HISTORY
OF
WAYNE COUNTY, COUNTY, OHIO...
SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XXIX.
WAYNE COUNTY SOLDIERS 1N THE CIVIL WAR.

THE 16TH OHIO.

The second company from Wayne county was organized in Wooster in the latter part of April, 1861. Recruiting for it commenced on the l6th of April, and by the 25th the company was full, when the following officers were elected: Captain, George W. Bailey; First Lieutenant, Aquila Wiley; Second Lieutenant, Cusham Cunningham. April 28, the company was ordered to Columbus, where it was joined to the 16th Ohio Infantry.

After remaining in Camp Jackson, near Columbus, several weeks for equipment and drill, it was sent to West Virginia, and took part in the battle of Phillipi, one of the first engagements of the war. The Wooster company, under the command of Captain Wiley (Captain Bailey having been promoted to be Major of the regiment), was stationed at Grafton, West Virginia, and at Oakland, Maryland, during the residue of the three months' service. On the expiration of its term of enlistment the company was mustered out and returned home.