Squirrel
Hunters
The "Squirrel Hunters" were citizen volunteers called in September 1862 to defend Cincinnati, Ohio from possible attack by Confederate soldiers. These volunteers provided their own weapons, ammunition and dress. The volunteers from Van Wert county Ohio are listed here. (Source: History of Van Wert County and Representative Citizens, pages 343-344, extracted by Donald L. Kear) See typical discharge paper
Commissioned Officers |
|
|---|---|
| Thaddeus S. Gilliland, Captain | Alonto W. Baker, 1st
lieutenant
Frank B. Bickford, 2nd lieutenant |
| Noncommissioned Officers | |
|---|---|
| Andrew McGavern, 1st sergeant | George S. Edson, 2nd sergeant |
| Charles P. Richey, 3rd sergeant | John A. Smith, 4th sergeant |
| Benjamin A. Welch, 5th sergeant | John Strode, 6th sergeant |
| David S. Hoit, 1st corporal | Chas. W. Goss, 2nd Corporal |
| Stephen Capper, 3rd Corporal | George W. Mosure, 4th Corporal |
| Austin Gish, 5th Corporal | C. C. North, 6th Corporal |
| Benjamin F. Swineford, 7th Corporal | James Mount, 8th Corporal |
| Privates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Louis Anchutz | Elijah Arnold | Charles P. Baird |
| John C. Baker | Enos E. Barkdull | Peter Beatty |
| William G. Bebb | John Brodnix | J. Boyd Brodnix |
| John Brodnix | J. Boyd Brodnix | William 0. Brown |
| William Buck | John L. Budd | John W. Chambers |
| William Cochran | George Copeland | Reason Corder |
| Dana Davis | George Eagy | Johnathan Eagy, Jr. |
| Jonathan Eagy, Sr. | Oliver Eagy | Sylvester Emerson |
| Franklin Emerson | David W. Evans | Levi Frickbinder |
| Zen Faulkner | Henrv Flagg | Jame J. Foster |
| William Faulkner | John Gordon | Darius Green |
| George M. Hall | William High | H. R. Hoghe |
| Henry C. Hedges | David Heitsman | I. I. Hunter |
| John Hunter | Lesley Jewell | Wesley Jewell |
| Homer Johnson | Luserne Jones | Daniel Kuhl |
| Philip Kuhl | Calvin Larue | Judson Larue |
| Nelson W. Losing | Edward Mather | William D. McClure |
| Stephen Mead | Elijah Mills | Emery Mullen |
| Thomas Myers | John Parent | David Ralston |
| John C. Ramsey | Augustus Rogers | Christian Sands |
| David Sands | Laurens B. Shaffer | William Stem |
| William Swartz | Abel K. Sweet | A. 0. Smith |
| John Thacker | Joseph Terry | Elijah Todd |
| S. I. Todd | John Troup | J. P. Underwood |
| Samuel I. Weaver | James Welker | George Wells |
| Perry Willer | ||
Source: History of Van Wert County And Representative Citizens, pages 343-4.