Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Hunter served in the Valley Campaign of 1863, was captured at Winchester June 15th, remained in prison about ten months, which so broke down his health that soon after he was exchanged, not being fit for duty in the field, he tendered his resignation, and was mustered out of the service. Surgeon Orrin Ferris served with the regiment until the close of the campaign of 1864, when, with shattered constitution, and sadly impaired health, much against his own inclination and the wishes of the entire regiment, his resignation was tendered and accepted. Non Commissioned Staff. SERGEANT MAJOR, BENJAMIN F. BLAIR. QUARTER MASTER SERGEANT, ELMER E. HUSTED. COMMISSARY SERGEANT, FREDERICK C. WICKHAM. HOSPITAL STEWART, N. B. BRISBINE. DRUM MAJOR, WESLEY HOLMES. PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN. EDWIN P. COZIER. CHAPTER II. CAMP LIFE AT MONROEVILLE—REMOVAL TO THE SEAT OF WAR—MARCHES AND EXPERIENCES OF THE REGIMENT UP TO JUNE 12TH, 1863. Our life here was one continued round of excitement, and all were glad when the order came, (October 16,) for the regiment to move. A large number of friends were there to say good bye, and amid the tears and the God bless you of the multitude, we started for untried scenes in the great war of the rebellion. Not, perhaps, in the course of the whole war, did Ohio send to the field a regiment of men whose whole souls were in the cause so firmly, and whose faith in the perpetuation of this glorious government of ours, was so pure, as the gallant One Hundred and Twenty-third. With officers, both in the field and line, who were not only brave and competent, but gentlemen on all occasions; with men whose efficiency and bravery, yet untested, but afterward so sorely tried, and never found lacking, it was no wonder that in the years that followed, the regiment was often selected to perform duties requiring both courage and discipline, secresy and dispatch. To Zanesville by rail, and then down the Muskingum river, on transports to Parkersburg, stopping at several places on the river, some of which, and McConnelsville in particular, no doubt remembered our visit for some time.