Twenty-Fifth Regiment Infantry TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. ” And swore to the God of the ocean and land That ne’er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves. It was found, after the organization of the several Congressional District regiments had been completed, that more [...]
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B. Captain, Samuel L. Demarest, Otisco. First Lieutenant, Frank E. Chase Otisco. Second Lieutenant, Asa W. Slayton, Grattan. C. Captain, Charles E. McCollister, St. Joseph. First Lieutenant, Jacob Ewalt, Ber-rien Springs. Second Lieutenant, Edwin F. Kimmel, Berrien Springs. D Captain, Julius C. Cross, Three Rivers. First Lieutenant, Henry McCreary Colon. Second Lieutenant, John Gilchrist, Prairie [...]
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Before the 25th left Kalamazoo for the front a silk flag was presented to the regiment by the Hon. H. G. Wells, on behalf of the citizens of that place, and a response made by Colonel 0. H. Moore, commanding. The flag was of the regulation standard, with the inscription, ” This flag is given [...]
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The rebels having been driven from Kentucky, the regiment returned to Lebanon, arriving April 3rd, and thence proceeded to Louisville, where it was engaged in provost and guard duty. The 25th had been assigned to the 1st brigade, 2d division, 23d corps, Army of the Ohio, in which it served to the close of the [...]
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he felt that it was his duty to retard the progress of the great rebel raider, if but for a few hours, as they might prove precious hours to the country. He might have retreated with entire success, but from patriotic motives he chose to fight, when he could scarcely entertain the hope that he [...]
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On the evening of the 3d of July, General Morgan encamped with his entire command, about five miles south of Green river, and Colonel Moore after dark advanced with his command of five companies, numbering less than three hundred men, about two miles toward the enemy, leaving the river in his rear, and occupied the [...]
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This work was not intended to be held against charges of a superior force on account of the flanks not being strong, and was occupied by only about seventy-five men, who were instructed that when it became necessary to abandon the work, it should be done by flanking to the right and left from the [...]
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Colonel Moore replied: Present my compliments to General Morgan, and say to him that this being the Fourth of July I cannot entertain the proposition to surrender. ‘ ” Colonel Allston, Morgan’s chief of staff, said: ‘ I hope you will not consider me as dictatorial, on this occasion; I will be frank; you see [...]
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No sooner was the command given than a deliberate and deadly fire by rank was delivered, which silenced the battery. Colonel Johnson’s brigade then charged the work, and the little command abandoned it, as previously instructed; and when the rebels reached it they found that it availed them nothing against the deadly fire which was [...]
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The strength of Colonel Moore’s command was a matter of doubt with the rebels, rendered more so by his having instructed his men to keep quiet and pour in as rapid and deadly a fire as possible. As cheering was suppressed, nothing but the efficacy of the firing afforded ground for estimating their strength, and [...]
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