Sketches of the campaign in northern Mexico : in eighteen hundred forty-six and seven / by an officer of the First Regiment of Ohio volunteers.

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was the just and honorable practice, so far as my observation
extended. The three regiments organized at Camp Washington, were composed and commanded as follows:
First Regiment, Colonel A.M. Mitchell; comprising companies from Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Portsmouth,
Georgetown, and Sandusky.
Second Regiment, Colonel G. W. Morgan; composed of
companies from Athens, Columbus, Mount Vernon, Newark,
Logan, Lancaster, Circleville, Chillicothe, and tiillsborough.
Third Regiment, Colonel S. R. Curtis; of companies from
Mansfield, Massilon, Wooster, Norwalk, Steubenville, St.
Clairsville, Coshocton, Zanesville, and Seneca.
This Buckeye brigade was soon afterwards reviewed by
Gen. Wool, (who was then en route to take command of the
column assembling in Texas for the reduction of Chihuahua,)
and mustered into the service of the United States for one
year. Though within the influence of the many allurements
of a populous city, but few of the thousands assembled at the
camp failed to apply themselves diligently to the task of learning their new profession. The garb and vocation of the
citizen were abandoned together; and with his uniform the
volunteer assumed the duties of a soldier. Crowds of citizens
from all parts of Ohio, attracted by various motives, were in
daily attendance at Camp Washington. Among them were
many eminent clergymen, who distributed Bibles and frequently addressed the troops. The sermons of those gentlemen were, as a volunteer remarked, "the only rations of
religion issued during the campaign;" for in the army there
are no Sabbaths, no days of rest and worship, as they who
read these pages will not fail to observe.