The following is from our newest member Dani Coss.
The following brief biographical info is per the family history documented in “The Genealogy of the Tennant Family: their ancestors and descendants through many generations.” By Rev. Albert Milton Tennant (page 159) Dunkirk printing Company 1915. the information was provided to Rev. Tennant by Jonathan’s daughter Ruth Ann Clough (Mrs. Scott). I hope you find this information interesting and useful.
“ My third great grandfather, Jonathan W Clough joined the Union Army at Camp Dennison, OH on 10/15/1861 for 3 years. His regiment was very active and saw many battles. He was on detached service 6/20/1864 in a hospital in Chatanooga, TN and mustered out on 12/15/1864 at the end of his service in Columbus, Oh. (Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion 1861 – 1866 page 413.) His brother, Ephraim Clough, was also active in the rebellion having enlisted early he served until the close of the war.
“Johnathan Wight Clough… Mr. Clough was born in New York City, July 17th, 1825. He was a brother of Ephraim Clough. He enlisted in the Civil War and did great service in hospitals as assistant Surgeon for three years. He was a volunteer in the 47th Ohio Regiment. After the War he retired to his farm in Ogden, Michigan. He has served two terms as Justice of the Peace. In hisyounger days he was a lay-preacher and brought up his large family under the best of religious influences and culture. Mr. Clough died at Perrysburg, Ohio. August 23rd, 1900. “This same document briefly references Ephraim Clough’s serivce during the Civil War as well.
Vermont Records show 36 Cloughs serving in the Civil War Cemetery Locations For Some Vermont Civil War Cloughs Clough Alfred VT PVT NY INF 96 I Evergreen Rutland VT 3/13/1891 Clough Burchard Norwich PVT VT INF 09 A National Andersonville GA 6/30/1864 Clough Charles E. Readsboro PVT VT INF 02 A Houghton Stamford VT 7/9/1863 Clough Daniel M. Hartland PVT VT LART 02 – National Chalmette LA 7/20/1864 Clough Franklin H. Washington PVT VT CAV 01 C – Wilmot NH? a1913 Clough Isaac H. Morgan PVT VT INF 03 D National Fredericksburg VA 12/7/1862 Clough Joel Troy PVT VT INF 08 C National Chalmette LA 7/23/1862 Clough John D. Irasburgh PVT VT INF 11 F National Andersonville GA 7/25/1864 Clough Marcus M. Readsboro PVT VT INF 02 A National Winchester VA 8/21/1864 New Hampshire records show 49 Cloughs serving in the war. 14 did not survive. Cloughs in the Civil War The National Park service lists 449 Cloughs as soldiers in the Civil War. 400 fought for the Union, 49 for the confederacy. The following Cloughs were prisoners at Andersonville: Clough, Burchard 9th Vermont Infantry Clough, Charles H. 2nd Maine Cavalry Clough, George W. 32 Maine Infantry Clough, John C. 2nd Vermont Infantry Clough, John D. 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery The following material is obtained (mostly) from a description of Clough Family papers in special collections at the University of Texas at Arlington Library. Jeremiah Morrill Clough Of Canterbury, NH Fought In The Civil War – For The Confederacy Jeremiah Morrill Clough7, #3523 (Joseph6, Obadiah5,Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), was born in Canterbury, NH, June 28, 1819. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1844 and settled in Marshall, Texas in 1845, where he established a law practice. During the Mexican War, Clough was a 1st Lieutenant in the Mounted Volunteers, and was promoted to major for gallantry at Monterey. He resumed his law practice in Marshall following the Mexican War and later served three sessions in the Texas State Legislature. Clough married Louisa Van Zandt in 1850. During the Mexican War, Clough was a 1st Lieutenant in the Mounted Volunteers, and was promoted to major for gallantry at Monterey. He resumed his law practice in Marshall following the Mexican War and later served three sessions in the Texas State Legilature. During the Civil War, Clough enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army, rising to Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Texas Infantry. Clough was killed in action at Fort Donelson, Tennesee, on February 15, 1862. The core of the collection is five letters written by Jeremiah Clough to his father, Joseph Clough of Canterbury, New Hampshire, between 1846 and 1860. They offer Clough’s reflections on the Mexican War battles Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey, recount attempts in 1847 to attract him back to Army service, his 1849 journey to Austin to assume duties as a Texas legislator, and fears for the future of the Union and the impending presidential election in 1860. Two daguerreotypes of Clough and his bride, Louisa Van Zandt, are thought to have been taken at the time of their wedding in 1850. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/02111/arl-02111.html
>Description of the “Clough” papers: Scope and Contents . Of the nine letters, five were written by Jeremiah Clough to his father, Joseph Clough of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and three written to Jeremiah Clough between 1842 and 1846 by family and friends. Letters written to his father in 1846 to 1847 offer Clough’s reflections on the Mexican War battles Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey; and recount attempts in 1847 to attract him back to Army service. An 1849 letter reported his journey to Austin to assume duties as a Texas legislator while the 1860 letter contains fears for the future of the Union and the impending presidential election. The three letters written to him from family and friends pertain to his law studies, and the success of establishing his law practice upon arriving in Texas. An additional letter written in February 1850 by Joseph Clough to another son, Stephen, discusses Jeremiah’s service in the Texas legislature and impending marriage to Louisa Van Zandt.. Two additional documents bear the signature of Joseph Clough, Jr. in Merrimack County, New Hampshire: one,an 1823 settlement proposal for the estate of Obadiah Clough and the other an 1850 affidavit affirming the War of 1812 service of David Rendall http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/02111/arl-02111.html “The morning detail of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers going to work on the Hilton Head Fortifications. The morning detail of a regiment going to work on the fortifications was rather a merry and a peculiar sight. Instead of rifles and cannon, the heroes were armed with shovels, hoes, spades, pickaxes and trowels, while their train of artillery was a battery of wheelbarrows. Above all the troubles, ravages and cares of a campaign rose that indomitable cheerfulnes and willingness so characteristic of the American.”— Frank Leslie, 1896 Another Jeremiah Clough Born 10 years later than Jeremiah Morrill, and 15 miles SW of Canterbury in Weare, NH, the 10th child of Daniel Clough#3890 and Mary Colby #2437, both direct descendants of John Clough of Salisbury, was named Jeremiah.#4652. At age 32, (1861)Jeremiah joined the Union Army and fought with Company F of the 2nd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Sharpshooters. Less than 7 months later he was discharged with a disability. At the time, the sharpshooters were engaged in the defence of Washington DC. Jeremiah died in 1892 and was buried in East Weare Cemetery
In all, New Hampshire sent more than 30,000 men into service for the Union Army. When draftees and substitutes are included, New Hampshire sent more than 38,000 men into the War.