Col. Allison L. Brown
(from a war time photograph)
Enlisted as a private in Co. C 73d O. V. I., promoted to Sergeant; resigned for promotion; recruited a company for the 89th O. V. I.; commissioned Captain of Co. D 89th O. V. I.; resigned on account of ill health. Elected Colonel of the 2d Ross County Militia Regiment, afterward the 27th Regiment, Ohio National Guard. Commissioned Colonel of the 149th O. V. I.; elected State Senator in 1875, served four years; re-elected in 1879. Died October 26th, 1879.
Colonel Ally.
Captain W. W. Peabody
Captain of Company A 149th O. V. I.; commander of the garrison of Fort No. 1, Baltimore, Md.; Major on the staff of Brigadier General John C. Kenley, commanding the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Army Corps.
Our Captain “Billy”
Died October 14th, 1910
CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Organization of the Hundred Days Service | [13] |
| 149th Ordered to Baltimore, Md. | [16] |
| At Fort No. 1 | [17] |
| Gen. Early’s Invasion of Maryland | [18] |
| Battle of Monocacy | [19] |
| Edward’s Ferry | [25] |
| Cattle in the Corn | [25] |
| Night March to Washington | [26] |
| Negro Cabin in Vale | [27] |
| The Negroes | [28] |
| Wreck of the Sutler | [31] |
| Mosby’s Attack at Berryville, Va. | [34] |
| Return to Camp Dennison | [38] |
| My Capture and Prison, Wm. McCommon | [39] |
| Note by George Perkins | [45] |
| Memories of our Service, Major Rozell | [46] |
| Incident in Unwritten History, Lt. McKee | [48] |
| Personal Experiences in Prison, W. R. Browning | [51] |
| Incidents | [61] |
| Conclusion | [65] |
| Roster | [69] |
Organization of the Hundred Days Service
The winter of 1863–4 on the banks of the Rapidan was passed in preparation by both Grant and Lee’s armies for that wrestle of giants that was to begin in May in the wilderness and end at Appomattox in the following April.
In the southwest Sherman had won Missionary Ridge and Chicamauga and was getting ready for his Atlanta campaign, and a great force was doing garrison duty at various points. General Grant told the President that if he could have thirty thousand new men to relieve the veterans, he could capture Richmond and push the war to an end during the summer. This was a difficult proposition on account of resistance to the draft, and the vigorous activity of the Knights of the Golden Circle and the copperheads in the North.
President Lincoln, however, acting on the suggestion, called to Washington for conference the loyal Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. At this meeting Governor John Brough of Ohio said he would furnish thirty thousand men to serve for one hundred days. Governor Morton of Indiana promised twenty-five thousand. Governor Yates of Illinois twenty thousand, and Stone of Iowa, ten thousand. Governor Brough returned to Ohio, and at once began active work.
On April 23d he issued general order No. 12 calling the National Guard of Ohio into active service for one hundred days, unless sooner discharged, to rendezvous on Monday, May 2d, and to report on that day the number of men present for duty. This call was responded to with alacrity, reports coming in showing thirty-two thousand present. The 27th Regiment of Ross County reported five hundred and ninety-six men.