Enlisted as a private in Co. C 73d O. V. I., promoted to Sergeant; resigned for promotion; recruited a company for the 89th O. V. I.; commissioned Captain of Co. D 89th O. V. I.; resigned on account of ill health. Elected Colonel of the 2d Ross County Militia Regiment, afterward the 27th Regiment, Ohio National Guard. Commissioned Colonel of the 149th O. V. I.; elected State Senator in 1875, served four years; re-elected in 1879. Died October 26th, 1879. Colonel Ally.] [Illustration: CAPTAIN W. W. PEABODY Captain of Company A 149th O. V. I.; commander of the garrison of Fort No. 1, Baltimore, Md.; Major on the staff of Brigadier General John C. Kenley, commanding the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Army Corps. Our Captain “Billy” Died October 14th, 1910] CONTENTS Page Organization of the Hundred Days Service 13 149th Ordered to Baltimore, Md. 16 At Fort No. 1 17 Gen. Early’s Invasion of Maryland 18 Battle of Monocacy 19 Edward’s Ferry 25 Cattle in the Corn 25 Night March to Washington 26 Negro Cabin in Vale 27 The Negroes 28 Wreck of the Sutler 31 Mosby’s Attack at Berryville, Va. 34 Return to Camp Dennison 38 My Capture and Prison, Wm. McCommon 39 Note by George Perkins 45 Memories of our Service, Major Rozell 46 Incident in Unwritten History, Lt. McKee 48 Personal Experiences in Prison, W. R. Browning 51 Incidents 61 Conclusion 65 Roster 69 Organization of the Hundred Days Service The winter of 1863–4 on the banks of the Rapidan was passed in preparation by both Grant and Lee’s armies for that wrestle of giants that was to begin in May in the wilderness and end at Appomattox in the following April.