CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 the blockade at the Carolina coast Oct. 18. It is supposed that she had on board iron plates for two rams. That the vessel came from England, it would be foolish to doubt. All outside aid for the Rebels has come from that neutral country. It certainly behooves our government to seize the ports of Charleston and Mobile as soon as possible, that a stop may be put to their blockade-running, as well as to secure the safety of the vessels now standing insufficient guard over those harbors. 558 L Nov. 24; ed: 2/1 - Mr. Kirkpatrick, a former resident of Dayton, consulted with his friends upon the Gulf coast as to loading a vessel with cotton and running the blockade. They helped him along and he loaded his vessel and steered straight for the federal fleet. He then piloted the fleet into Sabine pass, where several more vessels with Rebel cotton were captured and duly confiscated! He is on his way back to Dayton. As the Springfield NEWS says: "When he gets there if the citizens don't turn out en masse and give him a brilliant reception we shan't think much of them. Hurrah for Kirkpatrick! Bully for Kirkpatrick!" Casualties 559 L Jan. 9; ed: 3/3 There are quite a number from the township of Euclid and vicinity, who have nobly volunteered their services, and if need be their lives, in this holy cause of redeeming our nation from an unhallowed rebellion. But one of them has suddenly fallen. (4) (5) Thomas Corwin Dille, in the bloom of his youth, has been snatched from the earth. His disease was fever. Long before his sickness, he wished to meet the enemy in battle array, but never had the opportunity, yet he died no less the bero than he would amid the storm and glory of battle. 560 L Jan. 13; ed: 2/2 Among the list of federal prisoners who have died at Richmond since the battle of Bull Run, we observe the names of the following Ohioans: J. Truxel, 25th regiment; W. Gibbs, 8th regiment; and S. Lamon, 24th regiment. (7) (2) 561 L Jan. 23:2/1 A correspondent of the Louiville JOURNAL says that the morning after the battle between Colonel Garfield's forces and Humphry Marshal's Rebels, four wagons were overtaken by our cavalry, loaded with their dead. The wagons were fast bound in the mud. Thirteen Rebels were found dead in the field, and a pile of bodies covered with leaves and bushes. The estimated loss is 80 killed, 100 wounded, and 100 prisoners, with lots of arms, tents, and military stores. (5) 562 L Mar. 22; ed: 2/1 "The gallant deeds of the noble heroes who died at their posts on the ill fated CUMBERLAND have been reported and repeated, but they deserve to be rehearsed until every child in the land shall have heard of them, and know what desperate and glorious deeds of valor proved the right of the men of 1862 to hold a place in the history of heroism. Braver men never lived than went down on the CUMBERLAND." (6) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 563 L Mar. 25:3/2 - Last evening A. S. Gardner received a dispatch announcing that his son, Hampton, a Cleveland volunteer, was mortally wounded at the recent battle near Winchester. 564 L Apr. 10; ed: 2/2 - A dispatch states that the slaughter on both sides in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing was immense, that the Union loss. in killed and wounded was from 18,000 to 20,000, and that the enemy loss was estimated at from 31,000 to 40,000. "That this is greatly exaggerated is doubtless true, but we know that thousands of brave, manly forms are now stiff in death, and that tens of thousands are lying sick or wounded upon the battle field or in the temporary hospitals.... So let our rejoicing be tempered with gentle sympathy for the mourning, who weep for the heroes of Pittsburgh." 565 L Apr. 15; ed: 2/1 A letter written from the battle field at Pittsburgh Landing to the family of General Wallace states that he was shot through the head while trying vainly to resist a Rebel charge. "His wound is a terrible one. The writer thinks it almost impossible for him to recover." 566 L Apr. 17:3/1 Henry Smith, son of William T. Smith, of the firm of Seaman and Smith, of this city who belonged to the 55th Illinois regiment, was badly wounded by a musket shot in the neck at the battle of Pittsburgh Landing. 567 L Apr. 1; ed: 2/1 - We publish this morning lists of all the late arrivals of wounded from Pittsburgh, together with additional official reports of the killed and wounded in some of the Ohio regiments. (3) (6) (3) (1) "We shall continue this course in the future, although no other paper in Ohio north of Cincinnati gives full reports of casualties to Ohioans. (2) ་་ 568 L Apr. 19:3/1 - Captain Clayton, formerly of the seventh Ohio regiment, came in yesterday with the body of Major Edwards of the 19th Ohio, who fell in the fight at Pittsburgh Landing. 569 L May 6:3/1 - We announce with great pleasure that a letter received yesterday by the father of Orlando Gardner states that an early recovery from the terrible wounds the son received at Winchester is confidently hoped for. (2) (1) 570 L May 19:3/2 We acknowledge with gratitude the receipt, by the hands of O. N. Skeels, who has just returned from Pittsburgh Landing, of a cane cut upon the spot where Lieut. C. H. Talcott, at once our friend and our faithful and talented correspondent, fell in that memorable battie of April 7. (2) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 Abstracts 571 - 579 CIVIL WAR - Casualties (Cont'd) 571 L June 18:3/1 - Hampton Gardner, seventh regiment, who was wounded at the battle of Winchester, arrived home last night. (1) 572 L June 26: 3/2 - A number of sick and wounded soldiers belonging to the 29th Ohio arrived in the city yesterday morning. 573 July 7:3/2 - Among the sick soldiers who have arrived at Cincinnati from the Tennessee river area are the following Cleveland men: G. Flint, F. Gibbons, H. Hart, William Langlot, William Marshall, and J. Sanborn of the 41st Ohio, and Christopher Passott of the 24th Ohio. 574 L July 8:1/1 We are indebted to the Hon. A. G. Riddle for the list of the sick and wounded now in Cliffburn hospital at Washington. These men belong to the seventh and 21st Ohio regiments. The wounded men of the seventh regiment from Cleveland are P. Anthony, slightly wounded, has rheumatism; Fred Keller, Co. A, wounded in left arm, doing well; William Lanterwasser, wounded in the right arm. 575 L July 11:2/4 Dr. Seymour, writing of his trip in the interest of the sick and wounded, gave Representatives Riddle and Hutchins "honorable mention." 576 L July 17:22 In a report from the New York TRIBUNE, there is a notice of the death of Capt. Henry V. DeHart of the fifth artillery, U. S. army, and chief of artillery in McCall's division. Captain DeHart had several Clevelanders in his battery. 577 L July 17:3/1 - John Brookman of Co. F, Colonel Stockton's 16th Michigan regiment, who was on his way home to Plymouth, Mich., after obtaining sick leave due to consumption, died in the depot here in Cleveland. On his way in from Pittsburgh he underwent another attack of his sickness, and before they could get him to a hospital here he died. (1) (2) (6) (2) (7) (8) 578 L Aug. 5:2/3 In a letter to the editor, L. C. Brown, post surgeon, U. S. army, says: The following Ohioans have died at Camp Chase since June 23: July 6, R. Morrison, 85th Ohio; July 14, Charles Journell, 61st Ohio; July 19, 0. T. Clawson, 85th Ohio. Morrison and Journell were accidentally shot. There are in camp now the 85th and 88th Ohio, 915 paroled men from various regiments, and 1,676 prisoners. Of our own men, not over six are truly sick in the hospital. In the prison hospital there are 17 in all, mostly wounded. From these statistics every man can judge for himself how the medical and sanitary work at Camp Chase must have been conducted. (4) 579 L Aug. 13:1/1 Colonel Creighton of the seventh Ohio was wounded in the fighting on Aug. 9. (1) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 Abstracts 580 - 586 CIVIL WAR - Casualties (Cont'd) 580 L Aug. 13:1/3 The following officers of the fifth Ohio, wounded in fighting on Aug. 9, are reported under treatment at Washington: Maj. H. G. Armstrong, Adj. H. Marshall, Capt. J. A. Remley, Lieut. R. Kirkup, Lieut. W. H. Thomas, Lieut. Jackson Avery, Lieut. W. O. Meely, Lieut. J. W. Miller, and Sergt. A. J. Shires. (2) 581 L Aug. 13:2/2 The following is the list of the killed and wounded in Ohio regiments at the battle of Culpepper, taken from New York HERALD: From the seventh Ohio; Colonel Creighton (W); Co. A, 11 (W); Co. B, five (W); Co. C, three (W); Co. D, five (W); Co. E, five (W); also Sergt. A. Billings; Co. F. nine (W); Co. G, Lieut. S. S. Ried (W), four (W) and four (K); Co. H, Lieut. D. Brady (W), Lieut. Eaton (W), four (W); Co. 1, two (W); Co. K, Lieut. M. J. Hopkins two (W). From the 29th Ohio; Co. A, Lieut. E. J. Hurlburt and one (W), Co. B, three (W), Co. C, two (W), Co. D, two (W), Co. F, two (W), Co. G, Capt. J. J. Wright (W); Co. I one (W). From the 66th Ohio, Colonel Cogswell (K); Maj. C.E. Fulton (W); 582 L Aug. 15:2/2 It appears the fifth Ohio from Cincinnati and the seventh Ohio from Cleveland bore the brunt at Culpepper. The losses of the latter regiment were terrible. 583 L Aug. 15:2/3 It is reported that General Geary's brigade was almost wiped out in the fighting at Culpepper Aug. 9, and nearly all its field officers, including General Geary, wounded. This brigade included the 66th, 7th, 5th, and 29th Ohio regiments. 584 L Aug. 15:2/4 The following is an estimate of the losses to General Geary's brigade in the engagement of Aug. 9: The fifth Ohio has left six commissioned officers and 104 men; the seventh Ohio has four commissioned officers and 40 men; the 29th Ohio has three commissioned officers and 30 men; the 66th Ohio has three commissioned officers and 44 men. (7) (1) (2) (2) 585 L Aug. 16; ed: 1/1 The letter from the seventh regiment which we published on Aug. 14, and which was written the day before the battle of Culpepper, derives additional interest from the fact that the writer, Sergt. C. P. Bowler, was killed in the Culpepper fight. He has frequently written for the LEADER during the past year. (2) 586 L Aug. 16; ed: 2/3 Among the bravest and best of heroes of the seventh Ohio was C. P. Bowler of Co. C. He left the senior class at Oberlin college at the call of his country and marched in the ranks to the bloody fields of Cross Lanes, Winchester, and Cedar mountain. He was a regular correspondent of the LEADER. He lived and died a Christian man and soldHe was a brother of N. P. and William Bowler of this city. ier. CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 The following letter describing the battle of Aug. 9 near Culpepper, where Charles Bowler died for his country was sent to William Bowler by E. F. Grabill: The columns met and loud was the roar of battle. Gallantly, did the seventh hold its ground, though soldiers were mowed down as grass. A ball struck Charles in the breast, he fell back, threw his arms out to their utmost extent, struggled terribly but briefly with death and his pure spirit had gone to meet its God. 587 L Aug. 18:2/4 - Alfred Chidgey, 26, the only son of John and Eliza Chidgey of this city died on board the steamer J. H. DANE. He was a sutler for a year until sickness overtook him. He was well known in the 31st Ohio regiment. 588 - L Aug. 20:3/2 - John Parsons, the son of William Parsons of Cleveland, was wounded at Culpepper. He is in the general hospital in Alexandria. 589 L Aug. 21:3/1 In a letter to the editor from Oberlin, O., dated Aug. 18, G. P. Hunter says: I am required by the sophomore class to request publication of a resolution of condolence for our classmate, Theodore Wilder, who was mortally wounded at Cedar mountain. The resolution is signed by F. A. Tibbits, G. P. Hunter, and A. B. Johnson. 590 L Aug. 21; ed: 3/2 - A Richmond paper says that Gen. S. Charles Winder, killed at South West mountain, was a nephew of General Winder, the district commandant. He was also a descendant of Brigadier General Winder of Bladensburg notoriety who was suspected as a traitor for his conduct while on duty at the federal capital in 1812. "Bad blood will tell." 591 L Aug. 25:3/1 - Mr. Reddiker, a member of Captain Hutchinson's company at Camp Cleveland, was accidentally wounded in the leg by a bayonet. A boy named Sneider broke his arm. 592 L Aug. 26:1/1 - In a letter to the editor from Chagrin Falls, dated Aug. 22, the writer says: A letter from Lieutenant Deming of Co. B, 2nd Ohio cavalry, announces the death of Sergt. C. Wyckoff at Fort Scott, on Aug. 7, as a result of illness. (12) (3) (1) (3) (2) (1) (3) 593 L Aug. 28:3/1 A. H. Waters, a member of the Grays of the 84th Ohio, died of typhus fever at Cumberland, Md. (1) 594 L Aug. 28:3/2 - Engine company No. 4 passed a resolution condolence for their fellow member, A. H. Waters, who died in service. Mr. Waters was a member of the 84th O.V.I. (the Cleveland Grays) (5) |