| When the call was made in April 1864, for volunteers to serve for one
hundred days, recruiting was immediately commenced in Jay. On the 20th of
May the following company left Portland for Indianapolis. Remaining at Camp
Carrington a few days, they were then sent to Fort Sands, Kentucky, thirty-five
miles south of Louisville, where they are now located. Rev. N. T. Pettycord,
a Methodist minister on the New Corydon circuit, and P. S. Loofbourrow, Editor
of the "Jay Torch Light," went as privates in this company. The Editor's
wife, Mrs. Ann E. Loofbourrow, and Miss Rebecca Adams, took entire charge
of the paper, editing it, setting the type, and doing all other work required
to issue the paper. They did this work with promptness, too, which many of
their more pretending brothers of the press would do well to imitate.
COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, A. C. Rush. |
First Lieutenant, F.R. Stratton. |
Second Lieutenant, G. W. Loofbourrow. |
Sergeants
| Orderly, Jacob Bosworth, Jr., |
| 1st, A. W. Allen, |
| 2nd, Isaac Simmons, |
| 3rd, Andrew Sunday, |
| 4th, Samuel Eagy. |
Corporals
| 1st, S. R. Bell |
| 2nd, G. W. Christman, |
| 3rd, Henry Cristler, |
| 4th, Abraham Byrd, |
| 5th, John Pipe, |
| 6th, Joseph Jeleff, |
| 7th, J. J. M. Lafollett, |
| 8th, Alfred Shepherd. |
Privates
| J. H. Adams, |
| G. B. Anderson, |
| T. J. Ashdill, |
| Christian Burris, |
| William Beamer, |
| J. Binegar, |
| Lewis Bockoven, |
| Wesley Cristler, |
| E. F. Calderwood, |
| Hiram Carson, |
| W. R. Curtis, |
| J. H. Deffenbaugh, |
| B. L. Dewees, |
| Frank Fetters, |
| Silas Glover, |
| J. W. Grigsby, |
| David Galloway, |
| William Green, |
| Lewis D. Hall, |
| William Harness, |
| B. M. Howell, |
| Theodore Johnston, |
| Charles Lewis, |
| P. S. Loofbourrow, |
| F. R. Lewis, |
| G. W. Metzner, |
| E. E. Moon, |
| Geo. G. Montgomery, Company Clerk, |
| E. J. Mendenhall, |
| James Marsh, |
|
| H. McLaughlin, |
| Joseph McLellan, |
| Abraham Morrical, |
| C. A. May, |
| M. C. McDugal, |
| John Miller, |
| H. Milligan, |
| Jesse Milliken, |
| H. Owen, |
| William Parmenter, |
| Jeremiah Phillips, |
| W. B. Pingry, |
| N. T. Pettycord, |
| Daniel Rising, |
| Alexander Ryan, |
| A. Rook, |
| William Robbins, |
| Jacob Sunday, |
| J. Snider, |
| George, Steckle, |
| J. H. Stratton, |
| J. Smith, |
| Stephen Shelton, |
| Thomas West, |
| William Walter, |
| A. B. Woodward, |
| J. Watkins, |
| J. Watts, |
| J. L. Whaley. |
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Total - 75 |
