. Ohio in the war; her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers . 15th of October the commandagain took up the line of march, and, passing through Pleasant Hill, Osceola, and Greenfield, itartived at Springfield on the night of November 2d. On the 9th of November the entire army, under General Hunter, moved toward the ^lissouriRiver. It reached Sedalia on the 15th of November, and remained there until the 8th of Decem-ber, when it moved to , where it remained during the months of December and the 2d of February, 18G2, the command, crossing the Missouri River at Booneville, mov
. Ohio in the war; her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers . 15th of October the commandagain took up the line of march, and, passing through Pleasant Hill, Osceola, and Greenfield, itartived at Springfield on the night of November 2d. On the 9th of November the entire army, under General Hunter, moved toward the ^lissouriRiver. It reached Sedalia on the 15th of November, and remained there until the 8th of Decem-ber, when it moved to , where it remained during the months of December and the 2d of February, 18G2, the command, crossing the Missouri River at Booneville, moved byway of Columbia, Fulton, Danville, and St. Charles, to St. Louis. The regiment arrived at Ben-ton Barracks on the 19th, when the companies were again united. The march from Syracuse toSt. Louis was very severe; tho weather was cold; the roads wore almost impassable; and themen were compelled frequently to pull the ordnance and supply w:igons over the hills by hand. On the 22d of February the regiment embarked on and sailed for Commerce, Mis-. TiiiETY-XiNTii Ohio Infantky. 253 eouri, arriving on ihe 24th. It Ibrmcil part of the First Brigade, First Division of the armyunder General Pope. The troops moved upon New Madrid, and arrived in sight of that placeon the od of March. A movement was made at oi;ce upon the defenses, and the positionwas developed. The regiment assisted in all the operations that resulted in the capture of NewMadrid and Island No. 10; and, on the 13th of April, it embarked on transports and sailed downthe Mississippi to within a few miles of Fort Pillow. Here it remained until the 17lh of April,when it sailed for Hamburg Landing, on the Tennessee River, and formed part of the army underGeneral Halleck. From this time until the evacuation of Corinth by the Rebels the regimentmade numerous reconnoissances, and engaged in a large number of skirmishes, losing many held the advance of Popes army on entering Corinth, and was one of t
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