Muster Roll

Original Regimental Documents
Muster Roll
Company D
Young's Point, Louisiana
February 28, 1863

Web Author's Notes:

Below is a complete Muster Roll for Company D. The original document, in the possession of the web author, is in poor condition, having been folded for over 150 years and, no doubt, taken out and viewed by many throughout the years. It has separated at the folds in several places but has been digitally re-assembled for presentation on this website. This document also includes an additional Payroll section to the right of what is shown, below, however, no information was entered and it was omitted from this presentation to save space.

This roll was taken on February 28, 1863, just 60 days after the disastrous Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (or Bluffs), where the 16th Ohio lost over 350 men, killed, wounded or captured. The regiment's commander, Lt. Colonel Philip Kershner, and several other officers were taken prisoner at the battle. This is believed to be the first official Muster Roll taken after the battle.

This roll was prepared by 1st Sgt. William Ruckle, Company D, who was probably in command of the Company as Capt. Milton Mills was also captured at Chickasaw Bayou. Records indicate the Company's only Lieutenant was on detached duty with the Signal Corps in another location. Lt. William Ross, of Company G, had been promoted to Captain of Company D on January 15, but Ross had been shot in the face at Chickasaw Bayou and was likely still recuperating. The Muster Roll was provided to Capt. Eli Botsford, Company C, who was then in command of the regiment in the absence of captured Lt. Col. Kershner. Botsford would be promoted to Major of the regiment on March 18 and remain in command until the return of Milton Mills, who had been promoted to Major while he was in Confederate prison. This document provides much information and insight into the condition of the 16th Ohio after its most devastating action of the war.

A number of those captured at Chickasaw Bayou would eventually be paroled and exchanged, as was the military custom of the day, and return to the regiment. These included Lt. Col. Kershner and Capt. Milton Mills, along with a number of enlisted men who rejoined their regiment at various times over the next several months.

When this role was taken, the regiment was camped for the winter at Young's Point, Louisiana, a point on the west bank of the Mississippi River and a short distance north of Vicksburg. This camp included a large number of Gen. Ulysses Grant's troops which were being staged here for Grant's next assault on Vicksburg, to begin in early April. In this wet and unsanitary camp many Union soldiers died of disease, including several from the 16th Ohio.

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MUSTER ROLL of Captain Milton Mills's, Company D, of the Sixteenth Regiment of Ohio Vols Infantry, United States Army,

Colonel John F. deCourcy, from the Thirtyfirst day of December, 1862, when last mustered, to the Twenty eighth day of February, 1863.

No.	NAMES. PRESENT AND ABSENT. (Privates in alphabetical order.)	RANK.	JOINED FOR SERVICE AND ENROLLED AT GENERAL RENDEZVOUS. COMMENCEMENT OF FIRST PAYMENT BY TIME.				MUSTERED INTO SERVICE.			LAST PAID. (See note 6.)		NAMES. PRESENT.	NOTES. { 1..All officers and soldiers are to be taken up on the rolls, so soon as assigned to the company by competent authority, whether they have not yet joined, or not; and to be dropped, when similarly transferred from it. 2..Under the head of REMARKS, the date when any assignment takes effect, the No., date, &c. of order therefor; the date of any officer or soldier's joining, whether originally, or from any absence; the date of an officer's assuming, or being relieved, from any command, or special duty; the description of any special, extra, or daily duty, on which officers or soldiers may be; all changes of rank, by promotion, appointment, or reduction, with date of same, and No., date, &c., of order; all authorized stoppages, fines, sentences, with No., date, &c., of order, &c.; in case of ABSENCE, the nature and commencement of, No., date, &c., of order, and period assigned for, same (to be repeated on every roll, while it lasts); if wounded in battle, or injured on duty,--if sick, or confined, a remark to that effect, &c., &c.--must be carefully stated opposite to the name of the person concerned, with everything else necessary, either to account fully for every individual of the company,--to guide the paymaster,--or insure justice to the soldier, and to the United States.

No.		RANK.	WHEN.	WHERE.	BY WHOM.	PERIOD.	WHEN.	WHERE.	BY WHOM.	BY PAYMASTER.	TO WHAT TIME.	NAMES. PRESENT.
1	Milton Mills	Capt	13th Sept 1861	Dresden	Milton Mills	3 years	26th Oct	Wooster	Capt Belknap	Maj Baber	April 30th /62		REMARKS. Missing in action Chickasaw Bluffs Dec 29th 1862

1	Samuel Edge	1st Lt	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st 1862		Detached with Signal Corps Sept 6th 1862

1	William H Ruckle	1st Sergt	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	William H Ruckle	Entitle to $10. per Month Extra for the loss of Clothing & arms since Dec 29th 1862
2	Charles Roney	Sergt	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62		Absent Recruiting for 16th Regt Oct 20, 1862
3	John W Ogle	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Absent Sick at Dresden O Waiting for Discharge Sept 17th 1862
4	George W Cooper	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st /62	George W Cooper

1	George H Arrington	1st Corp	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	George H Arrington	Wounded in the foot accidentally Feb. 13th 1863
2	James D Dunn	Corp	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	James D Dunn
3	John A Ryan	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Missing in Action at Chickasaw Bluffs Dec 29th 1862
4	Robert S Duden	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Wounded & in Hosp at Paducah Ky Dec 29th 1862
5	Thomas B Ferren	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Thomas B Ferren	Wounded & in Hosp at Paducah Ky Dec 29th 1862
6	William Dunmead	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	William Dunmead
7	William H Hughes	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	William H Hughes

1	Charles C Myers	Drummer	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Charles C Myers

1	Arnold Joseph	Private	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Joseph Arnold
2	Baker Henry	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Detached with Lamphere's Battery Jan 26th 1,63
3	Butler William F	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	William F Butler
4	Buckaloo Israel	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Whinery	Dec 31st / 62	Israel Buckaloo
5	Butler Lewis	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th "		Absent Sick at Memphis Tenn
6	Bagent James	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	James Bagent
7	Casner Andrew	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Absent Sick at Cincinnatti O Nov 16th 1863
8	Cross John W	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	John W Cross
9	Christopher William	"	11 Aug / 62	Millersburg O	Lt. Liggitt	"	11 Aug / 62	Millersburg O	Lieut Liggitt	Not Paid	"	William Christopher
10	Dunmead Daniel	"	13 Sept / 61	Dresden O	Milton Mills	"	26 Oct	Wooster	Belknap	Baber	April 30th / 62	Daniel Dunmead
11	Davis George Wesley	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Detached in genl Hosp as Nurse at youngs Point La Feb 6th 1863
12	Davis George Washington	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st / 62	G Wash Davis
13	Donley John	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th "	John Donley
14	Dewitt Washington J	"	30th Aug	Nashville O	Lt Liggitt	"	30 Aug	Nashville O	Lt Liggitt	Not Paid	"	Washington J Dewitt
15	Davis Jesse H	"	13th Sept	Dresden	Milton Mills	"	26 Oct	Wooster	Belknap	Smith	Aug 31st / 62		Missing in Action at Chickasaw Bluff Dec 29th / 63
16	Fletcher Henry	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Henry Fletcher
17	Fletcher Spencer	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Spencer Fletcher
18	Fletcher John A	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	John A Fletcher
19	Felton James	"	14th Aug/62	Nashville O	Lt Liggitt	"	14th Aug	Nashville	Lt Liggitt	Not Paid	"		Absent Sick at Gallipolis O October 22nd 1862
20	Gould William	"	13th Sept	Dresden	Milton Mills	"	26 Oct	Wooster	Belknap	Smith	Aug 31st /862	William Gould
21	Harman Philip	"	6 Aug/62	Nashville O	Lt Liggitt	"	6 Aug/62	Nashville	Lt Liggitt	Not Paid	"	Philip Harman
22	Jackson William F	"	13th Sept	Dresden	Milton Mills	"	26 Oct	Wooster	Belknap	Smith	Aug 31st /862	William F Jackson
23	Johnston William L	"	30 Aug	Nashville	Lt Liggitt	"	30 Aug	Nashville	Nashville	Lt Liggitt	Not Paid	William L Johnston
24	Johnston Robert P	"	6 "	"	"	"	6 "	"	"	"	Not Paid	Robert P Johnston
25	Knapp John	"	13th Sept	Dresden O	Milton Mills	"	26th Oct	Wooster	Belknap	Smith	Aug 31st / 862	John Knapp
26	Layton James	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	James Layton
27	Lee George W	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	George W Lee
28	Loyd William	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62	William Lloyd
29	Lazzell Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st	Thomas Lazzell
30	Lemert William	"	11th Aug	Millersburg	Lt Liggitt	"	11 Aug	Millersburg	Lt Liggitt	Not Paid	"	William Lemert
31	Lightner David	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	David Lightner
32	Murphy Alexander	"	13 Sept	Dresden	Milton Mills	"	26 Oct	Wooster	Belnap	Smith	Aug 31st/62	Alexander Murphy
33	McFarland Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Thomas McFarland
34	Mills John	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	John Mills
35	McVicker Chester	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Chester McVicker
36	McVicker Ezeriah	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62		Absent Sick at Jefferson Barrack Mo Jan 23rd 1863
37	McLaren Charles	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st/862		Absent Sick in post Hosp at Youngs Point La Feb 17 1863
38	McGee William	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Absent Sick at Memphis Tenn Dec 19th 1862
39	McQuigg Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Thomas McQuigg
40	McBride Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Thomas McBride
41	Miller Fredrick	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62		Sick at Dresden O. Waiting for Discharge Oct 22nd 1862
42	Mills Newton	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Newton Mills
43	Norris Joseph R	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Joseph R Norris
44	Ogle Zachariah	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31 /62	Zachariah Ogle
45	Ogle William	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	William Ogle
46	Oulrick Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Missing in action at Chickasaw Bluffs Miss Dec 29th 1862
47	Peyton Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62	Thomas Peyton
48	Pausler John B	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62		Sick at Dresden O Waiting for Discharge Oct 22nd 1862
49	Shock Christopher	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Christopher Schock
50	Shadrack John	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st/63		Sick at Memphis Tenn Dec 19th 1863
51	Stine James M	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	James M Stine
52	Sells William	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Sick at Memphis Tenn Dec 19th 1863
53	Shipley Thomas	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62	Thomas Shipley
54	St. Clair William	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st/62		Missing in Action at Chickasaw Bluffs Dec 29 1862
55	Titus Daniel	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Daniel Titus
56	Van Ostraw Joseph	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Joseph Van Ostrand
57	Vanostraw Francis M	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Francis M Van Ostran
58	Vickers Charles	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62	Charles Vickers
59	Wright John	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	John Wright
60	Walrath Peter	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Detached with Engineer Corps Feb 4th 1863

MUSTER ROLL - Continued.

No.	NAMES. PRESENT AND ABSENT. (Privates in alphabetical order.)	RANK.	JOINED FOR SERVICE AND ENROLLED AT GENERAL RENDEZVOUS. COMMENCEMENT OF FIRST PAYMENT BY TIME.				MUSTERED INTO SERVICE.			LAST PAID. (See note 6.)		NAMES. PRESENT.	NOTES. { 3..In noting STOPPAGES to be made for loss, or damage to public property, the gross amount due for Ordnance, for Horse equipments, for Clothing, &c., will be separately stated, in the order enumerated in par. 1187, G. R. 4..Additional pay, due under Sec. 2, Act of Aug. 4, 1854, will be thus noted, viz. For 1st re-enlist, $2 pr. mo.; or, For 2d re-enlist, $3 pr. mo. or, For 3d re-enlist, $4 pr. mo.; &c., &c. That due under Sec. 3 of the same Act, thus; For cert. of merit, $2 pr. mo. That due under Sec. 4 of the same Act, thus: In lieu of comm., $2 pr. mo. 5..The roll of those belonging to the company, will be immediately followed by that of the officers and soldiers, who, since last muster, have ceased to belong to it. These will be classed in the following order, viz: DISCHARGED, TRANSFERRED, DIED, DESERTED; and the utmost particularity will be observed in the remarks concerning them--DATE and PLACE will, in every case, be given; and No , date, &c., of orders, or description of authority, be always carefully specified. Soldiers discharged and re-enlisted, or who have deserted and been retaken, since last muster, have their place in both of the above rolls.

No.		RANK.	WHEN.	WHERE.	BY WHOM.	PERIOD.	WHEN.	WHERE.	BY WHOM.	BY PAYMASTER.	TO WHAT TIME.	NAMES. PRESENT.
	Drafted Militia				Drafted by								REMARKS.
1	Hudmet David	Private	Oct 1862	Holmes Co Ohio	H Pomrins Com	9 mo	8th Oct/62	Holmes Co. O.	H Pomrins Com	Not Paid			Detached in Hosp at Paducah Ky Dec 29th 1862
2	Hammer Carrington	"	"	Wayne Co	George Rex Com	"	"	Wayne Co	Geo Rex Com	Not Paid	"	Carrington Hammer
3	Hawk Daniel	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Daniel Hawk
4	Horner Robert E	"	"	Holmes Co	H Pomrine	"	H quot	Holmes	H Pomrine	"	"	Robert E Horner
5	Johnson Richard M	"	"	Wayne Co	Geo Rex	"	"	Wayne	Geo Rex	"	"	Richard M Johnson
6	Johnson Uriah	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Uriah Johnson
7	Johnson Charles	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Charles Johnson
8	Kelsey Ferdinand	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Ferdinand Kelsey
9	Goodile Philip	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Phillip Goodile
10	Wanker Christopher	"	"	Holmes Co	H Pomrine	"	"	Holmes	H Pomrine	"	"	Christopher Wanker
11	Shyre Michael	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		Absent Sick at Memphis Tenn Dec 19th 1862

	Deceased
1	Baker Thomas M	Private	13 Sept/61	Dresden O	Milton Mills	3 years	26th Oct	Wooster	Belnap	Smith	Aug 31st/62		Died in Camp at Youngs Point La Feb 1st 1863
2	Seinheart Jonathan S	"	11 Aug /62	Millersburg O	L Liggitt	"	11 Aug/62	Millersburg	L Liggitt	Not Paid	"		Died in Hosp at Jefferson Barracks Mo Feb 5th 1863 Said J S Swinhart
													Lost one French Rifle through Negligence amounting to $23.17/100
	Deserted
1	Lemert Lewis	Corpl	13 Sept/61	Dresden	Milton Mills	3 years	26th Oct	Wooster	Belnap	Smith	Aug 31st/62		Deserted November 16th 1862 Lost a French Rifle $23.17/100
2	Killpartrick David	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "
3	Albert George R	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 23rd " " " " " "
4	Bagent Thomas	privates	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 23rd " " " " " "
5	Burriss Francis M	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Baber	April 30th/62		" " 14th " " " " " "
6	Campbell John B	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	Smith	Aug 31st /62		" " 16th " " " " " "
7	Erwin Elijah	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "
8	Henry Jacob	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "
9	Hickey Edward I	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "
10	Simms Edward	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "
11	Thompson Joseph B	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th "
12	Turney James	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " Lost a french Rifle $23.17/100
13	Wright Henry	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"	"		" " 16th " " " " " "

















													MUSTER ROLL
													Of Company D
													Of the 16th Regiment of Ohio Vols Infantry
													From the 31st day of December 1862.
													To the 28th day of February 1863.

													Rec'd (A. G. O.) 186 .