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The 40th Ohio Infantry occupied this position on September 20, 1863, at 3:30 P.M. and retired with the division at 6:00 P.M. Lieutenant Colonel William Jones commanded, with Major Thomas Acton, Surgeon John N. Beach, Lieutenant and Adjutant Harrison E. McClure, Chaplain Salem T. Griswold, and Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster John F. Mahon. Its company officers were Captain Benj. F. Snodgrass of Company A, Lieutenant Silas Hart of Company B, Captain Delamarl. Deland of Company C, Captain James Watson of Company D, Captain James Allen of Company E, Captain John L. Reeves of Company F, Captain Chas. G. Matchett of Company G, Captain John C. Meagher of Company H, Lieutenant John W. Smith of Company I, and Captain Alex A. Knapp of Company K.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
