Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A History of Wayne County in the World War and in the Wars of the Past: With Illustrations
When Wayne countians thought of the ideal army officer during and following the period of the war, they thought of Colonel Gerlach, generally recognized as Wooster' 5 First Sold1er He left Wayne County in com mand of the Eighth Ohio Infantry, and overseas, as Colonel, commanded, first the 14sth and then the 146th Regiments of Infantry. He was decorated by the King of Belgium, who awarded him the Belgium War Cross, while the Marshal of France presented him with the French Croix de Guerre.
His Regiment (the 14sth) was the first to force a crossing of the Escaut River, in Belgium.
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