101 delphia. calling npon the people to meet at the court house the next day at 10 o’clock, to consider the perilous condition of the country. At the appointed time the house was crowded to overflowing. Judge Moffit was elected chairman, and patriotic addresses were made by him and others, after which about sixty volunteers enrolled their names. In the afternoon of the same day, about *2.000 were subscribed by the citizens, to provide for the families of the absent volunteers. The company was completed Tuesday following. and on Wednesday an election of officers was held and the following selected: Captain, Thos. W. Collier. Sr.; First Lieut.. C. F. Espich, Jr.; Second Lieut., H. Clay Hayden. Wednesday afternoon they met on the square, where a flag was presented them by the ladies of New Philadelphia, and aftei’ several speeches were made and songs were sung, the soldiers bade their many friends farewell and took up their March for Uhrichsville. They reached Camp Jackson, Columbus, Thursday, April 25, and became Company F of the Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the departure of the Tuscarawas
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