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The First Sergeant:  The duties of first sergeant are peculiar to his position, and require capacity and knowledge superior to those of other sergeants.  Whilst he does not rank as high as some others, nor receive as much pay, his position is one of the most responsible and most honorable that non-commissioned officers can occupy.  

The first sergeant is selected by the captain of the company from the other sergeants, without regard to rank, and commissioned by the commanding officer of the regiment.  he may be reduced, like other non-commissioned officers, by the commanding officer on the recommendation of the company commander, or by sentence of a court-martial.  The pay of first sergeants of artillery, cavalry, and infantry is twenty-four dollars per month, with one ration and an allowance of clothing.  

He has the immediate supervision of the company.  He gets his orders from the captain or officer commanding the company, and sees that they are performed in the company.  He is, in fact, the foreman; the men are the artisans.  He lays out and superintends the details of the work which the captain has directed to be executed.

(From August V Kautz, The 1865 Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers--A Handbook for the Rank and file of the Army)

 

Column "An" indicates the number of times this person is listed in the Ancestry.com CD "Military Records: Civil War Service Records" and the column "PS" indicates the number of times this person is listed on the US Park Service site  http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm .  The next columns list company or companies in which the person was assigned and if he is known to have been assigned to other units such as the Veterans Reserve, the 42nd Ohio, 77th Ohio or some other unit.

First Name Last Name An PS 1st Co.  2nd Co.  3rd Co.   Other Units Rank_In Rank_Out
Marion Abrams 1 1 F       Private Private
Reuben Aldrich 1 2 C     VR Private Private
Mathew M. Alexander 1 1 H       Private Private
Noah H. Alison 1 1 U       Private Private
Herman W. Allen 1 1 F&S       Hospital Steward Hospital Steward
John J. Allison 1 0 H     74th Private Private
John Amspoker 1 2 K       Private Private
William Amspoker 1 0 H       Private Private
Daniel G. Anderson 1 1 B       Corporal Corporal
David Anderson 1 1 H       Private Private
Hugh Andrews 1 1 I       Private Private
Samuel R. Arbuckle 1 1 I B     Private Private
George Warner Armstrong 1 1 A       Private Private
James Clark Armstrong 1 1 A       Private Private
Wellington Armstrong 1 2 C K     Private Private
William Armstrong 1 0 C     77th Private Private
Charles R. Arnold 1 1 G     VR Private First Sergeant
Irwin B. Arnold 1 1 G D     Private Private
Joseph C. Arnold 1 1 E C     Private Private
Able Ashby 1 0 D       Private Private
Henry C. Ashwill 1 1 F       Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
William L. Aten 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Abial D. Atkinson 2 2 E H   42nd Sergeant Sergeant
David Atkinson 1 2 G       Private Private
William Ayers 2 2 F       Private Private
David Bachelder 3 2 D K     Sergeant Second Lieutenant
Henry L. Badger 1 1 B       Sergeant Sergeant
Thomas J. Baggs 1 1 D B     Private Private
Eli L. Baird 1 2 H D G   Second Lieutenant Captain
Daniel Baker 1 1 G D     Private Private
Samuel H. Baker 1 1 F     VR Private Private
Charles Baldwin 1 1 E C     Private Private
James M. Baldwin 1 1 H D     Private Private
Silas Baldwin 1 1 F&S       Quartermaster Regimental Quartermaster
Stephen H. Baldwin 1 1 H       Private Private
John N. Ball 1 1 B       Private Private
Thomas J. Ball 1 1 B C     Private Corporal
William H. Ballentine 2 2 E       Private Private
Isaac Ballinger 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Jacob Baltzle 1 1 D B     Private Private
Henry W. Bancroft 0 1 E       Private Private
David Barber 1 1 C       Private Private
Thomas Barber 1 1 C       Private Private
Alfred H. Bardwell 1 1 G D     Private First Sergeant
Amos G. Bargar 2 2 D B     Private Private
Robert T. Barge 1 1 C B     Private Private
Patterson Barker 1 1 B       Private Private
Zeiba B. Barker 1 1 B       Private Private
George W. Barnard 1 1 C       Private Private
James W. Barnard 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
William D. Barnard 1 1 C       Private Private
Henry Barnes 1 2 G       Corporal Corporal
Isaac H. Barnes 1 1 K C     Private Private
John W. Barnes 1 1 K A     Private Private
Wilbert E. Barnes 1 1 B C     Private Private
Wilson Barnes 1 1 B C   VR Private Private
Wilber F. Barr 1 1 C       Musician First Musician
Smith Barrett 1 1 C       Private Private
Robert F Bartlett 1 1 D       Sergeant First Sergeant
John Barton 0 1 A       Private Private
William Batten 0 1 D E     Private Private
Alfred J. Battey 1 2 C     VR Private Private
Peter Battey 1 2 C B     Private Private
Valentine Bauer 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
John C. Baum 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Andy H. Beach 1 1 H       Private Private
Newton M. Beach 1 1 C B   VR Private Private
Isaac Willate Beam 1 1 A       Private Private
John H. Beatty 1 1 I B   77th Corporal Private
William W. Beatty 1 1 I       Captain Captain
Jonas Beck 1 1 B       Private Private
Stephen G Beem 1 1 K       Private Private
Theodore L. Beers 1 1 B       Private Private
Thomas B. Bell 2 1 F A     Private Private
William M Bell 1 1 I       First Sergeant First Sergeant
William R. Bell 1 1 U       Private Private
Frederick Beltz 1 1 K C     Private Private
Lewis Beltz 1 1 K       Private Private
David R. Bender 1 1 D     VR Private Sergeant
Martin Bender 1 1 A       Private Private
Henry P. Bennett 1 1 B A     First Lieutenant Captain
James Bennett 1 1 B       Private Private
John F. Bennett 1 1 C       Private Private
Murray J. Bennett 1 1 B       Sergeant Sergeant
James Berry 1 1 G D     Private Private
Nathan Betts 1 1 E C   82nd Private Private

LEWIS BARGE, SR., retired; Cardington; was born on a farm in Chester Co., Pa., March 7, 1810, and lived there six years; he then with his parents moved to Ohio; they stopped one year in Harrison Co., then moved to Belmont Co., and engaged in farming. Lewis remained at home until he was 17 years of age; he then was apprenticed to the wagon-makers' trade, to Mr. Aaron Mendenhall of Harrison Co., and served for three years; he then worked as journeyman a few months in Jefferson Co., when fie came to Cardington, and soon after married an old acquaintance of Harrison Co., Miss Susannah Merrick, who came to Cardington with her parents in 1829, and married Dec. 13, same year. After his marriage be occupied a residence within the present limits of Cardington, and worked at his trade for three years; he then entered eighty acres of timber, the same being part of his present place; it never changed bands; he erected a round log cabin, which was hewed down inside and plastered with mud; it contained one room, stick chimney, clapboard roof, etc., etc. His stock consisted of one Indian pony and a cow; he began burning the timber and clearing the place; they made their own clothes, and have hauled wheat to Sandusky, and sold the same for fifty cents per bushel; in those days the wages for hauling was one-half the load. April 10, 1853, is the date of Mrs. Barge's death. They had ten children, but four of whom are living-Eli, married Eliza Moss, and lives in Marion Co., Iowa; Robert, married Jane Harrod, and lives here on the old homestead; they have two children-Willis and Fannie; Slocum, married Cynthia Ann Conwell; they also live on the old homestead, and farm the same; they have two children -Lillie L. and James