. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . nd for pay and finalrendezvous. On July 12 we left camp at Louis\dlle, and wereseparated from the Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, with which we hadbeen brigaded for nearly four years. The Seventy-third was drawnup in bne, and as the Fifty-Fifth marched past both regiments gavethree cheers as a final salute to each other. The journey to Clevelandwas by steamer as far as Cincinnati, and thence by train; and on thefair grounds, southeast of the business portion of the city, our finalcamp was made. Some days were occupied
. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . nd for pay and finalrendezvous. On July 12 we left camp at Louis\dlle, and wereseparated from the Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, with which we hadbeen brigaded for nearly four years. The Seventy-third was drawnup in bne, and as the Fifty-Fifth marched past both regiments gavethree cheers as a final salute to each other. The journey to Clevelandwas by steamer as far as Cincinnati, and thence by train; and on thefair grounds, southeast of the business portion of the city, our finalcamp was made. Some days were occupied in preparing pay-rolls,but at last the demands of red tape were satisfied, and, having beenpaid in full, on July 20, about noon, the regiment was drawn up inline for the final command. The names of more than 500 ofl&cersand men were on the rolls, but absences on sick leave, in hospital,and on detached service had reduced the number of fit for duty;only 298 oflftcers and men remained of the 1,384 who had at onetime or another been counted as members of the regiment. a 2:. 1865] THE LAST CAMPAIGN 219 Colonel E. H. Powers made a short address, as follows: Officers and soldiers of the FJty-Fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry:The hour has come when this regiment is to disband, and its members to returnto civil life. Its history as an organization is completed. When you breakranks now, there will be no longer a Fifty-Fifth Regiment in existence. Youwill then, each and all, be private citizens of this great nation which you did somuch to preserve from destruction. Let it be the proud aim of every memberof this grand regiment to return to civil hfe better prepared, if need be, to dis-charge the duties of citizenship than before joining the army, because thesacrifices made to preserve our hberties have been so great that we are betterfitted to properly appreciate their value. The Fifty-Fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry is one that Ohio maywell be proud of. It participated in many
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