Adams County, Ohio Military History
Civil War: Twenty-Fourth O.V.I.
Company D
This was Adams County's first offering in the Civil War. The company was mustered into service 13 Jun 1861. The original officers were Moses Patterson, captain; Armstead T. M. Cockerill, first lieutenant; Lafayette Foster, second lieutenant. Patterson died 02 Sep 1861, and Cockerill succeeded him and became lieutenant colonel of the regiment. Isaac N. Dryden, killed at the battle of Chickamauga, was the third captain and George Collings was the fourth.
The following were the battles participated in by the company:
| Great Mountain WV | 12-13 Sep 1861 |
| Greenbrier WV | 03 Oct 1861 |
| Shiloh Tenn | 06-07 Apr 1862 |
| Corinth MI | 30 May 1862 |
| Perrysville KY | 08 Oct 1862 |
| Stone River TN | 31 Dec 1862; 01-02 Jan 1863 |
| Woodbury TN | 24 Jan 1863 |
| Tullahoma Campaign TN | 23-30 Jun 1863 |
| Chickamauga GA | 19-20 Sep 1863 |
| Lookout Mountain TN | 24 Nov 1863 |
| Mission Ridge TN | 25 Nov 1863 |
| Ringgold GA (Taylor's Ridge) | 27 Nov 1863 |
| Buzzard Roost GA (Rocky Face Ridge) | 25-27 Feb 1864 |
| Nashville TN | 01-16 Dec 1864 |
| Decatur AL (Capture of) | 27-28 Dec 1864 |
The following were killed in battle or died in the service:
| William R. Adamson, | 25 Sep 1863 | died of wounds at Chickamauga |
| William H. Bailey | 07 Apr 1862 | killed at Shiloh |
| Isaac N. Dryden, captain | 20 Sep 1863 | wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and died of the same some days later |
| John K. Edgington | 28 Jul 1861 | died at Camp Chase OH |
| Allen Gutridge | 19 Sep 1863 | killed at Chickamauga |
| Luther C. Hines | 02 May 1864 | died of wound in the foot received at Lookout Mountain |
| William L. McConnell | 16 Jan 1862 | disease |
| Robert W. McClanaham | 22 Mar 1862 | disease |
| James Ogle | killed at Chickamauga | |
| David S. Potter, sergeant, color bearer | while carrying the colors, was killed at Stone River. He is buried at West Union. | |
| James R. Putenney, sergeant | killed at Stone River | |
| John W. Rivers | 04 Aug 1863 | disease |
| William H. Swanger | 18 Apr 1862 | died of wounds received at Shiloh, interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville KY |
| Henry M. Toll | killed at Chickamauga and buried at Chattanooga | |
| Alexander Thompson | killed at Chickamauga | |
| William S. Crawford | 29 Dec 1964 | died of wounds received at the battle of Nashville, buried at Nashville |
| Robert C. Hayslip | 29 Sep 1865 | disease |
| Sewell Pointer | 20 Jan 1865 | died of wounds received at Nashville |
| Wesley Schultz, corporal | killed at the battle of Nashville | |
| Samuel W. Thomas, second lieutenant | killed at the battle of Nashville |
None of the Adams County men have records of wounds on the official roster. Those wounded all died of their wounds, or else no record was made.
Most of the members of Company D have gone to the other side as of 1898. Daniel, Emery is living in Colorado. Thomas E. DeBruin is the postmaster at Winchester. James Credit is living in Monroe Township. William T. Hook is in Clinton County. John W. Lightbody is at Blue Creek, as is also George, W. Lewis. William H. Holderness is living at Vanceburg KY. No doubt others are living, but the editors of this work are not advised of their whereabouts. This company saw as hard service as any in the war. They were noble patriots, every one, and reflected great credit on the patriotism, of the people of the county, whom they represented. William H. Holderness was first lieutenant at muster, and Samuel B. Charles was second lieutenant, and George Collings, captain.
From A HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO
from its earliest settlement to the present time including character sketches of the prominent persons identified with the first century of the county's growth and containing numerous engravings and illustrations
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers [1900, West Union OH]