CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG WIA POW 1st LT 29th OH INFANTRY GAR COMMANDER LETTER SIGNED

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THADDEUS ELLERY
HOYT
(1844 – 1912)
CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WIA and POW 1
st
LIEUTENANT IN THE 29
th
OHIO INFANTRY 1861-1865,
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SOLDIERS RELIEF COMMISSION FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY, O.,
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR), DEPARTMENT OF OHIO IN 1886,
CITY SOLICITOR OF ASHTABULA, OHIO,
OHIO COMMON PLEAS JUDGE APPOINTED BY OH GOVERNOR HOADLY IN 1884,
DIRECTOR IN THE PITTSBURG, YOUNGSTOWN & ASHTABULA RAILROAD,
COUNSEL FOR THE LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY and THE NICKEL PLATE RR,
TRUSTEE OF THE GIRLS INDUSTRIAL HOME IN DELAWARE, OH,
FOUNDER and 1
st
PRESIDENT OF THE ASHTABULA GENERAL HOSPITAL
&
MAYOR OF KEWAUNEE, WISCONSIN and DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY.
Hoyt was taken prisoner at the battle of Port Republic, Virginia and confined in the Rebel prison at Belle Island. Hoyt was wounded at the battle of Dug Gap on Aug. 9, 1863, two years to a day from the date of his enlistment.
He participated with the Army of the Potomac in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg!
In the Spring of 1864, he participated with his regiment in the Atlanta Campaign and fought at the battles of Dug Gap, New Hope Church, Dallas, Pine Knob, and Peachtree Creek.
He then followed Union General William T. Sherman on his infamous “
March to the Sea
” and up through the Carolinas!
HERE’S A LETTER SIGNED BY HOYT ON, 2pp., datelined at Ashtabula, O., Nov. 25, 1895
TO
ALBERT WARREN STILES
(1827 – 1919)
CIVIL WAR WIA and LIBBY PRISON POW CAPTAIN IN THE 6
th
OHIO CAVALRY,
CLOSE FRIEND OF CIVIL WAR MAJOR GENERAL and PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JAMES A. GARFIELD,
SHERIFF OF ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO 1869-1883
&
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GIRLS INDUSTRIAL HOME
NEAR DELAWARE APPOINTED BY THEN OHIO GOVERNOR WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Stiles was wounded-in-action by a sabre on June 21, 1863 at Upperville, Virginia. He was then taken a Confederate prisoner of war,
and confined in the notorious Libby Prison!
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HOYT WRITES AN INTERESTING LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR A WOMAN
NAMED MISS MUNSELL AS A “
RELIEF TEACHER
”
AND HER QUALIFICATIONS FOR
THE JOB…
(
NOTE
: it is likely that Stiles was inquiring about candidates for a ‘
relief teacher
’ in connection
with the Girls Industrial Home, while he was Superintendent.)
BEAUTIFULLY and BOLDLY SIGNED BY HOYT!
The document measures 8” x 10½” and is in VF condition.
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR OHIO CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
THADDEUS E. HOYT
THADDEUS E HOYT, a prominent citizen of Ashtabula, Ohio, is found in the subject of this sketch, who by ancestry and birth has been connected with the county for many years. Hon. Thaddeus E. Hoyt, one of the active and successful practitioners of the Ashtabula County bar, and a worthy citizen, was born in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio on December 17, 1844, and is a son of Benjamin and Emily Foote Hoyt. His grandfather, Thaddeus Hoyt, was a native of Connecticut, descended from English ancestors who settled in America in Colonial times. He married a sister of Colonel G.W. St. John, widely and favorably known throughout Ashtabula County of which he was a pioneer, and for many years a prominent character. In 1838 the grandfather joined the westward movement of emigration setting in toward Ohio, and settled in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County. He here followed farming all the rest of his life, dying on his homestead at the venerable age of about eighty five years. He was the father of seven children; four sons and three daughters. One of these, Benjamin Hoyt, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Connecticut where he resided until a youth fifteen years, at which time he accompanied his parents to Ohio, contractor by occupation, and was identified with the development of county. He was first married to Foote, who later died leaving two sons and three daughters to his care. He afterward married Miss. Brockway. After a long useful life, this worthy pioneer died at home in Morgan Township this county in 1891, aged about sixty-eight years. He was a man of great benevolence of character.
The subject of this sketch, the Hon. Thaddeus E. Hoyt, was reared on the homestead and spent his youth in the duties incidental to farm life. He first attended school at Rock Creek and afterward went to Grand River Institute in Austinburg. While pursuing these peaceful and congenial occupations, the Civil war broke out in all its fury, and moved by youthful patriotism, Hoyt hastened to take part in the conflict for the preservation of the Union, and enlisted, August 9 1861, as a private in Company A, Twenty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which company he continued until the close of the war being mustered out as First Lieutenant on July 5 1865.
On his return from the war, he resumed his studies in Grand River Institute whence he went to Western Reserve College, then situated in Hudson, but since removed to Cleveland this State, leaving the latter school when in the sophomore class. He then went into the law office of Messrs. Woodbury and Ruggles of Jefferson, Ohio, where he pursued his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1870. He celebrated this happy event in July of that year by his marriage to Miss. Belle M. Shaffer, an estimable lady of Morgan Township, Ashtabula County. The issue of this union was two children; Ella M. and Francis A.
In the fall of 1870, Hoyt went to Kewaunee, Wisconsin and there entered actively into the practice of law which he followed until the spring of 1875, when he was elected Mayor of Kewaunee, which he had aided in getting incorporated.
Later he was elected District Attorney for Kewaunee County, in which position he efficiently served two years. All these honors however could not estrange him from his first love and accordingly we find him on September 16, 1875, taking up his abode back in Ashtabula, where he continuously resided.
He served three successive terms as Ashtabula City Solicitor, and in September 1884, was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas to fill the unexpired term of Judge Woodbury, who had been elected to the Circuit Court bench. These various duties have not prevented him from taking an active part in the development of the city. He with others bought and improved several important plats of property, and in many of the public improvements he has taken an active part. He is a stockholder and Director in the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad which terminates at the harbor, and in which he has taken a lively interest.
In politics Hoyt was a Republican until 1872 since which time he has advocated the principles of the Democratic Party.
He is naturally deeply interested in educational affairs, especially those pertaining to his alma mater, and keenly alive to the welfare of his former comrades in arms. Hence we find him a trustee in the Grand River Institute, and an active member of the Board of Soldiers Relief Commission for Ashtabula County.
He was Junior Vice Commander of the GAR Department of Ohio in 1886.
Judge Hoyt, unaided by wealth or family influences, has carved out his own success which is due to his indomitable energy, perseverance, strict adherence to business and professional methods, and integrity of purpose. He stands high with the bar, with the court, and the people.
Source:
“
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio: Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake
...” 1893
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1912 BIO/OBIT OF T. E. HOYT
Judge Thaddeus E. Hoyt
died at his home in Ashtabula, January 14th 1912. He was born February 17th 1844 in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, being the son of Benjamin and Emily Hoyt, and the descendant of New England ancestry going back to Colonial times. He was educated at Rock Creek, and later entered Grand River Institute at Austinburg.
When seventeen years old, on August 9th 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company A 29th OVI and was mustered out July 5th 1865, as first Lieutenant. He was captured at the battle of Port Republic, Virginia and imprisoned at Belle Island. At the battle of Dug Gap, he was wounded. After the war he resumed his studies at Grand River Institute, and later entered Western Reserve University. There he became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, with which he was prominently identified during life.
He studied law with Woodbury and Ruggles at Jefferson, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In the fall of that year, after his marriage to Miss Isabel M Shaffer of Rock Creek, he removed with his bride to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, where he resided, and practiced his profession for about five years. He was elected Mayor of Kewaunee and was also District Attorney of that county. He returned to Ashtabula in 1875 and there practiced his profession for thirty seven years with great success, being known as one of the foremost members of the bar.
For three terms he was City Solicitor of Ashtabula. In 1884 he was appointed as Common Pleas Judge by Governor Hoadly and in 1909 was appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Harmon but this appointment was not effective as determined by the Supreme Court in State ex rel. Hoyt vs. Metcalf 80 0. S. 244.
Judge Hoyt held many positions of trust and prominence. He was for a number of years a Trustee of the Girls Industrial Home at Delaware; he was one of the founders, and the first President, of the Ashtabula General Hospital, and was its first vice president at the time of his death. He was a director of the Pennsylvania, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, and was counsel for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, and the Nickel Plate. He was also a member of the Soldiers Relief Commission. At all times he was a prominent leader of the Democratic Party in his locality.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter Mrs Raymond Kelley.
Source:
Proceedings of the ... Annual Session of the Association, Volume 33,
By Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio State Bar, 1912
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OHIO
TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Twenty-ninth Infantry - Cols., Lewis P. Buckley, William
T. Fitch; Lieut.-Cols., Thomas Clark, Edward Hayes, Jonas
Schoonover; Majs., John S. Clemmer, Myron T. Wright, Everson J.
Hurlbert.
This regiment was organized from Aug. 14, 1861, to
March 13, 1862, at Jefferson, to serve for three years.
The
regiment remained in camp until Jan. 17, 1862, when it was or-
dered to Cumberland, Md.
It participated with the Army of the
Potomac in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar
mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
In the spring of
1864 it joined the Atlanta campaign and participated in the
battles of Dug gap, New Hope Church, Dallas, Pine knob, and
Peachtree creek.
Then it followed Sherman to the sea and up
through the Carolinas, participating in the grand review, and
was mustered out at Cleveland, July 13, 1865.
Source:
The Union Army, vol. 2
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BIOGRAPHY OF CAPT. A. W. STILES
The Sixth Ohio Cavalry served for many years in the same brigade with the First Maine Cavalry, and on the eventful day of April 9, 1865, stood with them in repelling the first assault of that memorable day. Since 1865 the wide range of land from Ohio to Maine has prevented any personal renewal of friendship but, from time-to-time, communications from these Ohio boys have appeared in the “Maine Bugle.”
It is with pleasure we present the countenance of one of those Ohio heroes
Captain Albert Warren
Stiles
and give the following extracts from the History of Ashtabula…, and Northeastern Ohio.
Captain Albert Warren Stiles
was born on September 3, 1841 in Warrensville, Ohio, where his earlier years were passed. He attended the common schools of his vicinity until the fall of 1857, at which time he went to the academy at Twinsburg, Ohio, for one term. In the spring of 1858, he removed with his parents to Rome, Ohio, and from that time, until 1861, he was engaged in teaching and attending school. It was in the winter of 1850-51 that James A Garfield, the martyred president taught school in the district where Albert Stiles lived, the former making his home with Mr. Stiles's father. Thus an acquaintance was begun which ended only with the life of the noble president.
On April 24 1861, when nineteen years of age, Albert Stiles enlisted in the Civil War for the defense of the Union,, having the distinction of being the first volunteer from his township. He was mustered into Company “D,” of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Militia under the command of Captain Robert W. Crane, and was in a camp of instruction at Camp Taylor in Cleveland Ohio for a short time. He was then transferred with his company and regiment to Camp Goddard at Zanesville. Ohio and from there went soon afterwards to the field of operations in West Virginia, serving under General George B. McClellan in General Rosecrans's brigade.
His first experience in battle occurred on July 11, 1861 at Rich Mountain, West Virginia, and he was mustered out at Ashtabula Ohio August 29 of the same year. He soon afterward enlisted as a private in what was subsequently known as Company “A,” Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, after which his rise in rank was rapid and continuous.
In the following November he was promoted to fourth duty sergeant January 1, 1863; to first sergeant of Company “A” May 9, 1864; to Second Lieutenant, Company “D,” November 12, 1864; to First Lieutenant of Company “B”; and January 25 1865 to Captain of Company “E,” Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
He served under Generals Fremont, Sigel, McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Stoneman, Pleasanton, Hooker, Meade, Sheridan, and Grant, and was in more than forty battles and numerous skirmishes.
When volunteers were demanded for particularly hazardous duty, he always offered his services, and on one occasion, he volunteered with one hundred and fifty others from his division for a forlorn hope during the second Battle of Bull Run in 1862. The Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry found itself on the morning of April 9, 1865 across the pike, and within a mile of Appomattox Court House Virginia, having advanced the night before about 10 o’clock and captured the works abandoned by General Custer just before dark of that day. They were in turn attacked by Confederate General Gordon's forces of Lee's army and were present at the surrender of General Lee April 10, 1865, the brigade to which the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was attached. General C. H. Smith commanding was detailed to escort General U. S. Grant to Burkeville Junction, Virginia.
In January 1865, Captain Stiles was detailed with a detachment of his regiment to go to Ohio as recruiting officer for the regiment and returned on the March 10th following. Like many others of his comrades in arms he experienced the inhospitality of Libby Prison. He was wounded and taken prisoner in a mounted cavalry charge at Upperville Virginia on June 23, 1863, and was sent by way of Winchester and Staunton in that state to Libby Prison, Richmond. He was soon afterward paroled and sent to camp at Annapolis, Maryland via City Point and Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He resigned his commission at Petersburg that state and left the service June 29 1865.
He then returned to his home in Rome, Ohio and commenced life again on the farm. In the fall of 1869 he was elected Sheriff of Ashtabula County and assumed the duties of that office in the following January, being re elected in 1871 and serving until 1874. He then was again elected and re-elected to succeed himself in 1880 serving until 1883. His record as sheriff during this long period was one of the best.
In November 1881 he followed up and arrested Holden of England and White of New York for prize fighting in Ashtabula County for the feather weight championship of the world. He was also successful in assisting in quieting a riot of dock hands at Ashtabula harbor in 1876. He is a man of great courage and whether as soldier, sheriff, or citizen, has always acted with promptness and fortitude in the face of danger.
He was elected presidential elector by acclamation for the historic nineteenth district so long represented by General James A. Garfield, the first instance in that district in which an elector was selected by the unanimous vote since the organization of the Republican Party.
In May 1886 he was appointed Steward of the Ohio penitentiary by Governor, now Senator Foraker, which position he resigned March 1, 1889, to assume charge as Superintendent of the Girls Industrial Home near Delaware. He was removed from the latter position by Governor Campbell on May 1, 1890 for offensive partisanship, but was appointed in 1892 to the same position by Governor, now President, McKinley, and is the present incumbent of that place. The Home is beautifully situated on the west bank of the Scioto River and contains 350 inmates at present ranging from the ages of nine to eighteen. Captain Stiles is peculiarly fitted for his duties by his great executive ability and kindliness of disposition while his worthy wife makes a most efficient matron and is in all respects a valuable assistant to her husband. As showing the large saving to the state accruing from his excellent management it is only necessary to mention the expense of this institution under his predecessors in his present position and that during his incumbency.
The per capita expense in 1891 was 8.58, the last year under his predecessor 0.49, and in 1896 .29, which shows a large saving.
The captain was from boyhood a very close friend of the late General James A Garfield, and took an active part in all that great general's campaigns. He has many letters written by the hand of his distinguished friend, acknowledging his obligations to the Captain.
From one of these we quote a few sentences:
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Washington, D. C., October 17 1876.
“My Dear Captain, Now that the fight of October is over I want to say that I can boast of one thing that few men can say with as much truth. I have as noble a band of friends as any man can have, and none among them have done better or more wisely effective work than you. You have not only worked for the general cause but you have done very great service to me…
“As ever your friend,
“J. A. Garfield.
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Captain Stiles is a member of the Loyal Legion of Ohio, and of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
He also belongs to the F. and A.M., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
On September 24
th
, 1866, Captain Stiles was married to Miss Jane E. Crosby, the youngest daughter of Levi and Sarah Leonard Crosby, prominent residents of Rome, Ohio. They have had three children: Jay, born March 6
th
, 1869, died March 6, 1871; Maud, born December 3d, 1876; and Charlotte, born November 1st 1878, have developed into beautiful young women, modest, talented, and accomplished, receiving a course of instruction in the city schools of Delaware, Ohio, while Maud has attended the Emerson School of Oratory and Physical Culture in Boston, Massachusetts.
Thus briefly is given an outline of an eminently useful career, whose efforts have all been those of progress for himself, and benefit to his fellow man.
Source:
The Maine Bugle. 1897
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