William Koch Company “F”, 107th Ohio Infantry
“On Monday, I and Jacob Royer left Louisville for to go to Cleveland. When we came to Alliance, we met Tony Moffit, and he told us that the Regiment left for Kentucky. …” William Koch Company “F”, 107th Ohio Infantry , September 25, 1862 Camp Wallace, Kentucky
September 25, 1862—
Camp Wallace, Kentucky
Dear Father
I am well at present and I hope that these few lines will find you the same. On Monday, I and Jacob Royer left Louisville for to go to Cleveland. When we came to Alliance, we met Tony Moffit, and he told us that the Regiment left for Kentucky.
We came back to Louisville on the one o’clock train, but we went straight ahead without stopping. We came to Cristline about five o’clock in the evening. We went to Conrad Tombaughs and got supper. They gave us some cheese and about two dozen cooked eggs, and a lot of crackers which we took along….”
William Koch mustered into Company “F”, 107th Ohio Infantry on September 9, 1862. Koch was promoted to Captain on February 23, 1863. He resigned on June 4, 1863, one month after his friend Alvin Brown was killed at Chancellorsville.