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Name, rank, and command. Remarks.
Private Isaac C. Snavely,
Company B, Ninety-third Ohio,
Third Brigade, Second
Division, Twentieth Army
Corps.
Private Samuel Rohrer, Company
B, Ninety-third Ohio, Third
Brigade, Second Division,
Twentieth Army Corps.
Private Allen Dodge, Company Colonel Martin, commanding
C, Ninety-third Ohio, Third regiment, says of these, their
Brigade, Second Division, coolness, bravery, and
Twentieth Army Corps. determination, who were
wounded slightly but remained
Private John McClay, Company with their companies and
D, Ninety-third Ohio, Third performed duty, "deserve
Brigade, Second Division, special mention."
Twentieth Army Corps.
Private William Armstrong,
Company D, Ninety-third Ohio,
Third Brigade, Second
Division, Twentieth Army
Corps.
Private James M. Logan,
Company D, Ninety-third Ohio, Colonel Opdycke specially
Third Brigade, Second mentions him as having
Division, Twentieth Army distinguished himself for cool
Corps. courage and capacity to
command.
Private Charles C. Chapman,
Company G, One hundred and Colonel McIlvain, commanding
twenty-fifth Ohio, First regiment, mentions this
Division, Twenty-first Army incident in connection with
Corps. his bravery:"He had lost his
speech and had not spoken a
Private Samuel A. Hayes, word for nearly six months; on
Company F, Sixty-fourth Ohio, seeing a rebel fall he had
Third Brigade, First Division, shot at, exclaimed, in a clear
Twenty-first Army Corps. voice, "I have hit him!" and
after that talked quite
freely, being greatly rejoiced
at his fortune. The brave
fellow later in the day was
wounded and left on the
field."
Name, rank, and command. Remarks.
Private J. H. Springher,
Company I, First Ohio, Third Lieutenant-Colonel Langdon,
Brigade, Second Division, commanding regiment, specially
Twentieth Army Corps. mentions them for gallant
conduct.
Private Caleb Copeland,
Company A, First Ohio.
Private John McCarthy, Company Major Williams, commanding,
A, First Ohio. says that his company
commissioned and non-
Private Alexander Beecher, commissioned officers being
Company B, Eighty-ninth killed or disabled, he took
Illinois, First Brigade, command and was respected and
Second Division, Twentieth obeyed.
Army Corps. Colonel Martin, commanding,
specially mentions him for
good conduct and capturing
Private David Kinsey, Company maps and papers while
K, Ninety-third Ohio, Third skirmishing.
Brigade, Second Division,
Twentieth Army Corps. Captain Huston, commanding,
says,"Struck four times: he
Private John T. Steele, stuck to his guns. When he was
Company B, Fifth Kentucky, with the Ninety-third Ohio,
Third Brigade, Second when the cannons were captured
Division, Twentieth Army he captured the battle flag.
Corps.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, January 8.1864.
GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit inclosed, through the proper military channels, a communication addressed to the President of the United States.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Major-General.
Brig. General LORENZO THOMAS,
Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
[Indorsement.]
Inclosure not marked. Shown to Secretary of War and General-in-Chief, and sent to the President, January 14, 1864.
[Inclosure.]
CINCINNATI, OHIO, January 8, 1864.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
I beg leave to respectfully invite the attention of Your Excellency to a violation of military usage and courtesy which, while it does
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