BioM: Worden, Alice L. (1895); Cemetery Records

Worden Birth, Dec. 31, 1904

Researcher's Notes

The Sunday school from this place enjoyed a picnic at Hiram Fuller’s grove. This Sunday school was first organized Sept. 23, 1853 in a little schoolhouse now used as a granary on the Angie Niles farm. There were eleven families’ names on the record book and only three are living: Zephaniah Worden of Ritsel, Washington; Mrs. Rosetta Niles Fletcher of Corning and Henry Wedge of Niles Valley.--Niles Valley News, Niles Valley, PA.

Military Notes

American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: Zephaniah Worden ,  

Enlistment Date: 02 September 1861 

Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE 

Side Served: Union 

State Served: Pennsylvania 

Unit Numbers: 2287 2287 

Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 02 September 1861

Enlisted in Company F, 45th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 02 September 1861.

Wounded on 10 October 1863 at Blue Springs, TN

Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class on 01 May 1865

Mustered out Company F, 45th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 17 July 1865 in Alexandria, VA

Part II. Company sketches and personal reminiscences

Jackson was evacuated on the 17^th and we started for the city. A board marked with name, company and regiment was place at Lieutenant Humphrey’s grave. We marched into the city and place our regimental flag on top of the State Capitol, and then marched 12 miles toward Canton.

On the 18^th we destroyed the railroad at Tugalo and burned the station. We marched back to Jackson on the 19^th and the next day started for Vicksburg. We reached the Big Black River and crossed on the 22^nd. Savillion Davall of Company F, who was sick when we left Jackson, died in an ambulance and was buried on the west side of the river. We arrived at our old camp near Milldale at noon of the 23^rd, having marched 15 miles since morning. A large number of the regiment were sick with chills and fever.

About August 1^st orders were received to go north. On the 4^th we marched to the landing, and on the 5^th our whole brigade, including Durell’s Battery went on board the side wheel steamer "Hiawatha" and started up the river in the evening. We arrived at Cairo, Ill., on the 10^th; then went on cars at midnight and arrived at Cincinnatio, O., on the evening of the 12^th. We crossed the river to Covington, Ky., and went into camp, and on the 18^th received two months’ pay.

George Schermerhorn of Company F had been detailed as teamster in division quartermaster’s department (Captain Austin Curtin), and was present and signed the pay roll on August 17^th, but when the company was paid he could not be found. Captain Gregg sent his pay to his wife at Equinunk, Pa. The man has never been heard from since. It is thought that he was murdered in Convington, Ky. While we were encamped near Covington, Brigadier General Thomas Welsch died in Cincinnati, O., on August 14^th, 1863. We broke camp and went on cars to Nicholasville and encamped for a few days, and while at this camp Private John Campbell of Company F died and was buried in a churchyard at Nicholasville, Ky.

We soon resumed our march through Camp Dick Robinson and Lancaster, arriving at Crab Orchard on the 29^th. On the 10^th of September we marched to Mount Vernon, Ky. The citizens had raised the American Flag with the blue field down, and after we had passed Colonel Curtin sent back word to reverse their flag. We marched through Wild Car, crossing the Rock Castle through London and Barboursville to the Cumberland River where we received pay for July and August. Before reaching Cumberland Gap we met about 2,000 Confederate prisoners who had been captured there. On the 20^th we marched through Cumberland Gap, then through Tazewell, Tenn., and crossed the Powell River on a bride. We waded the Clinch and Holston Rivers and marching through Morristown, we reached Knoxville the 26^th.

On October 3^rd we went on cars to Bull’s Gap, and marched to Blue Springs or Midway Station, where on the 10^th we fought and defeated the enemy under command of "Mudwall" Jackson. Christopher Teeple and Zephaniah Worden of Company F were wounded in the engagement. We followed the enemy through Greenville, Tenn., where we saw Andrew John’s tailor shop. We returned to Midway Station, took cars to Knoxville, and on the 20^th Started for Louden.

Source: History of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. Williamsport, Pa., Grit Pub. Co., 1912.  Page 234 Forty-Fifth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry