THREE MONTHS SERVICE WRITTEN BY JEWETT PALMER A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY FIFTY YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ENLISTMENT APRIL 22, 1861 -:- APRIL 22, 1911 CAPTAIN FRANK BUELL The company was recruited by Frank Buell, at Marietta, Ohio, who was at the time Captain of the “Union Blues,” an independent company of the Ohio militia. It was enrolled from the 15th to the 22nd of April, 1861, though a few men joined as late as May 27th, the date of our arrival at Marietta from Columbus, on our way into Virginia. G

For some days the people of the vicinity and the men in camp had been preparing for a celebration of the day and by 8:00 o’clock in the morning the people began to arrive with wagons loaded with bread and butter, cakes, pies, roast chicken, roast pigs and dainties innumerable. Our camp had been thoroughly policed and put in prime order, and the camp guard had strict orders for the night before not to permit any one to pass out and no passes were given. This was to prevent any of the boys from vi

* AMOS, MORDECAI—Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 77th Ohio Infantry, October 14, 1861. Mustered out with regiment March 8, 1866. BAUER, JACOB—Enlisted in Co. L, 1st Ohio Cavalry, Jany. 5, 1864. Mustered out with regiment October 6, 1865. Waverly, West Va. BLAIN, ROBINSON— BOOTH, JOHN T.—Sergeant Co. G, 36th Ohio Infantry, August 12, 1861. Mustered out on expiration of term of service. Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army, Cuban and Philippine war and surgeon 40th U. S. Volunteer Infantry by appointment

The ten recruits brought to the regiment June 18, by Major Corey, were nearly all boys, whom some one very aptly dubbed “The Pony Section.” Our company being entitled to but two musicians, and having our complement already, these boys were assigned to the other companies of the regiment and were borne upon their rolls, but as the Drum Corps remained with Co. B nearly all the term of our service they were treated as Co. B boys and I append to that of the regular roll of the company their after se

A strange coincidence is that of the similar deaths of Colonel Clarke and Captain Buell. Within 18 months from the morning upon which Col. Clarke presented to our company the beautiful flag mentioned as the gift of the women of Marietta and its acceptance by Captain Buell, both had fallen in battle, Col. Clarke leading his regiment, the 36th O. Infantry, at Antietam, Maryland, and Captain Buell commanding his battery, C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, at Freeman’s Ford, Virginia. (From the “Mariett

Our first, at Columbus, was “Camp Jackson,” now beautiful Goodale Park. At Athens, where we spent but a few days, our camp was by some called “Camp Jewett,” but I remember it as “Camp Scott.” At Marietta, “Camp Putnam.” At Parkersburg, “Camp Union,” so christened by Captain Buell. At the first “burnt bridge,” near Petroleum Station, on the B. & O. railroad, our camp took the name of “Camp Whip po’will” from the nocturnal and lugubrious serenades furnished us by this strange bird. Our nex