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A Summer in Maryland and Virginia; Or, Campaigning with the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. / A Sketch of Events Connected with the Service of the Regiment in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia cover

A Summer in Maryland and Virginia; Or, Campaigning with the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. / A Sketch of Events Connected with the Service of the Regiment in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Chapter 3: DEDICATION
By George Perkins
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A firsthand regimental sketch recounts enlistment of Ohio National Guard units for a hundred-day federal service, consolidation into the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the regiment's movements and duties in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley. The author records organization, officers, travel hardships by crowded boxcars, camp life, garrison assignments, and actions alongside other Union forces, offering recollections of dates, incidents, and the character of comrades. Alongside practical details of logistics and command, the narrative honors fallen leaders and reflects on the sacrifices and personal strains experienced by citizen-soldiers called from farms and workshops.

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the memory of our beloved Colonel Allison L. Brown. A brave soldier, a Christian gentleman, and a good friend of every member of his Regiment. He died as he had lived, in the good esteem of the community, and the love of his comrades.

“Peace to his ashes.”

Col. Allison L. Brown

(from a war time photograph)

Enlisted as a private in Co. C 73d O. V. I., promoted to Sergeant; resigned for promotion; recruited a company for the 89th O. V. I.; commissioned Captain of Co. D 89th O. V. I.; resigned on account of ill health. Elected Colonel of the 2d Ross County Militia Regiment, afterward the 27th Regiment, Ohio National Guard. Commissioned Colonel of the 149th O. V. I.; elected State Senator in 1875, served four years; re-elected in 1879. Died October 26th, 1879.

Colonel Ally.

Captain W. W. Peabody

Captain of Company A 149th O. V. I.; commander of the garrison of Fort No. 1, Baltimore, Md.; Major on the staff of Brigadier General John C. Kenley, commanding the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Army Corps.

Our Captain “Billy”
Died October 14th, 1910