Letters from the Front: 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry



		*Letters from the Front:*

	*144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry*

This page is designed to give links to much of the existant correspondence concerning the 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Click the links at right to read various letters, some of which are transcriptions I donated to the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green University. Other links include the Samuel McClain letters and diary, and the Weddell Family Papers which had a number of letters from men in the 144th O.V.I. Click here to read two letters from unidentified correspodents in Companies E and F of the 144th. The first letter concerns Company E's movement from Baltimore to Wilmington, Delaware in May 1864 while the second concerns the actions of Company F during Jubal Early's raid into Maryland during July 1864.
			Correspondents: Field and Staff Colonel Samuel H. Hunt-Speech Adjutant Jonathan Ayres-Letters Chaplain Jacob Baughman-Eulogy Company A Captain Henry H. Ragon- Letter Private Otho J. Powell- Letters Company D Private Warner C. Osborn- Letter Company E Second Lieutenant John D. Muir May 29, 1864 June 19, 1864 July 8, 1864 Company F Sergeant David Main July 1, 1864 Private Henry S. Chapin- Letters Private Thomas Shanks May 16, 1864 June 10, 1864 July 7, 1864 Company G Private William A. Butler- Account of the Battle of Monocacy Company I 1st Lieutenant George Weddell June 17, 1864 Corporal John Dunipace June 24, 1864 Musician Samuel McClain- Letters and Diary (Monocacy and Berryville) Private David Shanks July 2, 1864 Private John Smith July 11, 1864 (Account of the Battle of Monocacy)

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