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The Newburg Home Guard II

Between May and September 1861, the enthusiasm and support for the war effort swelled. Whereas only 51 volunteers signed onto the Newburg company in April, twice as many volunteers had signed up by September 1861. Add the fact that new volunteer Home Guard companies were being formed throughout Warrick County, and new regular army regiments from the region were also being created in this timeframe, and one can conclude that the war effort was very well supported in southern Indiana in the opening months of the war.

The information below is presented just as it is on the original documentation.

Muster Roll of Indiana Legion Company A, Bethell Capt. Newburgh
Warrick County, In. Sept. 27, 1861

1. Adams Edwin
2. Adkins John
3. Bond Milton Jr.
4. Butterworth William
5. Bottoms N. B.
6. Bill Charles
7. Bristow George
8. Cave William
9. Conner Calvin
10. Carlin William
11. Corwin William
12. Curtis Fred M. (?)
13. Carney, J. M.
14. Coker Soloman
15. Dickiman Fred
16. Cowney Alex L.
17. Downy William D.
18. Dillingham Geo. W.
19. Ellerbush Henry
20. Edwards Jno. V.
21. Finney Thos.
22. Finney Jos.
23. Folz William
24. Falls William
25. Fellows John
26. Faughlander Jno.
27. Fuquay William
28. Garwood Stokes
29. Goodin E. C.
30. Gray Joshua
31. Gray James F.
32. Graham R.
33. Helms Fred
34. Heihotter Wm
35. Hargrove Lewis
36. Hathaway Jno.
37. Haynie H. Jm.
38. Hisommous Jno.
39. Handy John B.
40. Habbi Fred
41. Hollis Peter
42. Hulfershorn Emil
43. Hoagland Jessie
44. Hadley Thos. A.
45. Kraft John
46. Lewis Eli
47. Luther Charles
48. McGill J. N.
49. Moke Yost
50. Myres Fred
51. Macy Frank
52. McCormack Wm
53. Moore J. P.
54. Martin F. W.
55. Mayfield A.
56. Macy Henry
57. Moore William
58. Muller Carl
59. Meadows F. A.
60. McGinnes A. A.
61. Norwood Mat.
62. Norwood Wm P.
63. Nelson Jacob
64. Osborne Charles
65. Phelps R. C.
66. Pardue H. G.
67. Powders J. G.
68. Peters George
69. Price Thos A.
70. Reid Richard
71. Rowe Eli
72. Root James G.
73. Ritter Fred
74. Rheinhardt Jacob
75. Sohn Bernhardt
76. Schumaker Louis
77. Seigel Phillip
78. Sprinkle Davis
79. Schost Juke
80. Schutz Nichl's
81. Smith George
82. Slaughter Wm W.
83. Tilman Jno. R.
84. Woods James
85. White Dan'l E.
86. Williams Erastus
87. Weed Sam'l R.
88. Williams T. J.
89. Wright W. B.
90. White Jno. R.
91. Wyhee Henry
92. Weid John
93. Williams Hiram
94. Weis Phillip
95. Withers W. M.
96. Williams J. M.
97. Lawrence Jos.
98. Hughes Chas.
99. Bethell Union
100. Wyhee Harmon
101. Weed Wm W.
102. Hulfershorn Lewis

This is to certift that the above is a true copy of the Muster Roll of Captain Bethell's Company of Home Guards of In. Legion Newburgh Sept 27, 1861.

Union Bethell, Capton

James G. Root, Company Chrls (?)

This list is interesting in that many of the Newburgh raid players were members of this incarnation of the Home Guard; J. R. Tilman, Soloman Coker, William Slaughter (who probably treated Elliot Mefford on the night of the raid), J. N. McGill (the likely triggerman for the shooting of John Patterson), J. M. Carney (one of Hamp Carney's brothers), Union Bethell, Eli Lewis, etc. They are all here working toward one purpose. From the way the list is put together (alphabetically) we can guess that a previous list was generated beforehand and transcribed later for this submission to state authorities. A notation on the outside of the document states that there were 88 members listed herein. At entry 97 the strict alphabetical order breaks down. These two pieces of information indicate that, even as the September list was being accumulated, more and more Guard volunteers were coming forth.

The list is also noteworthy in that only two official positions are listed: Company Captain, and James Root's position which can not be deciphered. No other ranks are listed next to the enlistees.