Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . for three years, he was sent to Kentucky andmarched twice through that State, and subse-quently marched across Tennessee four or fivetimes. The One Hundred and Fifteenth tookpart in the battles of Dalton and Resaca, wastwo days at Chickamauga, and at Lookout Moun-tain it was the first to climb to the top of theMountain. At the block-house fight forty-eightmen of the company, including Mr. Campbell,were placed in the house to keep at bay Hoodsarmy of forty thousand men until the UnitedStands forces could be rallied. During this en-counter five of the forty-
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . for three years, he was sent to Kentucky andmarched twice through that State, and subse-quently marched across Tennessee four or fivetimes. The One Hundred and Fifteenth tookpart in the battles of Dalton and Resaca, wastwo days at Chickamauga, and at Lookout Moun-tain it was the first to climb to the top of theMountain. At the block-house fight forty-eightmen of the company, including Mr. Campbell,were placed in the house to keep at bay Hoodsarmy of forty thousand men until the UnitedStands forces could be rallied. During this en-counter five of the forty-eight were killed, twen-ty-two wounded, and twenty-one able bodied menwwe taken prisoners and placed in Andersonvilleprison. Thirteen of these managed to be paroledat Millen, Ga. At the block-house Mr. Campbellwas among the wounded, and on that account hewas paroled and sent home, returning, however,within thirty days to join his regiment, at Mont-gomery. Ala. Finally he was honorably dis-charged in June. 1SU5, and thereupon returned. MRS. JOHN D. MOORE HISTORY OF SCHUYLEB COUNTY. 797 to Schuyler County to take up the burden offarming. October 25, 1865, Mr. Campbell was united inmarriage to Martha Ami Teal, a native of Ohio,and daughter of John Teal, one of the pioneersof Schuyler County. The same year Mr. Camp-bell bought twenty-nine acres of land in Section13, Rushville Township, which land had on it alog cabin with puncheon floor, and here the wifedied in 1868, leaving a daughter, Clara May,who died at the age of nineteen years. For hissecond wife, Mr. Campbell married, October 25,1870, Miss Elizabeth McNeely, who was born inSchuyler County in 1849, a daughter of JohnMcNeely, also an early settler of this County,and long since deceased. The year of his secondmarriage Mr. Campbell sold his twenty-nineacres of land, and in 1872 bought forty acresin Section 7. Browning Township, which, likehis former farm, had a log cabin and few im-provements. In 1870 he bought thirty acresin
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