99 Dover. Thusday, June 11, they met at New Philadelphia, and after partaking of a sumptuous dinner at the Red Lion Hotel, took up the line of march to Zanesville, the place of rendezvous. At Trenton. Port Washington, and Newcomerstown, they w'ere received with warm demonstrations of patriotism, and all went well until they arrived at Roscoe, where they met the Holmes county company returning from Zanesville, and received the intelligence that the required number of volunteers had already been received. They communicated with Gen, Burns, at Coshocton, and were instructed to return home. Mortifying as it was, they wheeled around, and good hu- moredly re-setting their song, '‘We’re on our way to Matamoras, ” so as to read, “We’re on our way to Tuscarawas,” they retraced their steps, arriving Sunday morning. Several of the company, however, would not return, but pressed on. determined to reach the Rio Grande. This was the extent to which Tuscarawas County was engaged in the war. Had there been any further need of troops, the county would not have been found lacking or lagging in zeal and patriotism.
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