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Union Private122nd RegimentUnion General

122nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry Organized at Zanesville, Ohio, September 30, 1862. Company "C" October 3, Company "G" October 5, Company "F" October 6 and Companies "I" and "K" October 8, 1862. Left State for Parkersburg, W. Va., October 23; thence moved to Clarksburg and to New Creek November 15. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January, 1863. Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps. to June, 1863. Elliott's Command, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865. SERVICE.-Duty at New Creek, Va., November 15 to December 28, 1862. Expedition up the south branch of Potomac River December 28, 1862, to January 1, 1863. Moved to Romney, W. Va., and duty there till March 17, 1863. Skirmish near Romney February 16. Moved to Winchester March 17, and duty in that vicinity till June. Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Battle of Winchester June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry June 15-17. Garrison, Maryland Heights, till July 1. Guard stores to Georgetown, thence moved to Frederick, Md., July 1-5. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Action at Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty at New York City during draft disturbances August 17-September 5. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstrations on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-July 6. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 6; thence to Monocacy July 8. Battle of Monocacy Junction, Md., July 9. (Cover retreat.) Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 29. Charlestown August 21, 22 and 29. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown till December. Skirmish at Kernstown November 10. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 3; thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg, Va., December 6, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 17-27, and duty there till May. Moved to Richmond Va., May 16; thence to Washington, D. C., May 24-June 1. Corps Review June 9. Mustered out June 26, 1865. Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 137 Enlisted men by disease. Total 230.

THE One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio was recruited in the counties of Muskingum, Morgan, Coshocton and Guernsey. The Coshocton complement consisted of two companies, D and G, and were recruited mainly under the supervision of Captains Benjamin F. Sells of Company D, and 0. C. Farquhar of Company G.

The muster rolls of these companies at enlistment were as follows:

COMPANY G:

Officers:

O. C. Farquhar, Captain; G. H. Banger, First Lieutenant; John Anderson, Second Lieutenant; Josiah Norman, First Sergeant; William Gorsline, Second Sergeant; Calvin Meizer, Third Sergeant; Daniel Shuck, Fourth Sergeant; Samuel Dougherty, Fifth Sergeant; Thomas P. Chance, First Corporal; Thomas G. Arnold, Second Corporal; George Graham, Third Corporal; Edwin Powers, Fourth Corporal; James S. Anderson, Fifth Corporal; John Minor, Sixth Corporal; Christopher Philabaum, Seventh Corporal; George N. Putt, Eighth Corporal; J. H. Loveless and James W. Law, Musicians; Emzy Maxfield, Teamster.

Privates -Robert Axline, Levi Bailey, Lewis D. Barge, Levi Brown, Daniel Barr, Caleb Berry, George Boyd, William Brilhart, Amos Buckmaster, William Cassiday, Wash. Collies, Richard Dyer, Nathan Daugherty, William Donovan, Benjamin B. Emmerson, Alexander Finton, McConnel Fortune, J. A. Fleckenger, John H. Fretney, Gottleib Fear, William Gribben, David Garber, Peter Gephart. Zeth Goodhue, John Hawk, John Hawkins, David M. Harmon, George W. Har-on, Lewis Hines, James Hamby, Samuel Hamby, Henry Hoogland, Zeb. Huff, Archie Heuston, George Jones, Porter Kinney, David Kost, Samuel Lewis, Enos J. Lower, Moses Lower, Luther B. Martin, Arch Martin, John A. Milligan, David C. Miser, John T. Miller, Thomas J. Murphy, Benjamin Milligan, James Maxfield, Thomas McPherson, N. C. McClain, Charles Moore, Andy Norman, Ezekiel Poland, James H. Poland, William Pyles, Nat Reed, Thomas Riggle,. J. W. Rinehart, David Reed, Edwin Riggle, Isaac Stafford, Lyman Spaulding, Andy P. Stultz, David N. Thomas, Palentine Thatcher, Amos Winklepleck, William Ward, Peter Worley, Samuel Worth, George Younker.

COMPANY D:

Officers:

B. F. Sells, Captain; James Work, First Lieutenant; James Sells, Second Lieutenant; William A. McGruder, First Sergeant; Henry Forrest, Second Sergeant; Jacob Rogers, Third Sergeant; David Cooper, Fourth Sergeant; James Bradfield, Fifth Sergeant; John G. Powelson, First Corporal; John W. Watson, Second Corporal; Jacob Gribeler, Third Corporal; Caleb C. Wheeler, Fourth Corporal; James H. Goodman, Fifth Corporal; James C. Stringfellow, Sixth Corporal; John W. Phillips, Seventh Corporal; Andrew D. Keefer, Eighth Corporal.

Privates.-George W. Adams, Lewis Bickelor, Charles Bertho, Samuel Banger, Ambrose Bryan, Ira C. Billman, Robert Brink, Adam Bodine, Noah Blackford, James Buckmaster, Joseph Cross, Elisha Cross, John P. Cly, Tames O. Cochran, John Cochran, William H. Callentine, James B. Cooper, John Casebier, James Carter, William Camp, Vincent Clark, Augustus Cox, John Darr, William H. Divan, Joseph O. Donnely, John M. P. Davis, Samuel H. Elliott, Gotleib Feas, Henry Freteg, Eli Former, Peter Former, William King, George King, William W. Kincaid, George Kiser, Zach M. Jewell, James Layland, George Ladees, John Lafland, Hugh Lynch, James Miller, Robert Marshman, Thomas Mullen, John W. Magruder, Adam Murry, Patrick Murphy, Alexander Martin, John Meyers, John Moore, Frank Morton, William McFee, Aaron Norris, Samuel Neptune, John T. Nelson, Samuel Phillips, John H. Ravir, William Roney, John W. Ridenbaugh, Levi Rose, William Roderick, William Reay.

Companies A, B, D, E and H, of the One Hundred and Twenty-second, were mustered into the United States service on the 30th day of October.

  • Contributed by: Don Wiggins