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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 373
was threatened with invasion and the defending force was kept constantly
on the alert*ready at any minute for an attack should it come.
In July the rebel commander, General Early, with his force made a
raid down the valley of the Shenandoah River and threatened to lay
siege ;to Washington, and from where the regiment lay encamped the
noise of his troops could be heard, but he made no attack.
The One Hundred and Forty-fifth Avas in service from the 10th of
May until the 20th of August, 1864, and after the expiration of its term
of enlistment the men returned to Camp Chase, Avhere they Avere mustered
out of service.
It is not deemed important for the purposes of this chapter to furnish
a roster of this regiment, or the portion thereof from Erie County,
other .than to give the field and staff and the commissioned officers, Avhich
were as follows :
Colonel, Henry C. Aslnvell; lieutenant-colonel, Lloyd A. Lyman;
major, Henry C. Olds; surgeon, Henry Besse; assistant surgeon, John
D. Janney; adjutant, AVilliam E. Moore; quartermaster, James H. Stead;
chaplain, W. G. Crawford; Richard W. Reynolds, John J. Penfield, David
II. James, Archibald Freswater, William H. Wilson, John Cellar; first
lieutenants, Hugh J. Perry, Frederick W. Cogsville, Cornelius Hull,
David G. Cratty, John A. Cone, William E. Bates, G. W. Fleming, Jackson
S. Post, James W. McGookey; second lieutenants, Joseph S. Hall,
James S. Harmon, Henry M. Bronson, John Neley, John T. Munsell,
John D. Van Deman, E. H. Draper, H. B. Wood, Chris. R. Caulkins,
Samuel M. White, Jr., Aaron M. Decker.
THE THIRD CAVALRY
This regiment Avas recruited largely from the counties of Erie and
Huron, the contingent from Erie being represented in the companies B,
E, I and K. It was organized and prepared for service at Camp Monroeville,
in Huron County, from Avhich point it proceeded to Camp Dennison
on the 14th of January, 1862, but one month later moved to Jeffersonville,
Indiana.
On the 18th of March the command arcived at Nashville, and ten days
later left for Pittsburg Landing, Avhere it arrived and went into camp
on April 25. In May the first engagement of the battalion Avas had at
Monterey, and there the enemy Avere driven back. After this it moved
to a point near Corinth, Avhen it took a position Avithin sight of the rebel
lines, but being compelled to fall hack, the rebels pursued and a brisk
battle folloAved. Again, on May 27, on the railroad west of Corinth,
another battle Avas fought, and the enemy beaten.
On July 18th the Third reached Winchester, where it camped until
August 14, and then moved to McMinnville. Major Foster took his
battalion to Dunlap, five miles distant, Avhere the enemy was again
encountered and their pickets driven in, after which the command
returned to its division. On September 3 Nashville was again reached,
thence Gallatin, and from there to Mumfordsville, arriving at the latter