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The Honored Dead

The Marietta Register, April 11, 1872

Gen. Benjamin D. Fearing of Harmar, writing to his father, Capt. Henry Fearing, under date of March 10th, sends the following list of Soldiers of Washington County buried in the National Cemetery near Marietta, Georgia. Gen. Fearing says, "There are ten thousand and ninety-four soldiers buried here. These have been gathered from the battle-fields of Sherman's advance on Atlanta. From the banks of Costamanta, at Reesooka, to the banks of the Flint, at Jonesboro, below Atlanta, they have been carefully searched out and brought to this point. There are 114 Regiments from Ohio represented, by 1726 known and 29 unknown soldiers." Those from Washington County are:

Royal Fogle, Co. E, 92d O.
Adam Pitzer, E, 92d O.
Francis Davis, F, 92d O.
Jesse Craft, I. 92d O.
J. Porter, A, 39th O.
Daniel Lye, A, 39th O.
Enos J. Marshall, A, 36th O.
Jesse Johnston, A, 39th O.
J. Colgrove, A, 39th O.
David Dunn, A, 39th O.
B. F. Yardley, B, 39th O.
Thomas Richards, B, 39th O.
A. Parker, B, 39th O.
George Moore, B, 39th O.
A. P. McFarland, B, 39th O.
M. A. Smith, C, 39th O.
George J. Bennett, C, 39th, O.
Fred Cullison, C, 39th O.
N. D. Holland, C, 39th O.
George Drake, E, 39th O.
James Courtney, E, 39th O.
John C. Guthonel, C, 39th, O.
Daniel Hollgardner, E, 39th O.
B. Fouch, E, 36th O.
Frank Redman, E. 39th O.
J. Painter, E, 39th O.
A. Mimshotts, F, 39th O.
Peter Brown, F, 39th O.
S. Arnett, G, 39th O.
W. W. McCown, H, 39th O.
John V. Drake, H, 39th O.
B. F. Kilgore, I, 39th O.
S. A. Kelley, I, 39th O.
H. W. Knowles, K, 39th O.
Barney Heins, K, 39th O.
M. V. Chambers, K, 39th O.
Samuel Jennings, K, 39th O.
J. B. Shepherd, D, 39th O.
William Bush, D, 39th O.
Columbus Griffin, A, 63d O.
David Hines, B, 63d, O.
E. B. Seikel, B, 63d O.
Mathias Riley, B, 63 O.
David Weaver, B, 63d, O.
Eethel Heaton, C, 63d O.
Joseph Fitch, C, 63d O.
Phillip Findling, C, 63d O.
Phillip Schriver, C, 63d O.
Henry H. Smith, D, 63d O.
L. S. Sells, D, 63d, O.
I. W. Green, D, 63d, O
James Donaldson, D, 63d O
Sylvanus Burlingame, D, 63d O.
Charles Henderson, D, 63d O.
William A. Groves, D, 63d O.
M. C. Lowry, E, 39th O.
Ephraim Swank, E, 39th O.
Jacob Welch, F, 39th O.
Thompson Rose, F, 39th O.
Joseph Henry, F, 39th O.
J. M. Wilson, G, 39th O.
Francis Frost, G, 39th O.
H. H. Balcom, G, 39th O.
Solomon Spilter, H, 39th O.
Shadrack O'Connor, H, 39th O.
John T. Hartman, I, 63d O.
G. T. Gooding, I, 63d O.
John Jaggart, I, 63d O.
J. W. Lemmon, I, 63d O.
John Richie, I, 63d O.
Aaron Shoog, K, 63d O.
Asa Kelley, K, 63d O.
L. D. House, K, 63d O.
Joseph Harshberger, K, 63d O.
I. McKee, A, 1st Lt. Art.
T. B. Martingale, C, 1st Lt. Art.
H. C. Gurney, C, 1st Lt. Art.
Willard Bomes, C, 1st Lt. Art.
H. Gilbert, C, 1st Lt. Art.
John Shellhorn, D, 1st Lt. Art.
Andrew A. Poe, D, 1st Lt. Art.
Daniel Davidson, Sec. G, 1st Bat.
Robert Fox, Sec. H, 6th Bat.
Henry Woods, Sec I, 1st Bat.
W. B. Schnelleley, Co. B, 1st Cav.
A. Vandyke, Co. B, 1st Cav.
R. R. Vermillion, D, 1st Cav.
R. W. Maxon, L. 1st Cav.
Craig Bracken, H, 1st Cav.
John Smith, M, 1st Cav.
F. Redinger, F, 7th Cav.
W. Hanna, Co. __, 63d O.

Gen. Fearing says, "If there were other companies from Washington County in Sherman's advance on Atlanta, I can find out for any one interested where members were buried."






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