Thursday, March 16, 2017

Killed and Wounded in the 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 From a letter to The Toledo Daily Commercial and then published in The Weekly Perrysburg Journal on August 3, 1864.

The letter was written by Lt. Col. Commander, Isaac R. Sherwood to inform the public of those soldiers wounded or killed in the 111th O.V.I., a unit made of mostly Northwest Ohio men.

It was written from the 111th headquarters of the south, located in Chattanooga, on July 12, 1864.


"The following is a list of the killed and wounded in this regiment up to June 30, 1864, except those slightly wounded who are on duty.  The entire number of casualties exceeds 100.

KILLED:
1st Lt. L. Hutchinson, Co. E
1st Sgt. Oscar Works, Co. F
111th Regimental Flag
Edwin E. Austin, Co. A
John Evens, Co A.
Andrew Olds, Co. K
Hiram Hiser, Co. D
William Shoup, Co. D
Wesley E. Dull, Co. D
Sgt. H. C. Landon, Co. C
Corp. George Field, Co. F
Dan Dickerhoof, Co. F
Frederick Swartz, Co. K
Isadore Bishop, Co. K
Henry Rogan, Co. I
John Nusbaum, Co. I (left on the field)

WOUNDED:

Major T. C. Norris, right thigh, slight

Company A -
Abner M. Clark, severe in foot
Isaac Baughman, severe in foot
Edward Myers, severe left shoulder
Chas. F. Flowers, back, not dangerous
Joseph Swartz, left leg, severe
Richard Smith, left side, slight
John Scanlow, dangerous, left arm amputated
John Farver, severe in head
Harvey Armitage, head, severe

Company B -
Shepard Bemes, shoulder, slight
John Kelly, slight

Company C -
D. B. Reynolds, dangerous, through left arm
Jacob Traxler - seriously left leg
Lee Coony - concussion by shell
Samuel Fisher - in left leg, not dangerous
Corp. H. A. Arnold - severe in neck
Philip Bush - in left leg
William Lyons - dangerously through shoulder and neck
D. H. Mountz - seriously in left foot
Michael Stantz - severe in left leg
Jacob Krontz, Co. E

Company D -
John Whitacre - in the shoulder
Ira Fenn - in hand
Richard Priest - leg, slight

Company E -
Jacob Krontz - severe in left leg
Ezria Gibbs - severe in left arm and breast
Henry E. Thomas - severe in both legs
Isaac N.Grubb - slight in left hand
Casper Sirolf - slight in left hand
William Replogle - right shoulder
Fred Kimmerlin - severe in right thigh
Henry Wells - in rear of hip, slight

Company F -
Sergt. Hiram F. Rice - severely through hip
William J. Liscoe - severely left arm
John Ware - severe, right leg
Philip Miller - slight, left hand
Calvin Musser - left leg, not dangerous
Jarno F. Reed - left leg, severe
William Haller - right arm. severe
Ed. E. Hale - right leg, not dangerous
Dan Boor - slight in hand
Sgt. Harry Sweet - severely, right leg
Thomas A. Potts - left leg, severely

Ribbon found among the possessions of Hiram F. Rice, Company F
Company G -
Bardley Gould, very serious, ball entered right shoulder coming out left eye, passing through neck and mouth, singular wound
John Gearhart - slight in face
Sgt. A. T. Hineline - severe in knee
David Gimberling - severe in wrist

Company H -
Charles Rump - slight in abdomen
Peter Cutcher - slight in ankle

Company I -
Sgt. Campbell - in left breast, shell
John Corey - musket ball, head
Robert Tiplady - musket ball in left shoulder
John Sheets - musket ball, right thigh, severe
Oliver Goodman - left arm amputated
John Wellman - right thigh, severe
Louis Behm - neck, not dangerous
G. Lobes - neck, not dangerous

Company K -
Sgt. George A. Grissinger - right arm amputated
Sgt. George W. Rue(?) - both legs, dangerous
Corp. William E. Smith - right shoulder,shell
Frederick Swartz - left thigh, severe
Henry Conrod - right hip, severe
William J. Bailey - right ankle
Isadore Bishop - reported among killed, had left leg shot off by shell and right leg badly injured.
Peter W. Ross - shell wound in right thigh           

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