The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I

Part 7

Chapter 7179 wordsPublic domain

DANIEL P. WOOD,

Present at the battles of Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge; and killed in the battle of Ringgold, Nov. 27, 1863.

SUMMARY.

The whole number of names on the three-months and three-years rolls, is 179. The number on the three-years roll, is 148. The Company marched 2400 miles, and travelled by Rail and Steamers 4800 miles. It encamped 194 times. Thirty-one men lost their lives by battle, seven by disease, and one was drowned.

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Transcriber's Corrections

Following is a list of significant typographical errors that have been corrected.

- Page 1, "Northen" changed to "Northern" (forest of Northern Ohio).

- Page 19, "Fayettville" changed to "Fayetteville" (four miles past Fayetteville).

- Page 29, "fourten" changed to "fourteen" (made for fourteen miles).

- Page 31, "southeast" changed to "south-east" for consistency with other instances (eight miles south-east from).

- Page 38, "Brigdeport" changed to "Bridgeport" (were sent to Bridgeport, Alabama).

- Page 42, "hesitatate" changed to "hesitate" (did not hesitate from fear).

- Page 54, "afterwads" changed to "afterwards" (soon afterwards sent).

- Page 67, "prison" changed to "prisoner" (Taken prisoner at Cross Lanes).