Adams County, Ohio Military History
Civil War: Thirty-Third O.V.I.
Company B
This company was raised in Adams County. It was mustered in the service 27 Aug 1861 at Portsmouth OH to serve for three years. The original officers were Ephriam J. Ellis, captain; Edwin M. DeBruin, first lieutenant; Ellis A. Ramsey, second lieutenant. Captain Ellis was promoted to Major 16 Jan 1863, and DeBruin to Captain at the same date. Ellis A. Ramsey was made first lieutenant 16 Jan 1863, and William Baldwin was made second lieutenant the same date. The regiment participated in the following battles:
Perryville KY | 08 Oct 1862 |
Chickamauga GA | 19-20 Sep 1863 |
Lookout Mountain TN | 24 Nov 1863 |
Mission Ridge TN | 25 Nov 1863 |
Resaca GA | 13-16 May 1864 |
Cassville GA | 19-22 May 1864 |
Kenesaw Mountain GA | 09-30 Jun 1864 |
Peachtree Creek GA | 20 Jul 1864 |
Jonesboro GA | 31 Aug-02 Sep 1864 |
Atlanta GA | 28 Jul-02 Sep September 2, 1864 |
Averysboro NC | 16 Mar 1865 |
Bentonville NC | 19-21 Mar 1865 |
Goldsboro NC | 21 Mar 1865 |
The following were killed in battle or died in the service:
Ephraim J. Ellis | 20 Sep 1863 | killed at Chickamauga |
Spencer H. Wilson, first sergeant, son of Honorable John T. Wilson | 04 Mar 1862 | died at Louisville KY |
Samuel Anderson, sergeant, | 09 Jul 1864 | died at Camp Dennison OH |
Samuel Pullin, corporal, | 04 Aug 1864 | died as prisoner at Andersonville GA |
George A. Bryan | 20 Apr 1864 | died as prisoner at Danville VA |
Luther Bentley | 04 Jun 1862 | died at Elizabethtown KY |
Isaac Black | 26 Dec 1861 | died at Louisville KY |
Henry C. Bryan | 14 May 1864 | killed at Resaca GA |
Ashbury Evans | 08 Oct 1862 | killed at Perryville KY |
Charles Fetters | 31 Dec 1862 | Stone River |
Isaac Fretz | 05 Jun 1865 | died of disease at Long Island NY |
Daniel H. Grimes | 04 Jan 1862 | died at home |
Daniel Grimes | 09 Aug 1864 | died of wounds received at Atlanta GA |
Richard Hagerman | 23 Jan 1865 | died in prison |
Ransom I Hodges | 23 Jun 1862 | died at Huntsville AL |
Moses E. Hempleman | 19 Feb 1863 | died at Murfreesboro TN |
Richard Hagerman | 23 Jan 1865 | died in prison at Andersonville GA |
Isaac N. McNown | 04 Mar 1862 | died at Elizabethtown KY |
Jacob W. E. McCormick | 04 May 1864 | died at Andersonville GA |
Manley Bennett | 03 Apr 1865 | died of wounds received at the battle of Bentonville |
Henry Pierce | 23 Oct 1863 | died of wounds received in action at Chattanooga TN |
Joseph Parker, Jr. | 22 Jul 1864 | killed in battle at Atlanta GA |
William H. Richards | 20 Jun 1864 | died in prison |
William F. Rankins | 08 Nov 1862 | died at Huntsville AL |
Moses Starrett | 07 Jan 1865 | died at Louisville KY |
John Thompson | 17 Apr 1864 | died on flag of truce boat at Fortress Monroe VA |
John M. Vanderman | 31 Dec 1862 | killed at Stone River |
Ezra Whitees | 10 Dec 1863 | died at Chattanooga TN of wounds |
William Walker | 08 Jan 1862 | died at Louisville KY |
Henry C. Walker | 16 Apr 1862 | died at Huntsville AL |
Aaron Whaley | 24 Dec 1862 | died at New Albany IN |
There is no separate record of those wounded or who recovered.
Six of this company were captured at the battle of Chickamauga. Of those who were captured and who survived are: Daniel R. Shriver, first sergeant;. William F. Grierson, sergeant; William E. Howell. John B. Seeman was captured 23 Mar 1865 at Goldsboro NC. Gen. Joshua W. Sill, killed at Stone River, was the first colonel of this regiment, and Oscar F. Moore succeeded him.
F. B. Mussey was the original surgeon of the regiment. John Wills Kendrick, the original adjutant of the regiment, is the Bishop of Arizona of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Albert G. Byers was the original chaplain. Captain Ellis A. Ramsey is living at Washington Court House, manager for Southern Ohio of the Union Central Life Insurance Company.
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]