Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy and History

"NARROW ESCAPES"

SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES

In late 1886 the Ironton Register sent a reporter out to interview Civil War Veterans about their most narrow escapes this continued for almost 91 consecutive weeks. A few weeks have two interviews.

If anyone would like a copy of the whole article please email me :
Sheri K. Pettit or skpettit@yahoo.com

Also, I am compiling a history on the 5th West Virginia Inf. Any photos, letters, diaries, pension records, obits would be welcome. I will pay for copies and I will return photos.

Date of Article	Sequence	Veteran Title of Article	Unit
November 18, 1886	#1	Mayor Corns	2ndVa/WVA Cav.
November 25, 1886	#2	Henry Pancake	5th WVA Inf.
December 2, 1886	#3	Gen. Enochs	5th WVA/Crossland 91st
December 9, 1886	#4	Charles Shelton	2nd Va/ WVA
December 16,1886	#5	Col. Weddle	1st WVA
December 23,1886	#6	Col. George N. Gray	Lt. Signal Corp. Mississippi Gunboat
December 30,1886	#7	Ben Butterfield	Battery L. 1st Ohio Artillery
January 6, 1887	#8	Major McMahon "The Last Shot"	2nd WVA Cav.
January 13, 1887	#9	E. P. Steed's "How Pickett was Captured"	Co. F 1st Va/WV Cav Co. D
January 20, 1887	#10	"How Henry Adams was Captured"	Batt. B 1st WV L. A.
January 27,1887	#11	"In Rifle Pits" John E. Stewart	Co. G 53 OVI
February 3,1887	#12	"Grape(s)Shot in the Frying Pan" John Wilson	Co.G 23rd OVI
February 3,1887	#12	"Jim Jenkins and His Shell"	Co.H 91st OVI
February 10,1887	#13	"Badly Shot but not Hurt" H. W. "Wash" Dewitt	Co.H 56 OH
February 17,1887	#14	Sam Vanhorn's Exp.	Batt.B 1st WV L.A.
February 24,1887	#15	Jas. DeFoe's Experience Co.H 5th WVA Inf.
March 3, 1887	#16	Andrew Pancake's Close Call Harvey Mounts	45 Ky Inf. Co. G 53 OVI
March 10, 1887	#17	"Another Man Shot in Frying Pan" Isaac Arbaugh	Co. C 5th WV
March 17,1887	#18	"How CC Bowen Manuevered His Force"
March 25,1887	#19	C.H.D. Sixthly "Spy Mission"
March 31,1887	#20	"Two Narrows Escapes in One" Mr. Hinds Chris Woolberts	7th WV Cav. 2nd VA/WV Inf.*
April 7, 1887	#21	Peter Kingrey " Who Killed Gen Johnson"	Co. G 53 OVI
April 7, 1887	#21	Israel Miller "Saving the Milk"	CO. E 5th WVA
April 14, 1887	#22	John Slater "Army Teamster's Awful Peril"
April 21,1887	#23	Henry Miller	173rd Ohio
April 21,1887	#23	Leo Ebert Ironton's Narrow Escape	25th Va Col. Hickenbottom's Early Brigade
April 28,1887	#24	Henderson Griffith "The Awful Battery"
May 5,1887	#25	Andy Boggs "Battle of Stone River"
May 12,1887	#26	Major Jerry Davidson
May 19,1887	#27	Capt. W. E. Rowe	5th WV Inf.
May 26, 1887	#28	Capt. J.W. Slater	18th Ohio
June 2,1887	#29	David G. Cooper	Co. H 6th O Cav.
June 9,1887	#30	Capt. T. W. Rose	Co. D 91st OVI
June 16,1887	#31	Thomas Ackerson	5th WV Inf.
June 23, 1887	#32	George Kiskadden	2nd Va/ WV Cav.
June 30, 1887	#33	Israel Cross	6th O Cav.
July 7,1887	#34	Alex Baldwin	39th Ky Co B.
July 14,1887	#35	Col. Betts Guthrie	Grays USA [6th Ohio]
July 21, 1887	#36	Philip Riter	CO. G 2nd Va/WVA Cav.
July 28, 1887	#37	Thomas Charlton	Co. H 5th WV
August 4,1887	#38	Thomas Charlton Cont'd	Co. H 5th WV
August 11,1887	#39	Maj. Ollum	Co. A 2nd WV Cav.
August 18, 1887	#40	James Brammer Frank Brammer	Battery L 1st Ohio
August 25,1887	#41	Mark King & his Canteens	Co. G 2nd WVA Inf.
September 1,1887	#42	Joshua Kite	2nd VA Cav
September 8, 1887	#43	John L. Rogers	Co. G 4th Oh Cav.
September 15, 1887	#44	John T. Jones	5th WV Infantry
September 22,1887	#45	M.J. Cullen	Battery B 1st Va/ WV
September 29, 1887	#46	Henry D. McKnight	188th Ohio
October 6, 1887	#47	Rev. Howell G. Hopkins	2nd Va/WV
October 13, 1887	#48	Dr. Jonah Morris
October 20, 1887	#49	Guy Rowe
October 27, 1887	#50	Col. W. H. Raynor	56th Ohio
November 3, 1887	#51	Joe Turley	6th Ohio
November 10, 1887	# 52	Capt. I. B. Murdock	2nd VA Cav
November 17, 1887	#53	Brady Steece	Co. H. 91st OVI
November 24, 1887	#54	Capt. Jack Emmons
December 1, 1887	#55	J.Q. Belville	"Pierpont Guards- Wheeling"
December 8, 1887	#56	Wm. G. Lambert	Co. H. 6th Ohio Cav.
December 15, 1887	#57	Samuel G. Sparling	Co.G 4th Ohio Cav.
December 22,1887	#58	Jos. A. Lesage "From Hanover, Pa. To Hagerstown, Md." June 30-July 6,1863	Co. G. 1st WV Cav.
December 29, 1887	#59	Cyrus Palmer	22nd Ky Reg. Co. G
January 5, 1888	#60	Henry Woodfin	4th U.S. Cav
January 12, 1888	#61	E. N. Sanders	Co. B 2nd Va./WV
January 19, 1888	#62	J.C. Bingham	56th Ohio Co. D
January 26,1888	#63	Capt. L. D. Markin	Co. C 5th WV Inf.
February 2, 1888	#64	D. T. Miles	Co. B 6th Ohio
February 9, 1888	#65	Levi Henry	A 5th WV Inf.
February 16, 1888	#66	Mr. John Phillips	33rd Ohio
February 23, 1888	#67	Anderson Rutledge	7th WV Cav
March 1,1888	#68	W. D. Wilson	1st WV Inf.
March 8, 1888	#69	Ulysses Hamlin	6th Ohio Cav. Co. H
March 15, 1888	#70	Thomas Hamilton	6th Ohio Cav. Co. H
March 22, 1888	#71	Thomas James	2nd WV Cav.
March 29, 1888	#72	James Chambers	5th WV Inf. Co. K
April 5, 1888	#73	Thomas Winters	Co. G. 1st WV
April 12, 1888	#74	John H. Johnson	Co. E 14th Ky
April 19,1888	#75	Joshua Ashcraft	2nd WV Inf. Co. C
April 26,1888	#76	Gen. John McCausland, CS	Related by John Means
May 3,1888	#77	Hugh Willis	5th WV Inf. Co. C
May 10, 1888	#78	W. S. Merrill	Co. K 2nd WV
May 17, 1888	#79	John A. Jones	36th Ohio
May 24, 1888	#80	Charles Tomer	14th Ky Inf.
May 31, 1888	#81	Henry C. Boyer	173 Ohio
June 7, 1888	#82	Thomas Baker	2nd Ohio Cav.
June 14 1888	#83	Frank Fox	50th Ohio
June 21, 1888	#84	James Roberts	Co. C. 4th Ohio Cav.
June 28,1888	#85	Daniel Woolum	Co. H 9th WV Inf.
July 5, 1888	#86	Capt. A. J. Brattin	[9th WV. Inf.]
July 26,1888	#87	Frank Fullerton	Co. B 5th WV Inf.
August 2, 1888	#88	Judge Joseph J. O'Neill of Lebanon, Ohio
August 9, 1889	#89	Capt. S. N. Misner	52nd Ohio, 15th Army Corps
August 16,1888	#90	Martin Slaughter	Co .I 5th WV
September 13, 1888	#91	Thomas Gilruth	First Ohio L.A. Batt.F

*He was a member of Cav. not the Inf.
* The article did say Co. 9 obviously a typo
[ ] Means added by the author

"NARROW ESCAPES"

SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES

Jas. DeFoe's Experience