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COLONEL WINFIELD T. DURBIN.
HISTORY
OF THE
One Hundred and Sixty-first
REGIMENT
INDIANA
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
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ByW. E. BIEDERWOLF
CHAPLAIN OF THE REGIMENT
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1899 WILSON, HUMPHREYS & CO. LOGANSPORT, IND.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1899, in the office
of
the Librarian of Congress, at Wishington, D. C.,
by W. E. Biederwolf.
Dedication.
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To the
Men who Carried the Guns
this
Work
is Sincerely Dedicated
by their friend,
The Chaplain.
page: [8][View Page [8]] page: [9][View Page [9]]PREFACE.
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A preface is not an apology; a book that needs an apology ought never be written. Every man of a regiment is a part of its life, and to be a soldier is an experience that comes, to most men but once and makes an important chapter in the history of every man thus privileged. Who, that was there, can ever forget the life we led together; our camps, our marches, our reviews, the life of a day and the evening till taps! These will be remembered without a written history, but there are offices which only a written record can fulfill; that of acquainting the regiment's friends with the history so familiar to its members and of furnishing exact historical and numerical data, the value of which increases with time, and the perusal of which, when memory is less distinct, will make it all happen again as it did in '98 and '99. The preparation of such a work is no easy task, and all the more difficult when the author has kept no diary or chronicle of events. The information herein contained has been gathered from every available source, but every detail fully verified before giving it place in these pages. For the hearty co-operation of his fellow officers the fullest appreciation is here expressed by him who has undertaken this work. Some have rendered a material aid without which the present value of the book would have been impossible. Special acknowledgment is due to Lieutenant Goodrich for his share in the preparation of the Savannah chapter, and to Dr. George B. Jones for like service in the section devoted to the medical department. Special thanks are also due to Captain page: [10][View Page [10]] W. T. Stott and to Lieutenants Patton, Welch and Owens, and also to Private E. M. Blake of Company K.
In producing the company roster such as adhered to the form given them will show first the original roster in so far as promotions would allow, it being equally desirable to present in due form the roll of officers as they appeared at the date of mustering out. Where cuts are missing, it is simply because parties failed to furnish them after repeated solicitation, or because they were not to be had, which was the case with several among the dead. A few photos were poor, but the best possible was done with them. With the hope that this volume will bring pleasant reminders to all it is sent to press.
W. E. BIEDERWOLF,
Chaplain 161st I. V. I.
Monticello, Indiana, June 1, 1899.
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- Chapter I--Organization 17
- Chapter II--Camp Mount 23
- Chapter III--En Route to Jacksonville 48
- Chapter IV--Camp Cuba Libre, August 14, '98-September 30, '98 60
- Chapter V--Camp Cuba Libre, October 1-23, '98 78
- Chapter VI--Camp Onward 91
- Chapter VII--Havana to Camp Columbia 115
- Chapter VIII--Camp Columbia, December 17, '98-January 31, '99 125
- Chapter IX--Camp Columbia, February 1, '99-March 31, '99 151
- Chapter X--The Departure, Voyage and Arrival 182
- Chapter XI-Mustering Out Month, Camp Homeward 193
- First Battalion--K, M, A, E 231
- Second Battalion--B, I, F, D 287
- Third Battalion--C, G, H, L 345
- Medical Department 405
- History of the Medical Department 410
- Regimental Band 425
- Roster of Regimental Band 428
- Organization of Regimental Band 429
- Bugle and Drum Corps 431
- Roster of Bugle and Drum Corps 431
- Roll of Honor 435
- History of Company A 263
- Roster of Company A 267
- History of Company B 294
- Roster of Company B 298
- History of Company C 353
- Roster of Company C 360
- History of Company D 333
- Roster of Company D 339
- History of Company E 275
- Roster of Company E 281
- History of Company F 320
- Roster of Company F 324
- History of Company G 369
- Roster of Company G 375
- History of Company H 383
- Roster of Company H 385
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- History of Company I 306
- Roster of Company I 311
- History of Company K 239
- Roster of Company K 241
- History of Company L 396
- Roster of Company L 398
- History of Company M 250
- Roster of Company M 255
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PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Anderson, James L 393
- Anheire, Anthony A 304
- Backus, Victor M 232
- Biederwolf, William E 225
- Brown, Denver 444
- Brunt, John R 222
- Buchanan, Richard W 331
- Caldwell, George H 383
- Crooker, William W 273
- Comstock, Paul 317
- Cosby, Charles E 335
- Dexter, Jacob W 447
- Dority, Charles E 395
- Drapier, William H 319
- Durbin, Winfield T 216
- Durbin, Fletcher M 262
- Durbin, W. T., and Staff 21
- Espey, James E 417
- Everson, Charles 447
- Fitch, George W 249
- Fortune, James W 272
- Gerrish, Millard F 408
- Goodrich, George E 350
- Gould, Andrew 450
- Graham, Alonzo M 449
- Guthrie, William 303
- Gwinn, James M 380
- Hudgins, Thomas J 349
- Jackson, Cyrus A 332
- Johnson, August H. W 261
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- Kepperling, George 443
- Kimmel, Elmer E 318
- Kuns, Clarence D 441
- Lewis, John J 440
- Megrew, Harold C 288
- Menzies, Winston 290
- Meyers, James I 368
- Mount, James A 44
- McCauley, Edward A 274
- Ogborn, Albert D 366
- Olds, Lee M 346
- Owens, Temple H 238
- Parkhurst, Layton M 333
- Patton, Henry B 381
- Peterson, Eli W 394
- Pittman, Charles M 369
- Puhlman, Ernest R 439
- Reynolds, Ivy L 352
- Saltzgaber, Baird G 19
- Silverthorne, George M 260
- Smith, Charles C 237
- Smith, Will M 322
- Smith, Wickliff 406
- Starr, W. Thompson 19
- Stille, Henry 443
- Stivers, Wallace D 442
- Stott, Wilfred T 236
- Tichenor, Oliver M 220
- Trimble, Charles 448
- Turner, Joseph F 446
- Ward, John R 305
- Weaver, William G 445
- Welch, Percy 293
- West, George A 248
- Williams, Asa E 292
- Williams, Ernest S 426
- Wilson, James 410
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- A Cuban Camp 122
- A Mixed Race 146
- Backus Garbage Burner 73
- Barb Wire Defense 123
- Barn--Camp Cuba Libre 65
- Bastile--Camp Cuba Libre 229
- Block House 124
- Bonaventure 104
- Bugle and Drum Corps 432
- Camp Airing 172
- Camp Columbia 139
- Company G Street by Moonlight 175
- Company Street in Camp Cuba Libre 61
- Commissary--Camp Cuba Libre 62
- Cuban Plowman 147
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- Fatigue Duty--Camp Mount 24
- Fumigated Gloves 191
- Going Aboard Transport "Mobile" 108
- Going on Board the "Logan" 185
- Government Warehouse at Quemados 169
- Graves 437
- Guard Mount--Camp Columbia 39
- Hangman's Tree 178
- Headquarters--Camp Onward 92
- Human Bone Yard 160
- Kangaroo Court 198
- Live Curios 184
- "Logan" 186
- Medical Officers and Helpers 420
- Midway 170
- "Mobile"--Off for Cuba 109
- Monument 143
- Morro Castle 111
- Next 176
- Off for the Mail 171
- Packing Up--Camp Onward 106
- Passing in Review--New Year's Day 135
- Post Exchange at Camp Onward 83
- Prisoners Cleaning Camp 138
- Regimental Band 427
- Regimental Hospital at Camp Columbia 141
- Relieving the Guard--Camp Mount 27
- Ruined Estate 148
- San Jose Espigon (Wharf) 183
- Sea-Sickness on the "Logan" 187
- Second Battalion, Skirmish Drill--Camp Cuba Libre 85
- Sentinel on Duty--Camp Cuba Libre 71
- Soupee! Soupee! Soup! Soup! 136
- Storm Scene at Third Division Hospital 79
- The Maine Graves 158
- The Way Mother Used to Do 137
- Vento Springs 167
- Wagon Train on its Way to Camp 113
- Waiting for the Train--Camp-Breaking at Camp Cuba Libre 89
- Wreck of the "Maine" 156