102 Guards, a martial spirit was kept, active in all parts of the county by the formation of companies of home guards which drilled and paraded regularly and prepared the way for future enlistments. Quite a number of citizens belonging to these bodies enlisted with companies organized in surrounding counties. Liberal subscriptions were made by many citizens for the support of the families of volunteers, and at the June session, 1861, the Commissioners of Tuscarawas County levied a tax of one-half mill for the benefit of the families of volunteers in the army. The amount thus raised by taxation was about 85,000. The work of enlistment did not begin in earnest' until Camp Meigs was organized at the county fair grounds at Canal Dover, in the autumn of 1861. The Fifty-first Regiment was organized here. The first recruits came to this camp early in the fall of 1861, and enlistment continued until November 3, when the regiment was filled and the organization was made. Six companies were from this county: Company A, enlisted at New Philadelphia; B, at Dover; C, at Newcomerstown ; E, at Uhrichsville ; G, at Shanesville. and K, at Dover. Tuscarawas County contributed near
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