Clark County, Ohio

Clark County's Civil War Soldiers

From The History of Clark County, Ohio
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881

SEVENTEENTH OHIO (BLOUNT'S) INDEPENDENT BATTERY

This Battery was organized at Dayton, Ohio, by Capt. A.A. Blount, and mustered in the United States service at that place on the 21st of August, 1862. It entered the field on the 3d of September, to assist in repelling an expected attack from Gen. Kirby Smith. It was present at the destruction of O. & S. Railway, and at the five days' fight at the Chickasaw Bayou; it participated in the capture of Arkansas Post, where it suffered much from disease, poor rations, and no surgical attention. it is next found with the Thirteenth Army Corps, in the campaigns against Vicksburg, and was engaged in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, and forty-seven days in the siege of Vicksburg; after which it took part in the demonstrations against Jackson, and went with the Thirteenth Army Corps to New Orleans, where it arrived about the middle of August. It was in the fight at Grand Coteau, November 3, 1863, where it lost twenty-five men, twenty-one horses, one gun, and one caisson. Next it took part in the capture of Fort Morgan, and was in the expedition against the city of Mobile. While in the service, the Seventeenth was in ten battles and sieges, fired 14,000 rounds of ammunition, lost upward of forty men by death, and marched more than ten thousand miles by land and water. It was one of the organizations which received the thanks of the Ohio Legislature for services at Arkansas Post, and was honorably mentioned in the official reports of Gens. A.J. Smith, McClernand, Burbridge, Washburn and Col. Owen, by the last, for special services at Grand Coteau.

EXPLANATION. k—Killed in action; p— Prisoner; w—Wounded; pd—promoted; d—Died in service; dd—Deceased; m—Missing.

Captain, Ambrose A. Blount. Captain, Charles S. Rice. First Lieutenant, George A. Ege. First Lieutenant, William A. Hunt, Jr. First Lieutenant, Absolom H. Mattox. Second Lieutenant, William C. Howard. Second Lieutenant, Jeremiah Yeazel. Second Lieutenant, Abner Tuttle. d Second Lieutenant, Absalom H. Mattos, pd First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant, Wm. Hunt, Jr., pd Dirst Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant, Frank H. Houghton. Second Lieutenant, Solomon R. Strayer. First Sergeant, Clay H. Osborn Quartermaster Sergeant, John Fry. Sergeant, John L. Kyle. Sergeant, John Osborn Sergeant, Martin Mahar. Sergeant, John E. Tuttle Sergeant, Emanuel Mitzell. Corporal, John Huffman Corporal, John B. Croft. Corporal, Henry J. May. Corporal, Wm. A. Yeazell. Corporal, William Roller. Corporal, Jacob Stoler. Corporal, Upton Elifritz. pd First Lieutenant, O.N.G. Corporal, Isaiah Richards. Corporal, John Sultzbaugh. Bugler, William Eby Artificer, Robert B. Canfield. Artificer, Frederick J. Funk.
Arthur, Joseph Berker, Soloman P. Brand, James Barcafer, Clemens Barr, Andrew Boyer, Adam C. Bukingham, Oliver M. Clark, Oliver T. dd Condron, Thomas Cunningham, P. dd Chamberlin, Usiah Doyle, Frank Davy, Thomas P. Elifritz, Charles Fry, Henry Freeman, John F. Fareman, Samuel dd Gorden, Giles Hyle, Samuel Hause, Samuel B. Judy, David Juppenlatz, Fred D. dd Krudig, Martin Kiger, Moses Kelley, Charles W. Henry M. Breneman Bishop, Benjamin Burns, Bernard Dalie, John G. De Lang, Alfred Dolon, William Gallagher, James Hooren, Alfred Harrison, William H. Jackson, Augustus Kennedy, John Levick, John P. p Livingston, William May, John A. Nicholas, Sebastian C. p Nixon, Morris H. Nixon, Martin Prince, James K. Pry, Jacob B. Quinn, John p Rodgers, Hamilton A. dd Reed, John Sheckey, Valentine Scranton, James H. p Sultzbach, Henry Shipman, Hampton dd Stover, Martin L. Sprecher, Gus A. Sparrow, Elisha dd Teach, Martin Troxel, Robert dd Ulery, Abraham Venrick, Henry J. Venrick, Levi Vinal, William H. Warner, William Weeks, Charles E. Whitmyer, Israel dd Webb, John dd Welsh, John B. Wright, Clayton Smith, Samuel B.	Wheatly, F.H. dd Lowery, James M. Martin, William C. Mason, Frank Nall, Henry Tucker, Albert J. Woodall, John Wood, Charles Snyder, Edwin dd Smith, William Shockey, Isaac dd Shockey, Joseph dd Teach, Isaiah Thompson, Henry Thatcher, John L. dd Allbright, Solomon Butler, John Bumcrats, Samuel M. Brant, Cooks Bumcrats, James S. Coffee, Jeremiah Clindeh, Adnrew Dwane, Edwin dd Fitch, Charles Goudy, William A. d Heaslett, Abram E. Kiblinger, Jacob Ledbetter, Joseph Moody, Peter d McKanny, Patrick d Nowlon, William Phares, James Canada, Matthew Hardman, Nelson Wentz, Charles R. Brown, William, pd Major Davy, George F. Foley, James W. dd Fry, George W. Gotwals, Christian dd Haley, Michael dd Haley, Luke Harrison, John F. King, Mathew Mills, Thomas Potter, B. Charles dd Perry, John Robbins, Chan. Jr., pd Lieutenant U.S. Col'd Troops Shorkey, Jacob M. Scott, John Shottler, Frederick dd Venrick, Adam dd Wilker, William D. Wood, William J. Wolf, John W. Alexander, William J. Crawford, Eli Hunt, William F. Lodge, William N. Littler, Nathan C. Moody, James McGlynn, Thomas Mitchell, Charles E. Rue, Walter Shoupe, William A.
NOTE. — The data for the above are from rolls, notes and statements, furnished by Corporals Upton Elifritz and Isaiah Richards, late of this command.