Bledsoe, Co. C, killed on Wilsons's
Raid; Maj Charles Lemmons, Killed at Gettysburg; Eugene Myers, Sergeant
Co. C, died in Kansas since the war; Henry B. Sparks, Co. C, now
residing near Rising Sun; Lieut. Wm. W. Long, Co. C, now residing at
Franklin, Ind.; Capt. B.F. Gilbert, Co. A, now residing at Carrsville,
Ky.; Maj. William Patton, died in Vevay since the war. Also photographs
of Maj. McClure, Lieut. Shanon and Capt. Thompson, which Mr. Long
delivered to Maj. McClure. Capt. Thompson is dead, but his widow is
residing in California, and Maj. McClure will send the photograph to her.
Maj. Lemmon wore the same uniform at the battle of Gettysburg he wore
when the photograph was taken, including hat. On the hat was small metal
sabres, and the ball which killed him, entered between the sabres,
striking him in the forehead.
Eloine Patton Chesnut
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