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Identifier: fourteenthohiona00crea (find matches)
Title: The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Creager, Charles E., 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Ohio infantry. 4th regt., 1898-1899. (from old catalog) Ohio infantry. 14th regt., 1877- (from old catalog) Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories United States
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, The London printing and publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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their be-loved leader had left off. Lieutenant Colonel Coitimmediately assumed command and when the war^vith Spain came on he was found at his post of duty,where he remaineil until the close of the war. Hewas succeeded as Keutenant colonel by Major Fletcherwho in turn was succeeded by Captain Speaks. The following year, 1890, the miltary laws ofthe state were changed, making fewer but strongerregiments. The Sixth regiment was disbanded, andthe companies at Mt. Sterling, Washington C. H. andCircleville were attached to the Fourteenth. Theorganization was patterned after that of the Germanarmy, comprising three battalions of four companieseach. This organization differed from that observedin the regular army, but it was maintained throughoutthe war. The regiment encamped in 1891 at PresqueIsle and did no duty of any consequence until Febru-ary of 1892, w-hen on the 20th, they left Columbusto attend the funeral of General William T. Shermanat St. Louis, Mo. The annual encampment was held
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ALONZO B. COIT. THE FOURTEENTH, 0. N. G. 55 at Marion. Colonel Ooit at this time was assistantadjutant general of the state. The next year the regi-ment went to camp at Logan, O. In October theyattended the dedication of the Worlds Fair Groundsat Chicago and the following year went to Chicago tocamp and attend the Worlds Columbian Exposition. In his report for 1894, Adjutant General Howesaid: ^The year has made history for the Ohio Na-tional Guard more extensive in operations, exactingand arduous in execution than any year since its or-ganization. The unsettled conditions existing notonly in Ohio, but thioughout the whole country,seemed to bring with the idleness imposed, lawlessnessin different forms, and in different counties civil au-thority was set at naught, and the strong arm of thestate government was called upon to aid and upholdlaw and order. The first trouble of the year occurred at Toledoon January 4. On the 19th a great fire at Springfieldmade it necessary to call out the

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