Updated 11 Sept 2006
120th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Field
and Staff
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Arranged according to rank.
All signed for 3 years.
Date beside name is date of Entering the Service and the
information about service is taken from Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio, 1888, Vol 8
The county where they seem to be living at the time of entering the service is in the right hand corner.
Those who died in service are marked with a red *.
For more on Camp Ford where the Snaggy Point captives were held, see history section and links
Mustered in Oct. 17, 1862, at Camp Mansfield, O.,
by Alexander E. Drake, Captain 2d Infanry, U.S.A.
Consolidated wit the 114th
O.V.I. Nov. 27, 1864
Names, on this chart only, are by rank
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Colonel Daniel French entered the service on 10 sept 1862 at age 40. He resigned 18 Feb. 1863. Census 1860 Hardy Twp, Holmes County OH: Daniel FRENCH, age 37 OH, blacksmith; Jane, age 33 OH, Thos. age 9 OH; Loretta, age 7 OH; Frances E, age 4 OH. Census 1870 Hardy Twp, Holmes County OH: Daniel FRENCH, age 47 OH, farmer; Jane, age 43 OH; Thomas, age 19 OH, farmer; Lauretta, age 17 OH. What year did Daniel FRENCH die? 1880 Census, Millersburg, Holmes County OH: Jane FRENCH, age 53, OH, parents born PA; Byron C SILL, age 28 OH, son-in-law, book keeper in law; Laura, age 27 OH, daughter; Frances E. age 4 OH, granddaughter; Ralph H, age 2 months, grandson. |
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Colonel Marcus M Spiegel* entered the service 13 Nov 1862 at
age 32. He was promoted to Lieut. Colonel from Captain Co.
C, 67th OVI on 2 Oct 1862; to Colonel 18 Feb 1863; killed 3 May
1864 near Snaggy Point, on Red River, Louisiana. His burial place is lost. No burial place given in the Roll of Honor. |
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Lt. Colonel John W. Beekman* entered the service 23 July 1862 at age 41. He was promoted to Major from 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 102d OVI 8 Sept 1862; to Lieut. Colonel 18 Feb 1863; died 8 Sept 1863 at Plymouth, Richland Co. OH. No burial information given in the Roll of Honor. |
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Lt. Colonel Williard Slocum entered service 25 Aug 1862 at age 41. He was promoted to Major from 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 18 Feb 1863; to Lieut. Colonel 8 Sept 1863; mustered out 27 Nov 1864 by reason of consolidation; brevet Brig. General 13 Feb 1865. [brevet: a commission giving an officer higher nominal rank than that for which he receives pay] World Connect has a listing that says Williard's father was Elias
SLOCUM and his mother was Anna HUNT. Family Search says that Willard SLOCUM married Caroline Augusta CARR, on 16 Nov 1847 in East Union Twp, Wayne county OH. 1850 Census, District no. 1 (Ashland), Ashland County OH, page 423: Williard SLOCUM, age 29 OH, lawyer; Caroline, age 21 OH; Rodny, age 2 months, OH. 1860 Census, East half of Ashland, Ashland County OH, page 196: Williard SLOCUM, age 40 OH, a lawyer; Caroline A, age 30 OH; Rodnee/ Rodna V, male, age 10 OH; Charles S, age 8 OH; Eliza S, age 7 OH; Willard Mc, age 2 OH; Nancy BLISS, age 65 NY; Jennie BETCHEL, age 18 OH, a servant. 1870 Census, Incorporated Village of Ashland, Ashland County OH, page 731: Willard SLOCUM, age 50 OH, lawyer; Caroline A, age 40 OH; Vernon R, age 20 OH; Charles S, age 18 OH, clerk in assessors office; Lida A, age 16 OH; Willard M, age 12 OH; Augusta C, age 10 OH; Morton, age 4 OH; Oliver, age 1 OH; Julia BONHODLT, age 15 OH, domestic servant; Jane LUDWICK, age 30 OH, seamstress; Nancy P CARR, age 76, New Hampshire. 1880 Census, Ashland, Ashland County, OH, page 157: Willard SLOCUM, age 60 OH, lawyer, parents born NY; Caroline, wife, age 50 OH, parents born N. Hampshire; Vernon, son, age 29 OH, clerk; Lyda, daughter, age 24 OH; William, son, age 22 OH, laborer; Sherman, son, age 13 OH; Oliver M, son, age 11 OH; Henry, son, age 6 OH. Willard SLOCUM died in 1894 and is buried in Ashland Cemetery according to http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohashlan/Vets-CivilWar.htm |
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Major John F. McKinley entered service 13 Aug 1862 at age 27. He was promoted from Captain Co. C 8 Sept 1863; transferred to 114th OVI 27 Nov 1864. See Company C |
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Surgeon William W. Taggart entered service 4 Sept 1862 at age 43. He resigned 13 Nov 1862. This William TAGGART died in 1901 in Wayne county OH according to the Wayne County Registrations Card found at http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ |
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Surgeon Byron Stanton entered service 26 Dec 1862. [age not given] He was captured 3 May 1864 near Snaggy Point on the Red River, Louisiana; was transferred to 114th OVI 27 Nov, 1864. |
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Ast. Surgeon John W. Hammond entered service 1 Sept 1862 at age 32. He resigned 27 Aug 1863. |
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Ast. Surgeon Christopher C. Stouffer entered service 4 Sept 1862 at age 26. He resigned 26 Jan 1864. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. [Wayne County version] published in 1885 page504 Congress Twp:Christopher C. Stouffer, M.D. received from Governor Tod, on September 4, 1862, commission as assistant surgeon, 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. For nearly two years he was in constant attendance upon the men of the regiment, except when detailed, giving his loving care and the knowledge of his profession to the sick and wounded, lightening many a pain of body and mind for the boys, who still remember him gratefully. At the battle of Arkansas Post he was detailed to the "floating hospital" boat, and remained in constant attendance on the wounded there for three days and nights. At Thompsons Hill he was crossing a corn field with another surgeon and a "stretcher corps," approaching the battle field to establish a primary hospital, when he was knocked senseless by the concussion of a canon ball, three of the stretcher corps falling at the same time. He was only two hours disabled, resuming then his duties. The next day (May 2, 1863,) he was detailed to take charge of the ambulance train from Thompsons Hill to Grand Gulf, and he gave his best care to our wounded heroes till he saw them on the hospital boats, and sent up the Mississippi for further treatment. Amid such duties as these he wore his own strength away, and was compelled to resign for disability on April 20, 1864, at New Orleans, returning to his home, in West Salem. Dr. Stouffer was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, son of Christian and Margaret (Dunmire) Stouffer. He married, in Seville, Medina county, Ohio, March 26, 1867, Alosia S., daughter of Benjamin and Sabina (Lemmon) Bitzer. Their children were born: Floy Vinnie, June 26, 1868; Ralph B., March 6, 1870, died July 1st following; Irene Maude, July 3, 1871; William Clifford, November 28, 1873; Tottie Ethelyn (?), March 31, 1880, died December 24th following; Tinnie Daisy, January 30, 1877. Since 1860 Dr. Stouffer has been a resident physician of West Salem, commanding a wide practice, and universally esteemed. He was elected to the State legislature from his district in the fall of 1883, and is there serving the best interests of his constituents. Dr. Stouffer is a charter member of Warner Brown Post, No. 184, G.A.R., and present surgeon. |
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Ast. Surgeon John C. Gill entered service 23 Feb 1864 at age 25. He was captured 3 May 1864, near Snaggy Point on the Red River, Louisiana; was transferred to 114th OVI 27 Nov 1864. |
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Adjutant Henry S. Sherman entered service 24 Sept 1862 at age 18. He was promoted to Sergt. Major from private Co. A on 26 Sept 1862; to 2d Lieutenant 14 Jan 1863 but not mustered; to 1st Lieutenant Co.I to date 15 March 1863; appointed Adjutant 17 April 1863; resigned 31 July 1863. |
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Adjutant Elias Fraunfelter entered service 22 Aug 1862 at age
22. He was appointed from 1st Lieutenant in |
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Adjutant John S. Petty entered service 10 Sept 1862 at age 24. He was promoted to Sergt. Major from private Co. C [date not given]; to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 11 Aug 1864; transferred to 114th OVI 27 Nov 1864. See Company C |
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RQM Ezra Dean entered service 25 Aug 1862 at age 38. He resigned 27 Oct 1863. |
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RQM William V. Van Ostern entered service 19 Aug 1862 at age 40. Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. A 6 Feb 1864; transferred to Co. A 12 Oct 1864. |
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RQM Emanuel H. Bixler entered service 22 Aug 1862 at age 21. He was promoted to Q.M. Sergeant from private Co. E on 17 April 1863; to 1st Lieutenant and Regt. Quartermaster 12 Oct, 1864; mustered out 27 Nov 1864 by reason of consolidation. |
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Chaplain W. A. G. Emerson entered service 17 Oct 1862 at age 46. He resigned 5 Feb 1863. |
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Ser. Major Benjamin T. Jones entered service 29 Aug 1862 at age 19. He was promoted from private Co. G 26 Jan 1863; to 1st Lieutenant Co. G 15 Mar 1863. See Company G for information on Benjamin Jones. |
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Ser. Major John D. Mackey* entered service 23 Aug 1862 at age
20. He was promoted from private Co. A on 15 Mar 1863; to
1st Lieutenant Co. A on 1 Aug 1863.
[Company
B: He was promoted to Sergt. Major from private 15 Mar 1863; from Sergt. Major to
1st Lieutenant 1 Aug 1863; died 21 Sept, 1864.] [See
Company A for family information.] |
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Ser. Major Mahlon Rouch entered service 16 Aug 1862 at age 21. He was promoted from Sergeant Co. A on 1 Jan 1864; to 2d Lieutenant on 21 Mar 1864 but not mustered; captured 3 May 1864 near Snaggy Point on the Red River, Louisiana; promoted to 1st Lieutenant Co. B on 11 Aug 1864. |
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Q.M.S. George W. Althouse entered service 28 Aug 1862 at age
36. He was promoted to 2d Lieutenant |
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Com. Ser. William W. Reinoehl entered service 30 Aug 1862 at age 22. He was captured 3 May 1864 near Snaggy Point on the Red River, Louisiana; mustered out 8 July 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio. |
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Hospital Steward John H. Garber entered service on 3 Sept 1862 at age 21. He was discharged 15 Feb 1863 on a Surgeon's certificate of disability. |
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Hospital Steward George B. McKee entered service on 13 Sept 1862 at age 23. He was promoted from private in Co. E on 13 Feb 1863; was transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps [date not given.] |
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Principal Musician Philip Kuhn entered service 2 Sept 1862 at age 26. He was promoted from Musician in Co. I on 30 April 1863; captured 3 May 1864 near Snaggy Point on the Red River, Louisiana; mustered out 8 July 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio. |
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Principal Musician Joseph H. Richie entered service 12 Aug 1862 at age 25. He was promoted from Musician in Co. I on 30 April 1863; returned to Co. I and appointed Sergeant [date not given]. |
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