The following article about the military in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 3 Sep 1868 – Page 2, Column 2
Fighting Boys in Blue.
Preamble.
The undersigned honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy, in the Union, having served our country during the War of the Rebellion, with all the zeal and fidelity of which we were capable, and believing that the American Nation was saved by loyal bayonets and bullets, aided by the patriot policy and effort of the Union Republican Party, which sustained us at the front, kept down treason at home, protected and relieved our families and dependent ones, and laid the plan for a victory and triumphant peace, and regarding that glorious party as still worthy of the confidence and support of every true and tried soldier in the land, do hereby agree to organize ourselves to be known and hailed as the FIGHTING BOYS IN BLUE.
Craig Township Company.
- James W. Anderson, 3d cav.
- R. M. Lamson, 3d Ind. cav.
- Harry Gordon, 3d Ind. cav.
- John Walters, 3d Ind. cav.
- James K. Reed, 3d Ind. cav.
- Elijah Joyce, 93d Ind.
- Harry Roberts, 93d Ind.
- Hugh Stevenson, 3d Ind. cav.
- Cornelius Anderson, 22d Ind.
- Warren Roberts, 93d Ind.
- John J. O’Neal, 140th Ind.
- D. W. W. Bray, 139th Ind.
- James A. Lanham, 16th Ind. cav.
- John McKay, 19th U. S.
- Rodolph Wiseman, 146th Ind.
- Jas. W. Garard, 120th Ind.
- George Adams, 146th Ind.
- Merret H. Roberts, 146th Ind.
- J. H. Means, 146th Ind.
- J. W. Gardner, 146th Ind.
- Geo. B. Anderson, 146th Ind.
- Fred. L. Thiebaud, 146th Ind.
- Henry Garard, 139th Ind.
- Samuel R. Peters, 139th Ind.
- David Kern, 3d Ind. cav.
- Wm. H. Lamson, 22d Ind.
- A. J. Siebenthal, 3d Ind. cav.
- Henry Weaver, 3d Ind. cav.
- J. C. Kern, 3d Ind. cav.
- Cassius Weaver, 146th Ind.
- William Bright, 140th Ind.
- John Launderbaugh, 140th Ind.
- Geo. W. Logan, 93rd Ohio.
- Jas. F. Fisk, 6th Ind.
- Alex Tilley, 146th Ind.
- E. S. Bellamy, 146th Ind.
- Fred Stucy, 146th Ind.
- F. M. Kinney, 120th Ind.
- James Higgins, 3d Ind. cav.
- Alvin Adams, 50th Ind.
- John Jester, 140th Ind.
- Calvin Weaver, 117th Ind.
- Merit Brown, 146th Ind.
- Theophilus Stewart, 139th Ind.
- John W. Wiseman, 3d Ind. cav.
- Martin M. Higgins, 3d Ind. cav.
- James McKay, 146th Ind.
- Geo. S. Orcutt, 9th Ind. cav.
Pleasant Township Company.
- G. W. Paul
- C. W. Johnson
- S. S. Cole
- Perret Newkirk
- P. J. Riley
- Wm. Shafer
- D. J. Cole
- John Riley
- R. B. Aldrich
- W. T. Graham
- W. S. Tuneham
- Wm. Vailes
- George H. Heady
- Augustus Welch
- Wm. C. Sweezy
- T. B. McGregor
- Oliver A. Cole
- Elhanan Lientz
- J. B. Vanice
- Fred. Kessebeaum
- J. O. Martin
- J. H. Polison
- C. R. Postin
- James Poley
- Gus Lewallen
- Charles Richardson
- C. W. Olmstead
- John Osbern
- John S. Cole
- Joseph R. Cole
- Jonathan Miller
- Jeffrey Mills
- Thomas J. Charlton
- J. M. Smith
- Isaac Lewis
- J. H. Scoopmire
- George Jennings
- J. M. Manford
- John W. James
- Flavius J. Cole
- A. P. Twineham
- W. H. Mitchell
- James Phillips
- C. M. Newkirk
- J. B. Lewis
- J. P. Cole
- E. P. Mitchell
- Benjamin Welch
- Peter Voris
- Daniel James
- T. L. Adams
- Daniel Hayman
- Martin W. Cole
- Wm. Twineham
- Alex Rochat
- C. H. Padget
- J. W. Pearce
- Sanford Postin
- John O. Smith
- Mose Halgath
- Nimrod Halgath
- Oliver M. Hankins
- J. J. Goodner
- Nicholas Wainscott
- Cyrus Demaree
- Robert Culbertson
- Edward Worrell
- George W. Vanpelt
- Calvin R. Smith
- T. N. Carnine
- Perry Coffer
- Samuel K. Johnson
- John H. Fisk
- Alexander Horton
- Isaac M. Smith
- Thomas Buchanan
- James E. Clark
- Wm. Buchanan