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Many in our
Shiplett line served in the Civil War.
James
Alfred Shiplett
Enlisted Aug 1st 1861 as a private at age 23
On 8/1/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. OH 32nd Infantry
Organized: Camp Dennison, OH
He was transferred out on 10/28/1863
On 10/28/1863 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
Source: Official Roster of the
Soldiers of the State of Ohio
The following description of the Veteran
Reserve Corps is found on pages 122-123, vol. VII of:
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War: Norwood,
Mass. 1933
VETERAN
RESERVE CORPS
(Originally the Invalid Corps.)
The Invalid
Corps, which was the forerunner of the Veteran Reserve Corps, was
organized under authority of General Order No. 105, War Department,
dated April 28, 1863.A similar corps had existed in Revolutionary times
as is shown by a Resolve of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,
adopted June 4, 1781, and concurred in by the Senate, July 6, 1781,
providing that there be furnished to Captain Moses McFarland, commanding
the Invalids doing duty in and about Boston, 146 pairs of overalls, 146
hunting frocks, 146 hats, 146 knapsacks, and 146 pairs of stockings, and
that the same be charged to the United States.
The Invalid Corps of the Civil War period was created to make suitable
use in a military or semi-military capacity of soldiers who had been
rendered unfit for active field service on account of wounds or disease
contracted in line of duty, but who were still fit for garrison or other
light duty, and were, in the opinion of their commanding officers,
meritorious and deserving.
Those serving in the Invalid Corps were divided into two classes:
Class 1, partially disabled soldiers whose periods of service had not
yet expired, and who were transferred directly to the Corps there to
complete their terms of enlistment;
Class 2, soldiers who had been discharged from the service on account of
wounds, disease, or other disabilities, but who were yet able to perform
light military duty and desired to do so. Such men were allowed, under
General Order No. 105 above referred to, to enlist in the Invalid Corps.
As the war went on it proved that the additions to the Corps hardly
equaled the losses by discharge or otherwise, so it was finally ordered
that men who had had two years of honorable service in the Army or
Marine Corps might enlist in the Invalid Corps without regard to
disability.
By General Order No. 111, dated March 18, 1864, the title Veteran
Reserve Corps was substituted for that of Invalid Corps, and this title
is used in almost every case in the present work, whether the reference
is to transfers and enlistments prior to March 18, 1864, or to those
made subsequent to that date.
The men serving in the Veteran Reserve Corps were organized into two
battalions, the First Battalion including those whose disabilities were
comparatively slight and who were still able to handle a musket and do
some marching, also to perform guard or provost duty; the Second
Battalion being made up of men whose disabilities were more serious, who
had perhaps lost limbs or suffered some other grave injury. These latter
were commonly employed as cooks, orderlies, nurses, or guards in public
buildings. There were from first to last from two to three times as many
men in the First Battalion as in the Second, and the soldiers in the
First Battalion performed a wide variety of duties. They furnished
guards for the Confederate prison camps at Johnson's Island, Ohio,
Elmira, N. Y., Point Lookout, Md., and elsewhere. They furnished details
to the provost marshals to arrest bounty jumpers and to enforce the
draft. They escorted substitutes, recruits, and prisoners to and from
the front. They guarded railroads, did patrol duty in Washington City,
and even manned the defenses of the city during Early's raid in July,
1864.
An excellent sketch of the history of the Veteran Reserve Corps may be
found in Volume V, Series III, of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, pages 543 to 568.
There were first and last twenty-four regiments in the Corps. In the
beginning each regiment was made up of six companies of the First
Battalion and four of the Second Battalion, but in the latter part of
the war this method of organization was not strictly adhered to. The
18th Regiment, for example, which rendered exceptionally good service at
Belle Plain, Port Royal, and White House Landing, Va., in the spring and
early summer of 1864, and in or near Washington City in the latter part
of the summer and through the fall of that year, was made up of only six
Second Battalion companies.
Ephraim
Rockhold Shiplett
Enlisted Sept 4 1862 as a private at age 20
Promoted to Full Sergt
Served Ohio Enlisted A Co. 9th Cav Reg.
OH Mustered Out at Columbus, OH on 06 June 1865
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
Simeon Shiplett
Enlisted Aug 6th 1862 as a private at age 28
Served Ohio Enlisted K Co. 90th Inf Reg. OH
Mustered Out at Camp Harker, Nashville, TN on 13 June 1865
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
George
C Shiplett
Enlisted Feb 15th 1865 as a private at age 18
Served Ohio Enlisted H Co. 192nd Inf Reg. OH
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
William
Franklin Shiplett
Co. B 78th O. V. I.
Nelson
Shiplett
said
goodbye to his family and left to join the Northern Army. A group of
enlistees were to congregate at Mt. Sterling, then go to Zanesville to
be sworn in.
Amongst the many men gathered at Mt. Sterling, there were many drinking
heavily, and in the melee resulting, Nelson, a non-drinker, was shot in
the chest by a bullet intended for another man. The shot is said to have
been fired by a Sherrard, a relative of the preacher who had married
Nelson. Nelson was taken home where his recovery was slow. His doctor
considered it too dangerous to remove the bullet, and Nelson carried it
to his dying day. His children were always fascinated by the bullet,
which could readily be felt beneath the skin, and it always caused pain
in cold weather.
William
Harmon
who
served in the 135 th Ohio, Volunteer Regiment, Co. B. He enlisted May 2,
1864 at Camp Chase Newark, Ohio and was cpatured at North Mountain, Va.
on July 3, 1864and confined to a prisoner of war prison in Augusta Ga.
and the infamous Andersonville prison until April 1865. In the
winter of 1864 a group of men tried to escape and in the process William
was shot in the back, he suffered from that wound for the rest of his
life. He mustered out at Columbus Ohio May 23, 1865 The worry of this period caused his wife Lametta Ann to
temporarily lose her mind and, during a depressed siege, she burnt the
Shiplett Bible containing all of the old birth and death records of the
family.
Thomas
Chapman
Elizabeth
Shiplett's husband served in the 9th Ohio Cavalry. Thomas was later
discovered to have suffered from Epilepsy, and discharged from duty.
Charles Franklin son of
Hezekiah Franklin
Residence was not listed; 25 years old [at
time of enlistment]. Enlisted on 8/8/1862 as a Private. On 9/7/1862 he
mustered into "G" Co. Ohio 91st Infantry. He died on 1/10/1864 at
Fayetteville, VA.
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio; (c) Historical
Data Systems, Inc. @
www.civilwardata.com
John Nelson Lewis son
of Cassandra Franklin Lewis
Died 1 Nov, 1864 Confederate Prison Camp.
Jacob Withers son in law of Cassandra Franklin Lewis
Died 1864
Hugh McGonagle Priv.
enlisted 4 -27- 1861 survived the war
A funny little
note in The Shiplett Book concerning the Civil War
The
Civil War had a decided effect on the Shiplett and Hughes families, as
it did with all of the people in this Ohio community located so close to
the border between the two factions. The Shiplett-Hughes lined up
solidly behind the North.
The
citizenry around Mt. Sterling was divided in its loyalty and feeling ran
exceedingly high. Rabid supporters of the 'Democrat" side were the
Dollings and the Bolens. A Confederate victory caused the Dollings and
friends to ride by shouting derisively at the Shipletts and probably a
successful campaign by the North brought the "Republican' Shipletts
and cohorts out in the same manner. The bitter feelings generated during
this conflict carried on for many years after war had ceased. However,
records show that two Shiplett boys married Dolling girls, so evidently
time healed the feeling to a great degree.
It was
dangerous to be out at night during that period and the women folks and
their families would congregate for protection at night. Money and
jewelry were buried. The pottery of Nelson Shiplett and the Hughes
brothers burned to the ground one night, and it was generally believed
that it had been set by the 'Democrat Rebels." The pottery was
never rebuilt.
Matt
Beggs recalls on a 4th of July during the War, her father was running a
little candy and fruit stand on the porter grove. She and her
grandmother were sitting beside her father, William Hughes, when a shot
rang out and whistled by them. They were rushed to Bob Sear's tavern in
Mt. Sterling where they were kept until dark. A Dollings was supposed to
have been the assailant.
