April 25, 1863 - On Monday afternoon last, three men, one of them known as Captain JENKINS, called at the house of Linus DOUD, in Washington township about ten miles North-west from Defiance, to arrest his son Albert, whom they claimed as a deserter. Albert, it appears, had been in the three months service in 1861, and in 1862 was drafted, but was suffered to return home not then being fit for duty. He remained at home during the last winter, and as the issue of the President’s order calling on the absentees and deserters to return to their regiments, he made his case know to Adj. General Hill, who authorized him to remain for the present still at home. These circumstances were made known to the arresting party, who still claiming him to be a deserter, ordered him into their buggy, and on resisting, or as some say, running away, the Captain shot at him with a revolver three times, the third shot passing through his body, felled him. These officers then attempted pulling him in the buggy, but on his fainting away, they left him. This occurred at Mr. Doud’s, and is what is reported. The young man, after intense suffering and agony, died on Wednesday evening.
We regard it as a dastardly piece of business. These men we do not understand to be officers or even agents of the military authorities, but merely volunteers who make a business of picking up men absent from their regiments for the standing reward, now, we believe, $26. They had made other arrests in the same neighborhood. They hail from Indiana. These men should not be shielded from punishment by the military authorities, but given over to law to answer for the cold blooded murder committed.
Father and boy both claimed that the papers were sufficient to exempt, at least from the charge of desertion – but expressed entire willingness to obey, if not sufficient. This will not be doubted by any one acquainted with the elder Mr. DOUD, who is an honest, straightforward and peaceable man.
We take the liberty to add that Linus DOUD is a Republican, holding for years anti-Slavery opinions. When the war broke out, two of his boys, Albert being one, volunteered in three months service; and last year two other of his sons went for three years in Captain Southworth’s Company. One of these latter, died this winter in Kentucky. Beside this, one or more of his son-in-laws are or have been in the army. His house has been a kind of recruiting station, and he, while urging sons of others to go, kept not his own back.
There is hardship in his case – but this last affliction is an outrage for which there can be no palliation. The Defiance Democrat Newspaper - 1863
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Many thanks to FaG contributor Barnard/OConnor/Wolford (#47799822)for date and place information. The contributor suggests that those wishing more information
consult History of Defiance County, Ohio: containing a history of the county; its townships,towns, etc.; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; farm views; personal reminiscences, etc. by Warner, Beers & Co
Published 1883. As of October 2016, an e-book copy of the book could be found at
https://archive.org/details/historyofdefianc00warn
We regard it as a dastardly piece of business. These men we do not understand to be officers or even agents of the military authorities, but merely volunteers who make a business of picking up men absent from their regiments for the standing reward, now, we believe, $26. They had made other arrests in the same neighborhood. They hail from Indiana. These men should not be shielded from punishment by the military authorities, but given over to law to answer for the cold blooded murder committed.
Father and boy both claimed that the papers were sufficient to exempt, at least from the charge of desertion – but expressed entire willingness to obey, if not sufficient. This will not be doubted by any one acquainted with the elder Mr. DOUD, who is an honest, straightforward and peaceable man.
We take the liberty to add that Linus DOUD is a Republican, holding for years anti-Slavery opinions. When the war broke out, two of his boys, Albert being one, volunteered in three months service; and last year two other of his sons went for three years in Captain Southworth’s Company. One of these latter, died this winter in Kentucky. Beside this, one or more of his son-in-laws are or have been in the army. His house has been a kind of recruiting station, and he, while urging sons of others to go, kept not his own back.
There is hardship in his case – but this last affliction is an outrage for which there can be no palliation. The Defiance Democrat Newspaper - 1863
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Many thanks to FaG contributor Barnard/OConnor/Wolford (#47799822)for date and place information. The contributor suggests that those wishing more information
consult History of Defiance County, Ohio: containing a history of the county; its townships,towns, etc.; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; farm views; personal reminiscences, etc. by Warner, Beers & Co
Published 1883. As of October 2016, an e-book copy of the book could be found at
https://archive.org/details/historyofdefianc00warn
April 25, 1863 - On Monday afternoon last, three men, one of them known as Captain JENKINS, called at the house of Linus DOUD, in Washington township about ten miles North-west from Defiance, to arrest his son Albert, whom they claimed as a deserter. Albert, it appears, had been in the three months service in 1861, and in 1862 was drafted, but was suffered to return home not then being fit for duty. He remained at home during the last winter, and as the issue of the President’s order calling on the absentees and deserters to return to their regiments, he made his case know to Adj. General Hill, who authorized him to remain for the present still at home. These circumstances were made known to the arresting party, who still claiming him to be a deserter, ordered him into their buggy, and on resisting, or as some say, running away, the Captain shot at him with a revolver three times, the third shot passing through his body, felled him. These officers then attempted pulling him in the buggy, but on his fainting away, they left him. This occurred at Mr. Doud’s, and is what is reported. The young man, after intense suffering and agony, died on Wednesday evening.
We regard it as a dastardly piece of business. These men we do not understand to be officers or even agents of the military authorities, but merely volunteers who make a business of picking up men absent from their regiments for the standing reward, now, we believe, $26. They had made other arrests in the same neighborhood. They hail from Indiana. These men should not be shielded from punishment by the military authorities, but given over to law to answer for the cold blooded murder committed.
Father and boy both claimed that the papers were sufficient to exempt, at least from the charge of desertion – but expressed entire willingness to obey, if not sufficient. This will not be doubted by any one acquainted with the elder Mr. DOUD, who is an honest, straightforward and peaceable man.
We take the liberty to add that Linus DOUD is a Republican, holding for years anti-Slavery opinions. When the war broke out, two of his boys, Albert being one, volunteered in three months service; and last year two other of his sons went for three years in Captain Southworth’s Company. One of these latter, died this winter in Kentucky. Beside this, one or more of his son-in-laws are or have been in the army. His house has been a kind of recruiting station, and he, while urging sons of others to go, kept not his own back.
There is hardship in his case – but this last affliction is an outrage for which there can be no palliation. The Defiance Democrat Newspaper - 1863
_____________
Many thanks to FaG contributor Barnard/OConnor/Wolford (#47799822)for date and place information. The contributor suggests that those wishing more information
consult History of Defiance County, Ohio: containing a history of the county; its townships,towns, etc.; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; farm views; personal reminiscences, etc. by Warner, Beers & Co
Published 1883. As of October 2016, an e-book copy of the book could be found at
https://archive.org/details/historyofdefianc00warn
We regard it as a dastardly piece of business. These men we do not understand to be officers or even agents of the military authorities, but merely volunteers who make a business of picking up men absent from their regiments for the standing reward, now, we believe, $26. They had made other arrests in the same neighborhood. They hail from Indiana. These men should not be shielded from punishment by the military authorities, but given over to law to answer for the cold blooded murder committed.
Father and boy both claimed that the papers were sufficient to exempt, at least from the charge of desertion – but expressed entire willingness to obey, if not sufficient. This will not be doubted by any one acquainted with the elder Mr. DOUD, who is an honest, straightforward and peaceable man.
We take the liberty to add that Linus DOUD is a Republican, holding for years anti-Slavery opinions. When the war broke out, two of his boys, Albert being one, volunteered in three months service; and last year two other of his sons went for three years in Captain Southworth’s Company. One of these latter, died this winter in Kentucky. Beside this, one or more of his son-in-laws are or have been in the army. His house has been a kind of recruiting station, and he, while urging sons of others to go, kept not his own back.
There is hardship in his case – but this last affliction is an outrage for which there can be no palliation. The Defiance Democrat Newspaper - 1863
_____________
Many thanks to FaG contributor Barnard/OConnor/Wolford (#47799822)for date and place information. The contributor suggests that those wishing more information
consult History of Defiance County, Ohio: containing a history of the county; its townships,towns, etc.; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; farm views; personal reminiscences, etc. by Warner, Beers & Co
Published 1883. As of October 2016, an e-book copy of the book could be found at
https://archive.org/details/historyofdefianc00warn
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