. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . ,near Cincinnati, Ohio, for continuance of drill and to learnall military duties under the Army Regulations. While therehe was elected as lieutenant-colonel of his regiment on ac-count of his soldierly qualities, and became its the battle of Winchester. Virginia, March 23, 1862,he was promoted to the rank of colonel for brave and meri-torious service. He participated in the following battlesduring the war: Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic,Cedar Mountain, Dumfries, and
. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . ,near Cincinnati, Ohio, for continuance of drill and to learnall military duties under the Army Regulations. While therehe was elected as lieutenant-colonel of his regiment on ac-count of his soldierly qualities, and became its the battle of Winchester. Virginia, March 23, 1862,he was promoted to the rank of colonel for brave and meri-torious service. He participated in the following battlesduring the war: Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic,Cedar Mountain, Dumfries, and Chancellorsville, Virginia;Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lookout Mountain and Mission-ary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia. Colonel Creighton was noted from the first as an excel-lent officer, cool and recklessly brave in action, a true andpatriotic soldier, revered by his fellow officers and belovedby soldiers serving under him. There was no braver sol-dier during the war than he. He was severely wounded in the left shoulder at the battleof Cedar Mountain and did not rejoin his command until I. COLONEL WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON( at .if ItiiiKgold, Nov. ^Tlh. ) FIELD AND STAFF 367 iter Antietam, Maryland, C(Misc(|Ucntly missing the wliolct the second lUill Rnn campaign. He was mortallyounded at the battle of Ringgold. Georgia, November 2j,563. while commanding the First Brigade, Second Divi-on. Twelfth Army Corps, comprising the Fifth, Seventh,wcnty-nintli, and Sixty-sixth Ohio, and Twenty-eighthid One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volun-er Regiments, and died within six hours thereafter. Being ordered by Gen. John \V. Geary, commanding thevision, to form his brigade and storm Taylors Ridge, heirmed his brigade pursuant to orders, in echelon. Ad-essing his brigade, he said, We are ordered to take thosejights. and I expect to see you roosters walk right overem! The charge was pressed to a finish, but failed oncount of the weakness in numbers of
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