. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . it shotfrom under him, he took a musket and fought with hismen on foot. He led the regiment in five desperatecharges at the battle of Fort Republic and in the battle•of Cedar Mountain he handled his men with notableb>ravery and skill. He was severely wounded in thisengagement, and was compelled to leave the field. Hereturned home to await the healing of his wound, butreported to the regiment while his arm was sti
. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . it shotfrom under him, he took a musket and fought with hismen on foot. He led the regiment in five desperatecharges at the battle of Fort Republic and in the battle•of Cedar Mountain he handled his men with notableb>ravery and skill. He was severely wounded in thisengagement, and was compelled to leave the field. Hereturned home to await the healing of his wound, butreported to the regiment while his arm was still in asling. He participated in the battles of Dumfries,Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, andMission Ridge, everywhere leading his men with re-markable skill and bravery. After the last-named bat-tle, the pursuit of Bragg and the terrible encounter atRinggold came. Braggs rear guard was posted on thesummit of Taylors Ridge, a naked eminence, where itwas folly to attempt to climb in the face of shot andshell without the use of artillery to cover the in the excitement of the moment the command wasgiven and then Creighton made a speech to his MAJOR - GENERAL M. F. FORCE. soldiers and sailors monument. 427 Boys, he said, we are ordered to take that hill. Iwant to see you walk right up it. The advance wasmade with valorous fury, but it was soon seen to be im-possible to reach the top in the face of the hot fire keptup by the rebels. Creighton led his men into a ravinein the hope of reaching a more protected spot, andwhile leaning against a fence, watching until thevshould reach the opposite side, he was stricken with abullet in his body. He fell and expired almost im-mediately. This was on November 27, 1863, when hewas but twenty-six years of age. COLONEL MKRVIXE CLARK. One of the bravest officers who took part in the Warof the Rebellion was Colonel Mervine Clark, of the OneHundred and Eighty-third Regiment. He is describedas an effeminate-looking
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