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Cyrus Moore III speaks about the end of the Civil War, with the 116th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
A
A
A
B
Adams
Georgia
you're
all
in
for
surprise.
No,
no!
We're
not
really
going
to
talk
about
Georgia.
Today
we're
going
to
talk
about
one
particular
regiment
from
Ohio
that
recruited
heavily
in
Athens
County.
That
was
witnessed
to
the
end
of
the
war.
That
regiment
was
the
116
Ohio
100
16th
regiment,
ohio,
volunteer
infantry,
which
recruited
two
companies,
companies,
I
and
companies
I
and
K
from
Athens
County.
B
This
this
is
going
to
it's
called
Athens
at
Appomattox,
but
it's
really
going
to
be
about
the
end
of
the
war
in
general,
because
that
is
the
anniversary
that
we're
dealing
with
right
now
so
start
here.
B
The
116th
regiment,
ohio,
volunteer
infantry
was
comprised
of
companies
recruited
from
southeastern
ohio.
They
were
organized
by
affluent
gentlemen.
Prominent
members
of
the
community
that
sort
of
thing
they
would.
These
guys
would
get
friends
and
family
members
and
acquaintances
and
everything
from
their
home
counties
and
take
them
to
a
rendezvous
camp
where
they
would
be
formed
up
into
a
regimen,
so
the
116th
organized
at
camp
Putnam
in
Marietta.
This
is
a
view
of
camp
Putnam.
B
This
is
actually
the
Cleveland
light
artillery
camp
Putnam,
the
116th
came
from
Washington
counties,
Gallia,
County
and
I
think
there
was
even
a
company
or
two
from
as
far
away
as
hulking,
but
for
the
most
part
that
was
a
Washington
County
regiment,
but
companies
I
and
K
were
from
Athens
County
company
I
was
recruited
to
full
strength
out
of
coolville
and
prominent
members
of
the
Colville
community.
The
frame
family
played
a
very
prominent
role
in
recruiting
the
company
company
k.
Also
from
Athens
was
recruited
less
smoothly.
B
It
could
not
muster
in
at
the
same
time
as
the
rest
of
the
regiment,
because
it
was
under
strength,
so
it
had
to
to
wait
and
find
additional
members,
and
a
lot
of
these
additional
recruits
did
not
come
from
Athens
County.
Strangely
enough,
a
lot
of
Athens
County
ins
also
ended
up
in
company
a
and
I'm
still
trying
to
figure
out
exactly
how
that
happened.
B
B
Company,
be
okay,
great,
yes,
company,
I,
all
right
from
coolville
by
a
chance
great.
What
was
the
name?
Edwin,
fuller,
okay,
great
and
back
in
the
back
mm-hmm.
Was
there
someone
else
who
raised
their
hand?
Oh
okay,
no
problem
were
they
from
Athens,
oh
okay.
What
county
do
you
know
Jackson
all
right,
that's
pretty
far
flung,
but
that
that
sounds
right
all
right
great.
So
a
lot
of
this
presentation
comes
from
the
the
journal
or
the
memoir
of
Lieutenant
Colonel
Thomas
F
wild
in
1884.
B
B
B
So
going
back
to
the
the
narrative,
the
116,
while
they
were
organizing
at
camp
Putnam
in
marietta,
ohio
came
under
threat.
This
is
in
the
fall
actually
late
summer.
September
of
1862
Albert
Gallatin
Jenkins
led
something
about
something
around
500
cal
vermin.
On
a
quick
raid
through
Ohio,
they
entered
in
Gallia,
County
and
exited
state
using
the
42
Buffington
Island.
B
So,
as
this
was
happening,
the
116th
was
hastily
organized
and
sent
into
Gallia
County
to
protect
the
four
words
against
any
further
potential
raid,
the
the
regiment
marched
down
and
was
in
the
process
of
organizing
at
the
time
they
were
not
actually
mustered
into
federal
service.
While
they
were
doing
this
action.
This
is
just
as
state
volunteers,
so
they
marched
down
with
basically
what
they
entered
service
in
their
civilian
clothes
and
I
have
a
good
quote
from
them.
This
is
from
wilds
all
were
without
uniforms.
B
Accoutrements,
blankets,
cooking
utensils
and
camp
equip
each
except
that
belonging
to
camp
Putnam.
The
men
were
armed
with
an
old
Belgian
rifle
intended
more
for
show
than
use,
and
they
did
not
even
make
a
good
show
being
rusty
and
out
of
order
and
in
a
demoralized
condition.
Generally,
the
men
had
been
in
camp
and
doing
duty
of
various
kinds
for
several
days
without
a
change
of
clothing.
B
So
it's
quite
lucky
for
the
116th
that
Jenkins
did
not
turn
around
and
tried,
try
it
again
because
they
were
in
no
condition
whatsoever.
But
this
was
their
first
taste
of
action
and
it
didn't
go
to
waste.
The
regiment
started
drilling.
They
started
getting
uniforms
and
in
short
time
they
were
brought
up
to
standards
of
the
rest
of
the
army.
They
were,
they
were
made
into
soldiers,
but
not
overnight.
It
took
some
time
as
this
happened.
The
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
Company
K
was
under
strength.
B
So,
as
the
regiment
marched
back
to
camp
Putnam,
the
colonel
james
Washburn
had
to
go
and
back
to
camp
Putnam
and
find
more
troops
to
bring
his
regiment
up
to
strength.
Their
Civil
War
regiment
at
this
time,
in
theory,
numbered
1,000
soldiers.
However,
with
the
disease
and
desertion-
and
just
you
know
all
of
the
incidentals,
this
rarely
was
at
full
strength.
B
So
you
can
imagine
when
the
116th
marched
out
of
Ohio,
it
numbered
anywhere
from
eight
hundred
to
a
thousand
men
in
October
of
1862,
the
116
moved
across
the
Ohio
River
and
into
western
Virginia,
not
West
Virginia.
This
was
before
it
became
its
own
state
and
proceeded
to
clarksburg.
The
regiment
would
spend
the
next,
almost
two
years,
actually
in
western
Virginia,
operating
under
the
command
of
various
generals,
who
were
fighting
with
rebels
skirmishers
but
also
rebel
guerrillas,
but
also
protecting
vital
supply
lines
and
train
routes,
and
that
sort
of
thing
in
western
Virginia.
B
Alright,
so
the
first
real
action
of
the
116th
came
at
the
Second
Battle
of
Winchester,
and
the
116th
had
seen
some
skirmishes
before
that,
and
they
had
lost
actually
quite
a
few
men
to
be
to
just
capture
and
that
sort
of
thing
at
the
Battle
of
Winchester.
The
116th
also
did
not
do
so
well,
they
were,
they
lost
it.
If
I
remember
correctly,
around
100
men
captured
in
that
battle
and
a
lot
of
these
men
made
their
way
to
actually
Andersonville
and
other
rebel
prison
prisoner
of
war
camps.
B
B
It
quickly
emerged
as
one
of
the
the
best
fighting
forces
in
the
Union
Army
in
that
area,
which,
if
you're
familiar
with
that
theater
of
the
war,
included
a
lot
of
setbacks,
especially
in
1863.
This
is
in
1864
by
the
way
and
the
military
administration.
The
federal
government's
administrative
Department
for
that
area
was
known
as
the
Department
of
Virginia
and
North
Carolina.
B
So
it's
a
interesting
that
these
two
are
actually
so
so
well
connected.
So
anyway,
the
army
of
the
James,
consisting
of
these
two
cor
enters
into
the
siege
of
Petersburg,
and
this
the
siege
lasted
for
over
200
days.
It
was
very
long
for
a
Civil
War
battle,
and
this
is
where
you,
you
see:
the
emergence
of
trench
warfare
and
really
the
it's
the
closing
days
of
the
Confederacy
and
their
last
last
grasp.
B
The
116
was
not
in
the
trenches
for
the
duration
of
the
siege.
Luckily,
for
them
they
were
able
to
enter
later
in
the
later
latter
stages
of
the
siege,
but
they
played
a
very
important
role
in
April,
as
the
siege
is
coming
to
an
end,
they
participated
in
support
of
the
6th
corps.
In
its
final
assaults
on
the
defenses
at
Petersburg,
the
116th
went
into
action
against
one
of
the
fortifications,
around
Petersburg,
known
as
Fort
Greg
in
the
in
the
assault,
the
116.
B
Saw
it's
arguably,
its
most
successful
action
and
I
have
a
quote
from
Thomas
wild
that
I
I
enjoy,
as
the
men
drove
the
rebels
back
and
we're
jumping
from
the
parapet
into
the
fort.
A
rebel
captain
cried
out,
never
surrender
to
the
damned
yankees.
The
words
were
scarcely
out
of
his
mouth
before
John
Cole
of
Company
B
and
Ephraim
Williams
of
Company
E
clubbed,
their
guns
and
he
soon
paid
for
the
remark
with
his
life.
B
This
action
1
The
to
members
of
the
regiment,
the
Medal
of
Honor,
one
private
Joseph,
vanmeter
of
Company
G,
took
a
rebel
flag
and
one
won
the
medal
of
honor
for
that
they
were
also.
Actually
they
were
total,
including
two
members
of
hundred
16
13
soldiers
who
Union
soldiers
who
won
the
medal
of
honor
for
the
assault
on
Fort
Greg
that
what
happened
on
April,
the
second
and
if
you
keeping
a
mental
timeline
Lee
surrendered
on
April,
the
ninth.
So
it
was
a
very
short
time
after
the
fall
of
Petersburg
and
Richmond
before
Lee
surrendered.
B
This
is
a
picture
of
Sergeant
Johann
Gottlieb
right
Muller
of
Company
E,
who
died
in
the
assault
on
Ford
Greg,
but
he
was,
he
was
leading
a
detachment
of
troops
at
the
time.
I
wanted
to
include
his
picture,
not
only
because
I
found
it.
I
was
proud
of
that
fact,
but
also
because
he
is
an
ethnic
german
and
its
connects
to
the
the
presentation
tomorrow,
because
godfrey
vital
was
a
german
as
well.
B
Pre-Screening
of
what
would
come
in
World
War
one.
This
is
time
when
the
the
best
defense
against
rifled
weapons
is
simply
to
dig
in
and
when
you're
dealing
with
a
much
as
the
rebels
were
dealing
with
a
much
stronger
opponent.
The
idea
was
to
dig
in
try
to
make
the
best
of
their
situation
alright,
so
the
Appomattox
campaign,
as
I
said
after
the
fall
of
Petersburg
and
Richmond,
it
was
a
only
a
matter
of
days
before
the
for
the
surrender
and
the
East
finally
happened.
The
campaign
was
marked
by
aggressive
movements
by
grants.
B
Armies
grant
at
this
time
was
Lieutenant
General
of
the
armies
of
the
United
States.
He
did
not
command
a
field
army
like
the
Army
of
the
Potomac,
but
he
rather
commanded
all
of
them
and
was
personally
responsible
for
the
movements
of
the
Army
of
the
Potomac,
the
army
of
the
James
and
was
chasing
Lee.
The
idea
here
was
to
cut
off
Lee,
keep
him
separated
from
all
the
important
industrial
centers
in
Virginia
away
from
supplies
and
fresh
troops.
Lee's
troops
at
this
time
were
understanding
that
the
writing
was
on
the
wall.
B
They
were
deserting
by
the
hundreds
daily
during
this
campaign.
They
were
fighting
in
their
home
territory,
their
families,
their
farms,
everything
that
they
were
fighting
for
was
under
risk
and
they
were
yeah
trying
to
trying
to
get
over
and
get
it
over
with
as
quickly
as
possible.
This
is
even
at
the
time
when
the
Confederate
States
of
America
was
forming
companies
and
battalions
of
black
troops,
because
they
were
just
you
know
completely
out
of
men.
B
This
is
a
picture
of
ulysses.
S
grant
whipping
robert
e
lee's
flank,
which
is
symbolic
of
the
Appomattox
campaign.
It
was
literally
a
bunch
of
flanking
maneuvers
try
of
grand
trying
to
out
out
General
Lee,
and
this
was
not
too
hard
for
grant
because
he
had
so
many
more
troops.
By
this
time.
The
Union
Army
in
the
area
numbered
over
one
hundred
and
thousand
one
hundred
thousand
troops,
with
many
reserves.
Nearby
Lee,
like
I
said,
was
losing
troops
daily
to
desertion.
B
This
is
a
picture
of
Union
forces
entering
Richmond
I
think
this
guy
is
about
to
jump
because
he
realizes
that
it's
all
over
Richmond
being
the
capital
of
the
Confederacy,
was
quite
a
symbolic
loss.
The
the
rebels,
though,
as
they
gave
up
the
city,
set
fire
to
the
stores
and
therefore
denied
the
the
Federals
the
use
of
the
supplies
in
the
city,
so
the
city
was
devastated,
as
you
can
see,
but
the
Federal
Army
did
not
torch
the
town
as
as
this
picture
would
imply.
B
That
was
actually
the
the
rebels
themselves
who
set
fire
to
the
city.
So
at
the
very
end
of
the
war
the
116
was
rat
was
part
of
grants,
rapid
advance
and
out
flanking
maneuvers
against
Lee
the
arm
or
the
entire
army
had
no
time
to
rest
whatsoever.
There's
a
anecdotal
story
about
on
the
morning
of
April,
the
9th
the
116th
was
in
camp
and
fixing
their
morning
coffee.
When
general
Sheridan
came
by
and
told
them
there
was
no
time
and
they
had
to
leave
their
coffee
and
quickly
advance.
B
So
they
did
one
battalion
and
it's
kind
of
funny
how
it
works
out.
The
Civil
War
regiments
were
not
usually
organized
into
battalions,
but
they
could
be
organized
into
ad
hoc
collections
of
companies,
so
part
of
the
116th,
roughly
a
battalion.
A
couple
hundred
men
on
the
morning
of
april
9th
quickly
advanced
against
lee's
forces
at
a
diplomatic
station.
They
came
into
contact
with
rebel
skirmishers,
but
they
advanced
quickly.
B
A
hair
have
a
quote
from
again
from
thomas
f
wilds.
This
is
referring
to
the
morning
of
april
9th
the
lines
were
halted,
aligned
and
prepared
for
the
onset
our
core
moved
steadily
forward
to
the
attack.
Every
man
is
eager
for
the
fray,
as
though
fresh
from
a
night's
rest
and
his
morning's
coffee,
it
was
to
be
a
charge
and
the
front
line
was
fixing
bayonets
as
it
advanced.
B
What
was
present
of
the
116th
was
on
the
skirmish
line
well
on
in
the
advance,
when
a
sudden
out
from
the
enemy
enemy's
line
comes
a
writer
bound
on
bound
bearing
a
white
flag
of
truce
to
ask
for
time
to
consummate
surrender.
Halt,
halt,
halt,
cease,
firing
rang
out
all
along
our
hot
pressing
lines.
Reluctantly,
the
eager
troops
stopped
and
leaning
on
their
rifles
watched
the
approach
of
the
horsemen
bearing
the
white
flag.
B
When
the
armies
stopped,
the
116th
was
allegedly
closer
to
Lee's
headquarters
than
any
other
Regiment
in
the
Federal
Army.
This
is
coming
from
a
member
of
the
116th,
so
you
have
to
wonder
about
it,
but
it
certainly
shows
how
how
close
to
the
final
action
the
men
of
the
116
were
so
lee
surrenders
on
april.
The
ninth.
The
war
is
not
over,
but
I
mean
that's
the
major
field
army
of
the
Confederate
States
of
America,
so
the
rest
is
only
a
matter
of
time.
B
I
like
this
picture
because
grant
has
identified
as
his
Sherman
and
possibly
made
anyway.
So
was
the
big
event,
the
big
culmination
of
the
end
of
the
war,
the
spectacular
Parade
of
all
of
the
you
know
the
best
troops
of
the
army.
Unfortunately,
for
the
116th,
it
was
not
involved
in
the
grand
review
it
had
to
occupy
Richmond
the.
B
24Th
core
and
the
25th
core,
if
I,
remember,
correctly,
stayed
behind
and
occupied
the
city.
This
is
the
beginning
of
arguably
the
beginning
of
reconstruction.
They
had
to
make
sure
that
the
civilians
were
fed.
They
had
to
keep
the
peace,
make
sure
I
mean
there's
not
much
left
to
loot,
but
whatever's
left.
They
went
to
make
sure
that
didn't
happen.
B
B
The
116th
remained
in
Richmond
until
June
of
1865
on
jun
14th,
the
regiment
mustered
out
of
service
and
proceeded
to
take
a
boat
to
Washington
DC
from
Washington
DC.
They
traveled
via
rail
to
Columbus
to
camp
chase
from
Columbus.
They
went
to
camp
dennison
in
Cincinnati.
This
is
where
they
got
their
discharge
papers
signed
all
of
their
paperwork
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
then
from
Cincinnati.
They
took
a
train
that
went
back
to
marietta
and
along
the
way,
wilds
talks
about
once
they
hit
Athens
County
every
every
stop.
B
The
train
made
another
squad
of
men
left
and
went
back
to
their
home
amid
the
cheers
of
their
their
friends
and
family
and
everything
the
bus
so
by
the
end
of
the
here's
camp
dennison
in
Cincinnati.
So
by
the
end
of
the
summer,
the
116th
had
mostly
returned
to
Athens
County,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
Two
companies,
one
of
them
from
Athens,
was
under
strength
at
the
time
that
the
rest
of
the
regiment
mustard
in
and
had
to
had
to
remain
in
service
longer.
B
The
company
from
Athens
Company
K
became
part
of
the
60
second
Regiment
ohio
volunteer
infantry,
which
was
then
consolidated
into
the
67th
regiment.
Ohio
volunteer
infantry
and
they
were
not
able
to
muster
out
of
service
until
December,
twelfth
1865
in
City
Point
Virginia.
You
can
imagine
how
agonizing
that
must
have
been
for
them.
B
Have
a
few
pictures
of
men,
corporal
george
campbell
from
coolville,
he
served
in
the
116th
for
the
duration
of
his
three-year
enlistment
once
out,
he
did
not
reenlist,
but
he
in
the
116th.
Instead,
he
returned
to
Athens
County
and
raised
a
company
Company
E
of
what
became
the
184th
yeah
180
4th
regiment
ohio,
volunteer
infantry,
it
mustard
in
service
early
in
1865
and
goes
to
show
that
just
a
little
bit
of
military
service
meant
a
lot
at
this
time.
B
Another
picture
is
private.
John,
Van,
Buren,
Goldsberry
I,
like
this
picture
because
he's
bright-eyed
young
recruit-
and
you
can
tell
this-
is
very
early
in
the
war
because
he
is
holding
the
musket
he
is
holding
is
an
Austrian
lorenz.
These
are
that's
really
great
great
yeah
I
love.
This
picture.
The
Muskies
caring
is
the
Austrian,
Lorenz
and
I.
B
Imagine
that
the
musket
wilds
referred
to
earlier
as
the
Belgian
rifle
was
actually
this,
because
these
this
was
a
given
to
troops
early
in
the
war,
because
we
had
hundreds
of
thousands
of
them,
but
they
were
not
not
the
best,
not
the
favorite,
of
the
troops.
So,
after
a
while
they
were
placed
buy
american-made,
muskets
van
Buren
yeah.
B
This
is
a
company
I.
This
is
Captain
Alexander,
Cochran,
unfortunately,
I
don't
know
a
lot
about
Cochran
himself.
I
I
have
to
look
more
into
that.
He
he
was
captain
for
some
time
and
he
as
Captain
he
was
instrumental
in
raising
the
company
company.
I
was
the
one
from
coolville,
but
I
need
to
find
out
more
about
him.
B
What
do
I
do
know
about
is
a
second
lieutenant
Adolphus
frame,
who
is
the
son
of
a
very
prominent
Democratic,
coolville
citizen
and
and
due
to
his
father's
connections
and
his
father's
influence
and
raising
the
the
company
he
became
second
lieutenant
and
I'm.
You
know
always
looking
for
more
information
about
the
116th.
It's
a
it's
an
interesting
regiment
and
there
are
a
lot
of
family
ties
still
in
the
community.
B
So
you
know
please
let
me
know
if
you
have
anything
more
in
any
member
of
this
regiment,
but
the
116th
is
just
one
Athens,
County
regiment
and
their
story.
Their
journey
home
is
is
quite
unique
in
many
ways
they
they
had
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
being
moved
around
at
the
end
of
the
war.
There
were
other
regiments,
though,
that
had
interesting
odysseys
as
well.
The
18th
regiment,
ohio,
volunteer
infantry
is
interesting
because
it
is
the
only
regiment
that
was
organized
and
mustard
in
entirely
at
camp
wool.
B
Here
in
the
city
of
athens,
the
18th
fought
in
the
middle
theater
of
the
war
fought
through
Tennessee
and
Georgia
and
fought
most
notably
I'd,
say
at
at
Chickamauga
the
the
regiment
enlisted
for
three
years
and
then
on
its
reenlistment
was
reorganized
into
a
volunteer
regiment,
so
the
18th
Ohio
veteran
Volunteer
Infantry
stayed
in
because
of
its
reenlistment
and
consolidation.
It
stayed
in
service
well
after
the
end
of
the
war
it
finally
mustered
out
on
october
9th
in
georgia
and
had
two
soldiers
had
to
make
their
way
back.
B
I
mean
they
did
so
as
a
group,
but
but
still
the
6th
another
regiment.
The
63rd
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
had
two
companies
from
Athens
County
and
it
served
in
the
at
first
and
the
most
western
theater
of
the
war
around
the
the
Mississippi
it
marched
to
the
sea
with
Sherman
and
up
through
the
Carolinas.
It
marched
in
the
grand
review
with
Sherman,
as
did
the
92nd
OVI,
which
had
a
company
company
I
from
Athens
County.
These
two
regiments
as
part
of
Sherman's
army
were
just
say.
B
B
They
were
not
the
the
pride
of
the
army
by
any
means
they
had
a
sloppy
slaven,
Lee
appearance,
and
it's
been
said
that
sometimes
it
was
hard
to
tell
the
Western
soldiers
from
a
rebel,
but
they
fought
well
and
and
the
they
were
proud
to
march
with
Sherman
at
the
grand
review.
So
they
spent
the
weeks
preparing
by
polishing
their
uniforms,
practicing
drill,
practicing
marching
in
step
and
they
marched
with
the
the
best
of
them
at
the
grand
review.
B
However,
what
really
set
them,
apart
aside
from
their
appearance,
was
that
behind
them
marched
an
army
of
civilians
and
camp
followers
and
supply
cattle
which
really
yeah
yeahs
made
their
mark
on
the
the
grandeur.
Here
is
the
63rd
in
the
92nd,
both
after
mustering
out
of
Washington
DC.
They
were
sent
to
Louisville
Kentucky
and
then
made
their
way
back
to
Athens,
and
it's
it's
cool
that
we
know
all
this.
B
Once
these
men
return
home
they
they
took
up
yeah,
they
went
back
to
their
their
pre-war
lives.
Many
of
them
became
farmers
and-
or
you
know,
local
politicians,
prominent
members
of
the
community,
that
sort
of
thing,
and
before
too
long
they
became
organized
a
became
active
in
organizing
militia
companies
and
pursuing
political
ends.
So
that
I
mean
the
history
of
the
the
war.
Their
involvement
does
not
really
in
they
become
members.
The
Grand
Army
of
the
Republic
and
strong
advocates
for
the
the
Republican
Party
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
the
Democratic
Party
too.