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A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COMPANY “B” EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY


  THREE MONTHS SERVICE

  WRITTEN BY
  JEWETT PALMER
  A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY

  FIFTY YEARS FROM THE
  DATE OF ENLISTMENT

  APRIL 22, 1861 -:- APRIL 22, 1911

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[Illustration: CAPTAIN FRANK BUELL]




COMPANY B 18th Regiment Ohio Volunteers--Three Months Troops.


The company was recruited by Frank Buell, at Marietta, Ohio, who was at
the time Captain of the “Union Blues,” an independent company of the
Ohio militia. It was enrolled from the 15th to the 22nd of April, 1861,
though a few men joined as late as May 27th, the date of our arrival
at Marietta from Columbus, on our way into Virginia. Governor Dennison
accepted Captain Buell’s tender of the company on April 17th, 