for the dead," and "good byes" are said in the beautiful Forest city, as each departed for their homes to assume the peaceful avocations of four years before.

Gradually they have drifted away-some to a quiet nook in the country church yard, and others to the east, west, and south, until now they may be found in nearly every State and Territory in this vast Union. Annually they come together in re-union at some convenient point in Puritan Western Reserve, and

"Fight their battles o'er again."

Each year a committee is appointed whose duty it is to draft resolutions of condolence to the memory of the comrades whose "final statements" have been called for since the last meeting, and this committee always have something to do. Each yearly roll call is shorter than its predecessor, and it does not require a long look into the future to find only the roll-no one to call it, and none to answer to their names if called.

While almost within gun shot of the site of the canvass covered field of 1861, busily engaged in well nigh vain endeavors to retain his grip upon the "ragged edge" of a somewhat precarious existence, and but a few laps in advance of the grim gentleman with the hour glass and scythe, abides

THE DRUMMER BOY(?) OF COMPANY B.

GENERAL REVIEW.

The following review of the battles, sieges, marches, and campaigns in which the Twenty-ninth regiment was engaged, is from the pen of Colonel Jonas Schoonover. It gives in brief the important work of the regiment during its nearly four years' service, and should the "gentle reader" find the descriptive portion of the history too voluminous, she has but to turn to this review to find consolation.

Beginning with the service in the winter of 1861-2, along the waters of the Potomac and its tributaries, and in the mountain regions of Hampshire county, the Romney expedition in West Virginia, the advance to Winchester via Little mountain and Martinsburg, thence into the Shenandoah valley. The Strasburg march, which ended in the battle of Winchester, where the Federal army, under General Shields, and the rebels, commanded by General T. J. Jackson, at Kernstown, engaged in a sanguinary battle on March 23d, 1862, in which the Union army gained a victory. The Twentyninth Ohio done its full share, suffering slight loss in killed and wounded. The march up the valley to Madisonburg; the long march to Fredericksburg, leaving the Shenandoah valley at New Market on the 12th day of May, 1862, and reaching Fredericsburg May 22, 1862, a day or two later returning to Luray via Warrenton and Front Royal, up the Luray valley to Port Republic, where, on the 9th day of June, it engaged in battle with heavy loss in killed and wounded. One hundred and ten were made prisoners. The Twenty-ninth was engaged at short range in the open field against three times

its number Over four hours. During the time the struggle was desperate on both sides. The battle of Cedar mountain, seven miles from Culpepper Courthouse, on August 9th, the Union army under Banks, the rebels under Longstreet, the Twenty-ninth was engaged in the open field without cover, and sustained considerable loss. Then followed the retrograde move to Culpepper; the campaign of General Pope, including the second battle of Bull Run; and the march to Frederick City; the winter and spring campaign of 1862 and 1863, under Major-general Joseph Hooker, at Dumfries, was memorable for its intense suffering; then came the march to Chancellorsville, and the battle there, which began May 1st, and ended on the 3d, in which the Twentyninth suffered heavy loss and was the last to leave the field. May 5th we crossed the Rappahannock on our way to Gettysburg via Aqua creek, Dumfries, Fairfax Court House, Leesburg, Edward's Ferry, Harper's Ferry, Frederick, and Littletown, where we fought one of the most determined battles of the war, commencing on the 1st and ending on the 4th day of July, 1863.

We returned to Virginia; moved to New York to quell riots; returned again; advanced to the Rapidan; reported to the Department of the Cumberland, via the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, crossing the Ohio river at Bellaire. On September 30th, we passed through Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, and halted at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In October we passed down to Stevenson and Bridgeport, Alabama, and up the Tennessee river to Wauhatchie valley.

On November 24th and 25th, we were engaged in the battle of Lookout mountain; Missionary Ridge on November 24th and 25th, and Taylor's Ridge and Ringgold, Georgia, on November 26th and 27th, 1863.

In December of the same year we re-enlisted, and during the winter we prepared for a vigorous and active campaign in the early spring of 1864. On May 3d, we left Bridgeport, Alabama, on the Georgia campaign, passing around Lookout Mountain, Rossville, and Crawfish springs. On May 8th, the Twenty-ninth regiment took an active part in the battle of Dug Gap, Georgia, where it distinguished itself for bravery unparalleled in modern history; every fourth man was killed or wounded. We moved on to Resaca, and in the fight of the 14th our loss was light. We moved on to Calhoun, Adairsville, Kingston, and Cassville on May 21st. In the battle of Pumpkin Vine Creek (or Dallas) from May 25th to the 28th, we met with some loss. In the battle of Pine Knob on June 15th, the Twenty-ninth suffered severe loss. Many of its brave heroes, whose valor will ever be held in memory by every survivor of the Twenty-ninth regiment, were killed. The battles of Lost and Kenesaw Mountain were on June 20th and 27th, and we advanced to the Chattahoochie river, via Marietta, Georgia, and then to the battle of Peach Tree Creek.

The Georgia campaign, from May 8th until the evacuation of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, a period of four months, was one continuous battle. The marching through Georgia was a glorious achievement, and will ever be recorded as one of the most brilliant feats in this or any other war. In Sherman's grand march to the sea and the siege and capture of Savannah, Georgia, the Twenty-ninth did its full share. It was engaged from December 10th to the 21st, when it entered the city of Savannah. On January 27, 1865, we moved on the campaign through the Carolinas, and were engaged in the following battles, and skirmishes of this campaign;

Averysboro, North Carolina, on March 16th; Bentonville, North Carolina, on March 19, 1865, and marching to Goldsboro on March 24th. After Johnston's army at Raleigh, North Carolina, and the final march through Virginia to Washington in May, 1865, we took part in the grand review, thence to Louisville, Kentucky, on to Camp Taylor at Cleveland, Ohio, and home. The regi ment was in the service nearly four years, and it is but justice to state that during its entire term it was never driven from its position by direct assault.