Looking toward possible emergencies calling for
local protection, troops were organized at different
points in the county, under various names, such as
Perry Rifles, Newcomb Guards, Rome Legion, Hickory
Rangers, Union Grays, Anderson Guards, Oil Rifles,
Clark Sharpshooters, Tell City Rifles, Deutscher Jaeger,
Troy Artillery, Emmet Guards, Hoosier Wildcats,
Tobin Guards, Cannelton Artillery, Voltiguers, Union
Guards, Tell City Artillery, Lyon Artillery and Oil
Grays ; twenty companies in all, the majority of which
were mustered in during 1861, though 1862 and 1863
each saw the organization of two companies. Many
men who first served in this home guard enlisted later
in regiments for outside field duty, though all whose
names appear on any muster-roll as sworn in and honorably
discharged are accredited to Perry County by
the Adjutant-General’s report for Indiana. All are
classified as the Fifth Regiment, Indiana Legion, of
which Charles H. Mason was commissioned Colonel in
June, 1861. Its other officers during the war were
Charles Fournier, colonel; Jesse Esarey and James
Lees, lieutenant-colonels ; John Clark Esarey, Cornelius
Leitz, Samuel Wilde and Joseph F. Sulzer, adjutants;
F. L. Heik, Julius Fournier and August Pfafflin, quar
termasters ; Magnus Brucker, surgeon ; Christian Kielhorn,
paymaster; Peter Ludwig, judge-advocate.
excerpt from De La Hunt’s book on Perry county.
ADJ Gen. Report for Indiana
Fifth Regiment – Perry County
Hickory Rangers ( from the mountains of Perry County near Hagedorn (St. Marks)
Daniel Armstrong
Rank: Captain
Residence: Cannelton
Commissioned: 22 Jun 1861
Andrew P Batson
Rank: 2st Lieut – Captain
Residence: Cannelton
Commissioned: 22 Jun 1861 2nd Lieut.
Promoted: 27 Oct 1861 Captain
William P. Drumb
Rank: 1st Lieut
Residence: Cannelton
Commissioned: 22 Jun 1861
Remarks: Resigned 14 Jul
John C. Hathorn
Rank: 1st Lieut.
Residence: Cannelton
Commissioned: 27 Oct 1862
William Sandage
Rank: 2nd Lieut
Residence: Cannelton
Commissioned: 27 Oct 1862
Most of these men were from Hagedorn (St. Marks) Area in Anderson Twn. The residences of Cannelton may be where they mustered in to the Legion if not their actual home address.
INDIANA ADJ GENERAL REPORT
Civil War Veterans of Perry County
Hix, Daniel R. (Private)
Home: Anderson Twn
Unit: Indiana Legion