CLEVELAND LIGHT ARTILLERY
Camp Putnam, Marietta, Ohio, May, 1861
Reminiscences
of the
Cleveland Light Artillery
Cleveland
Cleveland Printing Company
1906
Contents.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The Acorn from which Grew the Oak. | 3 |
| II. | A Prompt Response to War’s Alarms and the | |
| Artillery Goes to the Front. | 20 | |
| III. | The Campaign in Western Virginia. | 37 |
| Independent Companies. | 76 | |
| Barnett’s big regiment. | 77 | |
| “Commissary” Harry Bingham. | 79 | |
| IV. | 81 | |
| Muster List | 94 | |
| Senate Bill | 101 |
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CHAPTER I.
The Acorn from which Grew the Oak.
The First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery—whoseguns thundered on nearly all the great battlefieldsof the War for the Union, 1861-5—owed its existenceto a process of evolution. It was the resultof a growth during a period of more than twentyyears.
The Cleveland Grays, an independent military company,was formed in 1837. It was composed of active,intelligent, patriotic young men who displayed fromthe first a laudable pride in the organization, and anambition to bring it up to the highest possible standardof excellence. Their most praiseworthy efforts wererewarded by a full measure of success, and the companywas soon celebrated far and near for its fineappearance, excellent drill, and perfection of militarydiscipline.
In 1839, for the purpose of field instruction, theGrays held an encampment on a vacant lot at thepresent corner of Superior and Erie streets. As comparedto