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HERE'S A GOOD CONTENT 4pp. CIVIL WAR DATE SOLDIERS LETTER SIGNED BY DANIEL J. PRICKETT (1840 - 1927)POW SERGEANT WITH Co.“H” IN THE “HARD-FIGHTING” 3rdOHIO CAVALRY!Daniel J. Prickett enlisted in the Union Army as a Private on October 5, 1861, at the age of 21. On Dec. 11, 1861he mustered into “H” Co., 3rd Ohio Cavalry. He was promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant onSept. 17, 1861, and was taken a prisoner of war at the battle of Bardstown, Kentucky on Oct. 4, 1862..., and subsequently paroled. His brother, James H.Prickett, who served in the same company ‘H, ’ served the same fate!The 3rd Ohio Cavalry moved with General DonCarlos Buell through Tennessee in April 1862. During that summer, the regimentparticipated in the Siege of Corinth, and later fought at the Battle ofChickamauga. In January 1864, the unit participated in raids with Generals Stonemanand Wilson, and went with General Sherman's Army through Georgia on his infamous“March to the Sea” before the regiment was discharged on August 14, 1865. HERE’S A 4pp. GOOD CONTENT CIVIL WAR DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY CAVALRY SGT PRICKETT, ON PATRIOTIC STATIONERY DATELINED, “TUSCALOOSAVIA ALABAMA, JUNE 15th 1862” TO “SCHOOLMADAME” AMONG OTHER THINGS, PRICKETTMENTIONS NEGRO SLAVES OF ALL SIZES AND AGES PICKING COTTON Excerpts, in part:"…Everytime I goto war I shall stay at home and save the many hours of misery which Inow enjoy. I am well and still hope you have health and happiness although youteach in my old district and have the exquisite pleasure of warding “Beaver.”If you can appreciate home and all its endearments – how think you weappreciate ever a few minutes with those who are refined and live in securityin their own houses in the “seeming truth.”?“Theweather is very warm and sultry but we stand it as well as the southerners.“I writenothing of the evacuating of Corinth only that it is not worth your time toread or believe all you read, all that is said about it is some scurriloussheets of the Chicago Times…”“We leftCorinth on the 4th and encamped at Iuka [Mississippi], [it] is apretty place on the M&C Railroad…there are the celebrated Iuka Springs andhas been a place of resort for health and pleasure. We stood picket in and around town and havemade some happy acquaintances in and around the town. We left Iuka on the 12thand crossed Bear Creek and passed into “the valley.”“The first fields I saw after crossing the creek was twofields of cotton containing about one hundred and fifty acres. This is the first cotton I have seengrowing…there are some very large plantations in the “valley” some contain asmuch as 5000 acres. The houses on theseare finely situated with neat negro cabins in the rear…Here you can see negroslaves of all sizes and ages without regard to sex working in the cotton…thesoil is rich and and scenery romantic…springs are plenty and we lack nothing inthe water line – but for all that some sigh for the “gill of whiskey” whichthey may be thankful that they do not get.“We arrived here [Tuscaloosa, AL] yesterday…the town ispretty much useless no business is being done, troops are passing through andgoing westward…“I must close, direct to Co. H, 3rd O.V.C. 6thDivision via Tuscaloosa… “Your truly, D. J.Prickett "A Great Patriotic Letter and verse from a loyal soldier of the3rd Cavalry who knew fierce battle!This historic document is in very good condition, complete& perfectly legible. It measures 4" x 6" A RARE HISTORICALADDITION TO YOUR STATE OF OHIO MILITARY HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT &EPHEMERA COLLECTION! A FINE CIVIL WAR CAVALRYITEM!
BIOGRAPHYOF DANIEL J. PRICKETTPrickett was born on Aug. 15, 1840 and died onMay 15, 1927 and is buried in Quaker Cemetery, West Unity, Williams County, Ohio (Plot: Row 8).DANIELJ PRICKETT is one of those who went forth to honor Fulton County, Ohio as a soldier in the Civil War, and he is now one of the representativemembers of the agricultural community of Franklin Township.Prickett is a representative of the pioneer stock in theold Buckeye State and was born in Lumberton, Clinton County, Ohio, on the 15thof August, 1840, being a son of L. and Phoebe S. Barden Prickett. His fatherwas born in Burlington County, New Jersey about eighteen miles distant from theCity of Camden, and in 1838, he came from his native commonwealth to Clinton County, Ohio.As a young man, he worked at the trade of cabinet making, following this for some time in Clinton County, where he continued to resideuntil 1845, when he removed with his family to Lucas County, Ohio, which thenincluded a portion of the present County of Fulton, which was organized in 1850.He secured one hundred and sixty acres of un-reclaimedland, one and one half miles south of the present village of Fayette, Fulton County, and there he followed farming until 1850, when he located in est Unity WilliamsCounty, where he engaged in the drug business, and also operated a saw mill.In 1866, he again engaged in farming, securing a place inBrady Township, Williams County, where he remained until I885, when he returnedto Vest Unity, where he died on the 10th of April 1893, at the age of seventyseven years and eight months.Prickett was originally a Whig, and later a Republican, andserved in various township offices. He was a son of Isaac and Dorothy Joyce Prickett, who madeNew Jersey their home throughout life though Isaac Prickett was for a timeengaged in the butchering business in the city of Cincinnati Ohio having beenan expert in this line of enterprise. His wife was a daughter of Daniel Joyce, in whose honor the subject of this review was named. Phoebe Barden Prickett wasa daughter of Josiah and Margaret Sharp Barden, both of English descent, whobecame residents of Ohio in 1809, continuing to make their home near LumbertonClinton county until death I Irs Prickett died on the 26th of January 1901, aged eighty five years and six months. JL and Phoebe S. Prickett became theparents of nine children of whom the first born was Daniel J. subject of thissketch; Sarah J.;, James H. resident of Pomona, California; Anna I; John B., resides in Forest Grove, Oregon.Prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Prickett'sattention was given principally to teaching school and to assisting in theoperation of his saw mill. He operatedthe first portable saw mill in Northwestern Ohio and was successful in thisfield of enterprise…August 2, 1861, in companv with his brother, James Prickett, tendered his services in defense of the Union.Both brothers enlisted in Company “H, ” Third Ohio VolunteerCavalry, being provided with accoutrements and receiving preliminary militarydiscipline in the City of Columbus, and being sent to Camp Dennison, andfinally to Nashville, Tennessee, beingconstantly engaged in scouting, and much of the time on duty as guard in therear of General Buell's Army.At Bardstown, Ky, Prickett was captured, but was soonafterward paroled. He took part in a large number of important engagementsincluding: the battles of Corinth, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Shelbyville, McMinnville, and Munfordville. He was inservice throughout General Sherman’s memorable Atlanta Campaign and, byreenlistment, he remained as a soldier of the Union until the close of the war, having been with his command at Macon, Georgia, when the welcome tidings ofLee's surrender came.Prickett was mustered out on August 15, 1865, receiving hishonorable discharge. He returned to Fulton County, and here he has ever sincebeen actively identified with the agricultural industry, though he taught twoterms of school after the close of his military career. His farm is well improved, and has been in his possessionsince 1865. He is one of the well known, and exceptionally popular citizens ofFranklin Township, and has served as Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, and Town Clerk, and on one occasion he was a candidate for County Clerk on theProhibition ticket.Prickett was a member of the County Central Committee ofthe Prohibition Party for a period, and he maintained an independent attitudein politics.Both he and his wife are members of the Church of Christ.In a fraternal way, he is affiliated with Rings Post No. 637, Grand Army of theRepublic Post at West Unity, and he has been identified with the Masonicfraternity for more than two score years, and with the Grange of the Patrons ofHusbandry for thirty years.During the Civil war he held membership in the Union League.On October 4, 1865, Prickett was united in marriage to MissLydia G. Borton, who was born in Burlington County, NJ, being a daughter ofBenjamin and Abigail W. Barden Borton, who came to Fulton County in 1839, whenMrs. Prickett was six months of age. The mother died in 1861 (aged forty fiveyears) and the father in 1888 (agedseventy seven years).Source: The County of Fulton: AHistory of Fulton County, Ohio, from the Earliest ...Also a Biographical Department…”By Thomas Mikesell, 1905.History of the OHIOTHIRD CAVALRY(Three Years) Third Cavalry. - Cols., LouisZahm, James W. Paramore, Charles B. Seidel, Horace N. Howland; Lieut.-Cols., Douglas A. Murray, Darius E Livermore; Majs., John H. Foster, James S. Brisbin, Charles W. Skinner, Leonard Adams, Thomas D. McClel- land, Martin Archer, Francis P. Gates. This regiment was organized fromthe state at large, at Monroeville, Huron county, from Sept. 4 to Dec. 11, 1861, to serve for three years. In March, 1862, it was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and arrived there on the 18th. In September the 1st battalion ofthe regiment had a sharp engagement at Munfordville, Ky., with three times itsown number and drove them into their works in three separate charges. It lost 2killed and 12 wounded, and the enemy lost 38 killed and 60 wounded. Near Bardstown the samebattalion, reinforced by two companies of the 2nd Ohio and 3d Ky. cavalry, attacked the enemy 1, 200 strong, but without success, the battalion losing 6men killed, 20 wounded and 17 captured. In October a detachment of theregiment, with a portion of the 4th cavalry, numbering in all 250 men, wascompletely surrounded near Lexington by John Morgan's forces and after anobstinate resistance was compelled to yield to superior numbers. During the first day's fight atStone's river the regiment was actively engaged and suffered considerable loss.On the second day it left the field to escort a train of 4, 000 wagons toNashville for supplies. The train was attacked at Stewart's creek by Wheeler'sConfederate cavalry and the regiment, supported by the 10th Ohio infantry, repulsed the Confederates with severe loss. After the battle of Stone's riverthe regiment was sent in pursuit of the enemy, and near Middleton, Tenn., attacked his rear-guard, capturing one of his trains. During the battle of Chickamaugait occupied a position at Lafayette, on the extreme left of the Federal lines, where it was attacked by the Confederates and forced back to Charleston, Tenn.After the battle the regiment moved as the advance of Gen. Crook's forces inpursuit of Wheeler's cavalry through Tennessee, engaging them at McMinnvilleand on the Shelbyville pike. The latter engagement was a handsome and successfulcavalry fight, in which Wheeler's forces were completely routed anddemoralized, large numbers of the Confederates being killed and captured, whilethe regiment lost but 2 men killed and 23 captured. In Jan., 1864, the regimentre-enlisted and on the expiration of the 30-days' furlough returned to duty.Through the efforts of Maj. Charles W. Skinner and Capt. E. M. Colver nearly1, 000 recruits were enlisted and on its return to the front at Nashville, theregiment numbered over 1, 500 strong. In May it was engaged atCourtland, Ala., with the Confederate Gen. Roddey's command, the Confederatesbeing routed with the loss of upward of 30 men killed and wounded. At Moulton the regiment wasattacked by the same force in camp before day- light, and although partiallysurprised, it rallied, drove the enemy from the field, and pursued him.Reaching Rome, the regiment was assigned to a position on the left flank ofSherman's army and participated in the engagements at Noonday creek andKennesaw Mountain. After crossing the Chattahoochee Riverit was engaged in the battle of Peachtree creek. In the flanking movements onJonesboro it was in Gen. Garrard's cavalry division and was the first to attackthe enemy's forces at Love- joy's Station, taking possession of the railroad. In the first battle of Franklin, Tenn., the regiment occupied a position on the left of Gen. Thomas' forces andwas engaged with the Confederate cavalry. It was then engaged in the Wilsonraid through Alabama and Georgia and in the battles of Selma, Ala. and Macon, Ga. In the engagement at Selma it lost heavily in killed and wounded. The 3rd Ohio Cavalry regiment wasmustered out on Aug. 4, 1865. Source: The UnionArmy, vol. 2 I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twentyyears.~
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BIOGRAPHYOF DANIEL J. PRICKETTPrickett was born on Aug. 15, 1840 and died onMay 15, 1927 and is buried in Quaker Cemetery, West Unity, Williams County, Ohio (Plot: Row 8).DANIELJ PRICKETT is one of those who went forth to honor Fulton County, Ohio as a soldier in the Civil War, and he is now one of the representativemembers of the agricultural community of Franklin Township.Prickett is a representative of the pioneer stock in theold Buckeye State and was born in Lumberton, Clinton County, Ohio, on the 15thof August, 1840, being a son of L. and Phoebe S. Barden Prickett. His fatherwas born in Burlington County, New Jersey about eighteen miles distant from theCity of Camden, and in 1838, he came from his native commonwealth to Clinton County, Ohio.As a young man, he worked at the trade of cabinet making, following this for some time in Clinton County, where he continued to resideuntil 1845, when he removed with his family to Lucas County, Ohio, which thenincluded a portion of the present County of Fulton, which was organized in 1850.He secured one hundred and sixty acres of un-reclaimedland, one and one half miles south of the present village of Fayette, Fulton County, and there he followed farming until 1850, when he located in est Unity WilliamsCounty, where he engaged in the drug business, and also operated a saw mill.In 1866, he again engaged in farming, securing a place inBrady Township, Williams County, where he remained until I885, when he returnedto Vest Unity, where he died on the 10th of April 1893, at the age of seventyseven years and eight months.Prickett was originally a Whig, and later a Republican, andserved in various township offices. He was a son of Isaac and Dorothy Joyce Prickett, who madeNew Jersey their home throughout life though Isaac Prickett was for a timeengaged in the butchering business in the city of Cincinnati Ohio having beenan expert in this line of enterprise. His wife was a daughter of Daniel Joyce, in whose honor the subject of this review was named. Phoebe Barden Prickett wasa daughter of Josiah and Margaret Sharp Barden, both of English descent, whobecame residents of Ohio in 1809, continuing to make their home near LumbertonClinton county until death I Irs Prickett died on the 26th of January 1901, aged eighty five years and six months. JL and Phoebe S. Prickett became theparents of nine children of whom the first born was Daniel J. subject of thissketch; Sarah J.;, James H. resident of Pomona, California; Anna I; John B., resides in Forest Grove, Oregon.Prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Prickett'sattention was given principally to teaching school and to assisting in theoperation of his saw mill. He operatedthe first portable saw mill in Northwestern Ohio and was successful in thisfield of enterprise…August 2, 1861, in companv with his brother, James Prickett, tendered his services in defense of the Union.Both brothers enlisted in Company “H, ” Third Ohio VolunteerCavalry, being provided with accoutrements and receiving preliminary militarydiscipline in the City of Columbus, and being sent to Camp Dennison, andfinally to Nashville, Tennessee, beingconstantly engaged in scouting, and much of the time on duty as guard in therear of General Buell's Army.At Bardstown, Ky, Prickett was captured, but was soonafterward paroled. He took part in a large number of important engagementsincluding: the battles of Corinth, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Shelbyville, McMinnville, and Munfordville. He was inservice throughout General Sherman’s memorable Atlanta Campaign and, byreenlistment, he remained as a soldier of the Union until the close of the war, having been with his command at Macon, Georgia, when the welcome tidings ofLee's surrender came.Prickett was mustered out on August 15, 1865, receiving hishonorable discharge. He returned to Fulton County, and here he has ever sincebeen actively identified with the agricultural industry, though he taught twoterms of school after the close of his military career. His farm is well improved, and has been in his possessionsince 1865. He is one of the well known, and exceptionally popular citizens ofFranklin Township, and has served as Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, and Town Clerk, and on one occasion he was a candidate for County Clerk on theProhibition ticket.Prickett was a member of the County Central Committee ofthe Prohibition Party for a period, and he maintained an independent attitudein politics.Both he and his wife are members of the Church of Christ.In a fraternal way, he is affiliated with Rings Post No. 637, Grand Army of theRepublic Post at West Unity, and he has been identified with the Masonicfraternity for more than two score years, and with the Grange of the Patrons ofHusbandry for thirty years.During the Civil war he held membership in the Union League.On October 4, 1865, Prickett was united in marriage to MissLydia G. Borton, who was born in Burlington County, NJ, being a daughter ofBenjamin and Abigail W. Barden Borton, who came to Fulton County in 1839, whenMrs. Prickett was six months of age. The mother died in 1861 (aged forty fiveyears) and the father in 1888 (agedseventy seven years).Source: The County of Fulton: AHistory of Fulton County, Ohio, from the Earliest ...Also a Biographical Department…”By Thomas Mikesell, 1905.History of the OHIOTHIRD CAVALRY(Three Years) Third Cavalry. - Cols., LouisZahm, James W. Paramore, Charles B. Seidel, Horace N. Howland; Lieut.-Cols., Douglas A. Murray, Darius E Livermore; Majs., John H. Foster, James S. Brisbin, Charles W. Skinner, Leonard Adams, Thomas D. McClel- land, Martin Archer, Francis P. Gates. This regiment was organized fromthe state at large, at Monroeville, Huron county, from Sept. 4 to Dec. 11, 1861, to serve for three years. In March, 1862, it was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and arrived there on the 18th. In September the 1st battalion ofthe regiment had a sharp engagement at Munfordville, Ky., with three times itsown number and drove them into their works in three separate charges. It lost 2killed and 12 wounded, and the enemy lost 38 killed and 60 wounded. Near Bardstown the samebattalion, reinforced by two companies of the 2nd Ohio and 3d Ky. cavalry, attacked the enemy 1, 200 strong, but without success, the battalion losing 6men killed, 20 wounded and 17 captured. In October a detachment of theregiment, with a portion of the 4th cavalry, numbering in all 250 men, wascompletely surrounded near Lexington by John Morgan's forces and after anobstinate resistance was compelled to yield to superior numbers. During the first day's fight atStone's river the regiment was actively engaged and suffered considerable loss.On the second day it left the field to escort a train of 4, 000 wagons toNashville for supplies. The train was attacked at Stewart's creek by Wheeler'sConfederate cavalry and the regiment, supported by the 10th Ohio infantry, repulsed the Confederates with severe loss. After the battle of Stone's riverthe regiment was sent in pursuit of the enemy, and near Middleton, Tenn., attacked his rear-guard, capturing one of his trains. During the battle of Chickamaugait occupied a position at Lafayette, on the extreme left of the Federal lines, where it was attacked by the Confederates and forced back to Charleston, Tenn.After the battle the regiment moved as the advance of Gen. Crook's forces inpursuit of Wheeler's cavalry through Tennessee, engaging them at McMinnvilleand on the Shelbyville pike. The latter engagement was a handsome and successfulcavalry fight, in which Wheeler's forces were completely routed anddemoralized, large numbers of the Confederates being killed and captured, whilethe regiment lost but 2 men killed and 23 captured. In Jan., 1864, the regimentre-enlisted and on the expiration of the 30-days' furlough returned to duty.Through the efforts of Maj. Charles W. Skinner and Capt. E. M. Colver nearly1, 000 recruits were enlisted and on its return to the front at Nashville, theregiment numbered over 1, 500 strong. In May it was engaged atCourtland, Ala., with the Confederate Gen. Roddey's command, the Confederatesbeing routed with the loss of upward of 30 men killed and wounded. At Moulton the regiment wasattacked by the same force in camp before day- light, and although partiallysurprised, it rallied, drove the enemy from the field, and pursued him.Reaching Rome, the regiment was assigned to a position on the left flank ofSherman's army and participated in the engagements at Noonday creek andKennesaw Mountain. After crossing the Chattahoochee Riverit was engaged in the battle of Peachtree creek. In the flanking movements onJonesboro it was in Gen. Garrard's cavalry division and was the first to attackthe enemy's forces at Love- joy's Station, taking possession of the railroad. In the first battle of Franklin, Tenn., the regiment occupied a position on the left of Gen. Thomas' forces andwas engaged with the Confederate cavalry. It was then engaged in the Wilsonraid through Alabama and Georgia and in the battles of Selma, Ala. and Macon, Ga. In the engagement at Selma it lost heavily in killed and wounded. The 3rd Ohio Cavalry regiment wasmustered out on Aug. 4, 1865. Source: The UnionArmy, vol. 2 I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twentyyears.~
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