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370 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
its first move in May, and first engaging the enemy at Catoosa Springs,
and drove him as far as Tunnel Hill, from which place it Avent to Buzzard
Roost Gap, where misfortune awaited it, as the command got much
the worst of it in a mountain fight, and was compelled to seek refuge
behind rocks and remain concealed until late in the evening. It afterward
took part in the operations about Atlanta during the siege of that
city, and fought at that place and at Jonesboro and Love joy. At Franklin
it regained an important position that another command had lost.
The regiment Avas afterward engaged at Nashville, and pursued
Hood's retiring force for a time, but soon after went into camp at Huntsville.
At this place, on the 12th of June, 1865, the One Hundred and
First was mustered out of service. Soon after it returned to ("itnip
Taylor, where the men were paid and discharged.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH INFANTRY
This was one of the regiments composed of steady-going Germans
that joined the Union Army. Many of those who were in what was
known as the German regiments Avere unable to speak English, and some
were taken prisoners by the rebels. When the "Johnnies" found so
strong a foreign element among the Union soldiers, they supposed as a
matter of course that the North had been receiving aid from Germany,
and were at great loss to thoroughly understand it. This was noticeably
the case among the Pennsylvania regiments, a large number of whom
were what might aptly be termed "solid Dutch."
The German regiments were, as a rule, somewhat slow in their movements,
but they were, nevertheless generally on hand Avhen Avanted. They
Avere hard, determined fighters, and made excellent soldiers. The One
Hundred and Seventh was a part of the Second Brigade, First Division,
and Eleventh Army Corps, under command of Major-General Sigel,
whose fighting qualities were well known all through the army.
One company, F* of this regiment, was raised in Erie County and
was called the "Sandusky Yaegers." The regiment rendezvoused at
Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, and first took to the field in September,
1862, at Covington, Kentucky, where Kirby Smith was threatening an
invasion. After this scare Avas past the regiment came to Delaware,
Ohio, but soon left for work and duty on the defenses about the national
capital. In November it went into Virginia at Stafford Court House,
at which place it was assigned to Sigel's army as already stated. Some
two Aveeks later it participated in the movement designed to bring the
command in rear of Fredericksburg, and acting with Burnside's Corps,
make a second attack on the city, but the exceedingly bad condition of
the roads made the plan fail.
In the early part of May, 1863, the regiment participated in the battle
of Chancellorsville, but Stonewall Jackson proved too much for Howard,
and defeated him with serious loss, the One Hundred and Seventh alone
losing 229 in killed, wounded and captured. After this the regiment lay
in camp at Brook's Station until the 12th of June, at which time it moved