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Otterbein Civil War Soldiers Biography

This guide details the lives of Otterbein Civil War Soldiers.

Samuel M. Hippard | 35th Ohio Voluntary Infantry

Samuel M. Hippard | 35th Ohio Voluntary Infantry
by Charlie Rowley

            S. M. Hippard’s full name was Samuel M. Hippard. Hippard was born on March 20, 1835 in Ohio. Hippard entered the Civil War at the age of twenty seven. He enlisted into duty on August 20, 1861 in the 35th Ohio Voluntary Infantry. The 35th Ohio Voluntary Infantry was organized in August and September of 1961 by Colonel Ferd Vanderveer in Hamilton, Ohio. The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1861. Hippard started his military campaign as a private in Company C of his regiment. The 35th served in many army operations. The Regiment was involved in key battles in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Perryville. The 35th Ohio Infantry charged Mission Ridge and fought under Thomas in the Atlanta campaign which led to battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw, and Peachtree Creek which resulted in many bloody conflicts. The regiment took a big hit at the Battle of Chickamauga in which it lost half of its men during the battle. The 35th mustered out of service from the war on August 26, 1864. Hippard left the war as a sergeant. Hippard was a part of the regiment from the day of his creation to the day it mustered out. The 35th Ohio Voluntary Infantry was most notably known for the fact that it never turned its back to the enemy and was never driven from a battle site by the enemy. Through the years of service, the infantry lost five officers and seventy five men due to deaths on the battlefield and two officers and one hundred and twenty six men to disease. The total death count of the regiment totaled two hundred and eight men.

            After the Civil War, S. M. Hippard graduated from the Academy in 1857. Hippard later became a minister in Butler County at Middletown. Hippard spent many years of his life in Westerville, Ohio were he gave service to Otterbein College as a financial agent. Hippard was a firm supporter of Otterbein College. Hippard moved to Arcanum, Ohio in 1907. He died in Arcanum on May 22, 1909 due to a sudden stroke of paralysis. Hippard was seventy four years old. Hippard’s remains were transported back to Westerville were he was buried in the Otterbein Old-Sec Cemetery. Hippard left behind his wife Amanda, and his two sons George R and Charles W. George later worked for the Columbus Dispatch and was a citizen of San Francisco at the time of his father’s death. Charles worked for UB Publishing House and lived in Cleveland.

 

Bibliography

 

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