Henry WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

1860 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Marion Twp, Summerfield P.O.: Henry Wickham, 20, b. OH, farmer; Vilinda, 20, b. OH; Josephine, 1, b. OH. Listed on same census page were Calvin and Alexander Wickham.

U.S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, 1861-1865
Name: Henry Wickham
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Ohio
Regiment Name: 92 Ohio Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 92nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M552 roll 117

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
Name: Henry Wickham ,
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company D, 92nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 17 Sep 1862.
Killed Company D, 92nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 25 Nov 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS:
REGIMENT: 92nd Infantry Regiment Ohio
Date of Organization: 1 Sep 1862
Muster Date: 10 Jun 1865
Regiment State: Ohio
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 92nd
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 4
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 47
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 192
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
OHIO NINETY-SECOND INFANTRY (Three Years)

Ninety-second Infantry. - Cols., Nelson H. Van Voorhes, Benjamin D. Fearing; Lieut.-Cols., Douglas Putnam, Jr., John C. Morrow; Majs., Dioclesia A. Smith, Elmer Golden.

This regiment was organized at Camp Marietta and Gallipolis from Sept. 7 to 17, 1862, to serve for three years, numbering 949 rank and file. It was first ordered to Point Pleasant, Va., then in Jan., 1863, was sent to Tennessee and at the battle of Hoover's gap in June, it was actively engaged most of the day, but lost only 1 man killed and a few wounded. In pursuit of the enemy the regiment participated in the movements at Tullahoma and the advance to Elk river.

In September it had several skirmishes with the enemy in the vicinity of Lane's chapel, some of which rounded into the proportions of a battle. It was in the white heat of the fight at Chickamauga and formed a part of the rear-guard that heroically devoted itself to save the army. The noble part taken by the regiment is given in detail in the admirable report of Lieut.-Col. Douglas Putnam. "The smallness of the loss," says the report, "was due to the very skillful management of Col. Fearing and his coolness and bravery while under fire and in command".

On Sunday, the 20th, the regiment, with its brigade, led the charge on the right (now the left), driving the enemy in utter confusion across the field, and compelling him to abandon his artillery. Several prisoners were brought off by the regiment after this charge, among whom were a colonel and several officers. The loss of the regiment was 3 commissioned officers and 15 men wounded, and 15 men missing."

The regiment assisted in the capture of Brown's ferry and garrisoned the point until relieved by a force from Gen. Hooker's corps, when it returned to Chattanooga in time to take part in the initiative to Missionary ridge. Bracing itself for the perilous feat of scaling the ridge, it moved to the assault in double column and swept over the works enveloping guns and defenders. The loss of the regiment was very severe, losing in 20 minutes 33 percent of the officers and 10 percent of the men engaged, though it took many prisoners and 2 guns. In the fight at Rocky Face ridge the regiment lost heavily, some of the wounded being burned in the blazing woods. At Resaca it lost but 2 men killed and 2 wounded.

It joined the division near Dallas and took an active part in the movements that forced the enemy to evacuate his works on Pine mountain. It took an active part in forcing the enemy from the valley to take shelter among the rocks on the side of Kennesaw mountain, losing 1 killed and 2 wounded.

It was in line on July 22 in front of Atlanta, losing but 1 man, and supported the assaulting column that forced the passage of Utoy creek. It then withdrew from the enemy's front and joining the main army took part in the movement south that forced the evacuation of Atlanta, sharing in the glory gained by the 14th corps in the magnificent charge at Jonesboro. Leaving Atlanta in November, it was off for the sea, and it certainly did its share in "smashing things through Georgia."

Passing into the Carolina campaign, it came up with the enemy at Averasboro and engaged with him at Bentonville. The regiment was mustered out on June 14, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Chickamauga after battle report:

Report of Lieut. Col. Douglas Putnam, jr., Ninety-second Ohio Infantry.

HDQRS. NINETY-SECOND REGT. OHIO VOL. INFTY.,
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26, 1863.
CAPT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Ninety-second Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the battles of Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, 1863:

At daylight on the 19th of September the Ninety-second Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. B. D. Fearing commanding, moved with the brigade from bivouac on the Chattanooga road, about 7 miles west of Ringgold, passed Crawfish Spring about 7 a. m., and halted for breakfast about 2 miles from the spring. About 10 a. m. the regiment moved with the Eleventh and Thirty-sixth Regt.'s Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Eighteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and Twenty-first Indiana Battery up the road about one-half mile, and formed in double column in the second column of the brigade for battle.

About 11 a. m. the brigade was moved forward and up the Chattanooga road, the Ninety-second being ordered to follow the battery. As the regiment was moving along the road south of Kelly's house, it was ordered by Maj.-Gen. Reynolds, commanding division, to form line of battle and advance into the woods east of the road, supported by the Eighteenth Kentucky Regt., the remainder of the brigade passing along the road. The regiment, numbering in effective strength about 400 men, engaged a line of the enemy, relieving a regiment of Gen. Palmer's division, and meeting a very severe fire of musketry and shell, under which they remained until 3 p. m., holding the enemy in check and pushing his line back some distance.

A brigade of Gen. Johnson's division charged the woods on our right about 3 o'clock, causing the enemy's cross-fire to cease. About this time Col. Fearing was wounded and carried from the field, and the command, so skillfully commanded by him, fell to me.

At 4 o'clock, the regiment being nearly out of ammunition, and the Thirty-sixth and Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry having returned, the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry was relieved by the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and I took a position in support of the brigade. Soon after this the brigade, being now all together, changed front to the right, and charged through the woods, the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry being the second line. The brigade of the enemy (Law's brigade of Hood's division, Longstreet's corps) were routed and driven back.

The regiment then went into position with the brigade, on the right of the woods, where we fought in the morning, and about dark went into bivouac on the Chattanooga road, south of Kelly's house. The regiment lost in the battle of Saturday 5 men killed, 3 officers and 50 men wounded, and 5 men missing. The smallness of the loss was due to the very skillful management of Col. Fearing, and his coolness and bravery while under fire and in command.

Early on the morning of Sunday, the 20th, the regiment moved forward into the woods in front of their bivouac, and were placed behind a breastwork of logs and wood facing south, and kept up a brisk fire upon the enemy's line until noon, when firing almost ceased, and the regiment was drawn back and lay in double column unengaged till about 4 p. m.

About this time the regiment moved with the brigade up the Chattanooga road, a short distance above Kelly's house, when line of battle was formed facing southwest. The line was then faced by the rear rank to the northeast and ordered to charge a line of the enemy drawn up in solid column across the road. The Ninety-second Regt. led the charge on the right, now become the left, and with the other regiments drove the rebels across the field and over the hill and came out at a battery stationed on the hill north of the woods, belonging to Granger's corps. After receiving a volley from the enemy, with bayonets fixed and a shout, [we] rushed forward and in utter confusion forced them to abandon a part of a battery and throw away their arms. A colonel and several officers were taken prisoners by my men.

After resting in line of battle for an hour and a half the regiment moved with the brigade down the road to a point about 2 miles from Rossville, where we bivouacked for the night. We lost in the charge 3 commissioned officers wounded, 12 men wounded, 15 men missing. We sent back a number of prisoners, who were taken to Chattanooga.

The entire loss of the two days' fight was as follows: Killed, 6; wounded, 62; officers, 6; missing, 20.*

Maj. Golden assisted me in every possible manner and did himself credit. Capt.'s Grosvenor and Whittlesey are especially deserving of notice for bravery and coolness and for the manner in which their companies were managed. After Col. Fearing was wounded, Capt. Grosvenor took command of the left wing. Maj. Golden going to the right. I fell under obligations to Adjt. George B. Turner, whose assistance was invaluable to me, and whose coolness and forethought were manifested on every occasion. He is deserving of especial notice and commendation. Surgeon Colton was with us whenever it was possible for him to reach us, and left nothing undone for the comfort of the wounded. Quartermaster Priestley showed himself to be a brave man,and was on the field attending to the wants of the men.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
DOUGLAS PUTNAM, JR., Lieut.-Col., Comdg.
Capt. W. B. CURTIS, Assistant Adjutant-Gen., Third Brigade.

Source: Official Records
CHAP. XIII.] THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN. PAGE 482-50
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 50.]

Battles Fought by 92 OH Infantry:
Fought on 3 Mar 1863 at Lynch River, SC.
Fought on 5 Jun 1863 at Near Carthage, TN.
Fought on 25 Jun 1863 at Hoover's Gap, TN.
Fought on 15 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, TN.
Fought on 17 Sep 1863 at Near Chickamauga, TN.
Fought on 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 24 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, TN.
Fought on 27 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, TN.
Fought on 25 Nov 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 24 Feb 1864 at Near Dalton, GA.
Fought on 25 Feb 1864 at Rocky Face Ridge, GA.
Fought on 14 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 25 May 1864 at Rocky Face Ridge, GA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 Jun 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 20 Jun 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 Jun 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 18 Jul 1864 at Kingston, GA.
Fought on 23 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 4 Aug 1864 at Utoy Creek, GA.
Fought on 9 Aug 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 Aug 1864 at Near Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 1 Sep 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 18 Nov 1864 at Covington, GA.
Fought on 24 Feb 1865 at On Carolina Raid.
Fought on 3 Mar 1865.
Fought on 4 Mar 1865.
Fought on 7 Mar 1865 at On Carolina Raid.
Fought on 7 Mar 1865.
Fought on 20 Mar 1865 at Bentonville, NC.

REGISTERS OF DEATHS OF VOLUNTEERS, 1861-1865:
Name: Henry Wickham
Death Date: 25 Nov 1863
Death Place:Chattanooga, Tennessee
Enlistment State: Ohio
Rank: Private
Company: D
Regiment: 92 Ohio Inf
Box Number:47, 1861-1865:

HISTORY OF NOBLE CO, OH, p. 252: Henry Wickham, 22, private, enlisted in the 92nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Aug 11, 1862. He mustered in Sept 17, 1862 at Gallipolis, OH by Cptn. Muhleaberg A.C. M. He was killed Nov. 25, 1863 in Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: H. "Wicklam"
Cemetery: Chattanooga National Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y

CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION: Henry Wickham; D 92 OH Inf.; widow: Vilinda Wickham

CIVIL WAR MINOR PENSION: Henry Wickham; D 92 OH Inf; minor: M. Thomas McGovern, Gdn.

Henry married Vilinda HARBIN. (Vilinda HARBIN was born about 1841 in OH ⁵ and died before 1880 ⁶.)