ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Head Quarters, Camp Giddings.
Jefferson, Ohio, Dec. 2,1861
To The Editor of The Sentinel.
A few days more and the 29th regiment, which contains many husbands, fathers, and sons of your readers, will have left Camp Giddings and Ashtabula county, (some of them probably not to return,) for the field of action, to put into execution what some of us have been learning during our short sojourn here in camp. There has been much activity in camp during the past few days, preparatory to leaving. The election has taken place and our regiment is officered as follows:
Colonel—Lewis P. Buckley, Akron, Ohio;
Lieut. Colonel—Thomas Clark, Cleveland, Ohio, elected by acclamation, no dissenting voice.
Major—No choice at election, neither candidate receiving a majority.
Adjutant—C. T. Chaffee, Jefferson, Ohio.
Quartermaster—O. F. Gibbs, Harpersfield, Ashtabula county, Ohio;
Chaplain—R. H. Hurlburt, Hartsgrove, Ashtabula county, Ohio;
Surgeon—Dr. A. K. Fifield, Conneaut, Ohio;
Assistant Surgeon—D. S. S. Burrows, Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio;
Commissary—Henry Wright, Trumbull, Ashtabula county, Ohio;
Sergeant Major—W. P. Williamson, Akron, Ohio;
Quartmaster’s Sergeant—M. D. Norris, Mesopotamia, Ohio;
Hospital Steward—E. P. Haynes, Atwater, Portage county, Ohio;
Fife Major—Richard Noonan, Hudson, O.
Drum Major—G. G. Crane, Cuyahoga Falls;
Fife Leader of Regimental Band—Chauncey Brainard, Trumbull county, Ohio;
Drum Leader of Regimental Band—Albert Brainard, Trumbull county, Ohio;
Company A—Capt. W.T. Fitch,
1st Lieut. Leverett Grover,
2d. Lieut. W. S. Crowell,
Company B—Capt. W. F. Stevens,
1st Lieut. A. Bishop,
2d Lieut. Andrew Wilson,
Company C—Capt. Edward Hayes,
1st Lieut. B. F. Perry,
2d Lieut. F. T. Steward,
Company D—Capt. P. C. Hard,
1st Lieut. Myron T. Wright,
2d Lieut. James H. Grinnell,
Company E—Capt. Horatio Lane,
1st Lieut. T. S. Winship,
2d Lieut. E. B. Howard,
Company F—Capt. J. F. Morse,
1st Lieut. H. Gregory,
2d Lieut. E. Burridge,
Company G.—Capt. J. S. Clemmer,
1st Lieut. Jas. Treen,
2d Lieut. J. J. Wright,
Company H—Capt. Schoonover,
1st Lieut. A. J. Fulkerson,
2d Lieut. Henry Mack,
Company I—Capt. R. B. Smith,
1st Lieut. W. J. Hall,
2d Lieut.
Company K—Capt. A. P. Steele,
1st Lieut. D. E. Hurlburt,
2d Lieut. Wm. Neil.
On the27th the Regiment was presented with a beautiful stand of colors, by the ladies of Ashtabula and Summit counties; and ladies, we think you have placed them in good hands. We pledge you to so take care of and sustain them in camp, upon the field of battle, and in the rebel country as becometh your sons and brothers—free men of the United States—the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Perhaps you may again hear from the
ADJUTANT.
This article was published in the “Ashtabula Sentinel”
Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio 4 Dec 1861
Page 1 Column 1
The newspaper is on microfilm at the Ashtabula Public Library.
This is part of a series on the Civil War in Ashtabula County as was reported in the Ashtabula Sentinel.
