CIVIL WAR 4th OH CAVALRY MARCH TO SEA GAR OHIO COMMANDER LETTER SIGNED RIPLEY O.

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Here’s an ALS by Civil War Cavalry Sgt and Post-War GAR Commander
LEWIS H. WILLIAMS
(1843 – 1913)
CIVIL WAR VICKSBURG and ATLANTA CAMPAIGN SERGEANT IN THE 4
th
INDEPENDENT
COMPANY, OHIO CAVALRY, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE 1862-65,
COMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC – DEPARTMENT OF OHIO IN 1893,
COMMANDER and CHARTER MEMBER OF OHIO GAR POST No. 145, W. WIRT LEGGETT
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PROMINENT LAWYER PRACTICING IN RIPLEY, HURON COUNTY, OHIO
Williams enlisted in the Union Army on Aug. 7, 1862 (at the age of 19) into the
4
th
Ohio Independent Volunteer Cavalry Company as a Private.
On Nov. 1, 1864,
he was promoted to Sergeant.
Williams served during the Winter of 1862 with
General Grant on what was known as the Northern Mississippi Campaign, and in
1863 was with Grant in the Vicksburg Campaign, and was present at the fall of that
city on July 4, 1863.
He then went to Nashville, Tennessee, and on to Chattanooga,
thence on the campaign against Atlanta, Georgia, and was present at the fall of that
city in 1864.
Comrade Williams was also with General W. T. Sherman on his famous
“March to the Sea,” and was present at the Grand Review in Washington, D. C.,
where the
4
th
Ohio Cavalry was mustered out on May 28, 1865.
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HERE’S A LETTER SIGNED BY WILLIAMS ON VERY
ATTRACTIVE “
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF OHIO,
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
” LETTERHEAD, 1P.,
DATED AT RIPLEY, OHIO, JULY 22, 1893, TO FAMOUS
CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN
ALBERT WARREN STILES
(1827-1919)
Captain in the 6
th
Ohio Cavalry, who was wounded-in-action by
a sabre on June 21, 1863 at Upperville, Virginia, taken a Confederate
prisoner of war, and confined in the notorious Libby Prison. After the
war he served as Sheriff of Ashtabula County, Ohio from 1869 to 1873.
THIS LETTER CONCERNS A TEACHER OR HOUSEKEEPER
TO REPORT TO STILES…
The document measures 8½” x 11” and is Very Fine Condition.
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OBIT OF GAR COMMANDER L. H. WILLIAMS
Lewis H. Williams
, past Department Commander of Ohio, died at his home In Ripley, Ohio on October 7, 1913.
Comrade Williams enlisted as a private in the Fourth Independent Company Ohio Cavalry, was promoted to Sergt., and served until the close of the war. His command belonged to the Army of the Tennessee and he was with that army in all its campaigns.
At the close of the war Williams opened a law office in Ripley.
Comrade Williams was elected Department Commander of Ohio in 1893. He served his country his State and his community in time of peace with the same loyalty and fidelity that he gave to his country in time of war.
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Battle Unit Details
UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS
4th Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry
Overview:
Organized at Georgetown, Ohio, July 9, 1861. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, July 10, thence to St. Louis, Mo., August 19-21. Provost duty there till September, and at Syracuse, Mo., till October. Attached to Gen. Pope's Command, Army of the West. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October 21-November 7. Scouting and skirmishing in Western and Northern Missouri till February, 1862. Skirmish at
Roan's Tan Yard
,
Silver Creek
, January 8, 1862. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., February, 1862; thence to St. Louis, and duty at Headquarters of Gen. Halleck till April 9. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., as escort to Gen. Halleck, and duty at Dept. Headquarters till August. Advance on and siege of
Corinth
, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Scout duty in Western Tennessee, attached to the Commands of Gen. McClernand, Logan and Lawler, till November. Actions at Bolivar, Tenn., August 22; Greenville August 23; Bolivar August 25; Britton's Lane, near Denmark September 1. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November-December. Assigned to duty as escort to Gen. J. B. McPherson, Commanding 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, December, 1862, to April, 1864, and as escort to Gen. McPherson, Commanding Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1864, then as escort to Headquarters 17th Army Corps to May, 1865, participating in the movement to Young's Point and
Milliken's Bend
, La., and operations against
Vicksburg
, Miss., February to July, 1863. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf
April 25-30. Battles of
Port Gibson
May 1; North Fork, Bayou Pierrie, May 3; Willow Springs May 3; Utica May 9-10;
Raymond
May 12;
Jackson
May 14;
Champion's Hill
May 16. Siege of
Vicksburg
May 18-July 4.
Meridian
Campaign February 8-March 2, 1864. Champion's Hill February 4.
Atlanta
(Ga.) Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on
Resaca
May 8-13. Battle of
Resaca
. Battles about
Dallas
May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of
Atlanta
July 22. Siege of
Atlanta
July 22-August 25. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Mt. Elon, S. C., February 27. Battle of
Bentonville
, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro and Raleigh. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Old members mustered out July 16, 1864. Company mustered out May 28, 1865.
Company lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 21.
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Williams, Lewis H.
Battle Unit Name:
4th Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry
Side: Union
Company: Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out:Sergeant
Alternate name: Lewis/Williams
Film Number: M552 ROLL 118
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